I went outside!! In my toot toot car!! To places!! It’s all very exciting. I went to the allotment, to a post box, and to go food shopping. Very good. Shouldn’t need to go to a food shop for couple of weeks now – or until we run out of grapes, whichever happens sooner.
The allotment is very frozen, still. The road was very
crunchy. I topped up the bird feeders and scattered a load of seed on the
floor. I need to get some mealworms. I’ll need to top up on fat balls and seed
soon too so may as well do a big order when I get paid. I was stood at the
bottom of the plot admiring the garlics that are still not growing, and wondering,
where the fuck are my garlics and why the fuck aren’t they growing, and then I heard
a bird! A different bird. It was a goldfinch!! Flew over me and into the tree
behind the shed, and then down onto the teasels. I am SO GLAD I leave the
teasels for the birds. They annoy the neighbours but stuff the neighbours, I like
wildlife. The goldfinch was there for a good 10 minutes and then it flew off
and I saw it join a flock (a “charm”) of more. I’d have been beside myself if
all eight had been on the teasels.
I saw the disc of the sun today through the cloud. It’s
always a bit strange seeing the disc of the sun, like the end of days. Always reminds
me of being monumentally hungover on the Isle of Arran, laying on some shore
line rocks being delicate, and then seeing the disc of the sun.
I couldn’t find the crochet magazine I wanted today so I bought
the latest ‘Breathe’. Looking forward to reading this one.
I started making the second of the two new blankets to give
me something to do when I wanted a break from making the first of the two new
blankets. I have definitely ordered the wrong yarn (two colours), so I have now
ordered the right yarn – which means I now can’t do b2, so I’ll have to crack
on with b1.
Healthy lunch today. Plate of cheese, crackers, and some
fruit. D has four cheeses on his crackers.
Some garlic is growing, but it’s taking its sweet precious
bloody time.
Dinner today: chish and fips, from the freezer
Exercise today: lifting big heavy shopping bags
Feeling a lot better for getting out of the house today but
shopping was a stressful experience. I was patiently waiting for the bananas to
be accessible and some knobhead just marched right up, parked his trolley,
leaned over someone, and got some nanas. Prick.
