David and I have just had a week or so off work. Think it came to ten days including the weekends, so we’ve done pretty well considering we only used four days of annual leave each. Good ol’ bank holidays. I didn’t get them in my last job. It almost makes up for being full time and not having Fridays off. Almost.
I started the week off by going to a gig – I went to see The
Gaslight Anthem (again) and they were goooooooood. So good. I forget how
utterly cathartic it is to scream your little lungs out to songs that you love.
Definitely was much needed. Wish I could do it every week.
I have spent a lot of time crocheting; I had a flurry of
Freddie orders and I had also decided to try and make a mini oompa loompa using a 1.25mm hook. I’ve
done most of it but I can’t bring myself to finish it. Ho hum. I have since had
another Freddie order so I need to get that started.
The first of the hairy footed flower bees have arrived, I was
beginning to think they weren’t going to appear this year but they have done. There’s
been a couple of females around too, investigating holes in the wall to nest.
It’s been a good allotment week, I think I have been up
there four times. One day was very super autumnal with cold and rain, I had to
wear my woolly hat! And then the other times have been lovely spring sunshine,
t shirt weather, GLORIOUS. I have harvested a load of carrots and a couple of
leeks, planted potatoes, unbuilt and rebuilt a raised bed, and today I have put
up a pair of arches with some help from a friend. I also managed to get around
to emptying, tidying, sorting, cleaning, and refilling my shed, so I can
actually get in it now! Wahoo!
The garden has also had some attention, with loads more
seeds scattered and more things planted. If they all grow it’ll be well lush. GURT
LUSH. I need to go back and sort out the remaining two flower beds but instead of
doing that, I dug a new one under the apple tree, which has now been seeded up
with root veg and mixed flowers.
I refound my turmeric roots, they have started to grow! So I
have potted them up in compost and hopefully they will grow lots. I’ve never
had turmeric before, so I am treating it like ginger.
There is a jenny wren building a nest in the hawthorn hedge,
I got really close to it, watching it as I was sitting on the bench and it flew
right past me with some moss in its beak and then sat and watched me. I hope it
doesn’t abandon the nest but it is close to the gate and path so it might well
reconsider.
We went out for dindins with Davids parents and on the way
home had a pothole related incident which resulted in David being towed home
and the tyre being absolutely shredded. It’s been an expensive week for one
reason or another. Good job I didn’t buy any firewood this month, although I probably
should’ve done.
Back to work tomorrow, utterly, absolutely NOT looking
forward to a 6am alarm!
