The Birks at Aberfeldy

 This morning I pottered in the house, refreshed the water in the posy which is still looking pretty and moved a couple of small pictures to hang on white photos of birds up, then hung the others again. Photos of the posy, one of the one I wanted to hang and a few of my sitting room which is almost there!

The one on the floor at the bottom of the last photo hasn’t got a home!

Tina had a lunch appointment in Aberfeldy today so she dropped me off I. The town to have a look round and was going to pick me up at the same place in a couple of hours. I had lunch in a nice little cafe we had gone in the other time we went to Aberfeldy. Then I went for a walk and happened upon The Birks.

Quite an enchanting place to walk through.

These stones had a poem on.

The seats in the wall round the statue also had verses on. I tried to do a sketch from the other side which is not great but should put them all on regardless!

Tina picked me up as arranged. Just before we had left flowers in a box arrived, which Tina had sent for. I got them out and into a vase as soon as we got home. The ones that are drooping a bit in the photo have already perked up.

We had a light tea and I will write a couple of letters this evening and maybe a bit of patchwork.

At the Hermitage with Darren

 This morning Darren drove me up to the Hermitage, he hadn’t been there before and enjoyed his first visit. We walked up to Ossians hall and took a selfie from the viewing point, then had a wander to the bridge and by the river. I took photos with the trees covered in moss! It is quite something.

We found some different benches that I could do some sketching from, then we walked back to the car park nd had a drink of hot chocolate and a delicious donut! When we got home Drren got on with getting his stuff together and I began to sort lunch. Tina was home in good time ns we had lunch then Seeen set off soon after one. He is home safely now, he got there before eight.

I did do some gardening this afternoon but no photos as it is will be even more boring that it was in Hornsea! Yesterday evening and this afternoon I started using some of the material I bought yesterday to do some patchwork. I have done two ‘flowers’ and this evening have cut out some more pieces to get onto card and sew some more,

Watching Roman Holiday now, pair of my favourite actors, so a nice way to spend the evening,

Trip to Blairgowriei

 The three of us went to Blairgowrie today, a really nice little town. We had a good wander round, had a drink in a delightful book shop, very unusual and quirky. Later on we had a nice lunch. A few pics.

We went to a shop called The Nest, it has masses of craft stuff a really low prices, stopping stuff going to landfill and they take in unused and unwanted stuff donated by crafters. Run by volunteers.

I got this bunch of goodies for £7.

I also bought some walking poles while we were there, an unmatching pair of course!

When I got home my Comic Relief t shirt had arrived, the back is more fun than the front which just has a small image.

Darren and Tina went to the Lock of the Lowes but I took a chair onto the porch and read for a while and Pandora enjoyed a bit of fresh air.

Have started a bit of patchwork this evening, photo tomorrow.

The garden may be small, but not easy!

 I did a sketch of my mother’s day posy yesterday evening.

Today I have spent a reasonable amount of time in the garden, I did take another photo of the raised bed that I finished off yesterday.

The side of the garden had a lot of snowdrops, so I left starting to clear it until they had stopped flowering, then was going to dig them up to replant later. I don’t think the edge under the bushes has been cleared for a long time. On the face of it this garden will be child’s play.

But on a closer look the ground elder, which was a nightmare in Hornsea has run riot here. It is up to the back under the bushes and the runners go under the grass. This is what it looks like, this was the amount of root I had from that small area, and it is not clear., and you  can see it is up behind where I dug.

On a brighter note Pandora likes being out in the garden while I am working.

I did continue for a bit,but I am have it to prune back the bushes to get to the bed. I have started making an edge, it is a start, but still a lot of root on there!

That was enough for today. I did o course go for my haircut half way through, a nice cut so think all will be well.

Darren arrived this afternoon and we have had pizza from the van for tea. I brought a sprig of holly in to draw, trickier than you think!

Comic relief this evening. I have ordered a t shirt but haven’t got it yet!