Lovely afternoon walk

 I had a fairly domesticated morning but went out for  all this afternoon. As I walked through the churchyard I was this in tact cooker, not often you see on still it’s it’s case!

It was still ther when I came home so I collected it in case I feel inspired to try and draw it. Beautiful clematis in a garden I went by.

The traffic on the road up to the A9 was at a standstill for several minutes. I imagine there were lights at the top of the road , there is always some traffic problem with the A9 and our roads get clogged up.

I decided to go up to the cairn

Not a long way but a steep path. Almost there.

Then at the top and a good view.

Another nice flower when I was back down and heading for Dunkeld.

More pics from this beautiful afternoon.

Passed this building on the way home, never noticed the sign before!

I don’t often pass that building but walked a different way so that I could see how the trough I helped plant up a few weeks ago was looking.

Domesticated spell when I got home and getting ready to watch The Traitors now.

Trip to Perth

 I enjoyed the talk on cacti yesterday evening and it won’t surprise anybody tht I bought a couple!

I haven’t mentioned the jigsaw for a bit, I have been making the bee house and Darren has been trying to get a stereo working that was taken to the repair cafe. But we have both done some.

I went into Perth this morning with Tina. She had a lunchtime meeting and parked about half a mile from the city centre. I found my way in okay, did a bit of shopping and had some lunch.

Passed the cathedral.

And this rather strange scaffolding.

I went a bit off course on the way back to the car park so saw this large green space.

Took a photo of this tree as I liked the trunk!

You can’t go far up here without finding a gradient, even in the city.

Tina hadn’t messaged so I went and had a drink in the Black Watch museum cafe. I go back to the museum and grounds another time.

You get drivers who can’t read, or just don’t care, everywhere. There were plenty of spaces.

I am off to see a singer this evening called Iona Lane. Will finish with a photo from Africa, nineteen years ago now, that I have no recollection of. The only time I was near sear was when I travelled to the slave castle.

Walk and bee house!

 I walked into Dunkeld this morning, just to get a bit of exercise. I took photos of from both sides of the bridge, it was the shy I was attracted to on the first one, they both look chilly!

I walked back along the river path, still not a lot of colour on the trees.

Quite a lot of these diseased leaves on the ground, make great patterns!

This afternoon I tried to fill gaps in the bee house, had to cut some very short ones which probably won’t be ant use to the bees anyway, it is now as good as it is going to get!

Has to cure for a while , I do hope it attracts a bee or two.

I am off to my first evening meeting with the garden and growing club this evening. There is going to be a talk on cacti.

Some colour, but not a lot!

 Not a lot to talk about tonight, I have been less than with it. Yesterday evening when I was at the bingo evening my head began to really itch and I couldn’t ignore it completely. By the time I wa indoors it wa difficult not to scratch ll the time. It was worse during the night, itched more when my head was on the pillow! At one point I sat up for an hour doing a crossword. I had used a hir product yesterday that I haven’t used for a while and wondered if I had reacted to it. I had a shower and washed my hair thoroughly , I was ssirprised the water wsnt red as I had scratched my head so much! The head ha still itches ll day nd I now realise that I have numerous bites on my head, ll of which are now oozing as I have scratched the heads off. A couple of weeks ago I had four bites on my head and I think both times it has been when I have worked at St Ninians, which doesn’t bode well as I have said I will develop an area. I will wear a cap next week and spry it with insect repellant! Have taken a antihistamine so hope I will be bled to sleep tonight. That a lot of waffle when I sid I hadn’t got much to say!

This morning I sanded down th canes before getting the first lot stuck in the bucket. The instructions sid to gather them all in a rubber band! That proved almost impossible, they kept slipping out and it was quite frustrating!

I got them into the h ker nd then hd to leave the sealant to sure. Now I have to get others into the gaps, they will need cutting down a bit. This project is proving to be quite a challenge.

Another picture from my chair this morning,

Tina still isn’t properly recovered but we did go shopping this afternoon and I took a few photos when we were out, the trees are reluctant to change colour it seems.

Apart from tidying up some of the cane chaos Nd getting dinner I haven’t done a lot. Will hopefully sleep better and feel a bit more energetic tomorrow,

Group day and out this evening

 When I was walking home after the film last night there was a light on in the church. Got better pics of the windows that I often get from inside!

The film was good, quite hard to watch at some points but also funny in others. But very informative and a pretty marvellous true story.

This morning I walked into Dunkeld and got to work on the bed that I am going to take charge of. 

I started at the back and didn’t really get very far, lots of roots and stones! I dug up some foxgloves and a couple of wild geraniums and replanted then in the area I dug today. This is going to be a work in progress for some time. We have discussed it and I m going to make it into a pollinator bed, rather that just wild flowers, although there will still be wild flowers, hopefully!

Darren gave me a lift into Dunkeld for the knit and natter group as I had walked both ways this morning and it was raining. I carried on with the never ending embroidery and was lucky enough to get a lift home today.

It has been a murky day as these two photos show.

Off to a different WI this evening, they have invited Birnam WI to a fundraising bingo evening. A lady is picking me up in a bit, as Tina is a lot better but still not well enough to be going out and about