Surprise flier and amazing day!

 I have done a bit more to the jigsaw, but a photo tomorrow. We both went out into the garden, I had plants to make way for and Tina started clearing an overgrown area at the bottom of the garden. The garden bins, both full, were going to be emptied today, so we could make a start on the stuff waiting to go into them!

After a while we had a tea break in the garden and the postman arrived while we were enjoying the sunny weather. He had a flier as well as the post.

We decided to take a ride to Bennybeg but I collected the empty bins and we both got the stuff waiting into the bins. The plant centre is twenty miles or so away and it was a great journey, the hills hadn’t got the trees on so quite different. We went through one area which took our breath away but we were surrounded by these enormous hill but not easy to get the idea from the car. Managed slightly better on the way back.

The plant centre was great and we spent a lot but got our free bedding plants!

After we had looked round and bought our purchases at a garden centre with a cafe. We didn’t look round the garden centre but went into the glass making place and admired the beautiful stuff then went in to where the men were making glass items.

That was fascinating. Then on the way home, lots more photos!

A while after that we saw a sign to Rumbling Bridge, so we went to the car park and walked down to the river.

The last two were taken from the bridge, very narrow and a little alarming when a car appeared!

Then we did make our way home. We would never had found these places if the postman hadn’t delivered the flier! Quite a day.

Garden centre day

 Making omelettes yesterday I was intrigued by the code information in the box lid, have never seen anything like it. But it really bothers me that it still lists caged bird eggs. I think that should have been made illegal years ago.

I did a bit to the jigsaw before we went out, but did a bit more when I got home so a photo later, at the moment it is very slow progress.

We set off to go to a recommended garden centre between Perth and Dundee, it did have some great displays and included a food hall and a very large cafe.

Tina had some gift money and she got plants and a water feature. Photos of the plants tomorrow but we won’t unpack the water feature until I have prepared a place for it. I got us a very nice lunch. On the way back we saw a sign for a woodland park that had a viewing point. It was a fairly short walk to the viewing point but it was up a steep hill! Very much worth it though.

We thought about walking to another viewing point two miles on, but this was the start and we didn’t go far!

We found a different way down, I took this one before we came down.

Back in the car we made our way to Dobbies garden centre as the do an offer after 2.30 pm as two of their amazing cream scones for the price of one. They even did plain scones as well as fruit so Tina could enjoy one too.

We did food shopping before coming home. I did a bit more to the jigsaw before getting the garden bins put out.

Quiet evening as looks like gardening on the agenda tomorrow!

Changeable weather

 Yesterday evening it had rained and sometimes sleeted heavily and the wind was getting up. This morning  it was blue sky and sunshine and the wind had calmed down. While Tina was at church I went to the are centre to have a chai latte. I sat by a window in the sun and took a picture of the view. Some nice buildings in the village.

Some daffodils hd been left by Tina’s office door yesterday so I decided to try drawing some with a bit more detail. I don’t do much pencil drawing these days.

After lunch the rain came back with a vengeance and it turned it sleet briefly. When it had cleared Tina asked if I felt like a walk by the river, I said oky but it will be muddy, and it was! There are some new signs as yu approach the Birnam Oak now, the first one said something like It is not me, I am  sycamore, I took a picture of the second one.

The sun on the water at this little bridge was lovely.

The path turned into a mini river at some points.

When we got to the Dunkeld bridge we carried on along the path so that Tina could see where I had sat opposite the cathedral on my walk back from the Hermitage the other day. He sun was shining so you could see it better today.

We walked back to the bridge through the community orchard.

We were just on the bridge in time to see this wonderful sight.

After a drink and piece of cake we timed it right again and I caught it again on the way back, but a bit closer.

Forgot to add a photo of me in front of the bridge.

I have done a bit to the jigsaw, the picture is almost half sky so it may take a while! Tina took a photo of Pandora trying out the basket in the sunshine!

That’s it for today.