Bench assembly and different walk

 This morning the self assembly bench arrived. The blurb when I ordered it said it could be assembled in bout 15 minutes. It definitely took me a bit longer than that but it was pretty straightforward, I needed a bit of ingenuity when fitting the cross beam. I am delighted with it, it is strong and had good depth to take the bonsai dishes. I wanted two, but just ordered one to start with in case it wasn’t suitable. No more in stock at the moment but hopefully they will be available again soon.

We had been going to go to Perth today but Tina wasn’t feeling too bright so I decided to go for a walk nd try to get up to the war memorial cairn up on a hill. I found the start of the track, it was steep in parts but zig zagged and not too long.

This photo was from a bench not long before I reached the top.

Then some photos at the top, including a bluebell wood behind the cairn, not in full bloom yet though.

I made my way down and then went and had lunch in Dunkeld. I decided to walk back along the river path even though mu left leg was feeling like it was about to give out on me. There were a couple of benches along the way. I haven’t been along for a while nd now spring has sprung.

The next two photos are the ancient sycamore and the Birnum oak, both now in leg despite their age.

and a sign before I got to the steps away from the path!

I haven’t done a great deal since I got back. I went to the library this morning and got a book to red and an audio book, so have started reading the book.

Must be acting my age!

 I have had another fairly relaxed day. I removed the dead flowers from my bouquet and refreshed the water, still quite a bit of life in them. A put a few more pieces in the jigsaw, getting well on the way.

I went across to have my hair cut at 10.30, it hadn’t grown that much but she tidied it up and thinned it out! I did some tidying in the garden but not any heavy stuff, I have a bench on order to see if it will be suitable for the bonsai trees.

I had a phone call to say the painted pottery was ready, so after lunch I walked into Dunkeld, the green is beginning to show in the hills now.

All of our pottery pieces turned out well.

I had a late arrival card today and a brooch with a farthing in, so have a set now.

I have finished the jigsaw now except for one piece which I will hunt for tomorrow.

Maybe I will feel inclined to clear a bit more garden tomorrow, but don’t hold your breath.

An easy day

 We were both up and about later this morning  and didn’t rush to do anything. But I will start with yesterday evening because I went along to the bowls club with Tina as a spectator. I was in bright sunshine to start and it was very hot, then I moved into the shade and the temperature dropped rapidly. A very nice setting for a bowls club.

On my walk home I passed this mini bridge.

Some trees.

An oyster catcher and a rabbit very far away!

And a stone wall under construction at the hotel which is being refurbished.

Back to today, a relaxed morning then after lunch we went to Pitlochry to see Tina’s aunt and cousin. Tim had major neck surgery on Friday and seems to be making good progress. The views from their garden are lovely.

And Archie is cute!

We stopped by at the Loch of the Lowes on the way back, just before it closed as Tina buys the bird seed there. We did get to look at the loch as well.

I have a throw over my legs when sitting with my feet up, not because I am cold but because I have ended up bleeding on several occasions because of Pandoras claws in my lower legs! The throw was a bit bulky so Tina brought one of the quilts I made through. She doesn’t use it anfitvwas good to see it again. I did make some pretty nice quilts.

I will be doing some watering later but not much else.

Garden and different walk

 This morning I did some washing and watered the house plants, I need to rearrange them a bit and get some different plant pot holders.

I spent about an hour and a half in the garden, doing a bit more of the bed and got the two lavender plants in that we got at Lidl yesterday and hoed all the beds again as the weeds are beginning to pot up in large numbers! I just cleared the bit after the white flowers.

This afternoon I decided to follow the path that I couldn’t get onto last week. It was a woodland walk but went up a lot so I was quite high when I turned back. Quite a few pictures, I loved the cottage with the rustic bridge to the door in the third photo.. I am writing the blog earlier today as I will probably go along to the bowls club with her later, as an observer!