Blairgowrie and plants!

 Tina had an appointment in Blairgowrie and I went for the drive and an hour to wander around. Blairgowrie is on a hill, of course, so I made my way down to the river and had a short walk along. A beautiful day and some lovely photos.

I thin walked back up the town, calling in a couple of shops nd buying some charity Christmas cards. Need to save up for the stamps now!

I had the challenge of watering the plants and two or three really need repotting. They are getting big and want to get bigger! It has made me think I may have to part with some, making too good a job of growing them! I will have a rethink, maybe I could rearrange the bedroom and fit a couple in, but it is pretty crammed in there. I have one plant which has been inter now for a couple of years, it has never been a really happy plant and I have had it about eight years. Today I decided it was time to consign it to the bin but when I removed it there were a couple of new shoots appearing spit had been reprieved!

I wrote a couple of letters and went to post them and collected the garden bins on the way back. Then I cleared a pile of branches that Tina hd lopped last week but the bins were full. They are nearly full gain and they are emptied fortnightly!

May try and do a bit of gardening tomorrow, wether permitting, there is a possibility of rain.

Monday groups and yucca

 I was quite achy today, probably the after effects of Fridays adventure! I set ff along the river path for the garden volunteering but had decided that I would work for an hour and then head home when they stopped tor coffee. Worked sweeping up leaves for an hour and walked back through the village which is a shorter route. The excitement of the morning was as I approached the steps onto the bridge on the way in and saw movement on a large tree. It was two squirrels chasing each other. First time I have seen any when out and about. The other less exciting but interesting thing was the man working on the stonework at the hotel, the renovation of which is hopefully getting near.

I had a rest before heading out again, walking through the village again. The pub in Dunkeld has a lot of flowers outside.

The group was fine, I did a bit more embroidery. I walked back by the river again as I was feeling less achy.  The trees are beginning to turn, should look lovely in a couple of weeks providing the leaves haven’t all dropped!

The bank notes here have great illustrations on the back, here are the £10 and £20 notes.

I have repotted the yucca this evening, let’s hope it is happy.

I have struggled with getting rain cover which is comfortable. I have a lovely warm jacket that Anya bought me but I wanted something compact and loose to have when out and about. This cape is made of eight recycled plastic bottles and is fun. It all came out of the pocket but I doubt I will try and get it back into the pocket! So will finish with the picture.

Not much to say today

 I was up early today and had thought I would maybe go for a walk, but in the end I didn’t really feel like doing much of anything!

When I was checking the plants last night I saw that the leaves of the two remaining. Sunflowers were drooping although the opened flower was still,okay. I gave them a good watering as although we have had some rain they are in a small pot and the eaves on the bungalow are big. The leaves have perked up today.

I have spent quite a lot of time on the jigsaw today, progress is slow but we will,get there!

I did try to do some embroidery, but I have now got to the wool areas and the beige wool is almost the sme colour as the material and even with my side light where I was stitching!

So I gave up and did. Crossword! I had hoped that some indoor plant compost would arrive earlier but it didn’t arrive until I was cooking dinner which wa late tonight as Tina had an evening service. I bought a reduced pot like an urn at the garden centre and have decided I would repot the yucca into it. So maybe tomorrow!

Soon be bedtime, will at lest be walking to Dunkeld tomorrow.

Flower festival

 This morning I walked into Dunkeld, got something for lunch at the bakery then I went to the cathedral to see then displays at the flower festival, the theme was ‘my favourite film’. I took photos and will write the name of each film.

Mama Mia

Best Exotic Marigold Hotel.

Out of Africa

Singing in the Rain.

Summer Holiday.

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.

The Secret Garden.

Oklahoma.

Dunkirk.

Cinderella.

Pirates of Penzance.

Annie Get Your Gun.

The Sound of Music.

Rapunzel.

The Colour Purple.

Whisky Galore.

Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner.

This afternoon I planted up the large pot we bought yesterday. Took to the shed and the compost on the trolley.

I did a sketch before going food shopping with Tina.

Have watched Strictly this evening and will see how it goes when the competition starts.

Seemed like a good idea at the time!

 Second attempt, I had just done a long post and managed to clear it!

This morning I decided to try and walk prt of the Birnam hill route to the Kings seat, which apparently has wonderful views. There is a round walk that is about four miles which I thought would be too long. The steeper part of the route was shorter so decided to go up to it and back down that way. I was writing comments as I went the first time but. This time I will do all the writing, save it and then add the photos. Firstly I made t my way to the station and then walked up the glen next to the burn. I went past some houses and saw a lady coming down what looked love a walking route. She said it was the way to the Kings seat but it was very steep and quite slippery, so to be careful. I took a lot of photos of the pth and then the view as I went up, but have deleted a lot of the path photos as they were samey and boring. I had been climbing, slowly for what seemed like an age when a couple came up behind me, and past me and the lady asked him to see how much further. He said bout half way! They disappeared and I carried on t my pace. I got up to a rocky mound, seemingly as high as I could go! I was truly exhausted. Phoned Tina to sy I must have gone wrong somewhere and contemplated with horror going down the way I had come up. I had decided while climbing that I ours walk down the longer, less steep route. As I was pondering a guy in a kilt arrived. He would not believe me when I said I had walked up that way. I asked where the viewing point was and he said I must have passed it and he would go down with me to it. As we began to move down I wa very tired and fell backwards into the heather, ended up doing that a few more times! As we started I asked where the kings set was and he said the the rock I had reached was it! I asked how you got to the other side and he said that there was a path round the side. I wasn’t about to climb back up there so I made it but didn’t see the view! It was a tricky and quite long route back to the viewing point, which ws two huge rocks you had to clamber onto to see the view! I told the guy to go and he went, I was then thinking about getting off them! Bless him, he came back and wanted to make sure I was okay on the next steep bits. I did get him to leave when the path was less rocky. I made it home getting on for four hours after I left. The man agreed with me that there wa not way it was only a mile to the top!

And finally the view!