I did get the sun lounger chair out and settled down for sleeping on the patio. Although it had seemed perfect sitting out in the day time, for night it is narrow with hard arms, and as I am a natural fidget in the night I was soon struggling. Listening to the night birds and insects was interesting and I knew the time withthe quarter hourly chimes of the church bell! By two forty five I decided it was time to go in, then the difficulty begun as the chair is very low and I find it very difficult with my knees to get up from the floor or very low seats. I managed to stand up but lost my balance, I reached out to the chair to steady myself and it sprung into a different position, and I hit the deck, well, the paving to be more precise. Very jarred knees anda scrapes and bleeding toe! No major damage but today my knee and toe have been very sore. I did go to the Living Well meeting, it was a tech surgery and although busy I was able to get help to get my iPad backed up without paying for extra storage, so glad I bothered. The rest of the day Ihave pretty much sat around, for a while in the garden and then indoors. It has been uncomfortably hot and sticky again today. Even thecats have been feeling the heat!
When I went out to feed the birds this morning I noticed the hover flies on one of the mauve poppies. Will post all three pics as couldn’t decide.
I went out in the front garden to take photos of the flowers. Had to take this one of the yucca as I think the flowers are at best they will be, truly fabulous.
Then gladioli and a hollyhock.
My knee feels a little better now so resting was a good plan. We have had a brief fall of rain, hopefully there will be more overnight.
Oh dear, not a successful night outdoors then! Hope you’ve not done any permanent damage. I’m really surprised the church clock chimes that late at night. I thought they usually stopped about 11ish. Surprised local residents don’t complain about being woken up!
ReplyDeleteGlad you got your iPad backed up. You get 5gb free with Apple which is more than enough, and it’s a pretty easy procedure.
It didn’t seem as hot here for most of the day, but by about 7pm it seemed to start getting hotter. Probably in my head, but it did make me sweat a lot and I still am.
Those hover flies do seem attracted to those mauve poppies, or do they group like that on other ones too? The yuccas look fantastic!
Think you should consider resting all weekend, it’ll do you good. Just stay away from low chairs 😊
There seem to be a lot of hover flies this year, they do gather on the other coloured poppies and the big open daisies. I think they are so pretty and they don’t come near humans!
ReplyDeleteI don’t thinkI have done any long term damage must made dodgy knees a bit more painful off a bit. The chimes going every quarter saved me checking my watch!
That yucca really is spectacular at the moment. I expect it will soon start to die off now.