This morning I decided to get some clearing done near the summer house as it had become very untidy again, helped by the rain of course! Got the strimmer out, I have a difficult relationship with the strimmer, can’t get the hang of it and end up going through the reels of wire at a rate of knots! Tina ordered me two spares with that in mind! Planned on doing two areas either side of the summer house.
I seem to have cracked using the strimmer because today didn’t have to use either of the replacement reels and I was working out there for quite a while. Not perfect now but a whole lot better.
The droopy and very pretty plant near the back door is at its best now.
After lunch Tina drove me up to Freeport so that I could go to the Pound Stretcher store and then attempt to walk home. Haven’t been down Polly’s Path for quite some time!
There was a problem with the tills in the shop so I ended up standing for about them minutes, standing really gets my joints aching so I had a sit down for a while before walking home. The bench was near the cemetery and this flower stand was in the middle of a paved area.
Walking home I noticed the crucifix outside the Catholic Church on the other side of the road appeared to be inside a heart, very eye catching.
This beautiful rose is in the church grounds.
I struggled on the walk home, only about a mile, I was walking like a rally decrepit old lady! Must try and get the fitness/energy levels up!
This evening before tea Tina and I went into the garden for a bit, Tina dug up some very nasty long rooted weeds and I edged the lawns. Not planning to do anything energetic this evening!
She looks extremely comfortable laying there. Oh to be a cat!
ReplyDeleteThose weeds really have grown quickly. It doesn’t seem that long since you did those beds. At least trimming them made for a bit quicker job, and it sounds like you’ve mastered the machine 😊 Definitely looks a lot better now than it did.
Like the droopy plant, whatever it is. That’d make a nice watercolour too.
I remember Polly’s Path well. A nice walk along there.
The crucifix in the heart was a good spot. Was it actually designed to look like that, or was it just a fluke? Either way it looks good.
Well you made it home, so that’s good. Considering the knees I think you do pretty well for a decrepit old lady 😊
An easy evening sounds good, if you can actually stick to it!
The cats have a good life here, I don’t get to sit in my chair that often now!
ReplyDeleteI actually find using the strimmer quite hard work, you have to hold the switch in which really strings my hand! It is a more efficient way of making a quick clearance. And the weeds have to start all over again!
I don’t know if they planned that tree round the crucifix, but either way it is pretty eye catching at the moment.
Not feeling quite so decrepit now!