Some gardening and planning to travel!

I was a bit slow off the mark today but did get out into the garden for a while before and after lunch. Firstly I used the strimmer to neaten the grass paths and I transferred three small Canadian poppies into the garden from the walled garden. Then trimmed back some of the low hanging branches from copper beech, partly to stop having to walk through them and partly to let a bit more light get to the beds under it! I started n the area behind the beds by the wall that had always been a bit of a wilderness but I try not to let it get three foot high now!

I didn’t get finished, had a phone call from Rose with the latest news about my sister and decided I would go down and help her sort things out as they are going to send Margherita home and there has to be a bed downstairs. A lot to think about and organise and also the doctor is phoning Rose on Monday and I would like to be there and talk to her myself. But I am not thrilled at making last minute arrangements but the train is booked and the lift to the station and Rachel knows an unexpected visitor is arriving! When I was clearing away I took a couple of pics in the walled garden, I love the pink flowers on the dark leaves shrub.

By the back door the flower that I love at every stage is just bursting open. It eventually becomes a group of bell shoved flowers.

I have been starting to pack the case and been tidying up a bit, putting all the sewing stuff away and generally making it a bit more welcoming for when I get home.

So, blog from Peterborough tomorrow!