After complaining that I felt I was drifting yesterday, I tried to be a bit more mindful of what I was doing for the rest of the day, and give myself a bit of purpose. At lunchtime we went into town for a couple of errands, and had a little walk around an area we've not been to before. It was good, and I'm going to see if there are any town trails or something that we might be able to follow in the future to discover new areas. It was nice to see people out enjoying the park in the sunshine - I'd forgotten we had boats on the lake, and will make an effort to hire one this summer. I made myself a healthy lunch, and had a cup of tea in the garden with the chickens. I spent much of the rest of the afternoon in the garden. The seedlings that have appeared are doing well, especially the beans and peas. No sign of the tomatoes yet though - I suspect I may have sowed them a little early. I won't be planting anything outside for a few weeks yet, but I've done a bit of preliminary weeding of the beds and paths in the veg garden. I don't dig, but I do try to remove the grass and dandelions at least. They've had home made compost on over the winter, and I'll have some more ready soon to put down before the seedlings get planted out. Bunty and Bonnie helped me with the weeding, and it was lovely to see them getting so close to me - last summer they were still very easily startled and wouldn't help with the digging at all, whereas now they'll happily stand right next to me if it means easy access to a worm. I've started cutting the hay field again, as I didn't finish it in the autumn, and to my surprise, the two rows I cut last week had dried out, so I raked up the hay to spread around the willow dome. This is willow I brought with me from our previous house, and it's taken a while to settle in, especially with so much grass competition. I'm hoping this will the year it grows properly, and I can lie in this little willow dome in the summer and look out at the view. As the evening wore on, I attempted to jump start our older car, which has had a flat battery for weeks, but after much searching, we couldn't find the jump leads, so that's a job for another day. Instead, I repaired the flat tyre on my bigger bike, and gave both of them a bit of a clean. So Saturday turned out alright after all, although I was tired and grouchy by bedtime, and I didn't sleep that well. Miraculously, the sun is still shining today, and I'm up and about early, so I think I'm going to take my newly fixed bike, and my newly acquired parking permit, and head to the old railway trails for a bit of cycling in the sunshine.
After that? More garden pottering I think. The weather is meant to get colder for the rest of the week, so it would be good to take advantage while it's nice to be outside.
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4/4/2021 07:15:23 pm
Thank you for taking time to share your words and pictures. When we moved to Ferndale twenty years ago it was a small town surrounded by farms and was a heavenly area to raise my children.
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