Good evening everyone! It's been very windy and showery here today but I managed to get a little bit of gardening done, then had to go to Bodmin to get bird see and peanuts and then to Summercourt in the opposite direction to collect my old cats Metacam for her arthritis. 

Filled the car up as the price of petrol will be going up soon when the Labour commies remove the cap on tax on fuel. Not sure when that's coming into force but don't want to pay anymore than I have to so filled up today. I see they're also going to take away bus passes too. This is going to be a tough 5years. But they won't get in for a second term as everyone's disgusted with the way they've treated pensioners. 

It's been quite cold today the heating kicked in, but I saw on the forecast that next week will be mostly sunny and dry, thank goodness. I want to prune my roses and wonder whether to do them tomorrow if it's dry weatherI don't normally do them this early but some of them have been moved into the new flower bed when the new path was laid at the back of the bungalow and it was a bit early to move them really but I had no choice.  I did stick a cutting in a large pot that has a miniature lilac tree in it, and noticed today that it's sprouted a lot of new leaves from 2 new buds. That took root quickly. 

Afternoon everyone, well it's warmer than yesterday that's about all you can say. It's milder and sunny blue sky one minute and black the next and as a polar bear's bum lol 

Cleared out my food cupboard today, my God there was stuff in there in tins and jars that could go in a museum, I usually don't bother with BBE dates with tins and jars but today it all went in the bin. The dustmen can take it next Friday. Today it was recycling and I hadn't decided to clear the cupboard by the time they arrived, then thought I'd take it all to the tip in black bags but it's very heavy so thought s*d it and put it in boxes then in black bags and into the household waste wheelie. 

Not sure what to do about my pond area. The wooden frame is around the outside leaving a gap between for planting up, but the top of the timber is about 4" above the top of the pond so there'd be a lip all around the edge and I think it might look a bit odd. So looks like I'm going to have to empty the pond again, after catching the fish, lift the pond out and put some gravel back under it to raise it up about 3" or 4" so the lip of the pond is the same level as the top of the timber frame.   One of my friends said the extra bit of height to the frame would probably protect the plants that I'm going to put in them which is true but it will also stop you seeing half of the plants.  I thought abut making a sort of rockery to build the soil up round the edge but as the ponds lower it would look strange.  So the ponds gotta come up and then be raised up a bit I think. It's only got to be done once. 

The only other option is to dig out more gravel where the frame rests, taking the whole frame down 4" but that's really hard work.  I just really don't know which is the best option so anyone with any suggestions feel free to post them cos I'm at a loss here how to solve this problem. 

Bob the Builder's back from holiday this weekend coming so hopefully he'll be round sometime next week to do the hinges on the new DG door so it fits against the frame seal tight on the lock side. I hope he knows how to do it. I've found a video on YouTube but will wait til he gives a hint that he either doesnt know how to adjust them or doesn't know how to adjust the door not realising it's the hinges needing adjustment. I sometimes wish I didn't know as much about DIY as I do because it causes a lot of stress when you have to leave a job to someone else to do. 

I wish now I'd contacted the place he got the door from to come out and adjust it but when I suggested that before he went on holiday he was dead against it for some reason. ?????? odd. 

Hope everyone's having a good day today. Looks like Summer's over and Autumn's here to stay. 

 

Good morning everyone.

Its dry but feeling chilly still.

I've got a day of housework and washing.

Has anyone started having spiders in. I've had three giants so far.  The third one was in the kitchen and took three attempts to catch it.  Third time lucky. Another one was in the kitchen and I chucked it out the door and wondered if it found its way in again, so the next one in the kitchen was taken to the bottom of the garden. I've got my clear plastic mug and envelope ready for the next one.

Strictly tonight I think 

Good morning everyone.

Its cloudy but dry.

A quiet Sunday

Evening all. Been a glorious day weatherwise here. Bob the Builder turned up this morning, he's sorted out the door adjustment so the porch is airtight, you can feel the vacuum when you close the door lol  And he said when he was on holiday he kept thinking about the guttering and the rain not going down the down pipe and thinking there's no way that can happen. Then he said he felt really embarrassed because he'd forgotten to cut the hole in the actual gutter where the down pipe joins it so of course the water wouldn't go down the pipe lol What a plonker! So he's made the hole now and tested it out and everything's working as it should.   

I have just cancelled my asda delivery for tomorrow, when I went to checkout on line there were so many things not available or out of stock I just cancelled the whole order and decided to go to St Austell and get it myself. I won't both going to my nearest which is in Bodmin, because its a small store and doesn't carry the stock the St Austell one does. I'm not keen on the St Austell store as it's mega huge but you can get everything in there. I'll have to take loads of bags with me. pffft and I'm not keen on mixing with so many people as I've still never had covid so hopefully I won't catch it there. 

Diane sorry to hear you had damp and grey weather, I'm only 8 miles up the road and it's been a belter here, really hot. My friend Chloe who lives in St Austell had the same weather as here too. Cornish weather is peculiar.