Nice things

 I had another special delivery of fresh hens eggs, our neighbour brought them up and invited us to visit her now finished back garden, George was here so he took 2 home, mummy made him a omelette for his tea, we had ours as poached eggs on toast. 

I wanted a gift to take to neighbours house, this stunning red begonia fits the bill, the Osteospermum is for a gap in the side bed, and the Snow blizzard a cheeky extra, they were three for £12, it would have been rude not to.

As a member of my favourite garden centre, I took advantage of their half price seed selection this month and got these packs below, no veg as I already have loads from my recent subscription, and will get more in the coming year. I now have more than enough seeds to keep me happy. 

Another author I like and a good story, as with all good thrillers it starts with a murder scene, loads of people with reason to 'do it', she weaves a good plot, lovely twist just in the right place, I had guesses who done it, but she was clever and keep me guessing until almost the end, brilliant read. Book 49 read this year.

The rain on Tuesday was brilliant for the garden, we had 3 good showers, we popped to our favourite garden centre and was stuck in our car for ages due to a heavy passing storm. Daughter met us with Molly and George, so we had a drink, cake and a chat, George as usual won the heart of all the older ladies having their drinks in the café, he is a grandma/nana magnet, they love him. They went home with a dinosaur head hand puppet, loads of roars as they got into their car seats, daughter called later to ask, when could she hide them. 

Southern Water is starting a hosepipe ban on Monday, not too far away is a huge leak gallons gushing away, so many people not happy. My hubby just said the most wonderful words to me, our Southern Water bill is for waste, our water comes from Portsmouth water and they have not issued a hosepipe ban,  I'm over the moon, I thought it was the other way round.

Wednesday was a day at home, I've had a poorly tummy, bugs from George we think, he does like to share. Nothing much to do, the house is clean, other than deadheading the garden is tidy, I did sit in the shade for a couple of hours doing my New York Times puzzles. 

Today daughter and I are off to Ikea in Southampton, just for a look, neither of us needs anything big for our homes.