ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER DOWN-POUR

Hello everyone

At the moment the title of my post is half wrong - it isn't raining.  Everything in the garden is so green and healthy-looking, so shouldn't really complain, but the weeds are also green and healthy looking!  Perhaps as they do so well and don't seem to suffer from too many bugs, pests and diseases, I should let them survive?

I had planned to post pics of two of my card orders on today's blog, but I haven't completed them so will leave them for my Sunday/Monday post.  Because of the rain I have spent the last couple of days continuing with the 'grand clear-out'.  I love Freecycle - I had a large quantity of gardening magazines and someone very kindly relieved me of them yesterday.  So much better that someone else enjoys them rather than the recycling bin gobbling them up.  I know they would still go on to do 'good things' if they were recycled, but this way extends their interesting and useful life a little more.  Our shredding machine has been working over time too - most of it makes good compost too.

My car developed a strange crunching noise (well it sounded like crunching) noise over the weekend is currently being 'looked after' by our local mechanic, Nathan.  We live in an area where we have one bus each day (week days only), which used to come down our road, but has since been re-routed - such a shame as we have neighbours that used to rely on the fact that the bus stopped almost outside of their door and as their walking ability is limited, this has caused them to cut down on their trips into Guildford.  Although the railway station is in walking distance, with shopping, big bags, limited mobility, etc it is not an easy journey, so a car is a must.

I feel rather like one of those little weather houses at the moment: the sun shines, I rush out and do some gardening; the rain falls and I rush back in to do some clearing or crafting.  The good news is that the temperature is rising every day, so perhaps summer is really on the way.  Hope so, we need some warmth and sunshine.

Pottery course tomorrow - I am so enjoying doing a course that doesn't require lots of assignments or an exam at the end of it.  I completed the basics last week, cut out the shapes for the candle-light to shine through, so this week I think I might be adding some colour.  Very exciting and great fun.

Don't forget to check out my blog on Friday for my Guest Blogger.  I will be back with my Sunday/Monday post.

Jill