Hurray, the start of summer!! Actually today has been gorgeous. Some threatening clouds this morning but no rain. From mid-morning it got sunnier and I actually sunbathed this afternoon for awhile. We came in at about 5.30pm and the heavans opened shortly afterwards. Perfect timing. The girls spent a good part of the day in the pool. Yesterday I blobbed out all day. I could not get motivated to do anything, attacked the fridge at hourly intervals and wasted the entire day! I lept out of bed full of resolve this morning and have had a very productive day. I have waded through the flower bed opposite the deck which, like all the garden has been so neglected. I dug out a walnut tree that had self seeded and was hoping to transfer it elsewhere but the tap root was soooo stubborn I had to cut it off so will not bother trying to re-plant it. I emptied compost bins and put the compost round the strawberries after weeding. With the warmer weather the weeds everywhere are going mad and I am going to have to try and do my 1/2 hour every evening in the veg plot to get and keep on top of them. Last year I planted some globe artichokes that I had dug up from the roadside out side the home of the lady we bought the pigs from. She had no idea what they were and thought me mad wanting to dig up and plant a huge thistle! Anyway today we had our first harvest from this. I picked 3 globes and they were lovely. I always think of Cheryl when we eat GA. Many years ago when we lived in Whitstable we had Mark and Cheryl round for a meal along with Mandy and David. We served GA's for starters and Cheryl just stared at them and said 'What the ---- do I do with this!' I would never have known myself if it was not for Delia Smith. The girls shared one and actually ate it. We forgo-ed the hollandaise sauce for dipping. Can you believe it Eric has suddenly, since doing his CPR course, had a conscience about his fat intake. Not only did he not have hollandaise sauce, but he declined ice cream this afternoon and even cut the fat of his (home-made) bacon yesterday morning!!!!!! This is rather a large ajustment for you to make after 18 odd years together as those of you who know Eric will appreciate.
Well so much for my determination to take the children somewhere this weekend, yet again it didn't happen. Mind you NZ does not cater for wet weather in the way that the UK does and we don't have historic buildings to visit so when the rain threatens it is difficult to know what to do. I had phoned Juliet on Saturday to see if they would be in but they were busy all w/e. Kev was thrilled with his early Xmas/birthday pressie from his Mom and parents-in-law. He had a chocolate lab puppy. Their neighbours Ian and Judy breed labs and have had very little success of late. However one of the bitches has just had 6 choc coloured ones. With Kev being so down about the unemployment situation some cheering up tactics were engaged and this was the result. Needless to say he is bowled over.
The children are making lots of noise in the kitchen, I think they are slapping tea towels at each other. I shall go and lay down the law before it ends in tears. Night night all.
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