There is always something to do in a garden. Something for every mood. If I'm feeling like a workout....digging. Feeling peeved? Weeding. Feeling like I want to take out my bad mood on something....having a good old go with the secateurs.
But there's something I'm never in the mood for ...and that's mowing the lawn. Hate it , won't do it. In fact there's three things that I avoid as much as humanly possible - reversing the car, morris dancing and mowing the lawn.
However, I digress.
On Friday afternoon I was at home. I didn't feel like doing anything- I wanted to lay in the garden.In fact I'd wanted to do just that last weekend too, but we had rain....and a storm or too....
Look at this storm about to come in.....
But on Friday afternoon I felt so tired, I just wanted to lay in the garden and do nothing. I'd been awake since 5am, at work since 6am doing live inserts into the breakfast programme followed by a stint in court. I wasn't in the dock you understand....just reporting from there, in case you were wondering.
Anyway I got home just before three and the sun was shining, so.....
I lay in the garden reading....
under the old ash tree
Looking up into the sky..just thinking and listening to the drone of a plane flying over, and the thrum thrum thrum sounds of Mark or Phil three fields away in their combine harvesters.....
But there's something I'm never in the mood for ...and that's mowing the lawn. Hate it , won't do it. In fact there's three things that I avoid as much as humanly possible - reversing the car, morris dancing and mowing the lawn.
However, I digress.
On Friday afternoon I was at home. I didn't feel like doing anything- I wanted to lay in the garden.In fact I'd wanted to do just that last weekend too, but we had rain....and a storm or too....
Look at this storm about to come in.....
But on Friday afternoon I felt so tired, I just wanted to lay in the garden and do nothing. I'd been awake since 5am, at work since 6am doing live inserts into the breakfast programme followed by a stint in court. I wasn't in the dock you understand....just reporting from there, in case you were wondering.
Anyway I got home just before three and the sun was shining, so.....
I lay in the garden reading....
under the old ash tree
Looking up into the sky..just thinking and listening to the drone of a plane flying over, and the thrum thrum thrum sounds of Mark or Phil three fields away in their combine harvesters.....
It was all very peaceful until I was joined by my furry faced, faithful little friend....
who wanted to play
For once , I declined her offer of a romp around the garden, and so Boo decided to join me and have a doze in the sunshine.....
Peace , perfect peace, doing nothing, lying with my dog in the sunshine. And it was perfect...
Moments captured from a busy week, sunshine stolen for an afternoon from a miserable summer weatherwise...it made me realise how I don't do this often enough.
Today's track is Summer Time..I love this song - always have. There's so many versions....but here's one of my favourites featuring Billie Holliday......
