12th June 2021

8am I decided to ease into the day with an hour of reading before getting up. Andy had already gone to work, feeding the cats before he left, so with no fixed plans for the day and nothing meowing at me, I had no pressing reason to get out of bed.

9am During my garden potterings (watering container pots and hanging baskets, and deadheading flowers) I discovered some rogue strawberries. They must've escaped from the troughs I had last year, I doubt I'll get to eat them before the wildlife but finding roaming plants make me smile.

10am It felt like time for another cuppa. I'd hung some washing on the line, flattened three mole hills, topped up the bird feeders, and cleaned the bathroom. I realised the day was turning into one where I'd float about the house doing this and that, lost in my own thoughts, and at the end of the day I'd wonder where the time went.

11am I took the time to really enjoy my tea, and sat daydreaming in my bedroom with Tinker the Girl Cat. An hour wasted? Nah...

12pm I pottered around the bedroom for a while, tidying this and that, organising a few bits. Then, showered, dressed and gave my fringe an impromptu trim. Surely it's a logical thing to do right before lunch on a Saturday?

1pm Fringe cut, lunch eaten (quiche, salad, apple), husband was home for as long as it took him to eat before heading back to work. I'd made myself a cuppa but had yet to decide what to do next...

2pm I indulged in some more garden pottering. When the sun is out I'm just drawn outside and everything in the house gets forgotten. Tinker followed me around, occasionally scampering off in a random direction for no apparent reason, only to return with a 'nothing to see here' attitude.

3pm With the garden reaching it's pampering limit for the day, I turned my attention to watering the pot plants inside. I also mended the hem on the one of the lounge curtains (it had been in need of repair for months), filled the salt in the dishwasher, flattened two more moles hills that had appeared since flattening three earlier, and wiped down the kitchen surfaces. Fun times!

4pm Back in the garden, this time with my current read, the last of my Parma violet lolly stash (soon to be replenished), and Socks the Boy Cat doing his best to distract me. He succeeded.

5pm Still in the garden, enjoying the sun, this time being distracted from my reading by Tinker the Girl Cat and her swishy tail.

6pm Still reading, but now indoors.

7pm Book finished. I started this on Wednesday, it was an easy and enjoyable read. My thoughts turned to what to have for supper.

8pm Of coursed I faffed around a bit before deciding on what to cook. Andy arrived home just in time to eat.

9pm Ben & Jerry's Phish Food ice cream was the perfect way to end a warm Saturday.

10pm Bedtime. I selected an Elly Griffiths novel, only the second book of hers I've read that isn't part of the Ruth Galloway series (I've read every book in the series so far), but it's every bit as good.

11pm Still reading, it was too warm to sleep.

Thanks to Louisa for hosting, if you fancy taking part the next Photo An Hour is July 17th, see you then?

May 22nd 2021

6am Morning! Tinker the girl cat was slightly miffed at me interrupting her early morning interactions with the biggest hoomin.

7am My Mate. To be honest all I'd done since my last post was finish my cup of tea and make toast. I hoped the rest of my day would be slightly more productive…

8am My glamorous life. This spray bottle has now been reused about six times. I started using Ocean Saver sachets (I get them from Peace With The Wild) a while ago and don't think I'll ever go back.

9am New carpet in my office. It’s really satisfying to vacuum an empty square room. The light on the front is referred to in the marketing blurb as a ‘dust tracker’, which made me laugh at first but actually it really does help (and highlights just how grubby my carpets get!).

10am Curtains back up and it already felt more finished despite having no furniture.

11am Felt a little eleven o’clockish. These own brand chocolate oaties are actually better than chocolate HobNobs in my opinion. Well done Morrisons.

12pm Got stuck in to painting the spare room. If you ever think that decorating two rooms simultaneously is a good idea, let me tell you it isn’t. It does not cut down on the disruption in the least! The only upside is that it feels marvelous when both rooms are finished (which neither is, as yet...).

1pm Lunch. Cheese on toast - layer of ketchup, lots of cheese, sprinkling of oregano - perfection!

2pm Rollering (aka the best bit) almost done.

3pm Apparently there's an unwritten rule that when I sit down for a rest and a cuppa, Tinker the Girl Cat gets to have a rest too (she'd been asleep all morning).

4pm With as much DIY done as we could do, it was on to the more boring adult stuff, made more bearable by an audio book…

5pm Small snack and another cuppa

6pm Listen Hoomin, it MUST be dinner time by now?! I feed him and then I ventured into the garden to water, well, everything.

7pm Husband came home from work and cooked supper #win

8pm PJs, tea, feet up, Eurovision

9pm Enough Eurovision, bath, then bed. To be honest I find Eurovision a bit dull after the first hour, I still don't know who won this year. The only times I've ever watched it from start to finish was when friends and alcohol were involved - that's how Eurovision should be enjoyed. Stupid pandemic.

10pm Still working my way through this, bit by bit. I've since finished it and it'll be staying on my bookshelf to dip in and out of, it's a really interesting read.

11pm Lights out.

Thanks to Louisa for hosting, next Photo An Hour is June 12th, see you then?