This Was The Week

After yesterdays post which looked back to an August post of 2018 I thought I'd do the same layout for this week.

Enjoying................The return of lovely summer weather, but I might not say that if it gets above 30℃ next week!

Reading............................ Finished the last few pages of 'Scandalize my Name' by Fiona Sinclair, which is a British Library Crime Classic reprint from 1960. A good story once I got into it, I almost gave up as the first chapter was a bit confusing but after that it was good.

Then I zoomed through 'Death at The White Hart' by Chris Chibnall - his first crime novel but he is well known for writing for TV including Dr Who, Broadchurch, Torchwood, Life on Mars etc. This was very well written and very modern. Now dithering over which library book to read next. 

Watching..................Countdown for brain workout!  The Great British Sewing Bee to be amazed at their sewing skills. The first of the Cricket 100 on Tuesday evening. Two series of 6 programmes of  New Zealand/Irish TV collaboration  police drama called 'The Gone' that ended with a cliff-hanger but if there will be series 3 hasn't been announced, which is very strange after such an odd ending.

Harvesting...................the last 3 very small pathetic aubergines, baby plum tomatoes, probably the last of the cucumbers, 2 courgettes from the one plant that has sprung back to life, a fig or two most days, last of the French climbing beans, first sweetcorn cob and two not quite ripe GIANT tomatoes - 8 ounces each-  that were so heavy they broke the plant! These are the ones I use for chutney/relish. As soon as they are red they'll be skinned and popped in the freezer.

Gardening...........................Filling the garden waste bin yet again. Half from the rest of the Yew hedge and then grass cuttings and bits removed from the greenhouse plants and many weeds from round the back of the heating oil tank.   .

Exercising..................................I think there were 11 of us at Keep Moving Group. We looked through the list of people who no longer come and wondered how to rustle up some more folk although a few are away on holiday. We have two new ladies who are aged 80 and 87! Our oldest lady was 90 last month.

Sorting........................Photos of  a church for a blog post for next week.

Spending.......................This months "second-hand book allowance" on a book I read about on the Furrowed Middlebrow blog - it's always dangerous reading Scott's blog, he mentions so many interesting old books.

Getting Cross with.......................the problems with google photos app and the Photofunstudio link  so I'm having to go the long way round to get photos from my camera to the blog. I'm not sure if it's bad connection or user ignorance!

Food Shopping.....................The usual quick trip to Aldi and Asda and returning library books, nowhere else and soon home again.

Visiting...............A local event which I'll write about next week.

Hearing............ Combines across the fields and tractors with trailers full of wheat going by as the harvest is in full swing again.

Have a lovely weekend whatever you have happening.

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