Just a Sunset Photo

A sunset photo from the 3rd of July. It was sunrise photos that featured on my old blog from the smallholding, here the sunrise is hidden but the sunsets are sometimes wonderful.

Having a tough week.

Back Monday
Sue

The First of the Season

Colin sowed a whole bed of beetroot before he died in the hope we would have enough to store some for winter, what he didn't know was that we were going to have a drought and there is no way I can water the beetroot as well as the greenhouse crops and the beans - not forgetting all the patio pots.

Last weekend I pulled a few to cook  and these were the biggest I could find!

They may be small but a treat.

I'm still resting the blinkin' back, although it seems to be getting worse rather than better. I'm  alternating ice packs and hot water bottles plus pain killers. What a good thing I keep well stocked with food and milk in the freezer and cat food in the cupboard as I would have been worried about not being able to get out for shopping.
Since Tuesday I've read two books, watched tennis and football and looked at blogs I've never seen before but I'd rather be busy. I may have to resort to the doctor.

Back Tomorrow
Sue

Pleased to See........................

A hedgehog in the garden..............quite unusual nowadays. Through the kitchen window and out of focus, I'm hopeless at this photography thing!

But these fellas are always around since we dug the mini-pond last year.

Always sitting on the side in the evenings, I top up the pond with a bit of fresh water most days and ask them if they are all OK. They don't bother jumping out of the way anymore, must have got used to the strange woman speaking to them!

The young  House Martins have flown from their nest under the eaves. This was their first home, then another brood was raised in a nest at the other end of the house.

It's all go around here on the wildlife front.

I watched the 100 plane flypast on TV but didn't see a single plane over here so they must have all gone back to their bases a different way to the day they practiced. Although if they had flown over I wouldn't have been able to run outside to see them because when I was watering the greenhouse plants on Monday night I must have moved wrong and  my back went Ping, so I spent yesterday hobbling about slowly and very carefully, doing as little as possible and taking pain killers. How annoying and made me realise how vulnerable a person is on their own up the end of a lane! Hope it mends soon.......... I need to get the bathroom painted.

I don't often mention things going on in the world (especially politics or religion) but what wonderful news it was that the boys and their football coach were rescued safely from the cave in Thailand. Amazingly bravery all round.

And in the mixed doubles at Wimbledon - which rarely gets a mention but is great fun to watch - two young Brits beat the Number 1 seeds to get through to the Quarter Finals.

Oh and also welcome to new followers. I'm so excited as numbers are up to 400 which is only twenty less than the old blog and that took 4 years to get to 420 and this new blog is only 16 months old. (Childish I know............sorry!)

Back Soon
Sue