Work and play combined

 

Tam was here for a long weekend, and wanted to go shopping in Aldi - they don't have one in Aberystwyth. Here was her haul of Squashes!  She had a work-from-home day on Monday, so was upstairs in the pink bedroom all day. Half way through the morning she had an email saying that a work colleague had Covid.  They had shared an office on Thursday . . . It was a large office and he was on the other side, and I heard yesterday that he thought last week it might have been a cold but this week he has definitely tested positive.  Tam, as yet, hasn't.  Long may it remain that way.  Having our children out in the workforce, it is always a risk.  They test before they come to visit.  We have our flu jabs this week, and will book our Covid boosters, both being eligible.

My new rose which is gloriously orange (and then fades to a pink with yellow centre, so pretty.)  I had a long to-do list yesterday, top of which was collecting the Mobility Scooter from Hereford, so I turned it into a day out.   There were a couple of churches I wanted to bother, I wanted more Heritage apples, a long trawl round the big Hospice charity shop and finally, a stroll around the big Garden Centre. All achieved, although the church I wanted to see MOST (at Brinsop) was shut on Tuesdays.  I am tempted to go back today, when I now know it is open, but that's a bit of an indulgence really.  Anyway, I popped into Bishopstone Church whilst I was passing, and that was worth it, and went on to Fownhope too.

The fabulous door hinges at St George's church, Brinsop.  I shall be back!

The Charity shop haul was 3 books (one on WWII in Burma and India for Keith), and 3 heavy Denby inner plates - Denby Imperial Blue.  Just what I need for extra places on the table at Christmas.  They were £5 each but certainly worth it.

From the garden centre I bought a big pot of Caryopteris - past its best, but it is adore by bees.  Pam bought one recently and we had great difficulty in persuading several bees to fly off so we could put it in the back of the car!

I've never had a Senecio before and the soft silvery leaves of this one were so attractive, and I know will look lovely on the Bank, at the front of the space I am clearing all the Monbretias from.

So all in all a very successful day. Now of course, it is the middle of the night (3.35 a.m.) and I have been awake for nearly two hours.  I shall watch some tv and hope to get sleepy again.