Gardening

Had a lovely afternoon in the garden tending veggie seedlings, it is very dry though - had to do some watering and we are hoping for rain soon, the water-butt is empty and its only April! Overnight rain would be great, it wouldn't impact on our days but would do a lot of good!

Anyway, it is still rewarding to see things growing and doing well, our frogs seem to have abandoned us for next door's posh new pond...they'll be back for our shady brick pile in a couple of months though I bet!

Hope for sleep

I usually sleep well, but lately I have been having disturbing dreams, the kind that wake you up and you find your heart racing, you are overheated , panicked and have been crying in your sleep...not nice at all. Sometimes I can't remember the subject, last night I dreamt my parent's house had been sold without my knowledge and they had moved to a dark, impersonal place filled with doom. A shrink would have a field day with me! Rather than pay to be analysed, I got up, did some breathing exercises and relaxed in the darkness until I drifted off again on the sofa, after which I slept fine...I can still remember the dream though.

So I am going to go for a walk in the evening sun and try to blow away the cobwebs of bad dreams and hope for a more peaceful night tonight!

Beautiful day

I was helping move some furniture yesterday, my van broke down but we did it with another vehicle which meant I ended u[p not driving - lovely, I got to sit and look at the stunning Shropshire views on a perfect spring day instead! We were up in North Shropshire which I don't usually get to as I live in the south, but it was lovely to see spring arriving everywhere. By the time we drove back it was evening, people were out by the river in Shrewsbury, the sun was setting behind the hills and a perfect crescent moon had appeared - just wonderful. Its days like that that make one sure that the world is a beautiful place - breakdowns aside as it were!

Night owl

'For as long as I can remember I have been a night person - not an insomniac - just naturally nocturnal. I would usually be awake through the night as a child, I did my homework better if I attempted it at night, somehow ideas and creativity came to me more easily in the evenings rather than struggling away earlier in the day...'

Read the rest of this article HERE

Bat action!

Had an amazing evening last night watching bats feeding on the River Corve underneath a bridge and along the banks, obviously it was impossible to count how many there actually were but I'd say esily a dozen. Totally silent, occassionally breaking the surface of the water for a low-flying insect, rising into the sky to give a perfect silhouette - heaven, just the sound of sheep and lambs in the distance and the gurgling of the water - it doesn't get much better than that for me!

Happy Mothers Day to all the Mums out there - especially mine! I am also remembering my auntie, 2 nans and great-gran who have all passed over but are still very much part of my life.

We have a mix of sunshine and showers here today, so just the right weather to have whilst sitting in the conservatory at my folk's eating a roast!

Evening stroll

Just been for my evening stroll - what a lovely sunset tonight, all different colours showing on clouds and land. It was also very still and the birdsong was beautiful, makes one feel peaceful somehow. This photo is off a sun-topped cloud I could see from my window when I got home, it almost looks like a snowy mountain top - just gorgeous!