Monthly Archives: May 2010

Yesterday was sunny and hot.  Today it’s been sunny and hotter.  Tomorrow it promises to be sunny and hotter still.

I sat in the shade, listened to the birds, watched the flowers bloom, and felt that I am in some kind of paradise.

And then we had tofu for dinner.  Well, you can’t have everything.

It rained all day yesterday and for most of the morning today so Graham has turned his attention to his rejuvenation of the hardwood stair that leads from the living level to the bedrooms and bath.  Leastways, it’s a hardwood stair now that the very last bit of horrid green carpet has been stripped away.  Can you imagine covering a beautiful hardwood stair with a smelly old carpet?  There’s no accounting for taste, and absolutely no profit in exploring the total lack of it.

Tomorrow it promises to be sunny all day so I think the plan may well be to finish off digging over the front lawn prior to levelling, grading, and laying turf over all.  There are two grades of turf commonly available here.  First is ‘sea washed’ Cumberland.  This is the finest English lawn around, like you’d get in the gardens of a stately home where no-one would have the nerve to walk on it.  Ever.  The second is a more practical ‘sports field’ variety, capable of withstanding a fair amount of wear and yet still looking pretty smart if it’s tended properly.  We’ll be going for the latter.

Mind you, if his mother calls, he may have to take the day off from the works.  Mother duty is more important than a patch of grass, even I can see that.

Me, I’m improving.  It’s doubtless my imagination but I’m sure I’m feeling a boost from the geriatric’s vitamin pill I popped yesterday evening.  And if I feel that way then who’s to say I’m wrong?

Oh, and the peacocks are calling from the hillside, a large white gull is circling overhead in a pellucid blue sky, and all’s well with my world.  Again.  That’s one repetition I really don’t mind.

It’s been raining a fine drizzle all day, which has cleared most of the pollen away.  Even so, I’m still feeling decidedly below par so I’ve invested in a course of vitamins and minerals formulated for the “over 50s”, which is likely to do the trick.

The anti-histamine/hayfever pill knocked the alergy to one side but left my eyes feeling like they were on stalks.  Then they knocked me out for nine solid hours of sleep.  I’m not sure if I feel better for it or not.  In fact I don’t know how I feel at all.

Heaven save me from strange medicines.

A lovely sunny day.

Graham dug another slab of the front lawn:

Another slab of the lawn

I was prostrated by tree pollen/hay fever.  I’ve taken an anti-histamine pill now, and feel much better.  Should have done it sooner.