Today saw the return of Tudor to finish off the fiddly bits of installing our new kitchen units - we'll get the worktop all fitted on Wednesday. This will leave me with some tiling to do, after which the kitchen can be declared as finally completed.
Being on hand to help Tudor when required (and making tea and coffee while staying out of the way when not needed) took up a fair part of the day. Managed to get started on a book review I am doing, and then took Bella out for an afternoon perambulation. Saw this upturned child-size deckchair on the way.
Lots more flowers appearing with the return of the rain (some more again last night and more forecast over the next few days).
The clear blue, sunny and warm skies of last week have gone elsewhere once more.
Building work continues apace on Charlcombe View. This is the fourth property along there that this contractor has worked on in the last year.
In the fields, a swathe of bindweed flowers - it really does hold the country together, it seems!
Lots more umbellifers coming out in a second flush - including very tall ones like this.
And shorter, more delicate ones like this.
Loads of these umbellifers have popped up in the fields, emerging from fat heads like this one.
Still lots of small purple-blue thistle flowers to see as well.
A splash of yellowin a front garden.
A lacecap hydrangea reaching full flower.
In contrast, this well-used door handle on a garage caught my eye as well.
One thing about being a dog walker is that you end up walking past places like the bottom of people's gardens. How else would I know there was a stand of giant bamboo here?
You can tell that it is still the beginning of the school holidays. This was rush hour on our street - not a moving car to be seen and loads of space to park where usually it is full by this time of the afternoon.
This day a year ago, we were recovering from our day-long decorating exertions of the day before. I posted this picture of an expansionist Virginia Creeper plant.
One big item of news is that we finally sorted out all the necessary details for us to return to Symi from mid-September to the end of November! We have found new (to us) house sitters, who can look after the house for the whole time. As our new house-sitters aren't doggy people, Bella is going to stay with a friend of ours who is. And we have found one place to stay on Symi for the whole period! We plan while there to work on a project (more news as it unfolds), but will also have time to enjoy Autumn in Greece, to see old friends and make some new ones. Great times ahead!
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