Garden again!

Interesting incident at the Petrol Station this morning: My card got declined. Not once, not twice, three times. Then he tried a different machine, still declined. He called a Senior Attendant. Declined again. Then the manager was called. Again declined. And the amazing thing? Everybody stayed polite, even apologized for the delay – no assumption that I was at fault! Since it’s a company petrol card, the manager asked for my boss’ number. I don’t think he answered, though (bad habit of his) but the manager then called the bank, who – or so I’m told – did something, and now the payment went through. I thanked the manager for not taking an attitude, he thanked me for my patience and apologized for the problem. I said that it wasn’t his fault anymore than mine and we wished each other a good weekend. So, you can still receive professional treatment! Grin, just don’t expect it.

Staying with the car, it was tootling to itself again when I entered the garage. For some reason this happens every weekend. Every Friday the radio is off when I park the car. And then, standing still, motor off, it decides to switch itself back on at some point. So most Saturday mornings I come into a musical garage! There are two loose connections – one, the interface, which keeps dropping off every couple of minutes while driving (VERY irritating!) and two, some loose connection somewhere behind the panel. And that one disconnects and then re-connects when the car is parked! I always have to keep in mind that, if that happens on a Saturday morning, after shopping – I must check on the car throughout the day, until the radio is back on so I can switch it off with the car: or by Monday morning the battery might be drained.

I had a lovely time in the garden, not that there’s much work really. Another tomato plant kicked the bucket, the Nasturtiums are doing well, though. So well, I had to firmly insist they stay off the path.

Glorious detail!

Looks a bit like the open maw of a fiery dragon, doesn't it?

The flower we’ve been waiting for weeks to open … seems to disagree with the rains this past week. It’s open, but wilting.

In the planter, the yellow flower is still the only one open, though two more have joined the first.

I planted a new vegetable in the vegetable patch – and it’s got a new parasite! Totally different to all the past ones. It is seriously exasperating!

A few of the flowers from last week are still open, though most have finished blooming … for now.

And here’s the pretties from last week.