Gardening Monday

Guess who treated herself to Sushi? That’s right! The little piggy with Soy sauce splashed across the front of her white shirt! Ai ai that should teach me, eh? Nah! I enjoyed it!

Our gardener is here today and he’s weeding the new bed along the back, where Rose planted all excess geraniums, some lilies, etc. The upstairs neighbours are filthy! They throw their rubbish out the window and I’m forever picking up cigarette butts and empty packets in MY garden! Fortunately the worst of their rubbish stays on their side – and I’ve blocked the rain-drain, so my mippies can’t go visiting and possibly cut their paws on broken glass!

I was putting away some groceries in my spare bedroom – don’t ask me how, but suddenly both Mippies were busily investigating the mystery room (since I keep the door closed)! I took advantage and distracted them with a treat, so I could sneak out to get some groceries.

I meant to get some proper bread and electricity, so I drove all the way out to Sunridge … only to find that the shelf was empty! Apparently they only start planning to bake bread after the last one is taken off the shelf! They had some Chia bread though, so I decided to try that. I had the same luck with the electricity: None to be had! Well, I got some milk and salads.

The rest of the day is just playing online and daily chores. I also cleaned the litter box again – I don’t need to do that so often anymore, since they all go outside during the day. I’ve started sprinkling some flea-powder at the bottom, every time I clean it, since I kept seeing fleas hopping leisurely around the sand. Bleach cleaning didn’t help, next time I looked: happy hopping fleas! The flea powder, however, has worked. I’ve also started sprinkling bicarbonate of soda in the box, just before I add the clean sand. It definitely helps keep the pong down.

I decided to take a walk through the garden – what a pleasure! Our gardener has done a great job cleaning up the new bed along the back wall! It’s looking lovely now! I took a walk along our rockery – the geraniums are in bloom, it’s a carpet of colours: white, orange, pink, mauve! Further along towards the gate there are Vieruurtjies sprouting and growing everywhere – and the cherry tomato plant is back! The succulents Rose planted are doing well, the geraniums are in bloom, there’s even a Nasturtium growing!

I left Lady Jane playing peek-a-boo along the wall with Ziva sitting on the rockery watching her. When I was back upstairs and called – both immediately came bounding across the lawn at full speed! Mewthos was already by my feet!