Lock-down Day 232

Relaxing morning, enjoying coffee while watching Mewthos and Ziva play in the bookshelf. They like to swat at each other from different levels!

I can't decide whether I want to spend this afternoon in the garden, or clearing the garage, so that I can park in it again. With the recent rains, it's now a very good time to get out weeds. And I have not yet touched the patch outside the laundry door, where I hang up my washing - and those weeds are nearly hip-high already! And my gardening time is already limited by the weather - can't be outside when the sun is high!

I quickly went to get milk - the milk at the Spar here is really the best. Well, the best store-bought milk, that is. It's only R11 per liter (most are now R16 or more), it is long-lasting (more than one week!) and delicious! So I got 2x 2 liter. I also meant to get 2 potatoes - but they didn't look appetising. I got cheese and chocolate. I stood looking at the fish for a while - last time I saw they had fresh frozen Salmon, not today, though. Nothing I fancied. Pity. So I took a small Texan steak instead.

Just looked on the fruit & veg suppliers' site: Blueberries are getting cheaper by the day! In Store they were R20 per punnet, online R12 or R20 for 2 punnets! Can one have too many blueberries? I don't think so! Ha ha! Well, it's blueberry season, so it's logical they are now affordable!

Back at home, I get busy with the back garden. I worked my way along the rock garden bed clearing a space in front of it and clearing as many of those thorns from the lawn as I could. Remember those thorn things that had completely covered the patch in front of the bench in my last garden? Yeah, they are absolutely everywhere here, as well! It took three full hours to clear just the one side! Another hour cleared a small part along the fence as well. As I was working, I kind of hoped that this time, I'm doing this work all for myself! Not just because I actually enjoy doing it - but also to enjoy the result of the work for longer! I did that in PE, and again in my last garden.

I think, tomorrow morning, I'll mow that lawn first. It'll look a lot nicer and won't do anything to those thorn things I'm digging up, except maybe make them more visible. Then, I'd actually prefer to clear that patch under the Jacaranda tree which I haven't touched at all, yet. With the ground being so soft, I should have a good chance getting those big weeds out.

Gardening until nine, after that: indoors! At least, that's the plan ...