Sunday 31 October 2021

Blogtober 2021 :: Day 31

 



I totally messed up collecting the biggest boy from the bus station this morning. I had been running through it in my mind obsessively, when I would get up, where I would park, how it would all go. I went to bed and woke up three times convinced I'd overslept, which is par for the course when I need to get up for a thing.

Eventually it was just half an hour to go. I thought I'd just doze for a bit, no sense in being ridiculously early, and THEN I OVERSLEPT. It was all to do with the clocks going back. Somehow, my alarm clock knew, and automatically put itself back one hour. I woke up at 5.30am to find a text message saying he was there. I spent a few minutes trying to work out what the time actually was. 4.30? 5.30? The coach company had also confused me by changing the times. So it was a bit of a discombobulating start to the day, which is unusual for me, my brain normally starts running through everything to be done before I'm even awake. 

Anyway, we managed a successful extraction in the end. I had to have a snooze when I got home to recover from it all. Then I took the youngest to football and it turned out it was off but no-one had been notified. He still managed to get soaked to the skin and covered in mud in the 25 minutes we were there.

I squeezed in some garden tidying this afternoon. Popped the aeoniums into the mini greenhouse along with a couple of pelargoniums, a lemongrass and a variegated lavender. I found the lavender growing under a tree back at the start of the summer. I broke off a couple of cuttings and put them in a pot in a shady spot and forgot about them. To my surprise they actually rooted. I'll be interested to see what the plant is like when it grows a bit, I've never seen a variegated lavender before. It was very satisfying to tuck everything away from the rain and the wind, all nice and snug. Against the south-facing back wall of the house, the tender things are usually okay in there.

I even oiled my shears. The garage can be a bit damp at times, so the tools don't always fare that well. Oiling something made me feel like a proper gardener. Plus, it was really nice not to be working for a while.

The dog and I encountered an eight-foot high tyrannosaurus rex on our walk this evening. It was losing a battle with a stiff breeze and the dog was more than a bit scared. We ran away for a bit, then some leaves chased us down the road so we ran away a bit more. Honestly, it's a wonder we manage to get around at all sometimes.

November tomorrow, which means the end of daily blogging for a while. I've enjoyed coming here to say hello every day and I am so happy to read your comments. Thank you for stopping by, it's very much appreciated. xx

10 comments:

  1. I have thoroughly enjoyed reading your posts this month and I'm looking forward to catching up with more of them, albeit a bit more spaced out! :) xx

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  2. Well done on all the blogging, I have loved seeing what you've been up to each day. I can empathise about being late to collect your son: I did the same once when L was returning from a school Classics trip. In my defence, the timetable we were given was very ambiguous but I was still mortified! I'm also impressed with your oiled shears; Alan Titchmarsh would be proud. :O) xx

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  3. I've been feeling confused with the change of the clocks too. Well done on all the blog posts. They are always an interesting read xx

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  4. Oh no, my worst nightmare being late. The number of times I don’t sleep at all when I have to be somewhere early. I feel your pain. Well done on the overwintering of your pots. And oiling your equipment. A true gardener! It’s been great reading your posts this month. I’m going to miss the frequency I think. See you soon. B x

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  5. I so know what you mean about oversleeping/ alarm clocks / waking up all the time, not Good. I will miss your daily updates, thank you.

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  6. I've loved reading your daily posts and seeing all your photos. Well done for making it through the month.

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  7. Horrible feeling oversleeping, glad it all worked out. Thank you for daily blogging loved your daily adventures and photos of Bertie. Shall miss seeing your blog popping into my inbox every morning but look forward to the surprise element!

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  8. A busy, and long, day by the sound of it. Good to see that you managed some gardening.
    Well done on doing Blogtober, it's been most enjoyable reading your posts every day. xx

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  9. Ugh, that pesky clock change. It's done horrible things to my already shakey sleep patterns. If I see 4.30am one more time, I may scream.
    I have enjoyed your daily posts, and I doff my cap in your general direction for keeping up with it. Txx

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  10. I've never come across variegated lavender either. Those leaves can be very intimidating until you get to know them

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