Red Kites, Rain and Wallflowers

                  

 

 

 

Hello Everyone,

As you can guess from the above graphics it`s been pouring with rain today, in fact it hasn`t really stopped for more than a few minutes.  From the garden centre`s point of view it`s a bad day, the weather puts people off and today was no exception. Cleaning and tidying the shop and serving a handful of customers was about all I had to today, and very boring it was too.  I did get the chance to work outside when the rain abated for a while, helping to put the wallflowers out on sale and clear away the the ones that were no longer saleable.  Have you ever smelt rotting wallflowers?  You really don`t want to I can assure you....phewww!  Apart from today being very slow, work has been much easier this week, I seem to have found my feet and no longer feel so stressed when serving customers at the till.  I more or less know what I`m doing and if I make a mistake I usually know how to correct without having to ask for help so often.  While walking around the shop I was looking at the pot plants and the orchids caught my eye.  I`ve never been that interested in them but today I realised just how pretty they are.  Then I wondered.....wouldn`t one of those lovely white ones look nice on my hall table, it`s not in a draft and is out of direct sunlight...perfect.  I think I`ll treat myself at the end of the week.

Yesterday afternoon after work.  I went to Windsor with Kerry just for a walk round the shops and a coffee in one of the lovely little places in the station.  We went to a place called The Cinnamon Cafe where I had a cappuchino and a almond croissant and Kerry, a latte and a blueberry muffin.  Roman had his dinner that Kerry had brought with her.  Now he is walking, Roman doesn`t like being in his buggy, so every chance we get we let him trot along holding our hands (though he would rather go offby himself!).  He really likes certain shops and makes a determined beeline for some of them.  One of them, a discount book shop that sells all kinds of bric a brac, caught his eye and after walking around for ten minutes I had to pick him up or he`d have stayed there all day...lol!  I certainly have fun with him that`s for sure, and he keeps me fit chasing after him all the time.  Ahhh, the pleasure of Nanna-hood...lol!

Kerry come in for dinner as I had a beef and mushroom casserole for dinner that I`d made the night before. It was a new recipe I tried and I was really impressed with the results, especially as I made it from scratch without any added sauces.  Jim had even left me a note to say that it was `excellent` , praise indeed from my dearly beloved.  He was most disappointed to find that Kerry and I had eaten the remainder in his absence.  By the time Kerry took a very sleepy Roman home to bed it was nearly 7.30, far to late for me even to contemplate doing an entry, in fact I nearly didn`t bother going on the computer at all but it got the better of me in the end...lol!

Oh yes, this morning I was lucky enough to be outside when a Red Kite flew by.  I couldn`t believe it because I`ve not seen one in this area before.  It was flying fairly low which made me realise quite how big a bird they are, if only it was a clearer day and I`d had a camera with me, but then I don`t think I`d get away with sitting outside waiting to take photos of birds, even if the centre isn`t very busy...lol! Anyway,  must dash as Little Man will be in 30 mins.  Take care and have a lovely day.  Bye Bye for now. :o)