It’s nearly 2.30 pm
Time for writing and then a siesta
I’ve been on the go since 8 am
Today’s blog is a chatty one,
Nothing heavy, emotional or arch,
Just observations of a day of jobs.
First chore was dog showering.
This is the most onerous
For it entails a certain amount of bulldog wrestling.
Now no matter how nonchalant I act Dorothy always knows what’s coming and for a solid and heavy bitch she can hide herself in the most surprising of places. This morning she managed to get into the lowest shelf of the bedroom bookshelf and I was sure she was holding her breath as I scanned the room for her.
Dorothy hates showers.
Now that’s not entirely true as she hates getting wet and being washed but when I have to get the Fanny cloth out to give her tuppence the once over, she gently warms to the theme of the experience and embraces it totally.
It’s just the thought of the shower she detests.
Now the Welsh love a hot shower. They would have one everyday if I left the shower door open. Their only negative is afterwards both will career around the cottage like loons, wetting bedclothes and furnishings in their wakes.
Today I didn’t mind as all the washing was done. Bedspreads, duvet cases, pillowcases and towels. All washed and hung on bushes, walls and the field gate to dry.
Underwear hung on the garden chairs
I cook linguine for lunch with a tiny bit of olive oil and Parmesan and drank tea as the mokka pot is soaking in the sink.
Then I water the patio planters by hand ( there are 47) and then the front garden basket and pots and lay the spare bed duvet on the front lawn to dry.
The cottage smells of detergent and honeysuckle
The honeysuckle flowers have bloomed overnight around the front door
Time for a kip in the armchair.
What a lot you accomplished today and that nap is well deserved.
ReplyDeleteLove the fragrance of honeysuckle and am happy we have it growing on the other side of the driveway.
Hugs!
I’m working overtime tomorrow and coming home to a clean tidy home is a wonderful feeling . I;wonder where that motivation comes from
DeleteYou make housecleaning sound like fun! Enjoy the freshness.
ReplyDeleteBonnie in Minneapolis
It’s 8 pm and the sense of “ jobs all done” holds the same satisfaction of homework completed on a school night
DeleteAh, the wonderful smell of honeysuckle. For me, it is always a smell that I associate with the beginning of summer.
ReplyDeleteSummer evenings
DeleteJust when it starts to chill and the slight moisture in the air carries the scent
Beautiful
ReplyDeleteThe honeysuckle is for sure
DeleteWhat a picture of domestic bliss! Enjoy the snooze. xx
ReplyDeleteA meandering rather banal post…
DeleteI don’t mind giving my dog {coton de tulear} a bath, but she will not let me comb her out after. I now have to take her to the groomer once a month. I am too old to chase her in circles around the furniture. She LOVES a bath and I can’t say the word till its time to go out the door. Even if I were 20 years younger like you, I wouldn’t get half of what you can get accomplished in a day! You have a nice long kip, enjoy. GG
ReplyDeleteTonight will be a fragrant pleasure in bed
Delete47 made me laugh! I immediately thought of Ruth and Frederick in the Pirates of Penzance 'Oh False one! You have decieved me!
ReplyDeleteAt least your garden pots are much more chilled!
I didn’t quite understand this comment
DeleteLaundry dried in the sun smells wonderful! Hope your nap was peaceful and refreshing.
ReplyDeleteI didn’t have one in the end ….I made sushi rice and cooked broad beans in garlic and soy to have together in a cold salad tomorrow, before doing overtime
DeleteWhat a busy day. Loved your description of Dorothy hiding. Have a well deserved nap. Congrats on the counseling course, was not able to publish a comment on it. Love your blog, noreen
ReplyDeleteShe has several pre shower/ bath hiding places
DeleteThe immersion cupboard, under the spare bed and once in the garden under the weeping laburnum
I don't know how you do it all John - You must have a mop up your arse to complete that vast amount of tasks - ( if I may be so crude ) - You should be so satisfied with what you achieved x 🍽
ReplyDeleteI cannot settle to anything unless. The crap has been sorted
DeleteI wish I was like that - I just throw myself down in the midst of all the detritus x 🕸😏
DeleteI’m lying on my trendy blue sofa awaiting The Repair Shop with a large gin
ReplyDeleteI’m knackered
I take it you don't have any to spare. Well, enjoy your gin anyway, you deserve it.
ReplyDeleteI’m on my second , The sewing Bee is on tv
DeleteHope it was a good long nap
ReplyDeleteIt wasn’t
DeleteSounds fabulous at your place.. can I book a room in the west wing? Libs x
ReplyDeleteAnytime . I cleaned the west wing’s spare bedroom today , it’s not now smelling of albert
DeleteI would have loved to see a picture of Dorothy hiding on the bottom shelf.......
ReplyDeleteI could just see the whites of her eyes
DeleteNo pics of your knickers on the patio chairs? LOL
ReplyDeleteSeriously, like Jim, I would love to see Dorothy hiding in the shelves. :)
I could send you some ( knickers on the chairs )
DeleteYou've had a busy but very rewarding day. Having a fresh clean home is so enjoyable. Clean dogs makes everything doubly good.
ReplyDeleteJust another day.
ReplyDeleteI was surprised you had the need to comment on the ablution preferences of your countryfolk until I realised you were talking about the dogs! For a split second I had a vision of the village lining up to use your shower!
ReplyDelete-Caro
Hahahahahaha, "tuppence" -- we don't have that slang word in Canada but it's a good one!
ReplyDeleteYour Honeysuckle is HUGE, I can imagine the scent.
ReplyDeleteAfter all that, you more than deserve that armchair kip.
ReplyDeleteLoved the washing drying on the bushes,remembering my childhood days 🥰
ReplyDeleteI know we all have good days and bad days but when I read your blog I have to admit that I often envy the life you lead.
ReplyDeleteI want to see photos of your knickers … on the patio chairs. I don’t know anyone who dries their laundry the way you do.
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