April 28th was #PhotoAnHour

I had a slower start to the morning than usual. Feeling a bit tired I stayed in bed reading until 9 o'clock. Only got up because I needed another cuppa. And then another one at 10 o'clock. I was supposed to be going to watch my nephew play football but it was rained off, so I had to decide what to do instead. The outcome of that little internal debate was to clean the oven, with a house full of guests expected the next day it seemed like a good idea. It's a job I really dislike, but it did look shiny and new by the time I'd finished... sadly it only lasted until I started cooking a roast the next day.


By lunchtime I was in full procrastination mode. I needed to set about more housework but, meh. I set about finding three photos on my computer instead. After seeing Janet post her's on Instagram, I wanted to have a go too (anything to put off washing floors). The 2011 photo was taken at work, when I still had a real job, the 2015 photo was taken just after having my hair cut (I was never able to recreate this look myself), and the 2018 photo is the most recent one of Andy and me. My glasses have grown in size, I have a few more lines and grey hairs but I don't think I've changed all that much.


At 1 o'clock I was still trying to hide from the housework, I pottered in the greenhouse for a bit. It was raining but the plants in the greenhouse still needed watering. I noticed that one of my dahlia plants had sprouted, finally! Now I just need the rest to follow suit. I think this one is a cactus variety, but I failed to label any of them, so it'll be a surprise.

The cherry blossom continues to bloom, despite the rain and the high winds it still looks rather cheery.

With the floors finally cleaned I went upstairs to do a little work, but I slipped and fell and managed to put The Jane Austen Book Club DVD into the player. Having vacated my seat for a few minutes to let in the Tesco delivery man I returned to find my seat taken. And not one single damn did she give. Look at the face!


I prepared dessert for the next day in advance. Mint Areo Cheesecake. Delicious! And the best bit was that they didn't eat it all, and Andy said it was a little too minty for his liking, so I got to eat ALL THE LEFT-OVERS!

After dinner I kept telling myself that I should really do some ironing, including a huge table cloth for the next day. But there was an obstruction on the board. And he stayed there a while (I've trained him well).

Thanks to Jane and Louisa for hosting, I decided that this year I would take part every month even if my days weren't that exciting, and full of things like oven cleaning...

How was your weekend?