A lovely weekend, a grim Monday

Hey all, back again at the end of Monday for a "this weekend and Monday" update.

Pushing the lawnmower across the lawn

Flowers in the tortoise garden

On the lawn with Rosie

About to tackle a more difficult section of the lawn

The beer my neighbour brought me

A much tidier looking grass lawn (more to be done though)

I'm happiest when I'm outside

Rosie also loves being outside so much

A doughnut for a treat

Saturday really was lovely; I was out on the balcony early with Rosie, just after she woke up actually, and saw some deer running across the field behind us; the video is shaky and shot in the way you'd expect with me holding a baby while filming but it was pretty awesome to see. I can sum up the rest of the day by saying I was cutting the grass a lot and getting A and Rosie to join me as much as possible. Mid afternoon the neighbour brought me a beer and we had a bit of a chat over the fence as well which was nice. We ended the day on the balcony as the sun went down and Rosie ran around loving being outside; she is happiest when she's not inside that is for sure. In the evening we had a doughnut (A had made a huge effort to get into town in the morning for shopping, as the virus related restrictions start to bite here - what a legend and we're stocked up a little more than usual which takes the pressure off a bit) and that could be our last doughnut for a while.

Puppies will always find the sun

Rosie helping mummy plant spuds

Little Lady brought flowers for Rosie

Breakfast on the go

Sunday we were up and out early, as the forecast was for rain and we had things we wanted to do while the sun shone. A had some spuds to plant, and Rosie helped, while I pushed the mower about for a bit before heading inside to cook breakfast. While I was doing that Rosie was toddling around and A was outside with her chainsaw. A lot to do before our bacon and eggs but we were ready for them when they were done.

Wood to be shifted

A preying mantis on one of the raised beds

Spuds into a spud tower

More mowed areas - getting there now

Rosie sat with Thelma in the dirt, and the sun

Bees at the flowers

Clouds rushing in

After breakfast I shifted the wood away that A had cut and then went back to mowing the grass leading onto the front lawn, and also around the raised beds. I disturbed a spider nest at one point, and then saw what I thought was a stick insect but was actually a preying mantis. Pretty cool! A was cracking on with the spuds and I finished my mowing and then went on to time with Rosie, which is always special and precious. She sat in the sun with Thelma and played and then we went onto the front lawn and she looked at the real life buzzy bees (she loves buzzy bees) on the flowers in the tortoise garden. By the late afternoon the glorious weather was passing and a storm was blowing in and so we took cover inside. It had been a wonderful weekend and we finished it off by watching Troy for our film night.

Noses tucked all day and you cannot blame them

Halil and Sally working in the rain

Bekir bending metal for rebar

Horrible weather for working outside

Bekir freezing as he wires the reinforcement in place

Monday has been grim. I am not normally a huge hater of Mondays, though I'll joke about it, but it's been tough today. The rain, for one thing, hasn't let up and it hasn't just rained but it's been freezing as well. The puppies barely moved all day from the sofa with their noses tucked, and the men (who turned up when I didn't think they'd bother) have really stuck at their task of getting the concrete poured into the beams and lintel with such grit and determination. They lit the fire in the workshop and huddled around it a few times during the day to warm themselves and I frankly am happy it was there for them; a horrible day, and very difficult working conditions. I've pretty much told them to take a day off until the weather improves so we may not see them tomorrow and therefore don't be surprised if there is no blog.

There you have it; another blog update and onwards.

I hope you are all keeping safe, healthy and well out there.

Thanks for reading.