Things have been looking up lately. The daffs are out in the garden. The weeping willow has turned lime green with all new leaf shoots. The camellia is bursting its buds, most showing pink now but not open fully yet (it's late!). The forsythia is half out now and the gorse is showing yellow. Compared to recent years everthing is about 2 weeks behind. I think the lingering cold temperatures may have something to do with this.
The birds and squirrels definitely feel spring in their bones (and other body parts!) and are chasing each other around like mad. The starling flying formations are in full swing and pretty spectacular around Poole.
The thermometer in my car read 6oC yesterday when I walked Honey but the wind chill was about -4 so it felt more like 2oC. It was a quick walk!
Today, in contrast, said 6oC again, but no wind and bright sunshine made it feel more like 15oC. I had a jumper on with a cardigan over it and I was hot!
I had one of 'those' mornings today. I had to pick up a sign-for letter from the PO, pay in some cheques at the bank, and get a few bits of shopping, so I 'did' the village shops in Lower Parkestone. When I got back to the car I found my keys were missing! I re-traced my steps back round the shops and bank, ending up at the post office with a rising sense of panic. Luckily they were there! By now I was running about half an hour late and somewhat frazzled. I still had a parcel to collect from Tower Park before joining John for a light lunch.
There are a plethora of courier/delivery/parcel post companies round here, and luckily DHL (Now Yodel ! ? !) is one of the closest to me and easy to get to. One of them is buried in the far flung bits of Bournemouth airport and a right pig to get to, UPS I think.
I was paying in cheques for Fairport Convention concert tickets and the to-be-signed-for letter was another ticket request so I sent off the tickets and paid in the cheques. The cashier saw my bank balances and suggested I take out an ISA with some of my savings, and change the savings account category to one paying a higher interest rate.
Sounded good to me so I opted for it. Of course I had to fill in forms LOL so there was quite a queue by the time I was finished. Then I was back a few minutes later looking for my keys!
By the time I got my keys back (left at stop no. 1 the Post office) and got back to my car, my knees were complaining. What should have taken my 10 minutes took more like 30 without a sit down anywhere.
When it came to walkies with Honey she got the short version. Up the park path, pee, poo and back to the car and home pronto. She did not complain and tucked into her dinner just fine.
Honey is funny and likes to have her 'day bed' right in the middle of the lounge floor. I got fed up trying to step over her or round her every time so I moved her duvet and rug to the side next to the sofa, out of the way. I thought she'd be OK with this, but she has been humphing the bedding around until it was a heap in the middle of the room again! LOL Now she is fast asleep on this messy heap, back in her favoured spot! I am back to having to walk round her again or risk stepping on her outstretched legs.
Tomorrow I have arranged a trip into Swanage to see the people who host the festival website. The web page editor I have to use for it is limited and time consuming, and I want to be able to work on the pages offline and upload them using FTP, an easier (for me) and quicker update option. I have to go through 5 levels of menu options to upload a new photo and can only upload one pic at a time *sigh*. I also have to save my work at frequent intervals otherwise I get timed out *another sigh*. Why can't they auto save?
I have lost count of how many times I've gone hunting details in a browser and come back to the page to find it's timed me out and I've lost my current updates GRRRR.
Oh well... they give it us for free so can't complain too loudly.
With the current sunny-but-cold weather, it will be a nice drive into Swanage :) I might even take the ferry over!
I hope life is treating you well and you can enjoy some of the sunshine :) xx
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