Tuesday 25th March 2025

Tuesday.

My second day without purpose, but one which I would force purpose upon.

Jools woke me at ten to seven, so I got up and once dressed had a coffee.

Right. I saw the living and dining room looked untidy, the carpet dirty. I got the vacuum out and swept both parts of the living room.

This scared the cats out of the house. So, either side of breakfast I swept and cleaned.

Once the noise eased, the cats returned and went to sleep.

It was a glorious, if chilly morning. Once warm enough, I went to sit on the patio, the two Pasqueflowers in the pot on the steps, although were open, were also drooping.

There is something about the two main colours, the purple of the petals and the bright yellow of the stamens, is perfect.

To my amazement, the mobile phone took great shots of the two open flowers in the pot, and all the while, the air was full of birdsong, but the song of dear Jenny Wren the sweetest of all.

I really should have gone for a walk, but finally get my act together at half ten, the sun very warm on my neck.

I meet the lady who has the orchid rosette in her verge, I point this out and she is thrilled, and eagerly agrees for it not to be mowed, and to build a small fence for it.

Along the lane, the Alexanders are all out, and many of the flowers full of Yellow Dung Flies, I snap a few and walk on.

A single male Brimstone flits along the lane, but fails to settle. This is the third I have seen this year, along with a single Peacock and Small Tortoiseshell both this week.

But not any to snap.

I push on over the field to Fleet House. My back is not happy, but I do it. The fields either side of the path have now been ploughed and seeded, so no alfalfa for Clouded Yellows to nectar on this year.

I see no Large tortoiseshells, so turn round and head for home, back over the field,

Already the clear blue skies of the morning were hazing over, and soon were clouded over, and so the day got chill.

I had lunch and then settled down with Scully to watch TV.

She curled up and purred loudly.

Once Jools was back home at twenty to six, we go straight out to Jen's to pick up her car, as she and I are on a road trip the next two days, and Jools needed a car.

More on that was we get it.