A very productive day today but no doubt kp will pay the price for her hard work tomorrow.

The day started off with an early rise for kp when she heard the kids up and about. Abbie and I walked the dogs, taking 10 minutes for Abbie to get over a fence !! She is such a town girl. She is only 9, but has the fashion sense of a 14 year old and I don’t think she fancied her looks wearing her England kit with a pair of wellies.

We enjoyed a cooked breakfast on our return before I took Abbie, Adele and Louisa back to Middlesbrough. I picked Marie up before returning as she is staying with us for 2 nights. Typical Marie, she brought all the shopping with her to ensure we had good food stocks.

No sooner had we arrived back than we started a LONG gardening session. kp wanted all the back yard redoing so that it is all done before her next op (July 6th). It seemed Marie was here to earn the tea she had brought with her !

Here are the girls hard at it…………….

Physically, kp did really well. But I fear a price to be paid tomorrow. Mentally, we hit a brick wall about half way through when she was trying to visualize how many pots we would need for each plant. She couldn’t get it all in her head. Marie and I gave her plenty of time, and in the end we found another way through the problem.

The weather was VERY hot today in the North East and all 3 of us were burnt by the sun. One of my jobs was to root out some old conifer from one of our existing pots. On unearthing them, I saw 2 little creatures running round the pot. I think they were baby moles or voles. kp was scared they were mice, but I don’t think they live underground. If someone can confirm, that would be great – they were absolutely gorgeous. There were more than 2 when we dug a little deeper. But we didn’t want to disturb them too much.

We put the conifer back on top of them and I went to buy some more pots from the garden centre.

Here is the finished result…………

Fag break and then it was time to hit the front of the house and plant the remaining garden centre. The girls are doing the front as I write this. This blog is a real blessing at times. I would much rather be gardening in the front – NOT !

Here are the girls moments ago in the front.