Plumbed in the 2nd waterbutt. It collects an overflow from the first which works. I used various containers, and a dustbin to hold the water while I worked on the tank (the whole point is to svoid wasting water) then put it all back in.
This all means that I feel rather clever right now.
There is rather a nice phot on my phone of our toad, I don’t have a ready way to getting it off yet.

Got energy back today.that fizz returns, the one that makes me get up and do stuff. the first week of Summer holidays is like this form most teachers, it seems.

It’s always like this– very tired, lethargic and teetering on the edge of a headache. Now I feel it, now I remember that most summer holidays start like this. It takes a good few days to feel normal.

Sluggish day: blame the very close sticky weather. We finish tomorrow, then forty days.

Photo from last Sunday’s bike ride, taken on my phone. You can tell really, blurring into the corners, blue fringes and so on.
Okay, conditions lead to a lethargic evening so I sit to watch the Tour De France on TV. I odn’t last the show though, it’s adverts every few minutes- I can’t stand it.

Mr Toad was disturbed tonight by my watering. They don’t really jump, more an elbow-full clamber, from the corner of your eye, you’d swear they have three sets of elbows. What can I give him to keep the little amphibious guy going? Nothing I know, but I can make my garden a good place for the stuff he eats to grow.

We’ve had no real rain for weeks and weeks. It’s been the driest 6 months since 1929, say the weather man on the TV. Watering plants daily.

Don’t actually know what kind of rose this is, but it’s quite like dog roses in the wild. I didn’t really like roses much before, but on watching this develop, I’m converted.There is a white-tail bumble bee in there somewhere. I even like the smell, now that’s really unusual for me.