10°C, rain, non-stop rain

Two days on my legs still sore and need frequent stretches. Rosie is far more sore than I. She has five stitches in her leg, I don’t. I know what the cure is for this muscle-shortening stiffness, but it’s raining & I have an injured dog to pamper.

Fritillary is proving difficult to get, the only ones I have seen are big, yellow and in my mind: vulgar.
I do have Several Saxifrage and Artemesias ready to plant out. Saxifrage apparently gets its name from their ability to break rocks, they are mountain plants – probably what people mean by "alpines".

The sun shines but I have another headache. Dammit.

Dogs walked, plants potted and seeds sown. Door painted, photos shot & plants bought. y’know.
That time spent yesterday swapping wheels on a car whose rusty axle stubs didn’t want to release the rims has worked out. The juddering wheel-spin has now gone on pulling away. I’m so gooood .
Omegle: what a bizarre site- like messenger, but you have no idea who you will be speaking to; a kind of "speed-chat".

Now to fix the car stereo…

Yes it’s true, this is starting out as a mending-things-holiday (again). Mounted & framed a print of a painting by Fantin-Latour; 1½ hours, then swapped the tyres round on the car- 1½ hours. My hands are not steady enough to paint now.
Those new tyres I had fitted (just before the snow week) aren’t ideally distributed. The ‘experts’ suggested putting high quality (=expensive) tyres on the back axle, and budget ones on the front. The car hasn’t been right since- these is often a little wheel spin when I pull away at roundabouts- and I am notorious for my measured driving style. I’m the kind of driver who annoys others because I won’t break the speed limits: even passengers get leary about it sometimes. Anyway, the car has front wheel drive, the engine is at the front and so is the steering, so I have put the best tyres on there instead. Let’s see.

Planning omelettes for tomorrow;  and I am no kind of cook. Here is one I prepared last week- a rhubarb and apple crumble:

Clear: clear head, clear vision and a clear sky. Sunshine is a good idea.

Bessie inspected these bones carefully for ages. What went through her mind?
Road-rage: On the way home in the car yesterday a guy driving from a side road looked at me from his driving seat. Without much hesitation, he pulled out forcing me to an emergency stop and a blast on the horn. He looked squarely at me the whole time and raised the bird in defiance. How does a man get into s state like that?

6°C, light cloud

4.30 am: another early dawn, but less so than yesterday. This typing is tricky with hands still cold from the dogwalk. This morning is less warm than yesterday. The city was more alive though; fewer black windows to reflect the morning twighlight sky. Some people about with dogs; no sign of yesterday’s runner.
another meeting sketch A6 paper.

Later...: been a long day, full of energy and I’m still going Will run out soon. I’ve wanted a photo of this tree for years, finally, done it.

Waiting: for this storm to blow over. Cycle later, after cleaning up some very muddy ladies. They enjoyed the run.

We have a fridge/freezer. that’s been a long wait, but the good side to a cold winter. It’s one of those fitted-kitchen inside a cabinet job, the real virtue of those is that they run very quietly. The fridge itself is quite ugly, but you can’t see it; it’s inside a pale wooden cupboard thing. How exciting. Seriously though, it’s going to make a difference to the kind of food I can make.