Boxing Day

Quite a few things never seem to go out of fashion with children. Cardboard boxes are one. We made a den out of a large cardboard box today. A paper plate fixed with a paper clip made a good steering wheel or dial or whatever imagination let it be.

Prunes are good for you

 A sunny day. So it was good to get out in the garden and do some pruning. I used a hedge trimmer to shape some of the bushes at fence level. One of the hydrangeas had grown too large so it had a very severe cutback. The garden looks much neater already.

Does anyone else like jigsaws, they seem particularly apt at this time of the year. I have one that has sweet wrappers from years ago. Most sweets are still around today but some are no more - Weekend, Bar Six, Banjo to name a few that have disappeared.