Sand see serf

 1. The council are basically employees that we pay for and should do the job that we require them to do. 

2. So after all the stupidity of lockdowns and the effects on children, why are the children not the number one priority for council spending?

The play areas in Clevedon are in desperate need of an overhaul and upgrading. The sand pit is running out of sand, the swings are not swinging as they are missing and the roundabouts are not turning.

Yet this idiotic council think it is appropriate to spend hundred of thousands of pounds on a cycle track. There is already a pupose built cycle track, it is called a road.

May the fifth be with you

 This is a Star Wars free zone.

Does anyone else check their own blood pressure?

As much as I despise smart phones (surely the very worst invention ever) there is one program on it that works extremely well and is very useful. It is called BP Journal it is a free program but I thought that it was so good that I paid for the full version. I do not have any affiliation with the programmer but I do recommend that you have a look at it.

Boot onions into touch

My broken foot is healing well, so no more boot but it will still take two to three months to mend fully.

A mistake in eating a hidden ingredient meant that I suffered stomach pains. The offensive ingredient was onion powder. Second only to garlic powder as one to avoid.

Ah well.

Spring is hurrying on the daffodils were over quickly and there is plenty of blossom on the fruit trees.

Nearly there

 Only a few more days before my hospital appointment regarding my broken foot. Nearly six weeks since going to A&E and being equipped with a large solid boot which has very strong velcro straps. It will feel strange not to wear it. Hopefully an X--ray and an assessment by the consultant will be positive

The first cut is the...

 I mowed the lawn for the first time this year. I had read to use a high setting on the mower so as not to shock the grass too much and to allow it to grow fuller before the next shorter cut.

There is always plenty of weeding to do. Each year one weed seems to gain prominence over all others. This year it seems to be Lords and Ladies - Arum macalutum and is a real nuisance.

Home economics

 Does anyone still make their own bread? We started making sourdough bread years ago, before Covid changed so many things. It seemed to get popular during lockdown etc but I don't know if people are still carrying on. It's fun to make and very satisfying. It's nice to be ale to make up different mixes, sometimes more wholemeal, sometimes more white, sometimes more spelt and so on. One local baker makes great bread but it contains milk which we never knew, at least home made only contains what we put in.

Footnote

A morning of potting up in the greenhouse and moving some of the larger plants to their permanent big pots. I found some old fritillaria bulbs, I planted them but don't hold out much hope as I know that they are tricky in the best of circumstances.

Walking along my foot suddenly felt painful. Hmm.