What a lovely family day. Sunshine, a frustrating trip to Morrison's (okay nothing's perfect!) then back for sinful burger and chips with the kids for lunch (well it's better than Macdonalds!) then spent the afternoon in the garden preparing for our growing onslaught. Few fraught words over exact placement of new plastic greenhouse contraption due to arrive from ebay on Tuesday apparently - concerned it was taking up all my sun space on the decking for table and chairs and got cross! This was after had spent near on an hour with disposable gloves and a bin bag collecting stray dog shit from the entire winter season from grass and beds etc. Not pleasant! Back now aching furiously from this and lots of weeding. Boys spent most of the afternoon playing war between tree house and back door although a little help came our way somewhat reluctantly.
Dogs enjoyed being out with us all but Thierry has a serious problem with wanting to hump hs mum Treacle at the moment and there was at least one serious scrap on the the lawn as a result - can't say I blame Treacle.
So beds now all ready, greenhouse (plastic house) number one ready to go, Wilbur (God rest his soul, 10 years now since he left this earth and left me with an out of control bay tree via Dick Dock 'We don't have a Dick, we have a Richard') is back out sunbathing in the Spring sunshine, deck is brushed and awaiting a jet wash, tree house emptied on lots of sodden moulding books the kids had left in there all winter, grass clear of crap, new Forsythia (Dad, it's three years since you left us yesterday and this reminds me of you, sunny and yellow), washing line at the ready (including new nifty peg basket and pegs courtesy of Morrison's) and we're ready to go. Boys bathed, nice chicken roast dinner, bottle of red wine, kids finally asleep, paper read, Martin playing online backgammon, MOTD 2 about to start, retiring to bed with book, perfect!
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