Reasons To Be Cheerful.

It’s Friday and the sun is shining again. I’ll get outside in a bit when I’ve written a little blog. I had a nice afternoon yesterday. It was the first time this year that I have had my kitchen door open. When the sun is shining at the right angle my little yard is quite a heat trap. I put some music on which was Reasons To Be Cheerful, The Best Of Ian Dury. I really like Ian Dury, he was a national treasure. I would put his album New Boots & Panties in my favourite twenty albums of all time. I had a sweep up of the yard and planted some bulbs in pots. It said on the box that they were 2 Centaurea Dealbata, 1 Aster, blue, 1 Phlox white, 1 Eryngium Planum and 15 Liatris Spicata (Blazing Stars mixed). I’m not sure what all those are so it will be interesting to see what comes up.

 I noticed that my bench in the yard was looking a bit weathered and distressed, so I gave it a coat of varnish to cheer it up. I was pleased to see some buds appearing on my camellias which was encouraging. I was out there about two hours and came back indoors feeling quite pleased with myself.

I had a nap and woke up about 7.00 and went round to the pub which is only about 30 yards away. It was quite pleasant. Later on, I watched Question Time on the telly which always makes me angry. I’m not going to watch it any more. Because of having a nap earlier I was wide awake at past midnight. I was reading about the author Elizabeth Smart and how Morrissey of The Smiths plagiarized her work for his lyrics. I never knew that before. I ended up going on eBay and buying a copy of her novel By Grand Central Station I Sat Down And Wept. I read it about forty years ago, but I want to pore over it again looking for Morrissey links.

I might not do a blog tomorrow because I’m going to Bath to see Robert Plant and Fairport Convention. That should be memorable and worth writing about, so I’ll write an in-depth story and tell you all about it on Sunday.