Wednesday 15 August 2018

The heat is on...



The heat has come back with a vengeance after some lovely cool mornings and evenings it is hot hot hot - we have heard that the temperatures will be up around the 40s for quite a few days.  We are feeling it but not as much as the cats -they are acting like we have drugged them!!! 

This morning we left Mr Boo snoozing on the bed with the shutters shut to keep it cool.  He was last seen hugging one of the cushions sound asleep and stayed there all day.  

We found the reason why Mr Boo was on the bed - Charlie had taken up squatters rights on the new bed which has, up till now, only been frequented by Boo.

Charlie didn't stay there long because the minute we went into the kitchen he took up residence in the cupboard where we keep his cat food, obviously it was cooler in there.

John and I had nipped down to Polis before Mum came up for lunch and then she went to visit Sheila and Klaus - we had a few errands to run one of which was to get a letter posted back to the UK which was our claim for John's medical treatment which hopefully will get paid otherwise we are on bread and water for a while.  The woman in the post office told me that the cost was €1.52 so I gave her €1.60 and she returned the 10 cent coin - so I only paid €1.50 - somehow I cannot imagine that ever happening in a Post Office in the UK!


Mum came up safe and sound and we had our lunch outside - nothing fancy but some lovely fresh pittas with lounza and halloumi and some fresh coleslaw.  It was warm and airless under the umbrella so after lunch we moved around the corner and Mum and I sat in Wendy and Bill corner in the shade to relax for an hour or so before Mum went to the cemetery and then the Knips.


John doesn't 'do' the sun and has to be very careful anyway having had some issues in the past so today he created mark one of his floating armchair with cover - I doubt that my old firm Porter Dodson ever expected their brolly to be used in this way!!  He said it was ok but I pointed out that his ankles and feet were exposed and getting those bits burned was not recommended!!


After Mum left us and it cooled a little I set about doing a little gardening - the garden is looking a bit tired and untidy and John's family arrive next week so he will want it looking its best.  Evidence of a visitor in the vine has been lacking of late but today this little fella was on one of the leaves - this was a mere baby compared to the one I found previously.  I took its photo and then put it back somewhere safe to live another day.


I am thrilled that Hadge's rose is flowering again.  It had looked a little weary and some of the leaves had gone yellow so after it had finished flowering the last time I cut it back a bit, removed any yellow leaves and put banana skins on top of the soil because apparently roses like potassium and it seems to have worked.  I am hopeful that now it might continue to flower so that John's Mum will get to see it when she comes over.

We had a lovely quiet evening at home and relaxed in the conservatory with all the doors open watching some really naff TV which was great except that this was an open invite to every biting insect in the neighbourhood - but we didn't find that out until the following day!

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