WILD FLOWERS

Early start this morning as my appointment with the nurse at the Health Centre was at 9.10am.  She took some blood and the results will be ready when I see my doctor on Tuesday.   Mary - the nurse - was a real live wire.  An oriental lady who was very bubbly and chatty.  She even danced.  As I left she said " Have a good weekend .... and try not to worry".  Try not to worry.  Well I wasn't worried until she said that.  Should I be worried now ?  I don't know.

As it was still a bit early to use my bus pass I had a wander into Chase Park  and spotted the Wild Flower garden - part of the Community Garden near the entrance.  There are raised beds  - some with vegetables and some with flowers and also hedge of raspberry bushes. I have added a collage in my Extras of some of the flowers.  And as you can see in my blip there is a beautiful patch of wild flowers.  The seeds were scatted by children from a local primary school.  I started taking photos and was approached by a lady who said she was on the committee of Friends Of Chase Park.  She was also taking photos - to post on the Facebook page to publicise an event taking place tomorrow. There will be live music, pizza, donuts, fairground rides  and stalls selling all sorts. Hope its a success.  We chatted for quite a while about this and that.

Musical link WILDFLOWERS by Dolly Parton

Then I got the bus to Gateshead and walked down to The Sage.  I had intended to collect a ticket which I had bought online.  However I was too early - the box office didn't. open until 12 noon.  Too long for me to hang around so I just walked back to the shopping area in Gateshead

Power went off this evening so I checked the fuse box.  The power switch had " tripped.  Kept " tripping " so I had to unplug everything and plug them back in one by one.  When everything was plugged back the switch didn't trip .... so I never found the culprit.  Very strange - and annoying.

The weather today was mostly dull and humid - then we had a torrential downpour in the early evening but it didn't last long. Glad it wasn't a rainy day as Neil and Rachael were at a wedding in a country house in Northumberland.  Rachael was a bridesmaid. 

Steps today - 12,084