Astrantia

At last my astrantia is flowering enough for me to cut some!

Spent the morning making the brush wildlife barrier at the bottom of my garden (extra). I am so pleased with it but I am sure so many people would just consider it a mess :)
For me it is a valuable nesting/hiding/breeding place for all sorts of bugs and beasties. I now need to lower the hedge from my neighbour's side. Her 'gardener' hasn't touched this area of the garden for 5 or 6 years.
While admiring my work there was a frog croaking in the pond :)
Second coat of stain applied to the window and doors and now I am well and truely pooped!
Rain forecast for later on tomorrow so after breakfast in the garden at a friend's it might be a day of garden planning.

And thankfully after 8 days into my holiday and some fraught texts trying to sort out why my info re a client had not been passed onto the carers covering my calls has finally been resolved I feel I am beginning to switch off and enjoy 'me' time.