Monday March 4th 2024: Chaos this morning, we have had increased traffic through our lane due to a closed road further across. Although the diversion sends them elsewhere they insist on driving down our small country lanes because it is a cut through, not a problem except that half of them have no idea how to drive on country lanes 🙄 They are not two way traffic lanes but having been in the car when they come hurtling towards you, you have to wonder what they actually see around them 😂 Where is the other car supposed to go when the other one won’t slow down 🤷♀️ Large deer regularly jump out into the lanes and I only hope nobody meets one of those at speed because it won’t be pretty. Add to that this morning and the main arterial road nearby was shut due to a bad accident, cue even more cars trying to find a way through, total chaos 😬 I don’t think I have seen nose to tail traffic in the village before, every small road around the village and into the next town was clogged with those on the school run or going to work. On top of that we have had three cars that I know of that have hit a pothole coming towards ours and ended up stationary with burst tyres right outside our driveway. We go out and tell them to get the car in the drive and off the road if they can, poor chap last night lost two tyres one front and one back, the poor chap this morning hit it at 5.15am and was still on our driveway at 10.30am! Meanwhile I had an appointment at the dentist and John had called to say they had closed another part of the road off that leads to our lane and he couldn’t get through so was going to have to go right round, yep right into all that traffic! We made our way painfully through the village and into the next town and I was half an hour late, I got out of the car and walked the last leg of the way as it was quicker, luckily I had phoned them and the person I was seeing was also stuck in traffic, crazy morning.
Once back home, the traffic having dissipated by now, the sun came out and so I spent the rest of the morning in the greenhouse sowing seeds. I was looking through my seed stash thinking ‘I am never going to be able to plant all these, I have no idea why I have soo many’ but I will give it a good go lol.
Tuesday: Oscar day 🥰 Activities range from singing, eating, playing, sleeping to little walks and playing with his second cousin Ayda 😊
Wednesday: Busy day today and lots of different jobs to get done. First a quick whip round with the hoover and a bit of polish. Next nip over to the flower room and wash out a lot of buckets ready for flowers. Then a quick pit stop to have my hair cut before taking a flower delivery and preparing them for conditioning. Once they were all safety sat in fresh clean water it was quick lunch before going out to the greenhouse and pricking out some seedlings. Then onto weeding and clearing the flower beds at the far end of the garden, the area I originally earmarked for flowers. It is still for flowers but now so is the rest of the garden and the tunnels 😂 I think I earned a sit down so that’s what I did and a few minutes later John arrived home and made a cuppa. He got changed and went to see his brother as it is his birthday today and I filled up a bucket with some fresh water and went out to cut hellebore ready for Mother’s Day flowers. I have a few other bits to cut tomorrow and then I will be ready for a mammoth flower weekend 🥰
I will be juggling jobs like that for a few weeks now, seedlings, weeding, planting, flower arranging as well as everything domestic. My plan is to work smarter not harder and so I am trying to get any weed suppressing systems in place as well as staking and mulching, all of these should, should be hugely beneficial for time saving 🤞 Who knows I may even have time each day just to sit and look 🤪
Thursday: I did a few household bits first thing before going off to Witney with Charlie and Oscar. We had a mooch round, I bought some bits to put my hair up, when the girls were at home there were always bobbles about but they have long since disappeared. We had a coffee and a bit more of a mooch before heading back home. I had a quick lunch and then I went out to cut some pussy willow for the big flower weekend plus a few daffodils and some anemone. Then into the greenhouse to sow some seeds and I was going to do some work outside but it’s cold again today so I came back inside. I know what’s coming, it will be straight into hot weather I bet 🤪
I have a lot of orders to start getting ready tomorrow so I guess a little calm before the storm won’t hurt.
Friday: Wooooooosh I have worked solidly all day today making up the bouquets and bunches of flowers going out tomorrow and Sunday and I still have to wrap them all tomorrow. But what an absolute pleasure of a job it was even if my back was aching by the end of the day. I still have enquiries coming in but having used almost every single stem in the place I am having to say no 🙄 I d have a fair amount of foliage left thigh so if anyone wants a foliage bunch it’s a yes 😂 I was hoping to get outside and do a bit as the sun was out but by the time I finished checking and double checking that I had everyone’s order done and then cleared up it was too late for anything else.
Saturday: I spent the morning wrapping bouquets, John went off to deliver some memorial flowers and then in the afternoon I had customers coming to collect some of the orders, the rest will be collected tomorrow morning. In the evening we went out with Shelley, Martin Josh and Flo for a meal at a local italian restaurant. The evening was lovely and the food was great, it is not something we do often so it was a real treat.
Sunday: Yesterday the weather was lovely and today it was back to grey drizzle 🙄 With customers coming all morning I couldn’t really get started on any bigger jobs that need doing so I just pottered around. By noon all of the flowers had been collected and it was time for me to go and see my Mum, delivering the last bouquet to her which my brother in Australia had ordered from me lol. Sam, Mia and Lucie met me at Mums, my sister was there with her partner and little girl too. We had tea and cake and chatted then back home to let the dogs out before going out again. This time to Charlie and Maccas, they were cooking Sunday lunch for us as well as Maccas Mum and her friend.
A lovely weekend of happy faces and happy customers, I have thoroughly enjoyed every bit of it 😊
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