Evening light . . .

Spent all morning in the garden armed with a little pair of scissors, dead heading anything that looked past its best. Very therapeutic! Also squished lots of caterpillars - again very rewarding, if a bit messy! Everything is growing incredibly well this year so had to stake and tie up lots of tall plants that were starting to flop and or risk getting battered by the next blow of wind we have.

Picked the second pound of strawberries too - a bumper crop this year, I put slug bait down and a net over the top to keep the birds off and it's really paid off. All this wonderful sunshine has been great for them too! We've been really lucky this year, shorts and T shirt weather for weeks!

In the shop in the afternoon, helping out with some coach tours. The first two coaches bought lots of things, pottery, jewellery, knitwear, scarves, the third bought 3 bars of soap and a post card! Perhaps they were just keen to get back outside into the sunshine!