Tuesday 30th June - genius idea

I took a mug of ginger tea for a little walk around the garden. My cardoons are flowering;

So spectacular. 

They were covered with blackfly at the beginning of June, and I persuaded BB to rub his fingers gently up and down the stalks while he still had his thick heavy duty leather gardening gloves on. That totally dealt with the problem, which is why the top part of the stalk looks black.

The jasmine is flowering now, with clematis twining through the shoots, and below the saliva 'hot lips' is adding a splash of colour.

I'm trying to make the most of them; sadly they are all likely to be demolished one the little diggers get going. We might be able to dig out the salvia, and take cuttings from the jasmine,  but the cardoons will have to take their chance. The roots will be on their way to Australia by now!

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The genius idea? There's a tidy-up/declutter app around that gives you a simple task every day. I think it is a Swedish system, and keeps popping up as an advertisement in my newsfeed. I refuse to be beguiled into paying for something, but there are examples of the tasks. I've only paid attention to the first task;

'Tidy up three things in your line of sight'

So I did; I put away three things on my little swivel-top table beside me on the settee. I even threw away a fourth!

It made a ridiculously big improvement for a minute's effort, all without getting up from the settee. I think that's enough for me to be getting on with; just put three things away at random times of the day.

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I've already hit my step count for today, so I know I've d one at least 100,000 in June. I'll total all the steps tomorrow. 

Happy Happy Happy!

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I've made a start on finishing the little sewing square for for my on-going QAYGO (quilt as you go) project. 

A 'start on finishing' is a bit optimistic! I want to use couching to outline the leaves, and then I'll embroider the centre veins, also in green. After that - I'll see .

So my 'Finishing up Days' have been effective in finishing two things; a collaboration square and the back of the cardigan, and doing some more to the QAYGO piece.