We had Connie visit today for the first time for a good week or two.
She has been on her holidays to Scotland.
We took her on the usual walk but was rather horrified to see this mass of thistles growing where the feed trough goes in the autumn.
Where the ground is churned up when it gets muddy it seems to grow all these weeds & thistles.
We used to spend quite a few hours every year getting rid of the things….too late when the seed heads are blowing about in the wind!
Two good things & one bad one:
1. Cathy cooked risotto & I tasted it…..not had it ever…very nice too!
2. Garth mended my kitchen cupboard door, the hinge had come adrift so,I was so glad to have it mended!
3. I was stung by a wasp this morning on the ball of my thumb. Being nosy while next door are on holiday I leaned over the fence to have a good look in their back garden & put my hand straight on the wasp.
Only about the third time I have ever been stung…. my word it spoilt my day. It’s still swollen, aching & sore tonight.
They may not be welcome, but they make a pretty picture! Sorry to hear about your encounter with a wasp! My youngest granddaughter was stung by one a few years ago & she gets quite hysterical when they go near her! I have to say though that I have hardly seen any this year, plenty of bees but no wasps!
Ouch, I remember European wasp stings. Had a few when I was a child. I stood on one at Ainsdale Beach once and that really hurt. I then bit into one that was resting on the ice lolly I was eating and my lip was so swollen. Both times the wasps ended up dead but it didn't make me feel much better. I can still remember how painful it was.
Ouch, I remember European wasp stings. Had a few when I was a child. I stood on one at Ainsdale Beach once and that really hurt. I then bit into one that was resting on the ice lolly I was eating and my lip was so swollen. Both times the wasps ended up dead but it didn't make me feel much better. I can still remember how painful it was.