Lets catch up....

I have been pretty slack with the execise regime since my injury. Since then I think I have only been twice. I also went yesterday to see just how much damage I have done. I was actually prettu impressed with myself. I completed a 5K which was a suprise. I went into the gym expecting to be a weezing mess, but I wasn't. I was my ususal sweaty mess, but hey, thats normal! As I still cannot use the rower or weights, I did 30 minutes on the cycle. I went prepared, and read my book while I was on it! I probably looked stupid, but hey.

So, if i haven't been going to the gym, what have I been doing?

Well, I went to visit family for three days, that was great, to go there and not rush around trying to see everyone in one day. I have also been busy in the garden. I am picking runner beans every day now. I have started to blanch and freeze them down. We will be picking tomatoes one day too. There a quite a few on the plants, but they are still green and hard though they are sizable. I have planted the other beds too. There will be pointed cabbages, carrots, broccoli, parsnips and brussel sprouts at some point in the future. I may be lucky and get carrots in the autumn, but the rest will be winter vegetables. The first lot of carrots are sprouting through the earth, so something is going on down there! I hope a few more pop through, its a poor show at the moment. The garden is looking quite pretty at the moment. The frens are looking healthy, and finally starting to grow. The lavender I put in the big pot that used to be home to the lemon tree has certainly grown. It now reaches the edge of the pot, but the flowers are not so good. In  the front garden, the lavenders look lovely, they are bright and perky. The geraniums are growing beautifully and have large red blooms. The antirinums that my sister gave me last week are sprouting already. They are late, but then they were in a seed tray until last week.  The bouganvillia is ok, its not flowering, but then I cannot really expect it to after the severe haircut I gave it in the early spring. And finally the azalea is really healthy, but again its not flowering. The soil is just not acidic enough, I am putting coffee grounds in to make it better, but its not showing any improvement so far.

Here are a few pictures: