Day 1483 the hottest day of the year so far! ☀️☀️☀️

Ahhhh some real heat…. I say that and it’s been at 17-18°C here today and for Scotland that’s a pretty good day.

I’ve been in shorts and vest top all day apart from the dog walks. I’ve been very lucky not to be working.

I had another great, progesterone-induced sleep but woke with a sore throat and the start of a chesty cough. I’ve been so lethargic all day.

It’s definitely been the first day of the year that you could be out in the garden all day without feeling cold… yet I’ve not appreciated it for what it was. Instead I’ve been tired and a bit grumpy.

It was 8am before I started the dog walks this morning. Bhru and Freya first!

The grass has sprouted this week!

Love the colours of the farm.

Look how muddy Bhru got digging for a stone in the burn.

I am not throwing that stone!

This tree has lots of new leaves, there must be a beech hedge growing up the trunk too.

Then back home…. Chattering to Craig only to realise he was on a work call….. 😬😂 I sat outside in the garden for a bit before I took Calaidh and Khaleesi out.

Everything is so green.

Dry stane dyke.

I kept Khaleesi on lead so she didn’t run about too much. It was a slightly longer walk for her.

I got chatting to a lovely lady with a Malinois-cross. She was asking all about Khaleesi. We got chatting through a whole range of subjects! I lovely having random chats with someone I’ve never met. It’s good to connect with people.

My favourite gate!

The rhododendrons are out in full force.

A herd of coos…

A very random shot but I thought I’d try something different!

Calaidh’s laughing at me!

So back home and I sat out in the sun with my sunscreen on…. I was so tired I just sat with my eyes shut for a while. It felt nice.

I had no idea what to do with myself and started getting annoyed.

I guess my issue is that I want to be away and doing something this weekend, but I can’t.

My head actually has temper tantrums because I want to be doing something different. I’m not very good at relaxing and doing nothing.

When I’m in the house I’m surrounded by things that need cleaned and things that need repaired. I don’t want to be stuck inside doing housework on a warm day. I just want to head out and explore.

The thing is we can’t always get to do what we want to do all of the time and I don’t know how to make peace with that…. Instead I fight it and look for places that I could go. Rather than enjoying the moment, I’m searching for ways to make it better.

I decided to bring a camping table out and clear through my jewellery box.

Honestly that was not my best move. It seemed to open up a whole catalogue of negative thoughts as the jewellery reminded me of different times in my life and where had all that time gone?! I’ve 6 watches sitting doing nothing… what a waste of money. I saw the negative in it all….

I didn’t achieve much by doing it, I threw out a small handful of broken things but that was all. I couldn’t bring myself to part with most of it. As expensive as it all was at the time, it’s virtually worthless now. I looked up selling some of it but it seems like you get very little back.

I gave that job up after a few hours and started cleaning out the camping stuff from last weekend. I put the tent up and cleaned the floor. I put some things away in the shed.

Once I started doing something with purpose I felt much better.

I’ve done 6 loads of washing today and it’s almost all dry. I put most of it away.

Finally I was at peace. About time too!

The aurora might be really strong tonight around midnight if anyone’s interested . I read that it might be seen as far south as Spain!

I can’t believe I’ve been such a grump on such a lovely day.

Poor Craig won’t be home from work until about 8. He’s still recovering from his flu. He’ll be wiped out working that late on a Friday.

I’m off for a shower ready to make his dinner with a smile on my face 😬😂

Have a great Friday night!

Stay safe everyone ♥️♥️♥️