Today was very hot, 28 degrees and little breeze. I was at the lottie with the trailer by ten AM. I was wringing wet by the time I had emptied the trailer. I harvested some Spinach, Rhubarb and Asparagus. I did a little hand weeding and had a look round. The Pea bed needs weeding. I dropped the trailer back to the stables and went over to see the bees. All looked well there but it was hotter still, especially working in full sun whilst wearing overalls.
On the way back from the bees I stopped here and there along the hedgerows to collect Elderflower blossoms. I got a least a bushel of them. I am going to make some Elderflower champagne, wine and H some cordial. I went home to drop off the goodies and have some lunch. It would have been folly to go back to the lottie for an afternoon of toil in the hottest part of the day. Instead I stayed at home a prepared Degsy for the doctor, fitted my new bonnet and tidied up the garage. I had a quick run out to the tip to recycle the old bonnet as well other bits are pieces from the clear out.
Miss L came running down stairs later in the evening to tell us to look at the moon. It was just above our horizon, large and deepest red. Apparently Miss L had never seen the moon like that before. Through the evening we kept checking the progress of the moon across the sky and it's changes in colour.
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