Easy gardening...

Beautiful day today, so we decided to go over to Dobbies to get some plants for the hanging baskets at the back of the house. We have a longish wall which separates the houses because they are terraced, and Vin painted it a lovely off white creamy shade last year. we now have three hanging baskets which have had primroses in all Autumn and Winter. He had put yellow ones in this year, and they have been really gorgeous, a splash of colour in all of the dark days of the last few months. We had a look round at all of the different plants, and didn't see any that jumped out at us. They do mixed boxes for hanging baskets, but they are quite expensive, and didn't look that great either. then he spotted some already planted hanging baskets which were only £5 each, so we decided to get those instead. So, there it was, easy gardening..just buy them and bring them home and hang them up. lovely. Noticed on the way there that there are signs up for the arrival of the Olympic flame on friday. I have an appointment in Southport on Friday morning, so I hope there won't be any hold ups. Vin reckons it will be ok.It is due in Ormskirk, then through to Southport then formby and crosby on its way to Liverpool.Don't think we'll bother going to have a look, probably might have done if it had been when Jane was small. Typing this listening to the radio Two as I always do in the afternoon, and it is playing "Somewhere over the rainbow" by the Hawaaian bloke called OZ. gorgeous rendition by him, one of my favourite records, but Steve Wright has such an annoying habit of talking over the ends of songs. he always does that with Harry Nillson "Without her" which drives me mad. That is my favourite song of all time, and I want it played at my funeral!! very sunny today and warm at the back of the house again, Tonight we are having: Pear and Stilton tart, Egg and potato salad, various salads left from yesterday.