Photo Diary: Project 365, week 24

 A typical English weather this week - it cannot seem to make up its mind, whether to be sunny or rain in buckets, so we often had both most days. Whenever there was a sunny break, I popped into the garden to do the weeding, and trimmed the Virginia creeper at the house front. While working, I spotted this moth.

It is likely an Eight-spotted forester, but don't take my word for it.

We were taking Sasha out, and my husband asked if we could go anywhere else but Cafe Nero, as he's a bit fed up with it. Sasha is happy with Coffee 1, as they have his favourite Coke and nice cakes and pastries. 

The pistachio craze continues, and there is a new Pistachio cream bun available in Coffee 1, which Sasha has chosen. It does look pretty good, though that's some serious amount of cream.

And if you visit Costa, they have a new pistachio chocolate cookie. I had a reward on my Costa card for a free can of iced coffee, and bought a cookie to take with me. Eddie and I shared it. Not too bad, quite chocolatey, though the pistachio flavour tastes rather artificial.

I'm happy with all the pistachio offerings, as it's one of my favourite nuts (that, and hazelnut). 

A clematis in town...

I was looking forward to the Strawberry Moon on Wednesday, but alas, the Moon was hiding from us in the clouds, and we couldn't see anything special. I ventured into the garden several times through the evening and early night, and it was dark dark dark. Did you manage to  get a glimpse of the rare Moon?

This week I've been trying to figure out what to do with the boxwood hedges in the garden. All of a sudden, some parts of it have been attacked by nasty pests. I bought some special boxwood spray to kill off the pests, but not sure what exactly the disease it. It's not the boxwood blight, or miner. I cannot see any worms or bugs, or any insects at all, but a lot of damage. In fact, one hedge looks pretty destroyed.

Any word of advice? Should I remove all the affected bushes and burn them? Or will they be able to recover after treatment?

On Thursday my friend and I arranged to meet for an hour, while Sasha was out with his PAs. We haven't seen each other for over a month, and it was lovely to catch up on the latest news. 

On the way to her house, I ran through the flood fields area. I love it there, it's just so peaceful, with birds singing, and tall grasses waving in the breeze. You can often spot a local cat there, named Mischief. I've known this cat for at least seven years, but he must be older than that. He is a mouser, and spends most of the day outdoors. He is the most chillaxed cat you can encounter, often lying in the middle of the path or bridge, without a care that someone might step on him.

Mischief is a local mini-celebrity, as people often menion seeing him on the local Facebook group.

The weather was funny again on Friday, with a mild rain, and a bit of sunshine. I picked up some of the red currants for lunch. 

I could see some of the apples too, though this year there are going to be less of them. Last year's harvest was abundunt, so this year the apple trees are having a bit of a break.

A few days ago I got a message on Insta from author Shannon Morgan, saying that I won three of her books (all horror). They arrived yesterday, with a lovely postcard. I follow the author on social media, but haven't read any of her books yet. I do enjoy horror.

What else have we been doing? Eddie and I finally started watching The Last of Us (season 1). I was waiting and waiting for it to get less pricey, but it is not happening. Only watched two episodes. 

If you haven't watched it, my unsolicited advice: don't do it before bedtime, or you might have trouble to sleep. It's pretty disturbing.

I keep reading Icelandid Noir, and just finished reading The Clues in the Fjord by Satu Rämö (currently free on Amazon Prime).

And how was your week?

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