Monday, 11 August 2025

Upside down!!

 A big thank you to everyone who commented on that last post, it was just a test to see if some bloggers could still access my blog without being warned of bugs. My laptop has been scanned and it's completely covered, but appreciate some people aren't able to access my blog. Joy had a similar problem a while ago (retired teacher) and it righted itself.. machines???

But moving on, my life seems to be upside down at the moment, I go to bed yawning and lie there wide awake. I wake feeling tired and am shattered and sluggish.  An aqueous cream I've used for years, instead of shower jell and soap has started to irritate my skin, so annoying, so now I have to find something else instead. My hair with a natural wave has gone curlier and unmanageable! But these are still looking good.


I stopped having my hair styled a while ago, its such a nuisance to set aside a morning each week, just to have my hair washed and styled. I manage quite well one handed and with a good cut it looks fine. So can I be bothered to have it styled weekly again?

The very hot weather has returned and I don't like it, I hate the rain and I'm complaining about the sun! I'm just a crotchety old woman!

Some of our cosmos have turned out doubles and the bees love them.


This is our favourite flower bed at the moment, just love those white Shasta daisies, the blue Asters and that red Dahlia with
 the pink rose. 


At least the garden seems to be growing and looking beautiful every day, thank you garden and my gardener, Dh, in his 'Keep Calm I'm a Gardener' tee shirt!

Chrisxx

12 comments:

Tigger's Mum said...

Beautiful garden indeed. We are all permitted to be GOW occasionally. Vent it.

Sal said...

I would say that you should wash and style it yourself… and spend the money on plants! 😁 Have a good week!

Fat Dormouse said...

The flower bed looks beautifully summery! How gorgeous.

Sue said...

It's annoying when things that used to be just fine suddenly are not at all isn't it. But I love that you find something positive to talk about though, and thank you for reminding me my Cosmos need staking they have all fallen over, I spotted them yesterday and meant to do something about it

I think there are a lot of us crochety old women around, it's a good job there are people that love us. :-)

Maggie said...

Beautiful flowers in your garden. I'm the same, don't like the heat and don't like the rain either😅 Hopefully temps will only be high for a day or two.

Mari said...

Your flowers are beautiful and I like DH's shirt.
I am with you on not spending time at the beauty shop!

Misadventures of Widowhood said...

Bugs in the blogs really bother me! I hate it when I want to reply to something and it won't get through! Fingers crossed....

Lynn and Precious said...

I used to get my hair styled/cut once a month when working. I really did not enjoy the process. So now I have a bob that I can cut myself. I love your flowers and Dh is doing dandy job keeping things going out there.

Marcia said...

You were right to call it upside down. I too would be bothered by lack of sleep. In fact as I write this I realize I've been up since before 6 am so it's time for an afternoon nap.

Marie Smith said...

Everything I use these days has to be hypoallergenic. Otherwise itching is unbearable. I had trouble posting my blog this morning. I hate those glitches.

Lowcarb team member said...

You have beautiful flowers in your garden, it looks so pretty.

All the best Jan

HappyK said...

Beautiful garden. I'm not one for beauty shops either. In fact my husband cuts my hair. :)