Being a punctual person, I arrived at the dental centre 15 minutes early ...... and was taken after waiting for only five minutes. Fifteen minutes later, my tooth was fixed, the bill was paid and I was heading for home. Sadly Douglas, my dentist that I was so in love with, has now retired, so I was treated by my new dentist, Mr Prusek. I think he is Eastern European ..... he sounds like a villain in a James Bond film 'you need a new fillink'. He was very quick and efficient, and apart from the first prick of the needle, I didn't feel a thing - that's my kind of dentist!!
Back home, I made some apple and sultana chutney. As so often happens, there was a little drop left over when I filled the jars ....... so what better way to try it than with a piece of crumbly extra mature cheddar and some slices of pear
We have had extremes of weather today - very bright sunny spells, mixed up with black skies and heavy rain. So the birds were either sheltering .......
..... this little sparrow even had its head tucked under its wing
...... or tucking in before the next shower
For once the robin sat for long enough on the stone owl for me to take a photo
but he was determined to keep his back to me when he perched on the wooden owl
There haven't been any finches in the garden recently, so I was glad to see this one this morning
This afternoon I was out in the studio, continuing with my sporadic attempts to sort out my various stashes. I have a lot of sample curtains, which I buy (very cheaply) from a shop in Hawick. They take up a lot of room, so I have been gradually taking them apart, keeping the fabric, throwing out the little bits of header tape, and giving the lining fabric to Malcolm, who plans to use it as extra insulation in the loft. So I reduced this pile ......
to this much smaller one
Now I have to resist the temptation to fill the empty spaces !!
To finish, some photos of last night's stunning sky