Lovely evening

Yesterday was a lovely sunny evening, and Jay and I maximised it.

After work I went for a swim at Castlepark beach. To say it was refreshing would be an understatement; that water was cold, but I'm still glad I went for the swim. After sitting on the beach for a while, we got freshly picked gooseberries from Jay's Mum. Then we went home and had a BBQ.

After the BBQ I staked my sunflowers. They have all now been replanted; some to a bed in the garden, others to various boxes and pots. They are doing really well after early wories that I may have killed tham following weeks of torture in pots far too small. I think I even spotted a flower bud on one this morning! I have also replanted the redcurrant plant which is thriving in its new home.
I do feel that my mini trailing petunias are suffering in their pot - they just don't look as healthy as they used to and the leaves look all bitten but I can't find what's eating them. To give everything a boost I sprayed them all with Miracle grow last night. Let's see what happens.

I definitely think we need a few more sunny days and sunny evenings!

Update: It is with some embarrassment that I admit that the 'flower bud' I saw this morning on one of my sunflowers, was in fact a spider, making a little nest for herself. I sorted her out, though.
I also sorted out that giant bloody slug that thought he was moving into my window box of sunflowers too - over the wall with him!