Saturday 9th July

190/365: two of the dahlias have been squeezed in!

M found room for all the plants ... I knew she would! It needed a bit of musical chairs plants but space was found for everything. I've actually ended up with three spare pots so I could, in theory, buy some more plants but I'm not going to, not this year anyway. There's one more plant due but delivery has been delayed and once that arrives, it's time to sit back and let it all fill out. I was pleased to see buds on the two roses that aren't doing too well ... neither of them look too strong but both have some new growth so they've earned a reprieve for now.

I'm having a bit of a clearing day today. There's a load to go to the recycling yard, one box for the charity shop, and an assortment of things to drop of to friends. Once that's done it'll be easier to see what else is left to deal with. I know there's not much left to do so will make a start on it either today or tomorrow. I will advertise it all one last time and what doesn't sell will either go to charity or to the local auction house. The fact that I'm so close to starting on the dining room improvements has given me the push I need to get on with it ... the last of the decluttering is currently taking up space in the dining room and it has to be out of the way before the improvements can start. Of course, there's the Wimbledon finals to watch as well, so I don't know how much actually get done!