I Over Did It Again

 Why do I keep doing this to myself? I know my health isn't great and that I should really be careful, but I get so wrapped up in what I'm doing, I ignore the slight twinge in my back and legs, and then pay for it the next day!

Friday and Saturday, I spent time in the garden, not hours, maybe 30 to 40 minutes each day. I feel overwhelmed if I look at the whole garden, but I've found that if I focus on one small area, I can do a lot!

On Friday, I chose a spot near the driveway.  I want to plant some bulbs there. But the weeds were growing on the driveway, and the soil was all over, not just on the flower beds. I pulled out weeds, swept up the fallen leaves and scraped as much of the soil up as possible. It looks a lot better.

Before

Where the red line is is the end of the flower bed!

All the weeds that are growing in front of the line are growing in soil that has been made from rotting leaves.

After

I managed to uncover yet another decorative stone. There are so many in this garden, at the moment they are a dangerous as you can't see them. I've smashed my toes against a lot of them.

I also found these flowers, they are very cheerful and bring a nice bit of colour to the autumn garden!

Aren't they pretty!

Once I came in yesterday, I decided to find a book to read. 

I have some bookshelves on wheels that slide into the bottom of my closet. I pulled out one bookshelf and it fell to pieces!

My poor bookshelf

I shouldn't be surprised. It was rather flimsy, and I've had it for about 15 years! 

So instead of resting and having a nice read, I spent a good hour moving books around.

After all that, I didn't find what I was looking for!

Today I've just rested. I feel a bit better. I really hope I can get a few things done this week. 

I have a nice weekend planned with Hannah next week.  We are going to spend a day in Hita! If I have energy, I might go to a place near here that has a lot of temples. I've been wanting to go for a few months, but had to wait until the weather cooled down!

Here's hoping that this week will be good!