More blue skies and busy days

Not a lot new here today - more gravel gone and there are a few people coming over the weekend so that's good. I'd never have thought so many people would want it - and there was I worrying about getting rid of it!
I did a little digging and planting out in the garden this morning, but got a bit bored so started building a little walled area from salvaged bricks. It's a 150ft long, fairly skinny garden so I want to be a bit creative with what I put in - I thought a little walled picnic area with planters would be sweet, and fun for Ivy when she's bigger. I probably won't build it taller than 3 or 4 bricks high. There are oodles of bricks buried in the garden, and a wall at the end, which with one hard shove will happily come down. Probably this weekend Will will remove all of the wood surrounding the garden, he has plans for it and we don't like it where it is anyway. I'll plant something tall against the fence. The bank of earth has to stay there as next doors' garden is on a slightly higher level to ours.

We're also hoping to get to work next week at least picking about in the 'compost (trash) heap' at the end of the garden. It's about 15ft square and at least 6 foot high. We have decided to hire someone to remove it, but will have a good poke around first as there's a lot of treasure in there.

After Will finished work this evening I spent half an hour trying to organise my desk area which has been getting me down. A few things went in the recycling, a small box to charity, and a couple of things have been reallocated to the shed. Eventually the plan is that I can set up some kind of little studio space in the garden. At least for now I have some space I can work in - believe it or not, this is the After picture.

Will and I took a walk through the village this evening, first in one direction, and then the other. Whenever I walk around the village and see the hills I'm filled with such a sense of well-being. I think having come from a city, and having lived in one city or other all my life, I still can't believe living somewhere so peaceful could be a possibility. It was dark by the time we headed back and we walked the footpath behind the road, and saw a few big toads.

That's all today, have a lovely weekend.