Word of the week - Changes

The most obvious changes this week have been in the garden and in my wardrobe.

I know have a summer and half a winter wardrobe. Only half because the winter coats are still in the loft with the winter boots. The jumpers are at the back of the cupboard and drawers and the hats, scarves and gloves need locating. I do wear all these shoes on rotation, I don't see the need to throw any of them away just for the sake of it and I haven't bought new shoes/sandals/boots for almost 2 years. Other than running trainers. I am selling a lot of clothes not worn and with no intention of wearing on Vinted.

I've also had to make numerous choices in the garden. The cushions on the egg pod are drying on a chair near the door, as I didn't get the cover on in time from a recent rain storm, so now is the time to move it further under cover so I don't need to keep remembering to cover it, which involves rearranging the whole area and moving the pots and preparing the plants for winter, digging up the herbs from the raised beds and putting into pots to eventually bring inside also and preparing the seeds trays and bringing the metal seeds stand in ready to plants seeds in February.

I've brought the bougainvillea inside now before the first frost, before the temperatures drop too low, now the sun no longer reaches the yardarm in the garden (Peter was convinced I made that up, it's a nautical term) We don't live anywhere near the sea.

Photo taken through the window, cat litter tray because we were away one night and I couldn't open the door due to the cushions and blankets in the way.

And for a while things are going to be in pickle, it's all getting a bit messy inside and outside the house as the changes of the season take place. All the summer gardening shoes and beach sandals that have been dumped after holiday need washing and drying and putting away.

And it won't be long before winter arrives and the changes in the garden become permanent, but the ones in the wardrobe change again and the mess in the house increases as Christmas is prepared for and then suddenly it's December and back to school again and months of nothingness happening with the garden or the wardrobe until Spring arrive.