One thing leads to another

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Yesterday I posted about our scheduled power outage. I looked for a picture to go with it and I chose an old picture of our garden (because there is a power line running along the boundary). And then when I looked at that picture I realised how much neater the shrubs used to be and how overgrown they have become. So I decided that it was the ideal opportunity to do some pruning since I wouldn’t be able to get sidetracked by doing stuff online. It looked like a chilly, dull day but actually once I went outside I found it was lovely. I put my overalls on and started on the shrubs and in no time of course I was absolutely boiling! At ‘coffee time’ I went inside, where Big One and our Italian lodgers were huddled round the fire wrapped in fluffy blankets, and dug out one of the ice-lollies that have been in the freezer since the end of summer, which the Italians thought was quite amusing for a British January All rights reserved. © Text and image copyright Fleur 2026.