extra hours

It has been a while since consistent early mornings have become routine. Unfortunately puppies are like babies, they wake up early, ready to go. Suddenly there are extra hours in the day and it feels like a long time between getting out of bed and falling back into it. Today is 'an at home day' and I had cleaned (including the shower), vacuumed, washed floors and done a load of washing before 8.30am. Then I tackled the garden, watering, pulling out peas and preparing the beds for summer crops and it was still mid morning. So I decided to wash the deck to get rid of the layer of dirt from the roadworks out the front of our house, and it still wasn't lunch time!

Winnie was very helpful all morning, not.

pulling out peas and having a munch at the same time

Another load of washing and finally it is lunch time. Winnie conks out from all her helping and I duck out to the shops while she sleeps.

The afternoon is hot, our first for the season and Winnie is lethargic (actually we both are) so I am catching up on mail, sorting photos (for some reason there are a ridiculous amount of the dog) and writing this blog, and it is not quite mid afternoon, still hours to go before Johanna and Colin return from their respective work days. Think I'll join Winnie for an afternoon nap...