Swallows have a home

Regular readers will be pleased to know that the swallows are happily building their mud nests under the eaves of the new properties. Whether they will be well received by the new owners remains to be seen but my argument is that the swallows were there first. They should be thankful that mud is in such plentiful supply at the moment! If they are clever they may even be able to mix it with a little cement dust and have a permanent des. res. for next year. Bank holiday weekend and I am joining the rest of the British populous in giving the garden a bit of TLC. Amazing what a difference cutting the grass and trimming the edges makes. There are still several clumps of long grass, not kept out of any loyalty to our invertebrate neighbours but simply to preserve the violets until they have finished flowering. The flowering cherry is past its best, not helped by the tremendous rain of the last few days. The tree peony is doing very well though and is full of bright yellow flowers. Last weekend's mistake was to invest in a lot of bedding plants that I knew I didn't have time to plant out so each evening their pots have needed emptying if the poor things are not to drown. Hope to have the rested planted out by Monday, but Monday being a bank holiday we shall be entertaining perpetual student as has become our custom since before the boys were born.
It seems the weeks are full of endless paperwork and time taken visiting body builder a couple of evenings each week so there is really very little earth shattering news.
Barmy Boris of course won which brings a little jollity to the future of London politics. As I may have mentioned he launched his mayoral campaign from the community hall beneath my office, Edmonton having surpassed Brixton as the knife crime centre of the capital. Not phased by a "vote Ken" poster put up by the landlord he must be made of stern stuff.
Will post again when there is news, time or even both and if little mouse is out there reading please get in touch I miss you !!