And just like that the summer blew in. Elderflower and raspberry Gin and Tonic is a short-lived perk of early summer. As was  an early early morning bob with bobbers.

And cupcakes.

The bobbing was, as usual overseen by B.V.M. ( the elderflowers were also plucked from her borders) Oh for the sake of comedy how I wish it was an Elderberry bush, but sadly it was definitely a tree.

The prolonged Autumn/Winter/Spring wet weather has not been kind to her. She could do with some of my masonry painting skills.

But that would involve trespass and all sorts of shenanigans, so instead I gave her a digital cup of coffee from a local independent coffee shop.

Which despite being excellent coffee failed to bring a smile to her face.

In other masonry painting news my June project of painting 20 feet or 6 metres of a heavily textured boundary wall is completed by the 10th of June.

Just towards the end of the project it became clear that the bright white of the project area made the garage, steps and another walled area look very shoddy. I am not promising myself to get that all done by the end of June but it is possible. My wrists and shoulders need a little recovery though. Working paint into stippled and ridged concrete   makes all sorts of muscles ache. Fortunately gin is a very effective muscle relaxant.