A note about the weather………….. Grrrrrrrr First we have the ‘’big freeze’’……………days, weeks, of sub zero conditions with ice every where and blizzards a daily occurrence. This is when I emptied two bags of builders sand all over my driveway in an attempt to destroy the ice and advert me slipping and doing serious damage to self. Then the thaw followed by what can only be described as a mini-monsoon season. This is when I discovered the pond fish had all (except one) died. This is also when the builders sand, that had done a terrific job of protecting me from possible falls on the ice, suddenly turned my driveway into a quagmire. Today………….well now it has stopped raining and the temp is mild for this time of year. So out I go to attempt removal of the quagmire, turns out shovelling wet dirty sand is an odious, dirty back breaking task. I did my best, well no actually I didn’t, I cleared most of it and then decided I’d had enough and needed a rest so indoors I came. The icing on the cake ???..... couldn’t help noticing my garden now has a couple of small swarms of MIDGIES circling the pond**************AGHHHHHHHHHH OK………..moan over I'm outta hear, feel the need to recoup and maybe open early bottle wine, wonder if there's a good weepy on telly thas afternoon.