Green & Country in the City 23 July

• Last Saturday I got an enamel daisy necklace for £5 at a local charity shop. On Monday I wore it with a long, green, sleeveless, button-through dress and a yellow long-sleeved t-shirt. I got 5 compliments on the whole outfit and 3 more just for the necklace. Two of the compliments for the whole outfit were from colleagues in their early 20s, which I think good-going for someone my age!
• The wind with the thunderstorm on Tuesday night had one of the plum trees in pots over and it lost a few more plums. 
• Today able to kayak, go to the café, take a detour to pick blackberries and cut back stuff in the garden before a thunderstorm and then a hail storm. Compensation for the 30 minute walk to Tescos and the same back again in the rain yesterday afternoon!
• Getting a large handful of plump autumn raspberries each morning.