Journal. Me Again, thinking.

Pat invited her friend Phyll out to lunch today to celebrate Phyll's birthday. Pat invited me too but I decided not to go. They would really enjoy it better on their own; better to share confidences as they often do.

I made myself a light lunch, a tuna and basil roll and a banana plus a glass of water. I've been eating too much since we came back from overseas and if the truth was known before we went overseas too. No exercise either round the lake. I've stared walking again last week.

Were is the rain that was promised today? It is getting finer and finer. If it wasn't for the breeze it would be a very humid day.

As Vicky and Ian aren't coming now for a while I have started last Thursday to heavily prune the over size shrubs. I have a large pile of branches to shred through the machine. I was going to do them today but with rain forecast I thought I would leave them until Monday.

The shrubs pruned so far look sorry for themselves and that is why I was going to put off the pruning until after Vicky and Ian's visit. The next shrub in line will take me a few days I think, it is huge and I'm taking it down to near ground level to start again. A chainsaw job. It is a variegated Pohutukawa and grows all year round.