A frenetic time with the girls choosing cards and presents for Di’s birthday, wrapping them and getting them ready to deliver them. Di took Debbie to stay overnight with her friend Helen Cranston today and I watched James Bond video with Daniel after top dressing the games lawn with Carboryl as a combined pest killer and fertiliser.
Slept well but seemed tired this morning and a bit reluctant to get going. Had breakfast in my dressing gown and then sat in my office going through the mail and reading the paper. Di had taken the girls off swimming and Della cried again because she doesn’t like the Super Ted lessons as they necessitate her jumping in and getting water up her nose! I had just got ready and tended the ducks and doves when the girls were back again and I had to take them to town to get Di birthday cards presence and wrapping paper. A frenetic hour with the girls being difficult but at least we obtained the goodies.
Then I stayed in town to do some more shopping whilst Di took Debbie over to her friends (Helen Cranston) to stay until tomorrow. Then we collected Daniel and all had lunch at home for once. This afternoon, Di hollowed out a trial pumpkin for the Brownies Halloween Party and I did some more work on the lawns. I cleared away at least seven more mole burrows on the riverside lawns and then I applied a coat of Autumn Toplawn onto the Games Lawn. It has Carboryl to kill worms and leather jackets and provide a phosphate fertiliser. Pate for tea and then this evening watching a James Bond 007 video film with Daniel for a change.