A Quiet Day

 

Today I haven't heard a sound from above (cf previous post). A bit of sudden noise from downstairs made me jump - but that turned out to just be from refurbishment work being carried out in the flat below (just now empty waiting for new tenants).

It's been a mostly grey day, but no rain, and I got out for a walk after lunch as usual. Autumn colours in progress...

I have washed out the empty plant pots from the balcony, and taken those + plastic floor mats, parasols and my chair down to the basement storage room. (Should I still want to sit there for a few minutes on a sunny afternoon, there is a wooden bench that I keep out there all year round.) The 'privacy' trellis screen with the fake leaves that I bought back in spring will stay up until November, I think. A box of strawberry plants is still on the railing, too. (It will later go into hibernation under the bench, which will in turn be covered with a tarpaulin for winter. But no need to do that before November either.) 

Indoors weather is predicted for later in the week. I have a dentist appointment on Wednesday - just now it looks like I might manage that without getting too wet; but that of course remains to be seen. Then they say storm Kirk is going to hit us on Thursday/Friday. Probably in a somewhat weakened state compared to further south in Europe, though.