end of the week

  It's hard keeping flowers fresh in the house at the moment. Even with the overnight drop in temperature it still feels very warm indoors. On Monday I took the roses out of vases and changed the water, trimmed the stems, wrapped in brown paper and put them back in the vase. The hope being that the paper would help support and protect them. It sort of worked. I got an extra day out of them once I'd unwrapped them again but the heat had got to them and they soon drooped.
Last night we did the weekly shop, and instead of the several bunches of flowers I usually buy, I bought one bunch of red roses only. Red always seems to be the hardiest of the colours, but how long they last depends on the heat. Instead of shop bought flowers for the table on the landing, I cut a few stems of hydrangea from the garden. Excuse the dust on the table in the photo, I try to keep the house as dust free and tidy as possilbe, but it has been a losing battle and I've finally given up. Looking forward to next week, because I am on a mission to deep clean the house and get it totally back to normal. That includes my mind, which has been completely and utterly taken over with all things kitchen to the extent that I've been having dreams that are very clearly kitchen related. Enough now, it needs to stop.

Although I will just add here that weekly shop has changed already. For the past million weeks I've been buying snacky foods, microwave meals, and things that cook quickly on the camping hob. The freezer was bare, and partly because I'd had a proper sort out and the end of May and then not needing to buy much, the pantry was very empty. Time to stock up to normal levels now, it felt good to be buying 'normal' food once more. Even though Sunday is expected to be another very hot day, I've bought a piece of beef so we can have a much missed roast dinner.