GARDENING

I've actually managed to spend some time in the garden today. Admittedly it was pretty soggy after all the rain, but I managed to pull out all the sweet peas that were still in flower, but looking very much past their best. I had a quick tidy up at the bottom end of the garden, but will need to spend a bit more time there. And we MUST wrap the tree fern this week, before we have any frosts.
While I was out in the garden, the puppies were in the breakfast room munching away on two hide bones, so they really didn't notice that I was outside!
Apart from Lily's little accident (which was really MY fault) this morning, we are still doing okay with the housetraining. I have to say that, although I think it's absolutely hideous, that blue quilted jacket that Charles bought me AGAINST MY WILL, has turned out to be quite useful, and I don't think I've taken it off for the last two days when I've been in and out of the house all day long. I still wouldn't want anyone to see me wearing it, but if anyone ever does, I'll make a point of saying that it's just my doggie jacket. (As opposed to a 'donkey jacket' which is what workmen and labourers used to wear.)