#Forwardmotion

The trouble with bucket seats is that not everybody has the same size bucket.

Good Morning Monday...29th, 6.05am, 9.4dg, forecasting another bright sunny autumn day today and tomorrow. This is a little like that summer that wasn't, so lovely that I can do a few turns on the sun lounger through the day... Blissful. My weekend has comprised of noisy, dirty, necessary jobs that leave you smiling at the end of completion. Saturday morning I cut the roadside hedge in preparation for the Gemeinde and their footpath snow ploughs they use in the winter. The hedge was so hairy after such a wet summer I knew they would be grumpy with me if I left it like that as it impedes their passage to clear the snow.  Break for lunch time aperitivo and peppered salmon fillet on salad... truly scrumptious. Quick sun soak on the terrasse and then back into the garden... stripped the summer picking garden of all growth, removed all the wild strawberry plants and all the whip growth on the two wisterias on the fence line... that was serious growth to untangle, follow lead and cut back. Garden sacks filling quickly. Sunday is a day of rest here in Austria, so I rested quietly in the morning giving myself a manicure and pedicure in the brilliant sunshine, then took my bicycle up to the Friedhof, collected the big planter that had been put there by an old friend of Paulii's and dismantled it to bring three of the plants home for re planting. Aperitivo time before lunch... big fail. Thought I would try the Frexinet Cava I had been given last week. Either my taste buds were off or it is the strangest tasting thing that has passed my lips in a ling time, note to self, stick to what you know and like. Life is too short to waste it on things that do not please you. More sunshine soaking on the terrasse and then I thought time to go back out to the garden. Organised the small wood stacker up  by the dining room door in preparation for daily fires, kindling sorted and stored in a handy position for easy collection, and wood stacks re-jigged. When my two Besties from New Zealand were staying here, unsupervised by me, as I was visiting New Zealand, they cut, split and stacked my wood for me. What a fantastic job that was, and I have now re- organised some of the stacks and found that quite a bit of the wood is way too big to fit into my little fire box opening. Sunday, a day of rest, no noisy outdoor jobs, stuff it I thought. I turned on the wood splitter and spent three hours splitting and restacking the biggest bits, all of which I hope to finish today / tomorrow. No one came and complained to me, hopefully I do not get a knock on the door this week from the Polizei !!! Last job is to prune back the big climber roses, trim some of the shrubs, mow the lawn, drain the water storage tank and close off the downpipe, get rid of the garden rubbish and I am winter ready, out behind the garage at least. No tuition today, a quick trip into Bludenz early this morning to do something for my Poppet, then back out here to roll up my sleeves and keep organising in readiness for winter snow. It is never too early to start this process as it is a lengthy one,  and as the weather is so glorious it pays to keep moving in forward motion.