Cyber silence and other distractions

You may have noticed that I have not been blogging recently. My computer started making siren noises as if the Emergency Services were arriving – all that was missing were the flashing blue warning lights. It was an intermittent fault but very unnerving. I found myself reluctant to turn the thing on. The Web Designer took it apart and decided the fan to the power supply had given up the ghost. Eventually a new part was fitted and (fingers crossed) all is blissful silence.

Computer before surgery

Lack of computer means my desk is a mess as this is the holding area for to-do tasks. There are reminders, seeds and plants to be added to my spreadsheet and accounts to do. I hardly dare mention the new Rice Cooker which is out of the picture on the left (sitting there until I find a place for it in the kitchen).

Messy desk

As if that was not enough of a distraction the Web Designer and J are still fixing up their new house.There is lots of decorating and building work to do so. I have been painting  walls which I find quite soothing but I think my talent for multi tasking is fading as I get older. I am like my cats – easily distracted when something catches my eye and only able to focus on one thing at a time. Apart from the decorating there is further temptation – the blank canvas that is WD and J’s garden.

Garden at the new house

A lawn! I haven’t had one of those for years in my own garden. In the borders we have discovered a pink Paeony, a Rose, a variegated Iris and a Grass and Bamboo, all unidentified of course. I have to remember not to look at the garden while I am painting – I might have to go outside to investigate. That would not do.