Changing ways and plant ID

 I have decided to get back properly to getting up when I wake up.

It has been too easy to lie there until the alarm at 7....or even turn it off and lie some more..

But that ends up with feeling grouchy!

So far, waking and rising has resulted in more energy and quietly getting things done before breakfast instead of in a rush afterwards.

We went to town by bus, did shopping , banking and failed to find Gutermann quilting thread...although the knitting shop has their all purpose thread. 

Back now and it has turned hotter, we have now reached 18⁰C!!  So pirate is having a siesta, our lone swallow is chattering on the line and after blogging I shall get on with quilting.

I was hunting for my quilting needles yesterday and found a pack that I had bought in NZ..unlike here, a pack of household needles includes ones for quilting!!

When it is cooler I hope to finish the outside painting on the workshop.

I think the plant in the grassy field may be Dodder?

A friend has remembered it..red bartsia, partly lives on grass roots and partly its own, in poor soils.

Walk

we had an evening walk, watching showers scud across the sky.

A certain amount of rain has fallen today, but mostly it has just been damp air!

I am not sure what this plant is... usually the sheep graze this field down, but they have returned to the hills by now.

 The Clyde was shining..if you haven't spotted in the centre of the top picture...

You could see a little of Arran on the other side, briefly!

Harvest and query

I lifted the garlic yesterday as it was laying over and looking ready. I didn't want to risk it getting wet with dew or rain. Pirate fixed a shelf back in the greenhouse so that we can still use the staging.

Further down the garden we have a mystery plant with small pink flowers.....

Please excuse the colours...that is borage just to the right, so that will give you a hint!

Any ideas?