-5C (23F) here this morning and it was like being slapped in the face when I followed the dogs outside first thing in the morning. Still the sun rose and it has stayed cloud free all day despite they saying otherwise yesterday 🙂  I guess the wind arrived later because every now and again a strong gust hit us even here in my garden.

We walked down to the creek this morning and I’m glad I decided to just have a t-shirt on under the anorak, the sun really warmed up the air except for when we walked through the forest. It wasn’t that cold there either but then again walking with Alma do keep the fittest person warm no matter how cold it is 🙂 🙂 After our walk I have done very little. I have moved out some of the citrus plants I’ve had by the windows up in the cottage all winter so I can place sowing there instead.

Lapwings.

Today I sowed those buns melon seeds I got from one I bought other seeds from, mixed melon seeds from Vietnam. To be honest I’m not quite sure it is legal to bring in seeds from other countries, in fact I’m pretty sure it isn’t 🙂 🙂 🙂 but I don’t think we have any relatives to the cucumber family in the wild here in my country plus our winters are a bit more rough than they are in Vietnam 🙂 🙂 🙂 So if they were to carry any kind of disease I’m sure they won’t spread from my greenhouse 🙂 🙂 🙂 I also found lots of old Jacaranda seeds in my box with seeds, they’re probably way too old to germinate but I dropped them all in water and now I’ll sow them. I do like that tree, sort of looks like a fern with those leafs. Not hardy here of course but I took a look at hardiness and it looks like I can have it in my cool cellar during winter. Too dark and the air is too dry in the cottage to have them there.

I have that last cup of tea for the day beside me and the pollen makes me so tired so I’ll most likely fall asleep in the recliner as soon as I sit down so any amount of tea wouldn’t be able to keep me awake during the night :-):-) 🙂

Have a great day!