Most accidents happen at home

Well, it just had to happen. I have always been afraid of mowing the side bit, on the outside of the hedge. It leans a bit - into a ditch.  However, a few days ago I felt brave. I was in the zone. I had done loads of stuff that I had been putting off for ages and now it was time to tackle the side of the hedge. But it was not to be, after only a few metres the mower started gliding down, and before I could hop off I was laying in the ditch with the mower over me. I wasn't hurt so after having rooted around a bit in the bushes behind me I found that I could slide out from underneath the mower and get up. But I couldn't get it back up on the road. So it sat there all day, until much later when a farmer came by and lifted it up!!! No help, no dragging with another vehicle, just pure muscle of which I have none, it seems.

Over to something else. When I drove back from my visit to my friends in Hälsingland I decided to go via Uppsala where we had lived. In fact it is where hubby and I met. By the time I got there I had already had two power naps and seen the sun go up.


I started the trip before six and I saw some beautiful areas and I also made a new friend.

I never got his name but he told me
his story and how it came about that
he now has thousands of hubcaps.
Somehow I don't think he is married!!

When I came to Uppsala it was "fika" time so I went to Ofvandahl's coffee shop and it had not changed much. The same delicious baked goods and the same oldie worldie interiour.

After that little sugar overload I went to see the Cathedral and the University building. It brought back memories.

So I have been waiting and waiting for the deck builders to turn up and it just hasn't happened. Luckily, our neighbour, who is temporarily out of work, proposed to build the deck. So tomorrow he is going to start, yeah!

And the last photo is from the Botanical Gardens in Gothenburg where I went with my mother the other day. They had a Japanese theme which was very nice and soothing, but I just love the place anyway. Don't miss out on a visit there, if you ever come to Gothenburg.

Thanks for reading and come back soon!