New Start 27 - summer's here and we're in the garden

I had a haircut this morning!! Usually my hair doesn't do very much - it's pretty much brown and curly. This time - I asked for an actual style -and got one!! It's an inverted bob quite long on top and sides and pretty short at the nape. I love it. It's quite sassy and punky.Like a flicky, soft ball or something more poetic...

I'll post a decent shot of it all "done" at some stage as you can't really see from the gardening shots but I'm really chuffed.

I also booked a colour next Saturday but I'm rethinking that. Partly 'cos of money - do I really need to spend loads on a colour when I quite like my natural colour and have no greys?? Partly 'cos I don't want to get too 'fake' - it's not really me to have glossy colour and scrunchy highlights etc... I'm a bit more of an outdoorsy girl and can't be assed to spend my weekends primping. I got rid of my acrylic nails for the same reason. Loved them when I first got them done but found the upkeep wearing and the effect not really 'me'.

To the piccies.... the top 2 are pictures from the past (as I hope you all spotted immediately!!). We have been doing the blasted garden for years now - it has been a major project. I thought you might like to see the contrast between the very wide working woman of yesteryear and the new look slimline gardener of today! We're really close to finishing the garden now - we've planted all the shrubs and perennials and just have the turfing and general tidying up to complete which should be done in the next fortnight. I cannot wait to get on with the nice stuff like buying garden furniture, bbq and candles etc etc

D and I had a really good few hours planting and we worked well together. I know we have done in the past but I couldn't help reflecting on how much easier it was being slim - my back didn't ache (as much!), I had comfortable clothes, I didn't cry when I saw the pictures (!)... We larked around and sprayed water on each other and the dog and then, when we'd finished, sat by the pond and had a coffee and chatted about France and what still needs to be done and bitched about the neighbours' trees shading our garden and it all felt great...

Went to friends for a bbq in the evening and will post more of that later and some piccies too. It all went Pete Tong on the eating front there but que sera sera etc etc....onwards, ever onwards...