Penance

...for drinking far too much last night. Chloe and I worked our way through what felt like the entire cocktail list of Newcastle last night and today, I'm hanging (as Greg would say). We had a great time, but should have known when to stop. My sister is 9 years younger than me and I just can't hack the pace. Alcohol keeps me awake these days, wide awake, so I had no sleep at all last night, whereas my sister could have slept all day, if I'd let her. Instead I got her up and we cooked a very gorgeous lamb roast using all the herbs from my garden.

Yesterday, when Pip and Ad were here, I said to them I fancied having a go at trimming the hedge with my new shears. They very politely suggested that it might be a bigger task than I imagined and sure enough, I'm aching all over now. Well, that'll learn me. P.s. This shot is of less than half my hedge.