Monday is housework!

Yep, Monday has turned into housework day.  I so envy all my friends that have someone to come in and clean their house.  When I was single I had a housekeeper but when I got married my husband said it was a waste of money.  I said he could do it and he did, for a while and he still cleans his bathroom and the kitchen floor.  But now I'm not working I can see the dirt.  Amazing that I could not see it when I was working!  Oh well, I only have another month and I will be back at work and the dirt will disappear.

I thought I would take my camera with me when I walked this morning. We live in a pleasant street just 25 minutes walk from the city.  I love the light early in the morning and the birds yelling to each other.

Our local church tower stand tall and that old house at the end of the street is falling to pieces.

My reason for taking the camera is that I have to design a garden embroidery but it is the fag end of summer and living in the sub tropics gardens are not the same as where the weather is more temperate. Here there are more coloured leaves and flowering trees but as I climb the hill I can look back over the houses to the city.

 

On the side of this hill is a remnant section of untouched  bush.  Here, less than 2 km from the heart of the city you can walk along bush paths and not realise that the city is so close.  I like to walk down the hill, it gets hot walking up in the heat and I start my walk with a view down the hill to the river.

Starting the day like this is good for the soul and makes starting that wretched housework a bit easier.