Monday Morning,

and back to the usual routine, 

Diana was already at work, a early shift for her, for myself off to town to pick up my prescription, the leaves really falling now, 

did I mention it was cold? after 28 to 34 degrees for the last 4 weeks it was decidedly chilly this morning, 

past the snail mail box,

I passed the florists in town,

with a nice show of cyclamen, roses and succulents and a few others, 

no I was not going to The George, 

I was going to Boots to pick up my prescription,

then on to the bus to Cromwell Road, alighting at This 'N' That, I popped into to say Hi to Donna, but she was not in today, 

next door the florist advertising Christmas trees, I must get our one downstairs soon,

over the road to Kingfisheries, Graham in my absence had ordered in a new shaft, bearings and impellor for our Eheim 2213 filter, now known as the Classic 250, it was a tad noisy so they needed replacing, well the filter has worked 24/7 for just over 5 years, I also picked up a few plants for the aquarium, we had striped it down as we were away for 4 weeks holiday, back onto the bus and home,

past Foxgrove Lodge, 

these potted plants brightening up a otherwise dull day, 

in the back garden, 

whilst we were away, 

a huge number of mushrooms have appeared, 

one group almost a perfect circle,

I popped in the gravel I had washed and added water, it looks a bit murky, but by tomorrow it will be clear, also I added a dechlorinator and a bacterial starter for the 'good' bacteria that aquariums require,  

I bought 3 pots of Cryptocorynes, or crypts as they are known, medium, small and very small, they all are in pots, but I split them up into individual plants, 

all done, then off to pick up Diana from work,

next bring in the Venus fly traps from the hall,

where Maggie has been looking after them, 

and nice they look too,

they do actually die back in the winter time, 

tomorrow I will nip off the few black leaves as they go into their winter die back, after our evening meal it was the usual fare, a couple of Antique Road Trips followed by a Midsomer Murder, as Diana had another early start tomorrow, we were then off to bed.