No Plant Sale Today

Guess What, It's Raining !!

   Well the plans to place the first plants out for sale at the gate are put on the back burner as yet again we woke to more rain, what a great weekend it's been, rain, rain and more bloody rain, when the hell will we get a dry day ?
   This will be the third day I've sat working at my torch with no hours spent in the garden, yes I managed to do a few jobs in the greenhouse but that's not really exercise is it and exercise is what I need. I have more seedlings to plant into trays today so I'll be in the greenhouse later this afternoon with radio and a cuppa to keep me company.
   Yesterday was the first day of the gluten free diet and I must say this morning I feel normal, I can't believe how gluten can effect your life and the way you feel. The idea is to check for Coeliac Disease with is often mistaken for IBS by doctors, around four weeks ago I had a week where I felt back to normal, I felt the best I've felt in years and it just happened that I had stopped eating bread or any baked foods like biscuits, pies etc so it was mentioned to me that I should try a gluten free diet for a week to see if it made any difference, if it works then I will get a Coeliac blood test at my doctors to make sure thats the problem and not IBS.
   After checking every packet in the kitchen cupboards and fridge, it amazed me how many food products include gluten, yes there are the clear foods that stand out from the start, bread being the most common but also so many every day foods we eat also contain gluten, so the good news is I'll be eating one very health diet, the bad news is Yvonne has a lot of produce to get through in the fridge including one small pork pie which was to be my treat for the weekend with my salads, oh well, tuna will be ok I'm sure.
   So with it being very early days yet we'll have to see how things go, but I must say going by how I feel this morning it's looking promising that we may have found the reason behind all those months of feeling crap.
   I sit here with my cuppa looking out over the most stunning dark skies, black with rain and as normal here in the fens there is no rain without strong winds, so dancing conifer trees protect our cottage as best they can. It's such a quiet morning with hardly a car passing, it feels like the whole world is staying in the dry, no sunday carboots or garden centre visits, no sunday morning walks or jogging and no trips to the coast, no, it seems everyone is spending this Sunday inside away from the weather.
   I better get back to my torch, I have beads to clean and photograph ready to list this evening plus lots of beads to make including some from recycled wine bottles and all before I can play in the greenhouse. Enjoy your Sunday even if you can't get out and about.