Sign of the times

I had quite a good day yesterday.  I managed to clean the pond pump without it getting the better of me!

Just to the right you can see a statue of a small boy . . .  we named him Dexter .  . . . he has a hose pipe to spray into the water but it hasn't worked for some time . . . . I stripped this down to the basics and it looks like it needs a new pump.  Now that will be an interesting project!

I just had to admire the 'red' corner of the patio once again,

The Lobelia is going full blast now, it doesn't care that its feet are in the pond but the wind has blown the stems out onto the patio . . .  it has just carried on flowering . . . . .  with the Wind Anemones behind it the corner is just beautiful. 

The post had arrived, not much interesting but I could see a postal stamp from USA so that IS exciting!  I put it a the bottom of the pile but when I came to open it . . . . .

As you can see . . .  someone has removed all the artworks from inside the plastic holder . . .

I can only complain to the local sorting office as the Royal Mail website is . . . . useless!  This is not the first time this has happened, someone has a nice collection of ATCs, but I would prefer them to have a commitment to the job . . .  I suppose it is a sign of the times!