Just flumping around!

I learned a new word this week from Mimi on her blog A Tray of Bliss when I read about what it means to 'flump'. As she says 'It means to fall or sit down heavily. Similar words include plonk, fall, plop, drop and slump. You get the idea. It's when you just Can't. Be. Bothered'. 

Well, that word perfectly described how I felt this week!

I don't know about you but when there is a four day holiday my body clock seems to get out of whack. Thank goodness we don't have Daylight Saving as it would really be out of whack ;-) I have to remind myself what day of the week it is as Tuesday felt like Monday and so on. 

Added to that there have been fairly sleepless nights as we have unwelcome guests at the moment...mice...and I seem to stay awake listening for traps going off or making sure the little pests  aren't nibbling away at my eyebrows in the middle of the night. I even lost my blogging mojo as it was just too much trouble to think.

In the end I just grabbed my camera today in the hope that there was something flowering in the garden as there certainly hasn't been much activity going on there lately. 

The dahlias have looked really terrible this year for some reason so I was quite surprised to find these beauties which obviously appreciated the heavy rain we had on Easter Saturday.

We don't water them so they have to rely on rainfall which has been a bit hit and miss around here lately. Often it will rain over on the other side of town but not here and vice versa.

I do like this variegated one  but I think my favourite is the one in the top photo. 

This one was quite stunning as well.

Then there were a few other bits and pieces looking okay.
 

Some of these were surrounded by weeds and nettle which really really need to be attended to. 

Then I spied a bit of colour under a plant and found this plant which I thought had died. I will try and nurse it back to health when I remember what it actually is.  Does anyone who isn't in a 'flump' have any ideas what it is called?

So that is it for this blog post. Riveting wasn't it? LOL! My son is playing the bagpipes behind me so it is time to exit this room while my hearing is still intact.

Have a great weekend everyone!