Knockers

It seems to have been a day for people knocking at the door telling me what I should be doing - however well meaning they have been.

Firstly, this morning it was a pair of Jehovah's Witnesses wanting to discuss the Sermon on the Mount. Dispite my Catholic upbringing and a basic knowledge of the passage he was threatening me, I declined the offer and managed to escape relatively quickley. Although the Catholic church probably aren't too impressed with my lifestyle I'm guessing that the Jehovah's Witnesses would be even less impressed.

Secondly, I've just had a visit from one of the old guys who lives up the road, the same guy who invited us to see his garden a couple of times last summer (and also told the wife a few weeks ago that the front garden grass needed cutting). This time he had a bunch of very fragrent Sweet Peas for us (or as the wife described them when I took them in to her: they stink)! Knowing that I'm a scientist, he seems to think that I'm interested in things such as different plant propagation methods (I'm not particularly - in fact, I have never had much time for plant biology) and so I've just had a telling off for not knowing that Sweet peas are annuals and therefore how can we have them in our garden if we have not grown them from seed ourselves. I don't know myself, but according to another neighbour they came from France many years ago and have flowered every summer since. They are very nice to look at and don't stink. I don't know why or how, that's just the way it is. And yes, the grass needs cutting again - it's on my to do list!

P.S. I'm still working on that list of 8 facts/habits thing and I will get around to posting it soon.