Domesticity, of a sort

Keeping the garden tidy

...as it bursts into summer bloom

The lawnmower is, um, character building!

Chive harvest - washed, dried off, cut to length (can be chopped small), and bagged ready for the freezer

Indoors - the house has to be tidy for viewings by prospective owners. And many items must be consigned elsewhere, hopefully to have new lives.

Cleared surfaces (thanks to Mags for the cards made from her drawings)

Fewer cushions on sofas and chairs

Amazing transformation of under-stair cupboard (thanks to Clea and Paul)

A farewell rinsing

Ready to go

How much harder to dismantle the little collections

And then there's the shed 

It was very difficult to have the estate agent's photographer in the house, pleasant as she was -