While the sun shines

At first in the morning the sky was rather watery.

Then the sun came out.

I hurried outside to enjoy what sun would be allotted to us. I decided to make use of the time by cleaning up my herb barrel. Here is the before picture:

And here is the after picture:

A lot of my gardening is done in this sort of pottering way, where I'm indoors at my desk or reading and the sights through the windows draw me outside with no plan. I wander around pulling leaves here, pruning twigs there, pulling up the odd weed, and each small piece of work contributes to the whole setting.