guarded by dragons

I used my large Lush pot of Magic Crystals in this morning's shower. (Er, not all of it.) I like their body scrub products, and it is quite fun being covered with something that on my pallid pink skin is basically a muted magenta, but sadly, it smells more like toothpaste than anything else. Being smeared with toothpaste is less appealing. I recommend the Rub Rub Rub (citrus and salt) and the Orange (guess!) instead. Both will leave you feeling agreeably polished.

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We have to move the amelanchier tree before chaps with large machinery arrive to drill holes in our garden, so Beast and I have been out in the garden up to our wrists in dirt as we try to liberate the roots. It's hard work. There is a huge mound of soil now, and a huge hole ready to receive the tree (with its own attendant huge pile of dirt), but we have not quite got to the point of being able to pull the tree out of the ground. Possibly tomorrow afternoon, wish us luck!

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We watched Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings this evening and enjoyed it very much.

( Cut for possible spoilers )