Well, things are suddenly become very real

What – twelve days since I last posted? I suppose my only excuse is that we have been tremendously busy. Poor Mr L is having ongoing fun with his rubbish bags (we had a second pack of 50 delivered) and the heap for the special refuse collection on 8th August is taking on gargantuan proportion. …

Reasons not to leave Orkney, #927

I saw my GP last Thursday to enquire about a very minor elective surgery. He referred me to the Balfour Hospital in Kirkwall, saying it was something that he would normally do here on Sanday but the job is located in such a position that if anything went a tiny bit wrong, I might have …

Such is Island Life

Progress report: Three boxes of glassware and kitchen equipment etc sorted ready to take to the Recycle shop, one tent removed from the premises and a bin bag of things for Cats Protection identified and ready to go. Mr L has filled several bags of rubbish from the garage and put it outside. There will …

Real progress

Well, it has been another busy day today. An enormous amount of stuff departed the premises – everything bar the kitchen sink, which as we all know, we do not actually possess at the moment. The jam pan went, along with a few storage crates and some masonry paint, and so did a heap of …

At the end of the day

Phew, what a day today has been. I have been hard at work for most of it, finishing clearing out the wardrobe, sorting clothes, then moving on to crates of bedding to do more of the same – then  washing long-stored items to freshen them before passing them on. Mr L has been painting the …

Dizzy

This morning’s mission to deliver a blood sample was entirely successful. My appointment was for 10:45, so by the time that we were home again it was to an exceptionally late breakfast. Mr L had mooted a BBQ for this evening as the day was fine and still. I let him go and stock up …