Lee Brilleaux 10 May 1952 – 7 April 1994
365:130 The Feel Good Factor
Lee Brilleaux 10 May 1952 – 7 April 1994
gathering it all together
Lee Brilleaux 10 May 1952 – 7 April 1994
It’s Alan Bennett’s birthday today. I forgot that this is a free account and that you therefore cannot look at a larger version to see that my talking heads are spouting Bennett quotations, so here they are in readable form: [i]Definition of a classic: a book everyone is assumed to have read and often thinks …
We took our “new” car out to test its legs on a run up to the North end of the island this afternoon. Scuthvie was less of a pleasure than usual as the beach is now largely boulder and pebble instead of the expanse of sand that used to be there. The western end remains …
BT came and replaced our telegraph pole today. Our wire is now well aloft and nicely taut, with the added bonus of a lesser chance of a huge chunk of oak tumbling down on the chickens without warning. The old pole had a considerable list!
Taken on the ferry to Kirkwall
Day 127 was busy, hence the backload. I was certain that I was without an image – we had been to town on the ferry to buy a new-so-us car. It turned out to be Radio Day. For the first time in years, the Land Rover does not sport such luxury, we have a car …
It’s [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_No_Diet_Day]International No Diet Day[/url] today. Easy peasy.
We went to town today to see if we could sort out the order for our new doors and windows. We made but incremental progress. We also failed to enquire about a car we are considering buying as they were closed for the holiday. MUMS puzzle hunt began today. Two puzzles were solved before we …
I don’t have a photo for today. It’s been a busy one. I’ll have to settle for a phone snap I took on the boat to town this afternoon. I notice the puzzle that we were working on was 1.2 — it’s sort of close.
The ribbon was cut at our new Heritage Centre today.