I will be back in full posting mode soon, I hope – though life remains quite dull just now. The old paint has been fully stripped from the front part of the house and we are ready to re-paint when an extended period of dry weather looks likely. There is an old saying in Orkney: …
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Somethong different
Where are we up to? DIY – I mentioned DIY things going on, didn’t I? Well, the hallway is finished and so is the cloakroom. Curtains have gone up today and a new sleek chrome shaver socket has replaced the horrible old fake brass one. Work is now beginning at the front end of the …
Draught-proofing
Snail mail today from the land of oz. A letter plus a postcard, both from Rosie. I am having a wonderful afternoon – spinning at my wheel, with a good movie (Honeydripper) on the iplayer. Another hour or so should see the first quarter of my roving spun. I may have the first skein completed …
The snail stopped by this week
Mail from Deborah in Florida earlier this week. I replied with a long letter written on the ferry on Tuesday.
The snail stopped by again today, with letters from Wales and from Texas. Both had good stamps
Something happened to the time-space continuum
It has been quiet around here hasn’t it? I don’t know what has been happening but I have a belief that somebody has stolen around 8 hours out of my every day. I have to confess that I am all behind and scatter-brained. I have lost track of what is reported and what is not. …
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Cut and come again
Recent rain has brought the grass on and today’s glorious weather has brought out the mower. It stubbornly refused to start, of course. We jump started it from the Land Rover, and what a faff that was. The battery is under the seat and the mower won’t work unless somebody is sat on the seat… …