Garden
Happy new year
Another huge gap in blog entries, and this time I’m not going to back-fill them. The past couple of years have been pretty brutal, and I’m not mad keen to re-visit them more than I […]
House
House
When something’s broke, I wanna put a bit of fixin’ on it
Sorting out the foundations went ok. They were wildy wrong, but I have used the experience as an opportunity to learn and grow: F-irst A-ttempt I-n L-earning To be clear, I absolutely don’t believe that […]
Garden
You said I must eat so many lemons ‘cos I am so bitter
Today’s apology for a lyric headline is from Kate Nash’s “Foundations”. Who knew that in a matter of 10 years she’d go from performing live on Jools Holland to being one of the stars of […]
Garden
Pump up the volume
I have been mentally building a well pump house extension for some months now. Unfortunately, this hasn’t caused the project to actually happen… until now. The water from our well is undrinkable (see previous post). […]
General
The gift that keeps on giving (up)
Like the zombie mink of Denmark, the blog returns to life once more to herald the dawn of a brand new year. The delay was to check whether or not 2021 was a significant upgrade […]
Garden
Raking up is hard to do
At long last, a day brim-full of glad tidings. Not only has the paint stripper arrived, but the very long-awaited rake handle did too. As you can imagine, raking is significantly easier with a 1.2m […]
Bog
Sunset pics
Went out to the top of the drive with a long lens (Fuji 50-230mm) and a very short one (Samyang 12mm fisheye) around sunset.
Bog
A frosty reception
The weather got very cold again – walking on the bog, the sphagnum moss crunched underfoot, unlike its usual squelchy/springy response. The light was exceptionally bright though – the first field benefitted from it a […]
House
It’s curtains for you
In case you thought that the whole renovation project had hit the buffers, I present you with the work of art that is a curtain pole attached to a wall: Once you’ve finished gazing in […]
Bog
The well water testing results are in…
Those of a nervous disposition, look away now… Test Result Interpretation Total coliform count / 100ml sample 240 ? Faecal coliform count / 100ml sample 23 ? Conductivity (us/cm) 692 ? pH 7.07 ? Total […]