| Sun 1 |
At least 13 keyboards & 15 mice unearthed in clearing out all the old computer junk; as well as a box of old cables. I wonder if they reproduce sexually or by parthenogenesis? |
| Mon 2 |
It’s always surprising how much better one feels for a haircut. |
| Tue 3 |
Today has been one of pushing jelly uphill through treacle with a toothpick – so many things had to be fixed or cajoled into working properly. |
| Wed 4 |
Today, not one, but two 5 minute jobs that actually took five minutes! And they avoided London bus syndrome, by not arriving three together. |
| Thu 5 |
Local election day, and how nice not to have to flog round to the polling station having already voted by post. |
| Fri 6 |
Watching Tilly cat this evening sitting quietly . Waiting. Squirrel daft enough to trot along the fence a foot above her. And oh, she so nearly got it; if only she hadn’t needed to hang onto the fence! Yon squirrel had a very lucky escape. |
| Sat 7 |
What’s that big bird circling high a couple of streets away? Binoculars. Buzzard: right size; right flight pattern; right tail; wings too slender & pointed. Red Kite: right size; right flight pattern; right wings; but tail convex & curved, not forked. Gull: right size; right wings; not sure about the tail; but unusual flight pattern. Falcon: too big. And we don’t have osprey or marsh harriers round here! |
| Sun 8 |
Several good pictures of our foxes on the trail camera this week, as they’re out and about more in daylight (dusk and dawn anyway) at the moment as they’ll have cubs to feed. I wonder where their den is? |
| Mon 9 |
Something ails the boiler. There is no hot water – well there is intermittent hot water. Looks like something to do with a pressure somewhere. Call out to our gas engineer. |
| Tue 10 |
Having managed the sum total of 3 hours sleep, I was sufficiently wrecked that I cancelled my morning meeting. And felt a lot better after another 2 hours sleep. |
| Wed 11 |
Wet & windy. There was a good chill breeze in the bedroom window at 3am. And windy rain by the time I surfaced md-morning. But a nice sunny evening. |
| Thu 12 |
Finally bit the bullet and placed an order to move the house phone & broadband away from BT to a VoIP provider. Moved the outgoing calls a year ago. When all done we should be saving around £20 a month. |
| Fri 13 |
Hold on! Today’s Friday (no not Saturday) and it’s the 13th. No wonder it’s one of those days when everything fights back. |
| Sat 14 |
N and I spent the afternoon baking: rhubarb tart and cheese scones with tomato & garlic. Then for dinner: lemony salmon, garlic potatoes, asparagus, tomatoes & mushrooms (all done in parcels in the oven) followed by strawberries & cream; washed down with a bottle of bubbly. Talk about living like the gentry! |
| Sun 15 |
Sunday morning. Oh what fun! Trying to get worming tablets down three cats and then flea treat them. Three very pissed off felines all went out. Not sure how I escaped intact! |
| Mon 16 |
A day spent chasing my tail, which doesn’t bode well for the next fortnight, which is going to be almost endless chasing of tails to keep up. |
| Tue 17 |
And suddenly the garden is awash with roses. |
| Wed 18 |
Phew! Two days of Zoom calls of all sorts = fair knackeration. |
| Thu 19 |
The gas man cometh – NOT! His previous job has overrun so our boiler service must wait. A nuisance, but we needed a quiet day. |
| Fri 20 |
Two young great tits around the nut basket at lunchtime; they must be almost independent but were still being fed insects the parents were picking off the plants. But sadly varmint Rosie cat later destroyed a long-tailed tit – and we ain’t got too many of them. |
| Sat 21 |
Yay! The gardener cometh for the first time this year. But Nooo! Also cometh the labyrinthitis (again); if it’s as resistant as last time it’ll be a trip to the doctor’s. |
| Sun 22 |
Reprise the gardener. At least we can now walk down the front path without needing a machete. |
| Mon 23 |
Vertical hold still on the blink, so spent most of the day horizontal. Cancelled tomorrow’s trip to the dentist. |
| Tue 24 |
Vertical hold returning to normal, but very glad to have cancelled the dentist appointments. |
| Wed 25 |
<expletive deleted> banks! |
| Thu 26 |
N heroically took all 3 cats to the vet for shots, and Boy Cat for some dental work – poor little beggar has had 4 extractions! |
| Fri 27 |
Blimey, that’s two weeks in a row that the supermarket delivery has been 100% correct. A couple of items not available, but an overall improvement. |
| Sat 28 |
OMG! Must celebrate. I won £10.30 on the lottery. That doubles this year’s winnings. |
| Sun 29 |
Picked 2 small (lime-size) lemons from the treelet on our patio. Last year’s flowers; now just ripe. Tried a thin slice from one; really lovely; not too acid. Was gorgeous in my G&T, and the flesh was good afterwards too. Exeunt scurvy. |
| Mon 30 |
The gas man cometh (at last) to service the boiler and flush the heating system. Three cats head for the hills, but return in time for an afternoon snack! |
| Tue 31 |
Somehow I managed to find time – and just enough enthusiasm – to cut my hair, in between all the chaos of the day. |
