We are unimpressed to find that the scaffolders have drilled a hole in the wall of the house to brace the scaffolding, without even mentioning it
In our last house the gas fitters drilled a large hole in the wall to comply with changed venting regulations, this was then covered by a grille. We weren't very keen but had no choice!
I believe that the holes one sees in castle walls were left for (presumably wooden) scaffolding: https://tinyurl.com/4hdks5c2
Overcast here, too.
I looked at the forecast for this area at 7am and the weather map showed closely packed blue blobs all along the coast from Portsmouth to Hastings, so it should have been happening already. It wasn't.
Our greatest chance of rain was 66% at 9am It was dry at 9, but I have just looked outside, and there has been some rain. The path shows evidence of it, but it is possible to see dry ground between the wet spots, so that barely counts. Currently no precipitation, and the sky has brightened.
There is still some chance, from 40% & 50% for the rest of the morning, but dry by 2pm & all afternoon.
However, in spite of the disappointing weather, my day has just cheered up - The hospital has just phoned with a date for my second cataract op (15 months after the first eye was done!). Yipee!
There was rain here overnight, as evidenced by puddles on the ground and on the flat roof, but I saw and heard nothing. It made my outside doormat wet and now my carpet fitters are traipsing in and out……two rooms being done simultaneously- bathroom laminate and study carpet. My work starts once they have left. So I am faffing around on my ipad meanwhile.
Sometimes I see a typo before I hit post but decide it's more fun to leave it in.
Over the next couple of days it will be dry in the day and rainy at night which seems a very civilised way of doing things. I'm wondering if I should make the appropriate sacrifice to the weather gods to keep this going for a while. Anne McCaffery wrote a series of books where a planet was discovered whose previous farmer inhabitants had arranged it like that.
The hospital has just phoned with a date for my second cataract op (15 months after the first eye was done!). Yipee!
They are slow compared with our local Eye Hospital. I had my first cataract treated on February 2nd. I was subsequently offered an appointment for the second one in May, but that seemed too soon after open heart surgery in April, so was deferred to July. On the scheduled day I was still suffering the after effects of a cold and coughing badly. Coughing and eye surgery do not go well together, so the second cataract operation was re-scheduled for last week. All looking good so far, with no apparent problems.
(Glad to hear you're OK @Nenya, despite the hassles...)
Tuesday again (they occur so often, it seems), so Pilates. A tough session, with the Torturer occasionally apologising for the gross pain inflicted, but It Will Do Me Good. On release from the Chamber, I hied me to friend Mr D's place, where he presented me with a home-made CRUMBLE (Rhubarb, I think), and a Jar of his delicious Plum & Onion CHUTNEY. This necessitated a call at the village Co-Op for more CHEESE, out of which I had run.
Lunch was a sort of BEEF n'MASH thingy - one of Tess Coe's ready meals for Sad Old Singletons - very tasty, and only 6 minutes in the popty-ping.
I now intend to work on my favourite leisure activity, which is a sophisticated form of Snoozage and Restage - IOW, Doing Nothing At All™. I'm getting quite good at this.
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I intend to move out to my brother's in the Northern Lands! I can't stand Big Jobs and also moved out when our house was reconfigured 2 years ago. 🙂
Today will be spent putting the horse back together.
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Poor horse, for being dismantled.
I believe that the holes one sees in castle walls were left for (presumably wooden) scaffolding: https://tinyurl.com/4hdks5c2
I looked at the forecast for this area at 7am and the weather map showed closely packed blue blobs all along the coast from Portsmouth to Hastings, so it should have been happening already. It wasn't.
Our greatest chance of rain was 66% at 9am It was dry at 9, but I have just looked outside, and there has been some rain. The path shows evidence of it, but it is possible to see dry ground between the wet spots, so that barely counts. Currently no precipitation, and the sky has brightened.
There is still some chance, from 40% & 50% for the rest of the morning, but dry by 2pm & all afternoon.
However, in spite of the disappointing weather, my day has just cheered up - The hospital has just phoned with a date for my second cataract op (15 months after the first eye was done!). Yipee!
Oops - house!
I use speech to text and it quite often doesn't understand my accent. 🙂
Over the next couple of days it will be dry in the day and rainy at night which seems a very civilised way of doing things. I'm wondering if I should make the appropriate sacrifice to the weather gods to keep this going for a while. Anne McCaffery wrote a series of books where a planet was discovered whose previous farmer inhabitants had arranged it like that.
What's so difficult about that, God? 🤷🏻
They are slow compared with our local Eye Hospital. I had my first cataract treated on February 2nd. I was subsequently offered an appointment for the second one in May, but that seemed too soon after open heart surgery in April, so was deferred to July. On the scheduled day I was still suffering the after effects of a cold and coughing badly. Coughing and eye surgery do not go well together, so the second cataract operation was re-scheduled for last week. All looking good so far, with no apparent problems.
Tuesday again (they occur so often, it seems), so Pilates. A tough session, with the Torturer occasionally apologising for the gross pain inflicted, but It Will Do Me Good. On release from the Chamber, I hied me to friend Mr D's place, where he presented me with a home-made CRUMBLE (Rhubarb, I think), and a Jar of his delicious Plum & Onion CHUTNEY. This necessitated a call at the village Co-Op for more CHEESE, out of which I had run.
Lunch was a sort of BEEF n'MASH thingy - one of Tess Coe's ready meals for Sad Old Singletons - very tasty, and only 6 minutes in the popty-ping.
I now intend to work on my favourite leisure activity, which is a sophisticated form of Snoozage and Restage - IOW, Doing Nothing At All™. I'm getting quite good at this.