I slept reasonably well, but again woke on my back and
found it rather painful to try to roll over. That seems to be happening more
and more these days.
I got up and had another look at the pond today; the water
level is pretty much what it was on Thursday evening. This tells me that it was
losing water from the bog filter. Either the bog filter has a leak, or it needs
a *lot* of the plants hoiking out. Bering in mind that pond plants
aren’t cheap I’m not keen on binning the plants…
I have a plan for building a water feature which will
incorporate the plants… I need a pump though. Or if any of my loyal readers
would like some pond plants…
I made toast and had my usual rummage round the Internet.
Some friends were having a birthday today. One was having his thirtieth
birthday… Thirty. I can remember going to see him only a few hours after he was
born.
There was a photo of a local traffic warden on one of the
local Facebook pages, and a lot of hatred being spewed about the chap. It’s
been my experience that it takes a certain sort of person to be a traffic
warden…
I Munzed – our clan has reached the second of our monthly
targets. I wordled and got it on the fourth attempt.
Having submitted a blood pressure reading every morning and
evening this last week it seemed odd not doing so this morning. In January I
did a week’s worth of measurements, and now six months later and two stone
lighter I’ve just completed another weeks’ worth. Like my weight the blood
pressure is down… it’s eighty per cent of what it was. It’s still probably a
tad high, but if I keep up the weight loss hopefully I won’t need to take the
tablets. I’ll see what the quack says.
We got ourselves organized for Dog Club, As we drove Steve
was doing the “Guess the Lyrics” competition on the radio. “You seem
so far away though you are standing near”. No? – Abba – SOS.
We didn’t think there would be much of a turn-out for Dog
Club what with it being so warm, but I counted fifteen dogs. And counting them
takes some doing – they all keep moving about. We had a couple of new dogs
along; a good time was had by all. It was a shame Treacle got a tad grumpy, but
that’s the sort of dog she is.
As we came home Steve was doing the Mystery Year
competition on the radio. Several vaguely familiar tunes, and when was the
Grand National declared void? It was either 1982 or 1993… I guessed the later
one and got it right.
We came home for a cuppa and to count up the Dog Club
takings. Takings at Dog Club is definitely down on what it once was, but
attendance doesn’t seem * that* down. I can only assume people are
paying by text message.
And with cuppa drunk we set off out again. This time to
Lydd where there was a little geo-meet on the Rype. It was really good. A dozen
of us sat under the shade of one of the bigger trees and had a picnic and just
chatted for a couple of hours.
We came home again. I had a little tidy-up in the garden
and put up the smaller event shelter and had a look at the pond. The water
level was fine, but there was a big problem. Our biggest fish has been losing
weight for some time. He didn’t look that good last weekend, and this afternoon
he was just floating on the surface of the pond. I pulled him out, gave him a
serious clout just to be sure (the same clout that it is illegal to give a
human in the same position) and disposed of the carcass.
It was all a bit sad really. We paid a hundred and fifty
quid for him in early January 2008 from a man from Devizes that at we met at a
bus stop somewhere near junction 16 of the M4. I like to think that we bought
him from *the* man from
Devizes. but we will never know.
Steve, Sarah and Chris came round for the evening and we
had a rather good few hours playing on the infinity table. Game of Life; Sorry,
Ticket to Ride… a good way to spend the evening.
Today was a rather busy day. Today was the longest day of the year. From here on the days get shorter.
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