With no alarm set I slept like a log last night. I woke just as it
was getting light… about ten seconds after “er indoors TM” went to the
loo when
there was a mass exodus of dogs following her. I went too; partly for the loo
myself and partly to make sure the dogs went out too and didn’t just follow her
back to bed.
Suitably tiddled we all went back to bed and slept through till
eight o’clock.
As I had my morning rummage round the Internet I saw that five
people on my Facebook friends list had birthdays today. I sent out messages to
those who’ve made some attempt to communicate with me in the last five years. I
sighed at the sight of one of the people on the list. Someone for whom I did so
much over the years who (on several occasions) really exemplified the
two hundred and eighty-fifth Rule of Acquisition “no good deed ever goes
unpunished”.
With the dogs settled we drove into Ashford for what is (hopefully)
becoming a regular monthly catch-up brekkie with old friends that we don’t see
anywhere near enough these days. Matt was late; a water leak had stuffed his
electricals, and when everything runs through the Alexa that can be an issue.
As I told him, I didn’t laugh *that* much.
After an hour I left “er indoors TM” with
brekkie club; I had to get away relatively promptly. I’d told my brother I’d
meet him at Dad’s house at eleven o’clock. I was twenty minutes late. Having
been stuck behind a fleet of double decker buses for some miles I got past them
at Winchelsea only to find myself stuck behind a convoy of learner drivers.
We got quite a load of stuff sorted at Dad’s house. Loads
bagged up for a tip, and I brought home some old photos.
I got home earlier than expected, and seeing the weather
was better than I had expected. “er indoors TM” and Cheryl
took the dogs out and I had a go in the garden. Last summer I spent about three
hundred quid trying to build a cascade arrangement to return water to the pond
from the filters. Having been looking at it for months I’ve had to conclude
that it didn’t work. It just looked like the wooden frame covered with butyl
lining which it is; despite my best attempts to disguise it. And ever since I
put it in place the pond’s water level has been dropping *fast*. So this
afternoon I put it all back as it was last year. Ten seconds to type; a couple
of hours of hard labour to do. And whilst I was at it I cleaned out the pond’s
filters. Every October/November I turn them off and leave them over the winter
to fester, and every March I have a foul sulphurous stench to clean up.
“er indoors TM” and the dogs came
home, and I spent a little while working on my next Wheri-project. Just copying
latitude and longitude co ordinates of half a dozen locations from one app to
another took an hour. I soon got bored of that and had a look at old photos.
Many will end up in the bin, but there were one or two classics.
“er indoors TM” boiled up dinner which
we scoffed whilst watching “Lego Masters: Australia”. What with it being
sei-finals week next week, things are getting rather hot on that show right
now.
I’m going to bed in a minute… today has been rather busy –
I’m feeling rather worn out.
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