Today, after we did some shopping, I worked in the shed.
I’ve finally started rebuilding the second inner wall. I know, it doesn’t look as though I’ve done a lot.
But I’ve also ran a cable from the house into the shed.
Category Archives: Garden
Flowers
While in Stamford yesterday, we bought flowers for the garden.
I’ve not had a lot of luck with flowers in our garden; perhaps these plants will survive.
Summer
It’s very warm in Kings Cliffe.
Looks warm at home too.
Technology is amazing.
Shed update
Again, things don’t look very different, but much progress has been made.
Busy the next couple of weekends, so no further change will happen for a little bit.
An afternoon in the shed
After my longed for day off tomorrow was reduced to a half day, before being completely overtaken by the stuff I get paid to do, I took the opportunity to take this afternoon off.
After four hours working on the shed, though, I swear it doesn’t look any different.
However, at least I’ve now reduced the risk of imminent collapse.
A morning in the shed
After last weekend’s pretence that the shed no longer existed, I’ve spent most of this morning working on the second wall. Most of the lower, inner wall is now in the garden.
And, in common with my experience of the first wall, last year, I’ve exposed a neighbour’s garden.
Time for some gardening before we take my mother to lunch.
Things to do on a Bank Holiday
Sunny Bank Holidays are rare in the UK, so we should make the most of them and do stuff outdoors. Beer gardens. Yes, beer gardens are great on a sunny day.
So that’s what we decided to do today. So I decided to work in the shed again. I was perhaps a little overly optimistic yesterday when I said that the wall I’m now working on isn’t as bad as the last.
It’s not seriously damp, which is of course a good thing. But there were a couple of cave-ins today.
However, after several hours’ work the wall is now safe.
Looking pretty much as it did yesterday.
And, also as yesterday, I’m sitting in the garden with a couple of woodpigeons (one’s in the tree).
Gardening
Since the weather’s changed for the better, I couldn’t put off resuming work on the shed.
This wall is a lot more solid than the first one I tackled, so it wasn’t so easy to remove the inside layer of stone.
Doing a spot of gardening now.
While sitting here, a magpie arrived.
My second encounter with such a creature today. The first was this morning, when, on arriving at the tip, we saw a magpie attacking a young parrot.
An old lady and I scared off the magpie, but the parrot was unaccessible, behind a high fence. Also in the queue was a parrot breeder (there had to be), who said he’d drive back around to capture the bird.
So, the old lady and I stood guard until he returned.
Unfortunately, a girl with a stick arrived before he did. I’d acquired a towel from one of the site workers, but hadn’t used it because I didn’t want to harm the bird. The girl, however, pointed the stick in the parrot’s direction. Apparently, the bird was supposed to walk onto the stick.
It flew off. Just before the parrot professional arrived.
As I was writing this, a pair of pigeons landed on the fence. This will be their second year of nesting in our tree.
Another day …
After my third day in the shed this week, I’ve finally completed one wall.
Thankfully, it’s the biggest wall. And two others are already part done from the outside.
Somehow, I have leftover stone.
Another day in the shed
I’ve developed the deepest respect for stonemasons. After another few hours working on the shed, I ache pretty much everywhere.
Rebuilding a stone wall isn’t easy. There’s a lot of walking backwards and forwards with heavy pieces of stone and lifting and rearranging to get the right fit.
It’s extremely slow progress and I’m going through a ridiculous amount of sand and cement. But I’m sure it’ll be worth the effort.
And at least the rock pile in the garden is now smaller.
