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On induction hobs
When I bought the new kitchen (which in every respect apart from this one has worked out fine) – I made one major mistake and bought an integrated cooker with it. I guess…
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Moving some projects forward
Today I have been working on both reupholstering the chair, and finalizing the new improved cat door. The frame seems moderately secure now. I cut a piece of dark red velvet out of…
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Cat and mushrooms
We have a fantastic crop of mushrooms at the moment – not only this huge one, but others on the front lawn in more or less the traditional “fairy ring” formation. I keep…
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Some woodworking
I was never sure that I was doing that well when I did the woodworking course in Edinburgh – some of the machines I found quite difficult and the other people on the…
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And then there were two…
I felt that the basement was lacking a certain something, so we purchased a second aspidistra. The original plant – called Distra is going strong – he was pretty small when we got…
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Renovating a chair
Today I started having a look at one of the chairs we inherited. I had been going to do some gardening but it was pouring with rain and windy. This chair is Edwardian,…
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A nice day – but…
This morning R and I went for a walk along the side of the River Eden. It is a particularly pretty bit called the “Orchard Walk” with lots of fruit trees (the fruit…
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Off to the vet
Amber had a bit of a chest infection and had to pay her first visit to the vet. This is her, all unsuspecting, sitting on her chair (a repurposed dining chair) in my…
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A blast from the past
Today we had a visit from a gentleman who lived in Castlebank house in 1970s and his wife. We turned out to have quite a lot in common as they used to live…
