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In which not much happens
R was away at a conference today, so I did a load of boring gardening. J did a little bit of boring gardening – he is supposed to be doing 10 hours a…
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New “Stained Glass” for Castlebank
Some time ago I took a photo of the stained glass window Anne Black had commissioned for the Old Kirk in memory of her father and brother. I decided to make a version…
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An unusual design decision
Much as I love our house, it has some unusual design features. One which has been changed for the better, was that when the house was built, it had no back door on…
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In which the three of us enact an Edwardian Novel
One of my favourite books is “The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists” by Robert Tressel. It is about the sufferings of a group of house painters in a fictionalized version of Eastbourne at the start…
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On Elections
Two points for anyone who wants my vote. a) Do not send me election material as paper things through my door. This is unnecessary and damaging to the environment. I file them in…
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Loveliest of trees…
I had a handyman here today repairing the steps outside. I have had a go at this twice before myself, and there must be some skills which don’t lend themselves to my normal…
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A blanket from the past
While I was cleaning out J’s flat last year, I found this blanket. It had accidentally got stuck into the garage here when we moved in last June and I only just found…
