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Basement bedroom
The latest room to be decorated is J’s basement bedroom and the two of us worked on it together. It had been pretty grotty – this was the wallpaper. The woodwork was also…
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A delightful lunch
I have had limited luck with buying meat around here. The supermarket stuff is well, supermarket stuff, and the one joint I had from a local butcher was expensive and rather mediocre. So…
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Winter tests
Well we are nearly half way through September, and it is definitely getting a bit cooler. So before it suddenly turns seriously cold, we have been assessing the state of the house, and…
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The Decorator
Today we have been decorating J’s bedroom. But not without lots of help. Saphy really loves lying on top of things that are on top of other things. Usually it is bags, but…
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Two Amusing things
First amusing thing. This is a Japanese pull saw. I bought one to saw some wood. The blade is about 12 inches long and razor sharp. It is attached to a study handle…
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Another trip out
Went on another trip to Edinburgh to see the podiatrist today. It was a lovely day and I saw another cruise ship sitting by the bridge. It took 25 minutes and cost £20…
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A poor person’s shop
Back in the day (twenty odd years ago) when R and I lived in Livingston, we would very occasionally go to Aldi. It was crap – the sort of bargain basement shop that…
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A Retrospective – Part one of the renovation
We have now finished what I would describe as “Phase One” of the house renovations – the bits that needed to be done to make the house work as a building and be…
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Tabletop Scotland
The three of us went to Tabletop Scotland at the Royal Highland Centre today. We foolishly decided to take the train/tram rather than the car. This was a big mistake because although it…
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My Dad would have been proud
My Dad (who died aged 93 two years ago) would have been very proud of my accomplishment this week. He was a jam and jelly maker (and eater) par excellence, and no year…
