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Pleasantly cooler
The last couple of days have been a lot cooler than of late and it has been most welcome. I am not a hot weather person and prefer the temperature to hover around 18 to 20 degrees with an average...
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Not quite!
Image via Wikipedia So Tuesday was going to be harder than Monday, it had to be, I did almost nothing on Monday! When I went to work I had a rough idea of what was entailed but not an exact knowledge....
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Good to be back
Finally I have been able to return to the garage to begin work there. Illness and occupational work has kept me away leaving me too exhausted to even think about the garage. So on Wednesday I thought I...
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Good to be back 2
On Thursday I was rearing to go. I got up very early, had my breakfast and was ready for work at 08.00! Problem was, I wanted to go shopping with E for some more materials for the garage but she wasn’t...
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Inside the garage
So here are some pics showing what I’ve been up to in the garage. The second shows the approach to the rear of the garage from the patio and vegetable plot area. The black water pipe on the right is...
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In the name of progress
Image by Salim Virji via Flickr I didn’t want to get out of bed yesterday but obviously I did. It was around ten though before I came downstairs. After a quick breakfast I had it in mind to continue...
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The garage
Today I shall be making a start on clearing out the garage of bricks (we have a few hundred stacked there) and many large natural stones which we accumulated when we knocked down the dry-stone walling...
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I can see the floor!
I was up and out working at 8 o’clock yesterday morning. I had rested all day Saturday so was ready to do something. The main jobs were to remove the bricks and then the stones that had been stored in...
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Another glorious day
Yesterday was another glorious day here on the north-west coast at Southport. Weather for sitting around in and relaxing but I had to do the work I promised I would do the day before. The garage...
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It begins
A dirty concrete cupid (Photo credit: Wikipedia) On Wednesday morning and having no scheduled electrical work yet again I set about making preparations in readiness for laying concrete in the next day...
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I did and…
In contrast to yesterday’s post I said I would get on with the electrical work and I did. It was a slow start for me on Tuesday as I began the work at ten-thirty. There were several things I had to do...
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Ladders
One thing I hate are ladders but only if they are in my stockings! The other variety though come in very handy don’t they? Years ago we purchased a two-section aluminium ladder, classed then as 27 feet...
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Moving along
A week or so back I wrote about having a replacement garage door installed. I had been having problems with the old door that fairly recently was converted to electrical operation though it wasn’t the...
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The season’s work
There’s no getting away from it, Autumn is upon us here in the UK. As the temperate areas of the Southern Hemisphere are welcoming Spring, we in the north are moving in the opposite direction. Leaves...
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Garaged
It was me who was garaged, spent quite a few hours in there working on the floodlight project. I was up and about very early on Tuesday so I could get on the treadmill for a time. I had been using the...
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Sand and clutter
Before any work could be done on the lawn project I had to figure where I would put the soil after digging it out to allow the cobbles to be laid. Some of the soil would be replaced once the grass had...
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