I turned my hand to house maintenance today. I started with the skirting boards as several were loose and letting drafts in. I was making good progress, nailing them back in place and sealing any remaining gaps, until I remembered I was planning to relocate one of the larger radiators. To do that, I’d have [...]
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Off with the cast
16 March, 2012
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No, I wasn’t planning a DIY amputation. After all the delays at the hospital, I decided to remove the cast from my fractured right wrist and get on with recovering in my own time. I ordered a brace with front and back splints, as recommended by the doctor, then planned how to remove the cast [...]
Read more White, white and more white
9 November, 2011
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Visitors to the croft could be forgiven for think we’ve intentions of getting ourselves between the pages of an interior design magazine if they walked into our snug with its white walls, white ceiling, white features, white window frame, white cupboard and white fireplace surround. We’re not going all post-modern, though.
Read more Smelled like… victory
2 November, 2011
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Coming up to lunchtime today, the concrete and granite plinth in the dining room still extended to the yellow strip of concrete in the foreground and across to where the broom is standing. I’ve chipped, hammered and pickaxed the plinth three days a week for three weeks now, usually managing to get a granite block [...]
Read moreIt dusted us over…
31 October, 2011
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It dusted us over, an’ it dusted us under. No, it wasn’t a dust storm on the American prairies. It was me, with my angle grinder.
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