28 August 09

Spent all day stripping pink(!) paint from a Black, Welsh Slate fireplace. Why do people do such awful things; home improvements should improve homes not ruin them. Should be a crime to spoil original items; better to remove them than deface them. Kept me off the streets though.

23 August 09

At 1750hrs, England retained the Ashes; fantastic performance!!!!!

18 August 09

Just joined a great bunch of 'senior - like me' people to go walking. In the Preselis this morning; fantastic scenery, dramatic sky vistas, bracing breeze and friendly company; maybe I'll do this every Tuesday!!

11 August 09

Lots going on; spent yesterday removing Ragwort from fields, then moved the menagerie up to Roger's field. Obviously happy, they gave us a great display of bucking, galloping, jumping and , of course, eating. lots of nice green grass for the hungry buggers - they'll be happy for a while now. Kitchen plinth finished (at last), and moving on to guest bedroom - friends coming this weekend; mainly 'decor' to put right but it would be nice to see a square, smooth wall at least somewhere in the house! Just listened to 'Fry's English Delight' on R4; I'm intrigued by it all. This is a sentence: Buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo, buffalo buffalo Buffalo. All to do with capitals, plurals, and verbs - I wish I'd listened at grammar School......

4 August 09

I've spent 2 days trying to fix my Daughter-in-Laws' Metro and fiddled with my old Citroen in between times; oil,paint,grease, petrol, just like old times!