Wednesday
No Bassam today meant that we did not have such an early start but John was keen to crack on and clear away any rubbish in readiness for Saturday when work is due to recommence.
Apart from a a quick trip to Windowrama in Paphos and Paps in Polis we had the whole day trying to get the garden into some semblance of order ready for Bassam to destroy!! We are both absolutely shattered and although we had planned to go to see the school play just didn't have the energy. The weather always seems to take a turn to for the worst on the evening of the play in previous years it has been cold and miserable and tonight was no exception. I don't think it rained but it certainly felt damp in the air.
We had an early night because John had to be up early to meet the man from Windowrama and collect the new downpipe for the front wall. This is to take the rainwater away from the two roofs and feed it out along our pathway to the road, this is instead of using the water butt which hasn't always proved to be very successful, particularly when it has had a snail stuck in the pipe and overflowed and the water come in through the front door.
I had a better night's sleep than I had last night because thankfully Mr Boo seems to be improving slowly. This morning was spent erecting the new downpipe which was not without issue, frustration, and swearing but John needs to have it in place before Bassam starts on that side. The new walls have spurred me on to think about the garden layout in the front so when I get a minute I am snipping things back and thinking about new locations for some of the existing plants. At the moment the planting looks great in spring and early summer but then it is messy and lifeless so as a lot has been trampled on now is a good time to make some changes.
Thursday
I was a nice person this afternoon and travelled down to Emba to make up a four for pickleball otherwise the session would have to have been cancelled for the third week in a row. I haven't played with Tom, Mike and Carol for a long time but both Mike and Carol's games have really improved so I actually quite enjoyed the change of game.
No wall building again today or tomorrow but hopefully Bassam will be back on Saturday. I realised that it would have been Elena's birthday today and she would have been 50. She has been gone now over three years and we still miss her but had she still been with us you can guarantee that her 50th would have been a party to remember. Let's hope she and Dad are kicking up their heels together today either upstairs or downstairs - wherever they ended up!
No Bassam today meant that we did not have such an early start but John was keen to crack on and clear away any rubbish in readiness for Saturday when work is due to recommence.
Apart from a a quick trip to Windowrama in Paphos and Paps in Polis we had the whole day trying to get the garden into some semblance of order ready for Bassam to destroy!! We are both absolutely shattered and although we had planned to go to see the school play just didn't have the energy. The weather always seems to take a turn to for the worst on the evening of the play in previous years it has been cold and miserable and tonight was no exception. I don't think it rained but it certainly felt damp in the air.
We had an early night because John had to be up early to meet the man from Windowrama and collect the new downpipe for the front wall. This is to take the rainwater away from the two roofs and feed it out along our pathway to the road, this is instead of using the water butt which hasn't always proved to be very successful, particularly when it has had a snail stuck in the pipe and overflowed and the water come in through the front door.I had a better night's sleep than I had last night because thankfully Mr Boo seems to be improving slowly. This morning was spent erecting the new downpipe which was not without issue, frustration, and swearing but John needs to have it in place before Bassam starts on that side. The new walls have spurred me on to think about the garden layout in the front so when I get a minute I am snipping things back and thinking about new locations for some of the existing plants. At the moment the planting looks great in spring and early summer but then it is messy and lifeless so as a lot has been trampled on now is a good time to make some changes.
Thursday
I was a nice person this afternoon and travelled down to Emba to make up a four for pickleball otherwise the session would have to have been cancelled for the third week in a row. I haven't played with Tom, Mike and Carol for a long time but both Mike and Carol's games have really improved so I actually quite enjoyed the change of game.
No wall building again today or tomorrow but hopefully Bassam will be back on Saturday. I realised that it would have been Elena's birthday today and she would have been 50. She has been gone now over three years and we still miss her but had she still been with us you can guarantee that her 50th would have been a party to remember. Let's hope she and Dad are kicking up their heels together today either upstairs or downstairs - wherever they ended up!
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