5th December 2021 - Zoomies and Stage area

Thought for the day :"Firefly is the opposite of waterfall"

Toby is getting larger and better at playing in the water...

Waited most of the day for Hermes to call - as they claimed to have called yesterday and failed to deliver - Yeah Right!!! So Susie cleared the Chicken Sheds as I sat in the kitchen and then I got out to the stage area again ... But the delivery did not come !!

 

A bit more of the stage - setting the side pallets  

As much as we could do before light stopped play

Some more pictures of the crazy puppy...

Another Sunday - and another week about to start ..

Cheers !

4th December 2021 - Catching up - More Pallets - must be Saturday

Thought for the day :"I made footwear out of banana skins. A fine pair of slippers."

And here we go again 

It is Saturday Morning so off to Beulah to get 5 more pallets - so that is today sorted out - breaking pallets and removing nails...

On stop with the aviary and chicken houses as need more netting - which is now on order..

Popped in on Johnny and Kaye as it was his birthday this week and he doesn't like birthday celebrations so we took him a bottle of mulled wine for Kaye for her recovery form her hip replacement.

Then took the dogs for a walk and dodged the showers - in fact it was mainly sunny!

Lyn from Teifi Trees came around to price up removing the falling Christmas tree from over the Tavern.

Hoping that he can drop it next week - or maybe next weekend. Will drop the tree for me to cut up and chip the small stuff for the Chicken runs... It is a difficult job as it is hanging over the roof of the Tavern - so £600 seems about right ...    

Days are very short at the moment - so when it gets to 4pm it is already getting dark...

5 Pallets broken - now to get the nails out ....

Been a bit remiss the last few days - what with guests and everything - but we will get back into the habit...

Cheers !

3rd December 2021 - New Toy - Bench Saw !!

Thought for the day :"I just experienced De ja vue..... Again!!"

Another busy day with guests and bits and pieces

added another 6 frames to the pathway with the Brahma Chicken and Peacock - getting to be very slippery down there - Chris helped with the barrowing the gravel and set up.

Also got a bit more of the netting over the Chicken runs completed - but now need another delivery to finish the job.

But a special delivery of new toy as my bench saw arrived - loving having power tools - makes such a difference to the work I am doing !!

Will have a chance to use over the next few days I think ...  Especially good for splitting pallets into 2 x 1 inch slats ...

I am sure that I will find other uses!!

Cheers !

2nd December 2021 - Gates - Don't take offence!

Thought for the day "Beaten at Scrabble...Words fail me."

First load of Wood for the year - thought I would check how much we are using this year ...

 

Meanwhile - the wicket gate progresses and is hanging up again

Sad problem is that it is a water based paint and it has been raining incessantly and I found out (accidentally) that the paint is therefore still wet !!  I think I have another pair of work jeans now - not good for anything else!

Guests today - Chris and Vicky - so little time for blogging 

Cheers !

1st December 2021 - Old Ffynnon Wen and Triple Janned

Thought for the day :"I am 67 this year. I am in my prime"

What a miserable day - raining and muggy - but got out and cut some pallets up and started ont eh repair of the wicket gate that got broken in Storm Arwen..

Painted now and ready to hang tomorrow when dry...

In other news we drove off to another Ffynnon Wen today - in Coedybryn. We keep getting their parcels even though the post code is clearly marked - but we thought we would go and investigate and Sue Spence seems to be very nice - will have to invite them over int eh New Year - they even had a mock blue plaque on the wall for Lord and Lady Spence.

In other news - went to "Confusion and Cwm Cou" as Jeff up the road called it - but we have been triple jabbed now and waiting to see if there is a reaction this time. I got feverish the first time and Susie had no symptoms, Susie got a flu type reaction on the second and I had not reactions - so we shall see how we go.. 

and this evening - Steve McC sent us some old photos of Ffynnon Wen for interest and I post them here for comparison purposes...

And so - another month starts - goodness December already !!!

Cheers !

30th November 2021 - Piano Tuned !! And a Tavern Evening..

Thought for the day :"Your mind is like a parachute – it does not work unless it is open"

Morning working on the netting for the Chickens - due to the avian Flu restrictions.

Managed to sew all the existing netting and then broke some pallets to get wood ready for tomorrow. 

Then Piano Tuner arrived - and after a couple of hours has managed to put our piano into some sort of tune - while awarding us the "Piano Most out of Tune for the Year" award.

But an excellent workman and spent far longer on the task than I expected ..  Earned a bottle of Moniack in my view ...

While he was working I put the latest 1000 fairy lights into the beer garden and have to admit that I think it is a great improvement. Also put some fence lights onto the trailer, gate post and to light the dragon and entrance to the tunnel ...

 

Doesn't really do the beer garden justice..

Had a lovely evening with Malcolm and Gloria in the Tavern...   

Some singing and Proseco and Mead - what more can you want ??

Cheers !!

 

29th November 2021 - Just a Thought - and the Dentist

Thought for the day :" You don’t see many philosopher puns these days. I suppose it’s a bit of a Nietzsche market..."

Cheers !