Thought for the day :"The trouble with calendars is that their days are numbered"
So it is apparently Samhain - and it is not pronounced as it looks on the page - it is pronounced SOW - IN
Mixed weather today - but mixed weather means Rainbows..
Walk up to the fields today and the rivers were very high. Tree down over the pathway - may have to take a chainsaw to clear some branches tomorrow...
Susie sadly twisted her back yesterday and it did not get better overnight - so she has been resting it for the day - hopeful it is not a slipped disc...
Thought for the day :"If you weigh a rainbow you will find that it is pretty light"
A deluge of a day .. Rain on Rain on Rain
River very high - Susie says it was over the field when she got up at 7am
Was still high when I stirred - but not over the banks
Sadly, Susie twisted and did something to hr back and has been in pain most of the day ...
A good opportunity for me to cook
Turkey Roast, Egg and Chips.. (Should have been ham but a little unsure if the ham was still good - it was after best by date) But an opportunity to cook one of my specialities
Took the opportunity to put the steps onto the Ty Bach, set the automatic sanitiser unit in place in the Ty Bach, removed the ladders and placed a blue barrel as a "urinal" and invited people to find the Tree of AHH!
And had guests in the Tavern tonight. Mark and Julie and Kim came to join us and our neighbours for the weekend in the Romany Caravan Lee and Nicola came to join us and sing a few viking songs..
Thought for the day :"I applied for a job at Subway But unfortunately the roll had already been filled"
What a lot of Rain !!
The river was high - and threatening to break through the gate
Meanwhile - a certain puppy was on his zoomies again - I think mainly because it was too wet to go for a walk up to the fields
Later the weather gave a little and I was able to complete the pathway to the Ty Bach
Toby approves I think
A finished pathway ..
The day started with problems in the Greenhouse - the auto window had slipped its catch and the wind had sprung it up and it had smashed a pane of the roof ... So off to Cardigan to the glazier with the measurements from the files in the folders and lo and behold it fitted exactly - though with a bit of juggling at the top of the ladder to get the screws back in and the rubber edging in place.
But it all seems to be in place so feeling quite proud of the result... so far!!
Nancy, Torren and Jasper are with us this evening - and the rain is still hammering down ..
Thought for the day :"I'm going to buy some velcro for my shoes instead of laces. Why knot?"
Up and out today - trip to Llanelli for the dentist.
Covid still taking its toil - have to wait outside until ready for the chair .. which was fine except I dropped Susie off for her appointment and went into town to get some silver fixed at Rob's jewelry repairs and called in on Gemma who had bought 41 - and somehow the phone did not vibrate when calling - so she was stuck outside the dentist and it started tipping down with rain - oops !
Still - should be out of casualty soon !!
Had my own - clean bill of health on the dents - so cleaned up and ready for a bleaching at the beginning of November - booked into return call for 29th November 11am to have the small front fillings removed and matched .
Called in with Chris and Vicky and Toby was excellent in his first new house. Also traveled alright to Llanelli and back without being ill today. Also mamanged to hold his bladder for a very long time ...
So nothing down on the homestead today - it was chucking it down with rain all day so would have been a quiet day if we had been at home.
No pictures except a couple of Puppy Pics..
GREEN ONE OCTOBER - DAY 28
Finally got a Danish one with video as well as sound
Thought for the day :"I thought I saw an eye doctor on an Alaskan island – but it was only an optical Aleutian"
PCR tests all prove negative so it appears that we escaped this time!!
After a few days of sitting on our backsides (comparatively) today was an activity day for a change.
Susie went out and fixed the toilet in place in the Ty Bach shed - with a few hiccoughs. But now it is fixed in place and power has been fed to it from the tavern. Also added an additional interior light as we now have power to the building.
Decided that it was muddy on the path - so put down some plastic frames and started filling with gravel. Once again - that will be a job to be done over a few days as I have already dug the soakaway and the pipework into the ground.
Before pictures - this will be the soakaway - Toby is supervising of course..
and these are the pipes that will have to go underground..
as digging is tiring - a break every ten minutes to put some frames down
And the passageway is ready to take the gravel
So forgot to take a photo of the hole - so this is the soak-away after it has been filled with plastic and gravel and the top soil replaced .. Honest !!
Pipework all dug into the ground and hidden from view.
And so it is time to start the gravel filling
As far as I got in one day ..
Still quite pleased with the progress..
So other than the pathway - all is done after a full day.
Susie made home made mozzarella cheese for salad this evening and home made soup for potato celery and leek from the garden. Delicious and very filling...
In other news - saw this and chuckled - from the Aberystwyth Tourist Board - or maybe the Rail service..
Thought for the day :"I just bought a reversible jacket - I’m excited to see how it turns out!"
Trip to Carmarthen today
First to get some PCR tests - it is day 8 after Torren was taken ill and Lateral flow tests have proved negative and no symptoms so this is the last stage ...
Also had my trip to Cardiology and once again I am so impressed by the NHS in this country. A lovely unit with exceptionally good timing - I saw no-one wait more than 5 minutes from the time they arrived to being seen.
I was seen quickly by the Cardiology Registrar - had ECG and then Echo Cardiogram, and took a failry good bill of health - a small murmur in the aorta caused by a calcium(?) buildup which is fairly normal and will be looked at every two years - and may cause problem in 15 years ...
I can live with that - they are giving me a treadmill test to check also for an outside chance of Angina - so other than that no reason for shortness of breath yet.
Rained when we got home so no walk with the dogs today. Poor old Toby was sick in the car again. Hoping that he grows out of this.
Decided to upgrade my Video edit suite with a special offer today - seemed too good an offer to deny so went for the download option. May have to restore the desktop to Windows 10 before doing that - it is getting very slow.
But in the meantime - took a bit of drone footage for a Vollsanger update...
In other news...
Boss Hogg !!!
Sorrell Booke, who played Boss Hogg on Dukes of Hazard went to Columbia and Yale, spoke 5 languages, and was a counterintelligence officer during the Korean War....
Didn't know that !!And Roscoe... Rosco was lead guitarist for Bobby Fleet and his Band with the Beat. Very talented police force in Hazard County.
Thought for the day :"If you suck at playing the trumpet – that is probably why"
Got up this morning with great intentions - and then it rained !
Early start led to a lot of sitting and tea drinking.
Took the opportunity of a brief break in the weather to take the dogs up to the field - and the skies opened half way up the lane - but we persevered.
Toby really enjoys charging into the long grass - and especially when the grass is wet and cartwheeling into it is a favourite.. oh - and then rolling on his back !!!
Needless to say he was a little wet on return.
But the rest of the day was a non-starter - so no pictures today ..
But we do have a Green One October - this time the Solstice at the Cinema - with the troupe of guitar students .. was the evening that Amy Wadge topped the bill - well before she was rich and famous.
Thought for the day :"A chicken crossing the road is poultry in motion"
A bit of a mixed bag today.
Started a bit drizzly and wet but held off enough to take the dogs up to the field and run little Toby off his legs. Here he is asleep with his nose in a butter carton.
Susie retired to her greenhouse to clear it and prepare sowing for winter salads and other winter growing plants. Took the nectarine down to winter under glass.
I set up the lights for the tunnel, and then the lighting for the alleyway to the Ty Bach and round the back to where the urinal will be situated. Managed to get the lighting to reach into the Ty Bach and all seems to be working well. Sadly, forgot that I am going to have to get some power into the Ty Bach anyway to keep the fan working on the loo. Maybe that will push me to get the solar panel and leisure battery for the purpose.
The Tunnel
The Alley
The Ty Bach
In ASDA news - they refunded the cost of the whole dozen eggs almost immediately so happy with that as a solution.. I think it was an automated system to be honest !
And so, another Saturday. Still no symptoms. Lateral Flow was negative yesterday.
More drone footage from Peter ... Part 2
In Other News: Today is the anniversary of the start of the war of Jenkin's Ear - from Llanelli
On 23rd October 1739 the War of Jenkins' Ear Began
The War of Jenkins' Ear was a conflict between Great Britain and Spain that lasted from 1739 to 1748.
Robert Jenkins, from Llanelli, was captain of a British merchant ship, returning home from the West Indies when his ship was boarded by the Spanish on suspicion of smuggling. The Spanish commander bound Jenkins to the mast and cut off one of his ears. He then told him to tell his King, that he would get the same.
On his return, Jenkins exhibited his severed year in Parliament and this was the spark that ignited a simmering resentment towards the Spanish, who had reneged on an agreement for Britain to sell slaves in Spanish America
After 1742, this war became part of the much larger, War of the Austrian Succession, in which most of the states in Europe became involved. In particular, France and Britain, who were fighting each other for control of the American and Asian Colonies.
Thought for the day :"I proof read a wizards scroll today – it was a spell check"
Puppy Pics - he is certainly growing
Trip to Cwm Tydu today as we went to Brynhoffnant stores and Beulah to get some briquettes - the only coals that seem to stay in on lour kitchen burner..
Not enough space on the phone to take a video of the shenanigans on the beach - maybe next time.
Raining later so did not get out ..
Sadly - another peacock died today - second of our tweenies - no idea why -
11 eaters in the pen - there were 12 but one was not able to stand sufficiently to be able to staty ion the warm ...
Ordered a new tarp for over the peacock pen ...
The rest of the day I spent tidying up some shelves an looking or my bank cards
Not sure at all where they have been put since we arrived here.
Found one card for the joint account so have access to the Bank account.
And so we get to the end of another day
Lateral Flow tests were clear today
Nancy has proved positive .. so still not in the clear..
