26th October 2021 - I am all heart !!

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.

A Day to change the profiles..

And so another day ...

Cheers !

25th October 2021 - Gutters Cleared

Thought for the day :"Veni, Vidi, Velcro. I came, I saw, I stuck around."

No Photos today ...

Took the dogs up the field and got caught in the rain again - not too heavy today - but they enjoyed it.

Cleared the gutters on the Tavern and tried to fix the leak on the gutter .

Clearing the leaves meant that the water flowed more freely - and that it leaked worse!!

May have to use the anti leak spray when it is dry !!

Other than that not a lot happening at the homestead today ..

Saw this photo from the seventies - seems like a toby shot 

And so to bed ...

But first - DAY 25 of GREEN ONE OCTOBER

The Spanish One

 

Cheers !

24th October 2021 - Wet Sundays

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.

GREEN ONE OCTOBER - DAY 24 

Solstice at the Cinema 

Best do some more work on the Drone Video

Cheers !!

 

  

23rd October 2021 - Lighting the Ty Bach and more drones

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.

And finally ...  
GREEN ONE OCTOBER - DAY 23

Portuguese

Cheers !

22nd October 2021 - No I didn't get much done !

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..

Fingers crossed - no symptoms yet ..

And so another GREEN ONE OCTOBER - DAY 22

Finally Demob happy ?? Listen carefully - I shall sing this only once .. Vollsanger ©2016 "here all week"

Cheers !

 

21st October 2021 - Walking the dogs in Cardigan

Thought for the day : "A backward poet writes inverse"

Up this morning to look after the puppy and let the Girlies out. I normally get the lie in so only fair.

Raining early and Susie had an optician appointment for her "floater" in her eye .

Apparently needs to take it easy for 6 weeks - but not a detached retina so better news than we feared.

As a result, walked Toby and 'Thena around Cardigan and visited the Music Shop which was fun - lots of lovely old instruments and old amps and early equipment. Am thinking this may be the person that I was talking to regarding the Space Fidelity CD player. I will have to check the phone numbers - I have his card.

No new photos today though as we did not really venture out.

Did see this though and it made me chuckle ...

Boris - the Musical

And while I am on the subject of things that amuse me 

Had our ASDA delivery this evening - our dozen eggs included an escapee I think

And today I edited some drone footage from Peter Scott

This is the first : October 2021

GREEN ONE OCTOBER - DAY 21

Obama gets on the act 

Cheers !

20th October 2021 - Lower Quarter - and no Central Heating

Thought for the day :"Apparently a gang of ghosts is called a hauntourage"

Broke out of my lethargy today and went down the lower quarter to attack the foliage left from the weekend ...  and managed an hour before the rain came and stopped play. But Toby and 'Thena seemed to enjoy being with me down the bottom of the land - seems 'Thena no longer wants to run off ..  Which is good!

Took the opportunity to clear the spring bubble pond...

before

after

And so a couple of before pictures for clearing the Cabin area....

And it is getting close enough to Halloween to start thinking about putting the Halloween Wobblies out...

And Susie made her Bullace Jam so I finally got around to labeling the jars ...  Only been a couple of weeks!

And as Susie needed to go to the Optician, we decided to take Toby for an acclimatisation walk in Cardigan - got him all ready in his harness and then we were delayed a bit so he got fed up and went to sleep 

In fairness he walked well on the lead - so we will have to do so again - he gets so excited when he sees other people - he is very friendly

Later - he attacked his bed...

"Just me here hiding under my blankie"

So, got  some more fairy lights to light up the passage to the Ty Bach and the tunnel, and Susie got some noodle gloves to dry the dogs with - special from Aldi ..

Looks as thought we cannot have the LPG gas Central Heating system as there is no area 7m x 8m clear to  site the tank - such are the regulations. Apparently, there may be more grants coming out in the new year for Solar so we may be able to look at that then.

In the meantime the house is pretty warm so we are not suffering ....

No symptoms from either of us yet so keeping fingers crossed re the Covid.

I decided to cancel trip to Leicester to get my Promotion in Grand Rank in Athelstan. 

Cases are over 49,000 a day now and over 450 per 10,000.

It is all getting a little scary out there again ...

And so we can have another Green One 

GREEN ONE OCTOBER - DAY 20

Green One Global (IV) 

Cheers !