Thanks for the invitation, but "I don't do foreigners," In the past, friends of my wife have asked if she would, "lend me out," for DIY, or...
I did the brown bits today. There's quite a lot, some of it unseen. [IMG] Pagodas are entirely of timber construction. The wood used is...
Thanks for that, The "dowel holder" was destined for the cardboard bin, when I grabbed it. It had contained some meringues my wife had ordered...
In 1987 after I built our koi pool the previous year, I decided as a sort of enhancement I'd like some authentic looking Japanese lanterns. What...
I installed four of these ceramic light shades I'd bought from Homebase, in the front room over twenty years ago, on two adjoining walls. They are...
I'm watching the 1949 Bogart film Tokyo Joe I recorded on "Talking Pictures" Whilst Bogart had "Rick's" and "As Time Goes By." in Casablanca....
You can't beat a lump hammer and a brick chisel, together you can shift anything.
It was dry enough to spend an hour in the garden, giving the lawn, "a bit of a scarify." My Black & Decker scarifier is forty years old and it...
It's the small patio and path behind the shed. I made it of crazy York stone. But the people next door who never watered their garden had a cherry...
A few signs of Spring An azalea in the front garden. It gets very little sun but does its best. The flowers look a bit "plastic." There's two...
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"Training" is a bit of an over statement. "My duties." Make Cappuccinos once a day. Bring down the washing (as required) Take the dried laundry...
A frustrating day, we've had rain, sunshine, more rain, sunshine, hail, sunshine, rain etc., So nothing can be done. I've pointing and painting to...
The Wrecking Crew and the Funk Brothers seem to go on for ever. [MEDIA] More on Joan Osborne [MEDIA] Carol Kaye played bass with both. [MEDIA]
Happy Birthday From Me, Too!
The net is to keep the acer in a "dome shape" I do it every few years when it "starts to do its own thing." New growth comes from the top and the...
Got the jet-wash out today and gave the pagoda a go over. Over its life, it's had two different colour schemes. It's ready for a paint job....
There are songs like that. Both my wife and I remember seeing Jimmy Helms sing this song at a nightclub in Manchester in the Seventies. As a tune,...
Should have been a golf day, but it rained for most of the night, so didn't fancy it, but there's always Wednesday. Bought some teal grey and red...
I've an old-fashioned sack truck, a barrel truck, they call them in the USA. It has big pump up tyres. I use it for moving 50ltr bags of...
