Another day, another shed

Weatherproofing His shed today.
Also tidying the polytunnel.
We had frost last night..even in the polytunnel. Not too much damage, thankfully.
One bit of gardening good news..I saved some seed of several squashes I liked in 2013.  It was a long shot but I planted a few of them at the end of March.
Yesterday Jack Be Little showed a strong pair of leaves...and today Crown Prince looked as if it might be growing.... This is exciting!!

Too busy to be bored!

 This is our view most mornings...from our turbotrainers, after a cup of coffee..
We have a half hour or so ride before breakfast..so that it is well earned!
You can see the sheds..now all the same colour to match the kiln shed on the right. Far easier that way as it is coated metal!
The workshop doors started to get a refresh today..just top coat tomorrow, then the back fence and I will have had enough of painting to last me a long time...until my workshop gets its verandah of course!!

 My little fig tree is still growing.. luckily it was in the kitchen while we were in New Zealand. Now it is outside, but I will get it back in if frost threatens. I had thought a year ago that it was just a dead stick as the growth that was to the left at the base was dead. Tragedy as the original cutting came as a gift from our late friend in Abergavenny, as did the present of a rug which you can see.

At last another return to drawing...makes a change from painting the sheds!

Hopefully there will be time for gardening tomorrow..it is set to be fine if going back a little colder.
The leeks and beans have germinated..at last..time to get a lot more seeds in and seedlings pricked out.. thinking of food!

And thinking of food I have a shopping list...or is that a wish list?!...for first thing tomorrow morning, when we head for the Pensioneers Shopping Hour and the Trolley Minuet!!

A walk for a change...and more shedwork

 The local mill. Closed about 1970

 Busy moles!

 The back of two of the sheds...I am waiting on the paint for the fronts..we have done a Click and Collect order, just need the message to say that it is ready to collect.

 And a beautiful sight.

Shed mending

It is surprising how much damage half a ton of clay does when it leans against a wall....

Now the clay and kiln bricks are in the right shed.???and his is mended!

success!

 shed sorting...despite all good intentions, every shed has mixed contents...aiming to get the right things in the right shed...and reduce stuff...takes time,and dry weather!!

 workshop shelves...at last...in the workshop!

seeing and sorting

With one eye done, Pirate is already seeing more....dust, wrinkles, ageing...scaring himself by looking in the mirror!

But also things in the distance, shades of colours not just "green" fields.  Things that he'd also never notice as a driver, he is seeing as a passenger.

He has started reading again too, but has to slow down and not rush.

With reading, as with anything visual, the brain picks up signals quickly and links that to what it knows..so mistakes can occur!
Who remembers the cartoons by Haro, so sparing in line? You'd see it quickly then on a second look realise how much your brain had assumed.

Now we are having a second day at getting all the sheds' contents unmixed...it could be a long job!!

back drawing again

Just the view from our bedroom window..Shedopolis!!

big sheds

In Abergavenny. Each side of a side road. About 100 years difference!