CAD

No, not Computer....but the Oily One has been busy with Cardboard Aided Design.....

The kiln services company is too busy,I think....there are a lot of important clay related weekends going on...and the Oily One has a friend who builds turbines and has offcuts of stainless steel....

fingers crossed!!

postcards

Thankyou Zhoen for the beautiful card...and the postie for choosing a fantastic stamp!

Blogging and other electronic communication is good..but Snail Mail is as well and your local postie is an important member of the community.

nature walk

 not much ready yet

 but there were a few windfalls...

 and plenty of wind...getting vegetation still was a problem!

 The Clyde gleaming in the distance...

 Fairy Doors

 local alpaca farm

 it was a double rainbow...this bit came out best...shows the internal angle well...

which of course is 42 degrees...

not so bad after all

 After more concentrated rain this morning...cue a leisurely start to the day, breakfast followed by coffee and luscious (vegan) chocolate cake, sitting around and chatting, lunch...
the sun appeared!

 They got on their way to the Summer Sessions concert...with wet weather gear just in case!

Garden patterns

 seeds for the birds

 and a delight to the eye...who needs a plain green lawn!!

To top it all, we got out on our road bikes in the sun for two hours..it took longer than hoped as it was rather blustery!!

more rain...

Just when the Oily One and partner come up from Wales for an outdoor concert in Bellahouston Park in Glasgow...we were looking forward to bike rides and walks together..

Its pouring with rain and blowing a hoolie.

Definitely not your usual Back to School sunny weather!!

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!

remembering

Would have been my father's 89th birthday today..

This was his British League of Racing Cyclists racing licence.

he loved gardening as well as cycling...and we are cracking on with more garden work and shed sorting.
                                                    Strawberries making next year's plants

 polytunnel filling up..I need a potting shed as well...but that has our road bikes in it!

 runner beans not going very fast this year

 getting bushes out of pots

 still swallows left...the parent on the left will depart before the offspring on the right

 and we visited the garden centre....not our car, by the way!