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"I was hoping to see the ducklings"
Said ex-Mrs-Up-The-Hill, mentioning that she'd driven past a few days ago but had only seen the adults running around the stableyard. Had to break it to her that those were the ducklings....
I've been out sewing today, starting what will end up as a purple quilt with stars on it. We were in a village hall that has fancy skylights, which open and close automagically depending on the temperature in the hall. Every time the sun came out, they opened. Every time it poured with rain, they closed again. They were very busy, today. It's been funny weather here (especially as Mike reports very little rain at home, fifteen minutes' drive away).
Last night, we spent the evening sitting on astonishingly uncomfortable wooden bench seating in a drafty barn, watching our riding instructor's second-favourite riding instructor giving some lessons. Quite interesting to watch and, as our riding instructor was also there, we now have a very good idea what we'll be doing in our next few lessons.
We're thinking of getting shutters with built-in blackout blinds in our bedroom, and in the course of getting a quote learnt that pretty much all wooden shutters (other than ones hand-carved by monks from 5000 year old trees fertilised with unicorn poo) come from a single factory in China, and are imported into the UK by one of two distributers. What I've been able to find online seems to support this, so it's interesting that there are so many companies selling them. There's obviously the installed vs fit them yourself distinction, but other than that I'm not sure what there is to choose between John Lewis and some bloke working out of his garden shed. Except possibly the fact that John Lewis don't seem to do the ones with built-in blackout blinds.
I've been out sewing today, starting what will end up as a purple quilt with stars on it. We were in a village hall that has fancy skylights, which open and close automagically depending on the temperature in the hall. Every time the sun came out, they opened. Every time it poured with rain, they closed again. They were very busy, today. It's been funny weather here (especially as Mike reports very little rain at home, fifteen minutes' drive away).
Last night, we spent the evening sitting on astonishingly uncomfortable wooden bench seating in a drafty barn, watching our riding instructor's second-favourite riding instructor giving some lessons. Quite interesting to watch and, as our riding instructor was also there, we now have a very good idea what we'll be doing in our next few lessons.
We're thinking of getting shutters with built-in blackout blinds in our bedroom, and in the course of getting a quote learnt that pretty much all wooden shutters (other than ones hand-carved by monks from 5000 year old trees fertilised with unicorn poo) come from a single factory in China, and are imported into the UK by one of two distributers. What I've been able to find online seems to support this, so it's interesting that there are so many companies selling them. There's obviously the installed vs fit them yourself distinction, but other than that I'm not sure what there is to choose between John Lewis and some bloke working out of his garden shed. Except possibly the fact that John Lewis don't seem to do the ones with built-in blackout blinds.