Its all happening at once.

What is it with projects like this. One day hardly any of the contractors show up when they say they would, the next day there's so many of them that there is a traffic jam in the lane in back of the house, and one of them is broken down...
But last night was lovely, the 'megamoon' decided to make an appearance as the clouds lifted briefly, so I got my new (second hand) tripod out and stumbled about on the lawn using some settings on the 'ol Nikon I haven't used before. Then a bit of editing and.... voila!

 

I have also been taking some shots for our brochure/website of the garden and how it looks throughout the year.

 

We have had a few sunny days this week, it doesn't take much for the flowers to bust forth.

The treehouse and the garden chair are in use, there I have sown some wild flowers and grasses to compensate for the damage the last owners dogs have done. The ancient apple tree's flowers have all gone, I wonder if we will get any fruit?

 

The boxes containing the new bathroom ware have all but gone and john has asked us to use the new bathroom this weekend so we can see if anything leaks.

At the risk of grossing out her children, Judith very bravely posed for a couple of tasteful shots of her in the new slipper bath in the new front bathroom

 

 

Surrounded by drying plaster and builders rubble!

 

We went to see Martin Stevenson and the Daintees in a free gig at the Victoria hall. They live in Scotland and were on their way down to Glasto, so this was a warm up gig. Remember 'Crocodile crying' It was their one big single. Unfortunately the warm-up slot was his partner, who although played a lovely hoffner semi acoustic very well, would have been more at home in a playgroup singing to under 5's. And whats all that stuff about aligning his Chackras during the encore? Bloody 'el this is Yorkshire, not Islington. I do like the fact that the town pulls together when needed. As they played for free, Anne who books the acts got the Lion to put them up for nowt and Internet Andy to feed them breakfast at his lovely café the next morning. I saw lots of people buying them drinks too, and there was a collection at the end to pay for the sound man and PA hire.

 

Today (sat 29th June) we are off to Pickering and Paloma Faith at Dalby Forest . So its an outdoor gig and theres a 90% chance of rain. Waterproofs and wellies may be in order. Its right the other side of Yorkshire, we have to go through Harrogate and Leeds to get there, its not far from Whitby. We are staying at a small hotel and the receptionist has promised us she will be able to get us too and from the gig as we don't really want to drive.

 

I went back to Bradford Royal on Friday to have a fitting for a bloody hearing aid. seems there's not much they can do for me otherwise. I worry that its going to make me look every day of my (nearly) 57 years. The NHS have been absolutely fantastic, the service terrific and of course the treatment and eventual hearing aid completely free. But it is rather clunky technology . What's a bit galling is the adverts in the Audiology department for the private clinic nearby who do the slim-line aids with better acuity for a mere £3,000. I suppose that's quite hypocritical of me, after all, I was working for many years in healthcare sales, on both sides of the fence, NHS and private. Ho Hum.

 

On a lighter note, what is it about cats and confined spaces? This one has to inspect every floorboard lift and cardboard box. I just hope she doesn't go to sleep somewhere when they are finally nailing the boards down again. 'The tel-tale heart' anyone?

 

Probably wont be in any fit state to add to this on Sunday, so its a goodnight from him. See you next week . A week that promises to be quite fraught as the narky sparky is holding everyone up  (gas engineers, plasterers, etc.) and seems quite happy to do so. But once he's finished, the heating can be tested, the plastering finished, the Amtico floors laid and we can then get on with the month or so of decorating.