Work on the bathroom was completed on Thursday, and I have been taking showers twice a day since, and loving it. While the bathroom was out of action, for a week and a bit, I’d been having wash-basin washes, and, once the bath was re-fitted,…
Month: October 2011
A while ago, I posted that I had bodged together a pair of prescription passive 3D specs. They worked well, until I decided I could improve on the taping of the lenses, and managed to completely mess one of them up. Meanwhile I discovered these…
I recently enjoyed the movie Limitless, on DVD, which led me to the Alan Glynn novel it was based on, “The Dark Fields”. I usually find that by watching a movie first, when I get around to the novel it yields even more plot detail,…
When the guys were clearing my garden and my existing raised beds, they bagged up all the good soil for future use. I am very grateful for them doing this – it would not have occurred to me to ask, but it was a great…
For anyone who is interested, here are some more pictures of the garden, now that the main features are in place. The seating is a somewhat temporary ragbag, until I buy more furniture, but it is plenty good enough for now. The troughs are still…
About a week ago I mentioned that I had smoked – amongst other things – some goat’s butter. I had no idea what I was going to do with it, but the book I was reading said butter smokes well, so I tried it. Anyway,…
A couple of days ago, I mentioned that the shelving unit I had prevously bought to stand my (original 2D) TV on turned out to be too high for my new 3D TV. This is because the tv stand provided with it pivots from side…