I guess I'll just have to play with them myself - what a shame.
The three wheeler still has to have its exhausts and maybe some headlights and a spare wheel - maybe!
Top view now has the exhaust but I'm stopping there!!
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Time to play
I guess I'll just have to play with them myself - what a shame.
The three wheeler still has to have its exhausts and maybe some headlights and a spare wheel - maybe!
Top view now has the exhaust but I'm stopping there!!
Monday, December 10, 2012
A better class of bug
I have been living in interesting times!!
The craft fair was terrific and I sold loads of stuff - well pleased.
It was then off to the UK for a couple of days to try and sort out the ears. The French don't have the right programs for my old hearing aids.
They were duly adjusted and turned up. One has now given up the ghost and the other distorts. Not pleased.
New ones will cost more than we have to spare with very little help from our health care insurance.
The other good news is that I picked up a super resilient strain of a flu like something or other. I have been hacking away and generally dripping stuff for a solid two weeks without any respite.
Finally dragged along to the quack on Saturday and was prescribed the same anti-biotic they use on MRSA. So far, there has been a definite improvement but its hanging on in there.
Oh, and our old wood burning stove is leaking smoke through the oven. Goody.
At least the lathe is still going round except..... its not accurate enough to do the sort of toy car I wanted. So its back to simpler stuff and 'normal' work.
Ho hum!
The craft fair was terrific and I sold loads of stuff - well pleased.
It was then off to the UK for a couple of days to try and sort out the ears. The French don't have the right programs for my old hearing aids.
They were duly adjusted and turned up. One has now given up the ghost and the other distorts. Not pleased.
New ones will cost more than we have to spare with very little help from our health care insurance.
The other good news is that I picked up a super resilient strain of a flu like something or other. I have been hacking away and generally dripping stuff for a solid two weeks without any respite.
Finally dragged along to the quack on Saturday and was prescribed the same anti-biotic they use on MRSA. So far, there has been a definite improvement but its hanging on in there.
Oh, and our old wood burning stove is leaking smoke through the oven. Goody.
At least the lathe is still going round except..... its not accurate enough to do the sort of toy car I wanted. So its back to simpler stuff and 'normal' work.
Ho hum!
Sunday, November 11, 2012
Back to round objects
Been back on the lathe this week as I have a craft fayre coming up and I am a bit short of stock.
So its been mostly yew and one non-yew forms. After spending ages doing complicated stuff, its quite nice to get back to basics and just concentrate of shape and finish. I seem to be doing things in reverse order to the norm but then I always was contrary.
Saturday, October 6, 2012
IF YOU EAT MEAT.....
Had a friend pop in this morning as we were 'processing' some livestock and they were met with the following scene.
As usual its "Oh how could you?"
As always my answer is "Do you eat meat?"
"So how come you couldn't?"
This is real life, not lived vicariously for you by someone else who keeps you sheltered from unpleasantness.
Our birds are treated well, we know what they eat and that nothing unpleasant has been injected or added, they are used to being handled and we dispatch them as fast as humanly possible.
On top of that, they taste wonderful. Anything is better than the plastic wrapped, plastic tasting birds from Tesco.
As usual its "Oh how could you?"
As always my answer is "Do you eat meat?"
"So how come you couldn't?"
This is real life, not lived vicariously for you by someone else who keeps you sheltered from unpleasantness.
Our birds are treated well, we know what they eat and that nothing unpleasant has been injected or added, they are used to being handled and we dispatch them as fast as humanly possible.
On top of that, they taste wonderful. Anything is better than the plastic wrapped, plastic tasting birds from Tesco.
Thursday, October 4, 2012
RIP Minnie
Sad to say, our little famale tortie was killed last week.
She had been staying out more and more and we were not too surprised that she didn't come home for a day or two. A friend told us that he had seen a cat on the road and, sure enough, it was Minnie. From the damage it was obviously a quick death but it still hurts.
We miss her and so does her brother, who seems at a total loss. They used to play all the time.
She had been staying out more and more and we were not too surprised that she didn't come home for a day or two. A friend told us that he had seen a cat on the road and, sure enough, it was Minnie. From the damage it was obviously a quick death but it still hurts.
We miss her and so does her brother, who seems at a total loss. They used to play all the time.
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