More Rain.

Yet another day of rain. With nothing to do in the porch until the boards arrive I took my paint brush out to the conservatory. Actually it was a different brush because the beams needed to be painted black. I would not normally paint oak beams but the extent of the repairs means that they could not be left as they were. I had bought some one-coat tile paint and it was just like painting with a tin of treacle so thick was the paint. I expect it will take more than a few days to dry in this damp atmosphere.

Later in the morning I was looking out of the kitchen window when I saw first Speedy then Squeaky running back to the house at full speed pursued by my neighbours' dogs. I don't think Fred the Dalmatian and Neville the terrier would have harmed the cats as they live with cats but you never can tell when a chase is on. I think my loud OY! was heard right up the valley and the 2 dogs ran off our land pretty fast. 

I did a lot of little jobs around the place including making a handle for this flat bottomed plastic basket so that should we ever have any fine weather, I can carry all the things I need for a little r&r in the garden.