Another enforced absence due to the Broadband dropping out Sunday morning followed later by the phone line as well. Much jubilation and excitement when it came back on this morning, limping along at the magnificent speed of 0.5MB only to have it falter once more. It's back on at the moment though for how long - who can tell? Will post more and even attempt photos later.
6.15pm No luck with the photos and anyway the broadband has gone again. We did get a phone call from a BT engineer asking how the line was - not long after I'd made a comment about BT on FaceBook.
So for a quick resume of the last few days-
After our barbecue we retired to the kitchen as things got a bit cooler. Apart from the kitchen being nice and warm from the rayburn our friends' young dog Sid is not house trained and not to be trusted on carpets. Our friends brought along a baby gate which fitted across the door into the hall so Sid was able to be free in the kitchen. Speedy the cat disgraced himself by launching himself at Sid and scratching poor Sid's ear which then bled copiously. Speedy had always been fine with Milo (a Jack Russell) but either he didn't like having an energetic dog in the house or maybe he has had a bad experience with one of the dogs next door. Who knows? We kept Speedy and Patch shut in the conservatory for the rest of the visit. Squeaky wasn't keen on Sid either and fluffed up to double her size as she hissed defiantly at him.
On Saturday evening, Sally, Vytas and myself sat up by the scree garden (or rather lay back in the sun loungers) to watch the Perseid meteor shower. The sky had a slight haze but we were able to see a number of constellations and the Milky Way. We weren't out there for too long and while we didn't see the quantity of meteor streaks of some years the quality of most was the best I've ever seen. Great long broad tails with a distinct flash for the final burn up.
Sunday was a bittersweet day for me as our friends left after breakfast not long followed by Vytas and Sally. I love having everyone to stay and find it hard when they leave but they do have jobs to go to on Monday and homeward journeys of at least 3 hours. I kept busy in the afternoon putting the rooms back to a tidy state and starting on the piles of washing.
Monday the weather was quite wet so the washing had to dry over the rayburn. After a couple of late nights and early mornings we both needed to catch up on sleep. It's been much sunnier today with just the threat of showers as dark grey clouds loomed. I hung up the first lot of washing on the line and then stayed out to keep an eye on the weather as I weeded the propagating beds and cut back some of the hardy geraniums that had finished flowering. The garden was full of butterflies also taking advantage of the sunny weather. I've been ironing as each duvet cover etc. is dry enough and all that is left is one machine load which is ready to hang over the rayburn and a final load to wash first thing tomorrow.
(Now I can't update until the Broadband returns but I can do my jigsaw which I'd left open.)
9.30pm - broadband returns!
6.15pm No luck with the photos and anyway the broadband has gone again. We did get a phone call from a BT engineer asking how the line was - not long after I'd made a comment about BT on FaceBook.
So for a quick resume of the last few days-
After our barbecue we retired to the kitchen as things got a bit cooler. Apart from the kitchen being nice and warm from the rayburn our friends' young dog Sid is not house trained and not to be trusted on carpets. Our friends brought along a baby gate which fitted across the door into the hall so Sid was able to be free in the kitchen. Speedy the cat disgraced himself by launching himself at Sid and scratching poor Sid's ear which then bled copiously. Speedy had always been fine with Milo (a Jack Russell) but either he didn't like having an energetic dog in the house or maybe he has had a bad experience with one of the dogs next door. Who knows? We kept Speedy and Patch shut in the conservatory for the rest of the visit. Squeaky wasn't keen on Sid either and fluffed up to double her size as she hissed defiantly at him.
On Saturday evening, Sally, Vytas and myself sat up by the scree garden (or rather lay back in the sun loungers) to watch the Perseid meteor shower. The sky had a slight haze but we were able to see a number of constellations and the Milky Way. We weren't out there for too long and while we didn't see the quantity of meteor streaks of some years the quality of most was the best I've ever seen. Great long broad tails with a distinct flash for the final burn up.
Sunday was a bittersweet day for me as our friends left after breakfast not long followed by Vytas and Sally. I love having everyone to stay and find it hard when they leave but they do have jobs to go to on Monday and homeward journeys of at least 3 hours. I kept busy in the afternoon putting the rooms back to a tidy state and starting on the piles of washing.
Monday the weather was quite wet so the washing had to dry over the rayburn. After a couple of late nights and early mornings we both needed to catch up on sleep. It's been much sunnier today with just the threat of showers as dark grey clouds loomed. I hung up the first lot of washing on the line and then stayed out to keep an eye on the weather as I weeded the propagating beds and cut back some of the hardy geraniums that had finished flowering. The garden was full of butterflies also taking advantage of the sunny weather. I've been ironing as each duvet cover etc. is dry enough and all that is left is one machine load which is ready to hang over the rayburn and a final load to wash first thing tomorrow.
(Now I can't update until the Broadband returns but I can do my jigsaw which I'd left open.)
9.30pm - broadband returns!
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