Icy.

A day and night of wintry weather. I woke a number of times last night to hear hailstones and heavy rain. A thunderstorm joined the mix, a weird one in that I didn't see any lightning and the thunder rumbled on and on. I'm sure I've never heard one like that before.  

We've had some bright spells today and a lot of hail with icy north winds. 

In the afternoon I continued applying woodworm killer to the big pine cupboard. First I emptied out the three drawers and painted the killer on the insides and underneaths. Then Peter gave me a hand with the cupboard itself, tipping it up so I could reach underneath. I didn't do the underneath of the cupboard last time so I suspect that's how the nasty worms survived. Hopefully not now. With the cupboard moved right away from the wall I was able to shift some of the newly packed boxes to get to the last bits of mildew above the skirting board. I sprayed on bleach and then scraped off the black marks. I'm glad I did that because some of the spots were tiny at the surface and a lot bigger under the layer of paint. With most of the spores gone I sprayed more bleach and will begin painting tomorrow. I did apply a coat of paint to the other part of the wall and one last coat should be enough.

While I knitted the blackbird came to feed on the seeds and fat ball crumbs I'd scattered under the feeders.