Breaking Through, Travelling On

Karmacat

Thanks for quoting that, watty, I'd half-missed that - greent, what a pain, coming up to summer! Hope you can find a nice substitute.

rtandon27

This link made me think of all your chat about postcards.


http://www.bybrittanygoldwyn.com/2015/01/desk-makeover-with-chalk-paint/


Love the repurposing - not sure I agree with the (over)use of chemical adhesives & chemicals!

greent

Watty1 wrote: »

I just sold one for £36 on Ebay! (looked totally out of place in our garden)

Argh! Hadn't thought of ebay (doh!) - will give that a look

Karmacat wrote: »

Thanks for quoting that, watty, I'd half-missed that - greent, what a pain, coming up to summer! Hope you can find a nice substitute.

Yep We still have lots of chairs - but they're not the same However, worst case scenario is one of the local garden centres usually sells them half price come July/ August, so may go with that if nothing suitable found beforehand. We have a lovely area perfect for it in the garden


x

Karmacat

rtandon27 wrote: »

This link made me think of all your chat about postcards.
http://www.bybrittanygoldwyn.com/2015/01/desk-makeover-with-chalk-paint/
Love the repurposing - not sure I agree with the (over)use of chemical adhesives & chemicals!

There's a lot, isn't there, but I bet I could find some ecological alternatives in my shopping town on the south coast :j

greent wrote: »

Yep We still have lots of chairs - but they're not the same However, worst case scenario is one of the local garden centres usually sells them half price come July/ August, so may go with that if nothing suitable found beforehand. We have a lovely area perfect for it in the garden

Its important! I just sat outside to have my cup of tea after lunch (the solar kettle is still out there ) and there is *sun* now, but I'm still coughing and spluttering from this air pollution.

Still, slow cooker is on, cooking green lentils and kidney beans, so I'm going to have another .... 8 ... minutes on here, and do the blog post

edinburgher

I wonder if the solar kettle works at night? I love the thought of waking up to a cup of coffee that has been partially fuelled by starlight! Then again, it's all starlight, isn't it? It's just that the sun seems a bit garish.

Karmacat

I really, really doubt it - but its a wonderful thought.

As many a science fiction author will tell you, we *are* stardust. And its true - everything past hydrogen and helium has been created in stars

Alchemilla

Gotta love a bit of science.

Goldiegirl

I think a solar kettle would work well here.

Our back garden faces south west, so we get a lot of sun.

I'll put it down for future consideration.......we're now thinking of replacing part of the fence at the the bottom of the garden, as the old one is in danger of falling down. I suppose fencing has priority.

But solar kettles are interesting and more fun, as well as being functional.

Karmacat

Interesting, fun and functional, sums it up well, Goldie

However, its *very* grey out there right now, and its just started raining I disapprove ... I'm dizzy with tiredness too, couldn't sleep after 4.30 I disapprove of that too. Had to do *something*, so I'm packing, for next week, which has me wandering about the house with a single something in hand, then retracing my steps five times :rotfl:

I'm also noticing how much I *don't* deal with the mould. I might be so distracted today that I do it :rotfl:

Karmacat

Morning!

Solar kettle is out there this morning - I'll check on it after I've posted this, its been out about 2 hours by then, and I've moved it once ... I'll use it for a cuppa tea, I could just do with one

Packing has continued - nibbles for the journey, electronics for photos and notes ...

And I picked up a library book I'd reserved on copywriting - might have a read of that today. It didn't cost me anything to reserve, which is why I picked it and now I've got it, I find its from the rare books section of the county archive! Weird or what?

I've just had a tip about cheap herb and veg seeds - https://www.park-promotions.co.uk, I've ordered 8 packets of seeds for £2.70 including postage, there were 3 I especially wanted, and I was *so* close to paying £6 yesterday in Robert Dyas! Very glad I didn't :j