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Watty's Awakening
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Quietened the mind on business sell stuff with some physical work. Have filled another two ton bags of kindling. We are now out of ton bags to fill. Dragged another pile of timber to one place for VNM to chainsaw up.
During the week hopefully we can find time to chop up the garden waste and put in bin and strim the really tall nettles then we can have a go at levelling the remaining stuff which is down to very small twigs and soil
that’s the plan. It was hard going. WattyDog selected a favourite stick from the many available and played with his special one for a couple of hours. It often had to be retrieved from the heaps for kindling because his human did not realise the “specialness “ of his oneMade it to mortgage free but what a muddle that became
In the event the proverbial hits the fan then co-habitees are better stashing their cash than being mortgage free !!10 -
I have bags, as well as hay…
Stinky empathises with WattyDog about the stick, as his human regularly collects up all the sticks and puts them back in the pile.
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When my DD's dog is visiting, she stares wistfully at the sticks waiting to go in the log burner, and once I've given permission, gently pulls one out. It may be the first of several - apparently permission, once given, is unlimited. As a puppy, her thing was pine cones. I quite enjoy all the resulting debris on the carpet but there's not really enough left to go back in the pile!
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It is lovely that all the respective canines enjoy the simple things in life! A lesson for us humans? Focus on a stick to calm the mind! I'm loving this as a thought to start the week!
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Well, isn't it supposed to be calming to hug a tree? Perhaps that's 'stick' focusing on a human scale?? I'm never quite sure if you're supposed to pick a tree that you can fully embrace, or whether any auld tree trunk will do 🤔 I definitely love being in a forest - particularly if the trees are "talking" through their swishing in the wind.
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I'm not sure how calming sticks are - they seem to involve racing around, throwing them about, and turning them into woodchip…
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Maybe sticks are the doggy equivalent of a personal trainer one adores ? Then goes off which is why last week’s stick can be ignored?
Made it to mortgage free but what a muddle that became
In the event the proverbial hits the fan then co-habitees are better stashing their cash than being mortgage free !!6 -
That's a coincidence! Our ton bags are all ripping and disintegrating and now I tend to get aggregate delivered from a tipper, I have been forced to buy a few. I have started with five for under £18, delivered. Via Big river. Just wondering if I should have gone for half size, but I am too skinflint for these, which are almost the same price for half the capacity!!
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If you want to nip over the border I can do you a deal … I have a pile at the back of the garden (which I actually need to sort through before the skip goes).
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I've never thought to look on Big River for aggregate. I'll do that as I need a small amount but larger than a few bags if you get what I mean ……
Made it to mortgage free but what a muddle that became
In the event the proverbial hits the fan then co-habitees are better stashing their cash than being mortgage free !!4
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