Daydream fund challenge part 4

Gaghh! So much to catch up on, it must mean the weather is good, and I'm out every spare moment. Either that, or blind drunk.....:D

Hornets... We have them in part of the roof most years so far. I removed them one year when we had a builder (remember I gave space for a builder to park his caravan up as he'd been kicked out of the marital whatnot? Chocolate teapot or what? Any job he spent a couple of hours on, I spent a day fixing! He has left...) on it, but otherwise, they buzz around quite contentedly. I do evict them from the house if they visit, and wouldn't really want them living in my stove or socks drawer. But, for the most part, they are harmless.

I try not to kill any insects I don't have to; I killed too many in my active research days, so try to give them a break. Maybe, when it's my time to go, the Great Sky Hornet Who Must Be Praised will give me a break.

Had another near-rush to hostipal. Phoned GP to make an appointment, receptionist took details, said it sounded urgent, put me through to GP, who took symptoms and said he had better get an ambulance out pronto, when did the symptoms start? "er... November..." But, at least I got an unheard-of same-day-seeing, so not all bad. They can't figure out why my bp (110/65) and heart rate (60) suddenly spike to 170/120 and hr 130 and i can barely breathe for a while, then return to normal. When the ambulance crew were here six weeks ago, I knew... How they could despatch the lovely Sophie as crew (there, breathe gently and slowly while I take your pulse and pressure.... hmmm, it's going up... here, let's peer into your eyes and check they are OK, my your bp is going through the roof....). She's probably killed more (happy) pensioners than she'll ever know. :rotfl:

My tractor oil pump was failing, and I fixed it! Amazed I managed, didn't even have bits left over.

Lambs and goats are all fine and bouncy, goats run the farm now, we do as we are told. I'm planting trees, they eat them, it works, but would be easier if they left them to grow a bit first. I spend much of my day reading work stuff, sitting under a tree, snoozing in fact, while a marauding herd of destruction flattens anything green, flowery, or book-like, then stamps on me to wake me up. I did have a straw hat, but I must have left it somewhere ...

It's amazing that, only on the last page, we were all moaning about floods and freezing...

Choille... Gators and their ilk are great, if rather pricey. The ones I have met have all had variable transmission, which made them easy to drive, but it was always breaking, so made them even more expensive. My little tractor is slower (it will do 18mph) but probably more versatile, and a damn lot cheaper!

Anyway, the farm is bliss at the moment. Bird and butterfly explosion, blossom and flowers covering the fields. I'm off to pretend I'm doing something!

Enjoy the sun, don't melt!

We've been to the local food fair and managed to spend a bit of time in a beer garden. Not too sure how that happened but it was enjoyable. Youngest DD turned 18 yesterday, so we were out and about with her.


Ebay is busy got 45 parcels to do tomorrow, sorry 46 another one just sold.


I'm hoping OH will attack the hedge later, it hasn't been cut for a few years and has started to attack me when I'm cutting the lawns. It is really more hole than hedge and I'm hoping it will get grubbed out when we sort the parking out. Still waiting for a quote for that.


Had to contact the landlord as the boiler is having a slow lingering death and barely producing hot water. I really need this to be sorted by the end of the month as the newly turned 18 year old is having a joint party with her sister who turns 21 at the beginning of June. The house will be full of people and the day after the party we are going to Ladies Day at the races.
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