23-02-2024, 06:45 AM
(This post was last modified: 23-02-2024, 08:22 AM by kiwimade64.)
morning ladies 
We had some lovely rain late yesterday afternoon and it was very welcome. We are hoping for more today.
I love love love my electric gardening tools. I don't need earmuffs, they don't disturb people, they are light and easy to use, safe as they turn off if my finger leaves the trigger, and best of all, they work hard. Ours are Stihl so a good sturdy brand that even the commercial gardeners use. We plan over time, to exchange MrK's chainsaw for an electric one to compliment my little electric hand saw and to buy a blower. The blower is for me
We have so many leaves from the neighbouring farm during autum and I'm all for making life easier now.
I'm still chasing up our new assessor, she must have been away yesterday. I need at least those two invoices paid.
Yesterday MrK pulled out the myriad of paint cans we had in the garden shed. Luckily we had labelled what each colour was for but there was still paint there left by the previous owner's estate. We've found where we can take the old paint to be disposed of safely and MrK will do that today. He's also going to buy the timber to repair our outdoor table while outting and aboutting. It's not a full sized table, more like an outdoor coffee table and we use it most days. I also want to repaint the cape cod chairs but they need some minor repairs as well. I'm thinking of maybe a pumpkin orange for the chairs. They will only take two liters as I've painted them twice before.
Over the next few weeks, the plan is for me to sand back some of the peeling paint on the house and repaint it. It won't take long to do as there are only a few spots where the extreme heat has bubbled the paint. And some windows need repainting. Luckily, we still have left over paint
from when we painted the house. The only expense will be sandpaper. Maybe I should ask that Aussie cricketer if he has any to spare
I was able to work a bit more on the runner yesterday, just as well I basted thread across the runner to keep tabs on the triangles as one was out by a bit, so I had to fiddle around with it. It shouldn't be noticeable and if anyone is sitting at the table counting the stitches and comparing to the other side, they need something serious to do!
Happy crafting
We had some lovely rain late yesterday afternoon and it was very welcome. We are hoping for more today.I love love love my electric gardening tools. I don't need earmuffs, they don't disturb people, they are light and easy to use, safe as they turn off if my finger leaves the trigger, and best of all, they work hard. Ours are Stihl so a good sturdy brand that even the commercial gardeners use. We plan over time, to exchange MrK's chainsaw for an electric one to compliment my little electric hand saw and to buy a blower. The blower is for me
We have so many leaves from the neighbouring farm during autum and I'm all for making life easier now.I'm still chasing up our new assessor, she must have been away yesterday. I need at least those two invoices paid.
Yesterday MrK pulled out the myriad of paint cans we had in the garden shed. Luckily we had labelled what each colour was for but there was still paint there left by the previous owner's estate. We've found where we can take the old paint to be disposed of safely and MrK will do that today. He's also going to buy the timber to repair our outdoor table while outting and aboutting. It's not a full sized table, more like an outdoor coffee table and we use it most days. I also want to repaint the cape cod chairs but they need some minor repairs as well. I'm thinking of maybe a pumpkin orange for the chairs. They will only take two liters as I've painted them twice before.
Over the next few weeks, the plan is for me to sand back some of the peeling paint on the house and repaint it. It won't take long to do as there are only a few spots where the extreme heat has bubbled the paint. And some windows need repainting. Luckily, we still have left over paint
from when we painted the house. The only expense will be sandpaper. Maybe I should ask that Aussie cricketer if he has any to spare I was able to work a bit more on the runner yesterday, just as well I basted thread across the runner to keep tabs on the triangles as one was out by a bit, so I had to fiddle around with it. It shouldn't be noticeable and if anyone is sitting at the table counting the stitches and comparing to the other side, they need something serious to do!
Happy crafting
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