Bother!

Have just deleted accidently the post I was working on!

Bless this Boat

Two years of training at the IYRS in Newport RI has finally come to fruition. Patience in abundance, hours of fun and loads of new skills have been honed. Today this pretty Lawley Tender has been blessed and launched. Ivor and his current workmate Beattie have put in four or five hundred hours from March to today.



Her intricate design has been augmented with beautiful finishing touches - inset brass fittings, hand made screws and layers and layers of varnish add to the overall beauty.

A good day to launch with some family - to celebrate good friends around along with a bottle of champagne and a laurel wreath courtesy of the owners! Bless this boat and all her journeying.

New Computer - New Comprehension Required!

After 5 years my laptop has finally had to be consigned to the games corner.

This new one has the up-to-date programmes which seem to be rather baffling. How do save a document that has been changed without losing the original? It must be a simple process.

Eeekkkk have prematurely posted this too.

Superb Arthritic Support

Let me introduce you to Tigger. Here he is - Tigger is my trusty walking stick - with attitude. When it was plain I needed that kind of support, I wanted one that was not regular grey issue. So he came to live with me. Delighted to say that I've very recently had to speak to Tigger and tell him that, for the time being, he's retired, alleluia!

One of the well known sayings about inflammatory arthritis is that: it may not kill you but it can take your life. Sadly, this is true for some suffers. Amongst typical manifestations are exhaustion, fatigue, pain and inflammation. It's a condition that cannot always be seen by onlookers, or even carers, but it can be devastating, especially in a 'flare'. A flare may range from being utterly debilitating, with one or more joints inflamed, to finding it tough getting about, particularly first thing in the morning, to just feeling out of sorts. In a severe attack sometimes the sufferer just wants to withdraw from life.

If you suffer from a chronic illness, knowing about it can help. Knowing, too, where you can turn for support will also help. Here on the Island, we have a terrific arthritis team made up of Drs, Consultants, Special Arthritic Nurse Ellen, OT Mandy, Pharmacist, Physio, Podiatrist (Hope I've not missed anyone off). They offer a course about Arthritis, which is full of all kinds of information. It's one afternoon a week for six weeks. I have learned so much, and that knowledge is very empowering. Diagnosis for Psoriatic Arthritis happened about 6 years ago, and had this opportunity been available all that time ago, I may have been better equipped to cope. Big Big Thank You to the SAS Team.

Victor Meldrew Moments III

I don't believe it.

The new window put in place just weeks' ago has water streaming down the walls on either side. The storm has not abated at any point of the day.

Visitors who ventured out into the inclement weather could only come in through the back door as the road was closed. Michelle and Julie came to help tidy up, in readiness for the arrival of almost in-laws and the Bride and Groom. The girls were closely followed by Chris and Colin who proceeded to pull up floorboards to find out where the water is getting in. We have a fresh layer of dust tonight. Really need to practise patience.

Celebrating Ally's b'day with a glass of wine and cup of tea!

Victor Meldrew Moments II

I don't believe it!

Last night it was really wet and windy and guess what! All that work done over the last week didn't work. The water has penetrated again and the wet floorboards are in exactly the same spots.

Back to the drawing board.

Return of the 3 P's

Loads of work has been going on over the last week. The scaffolding is gone. There is a new wall under this window, fresh plaster and another new window sill.












The second photo is of Artie's Cafe, Falmouth, Cape Cod. When I saw it I had to take a photo for Artie our plasterer!

The dust sheets are (temporarily) folded away, and we now await the return of the painter and plumber. Also I am pleased to say that the Juliet Balcony, which we paid for last November when window No. 2 was put in, has just arrived and is in crates awaiting assembly.

We have visitors arriving in 10 days. The parents of the Bride: Terry and Susan, as well as the Groom and Bride our son Mally and fiancee Ruth ... and I would love to be straight before they come.

'Flu

Our delightful plumber has the 'flu. Soooooo the builders have gone to another job!

Victor Meldrew Moments

I don't believe it!

I do like builders, and I said I'd miss them, but today I've found another leak at the front window! Eek!

Another howler ... the curtains that have been wrapped in plastic, awaiting another new window, new plastering etc, having to be moved from pillar to post, for about a year, were finally hung today. When the man left Ally decided to close them ... and yes you guessed it, they didn't meet in the middle! Hilarious.

Pickie is of an earlier leak from an earlier window.

Learning to be patient especially on an Island where all things happen slowly.