I'd almost finished trimming a neighbour's hedge for her when there was a sudden flash and a bang .... I have the good fortune to be married to a former electrician who's resolutely anti-bodge. He bought a connector thingie from that well-known DIY chain that also sells plants, and joined the two ends together, so I still have a full-length cable.
We had a pup who chewed threw the lead of the iron. I didn't realise and plugged it in. It was like a snake shooting turquoise sparks all over the place. I don't know why i didn't get electrocuted. I don't remember ever doing the ironing in my wellies. Managed to switch off at the mains.
My OH managed to cut the hedgetrimmer lead, so went out and bought the connector thingy - and then did the same thing again a week later!!! And he thinks I'm not safe to be allowed out!
Forgot to say I'm still curmudgeonly as I haven't got my laptop back yet. I'm surprised at just how much I miss it. I don't have a smartphone (no good mobile signal here) so having to use the desktop.
14 vine weevils tonight. There's no end to the plague.
I wish I could take insect photos at night though. I've been seeing all sorts of interesting stuff. A spider fighting a millipede tonight and a harvestman feasting on a fly. I also saw the biggest granny grancher I've ever seen dragging a big lump of moss into a hole. It's a whole different world at night.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
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I'm finding out more about granny gangsters than I need to know.