I feel for you with no water @steephill, it's hard being without water. I think I found it worse than no electricity when there was a hurricane in France in 1999. That for for about 10 days.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Water restored! The main road through our village had to be shut to enable repair which must be awkward as it was the diversion route for other unannounced roadworks which closed the main route passed the station for a week.
Thank goodness for that @Steephill, pity the poor motorists though.
I haven't forgotten the photos @chicky but am having trouble with internet access on my smartphone and don't quite know why. I usually read and post on the forum using this laptop but use my newish smartphone to take photos of the garden then go online using the phone to upload the photos to the forum. However this last week or two the phone keeps telling me I have no internet connection. I'm on a Tesco contract who use O2 I believe, whereas our new internet provider for the desktop, laptop and landline is BT Internet. I also have a BT Internet Booster disc thingy in the sitting room as our reception's not great and I thought it might help. I'm wondering whether there is a conflict between the two providers? I now can't get hold of Tesco mobile because I lost all the details when my old laptop was destroyed although they are still taking the monthly charge.
Both machines Hosta,have you got a hotel,!! Went to Bateman's, Kipling's house,lunch outside,and 20c. Booked Wakehurst tomorrow,got home,damn and blast, the dogs cruciate ligament is playing up,was going to another garden don't need to book, afterwards,then meeting my daughter's friend. Hopefully it will be better tomorrow, fingers crossed!
@Nanny Beach 2 washing machines as we both had our own houses before we moved here, although Hubby lived in my house until his parents died. His house, not theirs, ( Long story )Â When we came to sell both houses we had a LOT of surplus stuff, but we had room for 2 washing machines, so we kept them both.
Always handy after guests or if one machine breaks down. My grandfather so hated washing up he had 2 dishwashers in case one broke down!
I've done some painting and mowed the grass, lawn and around the veg garden.
Builders have nearly finished tiling, they will be back on Monday to grout the utility room and tile the steps and put up a hand rail. It all looks bigger with the floors tiled.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Always handy after guests or if one machine breaks down. My grandfather so hated washing up he had 2 dishwashers in case one broke down!
I've done some painting and mowed the grass, lawn and around the veg garden.
Builders have nearly finished tiling, they will be back on Monday to grout the utility room and tile the steps and put up a hand rail. It all looks bigger with the floors tiled.
Handy if the weather suddenly looks good. All washing done, and ready to dry at the same time, rather than waiting for one, before you can start the second.
Evening. What a lovely day today. The garden looks a different colour green all of a sudden.Â
Pottered all day, apart from an SOS call to MIL - spilt full mug of coffee on carpet so we zoomed over with the wet vac.Â
I can match your two washing machines with two dishwashers @Hostafan1!Â
When we had new kitchen we moved the old one into the utility room. It’s fab because one is on, or ready for emptying at leisure, and one is loaded over a couple of days.Â
We have 2 dishwashers cos one is fitted in the kitchen and we brought our free standing one with us when we moved.  Very handy when we have guests or I'm having a cooking fest for some reason.  Only one washing machine but it's enough.
I've been having fun with the chooks. They were out for their evening wander while I potted with pots and then headed off to walk round the pond and check on some trees.  The chooks followed, crooning and clucking as they went.  I said hello to my weeping willow which finally looks happy - cutting from our neighbours' pond in Belgium and not keen on previous hot, dry springs. Carried on to check on the baby sumac which is fine but not quite as tall as some of the wild grasses and realised I still had 2 chooks with me.  Carried on and checked the twisted willow but couldn't find the willow with the twisted leaves but it might be hiding under wild peas and grasses and so on.  Carried on and found 4 chooks had made it down the slope to the shelf at the far end and couldn't find their way up again.
Fetched a tin of corn to entice them up by throwing it on the slope so they'd follow it up.  Nope. But the two at the top ran down to grab it. 6 chooks beyond my reach as I can't do the slope with my knee. Had to fetch OH to go down and wrangle them all back up.  Scruffy dived into the bull rushes and has discovered hens don't swim.
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I haven't forgotten the photos @chicky but am having trouble with internet access on my smartphone and don't quite know why. I usually read and post on the forum using this laptop but use my newish smartphone to take photos of the garden then go online using the phone to upload the photos to the forum. However this last week or two the phone keeps telling me I have no internet connection.
I'm on a Tesco contract who use O2 I believe, whereas our new internet provider for the desktop, laptop and landline is BT Internet. I also have a BT Internet Booster disc thingy in the sitting room as our reception's not great and I thought it might help. I'm wondering whether there is a conflict between the two providers?
I now can't get hold of Tesco mobile because I lost all the details when my old laptop was destroyed although they are still taking the monthly charge.
Any ideas anyone please?
When we came to sell both houses we had a LOT of surplus stuff, but we had room for 2 washing machines, so we kept them both.
I've done some painting and mowed the grass, lawn and around the veg garden.
Builders have nearly finished tiling, they will be back on Monday to grout the utility room and tile the steps and put up a hand rail. It all looks bigger with the floors tiled.
I've been having fun with the chooks. They were out for their evening wander while I potted with pots and then headed off to walk round the pond and check on some trees.  The chooks followed, crooning and clucking as they went.  I said hello to my weeping willow which finally looks happy - cutting from our neighbours' pond in Belgium and not keen on previous hot, dry springs. Carried on to check on the baby sumac which is fine but not quite as tall as some of the wild grasses and realised I still had 2 chooks with me.  Carried on and checked the twisted willow but couldn't find the willow with the twisted leaves but it might be hiding under wild peas and grasses and so on.  Carried on and found 4 chooks had made it down the slope to the shelf at the far end and couldn't find their way up again.
Fetched a tin of corn to entice them up by throwing it on the slope so they'd follow it up.  Nope. But the two at the top ran down to grab it. 6 chooks beyond my reach as I can't do the slope with my knee. Had to fetch OH to go down and wrangle them all back up.  Scruffy dived into the bull rushes and has discovered hens don't swim.
All tucked up safely now.