Lizzie, it is very heavy, so I’m not sure how it would be transported. I’m still giving it some thought. There used to be a music shop in the arcade in town, but I haven’t  been over there this year. I might see if he’s still operating and see what he thinks .  He might have some suggestions.Â
I’m fast running out of energy here. Might go to bed I think.  Night all.
New utility rooms, new cupboard doors - it's always great to see a difference in home improvements. We paid £130 to have a new rainwater downpipe + a bit of repointing to have something that looks pretty much the same as it looked before. Ho hum. Bet you can't wait to see your handsome grandson @Hostafan1! @Dovefromabove - you'll have to give me the name of the farm shop - could well be one we know already but if not, always good to know of more. We do like a good farm shop - blessed with quite a few round here. (Including the famous Fen Farm Dairy and their Baron Bigod cheese - which you can buy, along with their unpasteurised milk, from a vending machine at the farm gate). My back is aching from being crouched over a hot keyboard all morning finishing off a grant application to pilot a community bus connecting the surrounding villages to our town once a week. Keep your fingers crossed! Now need a good stretch before being crouched over my pots outside - they all need a good sort out and planting up for the summer. But it feels very muggy under the cloud.
My OH used to work at the farm shop at Notcutts so we'd no real need to get to know others, but it closed a couple of years ago ... so we used to use Palmers in Halesworth or Mills in Southwold to stock up the freezer, and then what with Covid etc we've just stuck to Goodies on the A140 which I knew from passing on the way to visit @WonkyWomble ... now we've got a really local option. Â
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I am pleased @Lizzie27, but there is still a lot to do, I must paint the study window and more furniture and unpacking needs to be done. Garage shower area, before and after. The loo is behind the door. Shower is in the new utility room, next to the loo and the study. The study can be used as a downstairs guest bedroom.
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It looks good and practical and I like your faded tiles @Busy-Lizzie.
We have had rain since around dawn which is grand for the new plants and the old but not so good when a feline comes in needing cuddles and even less good when you go out and find Possum left Sally's windows open yesterday after fetching Rasta from being shorn.  Puddles in the door pockets and, as OH and I discovered just now when we wen to buy compost and hen feed, damp seats.  Drying out now with all doors open.
Weekly SM raid done peacefully this am.  Off to spread one of the bags of compost on the bed under the east facing wisteria once I've done some tying in of its stems and then I'm going tor try some hostas and ferns under there.
@Pat E you should be able to google second hand instruments like yours on sale and see what people are asking/getting.  You could also email some of the bigger musical instrument shops or auction houses in Sydney and Melbourne and ask them if they're interested.  Â
Really busy today trying to sort out Mum's funeral. There are about 100 people who want to come [ I didn't know she knew so many people, and I assumed most would be dead! ] and only 30 are allowed. Middle sister who is organising the funeral, decided to delegate this bit to me, so I have been phoning people I don't know, telling them not to come.
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Oh that’s so hard @punkdoc hugs. Is there a way the service can be online so people can ‘attend’ in that way?  We attended a friend’s mum’s funeral in that way last year and I found it surprisingly moving. I was glad we had done it.Â
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My back is aching from being crouched over a hot keyboard all morning finishing off a grant application to pilot a community bus connecting the surrounding villages to our town once a week. Keep your fingers crossed! Now need a good stretch before being crouched over my pots outside - they all need a good sort out and planting up for the summer. But it feels very muggy under the cloud.
My OH used to work at the farm shop at Notcutts so we'd no real need to get to know others, but it closed a couple of years ago ... so we used to use Palmers in Halesworth or Mills in Southwold to stock up the freezer, and then what with Covid etc we've just stuck to Goodies on the A140 which I knew from passing on the way to visit @WonkyWomble ... now we've got a really local option. Â
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Garage shower area, before and after. The loo is behind the door. Shower is in the new utility room, next to the loo and the study. The study can be used as a downstairs guest bedroom.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
We have had rain since around dawn which is grand for the new plants and the old but not so good when a feline comes in needing cuddles and even less good when you go out and find Possum left Sally's windows open yesterday after fetching Rasta from being shorn.  Puddles in the door pockets and, as OH and I discovered just now when we wen to buy compost and hen feed, damp seats.  Drying out now with all doors open.
Weekly SM raid done peacefully this am.  Off to spread one of the bags of compost on the bed under the east facing wisteria once I've done some tying in of its stems and then I'm going tor try some hostas and ferns under there.
@Pat E you should be able to google second hand instruments like yours on sale and see what people are asking/getting.  You could also email some of the bigger musical instrument shops or auction houses in Sydney and Melbourne and ask them if they're interested.  Â
Really busy today trying to sort out Mum's funeral. There are about 100 people who want to come [ I didn't know she knew so many people, and I assumed most would be dead! ] and only 30 are allowed.
Middle sister who is organising the funeral, decided to delegate this bit to me, so I have been phoning people I don't know, telling them not to come.
When you don't even know who's in the team
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a way the service can be online so people can ‘attend’ in that way?  We attended a friend’s mum’s funeral in that way last year and I found it surprisingly moving. I was glad we had done it.Â
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border