November 2009

Parental Visitation

November 23, 2009
Parental Visitation

The weekend was scheduled for the installation of the guttering and water butt, a task I’d handed over to Lynn but not before I had passed on the benefit of my huge and heroically unsuccessful experiences. I’ve been spouting tales of woe for the last week, predicting DIY disasters of monumental proportions and just to [...]

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A Stormy Kind of Calm

November 16, 2009
A Stormy Kind of Calm

A post storm reccy revealed that the wind had completely denuded the shed of its patchy roofing felt. With only 15 mins allocated for the plot visit there was never going to be time enough for a full repair job. A shed related edginess cast it’s shadow over our corner of the site as a [...]

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Shed to Sedan Chair Makeover

November 1, 2009
Shed to Sedan Chair Makeover

Lynn’s words rang clear in my ears as she dropped me and her Dad off at the plot to get a head start with the shed: “Don’t let him turn it into a ridiculous Sedan Chair!” When we first signed up for the plot, the good ladies of the committee informed us that we wouldn’t [...]

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