July 4th,
2017
It is
early in the morning and the second day of Wimbledon, forecast good
for down there and not at all bad for up here. I say early – well
a couple from New Hampshire, USA say they want breakfast even before
6.00am if that is possible! It is and I am here, all ready, at
5.30am...... Time to catch up.......
The couple
did come early for breakfast and so now, at 8.00am, are heading to
Yorkshire (a big drive), while I have done the laundry and it is
blowing on the two lines outside.
I have had
the local carpet fitter here, to measure the kitchen in the flat –
a seeping leak in a back pipe to the washing machine was discovered
by Moira, who goes about in bare feet. We stripped out all the wet
carpet tiles and the floor underneath, solid wood, dried in a few
days. I am so glad Moira was up for a couple of days!!!
The new
tiles, fawn and a few green interspersed, will hopefully be down soon
and the new colours will “hide” any dog paw prints, as the doors
there are much used by Ruah and Duncan.
Outside
too there is a pile of builders' materials. Ruairi Matheson and his
helper Jason will come soon, to renew the front porch roof, gutters
and anything else which needs it! In so doing, the solar panels,
there since 1976?, will be removed. Perhaps I will renew the whole
solar system, if there is a way to put solar panels elsewhere than on
Dolan's beautiful Welsh slate roof!
Later on
this summer/autumn, I shall have quite a lot of interior varnishing
and painting done. The exterior was done less than a year ago –
and I'm hoping Moira, Colin and the gang will blitz parts of the
garden!!!! That will bring Heron's Flight, in and out, up to scratch,
I sincerely hope!!
I have a
couple of days free soon and I plan to go to Inverness to get some
essential supplies, see sister in law Janet (who will keep the dogs,
who love it there as the walks are different!) and also visit friends
who are in hospital.
Ruah and
Duncan are sleeping at my feet, as I type. They are faithful little
dogs......
I hope you
have had time to look at the new website. It is such a relief to
have www.heronsflight.org
back up, but with a really new look! You can now leave a comment
at the foot of the first page.....
Wherever
you are, keep well and enjoy your summer weather (winter in Australia
and New Zealand, I know!) It is now July 9th and I will
post this today!!
Ann
