Rare Bird Alert News
Great Shearwaters x 3, Little Auks x 14, Pomarine Skua, Sooty Shearwater, Blue Fulmar x 10, Storm Petrel flew past Sumburgh Head.
Great Shearwaters x 3, Sooty Shearwaters x 20 from boat, east of Mousa.
Short-toed Lark still at Loch of Spiggie.
Black Redstart on sea wall at Brewick Road, Lerwick.
Black Redstart at Pool of Virkie.
Bluethroat, Black Redstart on Isle of Foula.
Finally got round to painting the Dulux 'Once' Pure Brilliant White satinwood paint (over an undercoat of special paint), on the front edges of the 'cream' bookcases in office/studio this evening after work. I wanted the normal satinwood but couldn't get it – this paint was drippy and I didn't like the consistancy of this at all, won't be buying that again. I can finally start unpacking boxes and moving loads of stuff into that room tomorrow night!
Chosen an unsensible colour for the new living room carpet, Manx Tomkinson Berber – Elder, when I have a wood burning stove, but its the only colour that will go with my Laura Ashley wallpaper, so not much choice really. My 'Shetland' carpet in the corridor and office/studio would have also worked in the living room, as it matched the wallpaper very well, but then there would have been far too much of a yellow theme going on. The colour I have chosen is boringly neutral and will go with anything, should I wish to change the wallpaper at a later date, but not planning to! I won't be able to afford to change the carpet again, so need to play safe. I will buy a rug to put by the hearth to protect the main carpet. Booked a fitting date of 6th December for the carpet, which means I will have to empty the entire living room (including my father's precious bookcase), all good fun, not! I have decided I don't like pine wood floors, they are horrible to hoover and cold, I wanted the living room more cosy. I will have to leave the dining room as it is, as hardly any funds left, but one day I will get that room carpeted too.
I doubt this will happen before Christmas, but I'm also going to try and order my bookcases for living room and display, dresser type furniture for dining room. The armchairs, sofa and sofa bed will not happen until the new year now, but I least I have my old two seater sofa to sit on. I really hope this does happen, as it will be nice to sit at the dining table (surrounded by and boxes stacked on top of currently) for the first time and on Christmas day!
The insulating of the outside walls in my bedroom will have to be saved up for next year, my temporary solution to the mouldy, wet chimney breast is polystyrene between that and my bed! Cheap solution and working brilliantly so far! 😀
I have never seen a Great Shearwater, they only appeared on 'work days' in Norfolk and seems to be same pattern here too! One day, maybe!
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