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Surf Scoter drake & fem. off Brough Lodge Pier, Isle of Fetlar.
Nothing exciting to report I'm afraid. Spent Sunday and tonight preparing for my forthcoming big furniture deliveries. After work this evening I filled my car with a load of rubbish and crap etc from my shed and made it the dump in time before it closed at 7pm. My wood shed as I call it, is super tidy right now. On Sunday I laid an old carpet out on the floor and its looks brilliant in there now, you could almost camp out in it – maybe that's going a little far! I was slightly alarmed to see that after removing my remaining logs from the two tonne bags and stacking on palettes that I have far fewer than I thought I had. I have been buying my hardwood logs from Mackenzies Farm shop, but when I contacted them this week, I was told that they won't be getting any more in until late Summer/early Autumn, so I will have to find someone else. Its still cold enough here to need to light the fire on some days/evenings and if it doesn't warm up soon, I will definately need more logs.
Tomorrow night I will be chopping kindling and sorting out the largest shed, which is very untidy due to me dumping decorating tools and paint tins in there last year. I still have an outside seat to paint and the shed doors and the side gate this year, when its warms up enough. The dandelions and daisies look very pretty on my now overgrown driveway, so it needs to have its first cut at the weekend and I need to have a weeding and sorting session in the garden. I've only lost one new shrub this Winter, everything else has survived, which is good.
I would love to paint the wall along the driveway this year, but don't know if I will get round to it and also the house needs painting – most of it I can safely reach and do myself apart from the chimney areas. But maybe not much point as there are a few cracks and leaks that need sorting out first and that's not something I know much about.
I'm on holiday from Friday 16th May for a week, which was primarily booked for birding, but it may be taken over with bookcase building, if they arrive by then. At least now, I will be fully unpacked before serious Autumn birding commences. I don't know how long the waiting list is for insulating, but I actually hope it is a good while as I don't fancy having the house turned upside down yet, but obviously I'm extremely grateful to be accepted for the insulation grant. I was told that 'if there is enough money' I can have the windows replaced, which I will keep my fingers crossed for, as a lot of the double glazing has now gone and I will never have the money to get this done myself.
Happy Spring Birding everyone!
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