In the garden, and RAIN!!!!
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UPDATED: Thursday, December 25, 2025 04:27
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Lazy Sunday. Had my Grandma and Aunt over for lunch and a visit. Thought about mowing the back yard after they left but didn't feel like it. There should be plenty of down time in between foundation work this week to get that done.
Hopefully my friend's dad comes around in the next week or two to help me install the new shed door. I want to seal the crack in the slab before he does though, so not in too much of a hurry for that.
If I can' get the front of the house foundation finished, the rocks put down, the shed door installed and the new sump well finished, I'm going to call this a good summer with the huge garage upgrade and all the electric done in the porch as well, even if I don't actually finish remodeling the porch until next spring.
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Out for my walk in a bit. Somethings to do.
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well, we finished the last episode of Dr Blake Mysteries, and I liked the ending. Some series finales tie up everything in bows. Some series finales leave too much unanswered. But I thought the ending of Dr Blake was just about right
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One mystery was solved (Who was killing cops in Ballarat?) One character was redeemed if only in death (William Munro). But one well-liked character (Lawson) is permanently maimed after being run down by a criminal who didn't even see him. And Lucien Blake and Jean can only marry after he files for divorce from his first wife by claiming to be a drunk (true) and inflicting emotional abuse (not true), and Jean decides to leave her beloved Catholic church which will ecommunicate her if she marries a divorced man. And Lucien shows up drunk once too often and punches out a civilian while on duty and is fired from his job as police surgeon, all of his cleverness at crime-solving can't save that job, altho he is still a country doctor. At the end of the series, our favorite characters are celebrating Christmas together, many of them with dents and dings, having made mistakes or facing a future difficulties but still able to gather together and enjoy the holidays. The younger characters relatively unscathed, the older ones knocked about by life more, but carrying on.
Imperfect, like real life
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If we did not MAKE someone poor - William Blake
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Back from my walk and ran into one of the support workers who used to come in and help look after my mum. We had a nice chat for a half an hour or so.
Temp is sitting at over 80F.
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Entire front of house TSP cleaned, rinsed and tarred. Got the 2nd coat of tar on the side too.
Waiting on drying time now, so I'll probably mow the lawn and spray for weeds tomorrow.
I have more I want to get done, but I don't want to expose any more of the foundation until I backfill what's already done.
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Out for my walk while the sun is still around.
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Lawn mowed and weeds sprayed. I decided to mow the front again too even though I'd just did it 4 or 5 days ago. Going to relax and get some paperwork done for the rest of the day. Going to start the backfill and my mole solution tomorrow.
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Well, you've been busy SIX! Congrats on getting a lot accomplished!
I hope the sun stayed out for you BRENDA! It's good to get some vitamin D and sunshine.
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If we did not MAKE someone poor - William Blake
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Sun has been out the last few days and not overly hot for me. Just right.
Had a good walk today. Now having a nice sit down.
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It's still blastedly hot and dry here. Not unseasonable but in the mid-90s most of the time. So most of my work has been indoors.
Still, I managed to brush - rinse our chariots today. They are no longer so icky that I don't even want to get near them. I had help and managed to lightly spray us with water while we were working. I also filled washer fluid reservoirs bc at this time of year we'll see a lot more dust and maybe even some ashfall.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE someone poor - William Blake
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