Journal

Leg day at the gym this week. Back on the homestead the Runner Bean canes are erected along with weeding the lavender lanes and planting in the polytunnel.

The heatwave continues.

On the way home from my day out with Phill (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deQj-qv5iPA). As I was driving home, somehow Phill ended up behind me in his car heading to the Brecon Beacons so I followed along for the evening.

It’s Late May Bank Holiday and the temperature is Wales is hitting over 30*c. Phill and Sean head off to the top of the mountain between the Rhondda Valleys and Aberdare valley to explore the hamlet of Llanwonno, take in a mountain stream dip then back to the pub before …

The heatwave begins as I cancel my TV license now that my favourite series, Race Across The World, has ended. The kittens explore the cottage garden plus a rant about international politics while cooking breakfast; Sean also explains why he can never take medical pills and asks the question, why …

It’s been wonderful to follow the birth of the blue tits over the past few months. Hopefully see them again next year. The camera in the bird box came from https://www.green-feathers.co.uk/ The parents arrived on 7th March and they all left on Late May Bank Holiday.

Busy transplanting seedlings at The Rusty Homestead plus a visit to Aberdare to buy trainers for the first day back at the gym as a 50 something and the following 24 hours.

On a rainy day in May Sean gives his fireplace a revamp with an art-deco 1920’s / 1930’s twist on a budget. Thicker Self Adhesive Wall Tile, Metro Subway Peel and Stick Tiles Splash-back for Kitchen & Bathroom Green, 10-Sheets. https://amzn.to/49X9MN0