I went for a lovely walk and swim today, down to the market where I got a classy coffee mug and a winch(!) which I hope will replace entirely the pulley system for raising and lowering the bed. Got to figure out where/how to attach it though. It’s somewhat limited in that the handle needs room to turn, so the only place I can think that it will work is in the skylight frame. Not beautiful, but definitely functional. And a bit techno-industrial chic, I guess. Maybe I can somehow age and distress the stainless steel to look old…
Tonight we’re going to a talk in Mytholmroyd about forest management. I’m not sure who’s giving it, Elmo knows the details, but it might be a door into some forest management perks around the area, like offering to take thinnings off their hands which I can then build stuff with, like pergolas or furniture. In addition to being helpful and learning stuff, or course. Elmo and I are both very foresty people and it’ll be good to get to work in one.
I went swimming at the leisure centre today, and subsequently had a shower with what felt like opulent amounts of hot water. I’m going to have to do a water run soon (just down the street to Jane’s outdoor tap) as we use more in a week than we brought with us, turns out. Yorkshire Water have been and gone again, still no water supply. That will be so lovely when it happens. Although there won’t be running water in the building, just having a cold tap near the building will be so much easier.
Tim, the neighbour down the hill, clearing out Harry and Peggy’s house, asked if we wanted some table lamps, and that turned into a whole bag of stuff they were going to put in a skip, which then expanded to include a working breadmaker and piles of other stuff, including a set of cutlery FAR nicer than what we’d got, although there were only 3 spoons. Whatever, I’m happy to have nice cutlery to integrate into our collection of Morrison’s cheapest. There were also 4 silver cake forks and about 7 tiny little knives which, when I inspected them closely, turned out to have British Airways stamped on them. I think there may have been a family tradition of stealing the knife when travelling, back when they used proper cutlery on airplanes.
He also gave us the original paperwork for the lease of the nursery in 1962, I think it cost £7 a week. He’s letting us keep it, and so begins Elmo’s collection of local history information. Unfortunately, they didn’t find any photos of the place, we’ve still not seen any from before we had it, which I would love to do.
Oh, and the local paper had an article about the Cats’ Protection League having done a fundraiser and still in need of a home for a cat whose owner had to move after the floods and couldn’t keep her. So there’s a possibility we’ll have a cat soon. Better get that cat door installed.
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