{"id":1672,"date":"2014-06-13T14:33:26","date_gmt":"2014-06-13T14:33:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/?p=1672"},"modified":"2014-06-13T14:33:26","modified_gmt":"2014-06-13T14:33:26","slug":"13-june-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/?p=1672","title":{"rendered":"13 June 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am giving up trying to think of entry titles every time I write. They tent to be meaningless anyway.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/PICT0014.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1671\" alt=\"Chimelle and Thomas de-nailing wood\" src=\"http:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/PICT0014.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/PICT0014.jpg 640w, https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/PICT0014-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Chimelle and Thomas from France are helping to de-nail all the wood from Antony&#8217;s house. It&#8217;s a huge job.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/PICT00151.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"The new wood storage place\" src=\"http:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/PICT00151.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>All week they&#8217;ve been removing the plants and soil from a place to store the wood as it gets de-nailed and before it becomes buildings.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/PICT0006.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"the bed undergoing first testing\" src=\"http:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/PICT0006.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I bought some (noticeably) clean and lovely new wood (with Neighbour Sylvia&#8217;s money) to build a bed\/seat for her new camping van. I designed it myself, and therefore had to redesign it 10 times as I went along and realised part A patently got in the way of part B during use.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/PICT00111.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1669\" alt=\"the bed in the van\" src=\"http:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/PICT00111.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/PICT00111.jpg 640w, https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/PICT00111-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But it worked really well in the end. When extended it&#8217;s 6 feet long.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/PICT0009.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1668\" alt=\"the bed as a seat\" src=\"http:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/PICT0009.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/PICT0009.jpg 640w, https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/PICT0009-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When compressed, it&#8217;s about half that, only takes up half of the van and is good for sitting on. Obviously there are cushions involved!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/PICT0012.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Sylvia enjoying her new bed\" src=\"http:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/PICT0012.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sylvia was really happy with it. She&#8217;s not had the best of times lately, so I&#8217;m glad I could do something nice for her and Jane.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/PICT00011.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1666\" alt=\"attempting to propagate weilegia\" src=\"http:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/PICT00011.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/PICT00011.jpg 640w, https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/PICT00011-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And me and my seriously amateur gardening skills are trying to do green wood cuttings of weigela (which apparently hasn&#8217;t got a common name. What a shame.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am giving up trying to think of entry titles every time I write. They tent to be meaningless anyway. Chimelle and Thomas from France are helping to de-nail all the wood from Antony&#8217;s house. It&#8217;s a huge job. 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