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<\/p>\nBeen clearing out straw, which was surplus to requirement, now that I have a pretty good idea what requirement will be for that last gable wall.<\/p>\n
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Found the home of those bees that took up residence in the pile of bales last summer. Luckily they’d vacated quite naturally at the end of summer.<\/p>\n
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Got a great little wing back chair on freegle. That cover’s not the nicest, but it’s a beautiful sage green and dark wood underneath, and the cover will keep it clean while I finish the house.<\/p>\n
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And we have finished insulating that one room. So I hung some curtains (bolt of fabric I’d been given a few years ago) and we’re having a room-warming party in there later.<\/p>\n
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Anna has been tidying up the garden, which is very very overdue and necessary and she is a saint. We burned some bits of old, wet scrap wood, including the two-seater that was seriously on its last legs. This does mean I’ll need to build another bench.<\/p>\n
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