03/09/2010 by Aileen.

Several nice things ahead, and we have also been busy the last few days. We have been cycling - longest one for one hour ten minutes. We stained the wooden garden furniture which badly needed doing. The following photos show a red admiral butterfly on the table before it was painted, and then the finished furniture.

Today I’m cutting the grass. we are having such mild and sunny weather it’s a pleasure to be outside.

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01/09/2010 by Aileen.

First of the month. I always think that September is the beginning of the year, too. I suppose it’s  years and years of teaching. A new start and all that.

Well, we cycled for one hour ten minutes this morning, in beautiful sunshine. Sarnie for lunch, and now John is pressure washing the patio, which is covered in duck poo. I can’t help yet - I need a snoozle after my lunch. Snoozle isn’t exactly a snooze, but it means I sit down and read, write or do something similarly effortless. Trying to eat a really hard pear at the moment, so there’s some effort in that.

My niece Charley has been in hospital with bad stomache symptoms. She’s out now, and will get the test results on the 7th, but she mentioned on the phone that she had ulcerative colitis. (I think that’s what she said) She and her brother might be taking my white car off my hands, as someone went in to the back of the one they share. My car is really shabby, but so reliable, and we don’t really need two cars as we are rarely out to different places at the same time.Any time we are I can get a taxi.

Anyway, back later. Bye.

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