winter warmth and sun

July 7. 2015

The winter sun is pouring into the house and giving us an internal temperature of 25 degrees with no heating on! I like this very much. Edd has gone down to the brewery to pick up barley and I have been working on the accounts because it is THAT time of year. I am not complaining. I have had a very enjoyable time over the last two weeks with my daughter, daughter in laws and grand kids. What a fabulous group of beings to spend time with. I am so lucky.

Yesterday Pip and I borrowed Beth’s kids and went to see “Inside Out’ at Chirnside cinema. Pip, Silky and I thought the film was great but Ollie said he preferred Jurassic world, which was the film I took them to last week. It is a great advantage having grandkids as an excuse to watch kids films. Also last week Bo, Silky and I drove down to see Wayne’s wife and the new grand daughter.  This time Ella was awake but it is still impossible to tell what colour her eyes will be. She is less purple than last week and has still got lots of straight black hair.

It was wonderful to see the new family so happy. Wayne had taken a week off work and looked very relaxed. He is a natural at baby handling which makes things easier. I had to laugh though when he used a digital device to measure the temperature of the baby bath water. The amount of gear that people use for baby care is amazing. And to think, we did not even have much in the way of car seats when my kids were young!

We are enjoying eating one of the hard cheeses that has turned out exceptionally well. I now have to work out what I did to make it. I am pretty sure that I used the same starter culture that I use for feta but I tried various temperatures to do things at. I will have to work out how to label the cheeses so that good ones are more repeatable.

The sheep are looking very pregnant. The Tour de France has started and our lambing usually coincides with the tour. There was an horrific bike pile up yesterday when lots of riders were hurt. I feel so sorry for athletes that get injured because their career depends on their health. Luckily Edd and I can hobble through most of our life style.

The tiling in the bathroom is now waiting for grout. Edd did some tricky work on the arch to complete the job. After the grouting we just have the shower to do. That does not sound too hard if you say it quickly!  I have the tiling in the mud room to finish and the tiling in the kitchen so there is still lots to do.