Home and away

 Edd and relatives in Scotland

Sun riseat Brockspur

June 17 2017

I seem to have found a rhythm that gets me through the work here in a fairly relaxed manner. My mother used to tell me that whenever I walked anywhere at home I should carry something that needed relocating to where I was going and I still use this principle when feeding animals.  It makes getting through the chores much quicker. I am even having time to read books and do some knitting.  

I start work at 8am just as the sun is rising over Hargreaves Hill.   One day last week the sky was an amazing red and pink colour at sunrise and later the valley was filled with mist so that the hilltops were invisible.  On days like this I always feel thankful for being able to live in such a beautiful place. Most days we are getting some sunshine and the house is toasty warm.  It is dark by 5.30om and then I light the stove and the snug fire and let them burn for a few hours before I go to bed. 

I have mostly given up on the TV; it seems to get increasingly boring.  Luckily I have discovered an Internet site that sells books very cheaply.  Usually I buy books in charity shops, but the disadvantage is that when I enjoy a series of novels I find them in the wrong order and some in the series never seem to be for sale.  I am now able to get hold of all the missing parts of stories that I have lusted after for years and it is bliss.

Edd phones me every few days and tells me about his travels.  Last week he was with a cousin in Scotland having a wonderful time with Gaelic music and seeing the country around Inverness.  On Sunday he is off to Germany to visit our eldest Grand son.   Then he has a trip to see friends in France so he still has lots more to see and do.  It is relatively uneventful here.

Yesterday I did some weeding in the vegetable garden and around the trees in the new orchard.  They still have leaves so it is too early to start pruning them yet. Indi is a lot fitter now having finally beaten the flu. This morning she unloaded the hay from the new trailer and stacked it for me.  This is good because now we can move the trailer and drive through the shed again.  I have to use the car to get firewood every evening so being able to park nearer the wood heaps is a real help.