An overcast, still and very midgey day today. I spent the morning inside with half an eye outside and a plan to head out to stitch on the fruit cage netting but every time I thought I might venture out Ady came back in to take cover from the midges so I stayed inside. I finally finished two blue midges which had been kicking about for ages – one for Scarlett and one for Lynda. I also had a friend saying she had been coveting a blue midge so made the effort to finish another ready to send her too. Blue midges definitely the most popular so the next one to work on is one to actually put in the shop…
We had lunch and eventually I decided to brave the outdoors. I got two sides of the netting sorted and was struggling with the third when Ady came close with the sycthe so I got him to help me with the final two sides which were easier quicker than half the time of me doing it alone.
The kids were bouncing on the trampoline for hours.
We fed the animals, moved a chicken pen which was on manky grass after a couple of weeks, I looked at the plumbing in the drainage of the campers sink that Ady had done and then I made pizza dough while he fed the pigs. The kids elected to stay bouncing while Ady and I went down to the shop for a couple of beers / to collect the post / buy Neil a beer for his birthday earlier in the week. We ended up staying for 3 drinks and it was a really nice couple of hours. Neil’s brothers were over for the evening and there was a nice atmosphere down there. We’d promised to be home by genny o’clock so headed off with our wheelbarrow just after 7pm to be home for 730pm.
Pizza made, Lost watched over Doctor Who (Davies’ choice, he’s *really* enjoying Lost). I got the new sounds of the 80s album so we listened to that which spawned a Guess The Intros 80s contest.
I have utterly mixed my drinks tonight with pear cider down at the shop, G&T while cooking and a very large (Scarlett poured it) amaretto after dinner so am most yawny now. Bed is calling…