Work for me this morning, an extra post office shift as Jinty had headed over to Eigg for their anniversary ceilidh. It worked well for me as I’ll be missing my Saturday shift this week so meant I was not actually down on wages for the month. It also worked well because my usual Saturday morning cup of tea and gossip with Neil didn’t happen on Saturday so we got to do it today instead. The world is back on track 😉
Meanwhile Davies was having a bit of a teenage moment taking some time to himself to ponder on some of life’s great mysteries while Ady and Scarlett made wraps for lunch. Davies came down the croft to meet me while I was greeting Bonnie and finding an egg. We all had lunch and watched the first bit of an iplayer show about enchanted islands and wild places alongside human habitation in Japan. Interesting.
Then I snatched the opportunity to finish weeding and netting a large raised bed ready to transplant pea seedlings. Scarlett came down and let her ducklings do some swimming in the bath in the walled garden which they love and then Davies came down for a chat about stuff. I’m not altogether sure we covered what was actually on his mind but we chatted a few things over anyway which is always good. Ady is inclined to write off changes in the kids mood or general dynamic with ‘oh they are just being teenagers’ whereas I am more likely to at least try and unpick things and support if possible, while accepting that they need privacy and don’t always want to share all the details of their lives with me any more. Tricky to balance, particularly when we all live so very closely with each other here.
It started to get midgey so I didn’t actually get the peas planted but it will only take 15 minutes or so so I should find time tomorrow between midges and forecast rain showers to do that before we head off on Wednesday.
Ady and I went down to the hostel as it was the official closing day today so all the staff left – Mel, Em, Ross, Claire, Nicola, Ady & I gathered for tea and cakes in the hostel kitchen. Em had also brought a bottle of fizz so we cracked that open and ate cake. Weird to think that in a month or so half of those people won’t even live here any more. I wonder what Rum has in store next…
We called into the shop on the way home and then Ady fed the animals while Scarlett and I made quiche for dinner. Davies doesn’t like quiche so he was excused from learning how to make it but he did make the bread dough instead.
Internet continues to be pants so struggling to do anything online which is very frustrating. I did hear from TV producer Kate that Channel 5 love the show and this is her last week putting final touches to it before it is finished.
We’ve been enjoying the Kevin Mccloud escape to the wild programmes. This evening’s programme had a mud house but the mud was put in long tube bags, stacked and tamped down. Circular shape with another circle coming off it. Made me think of your house build.
Comment by Michelle — 15 June 2015 @ 11:58 pm
Earthbag building, have looked at that as an option. The Kevin McCloud series was one we were considered for back last year. In the end it didn’t happen as their schedule for filming was December / January which clearly would not have worked on Rum with such short days and so little happening on the house build as we were too busy just surviving a winter. I’m glad as I think the Renegade team did a better job of us than Kevin’s lot would have done… that said I would have been way more thrilled to meet Kevin than I was about Ben Fogle 😉
Comment by Nic — 19 June 2015 @ 11:56 pm