As promised / threatened, here is another picture of the garage, now with floor completely painted and refurbishment complete. Did I say complete? Since this picture was taken a number of improvements have been made, including curtains hiding the big door, rotation of the desk, and a number of items moved from the house to the garage. Still looks pretty good, and I’ve managed to dispose of the Strimmer, the logmaker, the hose and some old magazines on Freecycle. In the end I decided to keep the leaf blower and see how it works on this autumn’s leaves.

My study now also looks several thousand times better (no picture), and I’ve started work on what might become a novel or might not. I’ve also written a couple more poems to go with work by Joan, and I’m quite pleased with them. Fairly quiet week on the whole: the weather has turned a mite chilly. Yesterday our neighbour of 19 years moved out and the house is standing empty, though apparently the new owner is expected any time.

Dot is with her friend Barbara at the moment, and I’ve been catching up with stuff I need to read. I also popped over to the cinema to see if there was anything on worth seeing, but it’s a typical half-term: wall-to-wall rubbish.

Tomorrow evening we travel to Caddington, to return with Oliver the next day. He is staying with us until Thursday, and Dot has a programme scheduled which includes the Dinosaur Park and several aunts. Dot’s cousin came round on Thursday and stayed for a meal.