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curiouswombatSaturday was the first day it was warm enough to walk Mum's doglet on the Ayres without a coat.
Yesterday was a good day to hang out washing - except that my clothes pole had broken over the winter... D-d came for dinner and we had roast duck, courtesy of my mum, and I made rhubarb fool. This reminded me that there was a problem with my hand mixer - the clash of metal on metal, blade hitting blade, is good in a fight scene - but not so good when the mixer makes it!
Today was a public holiday and so S2C and I set off and achieved the following;
broken garden chair and garden umbrella to the Amenity site - along with a few other bits of rubbish.
new clothes pole from B&Q.
new phone for Mum from Currys
new Blue-ray player for us ditto.
new mixer from local electronics shop
new sound bar thing for TV ditto (guess which one of us wanted that...)
Also today I changed our bed and washed the bedding, and cleaned the window frames in the bedroom.
It definitely all sounds like spring!
The weather has been so much nicer this week too - back to the nice clear weather we had in March - but warmer.
Here are a few pictures taken during the week-
A beautifully calm day down on the south coast of the island;
Where the swans were enjoying a little sea-bathing;
And three taken on the East coast, at Baldrine.
Looking towards the nor'north east;
Looking towards Snaefell;
And some calves;
The east of the island escaped the big snow fairly unscathed - so these calves are the lucky ones.
And, finally, I just like the look of this;
They are part of the lights that decorate Douglas promenade both for Christmas and on summer evenings - but stay in situ all year round to save money....
Yesterday was a good day to hang out washing - except that my clothes pole had broken over the winter... D-d came for dinner and we had roast duck, courtesy of my mum, and I made rhubarb fool. This reminded me that there was a problem with my hand mixer - the clash of metal on metal, blade hitting blade, is good in a fight scene - but not so good when the mixer makes it!
Today was a public holiday and so S2C and I set off and achieved the following;
Also today I changed our bed and washed the bedding, and cleaned the window frames in the bedroom.
It definitely all sounds like spring!
The weather has been so much nicer this week too - back to the nice clear weather we had in March - but warmer.
Here are a few pictures taken during the week-
A beautifully calm day down on the south coast of the island;
Where the swans were enjoying a little sea-bathing;
And three taken on the East coast, at Baldrine.
Looking towards the nor'north east;
Looking towards Snaefell;
And some calves;
The east of the island escaped the big snow fairly unscathed - so these calves are the lucky ones.
And, finally, I just like the look of this;
They are part of the lights that decorate Douglas promenade both for Christmas and on summer evenings - but stay in situ all year round to save money....
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Date: 07/05/2013 02:35 am (UTC)Funny how it seems to be hitting a lot of LJ (northern hemisphere at least) at the same time, as far flung as we are. Your spring sounds and looks like ours, though the landscape is quite different.
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Date: 07/05/2013 07:31 am (UTC)