Tiling not tilling.

We decided to tile the bathroom at Glyncoed instead of vinyl. 

(Tilling as in tilling the soil )

Ahhhhhhh.........

Sorry, just having a gin and tonic moment. 

The tenants have moved out of Glyncoed so there have been a few days of patching and repairing. Fortunately they left it in a fairly good state, apart from the cooker, so it is mainly minor jobs. I have painted the kitchen as the previous tenants had painted two wall mushroom and left the other walls cream so it was earlier to paint the whole thing white. 

We are also going to replace the Lino in the bathroom.

Tatty time.

I have dug up the potatoes as the tops had turned. Quite a good crop but I must find out how to reduce/prevent scab. 

Back to the garden.

Tidying up in the garden. 

The lupins are getting ready for their second flowering after being cut back. 

The spear plants in the ponds have masses of flowers this year....

..despite the fact that the spring has nearly dried up. 

The newest fruit trees are beginning to bear fruit. 

Elsie in her new home.

Caravan pitch.

Just waiting for the caravan now. 

Too hot, too hot! ( Winter's Tale, Act I scene II)

It is almost too hot to work outdoors. But I made them work anyway. 

Helen and Kate loaded the wood and Immie drove it to the wood store. 

I was making a caravan pitch.....

Helen and Steve are bringing the caravan here where it will stay for use as overspill accommodation. So one of the unused vegetable beds is being shortened and made ready. 

The tree house. 

Brave new worlds.

A new paddling beach has been discovered. An exploration was started by Immie which involved going through the tunnel under the road. She discovered the 'face of a bear' ( which was actually a dead owl - sad face) so Helen and Kate had to see the bear. This led them to investigate the stream further till they arrived at the Twyi river. 

  

Tree house update.

We have made furniture for the tree house. 

and I cut the grass too. 

Today the mowing, tomorrow up the chimney.

Making the young visitors work. 

This is Immie mowing the football field. It was a fairly random pattern rather than the regular spiral that I do. 

And Jack helped make a seat to make it easier coming down the fireman's pole. 

Now we need to work put how to avoid friction burns as he comes down the pole. It is plastic pipe but we have waxed it with car polish. I wonder how fireman avoid this problem? Gloves?

Immie also gave tractor rides. 

More visitors.

We have Helen, Immie and Jack here as well now, but Steph and Sean are leaving later. For now Steph is being kept busy doing Immie's nails. 

Three castles.

Yesterday we took Steph and Sean on a castle tour. We drove past Llandovery Castle then walked up to Dinefwr Castle and back round the lake. Then we drove on to Dryslwyn Castle where we had a picnic before driving home.

Eagle eyes.

While sat at the breakfast table Steph spotted a weasel moving along the boardwalk. Only managed to get a shot of it leaving. 

A better shot when he returned later. 

Visitors.

Steph and Sean are here for a long weekend. 

A photo of me in the new shower .....

Ahh, pity. It didn't come out - it was overexposed. (Boom,boom.)( You young digital photographers may not understand that joke.)

Here are some flowers instead.