Friday 30th September

Right on 'q', mosque strikes up. howling dog takes up the rendering and boy is it nippy out there.  My washing is dangling in the morning mist with not a hint of sun or breeze to drive away the moisture....so far....not so good but it's set to improve according to the three day BBC Kardjali reports.  Not sure what I want to do today...I could do curtains, the garden is in reasonable condition so I could start indoors or I could go with the Holy day here and have a holiday.....

So I mentioned yesterday my lovely lady, Avatar's sister who walks with great difficulty yet still manages to smile.  My last week's visitor from the UK took this one of her and I hope you can recognise which one is me or you'd better book in to Specsavers...she's the happy smiling one....so that should give you a clue   I'm the happy crouched down one so that I didn't tower over her....

Catch you later when I work out what I've managed to achieve from that non-existent list.....and before I forget...it wasn't a butter nut squash that got left on my doorstep...it's a gourd.  I asked Avatar's daughter how to cook it and was given a strange look...and now I know why....

Friday continued

Cleaned the house from top to bottom, balcony windows, inside and out.  Now I don't go much on this housework lark but my theory is if you tidy as you go there's not much to do but it was more the floors that wanted doing.  This house is so simple ....terracotta tiles throughout so within a couple of hours I had done windows, hoovered through, turfed the mats out and given them a good shake, washed the tiles, tidied those 'little bits' that accumulate in ashtrays and on table tops, burnt the empty beer and tonic bottle and was sitting in the sun at twelve thirty wondering what to do next.  Washing came in since there were a few spots of rain and why ever not, I'd just cleaned my windows....and the washing went upstairs onto the clothes airer to finish off.  

Decided to put the wood preservative on the other two bench things and this time I used the new brush that I'd got on Tuesday, paying more than I usually would, but the bristles stayed in and it went on like butter.  Another job done for the winter.  I might very well bring all the outside furniture in and create another lounge upstairs.

One other reason for cleaning through is that it's the village fete on Sunday and I might very well have a visit from the family that used to own the house....so like a good boy scout / girl guide, I'm prepared.  I decided to give the wood burner a first of the season fire up despite the fact that it is still eighteen outside...that short sharp shower wasn't even recognised as being one...as I said it's just because I cleaned my windows.

No supper for me...late lunch and not really hungry....it will probably be cheese on toast when I get the munchies about nine tonight....LN....I think I might do Kardjali tomorrow so I don't mess the house up...