Saturday 29th September

What a day.  I decided to tidy out the porch of the little house yesterday and sort out the wood so that it was tidy for when I come back.  It will be winter and presumably cold but there again...it got up to thirty four today and I have men sweating their little socks off.  Fairly early on found out that Emaula couldn't work today, he had work to do with the cows but five minutes later Bekir's phone rang and the windows cometh.  Well let's put it like this...the frames came and the glass comes on Tuesday.  It would have been Monday but there is one wrongly measured door and it's short in height.  There was talk of brick infil but it would have meant a step ladder (exageration on my part) to get on to the terrace or a row of bricks on the top throwing the top of the windows out of line.  So I said that I wanted a new door.  We found their measurements and the new ones that we had been over to sort out with them and they were wrong.

Had a very poorly Semile declaring that he wanted really cold water and I'd just started to defrost the fridge so chipped him a block off and presented him with a jug and a glass.  One happy bunny!!

Got the beer out for the lads at about five and managed to get Sally off the walls at six fifteen and they were in the car soon after that and heading homewards.  I didn't see the transaction but there were several carriers of stale bread for the dogs and some pigeon food on the way back...I've decided that I must paint my little car yellow and get a taxi sign.  Beautiful night last night.  The moon was full and I sat out with a couple of candles going, only the kitchen light on and Jaques Lousier belting out in the background.  

Sunday 30th September

Slept until just before eight this morning and felt very lazy all day.  Walked the estate, fancied tomatoes on toast for breakfast but then realised that I had only one in the kitchen so back outside and managed to find two growing on the last remaining plants.  Straight into the frying pan with oil, salt and black pepper and dolloped onto toast and enjoyed.  Checked out the vegetable drawer and found some beetroot that I had forgotten about but I really couldn't be bother to start the pickling process off so that has been delayed until tomorrow, a pile of washing sits on the landing and that can also wait.  

Really hot again today so took to my bed this afternoon and got my head down for an hour or so.  Back to the Kindle and finished my first book... only about two hundred to go.  I felt that I should be doing something about packing away summer gear and checking out the winter stuff for when I get back but the thought went as soon as it came.  Last week was pretty hectic and I think I need to come down from the ceiling and they're back tomorrow realising that they have only six days left to get some sort of roof on.

Had a brief spurt of energy and now all the clothes that I'm taking to England before I'm off on my travels are ready to be packed.  I'm sort of going from summer here to winter in the UK and then spring in Australia and into their summer.  Now I'm back to my Kindle....the moons up, doors to the upstairs terraces open and the crickets are singing their little hearts out or wearing out their little legs.  Rice cakes for supper...that should do the trick and I've managed to take off that half a stone that I wanted to remove before my holiday.  I've done OK saying that I've had my work routine diminshed due to number seven making a lot of activity painful.  So now it's computer to bed, me to bed and I've really enjoyed my day of doing very little...LN...this might call for a little drink...