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Thursday 21st April

Really silly night last night...up until the early hours watching Netflix with not an ounce of sleep in me.  Eventually I took to my bed at five this morning and slept through until eight thirty so not too bad.  Washed, dressed and had fried tomato on toast for breakfast, sorted out the kitchen and lingered on the internet for a while and headed into Djebel in the Nipper and off to the garage to get the noise sorted.  I took the drive into Djebel at reasonable speed annoying other drivers on the road, the noise was evident and I deducted that it was something to do with one of the front tyres and probably a wheel bearing.  I parked up, the garage owner looked at the engine and all seemed to be OK to him, off he went in the Nipper and appeared about five minutes later, he'd tested it by collecting his son from home and bringing down to help out at the garage.

The Nipper went up in the air, we agreed that the summer tyres were due to go on so the tyres were taken out of store and put next to the car.  I left at this point, it was still suspended and I saw a can of a similar product to DW40 to loosen the bolts and at this point I left them to it, walked up to the town and on to the shop.  At this point my tomatoes had moved through the system so I decided to go to the soup kitchen that I used to visit with the Librarian who is no longer in Bulgaria.  I hadn't been for a while and was welcomed by the owner and my favourite table attendant, ordered chicken with rice and within two minutes it was delivered. plus three slices of bread that I never touched and a yogurt drink to wash it down.  

I made my way back to the garage shop, the news wasn't good, the owner was having a problem removing the bearings from the carrier which had seize up so I suggested that they try to order a complete unit.  The car didn't cost me a lot, has done three years without many overheads so why not....time is money, the more time he spends on it the more his time will cost me so let's go for the easy option.  I started to walk back to the garage, my house keys were at the garage with the car keys and the son was just making his way to the shop to drop off some parts and collect others.  He delivered me to the garage, brought the car down from its elevated position so that he could retrieve the keys and then dropped me back at the taxi rank.  Taxi home and couldn't find the latch end of the seat belt so held it in place just in case there was a police check and now I'll wait to see what happens.  It's not a problem, the Beast is raring to go and just needs filling up with diesel tomorrow so I probably need to take out a mortgage for that.  I've not got much to do, the freezer is full and I've got most things and after all, it's Good Friday in Bulgaria tomorrow and the holiday season starts so not a lot of activity from government offices.

Lit the fire when I got home, settled on the sofa and had an hour with my eyes closed and watched new episodes of Blacklist which I still find interesting.  Comparing Netflix series with the son from the garage, he recommended Sherlock and after starting to watch the first episode, it looks really good.....something else to get stuck in to.  And good news.....the Nipper is ready and I'll catch the bus into Djebel in the morning.   LN...Lunch was filling so no desperate need to top up so far.....probably tuna salad.....LN
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Friday 22nd April

So I was out of bed by seven, washed and dressed and outside waiting for the bus from eight o'clock onwards.  It used to be at eight thirty but you can never be sure and I stood outside the house and it arrived around eight ten.  I caught it on its journey to the furthest village along our land and it's amazing looking at other houses and gardens on the way back towards the main road....it's a different view of my little world.  Off at the bus station, it's gone up fifty stotinki since I sued the service last time but I was in Djebel just before nine, went to the car shop and fortunately the son was collecting parts so drove me down to the garage, they were working on the Nipper until seven last night so it was a long day for them.  I paid my dues, about what I expected, new summer tyres are on so I'm all set.  

I set off for Kardjali and was shopping in Kaufland by nine thirty and stocking up on offers on chicken legs and wings for the freezer and also buying for Avatar.  I also bough thirty eggs for her after she complained that she never knows what she pays for items from the mobile shop and now she's stocked up.  I stopped off at Lidl, topped up with things for my treats box, back in Djebel to collect my tablets I'd ordered from the chemist and that didn't happen.  The girl knew nothing about it the order so I legged it back to the car park, took a couple of pictures of the stork on the chimney pot but they weren't too good, there were too many trees in the way.  I went to the little supermarket and bought chocolates, well it is Easter weekend here.

Home, unpacked the shopping, took Avatar's chicken legs and wings over and the eggs...not knowing which to take out first from the bag....chicken or egg!!  I came home, put my shopping away, turned out the middle shelf of the freezer and managed to put my freezer stuff away and some it ready to go over the wall tomorrow.  We all have those bits that we reckon to use later and we never do.  I put Netflix on, settled down of the sofa and slept for about two hours, I felt really shattered after nights of little sleep and stress over transport.  Chicken and roasted veg for supper, phoned my daughter to confirm the dates that they arrive here and told her that transport from the airport to here will be arranged....they will be met.  Washing up can wait, I'm just going for one of the 'goodies; from the fridge, fire is going and I'm let up for the evening.  LN.....Really needed my afternoon nap......LN



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Saturday 23rd April

Six thirty start and the potential was to be out and at it in the garden fairly early but I waited for the sun to come up, dry the grass before I made a start on it.  The plan was OK but when it came to the clover in the 'lawn' it holds moisture and makes the job very difficult.  I was out at nine and took the rubbish down to the bonfire and a Stanley knife to get rid of the polythene from the old winter broad bean cover.  It sort of fell apart and it had sat down y the bonfire for a while so today was the day along with lots of household rubbish that I'd accumulated.  Fire going well with little wind I came inside and settled for toast and apricot jam at ten thirty, I didn't feel like a big breakfast before.

I spent the morning planting up seedlings in the old veg garden and hopefully the ground is damp enough for them to settle in nicely.  I've planted up lots of tall blue sunflowers and should look good against the red tipped shrub in one of the beds. The strimmer came out and I cleared round the wooded surrounds to make mowing easier and it was at that point that I realised how damp it still was round the grave garden but that was going to be my starting point.  

Down by the bonfire I spotted 'Cracked Shell' and Blue and later in the day I found Rosy sunning herself and possibly warming herself up...we've had a few cold days.  My next sighting of CS was on the little house terrace heading for a big drop so I lifted it carefully on the grass and I took the mower to the grave garden and started my task for the day.  I came in at three, it was really hard going but I managed down to the mulberry, came in for cheese and biscuits and an hour of Netflix and then out again until six thirty and managed the other half of the top of the little house garden grass.  Hopefully it will not be damp overnight so it should make tomorrow's efforts easier and there's not so much clover in the rest of the grass.  Locked up outside at seven and have managed twelve thousand step on the Fitbit today so not a bad achievement.  More of the same tomorrow.  LN...Wish me luck......LN



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Sunday 24th April

Woke up at three this morning with glasses on, Kindle in my hand, cardigan and light on so thought it was time for readjustment and so prepared for bed a second time only this time, light off, glasses off and tried for a second time.  Success and woke up at seven refreshed and ready to face the day.  Poached eggs on toast for breakfast, put a joint of pork rib in the oven that I'd not got room for in the freezer when I bought the chicken legs and wings and at eleven it was cooked, smelling out the house and now it's sitting in the fridge and I'll have some later with salad.  Today's task should I choose to accept it was to finish the grass mowing, I went out to test how damp it was and it really hadn't dried out at all.  I suppose it was too lush for the heat to get in there.  

Firstly I strimmed the top end of the grave garden that I'd missed and I really should have carried on between the wall and the front of the house but I forgot that as well so that's a job for tomorrow.  I need to trim some of the shrubs that have been damages over winter with the weight of the snow.  The juniper has lost a couple of decent sized branches and the big shrub in the middle of the large bed needs trimming back to get rid of the winter damage and then it needs weeding.....not my favourite occupation but necessary.  Out with the mower and I set my target to come in at twelve to watch the snooker and I managed to finish most of the main house grass by this time.  I went out again at half twelve and set about the grass on the other side of the plot and my next television session was to see how the England team were doing against Ireland in the Six Nations rugby.  The seemed to have stuck at ten -nil so I went back outside and but this time the temperature had gone up and I was working up quite a sweat so took a break and when I went back to the rugby England were now up to thirty six points and it was still zero to Ireland.  I watched to the end of the match and took up where I'd left off outside and managed to finish it.

I had a few interruptions....Avatar came round with the man who did the repairs on her house and I thought that she wanted my help with something at her house.  Instead she brought him round saying that I needed someone to work on my house which I was a little annoyed about.  I've had dealings with this man before and I'm more keen to get Bekir back, I know how he works and he knows how I work...I get what I want not what he thinks I need.  My second visitor was the son or grandson of the lady that used to live in the little house  it wasn't very clear since he only spoke Turkish.  He wanted permission to take photographs so that he could show her when he got back.  He'd come to visit my neighbours who are back and so the noise begins.  

I cleared up outside and put everything away, I sat on the sofa and promptly went to sleep....the grass had been a hard slog.  Woke up and lit the fire and for some reason it was smoking from everywhere.  I'd used really old wood to get it started and a chunk of bark and I think this forced the thing to smoke more that normal and the chimney couldn't take it because of the cross wind.  Eventually it got going and everything calmed down and back to normal, radiators hot and although not really necessary, it make is very comfortable.  I locked up outside and stripped off in the kitchen reminding myself of the tv add of someone doing it in the launderette.  Long shower, washed my hair, moved up to the upstairs bathroom and dried off, into my pyjamas and cut a couple of inches from my hair.  

Not sure if I'm going in to Kardjali tomorrow, the chemist didn't have my tablets in Djebel so Kardjali might have them.  I'm assuming that the shops will be open despite the  fact that it's the Easter holiday for Bulgaria....Alternatively I could get the eclectic strimmer out, replace the cord and get stuck into the bottom of the garden.    LN.....Let's see how I feel in the morning.....LN
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Monday 25th April

Well it was such a beautiful morning that I decided that Kardjali wasn't on my agenda for today but gardening was.  I watched the reflection of the sun from my bed it came up, went on to the upstairs bedroom balcony and watched the swallows that have returned to nest under the eaves of the little house.  They were late this year, I've seen two go in there and there's lots of chattering going on.  They've had the visitors welcoming to their home and it's good to have them back.  There was a heck of a noise from my neighbours that have come back.  A tractor arrived and has turned over the whole of the paddock and goodness knows what they're going to fill it with, they'll need a lorry if they're growing that much food to take back to Turkey.  

I settled for toast for breakfast, put a load of washing in since there was quite a breeze blowing so it was dry in quicksticks.  I planted out more of the seedlings that I'd brought on, put new ones straight into the soil to take their chances with the elements, weeded some more of the beds, said good morning to Rosy who was sunning herself but as for the others, no sightings today.  Not that I've really been on tortoise watch, I've been much too busy for that.  As for cat watch, I saw the black one lingering by the cotoneaster under the lonesome pine, one quick dash and that was it for the lizard and after playing with it she took it off to eat quietly at the bottom of the garden...that's nature for you.

The morning ticked along nicely and I came in at twelve to see if the snooker was up and running and it wasn't.  I made a coffee and got the peanuts out and put on the next session of the Netflix I'm watching and fortunately put my coffee down before I nodded off.  Outside again and sat out in the sun catching the rays exposing my torso for the first time this year but then it was on with the top and back to it.  All of the pots are outside now, I cleared up the workbench and started to throw out things that should have gone a few years ago.  The table has come out into the middle of the room and I can now get out on to the little house balcony and planned the steps to go down to the little house terrace.  I then got my second wind and planted up the rose that I bought about three weeks ago under the front wall by the big trees.  I want it to go along the fence on the top of the wall since it's supposed to be a rambler.

Washing in, went back into the little house and brought out the swinging bench and I'm thinking that that needs new support on the seat.  Material does tend to rot so I'll have to give it some thought.  The base for the umbrella for the terrace is out but again, the cover for the umbrella needs replacing so I'll probably have a look on line or set about with another repair....it worked last time.

Choice of supper, lamp curry or cold pork with salad...it's yet to be decided.  The strimmer didn't get sorted today so it's the first job for tomorrow so that I can get the bottom of the garden cleared looking out for tortoise as I go.  I have to follow the tracks in the long grass to find out where they are.  LN.....Kitchen calls......LN



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Tuesday 26th April

Six thirty start, a little bit cloudy but it seen burnt off.  I stripped the bed knowing that it would dry the bed linen quickly, walked the garden and only saw Blue sun bathing down the bottom of the garden.  For me I had a lazy morning, toast for breakfast, general tidy round, washed and dressed and was on my way to see Avatar to check if she wanted too get her any money from the cash point and she was already in the garden to ask me if I was going into Djebel for the same reason.  She was down to her last ten leva, the equivalent of a fiver and owes me thirty and it plays on her mind if she doesn't pay up.  I wasn't due into town until three for my student's session so settled on the sofa, Ronnie your actual was starting his campaign to get through to the next snooker session and after stopping up last night and watching the top seed go out, I've got hooked fairly early this year.  Having said that, I did not off for an hour or so, realised that I needed to think about getting ready for Djebel and preparing a text for this afternoon's lesson.  I found one about an old footballer from a Turkish club and it had lots of exercises with it so lots to go at afterwards.  

The sky was OK and it was a hot day but I noticed clouds building and thought it was best to take the bed linen in from the line, no good if it got soaked before I got back or even damp.  As I was about to set off I noticed that two tortoise were going hell for leather over the grass towards the bonfire.  I went in the house to get the camera, realised it was upstairs by the computer but managed to get down to the pair of them and Green god was trying desperately to mount Rosy and she was running like mad.  As I got near they both stopped, sort of 'coitus interruptus'.  Rosy guessing that she was off the hook so to speak so started leading towards the long grass near the high wall and Green go started to go back from whence he'd come and as I went back up the garden, I noticed he was retracing his footsteps, once again on hunt for Rosy.

My student was ready for the lesson, I picked up my tablets from the chemist and didn't have to ask, they were presented to me and I was very surprised that they were cheaper than I'd paid when I bought them from Kardjali.  The lesson went well, he's got lots of homework and he does it showing me his rough version before he does the one that he submits.  Suddenly the thunder and lightening started, the heavens opened and it threw id down and at this point I was so pleased that I'd got my washing in.

Lesson over by half five, cash point for Avatar, bread for me from the shop, over the road to give Avatar her money and declined the offer of payment, it was late and I wanted to light the fire.  Fire going well and supper made from the remains of last night's lamb curry with pasta, washed up and kitchen ready for the morning.  And now...back to the snooker.   LN...It could be another latish night....LN



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Wednesday 27th April

I didn't wake up this morning until eight thirty and that put me into a slow start mood.  I spent about an hour trying to get my colour printer to work going through the online assistant and what a waste of time that was.  It is only printing using green ink and apparently someone else has had the problem but when I tried to access the screen following a link, the page was not available  I eventually gave up and went out to the garden, I got the little electric mower out and the first obstacle was that the plug had come apart in the extension cable where I plug it back into itself so that it doesn't get broken so I was out came the screw driver and I was getting it sorted and Avatar came into my garden to pay her dues.  She insisted on giving me thirty and not twenty seven and I said it would cover the chicken legs that I gave her for the mosque and she got quite irate and reminded me that I had three chicken legs in her freezer...there's no room in mine.  My returned next door neighbour joined us in the garden and was asking me about an old concrete post that was under her hedge in the land between them and my wall.  I said that all I knew about it was that a man had asked me if I could take it and I said no and that I didn't have the telephone number of the house owner who was now in Turkey and he'd left in his car.  Avatar chipped in that she saw someone form the next village about six days ago rolling it towards his van but didn't know who it was.  I'm exonerated!!  My neighbour wanted to see the garden so we walked it together, Rosy had to be rescued from near the well as she got into a difficult position...after her exploits yesterday, I'm hoping she wasn't feeling suicidal.  The neighbour vegged some white and purple lilac to take home with her and she went home a happy bunny.

I went inside for a break after clearing the yard and the passage between the house and the wall, I'd had enough and wanted to get back to the snooker.  At four I went back into Netflix and finished watching three episodes of the one I'd watching and feeling very guilty that I'd not really achieved much in the garden. I went out again with the mower and the strimmer and, worked my way through some of the undergrowth, cleared round my topiary bushes at the bottom of the garden and eventually came in at half seven.  If the weather is fine, I should be able to finish it tomorrow and then it's on to the flower beds.  I need to get on top of it and remembering the fact that Ronnie is starting his quest tomorrow to get into the final of the snooker.....let's see how it goes.

And now the hunt is on for supper and I've just put the boiler on for a bath, I've been using different muscle sets today.  LN....It's been a good day thought......LN



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Thursday 28th April

Seven start and it was almost full on from the beginning and I've hardly stopped all day.  Washed and dressed straightway, toast for breakfast and I was unwinding the electricity cable by eight thirty and moving the mower and the strimmer to the bottom of the garden.  No visits from neighbours today and it was as well, I didn't need any interruptions, I'd worked out what I wanted to do and managed to do most of it.

Today I was carrying on where I'd left off yesterday.  I firstly had a bonfire to get rid of the rest of the broad bean protector that had deteriorated over the winter and I'd taken most of it apart and I'd just got a few lengths left to burn.  I fetched the saw and the Stanley knife and realised that some of it was held together with the polythene, the nails were doing nothing, the fire started well and the wood joined it and with the lid on to keep the longer lengths in the fire barrel.  While it was burning I strimmed round the area and along the bottom garden surround and with the mower.  I went with care and was very careful in the longer grass, the tortoise use the long grass near the walls as motorways so I've left longer grass near the wall for their protection.  I came in at eleven for water and emails, had a message from my soldier grandson telling me of his current location. I replied and told him that the elephant that he bought me for Christmas has settled well in Bulgaria and he replied that he had found the photo of the house pre-renovations and I don't think he'd seen it before.  He's been out here twice but I don't think he realised what work had gone into it.
He said he's really impressed.  

I checked out  the offers from Lidl and I'm interested in a window cleaning contraption and phoned a friend in UK to see if he had the same piece of kit.  He confirmed that it was and I'm probably going to get one when the offer starts.  So back out to the garden and more of the same, use the mower until it blocks because the grass is too long, clear it out and throw it over the wall.  I was using it without a grass box, it was still very wet underneath, hard going but at least most of it is done now.  I've managed to work my way round the beds and only got a few patches near the walls to sort and then I can concentrate on the shrub beds.  I've made a bit of a decision today, I think I'm going to do away with the annual flower beds, highlight the shrubs and be able to mow in between them, I'm getting older and the annual weed hunt is getting to be a real chore.  Of course I'll have the daisies, lilies and things that appear each year and rely on them to show their faces and beauty, but some of the other ones that I grow from seed will be only in certain areas.

I came in at six, tools away. felt shattered so had a shower and washed my hair. cream cheese and breadsticks for supper and now you are going to forgive me for making it short and sweet......Ronnie's bid to get through to the snooker world championship has just started and needs my full co-operation.  Computer off and I'll be watching it on the TV downstairs, it makes the pockets bigger and easier for the balls to pot.  LN.....May the best man win......LN
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Friday 29th April

What a change in the weather.  Yesterday I was stripping down to my undies between stints in the garden and this morning I was digging out a fairly substantial sweatshirt and put my leather body warmer on to keep out the wind.  Washed a dressed anticipating a day in the garden, in preparation I prepared scrambled eggs on toast setting me up for the day but activities outside were limited to just before one this afternoon,  I was cold.  I did have a visitor who disturbed me from my strimming, one of my neighbours that I don't know very well but seem to remember that he borrowed the foot pump for his flat tyre and returned within two minutes of being in possession saying that it was already broken.  It could have been but I'm not telling him that I've bought an electric one to replace it.  He'd come round with his grand-daughter to introduce her, she has come from Turkey and intends building a house here and why pick on me?  is what I thought,  The grandfather only speaks Turkish and a smattering of Bulgarian but the grand-daughter has a reasonable command of English and again we were down to personal questions which is pretty normal in Bulgaria such as where is your husband? Where is the other family that live in the other house? and me...there isn't one and I don't have a husband.  At least she didn't ask me how old I was.  Off they went on their journey to Turkey and lots of Turkish people are returning to Bulgaria now that the currency has taken a substantial downward spiral.

So in I came, I'd put in a reasonable effort outside but my heart wasn't in it.  I've strimmed one of the two beds at the bottom of the garden exposing the shrubs, the second one will have to wait until tomorrow.  I also delved into the weeds against the low wall and found the wooded garden surrounds and noticed that some of them need replacing which is another job added to the list.  Three tortoise were out and about, Cracked Shell, Green God and Blue and for the last few days I've not spotted Rosy.  I think she is still in shock after Green God's amorous approach a few days ago.

Television this afternoon watching the snooker and Ronnie has had a brilliant afternoon leading John Higgins by ten-six with a more confident aura around the table with some tremendous clearances,  I picked on biscuits and half a jar of cherries so not really into much food tonight.  It's half eight my time so I think I can manage until the morning.  I looked at the laundry basket this morning and thought the rain might come later, it didn't so I put it in the machine this afternoon and it's now decorating the bathroom upstairs and since I'd lit a fire late this afternoon, the house is warm and the bathroom radiator is doing its job.  

I've just checked tomorrow's weather and it's supposed to be sunny with the chance of a thunderstorm so may be a day for running over the lawn with the mower just in case it rains and we have another spurt of growth....after all, it's in the planning.  LN.....Computer off and....relax.....LN



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Saturday 30th April

Six thirty start, dull morning and anticipating rain so back to bed with sudoku for an hour or so.  I put the morning news on and shouted at the Beeb for a change, made Marmite on toast for breakfast, dressed for the garden but still not sure whether I wanted to or not,  It looked cold out there and the wind got up so I tried Netflix and couldn't find anything that drew me in so at eleven I switched it off and headed out and just then the sun came out.  

I unreeled the long extension lead. took the strimmer and electric lawn mower down to the bottom of the garden and set about clearing the two flower beds that have been overrun with clover, grass and a very bossy little white flowered weed and sticky willy which I absolutely hate.  I've decided to reduce the size of the larger bed and plant a new shrub type trip with red tips on it and I know the name but I've forgotten...it's new to me and begins with a 'p' and I shall have to look it up, I've got two of them now.  I came in for a break around eleven and realised that the snooker was on and I'd missed the start of Ronnie and John Higgins.  Ronnie was making a monumental come back and leaping a head and tonight's match he has to win two frames to go into the final and that's about to start any minute now.  

I went out again and had a really good afternoon in the garden.  I used the little mower to finish half of the grass on both gardens and was doing well except that I think there's something wrong with the switch on the mower and it gives me intermittent faults.  It goes OK. then it cuts out, starts again so if I can't get it repaired I shall have to think about buying another one.  The petrol does a good job but it's very heavy to use and I'm fairly knacked at the end of a session with it.  Tools away just before seven and I was surprised how late it was.  The snooker was still playing and I watched the end of the Trump -Williams match and really enjoyed it.  I lit the fire, it's not cold but it's cheery with it going. demolished chocolate and Trump  has made it through by one frame.  And now to see who goes through and I'm hoping it's Ronnie, it's about to start any time now so I'm not going to linger long.  I didn't take any pickies today but I'll be out with the camera tomorrow and show you the new reduced garden if I manage to finish it...weather permitting.  LN.....The television calls.....LN
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