Aug 15, 2010 | Uncategorized
Further to my last, I was not only contented but also mellow this evening. This afternoon I bought a length of chain, some hooks and some tea-light lanterns. The chain was fixed between two of the uprights of the pergola and the tealight lanterns, complete with tea-lights, hung off it.
After a pleasant barbecue I stayed outside as evening fell and lit the candles. I stayed out for a further couple of hours, not doing a great deal more than watching the occasional satellite through binoculars and generally chilling out (literally, the temparature dissipated quite quickly in the cloudless night sky).
I also took a guitar out and had a great time just playing away to myself – some blues, some folk tunes, some more blues and some Paul Simon and Tom Paxton stuff. And then some more blues.
Aug 15, 2010 | Uncategorized
I am a contented man
We have had our aged and decrepit old paved patio replaced by decking with a pergola above. The pergola is bare at the moment but tonight, as I write, I am sitting outside with some tealights burning in the decorative lanterns on the table next to me.
Also on the table is a glass of Grappa. This is not an Italian summer’s night but that doesn’t matter. I am sitting out under the emergent starlight and quite happy.
Of course, we still have a lot to do around the house (we have, after all, only been here for fourteen and a half years) but the decking and pergola make a significant start on some long-standing plans – I bought those tea light lanterns with a pergola in mind when we were on holiday in Germany in 2002.
The next significant work, when we have some more money, will be the front garden and, of course, my man-shed. Also, the decking is bare and we need some pot-plants and furniture out here. I’m also thinking of planting two desert apple trees nearby. We already have a venerable old tree producing cooking apples which I have recently begun pruning hard. Two good dessert apples, chosen for restricted size as well as their flavour, would be a very good addition. I’m also thinking of a couple of plum trees for out the front in due course.
But that’s for the future. Tonight I’m watching satellites through binoculars and drinking grappa by starlight.
Further to my last, I was not only contented but also mellow this evening. This afternoon I bought a length of chain, some hooks and some tea-light lanterns. The chain was fixed between two of the uprights of the pergola and the tealight lanterns, complete with tea-lights, hung off it.
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