Sara HjelmThat’s it for this thread … the year has turned & from now on days will be longer, slowly at first and then faster. Definitly a reason to celebrate
I do hope those present at the #Newgrange sunrise had clear weather, enough to see the whole chamber lit up
Here it’s #snowing. There will be a #WhiteChristmas after all heavy rain last week
But, let it snow! I’ll save shoveling till later today
Under all that snow 272 bulbs were planted Tuesday
The garden is ready for spring
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We are now appoaching the longest night of the year, at least on this hemisphere.
It is more or less 12 hrs until the winter solstice at 4.24 am 22:nd of december.
Checking ….
Some luck this morning as it seems
https://www.rte.ie/news/leinster/2023/1221/1423137-winter-solstice/
Here is an example of the above with all parts included (to satisfy foreign watchers?) so very long … roofing, sanitary, new port to the courtyard, etc
This time it’s a female in the lead role for once and it does not try to conceal that there is a whole crew and not a single person at work as in most of those videos. https://youtu.be/L2LE0BX2dwQ?si=UQqU0BJlMWUb0Mnh
After the divorce, She Cleaning and Restoration Abandoned house behind the mountain | Renovated
If you’re interested in how to build a brick wok kitchen (always ripped out and a new similar built, I know enough to build one on my patio by now), how to use bamboo in construction, hand carpentry with chisels and how roofs are made, have look. The foreign comments are a bit hilarious… expecting before/after shots
They have made me wonder about #curriculum in Chinese schools. Are skills like bricklaying, rendering and carpentry, included? At least for boys? Anyone know?
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They have made me wonder about #curriculum in Chinese schools. Are skills like bricklaying, rendering and carpentry, included? At least for boys? Anyone know?
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Time for sanding and primer on the yesterday cleaned surfaces …
And thaw salt.
I’d better get dressed. And avoid the fascinating instruction YT videos of #Chinese #DIY #renovations of old houses (look anyone can do it), apparently part of a new housing & employment policy - back to the empty countryside again‼️, trying to empty the overcrowded cities & using loads of concrete... No wonder they try to vote down any suggestions about scrapping fossil fuels in Dubai.
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And thaw salt.
I’d better get dressed. And avoid the fascinating instruction YT videos of #Chinese #DIY #renovations of old houses (look anyone can do it), apparently part of a new housing & employment policy - back to the empty countryside again‼️, trying to empty the overcrowded cities & using loads of concrete... No wonder they try to vote down any suggestions about scrapping fossil fuels in Dubai.
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The replacement was fairly cheep & matches the rest of the brass handles in the kitchen. Not really my cup of tea any of it, but the original hardware of the kitchen, Ticka, was nowhere to be found, not even in the garage, (new are really expensive) and they left huge holes, like this below, that need to be covered, so keeping the brass is the cheapest option for a kitchen that a future owner will most probably rip out completely….
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My plans for this week was getting my winter tires on the car, but yesterday was impossible as the workshop had several staff home sick, so end of week instead. That gave me some respite in my kitchen painting. I spent yesterday steam cleaning unpainted surfaces instead and fighting a stubbornly stuck wooden knob on one of the drawers. In the end I had to break it with severe force, leaving a surface badly in need of putty.
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This morning at half past 4 it was 10 days until the winter solstice & I wake up to a grey outside. After a few days of thaw almost all snow is gone & we expect another week of cold weather. Almost all snow is gone and the little left is frozen solid. It’s really time for thaw salt.
-1° outside.
And that photo is actually a color one. Hard to believe.
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-1° outside.
And that photo is actually a color one. Hard to believe.
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You can see the transformation in this corner that I still have to apply some primer to …
It’s unbelievable how dirty the 30 yr old paint was. I should have done this ages ago, but it’s also a matter of cost.
I’d better get going. Get a piece of molding from the garage, feed the birds outside. You can finally buy uncracked nuts, so I have loads of hazels and walnuts to keep the squirrels busy.
Today I’ll apply that finishing light grey paint to all drawers…
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Early this morning it was only 12 days until the winter solstice (exact time is half past 4 in the morning). Outside it is +1° and thaw after a couple of really cold weeks. Ice on the lake is melting
After curating my website I’m finally ready for breakfast … scones with walnuts and raisins and lit advent candles
I’ve been super busy these last weeks as my kitchen is getting a new coat of white. Painter did the ceiling and the cupboard doors, I’m doing the rest myself.
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