Sara HjelmI’ll take a few photo updates tomorrow when it’s light and if the weather permits. And then I’ll finish this thread. I’ll need some time to move all this over to a PDF and save down as Mastodon still has no threadreader from what I can see. (Hello @Gargron PLEASE!…)
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And it will be worse. Next week all my cupboard doors in the kitchen will be picked up for painting. I’ve more or less decided on color - lightest olive green/grey.
Gratefully my youngest son visited over last weekend to cheer my up so I had some help moving things. The desk is now upstairs. And he managed to move down and sort all paint in the basement (his first suggestion was to keep it in the garage which only shows that I’ve passed 0 knowledge on to my kids…)
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Gratefully my youngest son visited over last weekend to cheer my up so I had some help moving things. The desk is now upstairs. And he managed to move down and sort all paint in the basement (his first suggestion was to keep it in the garage which only shows that I’ve passed 0 knowledge on to my kids…)
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I’ll really make a try to do a bit the coming weeks, but from what I can see next week will be mostly rain and even some snow. Today I’ve put away all outdoor pots and put them under the sofa. And indoors is an even greater mess. Rusty tools, bulbs and plants taken indoors in a haste as the cat got worse after a first visit to the vet. Still things to be sorted in outdoors and indoors. Upstairs and downstairs. My hallway is beyond description
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The unruly bush rose was pruned and cut down to half and at the same time there was a change of place for this giant and the red climbing Flammentanz rose as the latter moved to the fence behind the logs
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Benches and sofa are neatly packed away under tarp and all perennials in flowerbeds were cut down plus the latest leaves blown away.
Anything to do with planting has also moved to the garage and the patio is ready for winter with a shining white, repaired sofa and the bird feeder back in place. Remains to fetch the snow shovel.
So here is an update after this Friday … was not supposed to be until the oak leaves had dropped, but now at least I can see where to dig down different bulbs. The board that got used so little during the rainy summer is back in its place along the garage wall plus the wall above is ready for console lists - a multitude of screws and huge nails removed from the walls.
With all cat things also in the garage there is a huge need for sorting - if only there was light…
I’m very grateful for lamps finally functioning in the stairs down to the basement. But outside it’s now pitch dark after 6.30 pm. Anything outside the few days it’s not raining has to be done during the day. And sorting stuff in the garage was more or less impossible. Putting up shelfs for example. And most tool are electric.
In the end I had to ask for help again to finish of the garden preparations for winter.
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In the end I had to ask for help again to finish of the garden preparations for winter.
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One thing that happened on 2nd of October was that the electricity outside the garage suddenly gave up. The arrangements there were more than strange and outdated so started hunting electricians. After 10 days I got help. I had two acute things - light in the stairs to the basement and that garage thing. He managed the second quickly but never got time to finish the garage. Just cut off the cord and left. Doing that he also cut off all outdoor lights. Also on the patio
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I still really miss her, have no appetite and it’s very hard to sleep as I wake up dreaming that she’s calling for me …
I’ve always had #cats but every other time one of them passed away there were other things and many times another cat to distract me and keep me company plus work and people around during daytime. No there is nothing. Sooo empty.
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I’ve always had #cats but every other time one of them passed away there were other things and many times another cat to distract me and keep me company plus work and people around during daytime. No there is nothing. Sooo empty.
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This thread is coming to an end. Time to set the clocks for #wintertime
It’s evening 0kt 28 and outside it’s only 2°C. Tonight we get frost.
This very rainy summer ended in garden chaos, huge grief and disaster during October (as if not wars, and climate disasters was enough). #cat Alice is no more after 17 years together, my only companion the last 5 years. It’s very empty, quiet and depressing. I lost all motivation to deal with anything - outside or inside.
