Wednesday 19th August 2020 Day 148

5.25   Darn it, I went to bed so late, I thought I might actually wake later.  The thing was, one of my daughters has got hooked on a series now on Netflix.  She told me I must watch it and to be honest I was a little sceptical as I have often tried series she suggests and not enjoyed them but this one, well I got hooked straight away and watched three episodes on the trot, very unlike me, the trouble was that I didn’t start watching until ten forty five and ended up going to bed after one.  Audrey had dropped off for the night and only pretended to go out for a wee when I persuaded her to get up.  When I got upstairs, no sign of Worry who never ever goes out after eleven at night.  I called quietly from the bathroom window but nothing and after ten minutes I was getting worried.  Then I remembered that I had been to put all the tools back in the shed just after dinner.  She loves the shed and will always creep in if she sees it open, usually I don’t notice, which it turned out, is what had happened last night.  She sidled out of the shed when I opened the door trying not to look as silly and relieved as she felt.  So, when I finally got into bed it was pretty late and here I am again, wide eyed at five.

8.30   It is raining quite steadily but lightly, I really hope it will continue for a while, we really need proper rain.  The last rain we had yesterday got soaked up before it had barely reached the ground.

I got rid of some duck weed yesterday when Debbie came to collect some for her ducklings but it is all back again, I think that one will be a losing battle unfortunately.

9.30   It has been pouring with rain for ages now, proper big, dripping off the roof, filling the water butt, big puddles, rain.  I think I will delay walking till a bit later though and tackle the wretched letter box while I am full of morning energy and optimism.  It actually only takes another ten minutes of chipping away with the chisel and it’s done. Letter box that opens properly and a spring-loaded flap that could take your fingers off if you left them in the way.  I sand down the wood filler which I used to fill an unwanted hole that held the old door knocker, a bit of touch up paint and it’s finished.  Amazing what leaving a job and coming back to it later will do.

11.30   No sign of the rain stopping but I think we will go for our walk now and so it’s on with the rain gear, for me anyway and off we go to be dripped on by the trees in the woods and actually enjoy it.

14.15  I keep forgetting to tell the egg delivery lady that I don’t need eggs at the moment and I have several boxes of them in the fridge so I am pickling them. Every so often I come across a recipe that requires white wine vinegar and I always seem to forget that I already have a bottle and buy some more which is annoying as the recipe usually only asks for a tablespoon or two.  I discovered I had five bottles of it when I was tidying out a cupboard and now I can pour most of it into the saucepan of spices to pickle the eggs in. I haven’t had a pickled egg for years, I hope I still like them, maybe they’d be good for Christmas presents.   Christmas!!!  That’s going to be interesting this year……