Yes, I know - no posts for three months, then three in one day. But I think I might have caught up with myself after this one, and then we'll see if I can keep a bit of momentum going for the rest of the year. Outside The weather at the start of January wasn't too bad, and I spent a bit of time in the field raking in the piles of grass I'd left before November. It was a lot harder, as of course it was now all soaked and extremely heavy. I did make some progress though. It was even nice enough to peg a load of washing out! Even if I did have to finish drying it inside. While the weather was nice, I made a start on weeding some of the planters by the house, and potting up some small plants I'd bought on sale before Christmas. I want to make something of this area this year, and it needs a good tidy up. Before the weather turned cold again, I finally got round to sowing some yellow rattle seeds in the hay field. This little plant acts as a parasite on grass, and slows the growth to allow a more diverse range of plants to grow. It needs a period of cold in order to germinate, and I'm not sure it will have had long enough, but time will tell. Inside Inside, we had a small incident in the living room, with water coming in through the old chimney and shorting the electrics. All safe now, but yet another DIY project to go onto the (end of the) list. For now, we've pinned a sheet over it, and are looking the other way. We spent our time doing more important things - like spray painting our boots silver for a friend's birthday party. One DIY project I did manage in January though, was putting up the shelves in the study. We took the old ones down when I fitted a carpet, way back in October 2022. My books have been sat in a pile on the floor ever since, so I'm delighted to have this shelf (although clearly it's not going to hold all of them...). I spent quite a lot of January preparing for a job interview, for the job I applied for in November. It was a long shot, and a small miracle that I was shortlisted. Unsurprisingly, I didn't get it, but it was an interesting process putting everything together.
And what will February bring? Another job application, it looks like. More raking of soggy grass. Perhaps a bit more scything before the new grass starts to grow. Will any DIY get done? I have my eye on a small patch of tiling, but at this point there are only eleven days of February left so that may be a little ambitious...
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