A blog for heart matters and natters.
There is something very rewarding about tidying up. It is also an opportunity to get rid of those items that take up space but are not used/played with or will ever be missed.
The same goes for the garden, hedge trimming, pruning and generally cutting back. It is a never ending task of keeping everythng in check.
What a wet day, again. June is a real hit or miss month and never seems to live up to its reputation.
Still it is a good opportunity to do jobs around the house.
One of the satisfying things in cooking is to make something with simple ingredients, then cook them and eat them all quite quickly.
Welsh cakes are very good to make - and eat. It is nice to vary the recipe too. Using different dried fruit and/or spices means that they are always a treat.
I enjoy washing clothes and particularly like the challenge of removing stains of any sort. I have tried various liquids/powders temperatures and types of programmes.
Most stains will come out especially if they are still wet.
But the worst stain of all is mould. Because it is a living stain it is very hard to get rid of but it can be done as long as the material is not too delicate.
One of the dispiriting things that I think that councils always do wrong is spending on the future. And for me that is children. Our local parks are barely adequate and really do need much more investment. It would be wonderful to see great play equipment and plenty for children to do rather than the money wasted on yet another idiotic scheme for cyclists.
I previously painted some stones and put the names of the trees/bushes/plants on. I used exterior primer/undercoat then gloss paint but unless they were very sheltered, they have not weathered very well at all.
So now I am trying with acrylic paint and covering with PVA. there is some PVA on the sandstones and it has not come off since it was spilt there quite a few years ago, so let's see.
One of the annoying things about living on the coast is the winds, often very strong. They do seem to be almost continual. Too strong to be of any use for drying washing but always irritating. Anything above 5mph is a nuisance.
