Greenhouse Construction

Busy with the greenhouse construction,sadly our climate is not suitable for tomato growing al fresco,so concrete mixing and struggling with instructions on how to assemble ,are order of the day,though I had an enjoyable 2 hours in Skegness accompanying a rather attractive tall young lady from Macclesfield on the torrid beaches of the north sea coast,whilst poor Sheila stayed at the savoy hotel enjoying coffee and free newspapers.

Nostalgia with Social Comment

It looks as if Montana Mike is to be re named as Colorado Chuff! is the love affair over?I hope he can get some retro shirt idea's from the photo of that great centre half on Sheila's blog,that was when the ball had a lace in it and a spare one in the shirt,the boots were suitable for playing football and working in the mines,and it took a brave man to head the ball on a sludge sodden field,my mother always said "it was heading that heavy ball that made your dad go bald"she might have been right.
Nostalgia,it's not what it used to be,when a packet of cigs were 1penny for 5, beer 4 pints for tuppence and kids at 11 years old were sent up chimneys or down the mines,for a weekly wage of a farthing less tax,it makes you pine for the good old days,no TV,or internet,no washing machines,butter was good for you,full cream unpasturised milk with added tb.you could reminisce forever.
Latest from our hen hut correspondant,the white hen is still struggling to hatch a strategically placed pot egg,and taking up good nest box room,forcing the other residents to squash into two nest boxes,as befits their highly intelligent brains,they make billy the dog look like a genius.

Showers and sunny periods

Got the washing out early but the dreaded showers are now starting,5 eggs already after I moved a protesting hen (the little white banty)off the two large eggs she was trying to hatch,she is now sat on the pot egg in the vain hope of hatching that,she stayed there while I cleaned out the hut,a little like montana at his KC residence,lifting his feet for MS to hoover round him.
Bowling yesterday at the village hall,played with the crafty cockney Walt as a partner ,we won easily mainly due to his efforts,le blade did not turn up as he is recovering from rope burns on the neck after the blades lost in the play off for premiership status,luckily his dear wife cut him down in time from the garage rafter,I called in with some eggs and he was administering a cure of cold cider to the affected throat,in my opinion a much more efficacious remedy than chiropractors and such like.
It seems Sheila has decided we are going on a visit to australia,and I am delegated the job of searching for the best flights money can buy,I would be grateful for any experiences my reader may have had in this regard,thus avoiding pitfalls,I should like to visit my cousin crocodile mick while we are there and so flights from brisbane to perth are also in my sights with a further search for perth to carnarvon,insurance for the intrepid elderly travellers is also a requirement.

Markby church

This is the oldest thatched church in Lincolnshire. We went there this morning. They were fund raising to decorate the inside of the church having just had a grant from the lottery to renew the thatch

Giro D' Italia

After trying the gmail programme and comparing it to skype,the latter comes out on top,Montana may think I am just making that fact up but we have taken soundings and they confirm this.
That big event the Giro D' Italia is now required viewing in the Kansas City household,but some of us have seen the real thing during our residence in La Spezia,and like horse racing there is nothing like actually being at the racecourse,even if like me you are not a particular lover of the sport,I mention this because if Montana Mike would like to visit Italy and pay for a personal interpreter(much like a personal trainer) I know the very man.
Yesterday we looked at a house with lots of land but decided against it as the house was in need of much work,which would have been ok 10 years ago,but Ithink we shall have to settle for what we have unless we have a win on the lottery,but if that were to happen I envisage a nice place in Tuscany for the summer and an antipodean residence in the winter.
Harking back to the midwest of the USA we found a wonderful place near KC in the countryside and if we could have obtained a residence permit would have bought it,it had stables 20 acres,a swimming pool,the works and at the time with the exchange rate well within our price range,but we are not able to get permission to live there so its a non starter.
This morning I did my good deed for the day,I took Sheila's unused crutches ,to the residence of Cockney Linda,who had a fall on her flight back from Florida and broke her ankle rather severely in two places,and finds a zimmer frame to be of little use,so lets hope the crutches suit her better.