CoTT 2 House of Cards

[Albert1434]

Aloha Page

[Headstall]

2 hours ago, Albert1434 said:

Aloha All 

Hi, Albert!   Neck is really, really sore today... have to rest it... no more being careless.  

[Headstall]

1 hour ago, Bucket1 said:

Hello young Albert

i am running off to bed

Enjoy your day everyone

Night, Brother B.  

[Headstall]

1 hour ago, Page Scrawler said:

Hey, Bertie.     

Hi, Page.  

[Albert1434]

Gary put some heat on that 

[dughlas]

15 hours ago, Valkyrie said:

I just got back from a five hour stint in the ER.  I've been sick with a high fever for the past two weeks.  I've had two COVID tests, both of which were negative.  The good news is there's nothing major wrong.  I feel much better after getting some IV fluids.  Now I'm going to rest up and hope I continue to be on the mend.  

Gee big for you. Want me to look after the herd? 

[Valkyrie]

15 minutes ago, dughlas said:

Gee big for you. Want me to look after the herd? 

[dughlas]

Just now, Valkyrie said:

Okay, I thought I should offer before Clo did. I might stop by to visit with the guys from time to time but I never try stealin' any of them.

[Albert1434]

Poor Val is sick and Dughlas you should be a shamed 

[Albert1434]

Aloha Dughlas hope your well today

[Albert1434]

Val you need to learn to share

[Page Scrawler]

I made Nashville Hot Chicken for dinner.

https://grandbaby-cakes.com/nashville-hot-chicken/

Now, chicken isn't a favorite of mine, but this is dee-licious! 

I also made biscuits with honey butter, and garlic smashed potatoes. 

[Marty]

6 hours ago, Albert1434 said:

Aloha All 

Hi, Albert!

[Marty]

4 hours ago, Headstall said:

Hi, Albert!   Neck is really, really sore today... have to rest it... no more being careless.  

I'm thinking healing thoughts for you, Gary  

[Page Scrawler]

2 minutes ago, Marty said:

I'm thinking healing thoughts for you, Gary  

Hey, Marty!     How are you?

[Marty]

Well, here in Ireland Friday's almost over, so I'll not bother with a Happy Friday image this time.

I got a text to say that my monthly prescription was ready to be picked up, so I drove the twenty miles to collect it, and managed to buy some fresh provisions as well.  Yay!

Next Tuesday (5th May) the Irish Government were due to start lifting some of the social distancing restrictions that have been in place for over a month now, but the Taoiseach (Prime Minister) announced this evening that the decision has been made to keep them in place until Monday 18th May, when they will start to be lifted in 3 weeks phases. The only slight lifting on Tuesday will be to allow people to exercise within 5 kilometres of their home (it had previously been 3 kilometres), and to allow the over 70's to leave their homes and gardens to exercise within 5 km of home.

If there is a significant increase in covid-19 cases during any of the planned phases, there will be a stepping back of the restrictions.

He said school's and colleges will not reopen before the start of the new academic year starting in September (schools) or October (colleges). I'm sure that will please some of my friends' children, although I can see many of the parents not being so pleased...

One thing he said will reopen on 18th May will be garden centres and hardware shops. So I know where I shall be going on that day!

All in all, I think the Government are making the right choices...

[Marty]

12 minutes ago, Page Scrawler said:

Hey, Marty!     How are you?

Hi, Page.

All good here, thanks. Yourself?

[Marty]

Here's my week 5 offering of my challenge to upload a new black and white photograph every week for 52 weeks.

Taken yesterday, it's a view of the inside of the upper story of the old cottage.

Spoiler

 

You'll notice light coming in through the left hand side of the roof. That's because of the missing slate that I mentioned last week. There's also a slate missing, and one broken, in the far room on the same side of the roof. The roof timbers themselves don't look to be in too bad a shape, so initially I'm planning to just get the missing and damaged slates replaced, just to make the roof watertight. The ceiling looks a mess, but it should be easy enough to strip all the loose ceiling slats that are hanging down (easy, but potentially very messy).

Most of the mess on the floor is the old plaster from the walls. If you think it looks bad in this photograph, you should have seen how bad it was before I swept the most of it out!

[Headstall]

54 minutes ago, Marty said:

Here's my week 5 offering of my challenge to upload a new black and white photograph every week for 52 weeks.

Taken yesterday, it's a view of the inside of the upper story of the old cottage.

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You'll notice light coming in through the left hand side of the roof. That's because of the missing slate that I mentioned last week. There's also a slate missing, and one broken, in the far room on the same side of the roof. The roof timbers themselves don't look to be in too bad a shape, so initially I'm planning to just get the missing and damaged slates replaced, just to make the roof watertight. The ceiling looks a mess, but it should be easy enough to strip all the loose ceiling slats that are hanging down (easy, but potentially very messy).

Most of the mess on the floor is the old plaster from the walls. If you think it looks bad in this photograph, you should have seen how bad it was before I swept the most of it out!

Looks awesome, Marty. I'm sure it will be charming once you're done.The timbers appear substantial.  

[Headstall]

A poem...

https://gayauthors.org/story/headstall/headstallsreflections/77 

 

[Marty]

6 minutes ago, Headstall said:

A poem...

https://gayauthors.org/story/headstall/headstallsreflections/77 

 

Beautiful, Gary! ❤️

Stay upright
You mad old fool.
And scream and sing,
And be that king.  

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[Marty]

12 minutes ago, Headstall said:

Looks awesome, Marty. I'm sure it will be charming once you're done.The timbers appear substantial.  

I don't know if it will ever be finished, but I can see the upper part of the cottage becoming a self contained apartment, with the larger room being the living area, and the smaller room a bedroom. You may notice there's a blocked up fireplace on the dividing wall between the two rooms.

There appears never to have been a staircase leading from the ground floor rooms, which makes me suspect that originally the ground floor was used for housing livestock which, in the winter months, would have helped heat the living quarters above. This, I have read, was a common practice in rural Ireland in days gone by.

There is no doorway between the two downstairs rooms, and nor does it appear that there ever was. The only thing that confuses me about this is that there is actually a fireplace in the smaller room. It's really quite a small room, with originally just one small window, so why it (and not the larger downstairs room) needed a fireplace is not immediately clear.

I actually know one of the daughters (through a camera club) of the old woman who last owned this place. That daughter is around my age, and was actually reared in the main residence. So, once the social distancing restrictions are over and the camera club can meet again, I may ask her if she knows anything about the history of the old cottage.

[Bucket1]

33 minutes ago, Marty said:

There appears never to have been a staircase leading from the ground floor rooms, which makes me suspect that originally the ground floor was used for housing livestock which, in the winter months, would have helped heat the living quarters above. This, I have read, was a common practice in rural Ireland in days gone by.

I have heard of this practice. Heat being more important than smell  

[Bucket1]

6 hours ago, Headstall said:

Night, Brother B.  

Look after yourself Gary

[Albert1434]

Aloha Bucket