CoTT 2 House of Cards

[Marty]

2 minutes ago, Albert1434 said:

Aloha Gary

What Albert said.  

 

Edited February 2, 2021 by Marty

[Headstall]

2 minutes ago, Albert1434 said:

Aloha Gary

Hi, Albert.   Another hard day's work, but I just called my son and told him his new apartment is ready... he can come home.   He's pretty excited....

[Albert1434]

I am so happy for ya Gary

[Headstall]

1 minute ago, Albert1434 said:

I am so happy for ya Gary

Thanks, Albert.  

[Marty]

1 minute ago, Headstall said:

Hi, Albert.   Another hard day's work, but I just called my son and told him his new apartment is ready... he can come home.   He's pretty excited....

There's an Irish expression "excira-and-delira" - which basically just means "excited and delighted."

I'd say both you and your son are exira-and-delira.  

[Headstall]

2 minutes ago, Marty said:

There's an Irish expression "excira-and-delira" - which basically just means "excited and delighted."

I'd say both you and your son are exira-and-delira.  

I won't lie and say I'm not nervous about the covid thing, but I did all I could to stay safe. Fingers crossed it's enough.  

[Marty]

Just now, Headstall said:

I won't lie and say I'm not nervous about the covid thing, but I did all I could to stay safe. Fingers crossed it's enough.  

Fingers (and lots else) crossed here, as well.

[Albert1434]

Well u know what to do

[dughlas]

19 minutes ago, Headstall said:

Hi, Albert.   Another hard day's work, but I just called my son and told him his new apartment is ready... he can come home.   He's pretty excited....

I'm happy for you.

[Page Scrawler]

32 minutes ago, Marty said:

Here's a view from the outside of my upper garden, showing the ivy that still remains on top of the high stone wall.

Any plans for the door in the wall? Maybe replace it with an iron gate? 

[Marty]

5 minutes ago, Page Scrawler said:

Any plans for the door in the wall? Maybe replace it with an iron gate? 

Not really - apart from maybe painting it. I quite like the privacy it provides.

[Marty]

Here's another view of the wall.

I walked down the road a bit, to get a shot that also includes the hedge that I want to tidy.

The left hand one of the two red doors is actually the front door of the house I was renting for a few years before buying the new old house. You can see one of the chimneys of my new place through the hedge.

The ivy-clad cottage behind the car on the right is the empty property whose gable forms part of the boundary of my upper garden. That's the gable I mentioned that I have been considering building a lean-to greenhouse against.

Edited February 2, 2021 by Marty
Tidying up

[Marty]

Seems a bit quiet in here tonight...

And it's now after 12:30 am here, so I think I'll get some shuteye.

Good night, everyone!  

I've been Googling for the past while looking for bare rooted fruit trees - apple trees, maybe a pear and a damson tree, and perhaps some soft fruit (such as blackcurrants, gooseberries, raspberries). Seems I may have to order online for home delivery, due to the Covid restrictions.

Anyway, with all this talk of gardening, I'll leave you all tonight with this performance by Makem and Clancy:

 

 

That was apparently their last ever TV appearance, before they hung up their instruments.  

Edited February 3, 2021 by Marty
Tidying up

[Page Scrawler]

2 hours ago, Marty said:

Not really - apart from maybe painting it.

Painted painted, or a naturally finished look? 

[Marty]

4 minutes ago, Page Scrawler said:

Painted painted, or a naturally finished look? 

Probably either grey, green, or brown. Some sort of earthy colour rather than anything too garish. It  does looks a bit unsightly, at the moment - it's simply box steel coated with galvanised iron.

Edited February 3, 2021 by Marty
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[Albert1434]

41 minutes ago, Marty said:

Probably either grey, green, or brown. Some sort of earthy colour rather than anything too garish. It  does looks a bit unsightly, at the moment - it's simply box steel coated with galvanised iron.

I thought you would be good with pink

[Valkyrie]

4 hours ago, dughlas said:

 

Stuffed chicken breasts and an as of yet undetermined veggie.

I had a seafood salad wrap.    

[Valkyrie]

1 hour ago, Marty said:

Seems a bit quiet in here tonight...

And it's now after 12:30 am here, so I think I'll get some shuteye.

Good night, everyone!  

I've been Googling for the past while looking for bare rooted fruit trees - apple trees, maybe a pear and a damson tree, and perhaps some soft fruit (such as blackcurrants, gooseberries, raspberries). Seems I may have to order online for home delivery, due to the Covid restrictions.

Anyway, with all this talk of gardening, I'll leave you all tonight with this performance by Makem and Clancy:

 

 

That was apparently their last ever TV appearance, before they hung up their instruments.  

Good night!  

[Timothy M.]

7 hours ago, Page Scrawler said:

Any plans for the door in the wall? Maybe replace it with an iron gate? 

I noticed the door too, as a bit of an eyesore in the nice wall.

5 hours ago, Marty said:

Probably either grey, green, or brown. Some sort of earthy colour rather than anything too garish. It  does looks a bit unsightly, at the moment - it's simply box steel coated with galvanised iron.

Yeah, something to make it look like wood rather than steel would be nice. I can see how replacing it with a wooden door would be an unecessary expense.

Edited February 3, 2021 by Timothy M.

[dughlas]

9 hours ago, Albert1434 said:

I thought you would be good with pink

A nice blush pink or something a bit more eye catching like bubblegum?

Edited February 3, 2021 by dughlas
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[dughlas]

9 hours ago, Valkyrie said:

I had a seafood salad wrap.    

We ended up having Barber Foods Cordon Bleu chicken breasts because the ones I originally planned hadn't thawed. We'll have the stuffed ones tonight.

[dughlas]

10 hours ago, Marty said:

Seems a bit quiet in here tonight...

And it's now after 12:30 am here, so I think I'll get some shuteye.

Good night, everyone!  

I've been Googling for the past while looking for bare rooted fruit trees - apple trees, maybe a pear and a damson tree, and perhaps some soft fruit (such as blackcurrants, gooseberries, raspberries). Seems I may have to order online for home delivery, due to the Covid restrictions.

Anyway, with all this talk of gardening, I'll leave you all tonight with this performance by Makem and Clancy:

 

 

That was apparently their last ever TV appearance, before they hung up their instruments.  

I wasn't familiar with this duo but I do know of the Clancy Brothers.

[dughlas]

Hal Holbrook has died at age 95.

[Drew Espinosa]

Morning y'all!  

[Marty]

13 hours ago, Albert1434 said:

I thought you would be good with pink

Oh, pink looks good on me!

Just not too sure about painting my rear gate that colour, though...

(Note that I didn't say "back door?") 

Edited February 3, 2021 by Marty
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