Marty

And the same to you, Gary! All good in Garyland?

So would that make it morning wood?

Another one who's still not too old to be spanked! #kidstoday

That old moon is not to be trusted, though. It occasionally shows up in the sky during the day, as well!

That's Dougal! Or Pollux in Le Manège enchanté (the original, French version of The Magic Roundabout). It was actually Zebedee (the one on the right) who used to say "Time for bed" in the series.

Well, it's 00:35am as I start to type this, so I think it's time to get my much needed beauty sleep. (Although I'm sure Albert will say that I'll be wasting my time. ) Night all!

Sun? What's that?

I'm actually thinking that I don't really want to use a photograph of the work on the two sheds in two consecutive weeks. Maybe in a week or two's time, when that work is basically complete...

What Val said.

There's a pile of branches starting to form in the neighbouring garden now. So it could well become: Neighbour: "Hey, Marty. Any plans for tonight?" Marty: "Yeah, I'm going to start a bonfire in your garden."

Done! But I'll be closing it again quite soon. Not too warm outside this time of year.

Good to hear things are improving, Val!

Hey, B and Val!

And apparently goats can cause serious health problems to humans... https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jan/18/we-need-answers-why-are-people-living-near-dutch-goat-farms-getting-sick Although, reading the report it seems the problem is as much to do with overstocking than simply the goats themselves...

No. It's only a small village.

Not going to happen, clo! Goats would completely destroy the garden. They'll eat anything. Even the washing off the line. There'll be a bonfire made of the branches eventually.

A labour of love, Albert! Just a pity I don't love painting and decorating inside the house the same.

Possibly... But it isn't actually taken from inside my garden or house. All of the current ones up to now for my 52/52 challenge have been. Perhaps this one that I took from my garden this evening? There's a lot less growth above the sheds now. And a few more of the stones on the left hand gable wall have come down...

In other news... The bread is in the oven, and the kitchen smells divine.

I'm sure I'm possibly beginning to annoy some of you with my continuous stories and photos of my progress in the garden. But, then again, quite a few of you did clamour for before and after pictures when I first announced that I had bought this property. Mind you, I think you may have been talking more about the house itself, rather than the garden. Here's the ladder the other side of the wall, in the neighbour's garden: Now, when I say neighbours, perhaps I should point out that both the property beside me on the main street, and the two story stone built house next to the upper garden, have stood empty for the past number of years. So the gardens of each of them are a bit overgrown, which means that I am having to clear away brambles and saplings in order to be able to find the space to safely rest the ladder against the wall. But I made a bit of progress today, and I estimate two more days work should see the main job of clearing all the overgrowth from the two sheds just about finished. Although I shall then have to decide what to do with the sheds themselves... For reference, the building you can see behind the ladder, on the other side of the wall, is the two story stone cottage in my lower garden. You can see the roof of my own house to the right of it. The met office have issued a 24 hour yellow alert for rain from tonight in my county, with the possibility of up to 50mm (2 inches) of rain. That means that it is unlikely I'll be able to get any work done outside tomorrow. I'm just keeping my fingers crossed that the rain won't continue for days on end. You'll notice the wall isn't actually rendered (parged) on the neighbour's side. The stonework looks to be in good order, so maybe I'll see about getting the rendering removed from my side eventually.

Not sure... But possibly somewhere in Control Panel/Power Options, if it can be done.

Jayzus, bro! You had me worried there for a moment! I thought you were telling us your computer had completely died. As in: kaput died... Can't tell you just how happy I was when I read the "so I had to reboot" bit.

My bread dough is currently rising. Can hardy wait for it to go in the oven and fill the kitchen with its delicious aroma.

Greetings. young Albert!

What Tim said!