Sunday, 14 April 2024

 

14th April 2024

 

Dear All,

Started the week with an ear syringe to remove wax so can hear what you are thinking perfectly now! Dug much of the lower part of the garden to encourage drying. Mary-Ann, Amḗlie and Albert arrived at lunchtime, Andy had to work and stayed in Hove. First activity was an Easter Egg hunt in case they were suffering from chocolate deficiency! Over playground is currently out of order as it is being renovated so it was off to Willingham which has an excellent playground. The star evening game was “Taco” which enables anyone under 13 to thrash everyone else especially if they are over 70!

 


 Willingham Zip Line

 

On Tuesday I was helped by willing volunteers/slave labour sowing Runner Beans, French Beans, Courgettes, Mustard & Cress and bean sprouts.

Amḗlie presented me with a birthday painting.

  


Artist, Painting and Recipient

  


 Seed Slaves

Esther & Emma popped in after work for a serious evening of games and model making.

On Tuesday John Lane entertained the children at the Fishing Lakes. The fish were not biting very voraciously but Amḗlie caught a couple and no one else at the lakes appeared to catch anything.

 


 

Hopeful Anglers

 

After we travelled to La Pergola Italian restaurant at Eversden. The children managed 3 courses and the adults just one!

 


 


 Pizza demolition

 

Mary-Ann had discovered an abandoned Wormery and brought it up for Kate. They ordered worms on line and these arrived on Thursday so it was set up.

  

Wormery

  


Active Ingredient

 

The Russell’s departed after lunch on Thursday and Kate and I visited Adrian to remove a mattress from his recovery bed.

Friday it was Cricket Pitch work again cutting x 2 and rolling. This was followed by scarifying and cutting again yesterday to try and help it to recover from the damp spring.

In the afternoon it was an exciting outing with Geoff Pake to collect the Firemen’s uniforms which had got as far as Sandy and transfer them to Market Deeping in a box which Geoff had specially built. The destination was Deeping Direct a vast storage unit with 200+ portacabins for collecting good before dispatch. Unfortunately, the charity we are working with only owns 3 of the portacabins and they were all completely full so our box started its journey to Moldova on the roof of a cabin exposed to the elements.

 


 Transport Vehicle

 


 

Resting Place

Saturday was a heavy morning rotovating Adrian’s Garden followed by dismantling my Germination cabinet and planting a few more tomatoes.

In the afternoon I picked up Dave who is currently without a car to watch Swavesey 2 v 3 Over Res.

Regards

 

Mike & Kate

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