Karola went off with Joan to visit Cynthia in her Hastings house returning mid afternoon.

I had a large cooked breakfast of omelette with bacon bits and then took Bangle round the orchard for my morning walk.

The chap from HomePlus came and assembled the third shower; I’ll check tomorrow but think that’s all three done. The floor sanders came back and did the second and final coat on the new kitchen and cloakroom floors. Plumber Dean came and continued with plumbing under the house.

Paul received delivery of the GIB for the upstairs hallways. This involved some very precise manoeuvring of the GIB on a large pallet (see below). But first Paul used the same crane-on-a-truck to lower the very heavy iron bath from the old upstairs bathroom down to ground level. Paul called in an old mate to help with the bath and the GIB, aso getting help with the higher GIB panels in the hallways.

My old English Staffordshire China willow pattern palte arrived this morning. Being too big for the letter box postie brought it to the door. It’s an inch or so smaller in diameter than the serving dish I bought from Briscoes recently – that dish proved way too large for my normal dinner plate. The new one, well the quite old one actually, is just the right size (see below).

Late afternoon I mowed the One Acre with its vibrant crop of Californian thistles. The little red tractor overheated every ten minutes or so but, with several water refills, it finished the job.

Large Serving Dish – Willow Pattern – New From Briscoes

Vintage British Anchor Old Willow Staffordshire England Dinner Plate

Man Handling The Heavy Iron Bath Off The Balcony

There She Goes

Now The GIB For The Upstairs Passages

Autumn Crocuses Round The Ginkgo

Mowing The Heavy Crop Of Thistles In The One Acre (Supposed To Be Lucerne)

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