One man went to mow

Suns out so time to get cracking in the garden....with the help of a very small John Deere riding assistant.

Nice view

Spent some time in stone yard today working out what can come out of the block the quarry has delivered. It was a rare sunny spring day and the view across the priory to Liverpool over the river Mersey was rather special. I also like the shipyard crane looming large over everything, its hard to see here just how bloody massive it is......a good day.

Thanks

Prime minister May has now announced she will resign if it gets her Brexit deal through, something still far from certain. I just hope the shits who have hounded her are happy and can live with the potential of a communist Corbyn govt which is possible quite soon given the chaos the politicians we pay have caused. I have no great expectations of politicians and so I'm rarely upset at their failings but we do seem to be reaching rock bottom. So farewell and thanks Mrs May, you did your best and you fought hard against the small minded dinosaurs you were up against......I'd have taken your deal and worked on it down the line but then again I'm a bird in the hand practical person and pie in the sky is not in my worldview.

Here we go again.

My girls go crazy.

Green eyed

As a rule I'd say I'm pretty content with my lot and happy with my day to day life. I have most things I need and I try to live a comfortable life but with a careful eye on what I might consider frivolous or carless expenditure. Then I saw this pic of somebodys music room online and the green eyed monster was aroused.....I see guitars in my future, lots of them!

Early start

We have had some very welcome but unexpected sun these last few days so I got out and got an early start on changing old windows for new double glazing copies. I know it would have been better to have them in before winter (so says my cold toes wife) but sooner late than never hey?

White stuff.

Courtesy of my Mother, I like the rest of my family love snow which given the lack of it where I live has always been a bone of contention between me and the weather gods. As a sad individual I do things like look at my fav little town up around Tahoe called Truckee on webcams just to watch the snow. The downtown cam is always interesting as I know the place well but I'm now fascinated by the airport cam....it snows and then like clockwork an army of snow clearing vehicles turn up and beaver away till the snow is gone and then....it snows and off we go again. I'd just like to know who pays for all this given I've never seen a single plane! I do find it oddly satisfying to see the snow being cleared though....give it a try.

Go girls

My girls at it again...ah youth!

Walkies.

Very cold, crisp and bright this morning so a walk along the river I think. A bit of time outside blows away the frustration of the last few months as our paralysed leaders grapple with my family's future.....yes, a long walk I think.

Like father

I have a few interesting little building jobs already in hand this year and I hope a visit to see family in America is possible this summer. To amuse myself inbetween jobs I plan to play and make more music with the kids as so far we have all had fun learning how playing together works, practise, teamwork etc.....all good for the kids to learn. The pic is of me back in the day and one of my daughters now.....she is better than me in every way.

What happened?

Its the day after the disastrous parliamentary Brexit  and nobody seems to know if we are coming or going and I like millions of others am angry at the failure of our glorious leaders to stop playing games and get our lives back on track. I could go on forever about the whys and wherefors but why bother? we are powerless it seems to make politicians toe the line, at least under the present system and given our British lack of direct action. I do fear though that this situation might change and for the first time I would probably agree....what a shower of shits we have in parliament, where is our Cromwell when you need him?

Visitors

I made sure all the various birds (chickens etc) had a good feed this Christmas but this little symbol of the season decided to help himself to leftovers....who doesn't like leftovers?

Christmas tune 2

My girls singing their mums favourite Christmas tune, courtesy of the great Richie Blackmore not smoke on the water Richie but I'm a Christmas pixie Richie, he's a strange one! so pretty soon time to take a week off from driving, school, shopping, Brexit and all forms of politics....I advise you do the same.

Essential supplies

Just getting ready for the Christmas lockdown, Tis the season to be jolly after all. Mind you with the country being driven insane by the conniving shits in Parliament a stiff drink or three would be in order at any time.