Grapes

I asked him if he had any great ideas for hoe Spanish people conserve grapes. He gave me an odd look. We picked the last of our grapes yesterday and our Apple harvest(which was small in both senses).

I remember when all this used to be stars…

In the summer we have tremendous night skies. One day we’ll treat ourselves to a telescope, but at the moment we just look unmagnified at the sky and can see all sorts. I think I mentioned before that we sometimes…

My office mate

This little fellow was sitting next to me. Until he got popped into next file’s yard hastily!

Paint!

Hooray! The finished paint and the damar resin i had to melt with the wax. All of the colors except for the small whites were made with the darker brown wax which hasn’t been bleached in the sun. . The…

MOT and Pixie’s Claws

The car passed its MOT but we were both a little traumatized by the experience. MOTs are a sort of drive through experience and there’s three lanes of vehicles that get tested. Our testing man was very thorough. Much more…