What a week. I don't know what I've wasted it doing, but I certainly have nothing to show for it. Seem to have spent most of my time cleaning up after my daughter's student parties. Oh yes, I had to redecorate her room as well!

The house and garden are in a right mess, and I now have to eat about 20 tomatoes a day a they are over ripe and will rot on the plants if I don't. After all that time nuturing and watering....

I've always loved the idea of messing about in a boat, and as John and I can never get away on holiday because of our dogs, we've often thought about hiring a barge and taking them with us. Anyway, we saw a ad for a narrowboat up for sale last week, so went to see it, knowing zip about boats.

After being baffled by talk of unrenewable moorings, license fees, safety checks, cheimical toilets, generaters, blacking and where the water goes when you use the loo, we withdrew, re-grouped, and ended up viewing the old rust bucket three times.
On all three occasions the guy could't get the thing to start. It also needed all sorts of work, work we had no idea of how to get done. We had strong reservatios about that boat so we didn't proceed.
Instead in a total moment of madness, I've just bought a different narrowboat on ebay. A boat I haven't even seen. Now I'm taking a check up on Sunday......don't know how we're going to get the boat to Formby from Manchester, don't even know where the canals go....
Having said all that, the pictures of it look lovely. I've decided to call it 'FLOWER OF THE MOON' or 'MOONFLOWER', and I'm already on the internet looking at vintage lamps.....

On a bike ride last night a black rabbit ran across our path, must be domestic, wild rabbits are grey surely....and it was no-where near any houses. We also discovered a roosting site for about 6 heros, they look so magestic when they fly!

Sat out in the garden last night and lit the chiminea. All went well at first. The rain held off for once and the bats came out. Then, without warning, the the garden chair I was sat on collapsed. As I hit the deck, I also managed to smash the garden table on my way down, and knocked a log in the chiminea, which kicked the back out of it. The beer I was holding went all over me, so I staggered into the house, to clean up and review my injuries. I picked up m glasses and managed to break the arm off them......so much destruction in such a short space of time. Now my specs are cellotaoed together. Thank god I did'nt have the boat then....I probably would have sunk it.....