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Blue sky's.. I hate them !!!

Blue sky.... loads of damn blue sky. 
 A few whispers of grey Cloud visible through the monotonous green foliage of the Trees
which surrounded the Country Cottage with it's red tiled roof.
A smallish patch of grass, which wasn't that bad, at the front of the Cottage... 
 But then there were the bushes...different shapes and sizes
but all seemingly managing to blend in consistant colour with one another... 
 The outside was extremely hard.. the inside even worse....
took me at least 10 days to create..........
 And the Sky!!!!... Well!! that was a nightmare...........
 I just don't know what makes me want to accept such a challenge...........
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
''Damn 2000 piece Jigsaws!!!''
Wouldn't have minded if it had been my house though...lol...
 
new 028  new 030
 
new 029
 
Best wishes
 

Just Jobs

Lack of time!!, Lack of inspiration!!, Lack of interest!!, Suppose we all suffer now and again....but knowing it is there if we need it... the comp sits quietly waiting... till we feel the urge to type about something or find we have some spare minutes (or even hours) to use up or need something to occupy our minds... Guess that has been me for the past couple of weeks.  Decorating is proceeding slowly (very slowly)...case of one job leading to another..and another...and another!!!! why do these little 'just jobs'  never turn out 'just'...lol...???.....example:- Find that you have not purchased quite enough architrave..pop up the local DIY store to purchase some more...store has run out and is not expecting new stock for 2 days...cannot proceed with decorating without said item so visit 4 more DIY stores within a 10 mile radius before finding the same shaped architrave!!! ...
 
Daughter Kes is on 2 weeks spring term holiday.. she brought home a few 'certificates' on her last day of term..
Kes Cert 2                          Kes Cert 3  
 
Excellent effort in Mathematics           Improvement in History 
     
          Kes Cert1
Consistent effort in Science
 
Seems like she is doing fairly well in her first year....
 
Lance Corporal Wayne is home for a few weeks... He is awaiting his posting to his new army unit in London after completing his full Army training and achieving his 'Pass Out' as a fully trained soldier... complete with Radio/Signal qualification, ordinary car driving license and CVRT Armoured vehicle driver license!!!.... and he better not think he's parking that in my drive if he ever brings it home...lol...
 
  Army 1 
Radio/Signal Certificate 
 
    Army 2  
Phase 2 Training Certificate 
 
   Army 3 
Armoured Vehicle
Certificate
                                                          Army 4  
                                        Pass off Parade Photo
                                                            
With Only one more game to go in the Thursday darts league we have achieved  'The Double' ... winning both the team and pairs league.. we had already won the Team Champion title a few weeks back and yesterday (Thursday) we added the 'Pairs Champions' title after winning 2-1..  that 'free beer' tasted delicious...lol... We will be playing in the First Division next season..  thats if there are still any Pubs left open to play against!!! Nationally, in England, an average of 57 pubs are shutting down every month..Government Tax and additional paperwork are making the average pub impossible for the Traditional man & wife to operate. New government laws, Health and safety regulations and the disasterous Smoking ban have served to force many to 'go to the wall'' . At least 20 have closed down in my own 'local' area over the last 6 months and many more are rumoured to be following suit with buisness having dropped by 40 to 50% since the smoking ban and the extra Tax duty placed on alcohol in the last budget!!!!  Well done our Government for wrecking ANOTHER English Tradition.....
 
 

Ban The Smoking Ban

Best wishes to all