I started the day with some gardening, before the sun was high enough to singe my bonce! I cut the azulina and bougainvillea hedge, it has grown fast, at the weekend I will have to cut the other one on the roadside. That done it was time for something a bit petty, but it madeContinue reading “Gardening and Electrical Work”
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A Bit of Progress!
I need more exercise, and there was nothing for it, but to bite the bullet and buy a second hand Treadmill. This was the photo advertising it, I was hoping this would be the answer to my problems, but maybe not… day two on the machine, I buggered my knee yet again! I had onlyContinue reading “A Bit of Progress!”
Yes!!!!!
This morning, I had to go out first, to pay a bill or two, on the way back, I stopped for brunch, as Marcela was out for the day, and suddenly realised that the motorway was going to be closed again for another cycle race at 11am, so I wolfed down my meal, and headedContinue reading “Yes!!!!!”
Gardening!
Well, it is work! So this morning, I cut the front hedge, cut the lawn, which is a novelty here, not many people have lawn mowers, they are too expensive, they use their brushcutter / strimmer, I am no different, there is not a great deal of grass, but at least it is green. 🙂Continue reading “Gardening!”
What a couple of days!
Yesterday, we took the car for it\’s first service at 9am, only to be told it wouldn\’t be ready until 3pm…six hours for a service!!!!!! it turns out they have lunch from 12-2pm, had we changed the day and gone for 8am, it would have been ready for midday. Off we went, we visited Hernan,Continue reading “What a couple of days!”
Work or Gadding…Gadding or Work?
To be honest, I\’m not sure which I like best, but a combination of the two will do me, for now! Yesterday, I spent a very frustrating day painting our front door, frame and reja, I decided that this was the job for the day, because until late on, it is in the shade, butContinue reading “Work or Gadding…Gadding or Work?”
An Englishman in Colombia 