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Do be careful moving the heavy stuff, gramma! Can her lawn be cut easily with a non-power mower? And was the cottage warm and cozy enough during the winter?

Mowing-lady powered by root beer! [laugh] Get some relax time in this weekend, gramma! [:)]
 
One of those nasty "heat domes" settling over your area and much of the mainland. It's too bad that it wreaks so much havoc with the blossoms - and with people.

Oh good, the greenhouse is up. How are the seedlings doing?

The little critters will love their new pebble "playground"! Chipmunks and some birds, maybe?
 
And nice of your scales to wait to give up the ghost until a sale was on.. [laugh]

So glad you're having fun researching your book. Obscure history can be so fascinating, with lots of rabbit holes awaiting discovery. No wonder it's difficult to decide what adds to your story and what would go off in an unnecessary direction.

Enjoy, and have a great rest of your weekend!
 
Home improvement and home/yard maintenance is never-ending, isn't it? It sounds like your daughter's yard will look so nice though when you're done. Just be careful and don't hurt yourself too! [heart]
 
Oooh, your new greenhouse is going to be so cool. Do you have benches and tables to put in it or do you need to buy those too?

May things cool down so you can enjoy the process of setting it up and getting the inside into working condition!
 
Hard to decide what to keep and what to shelve when you know that his colourful past helped bring him to the mind and ability to "boost" those doomed settlements. What a fascinating story and character!
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I have to be firm - he's not even a secondary character, let alone a major one, so he can't take up much page time. He can have a sidebar, and I might end up doing a blog post eventually, as the history is so very interesting.

Thanks, Gramma!
 
how that heatwave was affecting you. It sounds exhausting - I read an article the other day that said something like "British houses were built for a climate that no longer exists."

Good news on the greenhouse! And the new wall is a great idea - will it be an insect (and general arthropod) hotel?
 
all the plants I grew from seed are planted out. As soon as the greenhouse is glazed, my tomatoes will come home - I'm looking forward to that. Chipmunks? not in this country, I'm afraid - they're rather like our grey squirrel but with go-faster stripes!
 
to go in the new greenhouse, the ramshackle arrangement I had before wouldn't look good! The weather's cooled off now thank goodness, I'm not a natural sun-worshipper.
 
it just saps your energy! Reading in the shade is very nice, but it doesn't get the jobs done. As for British houses, that is certainly true in some cases, but I'm quite lucky. My house was solidly built (brickwork and rendering) in 1950 with the larger windows on the sunny side to make the most of the light and warmth. It's also well insulated. If it's a bit too hot, I draw the curtains in the heat of the day. Because of the prevailing winds and the way the house faces, I can usually arrange a through current of air if there's any breeze, which helps. People usually say that we don't have climate, we have weather, because we're at the crossroads of four major weather systems - Arctic (cold / wet winds), Eastern (cold dry winds / snow), Southern (hot air up from the Sahara) and Atlantic (mild, wet and windy.) No wonder we Brits talk about the weather so much!
 
OH! The greenhouse is finally coming to life! You've waited so long for this. How wonderful that you have so many helping hands to make it happen. Good use of existing landscaping. Especially if it will help keep you safe :D
I hope you're taking plenty of pictures ;) *high five* Hopefully no more nasty heat while this gets done.
 
I can understand being able to sense their personality differences, and it was only a matter of time before they'd be of age to start expressing those in physical ways.

So one wants to be an Olympic rower! Must be "in the blood"! [cool]
 
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