New additions

Despite the ongoing difficulties that have been occurring these past few months, bits and bobs have nevertheless still been going on around here.

The lovely hare plaque, above, was a birthday gift from Sam and Beverly.  After languishing on the dining room table for a number of weeks, Adrian finally got it hung for me in the top section of the old arbour seat.  I do love hares 😍

We also have two new additions in the back garden, namely a couple of log stores.  Adrian eventually managed to get these delivered up here from a company on the mainland, via a company here on the island 😖 You wouldn't believe how difficult it's been to get such things delivered, especially considering they come flat-packed and not ready built!

They were pretty cheap 'n' cheerful but Adrian has bolstered them up considerably with additional pieces of wood, and given them a good three coats of wood stain as well, in the hope that they will last a tad longer than they might otherwise have done 🤞 He also added a coat of water sealant to the roofs for good measure.  This one is standing on the paved area near the craft room, and will be used for it original purpose of storing logs.....

 whereas the second store is up by the shed, where it is being used for storing bags of compost and bark chips.  They were previously stacked on pallets, covered with tarpaulins, but this wasn't terribly satisfactory to be honest.  Hopefully the bags will now be protected a little more from the worst excesses of the Orkney weather than was previously the case!