Christmas was quiet, but very enjoyable.
The leftovers have been eaten, and the turkey carcass is on the stove, simmering away to make a nourishing stock for soup. George is a happy man as he has a stash of new books waiting to be read and an even larger stash of chocolate. Happiness!
Frankie and Harry have gone off with their parents to have their first taste of ice skating, Frankie has been very keen to have a go. Davina, her mum, is also eager to get back on ice - it must be over 20 years since she last skated. It should be interesting.
George and I have been working out.
Parsonage Cottage is not connected to mains drainage, instead we have to rely on soakaways assisted by a small submersible pump. This usually works perfectly adequately but we have had a considerable amount of rainfall in a fairly short period of time. The pump gave up the ghost the other evening. By the next morning some serious drainage work was required.
Imagine, if you will, the equivalent of a deep well filled with grey water (nothing disgusting, just household water) which was overflowing through the floor of the garage. We two oldies quickly donned work clothes, rubber gloves and wellies then gathered up a quantity of buckets and set to work. I could have done with a milkmaids yolk for my job was to carry the buckets to the lower hedge and empty them. It took quite some time but probably helped burn off some of the Christmas calories.
A new submersible pump has now been fitted and normal service has been resumed. How easy it is to forget these hardworking little pieces of equipment which just beaver away in the wet and dark places. Life in the countryside.
We will be heading into Louth tomorrow, George will check on your house, Jonny & MM. While he does that I will go to the greengrocers to top up our supplies of fruit and vegetables.
.HEIC)
Jonathan sent this photograph of some spicy pork sausages which Mingming has made for him. I can think of a few meat-eaters over here who would happily tuck into some of those, especially if they were sliced and topped a pizza, they love their chorizo pizzas.
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I'd be eating those sausages. But how spicy is their spicy?
ReplyDeleteBooks and chocolate, turkey carcase soup, all good. I used to make that soup. It was good, thickened with eggs and lemon, the Greek way. but we no longer have turkey at Xmas.
Clearing out grey water not so good. At least you got a new pump quickly. Enjoy the next few days before the changeover
I lived for twenty years with a sump pump. The one time it failed the water overwhelmed it and spouted up in my basement. My sister and I worked to get things off the floor (except the washer and dryer, which we could not move). The water reached the first basement step before it began to recede. That was fifty years ago. I had totally forgotten. At least I was fifty years younger!
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