the market, when he came back he said
‘What have you bought?’
My sheepish face gave me away.
‘Nothing, just give me ten pounds will you?’
‘Now what?’
‘Only half a tree!’
And he thought I was joking...
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and the sourdough saga continues, nothing much changes, apart maybe my level of frustration at my tarnished bread making skills of a ferment...
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and the sourdough saga continues, nothing much changes, apart maybe my level of frustration at my tarnished bread making skills of a ferment...
Oh how I'd love to have been a fly on the wall when he saw you were absolutely telling him the truth!! Hahaha. I can't help but ask why? x
ReplyDeleteI think we’ve gone past that MG! He now doesn’t say as he did in the old days... ‘Where’s that going to go?’ For fear I’d show him!?!
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ReplyDeleteYes!
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10?? for a bit of dead trunk? Oh OK, then. x
ReplyDeleteHold tight! I’d already given him a fiver! As we were striking the deal a passing lady put her two penn’orth in by giving us the benefit of her thoughts! As we walked down the hill like canoeists fresh out of the river I had to smile, I was happy!
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And it will be perfect, won't it!
ReplyDeleteYes! The problem now is, will it be a water trough or just an interesting artefact? The local man who incidentally makes coracles said he had taken this piece of wood lots of times to the market and not one single person had looked at it! Well that is until I turned up, funny old world?
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??? I am now captivated by what you might do with such a Curious thing that you have clearly a Vision for?
ReplyDeleteI wish I did? The thing is, it is asking to be a water trough. Strangely the bark has curled over the edge giving it a finished sort of look. How to prevent the water eating into the wood and what sort of ends are required inside the trunk, is for himself to work out? I’m the visionary, he’s the ‘odd’ job man... sound like a plan?
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A slide .......from the top of the garden to the bottom?? Though..... talking of bottoms........!
ReplyDeleteOoh... splinters!
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A strong hint - do NOT try to make a coracle out of it.
ReplyDeleteGood idea! As we walked down the hill looking for all the world like a pair of Olympic rowers with grins the size of gold medalists. A man walking up said ‘I wouldn’t cast off in that if I was you!’, as we headed towards the river.
DeleteNo faith, says I!?!
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