Crafty Stoner

September 27, 2009 9:28 PM

A much quieter day for me today, and certainly so for Phil. But there are several things I'd like to do which I think will amply fill the time Phil gawping at the Grand Prix so when that starts I head on out to do what I want to do. First job before that however is to unpot our Yucca and plant it in the ground.

What I learnt from that particular exercise is that the Yucca was very pot bound. Also, the hole we had to dig was very big and we have approximately 2 feet of top soil in our garden before we hit solid clay. Each and every one of these points made the job very difficult and both Phil and I were sweating by the time we'd finished. None the less, we got the job done.

Afterwards I get changed and set about the other things I want to do. The first stop is the dump. Yet again our garage was verging perilously close to getting too full of crap to be able to get rid of the junk by car alone, so I thought I'd take action and load up the car and dispose of the rubbish. It's quite busy down at the tip but I do manage to sort most of the rubbish out to recyclable stuff and landfill stuff but there were a few bits that I wasn't sure where to put so randomly distributed where I thought best.

With that done I then head over to Millets Farm as they have a craft fair on and I thought it might be nice to have a look and see what was on offer (secretly hoping I'd find some jewellery for my wedding outfit...). But, in actual fact there wasn't that much there and nothing really that I wanted to buy with the exception of a rather funny sign which I thought would be most suitable for our kitchen, so I bought it.

I also spotted a pair of earrings that gave me a good idea of how to make the ones I want for my wedding outfit, so I safely stored what they looked like in my head for future use.

On the way out I also had a chat to a bloke that was doing some traditional wood turning and we discussed the merits of traditional working methods as oppose to modern ones, notably about how little waste you get with traditional means compared to mass production. He was a nice enough man with obvious passion for what he does which is a rare quality these days.

I then pop into the onsite garden centre to see if they have anything suitable to form a ring around the Yucca so we can put some gravel around it which is contained and then lay the rest of the bark around that. They have a few things such as some nice big stones but nothing that jumps out at me or that I'd be capable of lifting on my own so I decide to abandon hope and move on to the garden centre in our town instead.

Not much luck their either, but a few possibilities which I'll mull over till next weekend and then make a decision about.

It's at this point I get a phone call from a close friend who imparts so rather sad news to me, there is nothing I can do to change what is going to happen but what I can do is be supportive as possible whilst the situation is ongoing and just be there, so that is what I will do.

I then go to the supermarket to pick up some essentials, namely dinner and pop for Phil and head home and make a quick lunch. Whilst we eat we watch City of Ember which I very much enjoyed (it's of a similar ilk to fallout 3 in it's story), though I'm pretty sure it wasn't really Phil's cup of tea!

Move forward a few hours and I'm busy cooking dinner and when it's ready we sit down and eat and eventually it's time for bed which can't come too soon, it's been a busy old weekend.