Working on the house
This week I’ve been able to spend 3 days at Novy Mlyn. It’s been absolutely great to be there. The countryside is really green now, and the blossom is out on the apple trees in the orchard by the house.
Wet weather over the weekend meant that the water barrel was filled so I was able to put in a day of cleaning - such marvellous things as scrubbing some of the downstairs doors so that we can repaint them - but truly marvellous after having such little available water previously. It feels great! We can’t do any of the big tasks (such as clearing the barns) until we hear about the mortgage, however we’ve decided to concentrate our efforts on improving what we can - so repairing the paintwork where it’s scruffy & tidying up the garden. I’ve spent two working days this week on the main gate, which was looking sorry for itself, and is now looking purple. Not sure which M prefers. The colour was achieved by mixing red and blue - as purple does not seem to be in vogue at present. As I painted I hummed the song ‘goth girl’ to myself. My question today is, who left us in charge?