Inside the wood, near the pond, there was a light scattering of snow, allowing Jelly Bean to show up much more clearly. The trailcam was fairly...
19th November 2025Over night from the 18th into the 19th, it snowed. The wind was coming from the North West, coating everything facing right in...
16th November 2025Late on Sunday afternoon, I spent a hour freezing in the wood with my DSLR camera. I wanted to see if the birds would come...
9th~12th November 2025Between the 9th and 12th, I set the action camera up by the bird table and pond to catch some daytime visitors. I had some...
9th November 2025On the 9th, I moved two hardy Cyclamen from the Sun room patio, where the stream will be and relocated them to the woodland,...
9th ~ 19th October 2025After the lamp was dry, it was primed and left for the primer to harden. It was then given a brushed coat of smooth...
It's for modelmaking when working in resin. It's an insulated cabinet, heated by a 60w light bulb that can speed up paint or resin drying times...
The original base appeared to have five small holes in a cross pattern. I don't know if these were for ventilation or draining of moisture, but...
Two additional small cut-outs were needed in the sides, to clear the hinge parts. This is because I needed to make the sides taller than the...
I grabbed a piece of concrete paving stone from the garden, to rest the brass on, while I annealed it and then left it to cool while I assembled...
9th October 2025Over the Moon with my achievements today. I hate metalworking, but managed to make and fit a good replacement for the rusted out...
Also today, I was back to the railway lamp. The neoprene rubber arrived yesterday and the brass sheet came today, so I did a bit more tinkering...
6th October 2025With garden bin collection this week, I did some general tidying on Monday the 6th. There was lots of dead stuff to collect and...
After about 20 minutes, it was disconnected and pulled out for an initial inspection. It was cleaning up fairly well, but there were a number of...
4th October 2025On September the 28th, I got a successful test drive out of the Dodge, following the engine work. With that back on the road, I...
17th September 2025 ( missed update )I missed this update a couple of weeks ago until I got some pictures. I spotted this 1941 railway lamp on...
22nd September 2025On Monday the 22nd, I did some general tidying of dead stuff around the garden and some pruning. This included the Thyme in...
19th September 2025We had another garden centre date today and came back with some more plants and bulbs. These are all likely going to be...
15th September 2025On the 15th, I set up the pond pump on the patio for some tests. Initially, just to see the flow through the 10 metre hose,...
14th September 2025A new purchase has arrived today, a mains water pump for next year's garden project - the patio stream. I was considering...
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