DVT DAY 282
Tuesday and its been a day of dancing round the decorators as they are doing the ground floor hall. So after a quick bowl of muesli I settle down to write letters. I find an old dipping pen and a bottle of calligraphy ink and set about writing letters. As I get used to the pen it begins to flow okay except for some reason the letter D creates me problems. I reply to a letter from a family friend who is the president of the local WI and refers to her efforts to write a WI news letter during COVID. Out of curiosity I go the website and read her newsletter but in doing so I come across a “women only” contribution from a member. Of course anything that suggests that it is not suitable for husbands is an instant magnet. I find myself laughing out loud at the description of knicker buying habits and hospital visits for women’s reasons. Apparently M&S knickers are not just knickers they are M&S knickers. By lunchtime I have letters to post and have two interesting parcels to investigate.
I prepare the tools I need to hang the new mirror that has just arrived, but before I can crack on with this I talk a walk to the post box and send my letters on their merry way. Back home I start the measuring up for the mirror and select a large rawplug and appropriate drill. It all goes well, I think and then I try to screw the retaining screw. It fails the rawplug rotates in the hole. FFS! I take the rawplug out and use a rapid self setting filler to fil the hole. Before it sets I screw the retaining screw into it and leave it all to harden for a couple of hours. In the interim I eat tea, wrap a Christmas present and begin to put things back into the library room. It comes time for the moment of truth. Joy the filler has set solid around the screw. I hang the mirror and I am greatly pleased with the outcome.
A good job well done, so I move on to setting the library right and then I ck turn my attention to renovating an old 5 string traditional English banjo. Quite a rarity but it has been kicking about for a long time. Its unusual as it has a solid wooden sounding box. I start by unstringing it and cleaning it. I have new string and a phone app to help me tune buy one of the machine heads it faulty and I will need to replace it. Time to write the blog and plan tomorrow.
Tomorrow I have a discussion to go to on line. Its given by the Elders, a group started by Nelson Mandela to discuss international issues related to peace and co-existence. The ex president of Ireland is leading tomorrows discussion on forgiveness. I’m looking forward to it.
