Day 1196 Scones

19th November 2020

It was a windy night, blowing over the wheely bin and spilling its contents over the driveway.

So my first job was to tidy it up, fortunately since we compost most of our rubbish, all that I had to collect was the bags of recycling.

I had a bit of catching up to do, I had some wood sealing to do and try to get the watermarks out of the buffet top.

I wasn’t confident that applying oxalic acid would do much as the top had already had a stain applied, but it was worth the try.

Adding the crystals to boiling water makes for a toxic mix, carefully applied to the complete surface and allow to dry. I switched on my work lights to add some heat to the proceedings and waited.

As the liquid dries it leaves a white frosting over the surface, this has to be washed off and allowed to dry.

The results were, a success! I was able to re-stain it and get back on track.

Kelli went off to do some shopping, and came back with a bag of savoury scones that she had a friend make especially for me in advance of my birthday.

Now at my time of life, food of any description is welcomed, well that goes for wine equally.

That was a fantastic surprise, and another good reason why I married her.

I did a bit of leaf clearing, the city still hasn’t sent round the boys to remove the piles of leaves that house owners have swept on to the side of the road. It has been weeks since people have started doing that. That is why I kept complaining that it was all blowing back.

I have used our yard waste bin to get rid of a lot of ours.

Most of the trees are now bare, but somehow I still find piles of leaves tucked around the corner by the front door, I guess the wind creates a cyclone effect and sucks all the remaining debris there.

I filled a couple of plastic sacks, compressing them with my foot, like I was putting on a giant sock. I know tomorrow there will be another pile to collect.