Posts Tagged ‘house’

Isn’t it a little paradoxical that my last post was about an absent friend when I was being a little absent myself?
It’s a little cyclical with me. I’ve been blogging for over three years and it’s become an online presence that I won’t give up. I’ve never really found my own style though and have [...]

A had a strange day today. I’ve moved my photos to the MacBook and wanted to add keywords and get them organized but organizing over 7,000 photos takes a considerable amount of time. I’ve only just finished and it’s way past 8pm.
I had other plans too. I wanted to fix the garden shed as it [...]

Here in Switzerland some things (a lot actually) are legally binding. There a lots of laws, rules and obligations and when you own a house (well the bank does but that’s another matter) there a whole load of things that you have to do and each and every one of them leads you to dip [...]

Well we almost celebrated Pancake Day yesterday. I say almost because we finished by having a Crêpes Party with savoury and sweet crêpes. In the end there just wasn’t the time to get it all ready and to be honest my wife and son prefer savoury “pancakes” to sweet ones.
I guess I’m displaying my pancake [...]

Remember we had some snow a while ago? Well I said at the time that two of our trees had really suffered. Well I took my courage in both hands yesterday and sawed off the damaged branches. The damage was worse than I had thought. In addition the trunks were thicker and the sawed off [...]

I got a great gift from my son-in-law today! A USB Christmas Tree. I’ve always wanted one and now I do. It’s going to be a long long wait until I can plug it in again though. It’s cute and fibre-optic and glows all colors. I love it.

We have a bathroom cabinet with two sinks. One of them has been giving trouble for over a year. It takes too long to drain and although I’ve taken a plunger to it in the past that has only given a temporary respite at most.
I’m not a plumber and in the past my track record [...]

It’s exceptionally “warm” in Geneva for the time of year and this has unusually consequences. I read this morning that there is a knock on effect on heating bills for example and in the garden the Viburnum is in flower and you can just “sense” the increase in pollen counts. David our son is allergic [...]

Clematis
Originally uploaded by JustGraham.
I rushed out of the house the other day to take a few photos in the garden and of this Clematis in particular. We are encouraging it to climb on the garden arch in front of the house. This was the only sunny time we have had since it started flowering just [...]