Showing posts with label jigsaw. Show all posts
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Tuesday, 30 June 2026

Posts that Didn't Happen: June 2026

June brought sunshine, birthdays, family visits, jigsaws, cycling, and (of course) the continuing EV 'saga'!

By the end of the first week in June we did have a new EV charger fitted - yay!  Unfortunately, it left our admittedly rather crowded consumer unit cupboard in a bit of a mess, which we were less happy with.  Cue more toing and froing (with the electrician this time), leading to a return visit to finally sort things out.  In the end we were happy, but it did seem to take a while to get there.


On a positive note, had a good birthday - walked into town, enjoyed a cider in the sunshine, got arty with the phone camera, and rounded the day off with a nice dinner.






Mid-way through the month and we were off to visit family while my sister and her husband were away for her 'special' birthday trip.  


Helped out with stuff for the parents as usual, and looked after a rather 'greying' Marci-Moo, who is a sleepy old lady these days, but still enjoyed her evening walk.

Most of the last week of June turned heatwave hot - regretting the lack of that air-conditioner (none to be had now for love nor money!) - although on one day, a sea mist gave us some relief in town, before it burnt off again - who'd have thought this was the same day!











Also took delivery of a belated birthday present (having finally decided to order myself the jigsaw table I'd been pondering for months).

Now I have the space for up to 2,000 piece puzzles, and get to sit down while doing them if my legs are tired!



Finally, the end of the month saw the National Cycling Championships back in town - another opportunity for a cider in the sunshine, before applauding the winners over the line!


Saturday, 23 January 2016

Jigsaw Time

I like a good jigsaw puzzle - and I had a couple of new ones for Christmas back in 2014 - but I'd made this pact with myself that I wouldn't start one until this blog was up-to-date.

So, a year on - thank you (again) for my Christmas presents!  Started with the Rolls Royce of jigsaw models - a Wentworth wooden puzzle, with its 'whimsy' pieces:


Beautiful quality - nice picture - and the Wentworth puzzles have such differently shaped bits (aside from the actual whimsies), which makes them really interesting to do, even at the 250 piece level.

On to the 1000s. . .