Incineration

Blog Entry 04-05-08 A Saturday Nite
Ha! What Internet? Tuesday they said Wednesday or Thursday, well those days are gone and here we are in Saturday evening with no sign of a telephone or the DSL service. I'm afraid this is going to take an in person visit to the St. Amand France Telecom office AGAIN, this time we are armed with our new telephone number for the dead line...maybe that will help. Maybe.
On other fronts, I've attacked the courtyard, pulling weeds, trimming and pruning overgrown bushes (now resembling trees) and burning in an incinerator the resultant twigs and sticks. Lots of smoke and this keeps Kelly out of the courtyard as her asthma doesn't stand this kind of pollution at all! So I cut and snip in the afternoon breeze between rays of rare sunshine and load the downfall into the incinerator and watch the billows of smoke rise into the cloudy afternoon. I finish (sort of) and go inside to shower in wonderfully hot water to rid my bod of smoke and dirt from the outside cleanup.
Once all cleaned up I'm called into service applying the wood strips for the cloth wall-covering application in the dining room. Kelly directs and I use the nail gun and glue to apply the strips top, sides and bottom. Tomorrow we will apply the 1/2” thick padding to the walls and after that begin hanging the cloth panels. Special...very special. It will be several days before this room is complete but the results will be well worth the effort.
Tonight we are having roast chicken, mashed garlic potatoes and fresh harricot verts (green beans).
Simple and just what is needed after today's day of work.