gift from the storm
Posted: Friday, 01 February 2008 |
I hope no one is hurt or suffered serious damage during this storm, my mind ‘boggles’ at the thought of the men rescuing the crew off the fishing boat near St Kilda, I can see glimpses of the white water on the Atlantic and it is not a time to be on it,
I was rudely awakened around 1.30 a.m. by loud, very loud rumblings (no not my tummy) it sounded like the roof or rather a lack of, when I sat up I realised the noise was coming from the direction of the kitchen not above, phew! I went to investigate and found the wind/storm had delivered an unwelcome gift through the window in the porch door, glass every where, no light in the porch, so I did what we british do in an emergency I made a pot of tea, after waking up a bit more I reason that there was very little I could do so went back to bed but not to sleep, after a while I got up and dressed and took the torch to take a better look, tried a few ideas to make a quick cover, nothing worked, I was by now feeling very hungry had more tea this time with bickies, went back to bed for a few hours sleep before day light,
Now what to do, I really didn’t like the idea of fighting my way down to the shed to sort out a piece of wood, wondering from room to room to see if there was anything, ‘light bulb moment’ the unplanned wood shelves my fabric boxes sit on, YES just the right length, so four nailed boards later and having been up most if the night I was now very hungry and fancied egg and beans with a cuppa char, I’ll worry about getting it done proper later,
And this is the ‘culprit’ (I mean gift),
comment that I left last night (monday) and has not yet shown,
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Yes it was scary but the relief in knowing I still had a roof countered some of it, I am not sure what it is, no it isn’t the mat it is on the mat but very similar in colour, it is a V shaped piece of metal, flattened it would be about 8 inch square, there is a hole in it which looked as if it had burned, so I think it is one of those things people put on their chimneys to stop the wind going down, if anyone on island can recommend a good glazier please leave a message on my as you can’t here, thanks, mjc the beans are of the 57 variety but the egg is a supper dupper fresh, free range local egg from Lionel, Ness,
I think I might start answering comments in the post, I know some bloggers do this, IT
I was rudely awakened around 1.30 a.m. by loud, very loud rumblings (no not my tummy) it sounded like the roof or rather a lack of, when I sat up I realised the noise was coming from the direction of the kitchen not above, phew! I went to investigate and found the wind/storm had delivered an unwelcome gift through the window in the porch door, glass every where, no light in the porch, so I did what we british do in an emergency I made a pot of tea, after waking up a bit more I reason that there was very little I could do so went back to bed but not to sleep, after a while I got up and dressed and took the torch to take a better look, tried a few ideas to make a quick cover, nothing worked, I was by now feeling very hungry had more tea this time with bickies, went back to bed for a few hours sleep before day light,
Now what to do, I really didn’t like the idea of fighting my way down to the shed to sort out a piece of wood, wondering from room to room to see if there was anything, ‘light bulb moment’ the unplanned wood shelves my fabric boxes sit on, YES just the right length, so four nailed boards later and having been up most if the night I was now very hungry and fancied egg and beans with a cuppa char, I’ll worry about getting it done proper later,
And this is the ‘culprit’ (I mean gift),
comment that I left last night (monday) and has not yet shown,
>>>>>
Yes it was scary but the relief in knowing I still had a roof countered some of it, I am not sure what it is, no it isn’t the mat it is on the mat but very similar in colour, it is a V shaped piece of metal, flattened it would be about 8 inch square, there is a hole in it which looked as if it had burned, so I think it is one of those things people put on their chimneys to stop the wind going down, if anyone on island can recommend a good glazier please leave a message on my as you can’t here, thanks, mjc the beans are of the 57 variety but the egg is a supper dupper fresh, free range local egg from Lionel, Ness,
I think I might start answering comments in the post, I know some bloggers do this, IT
Comments
Errrrm..what is it? (Pic 4 in the gallery...humans salivating horribly!)
Flying Cat from is it a flying doormat?
You're hilarious! Good job, by the way. Nicely done egg. Those beans came from a (Heinz or Campbell) can, did they not now IT? Admit it!! You made me hungry. I really wonder why I am such an Anglophile: some genetic switches went askew or astray, I suspect. Oh well, we all have to live with what was handed down to us.
mjc from NM,USA
That looks so scary! What exactly was it that came through the window?
Paulene from London
You did a good repair job there!
Mags from Conwy, North Wales
Poor you, IT, it must have been really frightening! But what is the "culprit"? Is it me, or is it hard to figure it out? Another guessing game here I think ... Good luck IT and hope your nerves have recovered.
Jill from EK
Purrlease put us out of our misery IT. It's obvious to you what the mystery object is, because you had a close encounter, but I for one am feeling the most satiable curtiosity!
Flying Cat from we can't see what it is yet
Yes it was scary but the relief in knowing I still had a roof countered some of it, I am not sure what it is, no it isn’t the mat it is on the mat but very similar in colour, it is a V shaped piece of metal, flattened it would be about 8 inch square, there is a hole in it which looked as if it had burned, so I think it is one of those things people put on their chimneys to stop the wind going down, if anyone on island can recommend a good glazier please leave a message on my photo blog as you can’t here, thanks, mjc the beans are of the 57 variety but the egg is a supper dupper fresh, free range local egg from Lionel, Ness,
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