Scorchio

 Well once again its reached the level of Bedouin in Tescos , its a tad warm, at least we have a bit of a breeze today to make it a little more normal summer. ive a ton of half turned tomatoes which will doubtless glut all at once , i cant see down the garden for the maize corn , squash and pumpkins  and for a change i cant get the potatoes up due to the concrete soil !!! The plums have gone mental but they are tiny this year . Not tons of apples but enough and a scary amount of pears , the dehydrator is flat out , but i can never have too many apple chips and this year its going to be a ton of pear chips as well . Its to hot to be canning , so it can wait for cooler days, i need to be stocktaking whats left from last year before i make more . i did nothing with the gooseberries this year because i had a lot from last year left and im not one who cans for the sake of it and theres only two of us that eat it. Electric costs alone make it not so economical in the UK.

  Ive been buying at auction again , currently parting out loads of craft stuff, daughter ran off with loads of stuff i didnt recognise so i presume its for card making, yet more gorgeous linens lace and doilies all spotless , wool , knotting needles , crochet patterns the box of bags turned out to be vintage 80s good makes so have gone off to my daughters friend who sells shoes and bags, theres a huge expensive leather camera bag  so my camera gear will get an upgrade , strangely there was also 2 Sony Walkman CD players in leather bags as well . Im quite enjoying them , back in the day we never got named brand anything it was always knock off copies or came from Tandy , does anyone remember Tandy on the high street? With commission it came to a whole £7.50 and the reason it was so cheap , right at the front of the tiny photo was a huge brand new car headlight, i sent useful son the photo , he identified its make and model straight away and a new one is £400 Mr Bah Humbug is getting it listed as we speak , its going to pay for this weeks grocery haul and fuel...lol  im walking through a track in the dining room and theres another big sale tomorrow...AAARRRRRGGGHHH