Author: Michael James

  • Week 28 – September 7th 2020 – Week 25 of lockdown

    So quite a few posting ago, I said watch the garden.

    So for another first, I decided to take up some of the lawn and put down new turf.

    How do you think I’ve done?

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    New lawn
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    First watering of the new lawn with the incredible hose pipe that expands when being used.

    Claire is getting better with looking after the plants.?

    Roses
    New red rose plant
    Plants
    Isn’t she doing well?
  • Week 28 – September 7th 2020 – Week 25 of lockdown

    I had just come back from the garage and you can just see me sit down in the video.

    Watch the left hand corner of the garage and then the chase.

  • Week 28 – September 7th 2020 – Week 25 of lockdown

    Managed to capture a robin visiting us.

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    Visit by a robin
  • Week 29 – September 14th 2020 – Week 26 of lockdown

    As mentioned before, September is a busy month, with both our birthdays and our Wedding Anniversary.

    We went back to Browns and had a lovely lunch time meal and of course a cocktail. 27 years and someone said we wouldn’t last a year.

    Claire ❤ been my rock, which is amazing considering all the stuff she has go through especially regarding her health and something major around the corner was about to happen ?

  • Week 28 – September 7th 2020 – Week 25 of lockdown

    September is a busy month for us. It includes Claire birthday. We went to Browns for lunch with Claire parents. It was a lovely time and meal. Again felt very safe at the restaurant. Extra benefit, there was 50% of the main meal price.

    Claire Birthday
    At Browns for Claire’s birthday.
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    Claire with her mum
  • Week 28 – September 7th 2020 – Week 25 of lockdown

    Carrying on learning about photography. Lovely sunrise pictures.

    Sunrise
    What colours.
    Sunrise
    Sunrise captured.
  • Week 28 – September 7th 2020 – Week 25 of lockdown

    Yes it’s the first full week of September and we purchased a Father Christmas at Polhill. When we got to the queue for the till, the shop assistant had said she had been trying to work what we were carrying when she saw us approaching. ?

    Father Christmas
    Did we really buy this in early September? ?
  • Week 27 – August 31st 2020 – Week 24 of lockdown

    Claire went into hospital this week as her Endometriosis had flared up again. Of course because of Covid19, I wasn’t allowed to be with her, it felt a bloody long day, as I know she takes a while to come around from the operation. Thankfully she was back in the day, even though they had messed up on several front, which isn’t great when you’re a diabetic.

    Little did we know, a more major hospital visit was just around the corner? ?

  • Week 27 – August 31st 2020 – Week 24 of lockdown

    1st XI v Holcombe & Blue Bell Hill (Home)

    As we entered the final month of the season, the weather was still holding good, which is useful as we can’t use the pavilion.

    James won the toss and decided to field and for the most part we bowled and fielded well, with the ball following the skipper around to hold on to three good catches and Luke Shaw taking a good running catch in the deep, which allowed Ted Quantrill to pick up four wickets.

    Holcombe & Blue Bell Hill 153 of 36.3 overs – A Bunker 33, I Hayward 60, T Quantrill 8-0-43-4

    In reply we struggled all the way down, with just 4 players managing to reach double figures and were bowled out for 60. I managed just 1 before being caught close in.

    New Ash Green 60 of 23 overs – L Short 6-0-11-3, S Negus 4-1-23-2, R Baldwin 5-2-11-2 lost by 93 runs.

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    New Ash Green batting.
  • Week 27 – August 31st 2020 – Week 24 of lockdown

    Claire has learnt to look after the plants.

    Plants
    Claire doing well.

    Standing on the dining room roof, not a bad view for a built up area, don’t you think?

    View
    Standing on dining room roof. Good view.

    Squirrel back again.

    Squirrel
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