A month ago i wrote about my sliding door

I have now got the main beams up for my sliding doors for my lounge and bathroom. I have to move a light switch from by the bathroom door and the switch for the lounge ceiling fan. When the switches are moved i can then do the framework for the plasterboard that will go in front of the doors.

As the picture shows i have put LED lights in the beams before i fitted them in place.

Cook for 20 minutes at 200c

I have mentioned before about my 5,000lt fish tank. I am actively collecting the stones i want and for where the plants go i need what is called a substrate or compost. This compost will go under the sand.

I asked a question on one of the Expat Forums i am on and today i got a reply about where to get the compost from.  If the answer is correct then i then have to cook the compost for 20 minutes at 200c to kill all bugs, eggs or anything that may do my tank harm.

Cooking at 200c is from advice from within the Fishkeeping community. The only thing i am now waiting for is another tube of a special silicon sealer for the glass window at the front of the tank.

It's no secret don't call me before 10am

Over the years i have enjoyed getting up to suit me and nobody else so i have a 10am rule. Everybody i know knows my rule and it works fine as often it's approaching 10am when i come down to have a shower and start the day.

That rule today was at my choice broken but only temporarily and only for today. My Granddaughter had her exam results like many her age all over the country. At 8am today i was up waiting to hear the good news my Granddaughter passed all her exams.

I would like to say i am so very proud of my granddaughter

After the inferno

Fire came and ravaged this little peaceful valley here in Central Portugal. The fire came and burnt everything in it's path but a few survived and i was happy to see this peach tree in the middle of the devastation that was left after the fire.

This is what was left of a tree after the fires of 2017. 

Here we are August 2019 and this is one of only a few of 253 fruit trees that where planted in about 2016. About 15 trees have survived but only this one has fruit on it.

My time was not watsed in Liverpool

During my time in Liverpool i built a spray booth for my son for his Splash back company. Today i received some pictures of one of his latest jobs a splash back of the Liverpool skyline.

If i wasn't so far away when i revamp my kitchen i know how it would look when i finished.

All the inside is now done

For a while i have been building a fish tank but not a fish tank you my recognise.  In the fish room i only have a couple of low energy lights so i am sorry the lighting is poor and doesn't show of the tank to it's best.

This picture was taken form the front where the viewing window will.  

I now have to wait a week before i can put in the Stainless steel window frame.
Once the lights have been installed i can fit the glass to the window frame.

OK i know it's me

Ok i know it's me but someone from my past doesn't remember what i look like so yesterday at the market i was at i took a picture of me. Don't worry i won't make a habit of putting pictures of me to spoil your day.

Ouch

While travelling through France I saw the wreckage you see on the pictures below. The whole area was cordoned off because this was a display as a warning to drivers.

Whatever hit this from the rear must have been travelling at some speed to do the damage that you can see.

The best of British airways was

I have flown via British airways a few times using my airmiles i got from when i had my business in Liverpool. On one trip i had well packaged a corner sink for my bathroom. On another trip i had the rear section from the exhaust system for my Vauxhall car i have in Portugal.

A sink an exhaust and now i had a length of round steel bar size 800mm X 50mm to use to extend a machine i have. I had tried locally to find what i wanted but i was unable to find what i wanted/ The only answer was to bring it back with me so this came back on the coach with me. Oh well the length's you have to go to get what you want.

My pillar drill will be so much better now it's bigger.

A huge mistake made

I like to think that i plan anything i am to do and not often i make a mistake. This time i made a huge mistake taking my granddaughter back home after she was staying with me.

Finding flights back to Liverpool was easy and cheap but when it came to get a flight home that was a different story. I planned to fly back five days later on the Friday. yes i do look weell in advance of the day i need to fly. When i looked for a flight all i found was flights sold out or over £225.00 one way. I felt trapped aver being in the UK for such a large part of the year and all i wanted was to get home.

I still have some Airmiles and i called British Airways to see if i could get a seat to go home. To my surprise i got a flight for the Friday the 26th so fly into Liverpool on the 20th and fly home on the 26th. I didn't notice the month difference it was Friday the 26th August not Friday the 26th of July.

I would rather walk back to Portugal than stay another month also i only came with five days change of cloths. Plan B check out all other air lines Easyjet came out best at £225 i only wanted to get home not buy the air line.

The only option was to look at getting home over land via a coach. National Express from Liverpool to London then London to Paris then Paris to Porto. Total cost was £139 much cheaper that the cheapest flight i could find but at least i got home. The only downside was on the coach from Liverpool to London was the Loo wasn't working.

As this was a five day trip i had little apart from five changes of clothes in my case. 

Someone once said so here goes

I have just re read a letter i received some time ago and it prompted me to do as it was suggested. So the answer to the question posed would be yes keep in touch. Please

Here i am at the front of my house in the sun. Behind me you can see my small Acer tree this may not be as good as Mum had but it reminds me of her.

I have just sent these pictures to one of my sisters who emailed me today about the weather. I replied that the blue sky is real and not Photoshopped.