On the way down to Christiane's, I noticed that the church of Gouttieres, situated on a hill right across the valley from the main road, was clearly visible with there being no leaves on the trees right now. And it's always well-illuminated at night and I've often thought that it would make a good photograph.
And so on the way back home I found a suitable spot at the side of the main road, set up the tripod and spent a pleasant 15 minutes experimenting. Considering that I'm probably a mile away from the church and it was pitch-black, I don't think it's come out too badly at all.
We'd been down to Christiane's to celebrate Epiphany (I know we are three or four days behind but so what? The rest of the Auvergne is 200 years behind) and to cut the "galette du roi" - a traditional European Epiphany event. We were about 10 or so people there, but it's the quality that counts, not the quantity and we had a very pleasant evening.
Today though, I did something that I bet you would never ever consider that I might do - and that is I swept up in the bedroom and bagged all of the rubbish. So at least I can move around in there for the next stage of the work and not trip over anything. I need a sieve to sift the rubbish to rescue nails, screws, screwdriver bits and the like and in the absence of such I made one, by the simple expedient of finding a damaged 20-litre liquid container, cutting off the top, and drilling a huge amount of 5mm holes all over the container. I tried it on the rubble that came out of the chimney and it worked a treat, and so I tried it in the lean-to on the debris from the wood I've been cutting and it separated a pile of small kindling from a huge amount of sawdust. I'm clearly onto something with this.
Tomorrow I can make a start on fitting the false beam that will hide part of the electrical trunking, and I also have to go to see Bill to pick up this immersion heater that he wants to dispose of.
And talking of water heating, the batteries in the barn topped out today. The first time since November.
A magnet tied or taped to the end of a stick would also work on the screws etc.
ReplyDeleteI actually do use a magnet on the dust pile. It's amazing what you find!
ReplyDeleteDid you find Lord Lucan yet?
ReplyDeleteLord Lucan plays alongside Martin Bormann in the centre of the Pionsat defence.
ReplyDeleteHang on - where's Elvis then? I thought Elvis was centre-forward.
ReplyDeleteWhat and have someoone step on his blue suede shoes?
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