Duck in a tin anyone?

 Duck in a tin?

It's amazing what you find when you are clearing out the house.

Apparently it's lovely so we shall be giving it a go...stay posted for that one!






Anyway, the house clearance continues.  So far only one third of the contents of the house are on ebay, afterall we don't want to be paying over £1500 to store 3 Ikea bookshelves for 3 years.

Isobel is convinced we are only going for a few days.  She is telling everyone.  How do you really explain that it's for 3 years when she has no proper understanding of what that means?  Even though she will be fine we're sure, it's hard as you worry about how she is going to react and how she will miss her friends.  I've purchased a few small treats to squirrel away to help them feel 'at home' more easily.  The problem with squirrelling away - I forget where things are.  They will probably end up in the storage container and be forgotten for three years!

What else? Well, the car has gone.  We need to get a new car in the Desh but for now we are car-less.  Almost.  We have been lent a car by a very kind friend - a sporty mini! It's brilliant. It actually pulls away from the junction unlike the tank that was the Citroen C4 grand picasso!  Thank you Sally!

Any other items are being moved to their temporary new homes.  We have the BBQ which has gone down the road to get a lot of use, Barty the Bay Tree which, having squeezed in tightly into the car, is now firmly settled in his new home, and we have the sourdough.

Ah, the sourdough.  I'm finally going to give it a name! Though I've not thought of one yet.  Here it is (left), after far too long in our fridge and my frantic efforts to save it, and in it's new home with Barty the Bay Tree in the background (right):