On another cooler day with showers and finer spells alternating, I was tackling a much overdue task of maintaining Hayling View doors and windows.
This as Daniel and Gary helped us by taking a spare bed out of the "dining room" over to Bar Hill to Di's parents. News from Freda was that husband Alf having had a stroke which involved temporary loss of memory.
American helicopters under U.N. authority attack the headquarters of the Samali war-lord, General Aidid, but fail to find him there. More atrocities in Bosnia again as mortars kill twelve and injuring as many whilst queueing for water.
Another day attacking a long overdue job - this time going round The Hayling View dismantling door handles and catches for lubrication and repair and then opening the window security locks and oiling the mechanisms. Just managed about a quarter of those needing attention but did sufficient to make a difference and to give an indication of further maintenance needs. The house needs quite a bit of attention, but the overall state of decoration (with the exception of the conservatory) was found to be not too bad. Daniel still had Gary here and helped us by taking a spare bed out of the "dining room" over to Bar Hill to Di's parents, Charles and Norma's, place but I had to help him onto the Discovery roof rack and lend him the car.
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Della had her bus-friend, Jemma Hudson, over for the day and enjoyed the experience. We had to watch them in the pool and by the river but Jemma is one of the easier children to manage, being is a year older than Della. I heard from sister Freda today as she called with good news and bad. The bad news was of husband Alf having had a stroke which involved temporary loss of memory from which he seems to have recovered but has to have a brain scan in view of history of cancer. Better news was the results of her conversations with potential estate agents. They are putting a value on Redgrave Cottage Stores in excess of the price that she paid for it which bodes well for them to be able to sell up, repay me and find another place.
American helicopters under U.N. authority attack the headquarters of the Samali war-lord, General Aidid, as his supporters were meeting and then angry Somali crowds went out on the streets of Mogadishu in reprisal and attacked foreign journalists. Two were killed and two more are missing. The attack force missed General Aidid for the second time and his disruption of the U.N. relief aid for the civil war victims looks set to continue. More atrocities in Bosnia again as mortars kill twelve and injuring as many whilst queueing for water. Another cooler day with showers and finer spells alternating.