30.10.2024 Old display cabinet.

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  Wednesday 30th 50F/10C [8.20] It started off overcast but sunshine is promised from early morning. Breezy from the west.

 A self seeded Norway maple provides autumn colour. It used to be bent double by growing under the vast horse chestnut. It seems to have recovered since being freed. As an attractive tree I have allowed it to grow.

 Up at 7.00 after a restless night filling the fire bucket at hourly intervals. I deliberately avoided coffee after dinner. So it must have been the water content of the salad!

 The room has an odd "chemical" smell this morning. Electrical overheating? I went around with my infrared camera looking for hot spots. There were none. Something which went into the stove last night? A contaminated wood briquette? Dunno.

 9.00  Going for a walk. A grey sky and a building breeze. I limited myself to exploring changes on the neighbour's shared drive. A land inspector [surveyor] has been busy and erected numerous stakes around a small field with their logo. To what end? This field [large lawn] lies between two houses. Will the field be sold? Is sold? It is big enough for another house but for Scrapman's crap. It would make any buyer extremely nervous.

 There has been some earth moving and a new rough track produced. Without obvious reason. It's all a mystery where Scrapman is concerned. He started one of his rebuilding projects and then it stopped dead. Half finished and the roof still open to the weather years later. Numerous trees growing out of it now! Nothing happens for years and then there is inexplicable change. Meanwhile what was once a modest pasture is covered in useless scrap.

13.30 Sunshine. I drove up to a distant charity shop which often has interesting furniture. It's where I found my new bed base. Today I found a vintage display cabinet. It meant driving back home and unloading the logs from the trailer. Before having some lunch. I piled the logs in the greenhouse using a wheelbarrow. Some tidying to do. Before the new logs can be neatly stacked against the house wall.

 I am now off again to collect the cabinet in the now empty trailer. I had better take some padding materials and rope. The cabinet will have to be sloping. Leaning against the raised front of the trailer. 

 15.15 Home again with my prize. It is nothing very exciting but a mere 125Kroner/£14 equivalent.  About 45Wx45Dx175cm high. Polished edges to the four, toughened glass shelves. Wood grain coated chipboard? Unusual chevron glass fronted on spring hinges. Which is what attracted me to it. That and the vintage door handles. They remind me of of our dining cutlery when we were kids. The mock ivory might clean up. Made in Denmark by the Hamlyn Møbleabrik. [Furniture Factory] Shopfitting cabinet? Medical?

 I want to experiment with different ideas. Before investing more serious money in a new display cabinet. Or cabinets. If ever. The concealed midriff light bulb doesn't work. LED lighting is much more practical and attractive these days.

 I had backed up the trailer to the rear entrance door. Then slid the cabinet into the hallway on its back. Now it is standing safely upright in the kitchen. Waiting for a decision on its most likely position. I am bound to change my mind. There is plenty of room for it but it is presently blocking the switches and sockets. Tempting, but it would be a waste to use it for shoe storage.

 17.00 Room at 65F/18C. Stove lit. More non-burnable kindling? The briquette isn't catching either! 

 Dinner was poached eggs on toast. One of the yolks was broken inside the shell.

 

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