23.08.2025 And there she was, gone.

 ~o~

  Saturday 23rd 49F/9.4C [7.00] Bright, but waiting for sunrise. Another, mostly sunny day. 

 Up at 6.15 after a quiet night.

 My sister is leaving today. I shall run her up to the local train station later. A successful stay I think. We go out and about every day. Apart from my unexplained dizziness on Thursday. The weather was exceptional. Warm, dry and sunny. Though rather breezy at times towards the end. Particularly yesterday at Egeskov. 

 My sister has suggested I try heavy duty, so-called "smart lining paper" for my scruffy, bare plasterboard walls. After some filling to remove any depressions. The adhesive is applied to the wall. Not the paper. Hence the "smart" identification. The great advantage of this is its application in stages. Much like wallpaper. Rather than an overwhelming demolition of the existing, insulated plasterboard wall. To be renewed completely from scratch.

 7.20 Time for my walk. 

 8.00 Back from my walk. Very little, Saturday traffic. An almost cloudless sky and low, blinding sunshine. Three deer were grazing on the prairie again. Much closer to the road than before. A doe and two young. No antlers. 

 They eventually took fright as I advanced slowly down the road. Taking pictures with my phone at intervals. Then they dashed off for the distant horizon. At least 500 meters to cover beyond the nearest low undulation. 

 I could then safely take to the fields. To repeat my familiar rectangle out on the spray tracks. The neighbor's invisible activities of yesterday. Proved to be completion of another paddock fence. Running around the edge of the freshly mowed field. Just beyond the impenetrable but towering line of trees. Forming the boundary of the absent property developer's wildlife sanctuary. 

 The distant, black roof is not mine. It belongs to another absent property developer. Who is slowly restoring the former dump. Over an increasingly, extended period. Self seeded trees now tower over all the local properties. Felling many of them, so very close to the houses, would now require a skilled, climbing, tree surgeon. 

 11.30  Returning from the station after delivering my sister. I was sad to see her go. We seemed to get on well.

 I saw plants for sale beside the road on the way back. So I have now added a Aeonium "Velour" succulent to my dark leaf collection. Google Lens suggested it is an easy, fast growing  plant for beginners. Not winter hardy but I have the greenhouse or a sunny windowsill. I shopped for essentials on the way home.  

12.00 Did I ought to have a ride after lunch?

 17.30 I have been out there for hours. Making a gap in the northern, boundary trees. Horizontal branches up to 10cm diameter had to be sawn off. Using the DeWalt battery chainsaw. Some of the branches were completely out of reach. Except from my tallest, tripod stepladder. I am dripping with sweat again. 

 There are still sagging branches crossing the gap on a diagonal. Which need the stepladder again. To be in the field to reach high enough. This is considered very unsafe. For unskilled chainsaw use. 

 The central tree could be felled too but it is very tall and wide. Any mistake and it could wreck the shed or the carport roof. There is nowhere to fix an anchor in the field. So that I could use the boat winch to pull it down. 

 Dinner was organic sausage, mushrooms, tomatoes and an egg. Helped down with a buttered bread roll and a non-alcoholic pilsner. 

 My sister has made it home safely. It was lovely having her here. We had a good time on our outings in the beautifully polished Morris. 

  

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