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Sunday 14th 42F/5.6C [7.15] A cloudy forecast but dry. Windy with SW gusts to 15m/s. 64F/17.8C in the room. I can see patches of frost on the western lawn in the security camera images.
Up at 6.30 after a busy night. How can the volume in the fire bucket exceed intake by an order of magnitude? I had a tin of beer to celebrate the carport progress. I'll blame it on that.
The wind is expected to continue for some days. Which makes the fitting of the huge roof panel decidedly problematic. I can have a biplane. Or a single, larger wing, of low aspect ratio. Choose one. The car won't mind if it's dry. I could apply ratchet straps. To hold the panel in place on the roof while I fiddle with the screws. I'll see how windy it really is. When it is light enough to see the carport across the gravel wasteland turning and parking space.
10.00 Back from a short walk. Only to loop along the neighbours' drives. To capture a couple of dozen photographs of my house and carport from the rear. Newly visible through the gap in the trees and winter leaf loss. It was windy where exposed. Not so bad in the garden. Thanks to the shelter belt. The first bird I saw was a Red kite. Which was circling and calling beyond the road to the south.
I shall have to fix the missing roof panel as soon as possible. Or at least restrain the panels on either side. Which are lifting on the windward side.
I had to go shopping before lunch was even possible. The local supermarket had no "wholegrain" bread rolls yesterday. Nor edible bananas.
Dinner was yet another fry-up. As is my wont. Organic chicken, mushrooms and an organic egg on wholegrain toast. I added some cherry tomatoes for colour. Perhaps as a foil to the yolk of the undersized egg. They may be crossing their chickens with pigeons. Perhaps they are merely undernourished?
I washed up as I went along. As you do. I have an early appointment with the doctor tomorrow. To follow up on our last meeting of a month ago.
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