Big skies

I abandoned the plastering for a day on Monday to visit my sister and my three nephews. They live close to the sea, and so we headed to the beach. 

I do love a beach, especially one with a big sky. 

We wandered through the dunes, jumped over (and over and over) a puddle, and dug a hole. All good beach activities. Oh, and I caught my first Pokemon, apparently. And we played on a pirate ship. 

I really should get over to play at the seaside more often.

Yesterday was, unsurprisingly, another day of plastering. The turn of the main stairs this time - and hopefully the last proper wall to be plastered upstairs (there are a couple of holes to fill, but nothing major).  

It's a big wall, and there was lots of faffing with ladders and dust sheets and things being at the bottom when I wanted them at the top. I had to split it into three sections, and only managed to do the first coat on two of them. I'll finish the first coat today, and then spend tomorrow putting a final coat on the whole lot. 

Last night we wanted to get away, so we headed out of town for a while in the fading evening light. 

It was peaceful up by the reservoir, and it reminded me that we should do this more often. 

Not today though, today I'm back to painting and plastering and gardening, carrying heavy things up and down stairs. Some days it feels like we're making progress, and some days I feel like we're just making things worse. But I'm keeping my list up to date so I can see that I have actually done something. 

Today I've put undercoat on the bathroom cladding, made a net curtain, been for a cuppa with a friend, and bought some screening to go round the compost bin, which I'll put up later. Right now though, I'm off to finish off that plastering on the stairs. One day we'll get there...