The tree is doing really well - major buds have sprouted leaves, and new budlets are appearing in the scars of old leaves.

My Shakespeare has not turned up, despite my buying the contingency replacement paparback copy from Oxfam.

The roofing felt pulled away from the house front, just before the new lot of bad rain arrived, but the local builder has fixed it and isn't charging me! I'm now waiting for him to fit in re-laying my patio so the water drains towards the garden not the house, and move the rockery rock he was getting rid of for another customer from my garage to the garden. Then I can carry on sorting out the mess from last year's scaffolders.

I've got the small spare room working as a propagator for veggies, and have transferred the first, French beans, out to the garden. Mind you, I did choose the wrong day, and they got a bit windblown. Next, the runner beans. And the peas.

So I think the gremlins have probably packed up - the blender is a brand which has the burning out problem, apparently.

Penny