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(3167, 283, '2016-02-21 19:00:29', '2016-02-21 19:00:29', '<img class=\"alignright wp-image-3170 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/new-quilt-coverfeb16-200x150.jpg\" alt=\"new-quilt-cover(feb16)\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" />There are certain challenges that I\'ve set myself. One of them is to shop for bedding. If I\'m honest we have enough duvet covers however I wanted to test myself. After visiting <a href=\"http://www.dunelm.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Dunelm</a> in Lincoln I can report back a partial success - I bought the wrong size fitted sheet and the colour of the cover, as shown, isn\'t what I thought it was but at least I came out with something. It just goes to prove what I already knew: Jane had an eye for detail and colour - I need to pay more attention.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3168\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/veg-plot1feb16-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"veg-plot1(feb16)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" />I spent the afternoon working on the vegetable plot so that the first section is dug, raked and ready for sowing/planting. Thanks to Graham who helped me plan what I\'m going to grow I can now start thinking about seed trays; vegetable types;  when and what to sow where. I\'ve just got 4 more plots to prepare and I\'m ready to go. I\'ve decided the end plot I will turn over to fruits - Jane had 3 blueberry bushes in a raised bed so I will transplant them and include a few raspberry canes. I will also move Jane\'s herbs out of the raised bed by the back door and into one of these plots.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3169\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/fairysnowdropsfeb16-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"fairy&amp;snowdrops(feb16)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" />And finally we come to the fairies at the bottom of my (Jane\'s) garden. Jane had a fascination with fairies and I remember a visit we made to Dulwich Museum and Art Gallery to see <a href=\"http://rackham.artpassions.net/\" target=\"_blank\">Arthur Rackham\'s</a> fairy pictures. This fairy sitting at the foot of one of our trees amongst the snowdrops is so Jane.', 'Shopping, Gardening and Loving', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'shopping-gardening-and-loving', '', '', '2016-02-21 19:01:32', '2016-02-21 19:01:32', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?p=3167', 0, 'post', '', 6),
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(3171, 283, '2016-02-21 19:00:29', '2016-02-21 19:00:29', '<img class=\"alignright wp-image-3170 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/new-quilt-coverfeb16-200x150.jpg\" alt=\"new-quilt-cover(feb16)\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" />There are certain challenges that I\'ve set myself. One of them is to shop for bedding. If I\'m honest we have enough duvet covers however I wanted to test myself. After visiting <a href=\"http://www.dunelm.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Dunelm</a> in Lincoln I can report back a partial success - I bought the wrong size fitted sheet and the colour of the cover, as shown, isn\'t what I thought it was but at least I came out with something. It just goes to prove what I already knew: Jane had an eye for detail and colour - I need to pay more attention.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3168\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/veg-plot1feb16-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"veg-plot1(feb16)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" />I spent the afternoon working on the vegetable plot so that the first section is dug, raked and ready for sowing/planting. Thanks to Graham who helped me plan what I\'m going to grow I can now start thinking about seed trays; vegetable types;  when and what to sow where. I\'ve just got 4 more plots to prepare and I\'m ready to go. I\'ve decided the end plot I will turn over to fruits - Jane had 3 blueberry bushes in a raised bed so I will transplant them and include a few raspberry canes. I will also move Jane\'s herbs out of the raised bed by the back door and into one of these plots.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3169\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/fairysnowdropsfeb16-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"fairy&amp;snowdrops(feb16)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" />And finally we come to the fairies at the bottom of my (Jane\'s) garden. Jane had a fascination with fairies and I remember a visit we made to Dulwich Museum and Art Gallery to see <a href=\"http://rackham.artpassions.net/\" target=\"_blank\">Arthur Rackham\'s</a> fairy pictures. This fairy sitting at the foot of one of our trees amongst the snowdrops is so Jane.', 'Shopping, Gardening and Loving', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3167-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-02-21 19:00:29', '2016-02-21 19:00:29', '', 3167, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/3171', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3172, 283, '2016-02-23 18:20:04', '2016-02-23 18:20:04', '<img class=\"alignright wp-image-3174 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/maisie-and-mefeb16-200x150.jpg\" alt=\"maisie-and-me(feb16)\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" />It used to be \"Maisie and Us\" but not any more. She\'s a funny cat, but aren\'t they all you say - she loves to have fifteen minutes on my lap watching TV but either she gets bored or too warm because before too long she jumps off and curls up either on the carpet or more likely on Jane\'s desk. Here we are watching the X Files on Monday evening.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-3173 alignleft\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/plot-5-dug-overfeb16-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"plot-5-dug-over(feb16)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" />It\'s no good sitting around and waiting for the vegetable plot to dig itself so today I spent another back aching hour and half digging over the end plot. It\'s interesting the soil at this end is not as good as the stuff I was digging on Sunday - this is some of the rubbish the builders brought in when they were short. Jane had started to dig in horse manure and compost but I need to do a lot more. Thankfully it isn\'t heavy clay but it is certainly heavier than the other end. I\'ve decided to put the blueberries in here. A job for tomorrow when I get back from swimming.\r\n\r\nIt\'s funny how we all have silly jokes with our partners that you think nothing of until you say them to other people and draw a blank. Whenever Jane and I made a team effort that worked well we\'d say \"like Horace Batchelor and Zebra Kit\" (turns out it was Zebra Kid but leave us with our delusions) - it was a reference to a song from <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMqdwtd8TrQ\" target=\"_blank\">Bonzo Dog Doodah Band the Intro and Outro</a>. Having looked up the reference on Google it wasn\'t quite what Jane and I thought it was but it didn\'t matter, we knew what we meant. Now that \"knowing\" has gone, it was of a time/people combination never to be repeated.', 'Maisie and Me', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'maisie-and-me', '', '', '2016-02-23 18:20:04', '2016-02-23 18:20:04', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?p=3172', 0, 'post', '', 4),
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(3175, 283, '2016-02-23 18:20:04', '2016-02-23 18:20:04', '<img class=\"alignright wp-image-3174 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/maisie-and-mefeb16-200x150.jpg\" alt=\"maisie-and-me(feb16)\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" />It used to be \"Maisie and Us\" but not any more. She\'s a funny cat, but aren\'t they all you say - she loves to have fifteen minutes on my lap watching TV but either she gets bored or too warm because before too long she jumps off and curls up either on the carpet or more likely on Jane\'s desk. Here we are watching the X Files on Monday evening.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-3173 alignleft\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/plot-5-dug-overfeb16-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"plot-5-dug-over(feb16)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" />It\'s no good sitting around and waiting for the vegetable plot to dig itself so today I spent another back aching hour and half digging over the end plot. It\'s interesting the soil at this end is not as good as the stuff I was digging on Sunday - this is some of the rubbish the builders brought in when they were short. Jane had started to dig in horse manure and compost but I need to do a lot more. Thankfully it isn\'t heavy clay but it is certainly heavier than the other end. I\'ve decided to put the blueberries in here. A job for tomorrow when I get back from swimming.\r\n\r\nIt\'s funny how we all have silly jokes with our partners that you think nothing of until you say them to other people and draw a blank. Whenever Jane and I made a team effort that worked well we\'d say \"like Horace Batchelor and Zebra Kit\" (turns out it was Zebra Kid but leave us with our delusions) - it was a reference to a song from <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMqdwtd8TrQ\" target=\"_blank\">Bonzo Dog Doodah Band the Intro and Outro</a>. Having looked up the reference on Google it wasn\'t quite what Jane and I thought it was but it didn\'t matter, we knew what we meant. Now that \"knowing\" has gone, it was of a time/people combination never to be repeated.', 'Maisie and Me', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3172-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-02-23 18:20:04', '2016-02-23 18:20:04', '', 3172, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/3175', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(3177, 283, '2016-02-26 20:51:00', '2016-02-26 20:51:00', '<img class=\"alignright wp-image-3178 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/spring-flowersfeb16-200x150.jpg\" alt=\"spring-flowers(feb16)\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" />The drive up to the house is really looking very pretty and Jane\'s planting of dwarf daffodils, irises and the profusion of snowdrops is really pretty (I struggle to get a decent photo). Everyone comments on how lovely it looks. Looking at the area under the trees I think I need to put in some more ferns. Jane has planted a number of ferns some of which are flourishing and others look a little weak but this could be because it\'s winter. There is a superb fern nursery in Binbrook so I will be going back there towards the end of spring.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3179\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/logs-cut2feb16-200x150.jpg\" alt=\"logs-cut2(feb16)\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" />And to finish my jobs for the morning I split and cut a lot more logs. I\'m still burning the beech tree that was felled before we started the build. Just a few logs on the wood burner will heat the whole of the open plan area all evening.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', 'Spring Flowers', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'spring-flowers', '', '', '2016-02-26 20:52:45', '2016-02-26 20:52:45', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?p=3177', 0, 'post', '', 3),
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(3185, 283, '2016-02-27 19:06:24', '2016-02-27 19:06:24', 'I needed some serious therapy today. For whatever reason mornings are not easy (get up, shower, dress, breakfast without Jane by my side) and weekends are even worse which is no doubt some sort of throw back to when we were working and we looked forward to spending more time with each other. So before I could get myself into gear there were tears - I miss her so much.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3184\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/front-container1feb16-200x150.jpg\" alt=\"front-container1(feb16)\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" />Thankfully there was work to be done so I got out into a dull, chilly spring day to plant out the new container I bought yesterday. Jane had such an eye for these things and therefore I\'ve never had to think about it before. Thankfully she didn\'t play by the rule book so I knew that whatever I did she would approve.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-3183\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/front-container2feb16-200x150.jpg\" alt=\"front-container2(feb16)\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" />With her encouragement ringing in my ears I got on with it and I don\'t think I made too bad a job.\r\nWhen Dave and Lucie returned from their shopping trip to Lincoln, Dave thought it looked quite professional. Let\'s just hope the plants survive the rest of the winter and fill the planter during the spring and summer.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3186\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/eucalyptusfeb16-150x200.jpg\" alt=\"eucalyptus(feb16)\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" />Filled with confidence I spent most of the afternoon raking over the vegetable plots that I\'ve already dug. When I got bored with that or should I say when my back started to give me a problem I turned to Jane\'s potting shed which I gave a good tidy and clean in readiness for sowing the seeds delivered from <a href=\"https://www.seedparade.co.uk/\" target=\"_blank\">Seed Parade</a> (as recommended by Shell in a previous posting comment).\r\n\r\nAnd to finish the day I planted a Eucalyptus that Jane bought from somewhere (I can\'t remember where). It had sat in a pot for several months because she couldn\'t decide where it should go so I decided a spot where it wouldn\'t be too shaded by the horse chestnut in the south east corner, dug a hole in the wonderful leaf mold soil, plonked it down and heeled it in. Job done and time for a cuppa as darkness fell!', 'Gardening Therapy', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'gardening-therapy', '', '', '2016-02-28 11:07:13', '2016-02-28 11:07:13', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?p=3185', 0, 'post', '', 6),
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(3187, 283, '2016-02-27 19:06:24', '2016-02-27 19:06:24', 'I needed some serious therapy today. For whatever reason mornings are not easy (get up, shower, dress, shower, breakfast without Jane by my side) and weekends are even worse which is no doubt some sort of throw back to when we were working and we looked forward to spending more time with each other. So before I could get myself into gear there were tears - I miss her so much.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3184\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/front-container1feb16-200x150.jpg\" alt=\"front-container1(feb16)\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" />Thankfully there was work to be done so I got out into a dull, chilly spring day to plant out the new container I bought yesterday. Jane had such an eye for these things and therefore I\'ve never had to think about it before. Thankfully she didn\'t play by the rule book so I knew that whatever I did she would approve.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-3183\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/front-container2feb16-200x150.jpg\" alt=\"front-container2(feb16)\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" />With her encouragement ringing in my ears I got on with it and I don\'t think I made too bad a job.\r\nWhen Dave and Lucie returned from their shopping trip to Lincoln Dave thought it looked quite professional. Let\'s just hope the plants survive the rest of the winter and fill the planter during the spring and summer.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3186\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/eucalyptusfeb16-150x200.jpg\" alt=\"eucalyptus(feb16)\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" />Filled with confidence I spent most of the afternoon raking over the vegetable plots that I\'ve already dug. when I got bored with that or should I say when my back started to give me a problem I turned to Jane\'s potting shed which I gave a good tidy and clean in readiness for sowing the seeds delivered from <a href=\"https://www.seedparade.co.uk/\" target=\"_blank\">Seed Parade</a> (as recommended by Shell in a previous posting comment).\r\n\r\nAnd to finish the day I planted a Eucalyptus that Jane bought from somewhere (I can\'t remember where). It had sat in a pot for several months because she couldn\'t decide where it should go so I decided a spot where it wouldn\'t be too shaded by the horse chestnut in the south east corner, dug a hole in the wonderful leaf mold soil, plonked it down and heeled it in. Job done and time for a cuppa as darkness fell!', 'Gardening Therapy', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3185-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-02-27 19:06:24', '2016-02-27 19:06:24', '', 3185, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/3187', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3189, 283, '2016-02-28 11:07:13', '2016-02-28 11:07:13', 'I needed some serious therapy today. For whatever reason mornings are not easy (get up, shower, dress, breakfast without Jane by my side) and weekends are even worse which is no doubt some sort of throw back to when we were working and we looked forward to spending more time with each other. So before I could get myself into gear there were tears - I miss her so much.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3184\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/front-container1feb16-200x150.jpg\" alt=\"front-container1(feb16)\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" />Thankfully there was work to be done so I got out into a dull, chilly spring day to plant out the new container I bought yesterday. Jane had such an eye for these things and therefore I\'ve never had to think about it before. Thankfully she didn\'t play by the rule book so I knew that whatever I did she would approve.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-3183\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/front-container2feb16-200x150.jpg\" alt=\"front-container2(feb16)\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" />With her encouragement ringing in my ears I got on with it and I don\'t think I made too bad a job.\r\nWhen Dave and Lucie returned from their shopping trip to Lincoln, Dave thought it looked quite professional. Let\'s just hope the plants survive the rest of the winter and fill the planter during the spring and summer.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3186\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/eucalyptusfeb16-150x200.jpg\" alt=\"eucalyptus(feb16)\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" />Filled with confidence I spent most of the afternoon raking over the vegetable plots that I\'ve already dug. When I got bored with that or should I say when my back started to give me a problem I turned to Jane\'s potting shed which I gave a good tidy and clean in readiness for sowing the seeds delivered from <a href=\"https://www.seedparade.co.uk/\" target=\"_blank\">Seed Parade</a> (as recommended by Shell in a previous posting comment).\r\n\r\nAnd to finish the day I planted a Eucalyptus that Jane bought from somewhere (I can\'t remember where). It had sat in a pot for several months because she couldn\'t decide where it should go so I decided a spot where it wouldn\'t be too shaded by the horse chestnut in the south east corner, dug a hole in the wonderful leaf mold soil, plonked it down and heeled it in. Job done and time for a cuppa as darkness fell!', 'Gardening Therapy', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3185-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-02-28 11:07:13', '2016-02-28 11:07:13', '', 3185, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/3189', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3188, 283, '2016-02-28 11:07:08', '2016-02-28 11:07:08', 'I needed some serious therapy today. For whatever reason mornings are not easy (get up, shower, dress, breakfast without Jane by my side) and weekends are even worse which is no doubt some sort of throw back to when we were working and we looked forward to spending more time with each other. So before I could get myself into gear there were tears - I miss her so much.\n\n<img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3184\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/front-container1feb16-200x150.jpg\" alt=\"front-container1(feb16)\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" />Thankfully there was work to be done so I got out into a dull, chilly spring day to plant out the new container I bought yesterday. Jane had such an eye for these things and therefore I\'ve never had to think about it before. Thankfully she didn\'t play by the rule book so I knew that whatever I did she would approve.\n\n<img class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-3183\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/front-container2feb16-200x150.jpg\" alt=\"front-container2(feb16)\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" />With her encouragement ringing in my ears I got on with it and I don\'t think I made too bad a job.\nWhen Dave and Lucie returned from their shopping trip to Lincoln, Dave thought it looked quite professional. Let\'s just hope the plants survive the rest of the winter and fill the planter during the spring and summer.\n\n<img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3186\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/eucalyptusfeb16-150x200.jpg\" alt=\"eucalyptus(feb16)\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" />Filled with confidence I spent most of the afternoon raking over the vegetable plots that I\'ve already dug. When I got bored with that or should I say when my back started to give me a problem I turned to Jane\'s potting shed which I gave a good tidy and clean in readiness for sowing the seeds delivered from <a href=\"https://www.seedparade.co.uk/\" target=\"_blank\">Seed Parade</a> (as recommended by Shell in a previous posting comment).\n\nAnd to finish the day I planted a Eucalyptus that Jane bought from somewhere (I can\'t remember where). It had sat in a pot for several months because she couldn\'t decide where it should go so I decided a spot where it wouldn\'t be too shaded by the horse chestnut in the south east corner, dug a hole in the wonderful leaf mold soil, plonked it down and heeled it in. Job done and time for a cuppa as darkness fell!', 'Gardening Therapy', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3185-autosave-v1', '', '', '2016-02-28 11:07:08', '2016-02-28 11:07:08', '', 3185, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/3188', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3190, 283, '2016-03-02 20:52:30', '2016-03-02 20:52:30', '<img class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-3191\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/counsellingfeb16-200x150.jpg\" alt=\"counselling(feb16)\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" />It\'s been a busy day. I\'m trying to go swimming every Wednesday morning so I was determined to get over to Louth and fit in 28 lengths. After lunch I had a bereavement counselling session with one of the staff at St Barnabas Hospice. I had little expectation of the process because as everyone says, there\'s no way round grief, you just have to work your way through it and the feeling never leaves you completely because the life change is so traumatic. After a tearful hour (I ran out of hankies) I arranged to go back in three weeks as a yardstick to make sure I\'m coming to terms with the situation.\r\n\r\nAt the end of the afternoon I met with an estate agent to get a valuation of the house, not because I\'m thinking of moving, but it needs to be done as part of the probate application. I\'ve had to record all of Jane\'s and our joint assets - not that Inheritance Tax is due when assets transfer between spouses but it just has to be done. Even in death bureaucracy doesn\'t leave you alone.', 'Swimming, Counselling and Estate Agents', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'swimming-counselling-and-estate-agents', '', '', '2016-03-02 20:52:30', '2016-03-02 20:52:30', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?p=3190', 0, 'post', '', 6),
(3191, 283, '2016-03-02 20:44:17', '2016-03-02 20:44:17', '', 'counselling(feb16)', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'closed', '', 'counsellingfeb16', '', '', '2016-03-02 20:44:17', '2016-03-02 20:44:17', '', 3190, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/counsellingfeb16.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(3192, 283, '2016-03-02 20:52:30', '2016-03-02 20:52:30', '<img class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-3191\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/counsellingfeb16-200x150.jpg\" alt=\"counselling(feb16)\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" />It\'s been a busy day. I\'m trying to go swimming every Wednesday morning so I was determined to get over to Louth and fit in 28 lengths. After lunch I had a bereavement counselling session with one of the staff at St Barnabas Hospice. I had little expectation of the process because as everyone says, there\'s no way round grief, you just have to work your way through it and the feeling never leaves you completely because the life change is so traumatic. After a tearful hour (I ran out of hankies) I arranged to go back in three weeks as a yardstick to make sure I\'m coming to terms with the situation.\r\n\r\nAt the end of the afternoon I met with an estate agent to get a valuation of the house, not because I\'m thinking of moving, but it needs to be done as part of the probate application. I\'ve had to record all of Jane\'s and our joint assets - not that Inheritance Tax is due when assets transfer between spouses but it just has to be done. Even in death bureaucracy doesn\'t leave you alone.', 'Swimming, Counselling and Estate Agents', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3190-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-03-02 20:52:30', '2016-03-02 20:52:30', '', 3190, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/3192', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3193, 283, '2016-03-03 18:13:36', '2016-03-03 18:13:36', '<img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3194\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/maisie-cutenessmar16-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"maisie-cuteness(mar16)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" />This morning Maisie her cuteness gene in overdrive and required a lot of attention. I don\'t give her enough love but Jane had so much to spare she always had enough left over to give Maisie plenty - the thought caused a few tears as it is now.\r\n\r\nBut she keeps me company and isn\'t too much trouble (apart from the slugs she brings in clinging to her fur). Today I went to see a lady who is going to look after Maisie when I\'m away and the neighbours are not around to temporarily adopt her. This lady has several Siamese cats and is a devoted cat person so Maisie will have her own hotel/run in the garden where she will be warm and able to watch the birds (her favourite pastime).', 'Cute or What?', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'cute-or-what', '', '', '2016-03-03 18:13:36', '2016-03-03 18:13:36', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?p=3193', 0, 'post', '', 2),
(3194, 283, '2016-03-03 18:03:09', '2016-03-03 18:03:09', '', 'maisie-cuteness(mar16)', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'closed', '', 'maisie-cutenessmar16', '', '', '2016-03-03 18:03:09', '2016-03-03 18:03:09', '', 3193, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/maisie-cutenessmar16.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(3195, 283, '2016-03-03 18:13:36', '2016-03-03 18:13:36', '<img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3194\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/maisie-cutenessmar16-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"maisie-cuteness(mar16)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" />This morning Maisie her cuteness gene in overdrive and required a lot of attention. I don\'t give her enough love but Jane had so much to spare she always had enough left over to give Maisie plenty - the thought caused a few tears as it is now.\r\n\r\nBut she keeps me company and isn\'t too much trouble (apart from the slugs she brings in clinging to her fur). Today I went to see a lady who is going to look after Maisie when I\'m away and the neighbours are not around to temporarily adopt her. This lady has several Siamese cats and is a devoted cat person so Maisie will have her own hotel/run in the garden where she will be warm and able to watch the birds (her favourite pastime).', 'Cute or What?', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3193-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-03-03 18:13:36', '2016-03-03 18:13:36', '', 3193, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/3195', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3197, 283, '2016-03-06 19:12:06', '2016-03-06 19:12:06', '', 'Tessa&Caitlin&Humber(mar16)', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'closed', '', 'tessacaitlinhumbermar16', '', '', '2016-03-06 20:53:44', '2016-03-06 20:53:44', '', 3199, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/TessaCaitlinHumbermar16.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(3198, 283, '2016-03-06 19:12:09', '2016-03-06 19:12:09', '', 'Tessa&Caitlin(mar16)', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'closed', '', 'tessacaitlinmar16', '', '', '2016-03-06 20:56:33', '2016-03-06 20:56:33', '', 3199, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/TessaCaitlinmar16.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(3199, 283, '2016-03-06 21:04:30', '2016-03-06 21:04:30', '<img class=\"alignright wp-image-3200 \" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/janetesscaitlin-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"jane+tess+caitlin\" width=\"253\" height=\"190\" />This weekend I had the pleasure of hosting Caitlin and Tessa, daughters of friends. The last time they came up Jane and I took them to Lincoln Castle and had a really great time.\r\n\r\nThey are so enthusiastic that it is infectious and I was concerned that on my own I would dampen their enthusiasm but I need not have worried.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignleft wp-image-3197\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/TessaCaitlinHumbermar16-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Tessa&amp;Caitlin&amp;Humber(mar16)\" width=\"253\" height=\"190\" />A trip up to the Humber Bridge on a cold, sleety day might seem a bit strange but there is also the attraction of The Rope Walk Café (good sandwiches all round) and the art gallery alongside.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignright wp-image-3198 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/TessaCaitlinmar16-200x150.jpg\" alt=\"Tessa&amp;Caitlin(mar16)\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" />\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nDespite the weather they managed a smile...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignleft wp-image-3196\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/caitlintessa-hospicemar16-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"caitlin&amp;tessa-hospice(mar16\" width=\"253\" height=\"190\" />Apart from their day jobs they have a passion for garden design and on the back of their success at the <a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/2601\">RHS Malvern Show</a> Caitlin (nominated with 3 others for <a href=\"https://www.rhs.org.uk/shows-events/rhs-flower-show-tatton-park/2016/rhs-young-designer-2016\" target=\"_blank\">Young Garden Designer of the Year</a>) is leading their design for the Tatton Park Show in July. With all show gardens it is a problem what to do afterwards and Caitlin came up with the idea of donating the garden to St Barnabas Hospice. We met with some of the management, Caitlin pitched the idea and they were overjoyed. On Sunday morning we went over to Louth to take a look at a possible site and how the garden might be located. This could work and Jane would have been so proud to be part of it - helping people into the future.', 'Youth Springs Eternal', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'youth-springs-eternal', '', '', '2016-03-06 21:04:30', '2016-03-06 21:04:30', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?p=3199', 0, 'post', '', 7),
(3200, 283, '2016-03-06 20:38:05', '2016-03-06 20:38:05', '', 'jane+tess+caitlin', 'With Caitlin and Tessa', 'inherit', 'open', 'closed', '', 'janetesscaitlin-2', '', '', '2016-09-17 15:12:54', '2016-09-17 14:12:54', '', 3199, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/janetesscaitlin.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(3201, 283, '2016-03-06 21:04:30', '2016-03-06 21:04:30', '<img class=\"alignright wp-image-3200 \" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/janetesscaitlin-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"jane+tess+caitlin\" width=\"253\" height=\"190\" />This weekend I had the pleasure of hosting Caitlin and Tessa, daughters of friends. The last time they came up Jane and I took them to Lincoln Castle and had a really great time.\r\n\r\nThey are so enthusiastic that it is infectious and I was concerned that on my own I would dampen their enthusiasm but I need not have worried.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignleft wp-image-3197\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/TessaCaitlinHumbermar16-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Tessa&amp;Caitlin&amp;Humber(mar16)\" width=\"253\" height=\"190\" />A trip up to the Humber Bridge on a cold, sleety day might seem a bit strange but there is also the attraction of The Rope Walk Café (good sandwiches all round) and the art gallery alongside.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignright wp-image-3198 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/TessaCaitlinmar16-200x150.jpg\" alt=\"Tessa&amp;Caitlin(mar16)\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" />\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nDespite the weather they managed a smile...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignleft wp-image-3196\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/caitlintessa-hospicemar16-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"caitlin&amp;tessa-hospice(mar16\" width=\"253\" height=\"190\" />Apart from their day jobs they have a passion for garden design and on the back of their success at the <a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/2601\">RHS Malvern Show</a> Caitlin (nominated with 3 others for <a href=\"https://www.rhs.org.uk/shows-events/rhs-flower-show-tatton-park/2016/rhs-young-designer-2016\" target=\"_blank\">Young Garden Designer of the Year</a>) is leading their design for the Tatton Park Show in July. With all show gardens it is a problem what to do afterwards and Caitlin came up with the idea of donating the garden to St Barnabas Hospice. We met with some of the management, Caitlin pitched the idea and they were overjoyed. On Sunday morning we went over to Louth to take a look at a possible site and how the garden might be located. This could work and Jane would have been so proud to be part of it - helping people into the future.', 'Youth Springs Eternal', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3199-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-03-06 21:04:30', '2016-03-06 21:04:30', '', 3199, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/3201', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3202, 283, '2016-03-09 19:59:23', '2016-03-09 19:59:23', '<img class=\"alignleft wp-image-3203 size-medium\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/janes-studiomar16-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"jane\'s-studio(mar16)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" />I\'m trying to keep a balance between keeping busy and allowing time for reflection. Sometimes busy and reflection just collide.\r\nI drove off to Louth this morning for my mid-week swim in pouring rain and flooded roads. I often find myself driving and thinking of how things might have been which finds me driving through a veil of tears. I do feel better after a swim especially as today I managed to complete 32 lengths for the first time since we stopped swimming when Jane started chemo.\r\n\r\nAfter a coffee with Nick I went up into Jane\'s studio determined to prepare her PC to pass on to Sue &amp; Graham and while files were copying over onto a backup drive I started looking through boxes, drawers and folders. To say it was upsetting is an understatement but I cannot imagine when it won\'t be. I came across a photo of Jane at primary school and I thought how sad that there won\'t be anyone else interested in this so what do I do with it? - you guessed it, I shoved it back in the box and closed the lid; another time maybe.\r\n\r\nI have a concern that the studio will become a bit like Charles Dickens Miss Haversham\'s house with cobwebs and dust because nothing is ever changed. There\'s no rush...', 'Day in the Life', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'day-in-the-life', '', '', '2016-03-09 19:59:23', '2016-03-09 19:59:23', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?p=3202', 0, 'post', '', 5),
(3203, 283, '2016-03-09 19:43:35', '2016-03-09 19:43:35', '', 'jane\'s-studio(mar16)', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'closed', '', 'janes-studiomar16', '', '', '2016-03-09 20:00:37', '2016-03-09 20:00:37', '', 3202, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/janes-studiomar16.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(3204, 283, '2016-03-09 19:59:23', '2016-03-09 19:59:23', '<img class=\"alignleft wp-image-3203 size-medium\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/janes-studiomar16-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"jane\'s-studio(mar16)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" />I\'m trying to keep a balance between keeping busy and allowing time for reflection. Sometimes busy and reflection just collide.\r\nI drove off to Louth this morning for my mid-week swim in pouring rain and flooded roads. I often find myself driving and thinking of how things might have been which finds me driving through a veil of tears. I do feel better after a swim especially as today I managed to complete 32 lengths for the first time since we stopped swimming when Jane started chemo.\r\n\r\nAfter a coffee with Nick I went up into Jane\'s studio determined to prepare her PC to pass on to Sue &amp; Graham and while files were copying over onto a backup drive I started looking through boxes, drawers and folders. To say it was upsetting is an understatement but I cannot imagine when it won\'t be. I came across a photo of Jane at primary school and I thought how sad that there won\'t be anyone else interested in this so what do I do with it? - you guessed it, I shoved it back in the box and closed the lid; another time maybe.\r\n\r\nI have a concern that the studio will become a bit like Charles Dickens Miss Haversham\'s house with cobwebs and dust because nothing is ever changed. There\'s no rush...', 'Day in the Life', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3202-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-03-09 19:59:23', '2016-03-09 19:59:23', '', 3202, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/3204', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3205, 283, '2016-03-10 23:10:34', '2016-03-10 23:10:34', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/seed-bedsmar16.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3206\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3206\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/seed-bedsmar16-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"seed-beds(mar16)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>The green shoots of spring are not here yet but there\'s every reason to be ready for when the frosts stop and the weather gets a little warmer.\r\n\r\nWith one bed under black plastic getting the soil warm I\'ve put seed compost into some  trays and fibre pots and by Saturday I hope to plant some runner beans and sugar snap peas. As soon as the shoots do appear you will be the first to know.', 'Seed Trays', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'seed-trays', '', '', '2016-03-10 23:10:34', '2016-03-10 23:10:34', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?p=3205', 0, 'post', '', 3),
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(3207, 283, '2016-03-10 23:10:17', '2016-03-10 23:10:17', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/seed-bedsmar16.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3206\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3206\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/seed-bedsmar16-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"seed-beds(mar16)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>The green shoots of spring are not here yet but there\'s every reason to be ready for when the frosts stop and the weather gets a little warmer.\r\n\r\nWith one bed under black plastic getting the soil warm I\'ve put seed compost into some  trays and fibre pots and by Saturday I hope to plant some runner beans and sugar snap peas. As soon as the shoots do appear you will be the first to know.', 'Seed Trays', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3205-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-03-10 23:10:17', '2016-03-10 23:10:17', '', 3205, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/3207', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3208, 283, '2016-03-12 19:47:04', '2016-03-12 19:47:04', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Maisie-yawningmar16.gif\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3209\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3209\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Maisie-yawningmar16-300x225.gif\" alt=\"Maisie-yawning(mar16)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>I\'ve spent some time in the studio backing up Jane\'s computer and removing all her files from it before it gets handed on. There are times when Maisie doesn\'t want to be alone (I know that feeling) so she decided to join me and after a big yawn, fell fast asleep on Jane\'s patchwork bedspread. The computer is ready to go!\r\n\r\nThe rest of the day whizzed by out in the garden dead-heading and tidying. How is it that just when you think every dead stick has been cut and you\'ve walked away, you look back and there\'s another one? I finished the day by replanting some lily bulbs that Jane had taken out of pots to over-winter. I\'ve put them into a flower bed so I won\'t have to do the same next year. I\'m concerned that being in the shade of the trees they may not do so well - any suggestions gratefully received.', 'Maisie, Computers and Dead Heading', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'maisie-computers-and-dead-heading', '', '', '2016-03-25 18:45:49', '2016-03-25 18:45:49', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?p=3208', 0, 'post', '', 1),
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(3210, 283, '2016-03-12 19:47:04', '2016-03-12 19:47:04', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Maisie-yawningmar16.gif\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3209\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3209\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Maisie-yawningmar16-300x225.gif\" alt=\"Maisie-yawning(mar16)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>I\'ve spent some time in the studio backing up Jane\'s computer and removing all her files from it before it gets handed on. There are times when Maisie doesn\'t want to be alone (I know that feeling) so she decided to join me and after a big yawn, fell fast asleep on Jane\'s patchwork bedspread. The computer is ready to go!\r\n\r\nThe rest of the day whizzed by out in the garden dead-heading and tidying. How is it that just when you think every dead stick has been cut and you\'ve walked away, you look back and there\'s another one? I finished the day by replanting some orchid bulbs that Jane had taken out of pots to over-winter. I\'ve put them into a flower bed so I won\'t have to do the same next year. I\'m concerned that being in the shade of the trees they may not do so well - any suggestions gratefully received.', 'Maisie, Computers and Dead Heading', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3208-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-03-12 19:47:04', '2016-03-12 19:47:04', '', 3208, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/3210', 0, 'revision', '', 0);
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(3211, 283, '2016-03-16 08:27:59', '2016-03-16 08:27:59', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/costa-coffee-after-chemose.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1984\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-1984 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/costa-coffee-after-chemose-200x150.jpg\" alt=\"costa-coffee-after-chemo(se\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" /></a>After my volunteering stint at Lincoln Castle on Sunday morning I travelled down to Northampton to meet up with friends. If you\'re reading this in Northamptonshire and I didn\'t get in touch please forgive me and maybe we can meet up next time. This was my first trip without Jane and I had a number of concerns. Meeting people for the first time since the funeral was likely to be traumatic and I was ready for that however it wasn\'t as bad as I feared. Of course there were tears but I now treat that as normal and whether it happens in someone\'s living room or publicly in the Costa coffee in Tesco I can accept it and not feel too embarrassed by my emotions.\r\n\r\nOn my way home late on Tuesday afternoon I called in at Oakham to meet up with one of my ex directors who I now regard as a friend. We had a quiet chat in a local pub over more coffee. On arrival at home Maisie was on the doorstep before I\'d finished getting my bag out of the car. Despite being well looked after by the neighbours she wanted big cuddles, loud purrs however by the second pick up she\'d decided she wanted to punish me for going away so she took a bite into my hand as if to say \"don\'t do it again\".\r\n\r\nFor all the people I met, had lunch, dinner and a cuppa of tea or coffee a big thank you for taking time out of your busy days and being so kind. I will certainly do it again. For my hosts Sue and Graham a special thank you for accommodating me and of course the vegetable gardening advice.\r\n\r\nAs Arnie says in many of his banal films \"I\'ll be back\" and next time I will meet many of the people I missed this time.', 'Northampton Visit', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'northampton-visit', '', '', '2016-03-16 08:27:59', '2016-03-16 08:27:59', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?p=3211', 0, 'post', '', 2),
(3212, 283, '2016-03-16 08:27:59', '2016-03-16 08:27:59', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/costa-coffee-after-chemose.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1984\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-1984 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/costa-coffee-after-chemose-200x150.jpg\" alt=\"costa-coffee-after-chemo(se\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" /></a>After my volunteering stint at Lincoln Castle on Sunday morning I travelled down to Northampton to meet up with friends. If you\'re reading this in Northamptonshire and I didn\'t get in touch please forgive me and maybe we can meet up next time. This was my first trip without Jane and I had a number of concerns. Meeting people for the first time since the funeral was likely to be traumatic and I was ready for that however it wasn\'t as bad as I feared. Of course there were tears but I now treat that as normal and whether it happens in someone\'s living room or publicly in the Costa coffee in Tesco I can accept it and not feel too embarrassed by my emotions.\r\n\r\nOn my way home late on Tuesday afternoon I called in at Oakham to meet up with one of my ex directors who I now regard as a friend. We had a quiet chat in a local pub over more coffee. On arrival at home Maisie was on the doorstep before I\'d finished getting my bag out of the car. Despite being well looked after by the neighbours she wanted big cuddles, loud purrs however by the second pick up she\'d decided she wanted to punish me for going away so she took a bite into my hand as if to say \"don\'t do it again\".\r\n\r\nFor all the people I met, had lunch, dinner and a cuppa of tea or coffee a big thank you for taking time out of your busy days and being so kind. I will certainly do it again. For my hosts Sue and Graham a special thank you for accommodating me and of course the vegetable gardening advice.\r\n\r\nAs Arnie says in many of his banal films \"I\'ll be back\" and next time I will meet many of the people I missed this time.', 'Northampton Visit', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3211-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-03-16 08:27:59', '2016-03-16 08:27:59', '', 3211, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/3212', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3234, 283, '2016-03-25 18:45:00', '2016-03-25 18:45:00', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Maisie-yawningmar16.gif\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3209\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3209\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Maisie-yawningmar16-300x225.gif\" alt=\"Maisie-yawning(mar16)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>I\'ve spent some time in the studio backing up Jane\'s computer and removing all her files from it before it gets handed on. There are times when Maisie doesn\'t want to be alone (I know that feeling) so she decided to join me and after a big yawn, fell fast asleep on Jane\'s patchwork bedspread. The computer is ready to go!\r\n\r\nThe rest of the day whizzed by out in the garden dead-heading and tidying. How is it that just when you think every dead stick has been cut and you\'ve walked away, you look back and there\'s another one? I finished the day by replanting some lilly bulbs that Jane had taken out of pots to over-winter. I\'ve put them into a flower bed so I won\'t have to do the same next year. I\'m concerned that being in the shade of the trees they may not do so well - any suggestions gratefully received.', 'Maisie, Computers and Dead Heading', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3208-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-03-25 18:45:00', '2016-03-25 18:45:00', '', 3208, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/3234', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3214, 283, '2016-03-17 20:14:07', '2016-03-17 20:14:07', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/counsellingfeb16.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3191\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3191\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/counsellingfeb16-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"counselling(feb16)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>I guessed that my busy time over the last few days was potentially masking my emotions and things came down with a bump today. Thankfully I have the support of my close friends who were there when I needed them and my emotional crash also coincided with my visit to the counsellor.\r\n\r\nThere are so many explanations and analogies for what bereavement is and today the counsellor introduced me to yet another one which I quite like. She suggested that my grief was like a ball at the moment and I\'m expecting the ball to get smaller however she said I should be thinking that the grief stays the same size and slowly I develop a life that surrounds the ball and as that life grows so the ball appears to get smaller but it doesn\'t. She also told me I was being too hard on myself and expecting too much - well that\'s who I am, I\'ve always expected too much of myself. For me the alternative of not expecting too much is to sit, dwell, not clean myself, not feed myself, just give up - I\'m not going to do that no matter how tempting it might seem sometimes; Jane wouldn\'t want me to do that.\r\n\r\nMy therapy this afternoon was to get into the potting shed and plant out a load of seeds - runner beans, sugar snap peas, courgettes, cucumbers, aubergines and some flowers too. I just hope I see some green shoots in the next week or two otherwise I will be very, very disappointed.', 'Three Steps Forward', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'three-steps-forward', '', '', '2016-03-17 20:14:07', '2016-03-17 20:14:07', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?p=3214', 0, 'post', '', 6),
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(3216, 283, '2016-03-19 18:46:54', '2016-03-19 18:46:54', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/nectarine-blossommar16.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3221\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3221\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/nectarine-blossommar16-150x200.jpg\" alt=\"nectarine-blossom(mar16)\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" /></a>Despite a very dull Saturday I was determined to put some effort into the garden. It\'s wonderful to see the almond tree and nectarine trees we planted together coming out in blossom. A sure sign spring is on its way. When we chose these trees we were not bothered whether they would produce fruits or not because the flowers are enough and that\'s proving to be the case.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/unknown-flowermar16.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3222\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-3222 size-medium\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/unknown-flowermar16-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"unknown-flower(mar16)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>During my tour of the garden I came across this lovely blue flower within the trees and I don\'t know what it is - of course Jane would know but she\'s not here to ask. Worryingly I pulled up a plant with similar leaves along the woodland path thinking it was a weed.\r\n\r\nIf anyone can let me know what it is then I\'ll be very grateful.\r\n\r\nAnd my largest project in the garden has been reorganising the raised beds.\r\n\r\n[gallery type=\"rectangular\" link=\"file\" size=\"medium\" ids=\"3220,3219,3218\"]\r\n\r\nThe smaller of the two beds had become dominated by three blueberry bushes and although they produced a plentiful supply of fruit I\'ve taken the risk of moving them out and planting them in the left hand vegetable bed. There are two Hibiscus in the bed but they didn\'t flower last year so I think I need to find a sunnier spot in the garden for them.\r\n\r\nThe larger raised bed had become swamped by two Rosemary plants, a Thyme and a Sage so I\'ve shifted them into the same vegetable bed as the blueberries. I\'m sure there will be some purists out there who will be screaming as they read this but I\'m following in Jane\'s footsteps - she was a bit of a garden rebel and didn\'t do anything by the book but it seemed to work for her.\r\n\r\nI\'m planning on filling these beds with bright flowers so there is a display throughout the summer. I can dream...', 'Garden Therapy', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'garden-therapy', '', '', '2016-03-19 18:46:54', '2016-03-19 18:46:54', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?p=3216', 0, 'post', '', 8),
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(3223, 283, '2016-03-19 18:43:28', '2016-03-19 18:43:28', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/nectarine-blossommar16.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3221\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3221\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/nectarine-blossommar16-150x200.jpg\" alt=\"nectarine-blossom(mar16)\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" /></a>Despite a very dull Saturday I was determined to put some effort into the garden. It\'s wonderful to see the almond tree and nectarine trees we planted together coming out in blossom. A sure sign spring is on its way. When we chose these trees we were not bothered whether they would produce fruits or not because the flowers are enough and that\'s proving to be the case.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/unknown-flowermar16.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3222\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-3222 size-medium\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/unknown-flowermar16-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"unknown-flower(mar16)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>During my tour of the garden I came across this lovely blue flower within the trees and I don\'t know what it is - of course Jane would know but she\'s not here to ask. Worryingly I pulled up a plant with similar leaves along the woodland path thinking it was a weed.\r\n\r\nIf anyone can let me know what it is then I\'ll be very grateful.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnd my largest project in the garden has been reorganising the raised beds.\r\n\r\n[gallery type=\"rectangular\" link=\"file\" size=\"medium\" ids=\"3220,3219,3218\"]\r\n\r\nThe smaller of the two beds had become dominated by three blueberry bushes and although they produced a plentiful supply of fruit I\'ve taken the risk of moving them out and planting them in the left hand vegetable bed. There are two Hibiscus in the bed but they didn\'t flower last year so I think I need to find a sunnier spot in the garden for them.\r\n\r\nThe larger raised bed had become swamped by two Rosemary plants, a Thyme and a Sage so I\'ve shifted them into the same vegetable bed as the blueberries. I\'m sure there will be some purists out there who will be screaming as they read this but I\'m following in Jane\'s footsteps - she was a bit of a garden rebel and didn\'t do anything by the book but it seemed to work for her.', 'Garden Therapy', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3216-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-03-19 18:43:28', '2016-03-19 18:43:28', '', 3216, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/3223', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3224, 283, '2016-03-19 18:46:54', '2016-03-19 18:46:54', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/nectarine-blossommar16.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3221\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3221\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/nectarine-blossommar16-150x200.jpg\" alt=\"nectarine-blossom(mar16)\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" /></a>Despite a very dull Saturday I was determined to put some effort into the garden. It\'s wonderful to see the almond tree and nectarine trees we planted together coming out in blossom. A sure sign spring is on its way. When we chose these trees we were not bothered whether they would produce fruits or not because the flowers are enough and that\'s proving to be the case.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/unknown-flowermar16.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3222\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-3222 size-medium\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/unknown-flowermar16-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"unknown-flower(mar16)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>During my tour of the garden I came across this lovely blue flower within the trees and I don\'t know what it is - of course Jane would know but she\'s not here to ask. Worryingly I pulled up a plant with similar leaves along the woodland path thinking it was a weed.\r\n\r\nIf anyone can let me know what it is then I\'ll be very grateful.\r\n\r\nAnd my largest project in the garden has been reorganising the raised beds.\r\n\r\n[gallery type=\"rectangular\" link=\"file\" size=\"medium\" ids=\"3220,3219,3218\"]\r\n\r\nThe smaller of the two beds had become dominated by three blueberry bushes and although they produced a plentiful supply of fruit I\'ve taken the risk of moving them out and planting them in the left hand vegetable bed. There are two Hibiscus in the bed but they didn\'t flower last year so I think I need to find a sunnier spot in the garden for them.\r\n\r\nThe larger raised bed had become swamped by two Rosemary plants, a Thyme and a Sage so I\'ve shifted them into the same vegetable bed as the blueberries. I\'m sure there will be some purists out there who will be screaming as they read this but I\'m following in Jane\'s footsteps - she was a bit of a garden rebel and didn\'t do anything by the book but it seemed to work for her.\r\n\r\nI\'m planning on filling these beds with bright flowers so there is a display throughout the summer. I can dream...', 'Garden Therapy', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3216-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-03-19 18:46:54', '2016-03-19 18:46:54', '', 3216, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/3224', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3225, 283, '2016-03-21 20:16:27', '2016-03-21 20:16:27', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/hibiscus-replantmar16.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3226\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3226\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/hibiscus-replantmar16-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"hibiscus-replant(mar16)\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a>After doing a bit of shopping at Lidl I came home to spend the afternoon cutting and splitting wood. Swinging the axe helps to rid me of a lot of pent-up aggression, it also tires me so hopefully I will get a decent night\'s sleep tonight.\r\n\r\nAfter stacking the wood I took a stroll around the garden to think where the Hibiscus can be transplanted. Although it stayed alive last year it didn\'t flower because it wasn\'t getting enough sun and the sunniest spot is at the front of the house. With some reluctance (but Jane whispered it would be OK) I decided to cut out some of the lawn and make a new bed. The Hibiscus are in, watered and treated to fresh compost so (green) fingers crossed they will flower this year.', 'Spring has sprung', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'spring-has-sprung-2', '', '', '2016-03-21 20:16:27', '2016-03-21 20:16:27', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?p=3225', 0, 'post', '', 5),
(3226, 283, '2016-03-21 20:07:10', '2016-03-21 20:07:10', '', 'hibiscus-replant(mar16)', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'closed', '', 'hibiscus-replantmar16', '', '', '2016-03-21 20:07:10', '2016-03-21 20:07:10', '', 3225, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/hibiscus-replantmar16.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(3227, 283, '2016-03-21 20:16:27', '2016-03-21 20:16:27', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/hibiscus-replantmar16.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3226\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3226\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/hibiscus-replantmar16-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"hibiscus-replant(mar16)\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a>After doing a bit of shopping at Lidl I came home to spend the afternoon cutting and splitting wood. Swinging the axe helps to rid me of a lot of pent-up aggression, it also tires me so hopefully I will get a decent night\'s sleep tonight.\r\n\r\nAfter stacking the wood I took a stroll around the garden to think where the Hibiscus can be transplanted. Although it stayed alive last year it didn\'t flower because it wasn\'t getting enough sun and the sunniest spot is at the front of the house. With some reluctance (but Jane whispered it would be OK) I decided to cut out some of the lawn and make a new bed. The Hibiscus are in, watered and treated to fresh compost so (green) fingers crossed they will flower this year.', 'Spring has sprung', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3225-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-03-21 20:16:27', '2016-03-21 20:16:27', '', 3225, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/3227', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3228, 283, '2016-03-23 21:00:51', '2016-03-23 21:00:51', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/log-burnermar16.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3229\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3229\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/log-burnermar16-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"log-burner(mar16)\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a>Over the last two days I\'ve been out and about visiting old and new friends. Yesterday I was up in Grimsby having a cuppa with Jane\'s art teacher, Mags, who also became a good friend to her. I had helped Mags build her <a href=\"http://www.thebindery.org.uk/\" target=\"_blank\">website</a> some time ago and so it was an opportunity to give a refresher on what she needed to do to keep it up to date.\r\n\r\nToday I drove over to two of our college friends, Tim and Wid, near Pontefract. It was good to have lunch with them, chat about Jane and put the world to rights.\r\n\r\nAlthough it is really helpful to be busy visiting friends I still drive back to a home without Jane (Maisie is no substitute). I confess I spend a lot of my time in the car in tears either because there is music playing that is a reminder or because it\'s a journey that I last did with Jane. Once I am home it is good to light the log burner. To sit and watch the fire with a warm cup of Earl Grey is comforting but lonely - early days...', 'Feel the Heat', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'feel-the-heat', '', '', '2016-03-23 21:00:51', '2016-03-23 21:00:51', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?p=3228', 0, 'post', '', 4),
(3229, 283, '2016-03-23 20:47:33', '2016-03-23 20:47:33', '', 'log-burner(mar16)', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'closed', '', 'log-burnermar16', '', '', '2016-03-23 20:47:33', '2016-03-23 20:47:33', '', 3228, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/log-burnermar16.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(3230, 283, '2016-03-23 21:00:51', '2016-03-23 21:00:51', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/log-burnermar16.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3229\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3229\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/log-burnermar16-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"log-burner(mar16)\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a>Over the last two days I\'ve been out and about visiting old and new friends. Yesterday I was up in Grimsby having a cuppa with Jane\'s art teacher, Mags, who also became a good friend to her. I had helped Mags build her <a href=\"http://www.thebindery.org.uk/\" target=\"_blank\">website</a> some time ago and so it was an opportunity to give a refresher on what she needed to do to keep it up to date.\r\n\r\nToday I drove over to two of our college friends, Tim and Wid, near Pontefract. It was good to have lunch with them, chat about Jane and put the world to rights.\r\n\r\nAlthough it is really helpful to be busy visiting friends I still drive back to a home without Jane (Maisie is no substitute). I confess I spend a lot of my time in the car in tears either because there is music playing that is a reminder or because it\'s a journey that I last did with Jane. Once I am home it is good to light the log burner. To sit and watch the fire with a warm cup of Earl Grey is comforting but lonely - early days...', 'Feel the Heat', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3228-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-03-23 21:00:51', '2016-03-23 21:00:51', '', 3228, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/3230', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3231, 283, '2016-03-24 23:21:53', '2016-03-24 23:21:53', 'The Only Constant is Change is a rough quote from a <a href=\"https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Heraclitus\" target=\"_blank\">Greek Philosopher...</a>\r\n\r\nThe dead tree that had loomed on the land to the side of the house was removed today. Jane wanted it down before we moved in but the landowners didn\'t deem it unsafe despite bits of it nearly falling on some of the builders vehicles. I was of course on hand to watch it come down and after videoing for several minutes I got bored and just as I turned the video off so it started to fall however I did get a couple of seconds and have slowed it down hence the weird sound. <a href=\"https://youtu.be/tpTD-lTknOg\" target=\"_blank\">Tree Felling Link...</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/rhubarbmar16.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3232\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3232\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/rhubarbmar16-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"rhubarb(mar16)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>Something that has worked is the rhubarb forcing using the rhubarb pot that Sue and Graham gave to Jane.\r\n\r\nI confess I\'m not a great fan of Rhubarb but Val was on hand to cut some sticks and will hopefully produce a crumble in the next few days.', 'The Only Constant is Change', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'the-only-constant-is-change', '', '', '2016-03-24 23:21:53', '2016-03-24 23:21:53', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?p=3231', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(3232, 283, '2016-03-24 23:07:00', '2016-03-24 23:07:00', '', 'rhubarb(mar16)', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'closed', '', 'rhubarbmar16', '', '', '2016-03-24 23:07:00', '2016-03-24 23:07:00', '', 3231, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/rhubarbmar16.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(3233, 283, '2016-03-24 23:09:49', '2016-03-24 23:09:49', 'The Only Constant is Change is a rough quote from a <a href=\"https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Heraclitus\" target=\"_blank\">Greek Philosopher...</a>\r\n\r\nThe dead tree that had loomed on the land to the side of the house was removed today. Jane wanted it down before we moved in but the landowners didn\'t deem it unsafe despite bits of it nearly falling on some of the builders vehicles. I was of course on hand to watch it come down and after videoing for several minutes I got bored and just as I turned the video off so it started to fall however I did get a couple of seconds and have slowed it down hence the weird sound. <a href=\"https://youtu.be/tpTD-lTknOg\" target=\"_blank\">Tree Felling Link...</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/rhubarbmar16.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3232\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3232\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/rhubarbmar16-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"rhubarb(mar16)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>Something that has worked is the rhubarb forcing using the rhubarb pot that Sue and Graham gave to Jane.\r\n\r\nI confess I\'m not a great fan of Rhubarb but Val was on hand to cut some sticks and will hopefully produce a crumble in the next few days.', 'The Only Constant is Change', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3231-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-03-24 23:09:49', '2016-03-24 23:09:49', '', 3231, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/3233', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3235, 283, '2016-03-25 18:45:49', '2016-03-25 18:45:49', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Maisie-yawningmar16.gif\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3209\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3209\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Maisie-yawningmar16-300x225.gif\" alt=\"Maisie-yawning(mar16)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>I\'ve spent some time in the studio backing up Jane\'s computer and removing all her files from it before it gets handed on. There are times when Maisie doesn\'t want to be alone (I know that feeling) so she decided to join me and after a big yawn, fell fast asleep on Jane\'s patchwork bedspread. The computer is ready to go!\r\n\r\nThe rest of the day whizzed by out in the garden dead-heading and tidying. How is it that just when you think every dead stick has been cut and you\'ve walked away, you look back and there\'s another one? I finished the day by replanting some lily bulbs that Jane had taken out of pots to over-winter. I\'ve put them into a flower bed so I won\'t have to do the same next year. I\'m concerned that being in the shade of the trees they may not do so well - any suggestions gratefully received.', 'Maisie, Computers and Dead Heading', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3208-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-03-25 18:45:49', '2016-03-25 18:45:49', '', 3208, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/3235', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3236, 283, '2016-03-25 19:04:58', '2016-03-25 19:04:58', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/house-numbermar16.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3238\"><img class=\"alignright  wp-image-3238\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/house-numbermar16-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"house-number(mar16)\" width=\"283\" height=\"212\" /></a>It is nearly two years since we moved in so I thought it was about time I put a number on the house. I went for something modern and the neighbours gave it their approval.\r\n\r\nIt will be interesting to see if the postie notices when he calls in the morning.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/wind-sculpturemar16.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3237\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3237\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/wind-sculpturemar16-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"wind-sculpture(mar16)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>And to show that spring is here and because the sun was shining I decided to put out the wind sculpture again (on left of picture). I think the house looks lovely with the long shadows and I know Jane would have appreciated the day.', 'Warm Sunshine...', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'warm-sunshine', '', '', '2016-03-25 19:04:58', '2016-03-25 19:04:58', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?p=3236', 0, 'post', '', 6),
(3237, 283, '2016-03-25 18:47:38', '2016-03-25 18:47:38', '', 'wind-sculpture(mar16)', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'closed', '', 'wind-sculpturemar16', '', '', '2016-03-25 18:47:38', '2016-03-25 18:47:38', '', 3236, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/wind-sculpturemar16.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(3238, 283, '2016-03-25 18:47:44', '2016-03-25 18:47:44', '', 'house-number(mar16)', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'closed', '', 'house-numbermar16', '', '', '2016-03-25 18:47:44', '2016-03-25 18:47:44', '', 3236, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/house-numbermar16.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(3239, 283, '2016-03-25 19:04:58', '2016-03-25 19:04:58', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/house-numbermar16.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3238\"><img class=\"alignright  wp-image-3238\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/house-numbermar16-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"house-number(mar16)\" width=\"283\" height=\"212\" /></a>It is nearly two years since we moved in so I thought it was about time I put a number on the house. I went for something modern and the neighbours gave it their approval.\r\n\r\nIt will be interesting to see if the postie notices when he calls in the morning.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/wind-sculpturemar16.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3237\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3237\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/wind-sculpturemar16-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"wind-sculpture(mar16)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>And to show that spring is here and because the sun was shining I decided to put out the wind sculpture again (on left of picture). I think the house looks lovely with the long shadows and I know Jane would have appreciated the day.', 'Warm Sunshine...', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3236-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-03-25 19:04:58', '2016-03-25 19:04:58', '', 3236, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/3239', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3255, 283, '2016-04-02 22:47:34', '2016-04-02 21:47:34', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/TimHardinapr16.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3261\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3261 alignright\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/TimHardinapr16-200x200.jpg\" alt=\"TimHardin(apr16)\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" /></a>My counselling session on Thursday went well and I came away with the clear message that I\'m \"being too hard on myself\". I\'m trying to take control of my grief by allowing myself time to think so today I sat up on the atrium landing and played Tim Hardin\'s album \"<a href=\"https://youtu.be/-bW6VZi0ICs\" target=\"_blank\">Reason to Believe</a>\". This was a record I played over and over at college when Jane dumped me for a brief time and I was really down. It reminded me of the emotions I felt then and the similarity to now. It helped.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/blood-testapr16.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3256\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3256 alignleft\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/blood-testapr16-200x136.jpg\" alt=\"blood-test(apr16)\" width=\"200\" height=\"136\" /></a>On Friday I had my annual blood tests which resulted in a phone call at 7 pm from an out of hours nurse telling me my blood sugar levels (<a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypoglycemia\" target=\"_blank\">Hypoglycaemia</a>) were very low and I needed to get into the out of hours GP at Lincoln hospital immediately. I said no because I felt fine and I was having dinner with Nick and Val. She said that at the levels indicated I should be feeling dizzy, sick, sweaty or in a coma. The lack of any symptoms clearly meant the blood sample had been corrupted somewhere. I did attend the hospital GP this morning and when he tested my blood it was normal (range 3 -6) measuring 4.5. Despite my protestations that I felt fine he was talking about admitting me - this was crazy. In the end he let me go but insisting I see the local GP on Monday, I carry a glucose bar with me at all times and I eat frequently. Oh yes, he also asks if I live alone, well I do now and to ring 999 if I feel faint or dizzy. I was being advised to change my whole diet based on a single test that was <a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/parking-meterapr16.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3258\"><img class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-3258\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/parking-meterapr16-150x200.jpg\" alt=\"parking-meter(apr16)\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" /></a>probably wrong. Needless to say I came home and as soon as the rain stopped I was out in the garden.\r\n\r\nCan life get any more complicated? Oh yes it can because when I got back to the hospital car park and was paying my parking fee the machine took my money then crashed on me without giving me my ticket. Thankfully reception gave me a replacement without any argument so I think this happens a lot.', 'Blood, Sweat and Tears', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'blood-sweat-and-tears', '', '', '2016-04-02 23:08:18', '2016-04-02 22:08:18', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?p=3255', 0, 'post', '', 6),
(3242, 283, '2016-03-28 17:15:44', '2016-03-28 16:15:44', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/if-onlymar16.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3244\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3244\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/if-onlymar16-257x300.jpg\" alt=\"if-only(mar16)\" width=\"257\" height=\"300\" /></a>Over the weekend I\'ve probably had too much time on my hands and so I\'ve fallen into the mire that is the phrases \"What if\" and \"If only\". The most prominent are the thoughts \"what if we hadn\'t sold up in Rothersthorpe and moved to Lincolnshire\"; \"what if Jane hadn\'t given up the work she loved at the surgery\" - would she still be with me? Of course this train of thought is destructive and quite meaningless but I don\'t seem to be able to avoid it.\r\n\r\nWhat if I had never met Jane and  fallen so passionately in love with her? Then my life would have been hollow and I would have been less of a person so I should be grateful for the 45 years we had together.', '\"What If\" or \"If Only\"', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'what-if-or-if-only', '', '', '2016-03-28 17:15:44', '2016-03-28 16:15:44', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?p=3242', 0, 'post', '', 2),
(3244, 283, '2016-03-28 11:51:57', '2016-03-28 10:51:57', '', 'if-only(mar16)', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'closed', '', 'if-onlymar16', '', '', '2016-03-28 11:51:57', '2016-03-28 10:51:57', '', 3242, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/if-onlymar16.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(3245, 283, '2016-03-28 17:15:44', '2016-03-28 16:15:44', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/if-onlymar16.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3244\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3244\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/if-onlymar16-257x300.jpg\" alt=\"if-only(mar16)\" width=\"257\" height=\"300\" /></a>Over the weekend I\'ve probably had too much time on my hands and so I\'ve fallen into the mire that is the phrases \"What if\" and \"If only\". The most prominent are the thoughts \"what if we hadn\'t sold up in Rothersthorpe and moved to Lincolnshire\"; \"what if Jane hadn\'t given up the work she loved at the surgery\" - would she still be with me? Of course this train of thought is destructive and quite meaningless but I don\'t seem to be able to avoid it.\r\n\r\nWhat if I had never met Jane and  fallen so passionately in love with her? Then my life would have been hollow and I would have been less of a person so I should be grateful for the 45 years we had together.', '\"What If\" or \"If Only\"', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3242-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-03-28 17:15:44', '2016-03-28 16:15:44', '', 3242, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/3245', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3246, 283, '2016-03-29 21:35:58', '2016-03-29 20:35:58', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/jostaberrymar16.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3249\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3249\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/jostaberrymar16-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"jostaberry(mar16)\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a>My post yesterday was written before our college friends Susie and Jon visited for lunch. Jon copied one of my essays that I\'d worked on all night and he managed to get a better grade than me but as friends we found it funny. We were close friends at college and after 47 years our understanding of each other hasn\'t been lost. They have had their own difficulties recently so we spent much of the day talking through our life challenges. It was good to talk in a safe environment.\r\n\r\nToday I spent the morning helping the local amateur dramatic group to take control of their website. This afternoon I managed to get out into the garden and plant a <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jostaberry\" target=\"_blank\">Jostaberry</a> given to me by Susie and Jon. It is a cross between a gooseberry and blackcurrant. Jon tells me that the berries are not good to eat but make a delicious jam. I think in all likelihood the birds will feast on the fruits before I make jam.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/small-blue-flowermar16.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3247\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3247 alignleft\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/small-blue-flowermar16-150x200.jpg\" alt=\"small-blue-flower(mar16)\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" /></a>These pretty blue flowers, I don\'t think they are bluebells, but are similar and they grow under the trees amongst the leaf litter and fallen twigs. It was lovely to come across them behind the large horse-chestnut in the south-east corner of the plot.\r\n\r\nThere are bluebells coming through close by and they will make a lovely show in a few weeks.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/small-raised-bed-plantedma.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3248\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3248\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/small-raised-bed-plantedma-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"small-raised-bed-planted(ma\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>At last I\'ve planted out the small raised bed with plants I bought from Lidl. They are supposed to be blues and yellows so it will be interesting to see how they develop. If I\'ve got the wrong heights in the wrong place then I can shift them about later. (Yellows - Helenium; Oenothera; Gaillardia; Coreopsis; Achillea; Sedum; Blues - Salvia; Nepeta; Delphinium; Polemonium; Veronica; Campanula)\r\n\r\nI finished in the late afternoon with a walk round the garden, through the trees, and seeing all these wonderful flowers coming into bloom, planted by Jane. She would have gotten so much more out of seeing things in flower than I ever will; she got so much more out of life than I do, I wish I could have swapped places. Sorry to finish on a downer but that\'s the way it goes.', 'Keeping Busy', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'keeping-busy', '', '', '2016-03-29 21:35:58', '2016-03-29 20:35:58', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?p=3246', 0, 'post', '', 7),
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(3249, 283, '2016-03-29 20:27:55', '2016-03-29 19:27:55', '', 'jostaberry(mar16)', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'closed', '', 'jostaberrymar16', '', '', '2016-03-29 20:27:55', '2016-03-29 19:27:55', '', 3246, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/jostaberrymar16.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(3250, 283, '2016-03-29 21:35:58', '2016-03-29 20:35:58', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/jostaberrymar16.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3249\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3249\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/jostaberrymar16-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"jostaberry(mar16)\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a>My post yesterday was written before our college friends Susie and Jon visited for lunch. Jon copied one of my essays that I\'d worked on all night and he managed to get a better grade than me but as friends we found it funny. We were close friends at college and after 47 years our understanding of each other hasn\'t been lost. They have had their own difficulties recently so we spent much of the day talking through our life challenges. It was good to talk in a safe environment.\r\n\r\nToday I spent the morning helping the local amateur dramatic group to take control of their website. This afternoon I managed to get out into the garden and plant a <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jostaberry\" target=\"_blank\">Jostaberry</a> given to me by Susie and Jon. It is a cross between a gooseberry and blackcurrant. Jon tells me that the berries are not good to eat but make a delicious jam. I think in all likelihood the birds will feast on the fruits before I make jam.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/small-blue-flowermar16.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3247\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3247 alignleft\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/small-blue-flowermar16-150x200.jpg\" alt=\"small-blue-flower(mar16)\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" /></a>These pretty blue flowers, I don\'t think they are bluebells, but are similar and they grow under the trees amongst the leaf litter and fallen twigs. It was lovely to come across them behind the large horse-chestnut in the south-east corner of the plot.\r\n\r\nThere are bluebells coming through close by and they will make a lovely show in a few weeks.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/small-raised-bed-plantedma.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3248\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3248\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/small-raised-bed-plantedma-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"small-raised-bed-planted(ma\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>At last I\'ve planted out the small raised bed with plants I bought from Lidl. They are supposed to be blues and yellows so it will be interesting to see how they develop. If I\'ve got the wrong heights in the wrong place then I can shift them about later. (Yellows - Helenium; Oenothera; Gaillardia; Coreopsis; Achillea; Sedum; Blues - Salvia; Nepeta; Delphinium; Polemonium; Veronica; Campanula)\r\n\r\nI finished in the late afternoon with a walk round the garden, through the trees, and seeing all these wonderful flowers coming into bloom, planted by Jane. She would have gotten so much more out of seeing things in flower than I ever will; she got so much more out of life than I do, I wish I could have swapped places. Sorry to finish on a downer but that\'s the way it goes.', 'Keeping Busy', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3246-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-03-29 21:35:58', '2016-03-29 20:35:58', '', 3246, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/3250', 0, 'revision', '', 0);
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(3313, 283, '2016-04-30 23:25:24', '2016-04-30 22:25:24', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/weedingapr16.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3315\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/weedingapr16-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"weeding(apr16)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>I\'ve been putting off weeding the south-east corner of the garden because it looked over run with them but like a lot of tasks once you get started it isn\'t as bad as it first seems. In case you\'re in any doubt this is an \"after weeding\" photo. I haven\'t cleared all of the dead leaves off the area simply because they have helped to keep the weeds down. There should be a great showing of foxgloves again this year.<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/periwinkleapr16.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3316 alignright\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/periwinkleapr16-200x150.jpg\" alt=\"periwinkle(apr16)\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" /></a>\r\n\r\nNestled against the back fence and submerged in weeds was this lovely lesser periwinkle, or at least I think it\'s a lesser periwinkle or <i>Vinca minor</i> \'Atropurpurea\' for the experts. It seems to be spreading quickly across the ground which will help to keep the weeds at bay.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/rhodendron-rescueapr16.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3314\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/rhodendron-rescueapr16-150x200.jpg\" alt=\"rhodendron-rescue(apr16)\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" /></a>Not everything in the garden is doing well. Jane planted this rhododendron among the trees by the drive and it has struggled for nearly a year. I think it has died but I\'ve transplanted it into a less shady spot near to the trees in the back corner. I shall give it some TLC in the hope it will revive. According to the label it should be flowering in May - I\'d be happy  just to see some green leaves of new growth.\r\nWith an aching back and a creaking knee I retired to the house for a cup of Earl Grey and toast.', 'Weeding and more weeding', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'weeding-and-more-weeding', '', '', '2016-04-30 23:25:24', '2016-04-30 22:25:24', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?p=3313', 0, 'post', '', 4),
(3252, 283, '2016-03-30 21:57:08', '2016-03-30 20:57:08', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/long-flower-bedmar15.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3253\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3253\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/long-flower-bedmar15-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"long-flower-bed(mar15)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>At last I\'ve finished removing all the herbs from the raised bed by the back door and it\'s ready for some planting out. I\'ve got a load of perennial seeds on order and there are some seeds in the potting shed so I can start to fill this bed. I think the trick is not to be in too much of a hurry - patience was never a strong point for me.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAlso the wind sculpture at the front of the house is now in motion...\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/DeUZRbqPnwY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe>', 'Garden Changes', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'garden-changes', '', '', '2016-03-30 21:57:08', '2016-03-30 20:57:08', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?p=3252', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(3253, 283, '2016-03-30 21:49:49', '2016-03-30 20:49:49', '', 'long-flower-bed(mar15)', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'closed', '', 'long-flower-bedmar15', '', '', '2016-03-30 21:49:49', '2016-03-30 20:49:49', '', 3252, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/long-flower-bedmar15.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(3254, 283, '2016-03-30 21:56:09', '2016-03-30 20:56:09', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/long-flower-bedmar15.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3253\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3253\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/long-flower-bedmar15-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"long-flower-bed(mar15)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>At last I\'ve finished removing all the herbs from the raised bed by the back door and it\'s ready for some planting out. I\'ve got a load of perennial seeds on order and there are some seeds in the potting shed so I can start to fill this bed. I think the trick is not to be in too much of a hurry - patience was never a strong point for me.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAlso the wind sculpture at the front of the house is now in motion...\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/DeUZRbqPnwY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe>', 'Garden Changes', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3252-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-03-30 21:56:09', '2016-03-30 20:56:09', '', 3252, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/3254', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3256, 283, '2016-04-02 22:24:07', '2016-04-02 21:24:07', '', 'blood-test(apr16)', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'closed', '', 'blood-testapr16', '', '', '2016-04-02 22:24:07', '2016-04-02 21:24:07', '', 3255, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/blood-testapr16.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(3257, 283, '2016-04-02 22:47:34', '2016-04-02 21:47:34', 'My counselling session on Thursday went well and I came away with the clear message that I\'m \"being too hard on myself\". I\'m trying to take control of my grief by allowing myself time to think so today I sat up on the atrium landing and played Tim Hardin\'s album \"Reason to Believe\". This was a record I played at college when Jane dumped me for a brief time and I was really down. It reminded me of the emotions I felt then and the similarity to now. It helped.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/blood-testapr16.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3256\"><img class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-3256\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/blood-testapr16-200x136.jpg\" alt=\"blood-test(apr16)\" width=\"200\" height=\"136\" /></a>On Friday I had my annual blood tests which resulted in a phone call at 7 pm from an out of hours nurse telling me my blood sugar levels (<a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypoglycemia\" target=\"_blank\">Hypoglycaemia</a>) were very low and I needed to get into the out of hours GP at Lincoln hospital immediately. I said no because I felt fine and I was having dinner with Nick and Val. She said that at the levels indicated I should be feeling dizzy, sick, sweaty or in a coma. The lack of any symptoms clearly meant the blood sample had been corrupted somewhere. I did attend the hospital GP this morning and when he tested my blood it was normal (range 3 -6) measuring 4.5. Despite my protestations that I felt fine he was talking about admitting me - this was crazy. In the end he let me go but insisting I see the local GP on Monday, I carry a glucose bar with me at all times and I eat frequently. Oh yes, he also asks if I live alone, well I do now and to ring 999 if I feel faint or dizzy. I was being advised to change my whole diet based on a single test that was probably wrong. Needless to say I came home and as soon as the rain stopped I was out in the garden.\r\n\r\nCan life get any more complicated? Oh yes it can because when I got back to the hospital car park and was paying my parking fee the machine took my money then crashed on me without giving me my ticket. Thankfully reception gave me a replacement without any argument so I think this happens a lot.', 'Blood, Sweat and Tears', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3255-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-04-02 22:47:34', '2016-04-02 21:47:34', '', 3255, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/3257', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3258, 283, '2016-04-02 23:00:00', '2016-04-02 22:00:00', '', 'parking-meter(apr16)', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'closed', '', 'parking-meterapr16', '', '', '2016-04-02 23:00:00', '2016-04-02 22:00:00', '', 3255, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/parking-meterapr16.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(3259, 283, '2016-04-02 23:06:20', '2016-04-02 22:06:20', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/TimHardinapr16.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3261\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3261 alignright\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/TimHardinapr16-200x200.jpg\" alt=\"TimHardin(apr16)\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" /></a>My counselling session on Thursday went well and I came away with the clear message that I\'m \"being too hard on myself\". I\'m trying to take control of my grief by allowing myself time to think so today I sat up on the atrium landing and played Tim Hardin\'s album \"Reason to Believe\". This was a record I played over and over at college when Jane dumped me for a brief time and I was really down. It reminded me of the emotions I felt then and the similarity to now. It helped.\n\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/blood-testapr16.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3256\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3256 alignleft\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/blood-testapr16-200x136.jpg\" alt=\"blood-test(apr16)\" width=\"200\" height=\"136\" /></a>On Friday I had my annual blood tests which resulted in a phone call at 7 pm from an out of hours nurse telling me my blood sugar levels (<a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypoglycemia\" target=\"_blank\">Hypoglycaemia</a>) were very low and I needed to get into the out of hours GP at Lincoln hospital immediately. I said no because I felt fine and I was having dinner with Nick and Val. She said that at the levels indicated I should be feeling dizzy, sick, sweaty or in a coma. The lack of any symptoms clearly meant the blood sample had been corrupted somewhere. I did attend the hospital GP this morning and when he tested my blood it was normal (range 3 -6) measuring 4.5. Despite my protestations that I felt fine he was talking about admitting me - this was crazy. In the end he let me go but insisting I see the local GP on Monday, I carry a glucose bar with me at all times and I eat frequently. Oh yes, he also asks if I live alone, well I do now and to ring 999 if I feel faint or dizzy. I was being advised to change my whole diet based on a single test that was <a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/parking-meterapr16.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3258\"><img class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-3258\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/parking-meterapr16-150x200.jpg\" alt=\"parking-meter(apr16)\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" /></a>probably wrong. Needless to say I came home and as soon as the rain stopped I was out in the garden.\n\nCan life get any more complicated? Oh yes it can because when I got back to the hospital car park and was paying my parking fee the machine took my money then crashed on me without giving me my ticket. Thankfully reception gave me a replacement without any argument so I think this happens a lot.', 'Blood, Sweat and Tears', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3255-autosave-v1', '', '', '2016-04-02 23:06:20', '2016-04-02 22:06:20', '', 3255, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/3259', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3260, 283, '2016-04-02 23:01:49', '2016-04-02 22:01:49', 'My counselling session on Thursday went well and I came away with the clear message that I\'m \"being too hard on myself\". I\'m trying to take control of my grief by allowing myself time to think so today I sat up on the atrium landing and played Tim Hardin\'s album \"Reason to Believe\". This was a record I played at college when Jane dumped me for a brief time and I was really down. It reminded me of the emotions I felt then and the similarity to now. It helped.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/blood-testapr16.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3256\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3256 alignleft\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/blood-testapr16-200x136.jpg\" alt=\"blood-test(apr16)\" width=\"200\" height=\"136\" /></a>On Friday I had my annual blood tests which resulted in a phone call at 7 pm from an out of hours nurse telling me my blood sugar levels (<a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypoglycemia\" target=\"_blank\">Hypoglycaemia</a>) were very low and I needed to get into the out of hours GP at Lincoln hospital immediately. I said no because I felt fine and I was having dinner with Nick and Val. She said that at the levels indicated I should be feeling dizzy, sick, sweaty or in a coma. The lack of any symptoms clearly meant the blood sample had been corrupted somewhere. I did attend the hospital GP this morning and when he tested my blood it was normal (range 3 -6) measuring 4.5. Despite my protestations that I felt fine he was talking about admitting me - this was crazy. In the end he let me go but insisting I see the local GP on Monday, I carry a glucose bar with me at all times and I eat frequently. Oh yes, he also asks if I live alone, well I do now and to ring 999 if I feel faint or dizzy. I was being advised to change my whole diet based on a single test that was <a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/parking-meterapr16.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3258\"><img class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-3258\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/parking-meterapr16-150x200.jpg\" alt=\"parking-meter(apr16)\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" /></a>probably wrong. Needless to say I came home and as soon as the rain stopped I was out in the garden.\r\n\r\nCan life get any more complicated? Oh yes it can because when I got back to the hospital car park and was paying my parking fee the machine took my money then crashed on me without giving me my ticket. Thankfully reception gave me a replacement without any argument so I think this happens a lot.', 'Blood, Sweat and Tears', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3255-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-04-02 23:01:49', '2016-04-02 22:01:49', '', 3255, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/3260', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(3283, 283, '2016-04-10 17:57:17', '2016-04-10 16:57:17', '[gallery type=\"rectangular\" ids=\"3278,3277,3276\"]\r\n\r\nThe potting shed/greenhouse is starting to come to life. Sugar Snap peas, runner beans, cucumbers, courgettes and sweet peas are all through and looking healthy. It isn\'t all 100% success as there were a number of pea seeds that just rotted and the French climbing beans (sultana) haven\'t shown any signs of growth. Where there are no shows I\'m sowing seeds again.\r\n\r\nThe very cheap (or should I say inexpensive) bedding plants I bought from Lidl have been attacked by slugs so, unlike Jane, I\'ve abandoned the niceties of organic gardening and spread slug pellets around the plants. That should sort out the ugly, voracious slugs. No chance of the hedgehog getting to the pellets because they\'re on the raised bed.', 'Green Shoots of Spring', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3275-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-04-10 17:57:17', '2016-04-10 16:57:17', '', 3275, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/3283', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3284, 283, '2016-04-11 22:04:14', '2016-04-11 21:04:14', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/our-wedding.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3285\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3285\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/our-wedding-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"our-wedding\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>Forty-five years ago yesterday Jane and I were getting out of the same bed before heading off to <a href=\"http://www.haringey.gov.uk/births-death-and-marriages/marriages-and-civil-partnerships#theceremonyroom\" target=\"_blank\">Haringey Registry Office</a> to get married. I was wearing a terrible shiny suit and Jane was dressed in a white dress with red flowers and a purple velvet coat. I remember it as though it was yesterday.\r\n\r\nIt was a tough day! I spent the morning volunteering at Lincoln Castle surrounded by visitors. After lunch I decided that if Jane had been here we would have gone for a cycle so that\'s what I did. It has been six months since I\'ve cycled and so I did a quick 9 miles followed by a thirty minute nap. In the evening I went out with the \"family\" to Wetherspoons at Brigg and they supported me throughout. A strange coincidence occurred while watching \"Undercover\" on BBC 1 when two of the main characters met up at Alexander Palace in North London which is where Jane and I went on the evening of our wedding day - beautiful times.\r\n\r\nBy repressing some of my feelings yesterday I was quite wobbly this morning. Therapy session over...', 'Wedding Anniversary', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'wedding-anniversary-2', '', '', '2016-04-11 22:04:14', '2016-04-11 21:04:14', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?p=3284', 0, 'post', '', 2),
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(3297, 283, '2016-04-23 21:47:12', '2016-04-23 20:47:12', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/filey-fishermanDLapr16.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3288\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/filey-fishermanDLapr16-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"filey-fisherman+D&amp;L(apr16)\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a>It\'s that time of year when we go away with our friends (family) and this year we went to Filey. As time goes by our numbers dwindle - this year we were missing Jane. The large house was just up from the beach and I\'m sure Jane would have been up early every morning to walk down to the front and enjoy the sea air.\r\n\r\nDuring the break I finished a book and it was one that Jane wanted to read once it was published but it wasn\'t to be. It\'s the little things like us both reading the same book and then discussing the plot and characters that I miss. It wouldn\'t be a critical analysis, just a few words, good or bad.\r\n\r\nI shall gloss over our visit to Scarborough unless you want me to describe the all pervading smell of third hand chip fat. It isn\'t somewhere I will be returning to in a hurry.\r\n\r\nAs always we took turns at cooking and as a newcomer to this new role (Jane was the cook) I decided on a recipe from the Hairy Bikers, sausage casserole. I cheated by using a HomePride sauce. It worked out OK judging by the empty plates. As part of the evening\'s entertainment, earlier in the day I asked everyone to think of five celebrities (alive, dead, real or fictional)  they would ask to dinner and why. It kept us talking all evening. Feel free to add a comment about who you would ask and why.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/puffin-bemptonapr16.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-3291 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/puffin-bemptonapr16-150x200.jpg\" alt=\"puffin-bempton(apr16)\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" /></a>On Tuesday we went to Bempton Cliffs. <a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/2693\" target=\"_blank\">Jane and I went there in early July</a> to see the Puffins which was to be a tick on her bucket list. This was a poignant visit for me and it wasn\'t without tears.  There weren\'t many puffins but there were a few and this chap was busy with nesting material in its beak. All the time I kept seeing the T shirt Jane was wearing in the Hospice - Puffin Nuffin. It was one of her favourites.<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/gannet-bemptonapr16.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-3290\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/gannet-bemptonapr16-150x200.jpg\" alt=\"gannet-bempton(apr16)\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThere were loads and loads of gannets all busy nesting. They would fly along the cliff face with beaks full of grassy tufts looking for a crevice to make their home. It was fascinating to watch and we spent all morning at the reserve having lunch outside in the sunshine.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/flamborough-lighhouseapr16.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3289\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/flamborough-lighhouseapr16-150x200.jpg\" alt=\"flamborough-lighhouse(apr16\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIn the afternoon Nick, Val and I did a walk from Flamborough Head lighthouse along the cliffs. The weather was glorious as can be seen from the blue sky in the photo.\r\n\r\nWe didn\'t walk as far as we planned, only completing 4.2 miles, as the walking at Bempton had tired us out.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/whitby-abbeyapr16.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-3293\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/whitby-abbeyapr16-150x200.jpg\" alt=\"whitby-abbey(apr16)\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" /></a>\r\n\r\nOn Wednesday we all went to Whitby. Every place has its memories - Jane and I first came here in 1976 when there was a heat wave and a plague of ladybirds. We stayed with friends and their two year old in a caravan. How times have changed. The Abbey is the same except English Heritage now charge the public to go into the grounds.\r\n\r\nOn the way back from Whitby we called in to Robin Hood\'s Bay and had afternoon tea served by one of the most miserable people you\'d never wish to meet. A few of us walked down the steep hill to the beach. The last time I was here we were staying at <a href=\"http://www.pigyard.com/Robin_Hoods_Bay_May2008.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Boggle Hole</a> in 2008, just round the bay and we walked along the beach to get our groceries. Happy days lost to me now.\r\n\r\nOur final day and a trip to York. Our main purpose was to visit the National Railway Museum.\r\n\r\n[gallery type=\"rectangular\" ids=\"3296,3295,3294\"]\r\n\r\nThe crowds were swarming around the Flying Scotsman however I confess I have a soft spot for the Mallard. My brother, Clive, had a <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornby_Railways#Hornby_Dublo_era:_1938.E2.80.931963\" target=\"_blank\">Hornby Dublo</a> train set featuring \"<a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Gresley\" target=\"_blank\">Sir Nigel Gresley</a>\". It was the same colour as the Mallard here and the <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LNER_Class_A4\" target=\"_blank\">LNER Class A4</a> was designed by Sir Nigel. Whenever I see this train I get transported back to an eight year old.\r\n\r\nThe city of York is a beautiful place with some very accomplished buskers but the Shambles is only interesting if you want to purchase something. I did look at a Panerai watch with a price tag of £6,400 however I looked at my £30 Lorus that is electric self-winding and realised it has given me the time accurately for over 20 years without fail so I decided to save myself the money. And of course Jane bought me this watch. Now what do I do with the saving?', 'Filey - Family Holiday', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'filey-family-holiday', '', '', '2016-04-23 21:47:12', '2016-04-23 20:47:12', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?p=3297', 0, 'post', '', 6),
(3298, 283, '2016-04-22 23:38:51', '2016-04-22 22:38:51', '', 'Filey - Family Holiday', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3297-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-04-22 23:38:51', '2016-04-22 22:38:51', '', 3297, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/3298', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3299, 283, '2016-04-23 21:47:12', '2016-04-23 20:47:12', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/filey-fishermanDLapr16.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3288\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/filey-fishermanDLapr16-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"filey-fisherman+D&amp;L(apr16)\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a>It\'s that time of year when we go away with our friends (family) and this year we went to Filey. As time goes by our numbers dwindle - this year we were missing Jane. The large house was just up from the beach and I\'m sure Jane would have been up early every morning to walk down to the front and enjoy the sea air.\r\n\r\nDuring the break I finished a book and it was one that Jane wanted to read once it was published but it wasn\'t to be. It\'s the little things like us both reading the same book and then discussing the plot and characters that I miss. It wouldn\'t be a critical analysis, just a few words, good or bad.\r\n\r\nI shall gloss over our visit to Scarborough unless you want me to describe the all pervading smell of third hand chip fat. It isn\'t somewhere I will be returning to in a hurry.\r\n\r\nAs always we took turns at cooking and as a newcomer to this new role (Jane was the cook) I decided on a recipe from the Hairy Bikers, sausage casserole. I cheated by using a HomePride sauce. It worked out OK judging by the empty plates. As part of the evening\'s entertainment, earlier in the day I asked everyone to think of five celebrities (alive, dead, real or fictional)  they would ask to dinner and why. It kept us talking all evening. 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It was one of her favourites.<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/gannet-bemptonapr16.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-3290\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/gannet-bemptonapr16-150x200.jpg\" alt=\"gannet-bempton(apr16)\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThere were loads and loads of gannets all busy nesting. They would fly along the cliff face with beaks full of grassy tufts looking for a crevice to make their home. It was fascinating to watch and we spent all morning at the reserve having lunch outside in the sunshine.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/flamborough-lighhouseapr16.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3289\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/flamborough-lighhouseapr16-150x200.jpg\" alt=\"flamborough-lighhouse(apr16\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIn the afternoon Nick, Val and I did a walk from Flamborough Head lighthouse along the cliffs. The weather was glorious as can be seen from the blue sky in the photo.\r\n\r\nWe didn\'t walk as far as we planned, only completing 4.2 miles, as the walking at Bempton had tired us out.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/whitby-abbeyapr16.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-3293\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/whitby-abbeyapr16-150x200.jpg\" alt=\"whitby-abbey(apr16)\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" /></a>\r\n\r\nOn Wednesday we all went to Whitby. Every place has its memories - Jane and I first came here in 1976 when there was a heat wave and a plague of ladybirds. We stayed with friends and their two year old in a caravan. How times have changed. The Abbey is the same except English Heritage now charge the public to go into the grounds.\r\n\r\nOn the way back from Whitby we called in to Robin Hood\'s Bay and had afternoon tea served by one of the most miserable people you\'d never wish to meet. A few of us walked down the steep hill to the beach. The last time I was here we were staying at <a href=\"http://www.pigyard.com/Robin_Hoods_Bay_May2008.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Boggle Hole</a> in 2008, just round the bay and we walked along the beach to get our groceries. Happy days lost to me now.\r\n\r\nOur final day and a trip to York. Our main purpose was to visit the National Railway Museum.\r\n\r\n[gallery type=\"rectangular\" ids=\"3296,3295,3294\"]\r\n\r\nThe crowds were swarming around the Flying Scotsman however I confess I have a soft spot for the Mallard. My brother, Clive, had a <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornby_Railways#Hornby_Dublo_era:_1938.E2.80.931963\" target=\"_blank\">Hornby Dublo</a> train set featuring \"<a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Gresley\" target=\"_blank\">Sir Nigel Gresley</a>\". 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(3368, 283, '2016-05-19 17:39:50', '2016-05-19 16:39:50', 'What to do on a wet Wednesday in the Highlands? Head for Inverness and a meal at the <a href=\"http://www.kitchenrestaurant.co.uk/\" target=\"_blank\">Kitchen Brasserie</a> overlooking the river followed by an Icelandic film (subtitled) at <a href=\"https://www.eden-court.co.uk/\" target=\"_blank\">Eden </a><a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/kitchen-brasseriemay16.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-3366 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/kitchen-brasseriemay16-134x200.jpg\" alt=\"kitchen-brasserie(may16)\" width=\"134\" height=\"200\" /></a><a href=\"https://www.eden-court.co.uk/\" target=\"_blank\">Court</a>.\r\n\r\nThe Kitchen is a restaurant that Jane and I had been to before with Tony and Jude - good food in pleasant surroundings overlooking the river Ness that flows through the city. Last time we were here Tony and Jude reminded me that Jane had spotted an otter and we had stood and watched it for some while. No Otters but there was a heron fishing along the edge.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Rams-filmmay16.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-3367 alignleft\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Rams-filmmay16-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Rams-film(may16)\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a>After a great meal we walked up to Eden Court to catch the film. It was about two brothers in Iceland who kept sheep on farms next door to each other. They hadn\'t talked to each other for 40 years and communicated by sending written messages via their border collie (lovely dog).\r\n\r\nHere I am in the Highlands of Scotland watching an Icelandic film with subtitles - it doesn\'t get anymore bizarre than this. Despite what you might think it was an entertaining film. I\'m sure nobody reading this is likely to see the film so I don\'t need to give a spoiler alert here. Their respective sheep contract <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrapie\" target=\"_blank\">scrapie</a> and have to be destroyed. They cope with the loss of their beloved sheep (yes they get very emotional (tears and sobbing) about the death of the sheep). One brother secretly keeps a few sheep from the authorities and when discovered his brother comes to his rescue. They decide to take the sheep into the hills during a snowstorm to avoid the authorities but one of them gets lost and due to the cold is near death. The other brother finds him, drags him into a snow hole and lays alongside him naked to try to revive him. You are left to make your own mind up as to whether the brothers, who are now talking to each other, will survive (happy ending) or not. I\'m not into happy endings at the moment so in my scenario the brothers died, the dog died and the sheep died. Everyone a loser. Oh and I forgot to say, it was billed as a comedy.', 'Wet Wednesday', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'wet-wednesday', '', '', '2016-05-19 17:39:50', '2016-05-19 16:39:50', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?p=3368', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(3369, 283, '2016-05-19 17:10:47', '2016-05-19 16:10:47', 'What to do on a wet Wednesday in the Highlands? Head for Inverness and a meal at the <a href=\"http://www.kitchenrestaurant.co.uk/\" target=\"_blank\">Kitchen Brasserie</a> overlooking the river followed by an Icelandic film (subtitled) at <a href=\"https://www.eden-court.co.uk/\" target=\"_blank\">Eden Court</a>.\r\n\r\nThe Kitchen is a restaurant that Jane and I had been to before with Tony and Jude - good food in pleasant surroundings overlooking the river Ness that flows through the city. Last time we were here Tony and Jude reminded me that Jane has spotted an otter and we had stood and watched it for some while.', 'Wet Wednesday', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3368-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-05-19 17:10:47', '2016-05-19 16:10:47', '', 3368, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/3369', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3370, 283, '2016-05-19 17:39:50', '2016-05-19 16:39:50', 'What to do on a wet Wednesday in the Highlands? Head for Inverness and a meal at the <a href=\"http://www.kitchenrestaurant.co.uk/\" target=\"_blank\">Kitchen Brasserie</a> overlooking the river followed by an Icelandic film (subtitled) at <a href=\"https://www.eden-court.co.uk/\" target=\"_blank\">Eden </a><a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/kitchen-brasseriemay16.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-3366 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/kitchen-brasseriemay16-134x200.jpg\" alt=\"kitchen-brasserie(may16)\" width=\"134\" height=\"200\" /></a><a href=\"https://www.eden-court.co.uk/\" target=\"_blank\">Court</a>.\r\n\r\nThe Kitchen is a restaurant that Jane and I had been to before with Tony and Jude - good food in pleasant surroundings overlooking the river Ness that flows through the city. Last time we were here Tony and Jude reminded me that Jane had spotted an otter and we had stood and watched it for some while. No Otters but there was a heron fishing along the edge.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Rams-filmmay16.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-3367 alignleft\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Rams-filmmay16-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Rams-film(may16)\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a>After a great meal we walked up to Eden Court to catch the film. It was about two brothers in Iceland who kept sheep on farms next door to each other. They hadn\'t talked to each other for 40 years and communicated by sending written messages via their border collie (lovely dog).\r\n\r\nHere I am in the Highlands of Scotland watching an Icelandic film with subtitles - it doesn\'t get anymore bizarre than this. Despite what you might think it was an entertaining film. I\'m sure nobody reading this is likely to see the film so I don\'t need to give a spoiler alert here. Their respective sheep contract <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrapie\" target=\"_blank\">scrapie</a> and have to be destroyed. They cope with the loss of their beloved sheep (yes they get very emotional (tears and sobbing) about the death of the sheep). One brother secretly keeps a few sheep from the authorities and when discovered his brother comes to his rescue. They decide to take the sheep into the hills during a snowstorm to avoid the authorities but one of them gets lost and due to the cold is near death. The other brother finds him, drags him into a snow hole and lays alongside him naked to try to revive him. You are left to make your own mind up as to whether the brothers, who are now talking to each other, will survive (happy ending) or not. I\'m not into happy endings at the moment so in my scenario the brothers died, the dog died and the sheep died. Everyone a loser. Oh and I forgot to say, it was billed as a comedy.', 'Wet Wednesday', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3368-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-05-19 17:39:50', '2016-05-19 16:39:50', '', 3368, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/3370', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(3376, 283, '2016-05-21 21:24:25', '2016-05-21 20:24:25', 'I enjoyed my stay in Scotland with Tony and Jude so much I stayed an extra day which meant I could help them with the construction of their magical Norwegian garden seat.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/groundworks-TJmay16.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3375\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/groundworks-TJmay16-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"groundworks-T&amp;J(may16)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>The first task was to spread out 2 tonnes of substrate so we could get the ground level. It went down surprisingly quickly and before lunch we were ready to start lifting the seat parts into place.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/2sections-TJmay16.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-3374 alignleft\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/2sections-TJmay16-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"2sections-T&amp;J(may16)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a> Bearing in mind that each section is made from solid whisky barrel slats each piece is very heavy and we struggled to get them lined up and level but with a bit of pushing and heaving we managed the first two sections so that they were self-supporting.\r\n\r\nAnd so it was time for one of Jude\'s superb lunches...\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/complete-seat-TJmay16.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3373\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/complete-seat-TJmay16-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"complete-seat-T&amp;J(may16)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe last few sections were a lot easier to lift but the levels were harder to achieve. We had to try several times before they became solidly placed on the gravel.\r\n\r\nIt is a magnificent piece of garden architecture and will give excellent shelter from the wind as well as superb views of the setting sun.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/seat-rear-TJmay16.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-3372 alignleft\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/seat-rear-TJmay16-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"seat-rear-T&amp;J(may16)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>When seen from the back you can see where the barrel bands used to hold the barrel together.\r\n\r\nThe seat slats still need to be fitted and I\'ve been promised a photo of the completed seat.\r\nMy journey back from Scotland started at 8 am in the damp and though the Highlands it just got wetter. Four and one half hours later as I was pulling into the Carlisle services on the M6 the rain had stopped. After a quick pit stop that included a M&amp;S sandwich I was on my way again. I stopped in the drive at home at 15:45 having covered 450 miles - certainly a record for me but then it\'s the first time I\'ve ever done it. Despite feeling like a zombie I somehow found the motivation (Jane was in my head) to put a wash into the machine and walk around Tesco for the essentials.\r\n\r\nAnd as for Maisie (I didn\'t come home to an empty house) - she was well looked after by the neighbours but I think she missed me a little because she spent most of the early evening sitting on my lap and purring very, very loudly.', 'Scottish Seat Construction', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'scottish-seat-construction', '', '', '2016-05-21 21:24:51', '2016-05-21 20:24:51', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?p=3376', 0, 'post', '', 2),
(3377, 283, '2016-05-21 21:24:25', '2016-05-21 20:24:25', 'I enjoyed my stay in Scotland with Tony and Jude so much I stayed an extra day which meant I could help them with the construction of their magical Norwegian garden seat.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/groundworks-TJmay16.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3375\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/groundworks-TJmay16-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"groundworks-T&amp;J(may16)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>The first task was to spread out 2 tonnes of substrate so we could get the ground level. It went down surprisingly quickly and before lunch we were ready to start lifting the seat parts into place.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/2sections-TJmay16.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-3374 alignleft\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/2sections-TJmay16-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"2sections-T&amp;J(may16)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a> Bearing in mind that each section is made from solid whisky barrel slats each piece is very heavy and we struggled to get them lined up and level but with a bit of pushing and heaving we managed the first two sections so that they were self-supporting.\r\n\r\nAnd so it was time for one of Jude\'s superb lunches...\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/complete-seat-TJmay16.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3373\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/complete-seat-TJmay16-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"complete-seat-T&amp;J(may16)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe last few sections were a lot easier to lift but the levels were harder to achieve. We had to try several times before they became solidly placed on the gravel.\r\n\r\nIt is a magnificent piece of garden architecture and will give excellent shelter from the wind as well as superb views of the setting sun.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/seat-rear-TJmay16.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-3372 alignleft\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/seat-rear-TJmay16-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"seat-rear-T&amp;J(may16)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>When seen from the back you can see where the barrel bands used to hold the barrel together.\r\n\r\nThe seat slats still need to be fitted and I\'ve been promised a photo of the completed seat.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nMy journey back from Scotland started at 8 am in the damp and though the Highlands it just got wetter. Four and one half hours later as I was pulling into the Carlisle services on the M6 the rain had stopped. After a quick pit stop that included a M&amp;S sandwich I was on my way again. I stopped in the drive at home at 15:45 having covered 450 miles - certainly a record for me but then it\'s the first time I\'ve ever done it. Despite feeling like a zombie I somehow found the motivation (Jane was in my head) to put a wash into the machine and walk around Tesco for the essentials.\r\n\r\nAnd as for Maisie (I didn\'t come home to an empty house) - she was well looked after by the neighbours but I think she missed me a little because she spent most of the early evening sitting on my lap and purring very, very loudly.', 'Scottish Seat Construction', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3376-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-05-21 21:24:25', '2016-05-21 20:24:25', '', 3376, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/3377', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3378, 283, '2016-05-21 21:24:51', '2016-05-21 20:24:51', 'I enjoyed my stay in Scotland with Tony and Jude so much I stayed an extra day which meant I could help them with the construction of their magical Norwegian garden seat.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/groundworks-TJmay16.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3375\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/groundworks-TJmay16-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"groundworks-T&amp;J(may16)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>The first task was to spread out 2 tonnes of substrate so we could get the ground level. It went down surprisingly quickly and before lunch we were ready to start lifting the seat parts into place.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/2sections-TJmay16.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-3374 alignleft\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/2sections-TJmay16-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"2sections-T&amp;J(may16)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a> Bearing in mind that each section is made from solid whisky barrel slats each piece is very heavy and we struggled to get them lined up and level but with a bit of pushing and heaving we managed the first two sections so that they were self-supporting.\r\n\r\nAnd so it was time for one of Jude\'s superb lunches...\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/complete-seat-TJmay16.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3373\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/complete-seat-TJmay16-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"complete-seat-T&amp;J(may16)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe last few sections were a lot easier to lift but the levels were harder to achieve. We had to try several times before they became solidly placed on the gravel.\r\n\r\nIt is a magnificent piece of garden architecture and will give excellent shelter from the wind as well as superb views of the setting sun.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/seat-rear-TJmay16.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-3372 alignleft\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/seat-rear-TJmay16-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"seat-rear-T&amp;J(may16)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>When seen from the back you can see where the barrel bands used to hold the barrel together.\r\n\r\nThe seat slats still need to be fitted and I\'ve been promised a photo of the completed seat.\r\nMy journey back from Scotland started at 8 am in the damp and though the Highlands it just got wetter. Four and one half hours later as I was pulling into the Carlisle services on the M6 the rain had stopped. After a quick pit stop that included a M&amp;S sandwich I was on my way again. I stopped in the drive at home at 15:45 having covered 450 miles - certainly a record for me but then it\'s the first time I\'ve ever done it. Despite feeling like a zombie I somehow found the motivation (Jane was in my head) to put a wash into the machine and walk around Tesco for the essentials.\r\n\r\nAnd as for Maisie (I didn\'t come home to an empty house) - she was well looked after by the neighbours but I think she missed me a little because she spent most of the early evening sitting on my lap and purring very, very loudly.', 'Scottish Seat Construction', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3376-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-05-21 21:24:51', '2016-05-21 20:24:51', '', 3376, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/3378', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3379, 283, '2016-05-22 22:59:31', '2016-05-22 21:59:31', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/poppies@castlemay16.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3380\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/poppies@castlemay16-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"poppies@castle(may16)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>One of the advantages of volunteering at Lincoln Castle is I get to see the events before they\'re \"live\". Today it was the poppy cascade that is touring the country in different venues. The official opening is next weekend so it isn\'t quite finished.\r\n\r\nAs usual I was at the entrance to \"Walking the Walls\" alongside a new volunteer. He was young and had all the charisma of plankton. He didn\'t smile at visitors, didn\'t really explain the audio guides and hardly communicated with anyone. Maybe I was like that when I just left school but I don\'t think so. His desire was to get a job, any job, just so long as it wasn\'t in fast food. I\'m not sure that counts as aspirational.\r\n\r\nI spent this afternoon getting back into the garden - strimming and mowing the lawn and then weeding the raised beds and part of the vegetable plot. There is a lot more to be done but I will get there eventually and then start all over again...', 'Poppies and Gardening', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'poppies-and-gardening', '', '', '2016-05-22 22:59:31', '2016-05-22 21:59:31', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?p=3379', 0, 'post', '', 2),
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(3381, 283, '2016-05-22 22:59:31', '2016-05-22 21:59:31', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/poppies@castlemay16.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3380\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/poppies@castlemay16-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"poppies@castle(may16)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>One of the advantages of volunteering at Lincoln Castle is I get to see the events before they\'re \"live\". Today it was the poppy cascade that is touring the country in different venues. The official opening is next weekend so it isn\'t quite finished.\r\n\r\nAs usual I was at the entrance to \"Walking the Walls\" alongside a new volunteer. He was young and had all the charisma of plankton. He didn\'t smile at visitors, didn\'t really explain the audio guides and hardly communicated with anyone. Maybe I was like that when I just left school but I don\'t think so. His desire was to get a job, any job, just so long as it wasn\'t in fast food. I\'m not sure that counts as aspirational.\r\n\r\nI spent this afternoon getting back into the garden - strimming and mowing the lawn and then weeding the raised beds and part of the vegetable plot. There is a lot more to be done but I will get there eventually and then start all over again...', 'Poppies and Gardening', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3379-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-05-22 22:59:31', '2016-05-22 21:59:31', '', 3379, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/3381', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3382, 283, '2016-05-23 21:49:54', '2016-05-23 20:49:54', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/weedbagsmay16.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-3383 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/weedbagsmay16-200x150.jpg\" alt=\"weedbags(may16)\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" /></a>Will it ever end? The weeds just keep coming, perhaps I should turn the garden over to weeds and pretend it\'s a feature garden like you see at Chelsea. There was a garden designer on the TV tonight, <a href=\"http://www.hugobugg.com/hugo-bugg-landscapes-at-rhs-chelsea-flower-show-2016/\" target=\"_blank\">Hugo Bugg</a>, and he was sourcing wild flowers from Jordan - I was shouting at the box telling him he could come to my garden anytime and select any of the wildflowers he wanted.\r\n\r\nThese two bags are just the tip of the iceberg - there\'s plenty more where these came from.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/aqualegiamay16.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3384\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/aqualegiamay16-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"aqualegia(may16)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>There is an upside to weeding, every now and then I come across a beautiful flower, planted there by Jane, a reflection of her love and affection.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquilegia\" target=\"_blank\">Aquilegia Columbine</a> - so pretty...', 'Bags of Weeds', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'bags-of-weeds', '', '', '2016-05-23 21:49:54', '2016-05-23 20:49:54', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?p=3382', 0, 'post', '', 1),
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(3385, 283, '2016-05-23 21:49:54', '2016-05-23 20:49:54', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/weedbagsmay16.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-3383 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/weedbagsmay16-200x150.jpg\" alt=\"weedbags(may16)\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" /></a>Will it ever end? The weeds just keep coming, perhaps I should turn the garden over to weeds and pretend it\'s a feature garden like you see at Chelsea. There was a garden designer on the TV tonight, <a href=\"http://www.hugobugg.com/hugo-bugg-landscapes-at-rhs-chelsea-flower-show-2016/\" target=\"_blank\">Hugo Bugg</a>, and he was sourcing wild flowers from Jordan - I was shouting at the box telling him he could come to my garden anytime and select any of the wildflowers he wanted.\r\n\r\nThese two bags are just the tip of the iceberg - there\'s plenty more where these came from.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/aqualegiamay16.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3384\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/aqualegiamay16-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"aqualegia(may16)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>There is an upside to weeding, every now and then I come across a beautiful flower, planted there by Jane, a reflection of her love and affection.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquilegia\" target=\"_blank\">Aquilegia Columbine</a> - so pretty...', 'Bags of Weeds', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3382-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-05-23 21:49:54', '2016-05-23 20:49:54', '', 3382, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/3385', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(3395, 283, '2016-05-24 19:22:05', '2016-05-24 18:22:05', 'It may seem mawkish but I\'ve got an app that counts the days since Jane died. It doesn\'t help and I don\'t even know why I need to know. This afternoon has been one of those weepy times probably because I went out in Jane\'s Smart Car and listened to her Desert Island Discs CD. All her favourite music on several CDs. Sometimes I\'m drawn to thinking about her like a moth to a candle and it hurts but I cannot stop myself and I wouldn\'t want to.\r\n\r\nAnother couple of hours in the flower beds and I\'m getting on top of the weeds. I decided to take some more photos of flowers because Jane would always see the good in everything - the flowers were important and the weeds, well they\'re there to be pulled up. She had a similar approach to people always seeing the best in everyone - I\'m trying hard to emulate her...\r\n\r\n[gallery type=\"rectangular\" link=\"file\" ids=\"3394,3393,3392,3391,3390,3389,3388,3387,3386\"]\r\n\r\nDon\'t ask me to name the flowers because I can\'t but all suggestions gratefully received...', '133 Days', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', '133-days', '', '', '2016-05-24 19:24:01', '2016-05-24 18:24:01', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?p=3395', 0, 'post', '', 7),
(3396, 283, '2016-05-24 19:21:11', '2016-05-24 18:21:11', 'It may seem mawkish but I\'ve got an app that counts the days since Jane died. It doesn\'t help and I don\'t even know why I need to know. This afternoon has been one of those weepy times probably because I went out in Jane\'s Smart Car and listened to her Desert Island Discs CD. All her favourite music on several CDs. Sometimes I\'m drawn to thinking about her like a moth to a candle and it hurts but I cannot stop myself and I wouldn\'t want to.\r\n\r\nAnother couple of hours in the flower beds and I\'m getting on top of the weeds. I decided to take some more photos of flowers because Jane would always see the good in everything - the flowers were important and the weeds, well they\'re there to be pulled up. She had a similar approach to people always seeing the best in everyone - I\'m trying hard to emulate her...\r\n\r\n[gallery type=\"rectangular\" ids=\"3394,3393,3392,3391,3390,3389,3388,3387,3386\"]\r\n\r\nDon\'t ask me to name the flowers because I can\'t but all suggestions gratefully received...', '133 Days', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3395-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-05-24 19:21:11', '2016-05-24 18:21:11', '', 3395, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/3396', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3397, 283, '2016-05-24 19:24:01', '2016-05-24 18:24:01', 'It may seem mawkish but I\'ve got an app that counts the days since Jane died. It doesn\'t help and I don\'t even know why I need to know. This afternoon has been one of those weepy times probably because I went out in Jane\'s Smart Car and listened to her Desert Island Discs CD. All her favourite music on several CDs. Sometimes I\'m drawn to thinking about her like a moth to a candle and it hurts but I cannot stop myself and I wouldn\'t want to.\r\n\r\nAnother couple of hours in the flower beds and I\'m getting on top of the weeds. I decided to take some more photos of flowers because Jane would always see the good in everything - the flowers were important and the weeds, well they\'re there to be pulled up. She had a similar approach to people always seeing the best in everyone - I\'m trying hard to emulate her...\r\n\r\n[gallery type=\"rectangular\" link=\"file\" ids=\"3394,3393,3392,3391,3390,3389,3388,3387,3386\"]\r\n\r\nDon\'t ask me to name the flowers because I can\'t but all suggestions gratefully received...', '133 Days', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3395-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-05-24 19:24:01', '2016-05-24 18:24:01', '', 3395, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/3397', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3398, 283, '2016-05-25 20:30:41', '2016-05-25 19:30:41', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/eye-in-the-skymay15.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3399\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/eye-in-the-skymay15-300x158.jpg\" alt=\"eye-in-the-sky(may15)\" width=\"300\" height=\"158\" /></a>I wanted to see <a href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2057392/\" target=\"_blank\">Eye in the Sky</a> for several months but the timing hasn\'t been right however Dave and Lucie were going today and offered to take me so I leapt at the chance.\r\n\r\nAs we sat watching the trailers there was a film called Me Before You, a romantic drama, with an Ed Sheeran sound track called <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=pfc%3Alp-EO5I60KA&amp;feature=s2lp&amp;src_vid=MqfXr1yxAI4&amp;v=lp-EO5I60KA\" target=\"_blank\">Thinking Out Loud</a>. This was a song that Jane and I cried along to when she was becoming less well. I can clearly remember being in the car together driving out towards Gainsborough, listening to it and we wept. We knew that time was limited but never spoke about it, we just knew what each of us was thinking. So when this started I sat in the dark and silent tears crept down my cheeks.\r\n\r\nThankfully Eye in the Sky started quickly and was quickly into the tension-filled action. The plot examines some of the moral dilemmas of modern warfare. With drone aircraft and modern Military Intelligence it is possible to track terrorists around the world and if sanctioned, kill them. All the decisions taken over tea and biscuits in Whitehall offices. The film depicts the lack of decision by politicians who are concerned about what the electorate will think if they agree to what are effectively executions without trial and the inevitable collateral damage. This ethical dilemma is often referred to as the <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolley_problem\" target=\"_blank\">trolley problem</a>. Do nothing and many, possibly hundreds, will die, do something and evil terrorists will die alongside an innocent child - what would you do?\r\n\r\nDespite the whole film taking place over a few short hours virtually every moment is packed with tension and I think my heart-rate was racing throughout. A good film and worth seeing...', 'Eye in the Sky - Film Review', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'eye-in-the-sky-film-review', '', '', '2016-05-25 20:30:41', '2016-05-25 19:30:41', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?p=3398', 0, 'post', '', 3);
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(3399, 283, '2016-05-25 20:04:32', '2016-05-25 19:04:32', '', 'eye-in-the-sky(may15)', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'closed', '', 'eye-in-the-skymay15', '', '', '2016-05-25 20:04:32', '2016-05-25 19:04:32', '', 3398, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/eye-in-the-skymay15.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(3400, 283, '2016-05-25 20:30:41', '2016-05-25 19:30:41', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/eye-in-the-skymay15.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3399\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/eye-in-the-skymay15-300x158.jpg\" alt=\"eye-in-the-sky(may15)\" width=\"300\" height=\"158\" /></a>I wanted to see <a href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2057392/\" target=\"_blank\">Eye in the Sky</a> for several months but the timing hasn\'t been right however Dave and Lucie were going today and offered to take me so I leapt at the chance.\r\n\r\nAs we sat watching the trailers there was a film called Me Before You, a romantic drama, with an Ed Sheeran sound track called <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=pfc%3Alp-EO5I60KA&amp;feature=s2lp&amp;src_vid=MqfXr1yxAI4&amp;v=lp-EO5I60KA\" target=\"_blank\">Thinking Out Loud</a>. This was a song that Jane and I cried along to when she was becoming less well. I can clearly remember being in the car together driving out towards Gainsborough, listening to it and we wept. We knew that time was limited but never spoke about it, we just knew what each of us was thinking. So when this started I sat in the dark and silent tears crept down my cheeks.\r\n\r\nThankfully Eye in the Sky started quickly and was quickly into the tension-filled action. The plot examines some of the moral dilemmas of modern warfare. With drone aircraft and modern Military Intelligence it is possible to track terrorists around the world and if sanctioned, kill them. All the decisions taken over tea and biscuits in Whitehall offices. The film depicts the lack of decision by politicians who are concerned about what the electorate will think if they agree to what are effectively executions without trial and the inevitable collateral damage. This ethical dilemma is often referred to as the <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolley_problem\" target=\"_blank\">trolley problem</a>. Do nothing and many, possibly hundreds, will die, do something and evil terrorists will die alongside an innocent child - what would you do?\r\n\r\nDespite the whole film taking place over a few short hours virtually every moment is packed with tension and I think my heart-rate was racing throughout. A good film and worth seeing...', 'Eye in the Sky - Film Review', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3398-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-05-25 20:30:41', '2016-05-25 19:30:41', '', 3398, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/3400', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(3405, 283, '2016-05-28 21:28:14', '2016-05-28 20:28:14', '', 'see-no-evil(may16)', 'See No Evil', 'inherit', 'open', 'closed', '', 'see-no-evilmay16', '', '', '2016-05-28 21:33:49', '2016-05-28 20:33:49', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/see-no-evilmay16.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(3406, 283, '2016-05-28 21:49:36', '2016-05-28 20:49:36', '<a href=\"http://www.ysp.co.uk/\" target=\"_blank\">Yorkshire Sculpture Park</a> is rapidly becoming one of my favourite places to visit. This time it was to meet up with Caitlin and Tessa.\r\n\r\n[gallery type=\"rectangular\" link=\"file\" ids=\"3405,3404,3403,3402,3401\"]\r\n\r\nThe KAWS sculptures were excellent for the girls to mimic the actions of the characters although I couldn\'t get a photo of them exactly mirroring the two together but it was good fun trying.\r\n\r\nWe had a fun day out together and had an opportunity to discuss their plans for the RHS Tatton Garden show garden that Caitlin is preparing as part of the <a href=\"https://www.rhs.org.uk/shows-events/rhs-flower-show-tatton-park/2016/rhs-young-designer-2016\" target=\"_blank\">Young Garden Designer of the Year</a> competition. She is in the last three and the pressure is on. I will be lending a helping hand when I return from California in July - watch this space...', 'Sisters @ YSP', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'sisters-ysp', '', '', '2016-05-28 21:49:36', '2016-05-28 20:49:36', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?p=3406', 0, 'post', '', 3),
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(3409, 283, '2016-05-28 21:49:36', '2016-05-28 20:49:36', '<a href=\"http://www.ysp.co.uk/\" target=\"_blank\">Yorkshire Sculpture Park</a> is rapidly becoming one of my favourite places to visit. This time it was to meet up with Caitlin and Tessa.\r\n\r\n[gallery type=\"rectangular\" link=\"file\" ids=\"3405,3404,3403,3402,3401\"]\r\n\r\nThe KAWS sculptures were excellent for the girls to mimic the actions of the characters although I couldn\'t get a photo of them exactly mirroring the two together but it was good fun trying.\r\n\r\nWe had a fun day out together and had an opportunity to discuss their plans for the RHS Tatton Garden show garden that Caitlin is preparing as part of the <a href=\"https://www.rhs.org.uk/shows-events/rhs-flower-show-tatton-park/2016/rhs-young-designer-2016\" target=\"_blank\">Young Garden Designer of the Year</a> competition. She is in the last three and the pressure is on. I will be lending a helping hand when I return from California in July - watch this space...', 'Sisters @ YSP', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3406-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-05-28 21:49:36', '2016-05-28 20:49:36', '', 3406, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/3409', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3411, 283, '2016-05-31 21:28:15', '2016-05-31 20:28:15', '', 'maisie-and-broken-branch(ma', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'closed', '', 'maisie-and-broken-branchma', '', '', '2016-05-31 21:43:49', '2016-05-31 20:43:49', '', 3413, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/maisie-and-broken-branchma.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(3413, 283, '2016-05-31 21:50:25', '2016-05-31 20:50:25', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/fallen-branchmay16.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-3410 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/fallen-branchmay16-200x150.jpg\" alt=\"fallen-branch(may16)\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" /></a>What happens on a wet and windy day in Lincolnshire? It would be easy to say \"not a lot\" but that wasn\'t true of today.\r\nI had a new fence put up between me and my good neighbours. The wind had taken its toll and it nearly fell down when Jane was in the hospice however the neighbour kindly managed to repair it but it wasn\'t going to last for much longer.\r\nI had someone come and look at the lawn and quote for giving it four treatments a year. I would still need to dig out the rogue broadleaf grasses because the weed killer thankfully doesn\'t kill grass, that would be silly. I also arranged for the installation of my robot mower - more on this later in the week.\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/maisie-and-broken-branchma.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-3411 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/maisie-and-broken-branchma-200x150.jpg\" alt=\"maisie-and-broken-branch(ma\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" /></a>And to end the day a large branch (6 inch diameter) fell off one of the lime trees. The wind and rain obviously had put a strain on this branch that was just too much for it. It wasn\'t dead, just tired of living (know that feeling). Approximately one hour before it fell I was standing underneath it filling the log basket ready for a fire this evening. Maisie found it interesting, something new in the garden, but it damaged foxgloves and nameless plants (nameless because I don\'t know what they\'re called). It was lucky it didn\'t fall on the new fence. I\'ll need to get the chainsaw out tomorrow and tidy up the garden providing it isn\'t raining again.', 'Branching Out', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'branching-out', '', '', '2016-05-31 21:50:25', '2016-05-31 20:50:25', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?p=3413', 0, 'post', '', 2),
(3414, 283, '2016-05-31 21:48:39', '2016-05-31 20:48:39', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/fallen-branchmay16.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-3410\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/fallen-branchmay16-200x150.jpg\" alt=\"fallen-branch(may16)\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" /></a>What happens on a wet and windy day in Lincolnshire? It would be easy to say \"not a lot\" but that wasn\'t true of today.\r\n\r\nI had a new fence put up between me and my good neighbours. The wind had taken it\'s toll and it nearly fell down when Jane was in the hospice however the neighbour kindly managed to repair it but it wasn\'t going to last for much longer.\r\n\r\nI had someone come and look at the lawn and quote for giving it four treatments a year. I would still need to dig out the rogue broadleaf grasses because the weed killer thankfully doesn\'t kill grass, that would be silly. I also arranged for the installation of my robot mower - more on this later in the week.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/maisie-and-broken-branchma.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-3411 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/maisie-and-broken-branchma-200x150.jpg\" alt=\"maisie-and-broken-branch(ma\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" /></a>And to end the day a large branch (6 inch diameter) fell off one of the lime trees. The wind and rain obviously had put a strain on this branch that was just too much for it. It wasn\'t dead, just tired of living (know that feeling). Approximately one hour before it fell I was standing underneath it filling the log basket ready for a fire this evening. Maisie found it interesting, something new in the garden, but it damaged foxgloves and nameless plants (nameless because I don\'t know what they\'re called). It was lucky it didn\'t fall on the new fence. I\'ll need to get the chainsaw out tomorrow and tidy up the garden providing it isn\'t raining again.', 'Branching Out', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3413-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-05-31 21:48:39', '2016-05-31 20:48:39', '', 3413, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/3414', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3415, 283, '2016-05-31 21:50:25', '2016-05-31 20:50:25', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/fallen-branchmay16.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-3410 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/fallen-branchmay16-200x150.jpg\" alt=\"fallen-branch(may16)\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" /></a>What happens on a wet and windy day in Lincolnshire? It would be easy to say \"not a lot\" but that wasn\'t true of today.\r\nI had a new fence put up between me and my good neighbours. The wind had taken its toll and it nearly fell down when Jane was in the hospice however the neighbour kindly managed to repair it but it wasn\'t going to last for much longer.\r\nI had someone come and look at the lawn and quote for giving it four treatments a year. I would still need to dig out the rogue broadleaf grasses because the weed killer thankfully doesn\'t kill grass, that would be silly. I also arranged for the installation of my robot mower - more on this later in the week.\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/maisie-and-broken-branchma.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-3411 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/maisie-and-broken-branchma-200x150.jpg\" alt=\"maisie-and-broken-branch(ma\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" /></a>And to end the day a large branch (6 inch diameter) fell off one of the lime trees. The wind and rain obviously had put a strain on this branch that was just too much for it. It wasn\'t dead, just tired of living (know that feeling). Approximately one hour before it fell I was standing underneath it filling the log basket ready for a fire this evening. Maisie found it interesting, something new in the garden, but it damaged foxgloves and nameless plants (nameless because I don\'t know what they\'re called). It was lucky it didn\'t fall on the new fence. I\'ll need to get the chainsaw out tomorrow and tidy up the garden providing it isn\'t raining again.', 'Branching Out', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3413-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-05-31 21:50:25', '2016-05-31 20:50:25', '', 3413, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/3415', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3416, 283, '2016-06-01 18:35:58', '2016-06-01 17:35:58', '', 'flowering(jun16)', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'closed', '', 'floweringjun16', '', '', '2016-06-01 18:47:08', '2016-06-01 17:47:08', '', 3420, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/floweringjun16.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(3417, 283, '2016-06-01 18:36:06', '2016-06-01 17:36:06', '', 'topsoil(jun16)', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'closed', '', 'topsoiljun16', '', '', '2016-06-01 18:43:48', '2016-06-01 17:43:48', '', 3420, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/topsoiljun16.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(3418, 283, '2016-06-01 18:36:14', '2016-06-01 17:36:14', '', 'branch-cutup(jun16)', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'closed', '', 'branch-cutupjun16', '', '', '2016-06-01 18:41:05', '2016-06-01 17:41:05', '', 3420, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/branch-cutupjun16.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(3432, 283, '2016-06-09 14:44:15', '2016-06-09 13:44:15', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/robomowerjun16.jpg\"><img class=\"wp-image-3423 size-thumbnail alignright\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/robomowerjun16-200x150.jpg\" alt=\"robomower(jun16)\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" /></a><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: 14pt;\">Having gained several suggestions now you can choose your favourite <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">three</span>.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: 14pt;\">This isn\'t voting for Remain or Brexit and my decision will be final.</span>\r\n\r\n[poll id=\"2\"]', 'Vote for Name for Robot Mower', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'vote-for-name-for-robot-mower', '', '', '2016-06-21 06:16:14', '2016-06-21 05:16:14', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?p=3432', 0, 'post', '', 4),
(3420, 283, '2016-06-01 18:53:18', '2016-06-01 17:53:18', 'Doing nothing is not good for the soul but it is possible to do too much. The trouble is you don\'t know you\'ve done too much until it\'s too late. I drove to Louth in the pouring rain for my weekly swim which warmed me up for what was to come.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/branch-cutupjun16.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-3418 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/branch-cutupjun16-200x150.jpg\" alt=\"branch-cutup(jun16)\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" /></a>I got the chainsaw out and cut up the heavy branch that fell yesterday. It took less than fifteen minutes and looked pathetically small. It looks as though I was exaggerating in yesterday\'s post but trust me when all together it was heavy and would have been deadly if anyone had been underneath at the time. Now stacked and drying in readiness for next winter.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/topsoiljun16.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-3417 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/topsoiljun16-200x150.jpg\" alt=\"topsoil(jun16)\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" /></a>Mid morning Nick had 20 tonnes of topsoil delivered so that he can complete the levels of his garden. I needed a few barrow loads to fill in areas in the grass next to the drive where people had dropped onto the lawn. Once I\'d filled my areas I felt fit enough to give Nick a hand shifting some of the enormous pile. There\'s a risk my shoulders and/or back will be aching in the morning - it will have been worth it.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/floweringjun16.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-3416 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/floweringjun16-200x150.jpg\" alt=\"flowering(jun16)\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" /></a>And in the midst of all this labour the architectural plant by the front door is in flower. It must like its location otherwise it wouldn\'t flower or have I made that up?\r\n\r\nAnyone know what it\'s called?', 'Cutting, Digging and Flowering', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'cutting-digging-and-flowering', '', '', '2016-06-01 18:54:03', '2016-06-01 17:54:03', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?p=3420', 0, 'post', '', 2),
(3421, 283, '2016-06-01 18:53:18', '2016-06-01 17:53:18', 'Doing nothing is not good for the soul but it is possible to do too much. The trouble is you don\'t know you\'ve done too much until it\'s too late. I drove to Louth in the pouring rain for my weekly swim which warmed me up for what was to come.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/branch-cutupjun16.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3418\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/branch-cutupjun16-200x150.jpg\" alt=\"branch-cutup(jun16)\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" /></a>I got the chainsaw out and cut up the heavy branch that fell yesterday. It took less than fifteen minutes and looked pathetically small. It looks as though I was exaggerating in yesterday\'s post but trust me when all together it was heavy and would have been deadly if anyone had been underneath at the time. Now stacked and drying in readiness for next winter.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/topsoiljun16.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-3417\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/topsoiljun16-200x150.jpg\" alt=\"topsoil(jun16)\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" /></a>Mid morning Nick had 20 tonnes of topsoil delivered so that he can complete the levels of his garden. I needed a few barrow loads to fill in areas in the grass next to the drive where people had dropped onto the lawn. Once I\'d filled my areas I felt fit enough to give Nick a hand shifting some of the enormous pile. There\'s a risk my shoulders and/or back will be aching in the morning - it will have been worth it.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/floweringjun16.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3416\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/floweringjun16-200x150.jpg\" alt=\"flowering(jun16)\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" /></a>And in the midst of all this labour the architectural plant by the front door is in flower. It must like its location otherwise it wouldn\'t flower or have I made that up?\r\n\r\nAnyone know what it\'s called?', 'Cutting, Digging and Flowering', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3420-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-06-01 18:53:18', '2016-06-01 17:53:18', '', 3420, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/3421', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3422, 283, '2016-06-01 18:54:03', '2016-06-01 17:54:03', 'Doing nothing is not good for the soul but it is possible to do too much. The trouble is you don\'t know you\'ve done too much until it\'s too late. I drove to Louth in the pouring rain for my weekly swim which warmed me up for what was to come.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/branch-cutupjun16.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-3418 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/branch-cutupjun16-200x150.jpg\" alt=\"branch-cutup(jun16)\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" /></a>I got the chainsaw out and cut up the heavy branch that fell yesterday. It took less than fifteen minutes and looked pathetically small. It looks as though I was exaggerating in yesterday\'s post but trust me when all together it was heavy and would have been deadly if anyone had been underneath at the time. Now stacked and drying in readiness for next winter.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/topsoiljun16.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-3417 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/topsoiljun16-200x150.jpg\" alt=\"topsoil(jun16)\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" /></a>Mid morning Nick had 20 tonnes of topsoil delivered so that he can complete the levels of his garden. I needed a few barrow loads to fill in areas in the grass next to the drive where people had dropped onto the lawn. Once I\'d filled my areas I felt fit enough to give Nick a hand shifting some of the enormous pile. There\'s a risk my shoulders and/or back will be aching in the morning - it will have been worth it.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/floweringjun16.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-3416 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/floweringjun16-200x150.jpg\" alt=\"flowering(jun16)\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" /></a>And in the midst of all this labour the architectural plant by the front door is in flower. It must like its location otherwise it wouldn\'t flower or have I made that up?\r\n\r\nAnyone know what it\'s called?', 'Cutting, Digging and Flowering', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3420-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-06-01 18:54:03', '2016-06-01 17:54:03', '', 3420, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/3422', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3423, 283, '2016-06-02 16:39:32', '2016-06-02 15:39:32', '', 'robomower(jun16)', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'closed', '', 'robomowerjun16', '', '', '2016-06-02 16:45:41', '2016-06-02 15:45:41', '', 3425, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/robomowerjun16.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(3424, 283, '2016-06-02 16:39:40', '2016-06-02 15:39:40', '', 'robomow-cable-layer(jun16)', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'closed', '', 'robomow-cable-layerjun16', '', '', '2016-06-02 16:43:08', '2016-06-02 15:43:08', '', 3425, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/robomow-cable-layerjun16.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(3425, 283, '2016-06-02 16:56:20', '2016-06-02 15:56:20', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/robomow-cable-layerjun16.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3424\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/robomow-cable-layerjun16-200x150.jpg\" alt=\"robomow-cable-layer(jun16)\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" /></a>The mower installation team (2 men) arrived this morning to lay the boundary wire and the return to base wire. This fancy bit of kit cuts a narrow line in the turf, feeds in the wire and buries it at the same time. They completed the installation in about 90 minutes and before they\'d finished their coffees robot mower was at work.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/robomowerjun16.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-3423 alignright\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/robomowerjun16-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"robomower(jun16)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>You might say there\'s nothing clever about it however it not only finds its boundaries it also decides on the quickest way back to base when it needs a recharge. At the moment its runs from 8 in the morning to 8 at night; cutting for 70 minutes and recharging for 50 minutes. In theory it cuts the grass so fine it acts as a mulch and therefore the lawn is constantly getting fed but only time will tell if this is true. No stripes in the lawn but I can live without stripes. So what will I do with the 90 minutes a week I\'ve saved by not mowing the lawn - weeding the garden is the most likely answer.\r\n\r\nI\'m being encouraged to name the mower as apparently most of their customers do. I have a name in mind but I thought I\'d ask Pig Yard readers for <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">your suggestions</span>. Please remember that I will have the final word so don\'t bother with Mowery McMowerface (Boaty McBoatface) or similar. I look forward to seeing what you come up with...', 'Robot Mower', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'robot-mower', '', '', '2016-06-02 16:56:20', '2016-06-02 15:56:20', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?p=3425', 0, 'post', '', 18),
(3426, 283, '2016-06-02 16:56:20', '2016-06-02 15:56:20', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/robomow-cable-layerjun16.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3424\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/robomow-cable-layerjun16-200x150.jpg\" alt=\"robomow-cable-layer(jun16)\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" /></a>The mower installation team (2 men) arrived this morning to lay the boundary wire and the return to base wire. This fancy bit of kit cuts a narrow line in the turf, feeds in the wire and buries it at the same time. They completed the installation in about 90 minutes and before they\'d finished their coffees robot mower was at work.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/robomowerjun16.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-3423 alignright\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/robomowerjun16-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"robomower(jun16)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>You might say there\'s nothing clever about it however it not only finds its boundaries it also decides on the quickest way back to base when it needs a recharge. At the moment its runs from 8 in the morning to 8 at night; cutting for 70 minutes and recharging for 50 minutes. In theory it cuts the grass so fine it acts as a mulch and therefore the lawn is constantly getting fed but only time will tell if this is true. No stripes in the lawn but I can live without stripes. So what will I do with the 90 minutes a week I\'ve saved by not mowing the lawn - weeding the garden is the most likely answer.\r\n\r\nI\'m being encouraged to name the mower as apparently most of their customers do. I have a name in mind but I thought I\'d ask Pig Yard readers for <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">your suggestions</span>. Please remember that I will have the final word so don\'t bother with Mowery McMowerface (Boaty McBoatface) or similar. I look forward to seeing what you come up with...', 'Robot Mower', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3425-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-06-02 16:56:20', '2016-06-02 15:56:20', '', 3425, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/3426', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3437, 283, '2016-06-11 18:23:19', '2016-06-11 17:23:19', '', 'rhodendron(jun16)', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'closed', '', 'rhodendronjun16', '', '', '2016-06-11 18:23:19', '2016-06-11 17:23:19', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/rhodendronjun16.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(3428, 283, '2016-06-08 12:41:46', '2016-06-08 11:41:46', 'This post is about my \"new normal\", a phrase used by my counsellor to describe the journey I\'m on. So what does my \"new normal\" look like?\r\n\r\nLast Thursday/Friday I was host to Jane\'s brother and his partner, Richard and Nicola. We went out for dinner and on Friday I had my final counselling session while they entertained themselves in Lincoln. A good time was had by all and we arranged for me to visit them in London in November.\r\nAs far as counselling goes I\'ve been given the coping strategies required to handle my grief. There\'s no way round it - I continue on the journey through life as best as I can in the understanding that life will get better and it may take years.\r\n\r\nThe weekend drifted by with gardening, volunteering and keeping in contact with people. Yesterday I went out for lunch with Jane\'s cousin, Robert and Elizabeth, who are gardeners and were able to give me some useful advice.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/frogeye-spritejun16.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3429\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/frogeye-spritejun16-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"frogeye-sprite(jun16)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>This week is my U3A week with a committee meeting and a monthly general meeting. It\'s interesting because of the interactions between different people and some of them are becoming friends. Today I met up with one of them to discuss developing a future view of the local organisation (stagnate or improve?). He owns a classic Austin Healey Sprite so to end our get-together he took me for a spin round the local lanes. From the moment he set off I didn\'t stop grinning as he pushed the car to its limits. It reminded me that it is still possible to have fun.\r\n\r\nRobomower has been idle for a few days because I had the lawn treated (weed and feed) but I start her up again this afternoon... No naming ceremony yet but I\'m toying with the idea of calling her Jemima because Jane\'s mum used to call her Jemima when she was naughty.', 'A New Normal', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'a-new-normal', '', '', '2016-06-08 12:42:29', '2016-06-08 11:42:29', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?p=3428', 0, 'post', '', 4),
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(3430, 283, '2016-06-08 12:41:46', '2016-06-08 11:41:46', 'This post is about my \"new normal\", a phrase used by my counsellor to describe the journey I\'m on. So what does my \"new normal\" look like?\r\n\r\nLast Thursday/Friday I was host to Jane\'s brother and his partner, Richard and Nicola. We went out for dinner and on Friday I had my final counselling session while they entertained themselves in Lincoln. A good time was had by all and we arranged for me to visit them in London in November.\r\nAs far as counselling goes I\'ve been given the coping strategies required to handle my grief. There\'s no way round it - I continue on the journey through life as best as I can in the understanding that life will get better and it may take years.\r\n\r\nThe weekend drifted by with gardening, volunteering and keeping in contact with people. Yesterday I went out for lunch with Jane\'s cousin, Robert and Elizabeth, who are gardeners and were able to give me some useful advice.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/frogeye-spritejun16.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3429\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/frogeye-spritejun16-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"frogeye-sprite(jun16)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>This week is my U3A week with a committee meeting and a monthly general meeting. It\'s interesting because of the interactions between different people and some of them are becoming friends. Today I met up with one of them to discuss developing a future view of the local organisation (stagnate or improve?). He owns a classic Austin Healey Sprite so to end our get-together he took me for a spin round the local lanes. From the moment he set off I didn\'t stop grinning as he pushed the car to its limits. It reminded me that it is still possible to have fun.\r\n\r\nRobomower has been idle for a few days because I had the lawn treated (weed and feed) but I start her up again this afternoon... No naming ceremony yet but I\'m toying with the idea of calling her Jemima because Jane\'s mum used to call her Jemima when she was naughty.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', 'A New Normal', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3428-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-06-08 12:41:46', '2016-06-08 11:41:46', '', 3428, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/3430', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3431, 283, '2016-06-08 12:42:29', '2016-06-08 11:42:29', 'This post is about my \"new normal\", a phrase used by my counsellor to describe the journey I\'m on. So what does my \"new normal\" look like?\r\n\r\nLast Thursday/Friday I was host to Jane\'s brother and his partner, Richard and Nicola. We went out for dinner and on Friday I had my final counselling session while they entertained themselves in Lincoln. A good time was had by all and we arranged for me to visit them in London in November.\r\nAs far as counselling goes I\'ve been given the coping strategies required to handle my grief. There\'s no way round it - I continue on the journey through life as best as I can in the understanding that life will get better and it may take years.\r\n\r\nThe weekend drifted by with gardening, volunteering and keeping in contact with people. Yesterday I went out for lunch with Jane\'s cousin, Robert and Elizabeth, who are gardeners and were able to give me some useful advice.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/frogeye-spritejun16.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3429\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/frogeye-spritejun16-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"frogeye-sprite(jun16)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>This week is my U3A week with a committee meeting and a monthly general meeting. It\'s interesting because of the interactions between different people and some of them are becoming friends. Today I met up with one of them to discuss developing a future view of the local organisation (stagnate or improve?). He owns a classic Austin Healey Sprite so to end our get-together he took me for a spin round the local lanes. From the moment he set off I didn\'t stop grinning as he pushed the car to its limits. It reminded me that it is still possible to have fun.\r\n\r\nRobomower has been idle for a few days because I had the lawn treated (weed and feed) but I start her up again this afternoon... No naming ceremony yet but I\'m toying with the idea of calling her Jemima because Jane\'s mum used to call her Jemima when she was naughty.', 'A New Normal', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3428-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-06-08 12:42:29', '2016-06-08 11:42:29', '', 3428, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/3431', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3433, 283, '2016-06-09 14:41:44', '2016-06-09 13:41:44', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/robomowerjun16.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3423\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/robomowerjun16-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"robomower(jun16)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: 14pt;\">Having gained several suggestions now you can choose your favourite three. This isn\'t voting for Remain or Brexit and my decision will be final.</span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[poll id=\"2\"]', 'Vote for Name for Robot Mower', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3432-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-06-09 14:41:44', '2016-06-09 13:41:44', '', 3432, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/3433', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3434, 283, '2016-06-09 14:42:43', '2016-06-09 13:42:43', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/robomowerjun16.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3423\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/robomowerjun16-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"robomower(jun16)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: 14pt;\">Having gained several suggestions now you can choose your favourite <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">three</span>.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: 14pt;\">This isn\'t voting for Remain or Brexit and my decision will be final.</span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[poll id=\"2\"]', 'Vote for Name for Robot Mower', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3432-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-06-09 14:42:43', '2016-06-09 13:42:43', '', 3432, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/3434', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3435, 283, '2016-06-09 14:43:20', '2016-06-09 13:43:20', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/robomowerjun16.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-3423 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/robomowerjun16-200x150.jpg\" alt=\"robomower(jun16)\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" /></a><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: 14pt;\">Having gained several suggestions now you can choose your favourite <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">three</span>.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: 14pt;\">This isn\'t voting for Remain or Brexit and my decision will be final.</span>\r\n\r\n[poll id=\"2\"]', 'Vote for Name for Robot Mower', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3432-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-06-09 14:43:20', '2016-06-09 13:43:20', '', 3432, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/3435', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3436, 283, '2016-06-09 14:43:38', '2016-06-09 13:43:38', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/robomowerjun16.jpg\"><img class=\"wp-image-3423 size-thumbnail alignright\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/robomowerjun16-200x150.jpg\" alt=\"robomower(jun16)\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" /></a><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: 14pt;\">Having gained several suggestions now you can choose your favourite <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">three</span>.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: 14pt;\">This isn\'t voting for Remain or Brexit and my decision will be final.</span>\r\n\r\n[poll id=\"2\"]', 'Vote for Name for Robot Mower', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3432-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-06-09 14:43:38', '2016-06-09 13:43:38', '', 3432, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/3436', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(3442, 283, '2016-06-11 18:51:47', '2016-06-11 17:51:47', 'After such a busy week it was inevitable that I was heading for a crash and what is really annoying is I still don\'t see them coming, perhaps I never will. As everyone says, it could be a piece of music, a TV programme or film that we watched together, places, people, anything really...\r\n\r\nThe garden is moving from being a chore to being therapy which is really gratifying and I\'m sure Jane always knew that I had it in me to be a gardener. She did help by designing a garden that was packed with plants to give that cottage garden feel and so there\'s very little room for weeds. Of course there are failures in the vegetable plot but I\'m making notes of what I do so hopefully I won\'t make the same mistakes next year.\r\n\r\n[gallery type=\"rectangular\" link=\"file\" ids=\"3441,3440,3439,3438,3437\"]\r\n\r\nAnd the Robot Mower poll is going along the lines of people voting for their own suggestions. Hopefully there will be a few more votes in the coming days and I can make a decision as to what to call \"her\". The guys at <a href=\"http://greenstripe.net/\" target=\"_blank\">Greenstripe</a> who installed it are eager to know the outcome so they can produce a name label. <a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/3432\">If you haven\'t voted then please do...</a>', 'Busy, Busy, Crash...', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'busy-busy-crash', '', '', '2016-06-12 18:06:54', '2016-06-12 17:06:54', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?p=3442', 0, 'post', '', 4),
(3443, 283, '2016-06-11 18:44:18', '2016-06-11 17:44:18', 'After such a busy week it was inevitable that I was heading for a crash and what is really annoying is I still don\'t see them coming, perhaps I never will. As everyone says, it could be a piece of music, a TV programme that we watched together, anything really...\r\n\r\nThe garden is moving from being a chore to being therapy which is really gratifying and I\'m sure Jane always knew that I had it in me to be a gardener. Of course there are failures in the vegetable plot but I\'m making notes of what I do so hopefully I won\'t make the same mistakes next year.\r\n\r\n[gallery type=\"rectangular\" link=\"file\" ids=\"3441,3440,3439,3438,3437\"]\r\n\r\nAnd the Robot Mower poll is going along the lines of people voting for their own suggestions but it\'s early days. Hopefully there will be a few more votes in the coming days and I can make a decision as to what to call \"her\". The guys at Greenstripe who installed it are eager to know the outcome so they can produce a name label. If you haven\'t voted then please do...', 'Busy, Busy, Crash...', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3442-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-06-11 18:44:18', '2016-06-11 17:44:18', '', 3442, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/3443', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3444, 283, '2016-06-11 18:51:47', '2016-06-11 17:51:47', 'After such a busy week it was inevitable that I was heading for a crash and what is really annoying is I still don\'t see them coming, perhaps I never will. As everyone says, it could be a piece of music, a TV programme or film that we watched together, places, people, anything really...\r\n\r\nThe garden is moving from being a chore to being therapy which is really gratifying and I\'m sure Jane always knew that I had it in me to be a gardener. She did help by designing a garden that was packed with plants to give that cottage garden feel and so there\'s very little room for weeds. Of course there are failures in the vegetable plot but I\'m making notes of what I do so hopefully I won\'t make the same mistakes next year.\r\n\r\n[gallery type=\"rectangular\" link=\"file\" ids=\"3441,3440,3439,3438,3437\"]\r\n\r\nAnd the Robot Mower poll is going along the lines of people voting for their own suggestions. Hopefully there will be a few more votes in the coming days and I can make a decision as to what to call \"her\". The guys at <a href=\"http://greenstripe.net/\" target=\"_blank\">Greenstripe</a> who installed it are eager to know the outcome so they can produce a name label. If you haven\'t voted then please do...', 'Busy, Busy, Crash...', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3442-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-06-11 18:51:47', '2016-06-11 17:51:47', '', 3442, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/3444', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3541, 283, '2016-06-27 18:15:00', '2016-06-27 17:15:00', '<a href=\"http://i0.wp.com/pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/maisie-cutenessmar16.jpg?w=1056\"><img class=\"alignleft size-full\" style=\"width: 320px; max-width: 320px;\" title=\"maisie-cuteness(mar16)\" src=\"http://i0.wp.com/pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/maisie-cutenessmar16.jpg?w=1056?w=320\" alt=\"image\" /></a>I learned today that my beautiful Maisie was hit by a car and died at the vets. It seems that just when things are coming together something else is thrown at me. She was a connection to Jane and although I\'m upset here I\'m sure the true impact won\'t hit me until I return to an empty home.\r\nShe was starting to extend her area and went beyond the boundary of the site so there was always a risk of a road accident but that\'s what cats do.', 'Goodbye Maisie', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'goodbye-maisie', '', '', '2016-06-28 06:58:37', '2016-06-28 05:58:37', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?p=3541', 0, 'post', '', 11),
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(3451, 283, '2016-06-14 21:29:00', '2016-06-14 20:29:00', 'In preparing to travel to California alone I\'m searching around for all sorts of bits and pieces. Last time I did this I didn\'t, we did it or more likely Jane did it. Today I was sorting through a drawer and came across a mass of Jane\'s colourful shoelaces, she loved to be funky and striped shoe laces were one of her things - I sat and wept over her shoe laces. Who would have thought?\r\n\r\nToday has been one of those days when the seas have been rough and the high waves have been coming in from all angles. I\'m learning the best way of coping with this is to get out into the garden and do some weeding. I want to get things as straight as possible before heading off. The vegetable plot is looking tidy. I repotted the cucumbers and home grown tomatoes. I also planted out some more cucumbers and courgettes. I\'m not sure the cucumbers will produce anything outside and I\'ll have too many courgettes but I shall follow Jane\'s example and share them with the community.\r\n\r\n[gallery type=\"rectangular\" link=\"file\" ids=\"3448,3449,3450\"]\r\n\r\nThere is a huge difference between the two varieties of runner beans - the Scarlet Lady are at the top of the poles but the Purple Emperor are barely out of the ground even the ones I grew in the potting shed. As for the french climbing bean (Sultana) they are really struggling.', 'Shoe Laces, Vegetables and ...', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3447-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-06-14 21:29:00', '2016-06-14 20:29:00', '', 3447, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/3451', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3452, 283, '2016-06-14 21:31:17', '2016-06-14 20:31:17', 'In preparing to travel to California alone I\'m searching around for all sorts of bits and pieces. Last time I did this I didn\'t, we did it or more likely Jane did it. Today I was sorting through a drawer and came across a mass of Jane\'s colourful shoelaces, she loved to be funky and striped shoe laces were one of her things - I sat and wept over her shoe laces. Who would have thought?\r\n\r\nToday has been one of those days when the seas have been rough and the high waves have been coming in from all angles. I\'m learning the best way of coping with this is to get out into the garden and do some weeding. I want to get things as straight as possible before heading off. The vegetable plot is looking tidy. I repotted the cucumbers and home-grown tomatoes. I also planted out some more cucumbers and courgettes. I\'m not sure the cucumbers will produce anything outside and I\'ll have too many courgettes but I shall follow Jane\'s example and share them with the community.\r\n\r\n[gallery type=\"rectangular\" link=\"file\" ids=\"3448,3449,3450\"]\r\n\r\nThere is a huge difference between the two varieties of runner beans - the Scarlet Lady are at the top of the poles but the Purple Emperor are barely out of the ground even the ones I grew in the potting shed. As for the french climbing bean (Sultana) they are really struggling. It will be interesting to see how things develop over the next three weeks.', 'Shoe Laces, Vegetables and ...', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3447-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-06-14 21:31:17', '2016-06-14 20:31:17', '', 3447, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/3452', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(3458, 283, '2016-06-17 23:59:27', '2016-06-17 22:59:27', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1466203712633.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3462\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1466203712633-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"wp-1466203712633.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>After a very early start, Dave drove me to Heathrow Terminal 5 and we arrived in plenty of time.  I was so early I had to wait nearly 2 hours before I could check in my bag. Unusually I was through security in less than 20 minutes which gave me a couple of hours for lunch and to wander around the terminal.\r\n\r\nI had an inkling that the airplane was going to be a new experience because my seat was on the upper deck. Wow, it wasn\'t first class or even business class but my World Traveller seat (as BA call it) made it the most comfortable flight I\'ve ever had. I hope my return flight is an <a href=\"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus_A380\" target=\"_blank\">Airbus A380</a>.\r\n\r\nThree films (Hunger Games Mockingjay part 2, Room (a film Jane and I wanted to see but never made it), The Big Short) and ten and a half hours later I\'ve landed at SFX. Unfortunately the flight came in just after a Chinese plane so it took an hour to get through immigration.\r\n\r\nBy 18:30 I\'d been met by Clive and Tricia and heading for 14th Street. I managed to stay awake until 22:00 by which time I\'d been awake 25 hours and needless to say after a quick unpack I was asleep as soon as my head hit the pillow.', 'San Francisco Bound', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'san-francisco-bound', '', '', '2016-06-23 01:55:28', '2016-06-23 00:55:28', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?p=3458', 0, 'post', '', 8),
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(3462, 283, '2016-06-17 23:49:15', '2016-06-17 22:49:15', '', 'wp-1466203712633.jpg', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'closed', '', 'wp-1466203712633-jpg', '', '', '2016-06-17 23:51:15', '2016-06-17 22:51:15', '', 3458, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1466203712633.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(3463, 283, '2016-06-17 23:59:27', '2016-06-17 22:59:27', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1466203712633.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3462\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1466203712633-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"wp-1466203712633.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>After a very early start, Dave drove me to Heathrow Terminal 5 and we arrived in plenty of time.  I was so early I had to wait nearly 2 hours before I could check in my bag. Unusually I was through security in less than 20 minutes which gave me a couple of hours for lunch and to wander around the terminal.\r\n\r\nI had an inkling that the airplane was going to be a new experience because my seat was on the upper deck. Wow, it wasn\'t first class or even business class but my World Traveller seat (as BA call it) made it the most comfortable flight I\'ve ever had. I hope my return flight is an <a href=\"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus_A380\" target=\"_blank\">Airbus A380</a>.\r\n\r\nThree films (Hunger Games Mockingjay part 2, Room (a film Jane and I wanted to see but never made it), The Big Short) and ten and a half hours later I\'ve landed at SFX. Unfortunately the flight came in just after a Chinese plane so it took an hour to get through immigration.\r\n\r\nBy 18:30 I\'d been met by Clive and Tricia and heading for 14th Street. I managed to stay awake until 22:00 by which time I\'d been awake 25 hours and needless to say after a quick unpack I was asleep as soon as my head hit the pillow.', 'San Francisco Bound', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3458-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-06-17 23:59:27', '2016-06-17 22:59:27', '', 3458, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/3463', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(3468, 283, '2016-06-20 06:44:13', '2016-06-20 05:44:13', '', 'wp-1466401450954.jpg', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'closed', '', 'wp-1466401450954-jpg', '', '', '2016-06-21 05:46:29', '2016-06-21 04:46:29', '', 3481, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1466401450954.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(3469, 283, '2016-06-20 16:33:08', '2016-06-20 15:33:08', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1466401409173.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3467\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1466401409173-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"wp-1466401409173.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>On Saturday afternoon I took a stroll along Valencia Street, across 22nd Street and back down Mission. This area is a real mix of people with young, hipster techies rubbing shoulders with vagrants sleeping on the pavement (sidewalk). Because of the well paid technologists prices are booming and there is considerable gentrification which leads to more homelessness.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1466401335367.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3466 alignright\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1466401335367-200x150.jpg\" alt=\"wp-1466401335367.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" /></a>At no point did I feel threatened and considering I was on my own, an alien in a foreign country, I was pleasantly surprised. There was an incident towards the lower end of Mission in a project where they were trying to rehome vagrants but there was plenty of police presence and life went on around it.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1466226381766.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3464\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1466226381766-200x134.jpg\" alt=\"wp-1466226381766.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"134\" /></a>Interestingly there isn\'t a separate ambulance service and all emergencies are handled by San Francisco Fire Department, SFFD, so it isn\'t unusual for a fire engine and an ambulance to turn up for the same incident. Maybe we should try this in the UK to save money.', 'Mission Street', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'mission-street', '', '', '2016-06-23 01:55:38', '2016-06-23 00:55:38', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?p=3469', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(3470, 283, '2016-06-20 16:29:17', '2016-06-20 15:29:17', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1466401409173.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3467\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1466401409173-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"wp-1466401409173.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>On Saturday aftheresfternoon a stroll along Valencia Street, across 22nd Street and back down Mission. This area is a real mix of people with young, hipster techies rubbing shoulders with vagrants sleeping on the pavement (sidewalk). Because of the well paid technologists prices are booming and there is considerable gentrification which leads to more homelessness.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1466401335367.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3466 alignright\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1466401335367-200x150.jpg\" alt=\"wp-1466401335367.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" /></a>At no point did I feel threatened and considering I was on my own, an alien in a foreign country, I was pleasantly surprised. There was an incident towards the lower end of Mission in a project where they were trying to rehome vagrants but there was plenty of police presence and life went on around it.\r\n\r\nInterestingly there isn\'t a separate ambulance service and all emergencies are handled by', 'Mission Street', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3469-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-06-20 16:29:17', '2016-06-20 15:29:17', '', 3469, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/3470', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3471, 283, '2016-06-20 16:33:08', '2016-06-20 15:33:08', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1466401409173.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3467\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1466401409173-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"wp-1466401409173.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>On Saturday aftheresfternoon a stroll along Valencia Street, across 22nd Street and back down Mission. This area is a real mix of people with young, hipster techies ruban ng shoulders with vagrants sleeping on the pavement (sidewalk). Because of the well paid technologists prices are booming and there is considerable gentrification which leads to more homelessness.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1466401335367.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3466 alignright\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1466401335367-200x150.jpg\" alt=\"wp-1466401335367.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" /></a>At no point did I feel threatened and considering I was on my own, an alien in a foreign country, I was pleasantly surprised. There was an incident towards the lower end of Mission in a project where they were trying to rehome vagrants but there was plenty of police presence and life went on around it.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1466226381766.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3464\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1466226381766-200x134.jpg\" alt=\"wp-1466226381766.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"134\" /></a>Interestingly there isn\'t a separate ambulance service and all emergencies are handled by San Francisco Fire Department, SFFD, so it isnt unusual for a fire engine and an ambulance to turn up for the same incident. Maybe we should try this in the UK to save money.', 'Mission Street', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3469-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-06-20 16:33:08', '2016-06-20 15:33:08', '', 3469, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/3471', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3472, 283, '2016-06-20 16:34:08', '2016-06-20 15:34:08', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1466401409173.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3467\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1466401409173-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"wp-1466401409173.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>On Saturday aftheresfternoon a stroll along Valencia Street, across 22nd Street and back down Mission. This area is a real mix of people with young, hipster techies rubbing shoulders with vagrants sleeping on the pavement (sidewalk). Because of the well paid technologists prices are booming and there is considerable gentrification which leads to more homelessness.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1466401335367.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3466 alignright\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1466401335367-200x150.jpg\" alt=\"wp-1466401335367.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" /></a>At no point did I feel threatened and considering I was on my own, an alien in a foreign country, I was pleasantly surprised. There was an incident towards the lower end of Mission in a project where they were trying to rehome vagrants but there was plenty of police presence and life went on around it.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1466226381766.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3464\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1466226381766-200x134.jpg\" alt=\"wp-1466226381766.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"134\" /></a>Interestingly there isn\'t a separate ambulance service and all emergencies are handled by San Francisco Fire Department, SFFD, so it isnt unusual for a fire engine and an ambulance to turn up for the same incident. Maybe we should try this in the UK to save money.', 'Mission Street', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3469-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-06-20 16:34:08', '2016-06-20 15:34:08', '', 3469, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/3472', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3473, 283, '2016-06-20 16:35:12', '2016-06-20 15:35:12', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1466401409173.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3467\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1466401409173-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"wp-1466401409173.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>On Saturday aftheresfternoon a stroll along Valencia Street, across 22nd Street and back down Mission. This area is a real mix of people with young, hipster techies rubbing shoulders with vagrants sleeping on the pavement (sidewalk). Because of the well paid technologists prices are booming and there is considerable gentrification which leads to more homelessness.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1466401335367.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3466 alignright\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1466401335367-200x150.jpg\" alt=\"wp-1466401335367.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" /></a>At no point did I feel threatened and considering I was on my own, an alien in a foreign country, I was pleasantly surprised. There was an incident towards the lower end of Mission in a project where they were trying to rehome vagrants but there was plenty of police presence and life went on around it.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1466226381766.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3464\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1466226381766-200x134.jpg\" alt=\"wp-1466226381766.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"134\" /></a>Interestingly there isn\'t a separate ambulance service and all emergencies are handled by San Francisco Fire Department, SFFD, so it isn\'t unusual for a fire engine and an ambulance to turn up for the same incident. Maybe we should try this in the UK to save money.', 'Mission Street', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3469-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-06-20 16:35:12', '2016-06-20 15:35:12', '', 3469, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/3473', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3474, 283, '2016-06-20 17:35:57', '2016-06-20 16:35:57', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1466401409173.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3467\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1466401409173-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"wp-1466401409173.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>On Saturday afternoon I took a stroll along Valencia Street, across 22nd Street and back down Mission. This area is a real mix of people with young, hipster techies rubbing shoulders with vagrants sleeping on the pavement (sidewalk). Because of the well paid technologists prices are booming and there is considerable gentrification which leads to more homelessness.\n\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1466401335367.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3466 alignright\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1466401335367-200x150.jpg\" alt=\"wp-1466401335367.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" /></a>At no point did I feel threatened and considering I was on my own, an alien in a foreign country, I was pleasantly surprised. There was an incident towards the lower end of Mission in a project where they were trying to rehome vagrants but there was plenty of police presence and life went on around it.\n\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1466226381766.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3464\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1466226381766-200x134.jpg\" alt=\"wp-1466226381766.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"134\" /></a>Interestingly there isn\'t a separate ambulance service and all emergencies are handled by San Francisco Fire Department, SFFD, so it isn\'t unusual for a fire engine and an ambulance to turn up for the same incident. Maybe we should try this in the UK to save money.', 'Mission Street', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3469-autosave-v1', '', '', '2016-06-20 17:35:57', '2016-06-20 16:35:57', '', 3469, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/3474', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3475, 283, '2016-06-20 17:36:55', '2016-06-20 16:36:55', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1466401409173.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3467\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1466401409173-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"wp-1466401409173.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>On Saturday afternoon I took a stroll along Valencia Street, across 22nd Street and back down Mission. This area is a real mix of people with young, hipster techies rubbing shoulders with vagrants sleeping on the pavement (sidewalk). Because of the well paid technologists prices are booming and there is considerable gentrification which leads to more homelessness.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1466401335367.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3466 alignright\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1466401335367-200x150.jpg\" alt=\"wp-1466401335367.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" /></a>At no point did I feel threatened and considering I was on my own, an alien in a foreign country, I was pleasantly surprised. There was an incident towards the lower end of Mission in a project where they were trying to rehome vagrants but there was plenty of police presence and life went on around it.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1466226381766.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3464\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1466226381766-200x134.jpg\" alt=\"wp-1466226381766.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"134\" /></a>Interestingly there isn\'t a separate ambulance service and all emergencies are handled by San Francisco Fire Department, SFFD, so it isn\'t unusual for a fire engine and an ambulance to turn up for the same incident. Maybe we should try this in the UK to save money.', 'Mission Street', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3469-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-06-20 17:36:55', '2016-06-20 16:36:55', '', 3469, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/3475', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(3478, 283, '2016-06-21 02:15:12', '2016-06-21 01:15:12', '', 'wp-1466471698208.jpg', 'new generator', 'inherit', 'open', 'closed', '', 'wp-1466471698208-jpg', '', '', '2016-06-21 06:12:05', '2016-06-21 05:12:05', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1466471698208.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
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(3481, 283, '2016-06-21 05:55:19', '2016-06-21 04:55:19', '<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1466401450954.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3468\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1466401450954-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"wp-1466401450954.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>On Sunday I took a trip to San José to have lunch with Marjorie, Emmanuel, my nephew Lewis and his wife Viji. I\'d never met Viji before so there was a lot to talk about and catch up on.</p>\r\nThe drive down was worrying because I was driving on the wrong side of the road, in someone else\'s car and I was using Google maps on my tablet as my guide. The English voice was reassuring and I call her Jane which helps to allay my fears. Cars passing at speed on either side wouldn\'t bother me in Britain but here they were a constant threat.\r\n\r\nLunch was over all too soon and after a delightful Earl Grey tea I headed back to San Francisco and despite some very heavy traffic as I entered the city I managed to find way back to 14th Street.', 'San Jose', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'san-jose', '', '', '2016-06-23 01:55:13', '2016-06-23 00:55:13', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?p=3481', 0, 'post', '', 3),
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(3483, 283, '2016-06-21 05:55:19', '2016-06-21 04:55:19', '<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1466401450954.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3468\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1466401450954-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"wp-1466401450954.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>On Sunday I took a trip to San José to have lunch with Marjorie, Emmanuel, my nephew Lewis and his wife Viji. I\'d never met Viji before so there was a lot to talk about and catch up on.</p>\r\nThe drive down was worrying because I was driving on the wrong side of the road, in someone else\'s car and I was using Google maps on my tablet as my guide. The English voice was reassuring and I call her Jane which helps to allay my fears. Cars passing at speed on either side wouldn\'t bother me in Britain but here they were a constant threat.\r\n\r\nLunch was over all too soon and after a delightful Earl Grey tea I headed back to San Francisco and despite some very heavy traffic as I entered the city I managed to find way back to 14th Street.', 'San Jose', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3481-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-06-21 05:55:19', '2016-06-21 04:55:19', '', 3481, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/3483', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3484, 283, '2016-06-21 06:15:23', '2016-06-21 05:15:23', 'Clive and I discussed on the phone the possibility of reliving an event from when I was a student and he was living in Bedfordshire.  One Christmas, 1979 I think, my Morris 1000 needed its clutch changing so with limited tools, in an unheated garage we drove the car up duck boards balanced on bricks. From this precarious position we dropped the engine, removed the clutch housing and replaced the knackered parts. Everything we touched was freezing and our fingers stuck to the metal but it was fun.\r\n\r\nThis time the temperature was in the mid twenties and we had a toolbox brimming with spanners. Clive\'s Fiat Cinquecento was to be upgraded with generator instead of its aging dynamo.  After two hours we\'d got most of the parts off and it took another hour to squeeze the fan cowling off. After lunch we started to get the new part ready for installation only to find the shaft was too big and none of the fitments matched. Clive is going to have to order some new parts.\r\n\r\n[gallery type=\"rectangular\" ids=\"3478,3477,3479,3480\"]', 'Car Upgrade', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'car-upgrade', '', '', '2016-06-23 01:55:04', '2016-06-23 00:55:04', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?p=3484', 0, 'post', '', 4),
(3485, 283, '2016-06-21 06:15:23', '2016-06-21 05:15:23', 'Clive and I discussed on the phone the possibility of reliving an event from when I was a student and he was living in Bedfordshire.  One Christmas, 1979 I think, my Morris 1000 needed its clutch changing so with limited tools, in an unheated garage we drove the car up duck boards balanced on bricks. From this precarious position we dropped the engine, removed the clutch housing and replaced the knackered parts. Everything we touched was freezing and our fingers stuck to the metal but it was fun.\r\n\r\nThis time the temperature was in the mid twenties and we had a toolbox brimming with spanners. Clive\'s Fiat Cinquecento was to be upgraded with generator instead of its aging dynamo.  After two hours we\'d got most of the parts off and it took another hour to squeeze the fan cowling off. After lunch we started to get the new part ready for installation only to find the shaft was too big and none of the fitments matched. Clive is going to have to order some new parts.\r\n\r\n[gallery type=\"rectangular\" ids=\"3478,3477,3479,3480\"]', 'Car Upgrade', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3484-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-06-21 06:15:23', '2016-06-21 05:15:23', '', 3484, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/3485', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3486, 283, '2016-06-22 14:39:58', '2016-06-22 13:39:58', '', 'wp-1466602750777.jpg', 'Street Car near Union Square', 'inherit', 'open', 'closed', '', 'wp-1466602750777-jpg', '', '', '2016-06-22 19:37:25', '2016-06-22 18:37:25', '', 3488, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1466602750777.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(3487, 283, '2016-06-22 14:42:54', '2016-06-22 13:42:54', '', 'wp-1466602969644.jpg', 'Union Square', 'inherit', 'open', 'closed', '', 'wp-1466602969644-jpg', '', '', '2016-06-22 19:37:46', '2016-06-22 18:37:46', '', 3488, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1466602969644.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(3488, 283, '2016-06-22 16:34:51', '2016-06-22 15:34:51', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1466602969644.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3487\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1466602969644-200x150.jpg\" alt=\"wp-1466602969644.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" /></a>I took a walk from 14th Street up to Union Square which is about 2 miles. It was a hot day but the tall buildings around the square give plenty of opportunities to sit in the shade and watch the world go by. There\'s a large Macy\'s on one side so I rode the escalators to the top just to enjoy the air conditioning and it was something Jane and I did on our last visit eight years ago.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1466602750777-e1466610256540.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-3486 size-medium\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1466602750777-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>Not much has changed but there seem to be more people talking than listening. Either they are on their mobile phones or they\'re mentally ill and just talking out loud, sometimes it\'s impossible to tell the difference. Considering this the greatest economy in the world the way mental illness, disability and vagrancy is treated is a disgrace. I\'d rather be living in the fifth largest economy and have some social responsibility than live here.\r\n\r\nThe majority of tourists don\'t seem to notice the disparity between the likes of the high rise Twitter building and what\'s happening on the streets. Maybe it\'s just the same in all big cities - give me the countryside every time.', 'Union Square', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'union-square', '', '', '2016-06-23 01:54:53', '2016-06-23 00:54:53', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?p=3488', 0, 'post', '', 5),
(3489, 283, '2016-06-22 16:34:51', '2016-06-22 15:34:51', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1466602969644.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3487\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1466602969644-200x150.jpg\" alt=\"wp-1466602969644.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" /></a>I took a walk from 14th Street up to Union Square which is about 2 miles. It was a hot day but the tall buildings around the square give plenty of opportunities to sit in the shade and watch the world go by. There\'s a large Macy\'s on one side so I rode the escalators to the top just to enjoy the air conditioning and it was something Jane and I did on our last visit eight years ago.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1466602750777-e1466608507500.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3486\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1466602750777-e1466608068778-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"wp-1466602750777.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a>Not much has changed but there seem to be more people talking than listening. Either they are on their mobile phones or they\'re mentally ill and just talking out loud, sometimes it\'s impossible to tell the difference. Considering this the greatest economy in the world the way mental illness, disability and vagrancy is treated is a disgrace. I\'d rather be living in the fifth largest economy and have some social responsibility than live here.\r\n\r\nThe majority of tourists don\'t seem to notice the disparity between the likes of the high rise Twitter building and what\'s happening on the streets. Maybe it\'s just the same in all big cities - give me the countryside every time.', 'Union Square', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3488-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-06-22 16:34:51', '2016-06-22 15:34:51', '', 3488, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/3489', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3490, 283, '2016-06-22 16:45:15', '2016-06-22 15:45:15', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1466602969644.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3487\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1466602969644-200x150.jpg\" alt=\"wp-1466602969644.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" /></a>I took a walk from 14th Street up to Union Square which is about 2 miles. It was a hot day but the tall buildings around the square give plenty of opportunities to sit in the shade and watch the world go by. There\'s a large Macy\'s on one side so I rode the escalators to the top just to enjoy the air conditioning and it was something Jane and I did on our last visit eight years ago.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1466602750777-e1466610256540.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-3486 size-medium\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1466602750777-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>Not much has changed but there seem to be more people talking than listening. Either they are on their mobile phones or they\'re mentally ill and just talking out loud, sometimes it\'s impossible to tell the difference. Considering this the greatest economy in the world the way mental illness, disability and vagrancy is treated is a disgrace. I\'d rather be living in the fifth largest economy and have some social responsibility than live here.\r\n\r\nThe majority of tourists don\'t seem to notice the disparity between the likes of the high rise Twitter building and what\'s happening on the streets. Maybe it\'s just the same in all big cities - give me the countryside every time.', 'Union Square', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3488-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-06-22 16:45:15', '2016-06-22 15:45:15', '', 3488, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/3490', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3491, 283, '2016-06-22 16:52:12', '2016-06-22 15:52:12', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1466602969644.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3487\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1466602969644-200x150.jpg\" alt=\"wp-1466602969644.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" /></a>I took a walk from 14th Street up to Union Square which is about 2 miles. It was a hot day but the tall buildings around the square give plenty of opportunities to sit in the shade and watch the world go by. There\'s a large Macy\'s on one side so I rode the escalators to the top just to enjoy the air conditioning and it was something Jane and I did on our last visit eight years ago.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1466602750777-e1466608507500.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3486\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1466602750777-e1466608068778-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"wp-1466602750777.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a>Not much has changed but there seem to be more people talking than listening. Either they are on their mobile phones or they\'re mentally ill and just talking out loud, sometimes it\'s impossible to tell the difference. Considering this the greatest economy in the world the way mental illness, disability and vagrancy is treated is a disgrace. I\'d rather be living in the fifth largest economy and have some social responsibility than live here.\r\n\r\nThe majority of tourists don\'t seem to notice the disparity between the likes of the high rise Twitter building and what\'s happening on the streets. Maybe it\'s just the same in all big cities - give me the countryside every time.', 'Union Square', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3488-autosave-v1', '', '', '2016-06-22 16:52:12', '2016-06-22 15:52:12', '', 3488, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/3491', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(3501, 283, '2016-06-23 01:43:19', '2016-06-23 00:43:19', 'This afternoon I walked up 14th Street to the Delores Mission. It was a quiet, dark haven in a noisy, bright city. Although it is claimed to be the oldest in tact Mission most of it was destroyed in the 1906 earthquake so it isn\'t that old.\r\nThe Catholic Church is not an institution I admire and a lot of their actions are about maintaining their existence rather than doing good. It is evident that the native Indians in the area were used and abused to build the church.\r\nDespite all my misgivings it\'s a pleasant building with an interesting cemetery and some lovely native flowers.\r\n\r\n[gallery type=\"rectangular\" ids=\"3496,3492,3497,3500,3499,3498\"]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1466640366185.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3494\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1466640366185-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"wp-1466640366185.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>On the way back, walking down 18th Street I came across this brightly decorated building which turned out to be a Women\'s Building so I didn\'t venture inside in case they tried to convert me. I don\'t mind being in touch with my feminine side but I\'m quite happy with my gender.', 'Dolores Mission', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'delores-mission', '', '', '2016-06-24 01:13:17', '2016-06-24 00:13:17', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?p=3501', 0, 'post', '', 2),
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(3530, 283, '2016-06-25 02:45:21', '2016-06-25 01:45:21', 'Tricia found this walk for me that was about 5 miles away so it meant a drive out towards Golden Gate Park. Not a great distance but it was quite a circuitous route. Thankfully Google maps came to the rescue again.\r\n\r\nI parked up on a residential street and found my way to the <a href=\"https://artaic.com/the-16th-avenue-tiled-steps-project-in-san-francisco/\" target=\"_blank\">Moraga steps</a>. It\'s a long, long flight of stairs decorated with tiled patterns - Jane would have loved this.\r\n\r\n[gallery type=\"rectangular\" ids=\"3523,3524,3525\"]\r\n\r\nAs you can see from the map the walk wound its way round residential streets and up and down many stairways. All of the houses were really cutsie with a variety of designs making it very interesting. The views from many of the houses out to the sea were amazing. Many were perched on the top of steep hillsides so they were two storey at the front but four at the back. Some were on stilts at the back so they overhung the hill.\r\n\r\nAt the very top of the walk I could look right across the city - Golden Gate Park, the bridge and the down town districts. As often happens in San Francisco there was cloud coming in off the Pacific when I arrived but it was starting to burn off when I took these pictures.\r\n\r\n[gallery type=\"rectangular\" ids=\"3527,3526,3522\"]\r\n\r\nTo drive back to 14th Street I had to turn around and as I did so I drove off on the wrong side of the road. As moved towards an oncoming car wondering why they were driving erratically I realised it wasn\'t them it was me. Phew, a quick correct, a wave of apology and I was back on track. As I was guided back I did have time to note that I drove up Uranus - yes a street named Uranus. Well that\'s another first...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', 'Moraga Steps', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3528-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-06-25 02:45:21', '2016-06-25 01:45:21', '', 3528, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/3530', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3531, 283, '2016-06-25 05:20:20', '2016-06-25 04:20:20', 'I took a walk up Valencia to look out for the murals that are along many side streets particularly around 24th Street. It was a pleasant afternoon for a stroll, a bit of a stiff breeze keeping the temperature (and the smells) down.\n\nThere seem to be some very angry people about who want to rend power away from those who have it according to some of the murals. Of course if you take power away from someone then you either have to give it to someone else or take it for yourself and as we all know power has the ability to corrupt.\n\n[gallery type=\"rectangular\" ids=\"3509,3510,3511,3514,3515,3516,3517\"]\n\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1466728421325.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-3519\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1466728421325-150x200.jpg\" alt=\"wp-1466728421325.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" /></a>I worked my way back from 24th Street along South Van Ness and came across this unusual building that looked completely out-of-place in its surroundings, next to a gas station (petrol is $3 a gallon by the way).\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1466728377207.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3518\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1466728377207-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"wp-1466728377207.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>And at last I rolled up outside Clive and Tricia\'s house.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;', 'Murals or Graffiti - You Decide', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3507-autosave-v1', '', '', '2016-06-25 05:20:20', '2016-06-25 04:20:20', '', 3507, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/3531', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3532, 283, '2016-06-25 05:20:25', '2016-06-25 04:20:25', 'I took a walk up Valencia to look out for the murals that are along many side streets particularly around 24th Street. It was a pleasant afternoon for a stroll, a bit of a stiff breeze keeping the temperature (and the smells) down.\r\n\r\nThere seem to be some very angry people about who want to rend power away from those who have it according to some of the murals. Of course if you take power away from someone then you either have to give it to someone else or take it for yourself and as we all know power has the ability to corrupt.\r\n\r\n[gallery type=\"rectangular\" ids=\"3509,3510,3511,3514,3515,3516,3517\"]\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1466728421325.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-3519\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1466728421325-150x200.jpg\" alt=\"wp-1466728421325.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" /></a>I worked my way back from 24th Street along South Van Ness and came across this unusual building that looked completely out-of-place in its surroundings, next to a gas station (petrol is $3 a gallon by the way).\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1466728377207.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3518\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1466728377207-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"wp-1466728377207.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>And at last I rolled up outside Clive and Tricia\'s house.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', 'Murals or Graffiti - You Decide', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3507-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-06-25 05:20:25', '2016-06-25 04:20:25', '', 3507, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/3532', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3533, 283, '2016-06-25 05:23:37', '2016-06-25 04:23:37', 'Tricia found this walk for me that was about 5 miles away so it meant a drive out towards Golden Gate Park. Not a great distance but it was quite a circuitous route. Thankfully Google maps came to the rescue again.\n\nI parked up on a residential street and found my way to the <a href=\"https://artaic.com/the-16th-avenue-tiled-steps-project-in-san-francisco/\" target=\"_blank\">Moraga steps</a>. It\'s a long, long flight of stairs decorated with tiled patterns - Jane would have loved this. The mosaic steps are based on steps in a small town in Sicily.\n\n[gallery type=\"rectangular\" ids=\"3523,3524,3525\"]\n\nAs you can see from the map the walk wound its way round residential streets and up and down many stairways. All of the houses were really cutsie with a variety of designs making it very interesting. The views from many of the houses out to the sea were amazing. Many were perched on the top of steep hillsides so they were two storey at the front but four at the back. Some were on stilts at the back so they overhung the hill.\n\nAt the very top of the walk I could look right across the city - Golden Gate Park, the bridge and the down town districts. As often happens in San Francisco there was cloud coming in off the Pacific when I arrived but it was starting to burn off when I took these pictures.\n\n[gallery type=\"rectangular\" ids=\"3527,3526,3522\"]\n\nTo drive back to 14th Street I had to turn around and as I did so I drove off on the wrong side of the road. As moved towards an oncoming car wondering why they were driving erratically I realised it wasn\'t them it was me. Phew, a quick correct, a wave of apology and I was back on track. As I was guided back I did have time to note that I drove up Uranus - yes a street named Uranus. Well that\'s another first...', 'Moraga Steps', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3528-autosave-v1', '', '', '2016-06-25 05:23:37', '2016-06-25 04:23:37', '', 3528, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/3533', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3534, 283, '2016-06-25 05:24:04', '2016-06-25 04:24:04', 'Tricia found this walk for me that was about 5 miles away so it meant a drive out towards Golden Gate Park. Not a great distance but it was quite a circuitous route. Thankfully Google maps came to the rescue again.\r\n\r\nI parked up on a residential street and found my way to the <a href=\"https://artaic.com/the-16th-avenue-tiled-steps-project-in-san-francisco/\" target=\"_blank\">Moraga steps</a>. It\'s a long, long flight of stairs decorated with tiled patterns - Jane would have loved this. The mosaic steps are based on steps in a small town in <a href=\"http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/ceramic-steps-of-caltagirone\" target=\"_blank\">Sicily</a>.\r\n\r\n[gallery type=\"rectangular\" ids=\"3523,3524,3525\"]\r\n\r\nAs you can see from the map the walk wound its way round residential streets and up and down many stairways. All of the houses were really cutsie with a variety of designs making it very interesting. The views from many of the houses out to the sea were amazing. Many were perched on the top of steep hillsides so they were two storey at the front but four at the back. Some were on stilts at the back so they overhung the hill.\r\n\r\nAt the very top of the walk I could look right across the city - Golden Gate Park, the bridge and the down town districts. As often happens in San Francisco there was cloud coming in off the Pacific when I arrived but it was starting to burn off when I took these pictures.\r\n\r\n[gallery type=\"rectangular\" ids=\"3527,3526,3522\"]\r\n\r\nTo drive back to 14th Street I had to turn around and as I did so I drove off on the wrong side of the road. As moved towards an oncoming car wondering why they were driving erratically I realised it wasn\'t them it was me. Phew, a quick correct, a wave of apology and I was back on track. As I was guided back I did have time to note that I drove up Uranus - yes a street named Uranus. Well that\'s another first...', 'Moraga Steps', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3528-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-06-25 05:24:04', '2016-06-25 04:24:04', '', 3528, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/3534', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3539, 283, '2016-06-26 06:49:25', '2016-06-26 05:49:25', 'As many of you might know High Horse is where Clive and Tricia bought a large piece of land 6 years ago and started their dream house project.  The house is virtually complete and is built on a ridge 2,300 feet up from Redwood Valley.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1466918841931.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3536\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1466918841931-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"wp-1466918841931.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>The view from my luxurious cabin is similar to the main house and is truly unbelievable. Clive has sent me photos over the years but they never did it justice.\r\n\r\nI was treated to a drive round the main points of interest and they will feature over the coming days. What I can say is Jane would love it here. There are a myriad of dragonflies over one of the ponds and a large turkey vulture was riding the updraft just below where I was standing on the patio. It is truly beautiful.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1466918870941.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-3537\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1466918870941-200x150.jpg\" alt=\"wp-1466918870941.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" /></a>Clive and Tricia love it here too especially when they can sit out with a glass of cool wine.\r\n\r\nAnd a night in the wilderness wouldn\'t be complete without sitting around a campfire. <a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1466918782209.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3535\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1466918782209-200x150.jpg\" alt=\"wp-1466918782209.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" /></a>Clive just loves to burn the never-ending supply of wood.\r\n\r\nAs I lie in bed writing this the crickets outside are stridulating very noisily but a very calming sound.\r\n\r\nBecause it is so wonderful and I know Jane would have been so excited to be here I\'ve shed many tears this evening. Why couldn\'t she be here too? I miss her.', 'And So To High Horse', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'and-so-to-high-horse', '', '', '2016-06-26 06:50:06', '2016-06-26 05:50:06', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?p=3539', 0, 'post', '', 5),
(3540, 283, '2016-06-26 06:49:25', '2016-06-26 05:49:25', 'As many of you might know High Horse is where Clive and Tricia bought a large piece of land 6 years ago and started their dream house project.  The house is virtually complete and is built on a ridge 2,300 feet up from Redwood Valley.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1466918841931.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3536\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1466918841931-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"wp-1466918841931.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>The view from my luxurious cabin is similar to the main house and is truly unbelievable. Clive has sent me photos over the years but they never did it justice.\r\n\r\nI was treated to a drive round the main points of interest and they will feature over the coming days. What I can say is Jane would love it here. There are a myriad of dragonflies over one of the ponds and a large turkey vulture was riding the updraft just below where I was standing on the patio. It is truly beautiful.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1466918870941.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-3537\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1466918870941-200x150.jpg\" alt=\"wp-1466918870941.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" /></a>Clive and Tricia love it here too especially when they can sit out with a glass of cool wine.\r\n\r\nAnd a night in the wilderness wouldn\'t be complete without sitting around a campfire. <a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1466918782209.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3535\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1466918782209-200x150.jpg\" alt=\"wp-1466918782209.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" /></a>Clive just loves to burn the never-ending supply of wood.\r\n\r\nAs I lie in bed writing this the crickets outside are stridulating very noisily but a very calming sound.\r\n\r\nBecause it is so wonderful and I know Jane would have been so excited to be here I\'ve shed many tears this evening. Why couldn\'t she be here too? I miss her.', 'And So To High Horse', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3539-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-06-26 06:49:25', '2016-06-26 05:49:25', '', 3539, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/3540', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3542, 283, '2016-06-27 18:15:00', '2016-06-27 17:15:00', '<a href=\"http://i0.wp.com/pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/maisie-cutenessmar16.jpg?w=1056\"><img style=\"width:320px;max-width:320px;\" title=\"maisie-cuteness(mar16)\" class=\"alignleft size-full\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http://i0.wp.com/pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/maisie-cutenessmar16.jpg?w=1056?w=320\" /></a> \n\n\n\nI learned today that my beautiful Maisie was hit by a car and died at the vets. It seems that just when things are coming together something else is thrown at me. She was a connection to Jane and although I\'m upset here I\'m sure the true impact won\'t hit me until I return to an empty home.\nShe was starting to extend her area and went beyond the boundary of the site so there was always a risk of a road accident but that\'s what cats do.', 'Goodbye Maisie', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3541-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-06-27 18:15:00', '2016-06-27 17:15:00', '', 3541, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/3542', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3544, 283, '2016-06-28 06:19:49', '2016-06-28 05:19:49', '', 'wp-1467091187303.jpg', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'closed', '', 'wp-1467091187303-jpg', '', '', '2016-06-28 06:44:51', '2016-06-28 05:44:51', '', 3547, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1467091187303.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
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(3546, 283, '2016-06-28 06:20:05', '2016-06-28 05:20:05', '', 'wp-1467091187305.jpg', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'closed', '', 'wp-1467091187305-jpg', '', '', '2016-06-28 06:44:08', '2016-06-28 05:44:08', '', 3547, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1467091187305.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(3547, 283, '2016-06-28 06:36:52', '2016-06-28 05:36:52', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1467091187305.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-3546\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1467091187305-150x200.jpg\" alt=\"wp-1467091187305.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAfter the crushing news this morning of Maisie\'s death I had to keep busy. Clive set me to work with a brush cutter to remove the weeds from the steps that go up through Tricia\'s garden. After an hour Clive returned having secured the electric fence around the garden and we  came back to the house for refreshments. The electric fence is to keep out bears and deer - although I\'ve seen a few deer no sign of a bear, yet.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1467091187303.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3544\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1467091187303-150x200.jpg\" alt=\"wp-1467091187303.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe temperature soon gets up to 30 plus degrees so working in the sun is not wise however in the shade of the trees Clive and I did manage to take out some tree stumps that were in the way of the Mule tracks up to the house. I\'ll talk more about the mules in tomorrow\'s update.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1467091187304.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3545\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1467091187304-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"wp-1467091187304.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>Here\'s a view of the lower cabin, it nestles beautifully into the hillside and looks out over woodland. I opted to stay in the upper cabin with views over Redwood Valley.', 'Keeping Busy', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'keeping-busy-2', '', '', '2016-06-28 06:49:17', '2016-06-28 05:49:17', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?p=3547', 0, 'post', '', 2),
(3548, 283, '2016-06-28 06:36:52', '2016-06-28 05:36:52', '<a href=\"http://i0.wp.com/pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1467091187305.jpg?w=1056\"><img style=\"width:300px;max-width:300px;\" title=\"wp-1467091187305.jpg\" class=\"alignright size-full\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http://i0.wp.com/pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1467091187305.jpg?w=1056?w=300\" /></a> \n\n\n\nAfter the crushing news this morning of Maisie\'s death I had to keep busy. Clive set me to work with a brush cutter to remove the weeds from the steps that go up through Tricia\'s garden. After an hour Clive returned having secured the electric fence around the garden and we&nbsp; came back to the house for refreshments. The electric fence is to keep out bears and deer - although I\'ve seen a few deer no sign of a bear, yet.\n\n\n<a href=\"http://i0.wp.com/pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1467091187303.jpg?w=1056\"><img style=\"width:200px;max-width:200px;\" title=\"wp-1467091187303.jpg\" class=\"alignleft size-full\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http://i0.wp.com/pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1467091187303.jpg?w=1056?w=200\" /></a> \n\n\n\nThe temperature soon gets up to 30 plus degrees so working in the sun is not wise however in the shade of the trees we did manage to take out some tree stumps that were in the way of the Mule tracks.\n\n\n<a href=\"http://i0.wp.com/pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1467091187304.jpg?w=1056\"><img style=\"width:300px;max-width:300px;\" title=\"wp-1467091187304.jpg\" class=\"alignright size-full\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http://i0.wp.com/pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1467091187304.jpg?w=1056?w=300\" /></a> \n\n\n\nHere\'s a view of the lower cabin, it nestles beautifully into the hillside and looks out over woodland. I opted to stay in the upper cabin with views over Redwood Valley.', 'Keeping Busy', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3547-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-06-28 06:36:52', '2016-06-28 05:36:52', '', 3547, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/3548', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3678, 283, '2016-07-15 22:04:56', '2016-07-15 21:04:56', '', 'garden-back(jul16)', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'closed', '', 'garden-backjul16', '', '', '2016-07-15 22:12:38', '2016-07-15 21:12:38', '', 3682, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/garden-backjul16.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(3550, 283, '2016-06-28 06:47:55', '2016-06-28 05:47:55', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1467091187305.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-3546\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1467091187305-150x200.jpg\" alt=\"wp-1467091187305.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" /></a>\n\nAfter the crushing news this morning of Maisie\'s death I had to keep busy. Clive set me to work with a brush cutter to remove the weeds from the steps that go up through Tricia\'s garden. After an hour Clive returned having secured the electric fence around the garden and we  came back to the house for refreshments. The electric fence is to keep out bears and deer - although I\'ve seen a few deer no sign of a bear, yet.\n\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1467091187303.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3544\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1467091187303-150x200.jpg\" alt=\"wp-1467091187303.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" /></a>\n\nThe temperature soon gets up to 30 plus degrees so working in the sun is not wise however in the shade of the trees Clive and I did manage to take out some tree stumps that were in the way of the Mule tracks up to the house. I\'ll talk more about the mules in tomorrow\'s update.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1467091187304.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3545\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1467091187304-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"wp-1467091187304.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>Here\'s a view of the lower cabin, it nestles beautifully into the hillside and looks out over woodland. I opted to stay in the upper cabin with views over Redwood Valley.', 'Keeping Busy', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3547-autosave-v1', '', '', '2016-06-28 06:47:55', '2016-06-28 05:47:55', '', 3547, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/3550', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(3553, 283, '2016-06-28 06:58:37', '2016-06-28 05:58:37', '<a href=\"http://i0.wp.com/pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/maisie-cutenessmar16.jpg?w=1056\"><img class=\"alignleft size-full\" style=\"width: 320px; max-width: 320px;\" title=\"maisie-cuteness(mar16)\" src=\"http://i0.wp.com/pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/maisie-cutenessmar16.jpg?w=1056?w=320\" alt=\"image\" /></a>I learned today that my beautiful Maisie was hit by a car and died at the vets. It seems that just when things are coming together something else is thrown at me. She was a connection to Jane and although I\'m upset here I\'m sure the true impact won\'t hit me until I return to an empty home.\r\nShe was starting to extend her area and went beyond the boundary of the site so there was always a risk of a road accident but that\'s what cats do.', 'Goodbye Maisie', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3541-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-06-28 06:58:37', '2016-06-28 05:58:37', '', 3541, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/3553', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3558, 283, '2016-06-29 07:13:51', '2016-06-29 06:13:51', '<img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3557\" title=\"First Mule\" src=\"http://i0.wp.com/pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1467146299173.jpg?w=1056\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" />In a previous post I mentioned a Mule, well here it is.This work horse gets Clive around the 60 acre forest, up and down steep paths. Tricia has another one for her own use. It\'s about half a mile between the house and barn so walking between the two is just too time consuming. It\'s also great for hauling around a variety of tools: chain saws; brush cutters; axes; etc.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignleft wp-image-3555 size-medium\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1467146299174-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" />\r\n\r\nThere\'s also a pick-up truck for collecting building materials from town. I  went with Clive into Home Depot in Ukiah on Sunday to buy some tools. The pick-up is a neglected beast and it carries several battle scars. The rear lights had both been smashed so I installed some new ones that Clive had ordered some time ago. It was a bit difficult fitting them to deformed body work.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1467146299176.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3556\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1467146299176-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"wp-1467146299176.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a>Outside the barn in the shade of the trees we split some logs using the electric log splitter. It makes easy work of splitting some fairly large logs and before long we had a significant pile ready for burning.\r\n\r\nTo finish the night off we did some star-gazing. In such a remote location the only light pollution is from the house, turn all the lights out and it\'s virtual darkness.  We managed to pick out Mars and Saturn but couldn\'t get the telescope to focus on them, maybe another night.', 'Mules and Pick-up Trucks', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'mules-and-pick-up-trucks', '', '', '2016-06-29 07:28:18', '2016-06-29 06:28:18', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?p=3558', 0, 'post', '', 2),
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(3559, 283, '2016-06-29 07:13:51', '2016-06-29 06:13:51', '<img width=\"300\" height=\"400\" alt=\"\" src=\"http://i0.wp.com/pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1467146299173.jpg?w=1056\" title=\"First Mule\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3557\">In a previous post I mentioned a Mule, well here it is.This work horse gets Clive around the 60 acre forest, up and down steep paths. Tricia has another one for her own use. It\'s about half a mile between the house and barn so walking between the two is just too time consuming. It\'s also great for hauling around a variety of tools: chain saws; brush cutters; axes; etc.\n\n<img src=\"http://i0.wp.com/pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1467146299174.jpg?w=1056\" class=\"wp-image-3555 alignnone size-full\">\n\nThere\'s also a pick-up truck for collecting building materials from town. I &nbsp;went with Clive into Home Depot in Ukiah on Sunday to buy some tools. The pick-up is a neglected beast and it carries several battle scars. The rear lights had both been smashed so I installed some new ones that Clive hsd ordered some time ago.', 'Mules and Pick-up Trucks', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3558-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-06-29 07:13:51', '2016-06-29 06:13:51', '', 3558, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/3559', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3560, 283, '2016-06-29 07:26:56', '2016-06-29 06:26:56', '<img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3557\" title=\"First Mule\" src=\"http://i0.wp.com/pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1467146299173.jpg?w=1056\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" />In a previous post I mentioned a Mule, well here it is.This work horse gets Clive around the 60 acre forest, up and down steep paths. Tricia has another one for her own use. It\'s about half a mile between the house and barn so walking between the two is just too time consuming. It\'s also great for hauling around a variety of tools: chain saws; brush cutters; axes; etc.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"alignleft wp-image-3555 size-medium\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1467146299174-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" />\n\nThere\'s also a pick-up truck for collecting building materials from town. I  went with Clive into Home Depot in Ukiah on Sunday to buy some tools. The pick-up is a neglected beast and it carries several battle scars. The rear lights had both been smashed so I installed some new ones that Clive had ordered some time ago. It was a bit difficult fitting them to deformed body work.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1467146299176.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3556\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1467146299176-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"wp-1467146299176.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a>Outside the barn in the shade of the trees we split some logs using the electric log splitter. It makes easy work of splitting some fairly large logs and before long we had a significant pile ready for burning.\n\nTo finish the night off we did some star-gazing. In such a remote location the only light pollution is from the house, turn all the lights out and it\'s virtual darkness.  We managed to pick out Mars and Saturn but couldn\'t get the telescope to focus on them, maybe another night.', 'Mules and Pick-up Trucks', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3558-autosave-v1', '', '', '2016-06-29 07:26:56', '2016-06-29 06:26:56', '', 3558, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/3560', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(3580, 283, '2016-07-01 06:54:31', '2016-07-01 05:54:31', '<img width=\"300\" height=\"225\" alt=\"\" src=\"http://i0.wp.com/pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/wp-1467343328067.jpg?w=1056\" title=\"Mules\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3572\">\n\nI\'m not sure if two mules constitutes a train but there were two at the garden this morning. Tricia joined Clive and I to tidy up the raised beds and cut down more of the weeds growing around the beds. We\'re making progress but there\'s still a lot to be done.\n\n<img width=\"300\" height=\"225\" alt=\"\" src=\"http://i0.wp.com/pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/wp-1467344004064.jpg?w=1056\" title=\"\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3577\">\n\nThe house nestles beautifully amonst the trees and you have to walk up to it which makes it all the more impressive. When it\'s hot during the day there\'s an air misting system above the terrace which provides a form of external air conditioning.\n<img width=\"10\" height=\"10\" alt=\"\" src=\"http://i0.wp.com/pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/wp-1467344072252.jpg?w=1056\" title=\"Turkey Vulture \" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3578\">\n\nI\'ve been trying to get a photograph of a turkey vulture all week and at last I managed it by having my camera phone at the ready. The vultures soar on the thermals and sweep back and forth in front of the house. The other aviators I have seen today are aircraft from Cal Fire who were keeping an eye on a fire in the trees just down the mountain. Thankfully it came to nothing but forest fires are a real threat.\n<a href=\"http://\"></a>', 'Mule Train', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3579-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-07-01 06:54:31', '2016-07-01 05:54:31', '', 3579, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/3580', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3581, 283, '2016-07-01 15:39:55', '2016-07-01 14:39:55', '<img width=\"300\" height=\"225\" alt=\"\" src=\"http://i0.wp.com/pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/wp-1467343328067.jpg?w=1056\" title=\"Mules\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3572\">\n\nI\'m not sure if two mules constitutes a train but there were two at the garden this morning. Tricia joined Clive and I to tidy up the raised beds and cut down more of the weeds growing around the beds. We\'re making progress but there\'s still a lot to be done.\n\n<img width=\"300\" height=\"225\" alt=\"\" src=\"http://i0.wp.com/pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/wp-1467344004064.jpg?w=1056\" title=\"\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3577\">\n\nThe house nestles beautifully amonst the trees and you have to walk up to it which makes it all the more impressive. When it\'s hot during the day there\'s an air misting system above the terrace which provides a form of external air conditioning.\n\n<img width=\"300\" height=\"300\" alt=\"\" src=\"http://i0.wp.com/pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/wp-1467344072252.jpg?w=1056\" title=\"Turkey Vulture \" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3578\">\n\nI\'ve been trying to get a photograph of a turkey vulture all week and at last I managed it by having my camera phone at the ready. The vultures soar on the thermals and sweep back and forth in front of the house. The other aviators I have seen today are aircraft from Cal Fire who were keeping an eye on a fire in the trees just down the mountain. Thankfully it came to nothing but forest fires are a real threat.\n\n<a href=\"http://\"></a>', 'Mule Train', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3579-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-07-01 15:39:55', '2016-07-01 14:39:55', '', 3579, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/3581', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(3583, 283, '2016-07-02 06:35:38', '2016-07-02 05:35:38', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/wp-1467425655607.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3582\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/wp-1467425655607-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"wp-1467425655607.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>First thing this morning I came across a number of lizards (don\'t know the collective noun) sunning themselves on a warm stone. They didn\'t seem to be too bothered by me so I managed to get a photo.\r\nThis one was the fattest of the group so I wondered if it might be a female. Apparently they eat ticks and somehow stop the ticks passing on Lyme\'s disease.  Talking of things being eaten, I\'ve been eaten alive this evening by mosquitos. They give me more grief than any concerns I might have about rattlesnakes, bears or mountain lions.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/rednecks-with-guns_crop_613x440.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-3587\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/rednecks-with-guns_crop_613x440-200x144.jpg\" alt=\"rednecks-with-guns_crop_613x440\" width=\"200\" height=\"144\" /></a></span>I drove to Ukiah with Clive today to buy some wood to make bat boxes and then I drove into Willits with Tricia to get some shopping (Clive hates shopping). Small town America is full of \"interesting\" characters. And before you ask I didn\'t stop these two in the street and ask if I could take their photo - these are stock images from Google. I confess I did feel out-of-place because I didn\'t have a tattoo or piercings and my clothes weren\'t in tatters. A fascinating experience.', 'Rough Scaly Critters', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'rough-scaly-critters', '', '', '2016-07-02 06:41:05', '2016-07-02 05:41:05', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?p=3583', 0, 'post', '', 4),
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(3588, 283, '2016-07-02 06:41:05', '2016-07-02 05:41:05', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/wp-1467425655607.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3582\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/wp-1467425655607-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"wp-1467425655607.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>First thing this morning I came across a number of lizards (don\'t know the collective noun) sunning themselves on a warm stone. They didn\'t seem to be too bothered by me so I managed to get a photo.\r\nThis one was the fattest of the group so I wondered if it might be a female. Apparently they eat ticks and somehow stop the ticks passing on Lyme\'s disease.  Talking of things being eaten, I\'ve been eaten alive this evening by mosquitos. They give me more grief than any concerns I might have about rattlesnakes, bears or mountain lions.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/rednecks-with-guns_crop_613x440.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-3587\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/rednecks-with-guns_crop_613x440-200x144.jpg\" alt=\"rednecks-with-guns_crop_613x440\" width=\"200\" height=\"144\" /></a></span>I drove to Ukiah with Clive today to buy some wood to make bat boxes and then I drove into Willits with Tricia to get some shopping (Clive hates shopping). Small town America is full of \"interesting\" characters. And before you ask I didn\'t stop these two in the street and ask if I could take their photo - these are stock images from Google. I confess I did feel out-of-place because I didn\'t have a tattoo or piercings and my clothes weren\'t in tatters. A fascinating experience.', 'Rough Scaly Critters', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3583-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-07-02 06:41:05', '2016-07-02 05:41:05', '', 3583, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/3588', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(3599, 283, '2016-07-03 06:39:33', '2016-07-03 05:39:33', '<img class=\"alignleft wp-image-3591 size-medium\" title=\"Clive and the bat box\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/wp-1467505214672-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" />\r\n\r\nToday we decided to give the garden clearance a miss and build the bat box. Clive had a book that involved all kinds of research into the best design to attract bats. I\'m sure someone got a PhD out of this because it is a real belt and braces construction. It took most of the morning to cut out the pieces and Clive has a barn full of every conceivable woodworking machine you could imagine. By mid afternoon (phew it was hot) we had a bat box ready to be positioned in one of the trees overlooking the terrace.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3593\" title=\"The Barn\" src=\"http://i0.wp.com/pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/wp-1467505250215.jpg?w=1056\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" />The barn is superb, yes it\'s a junk hole but it\'s the kind of space we all wish we had. Lots of room on two floors for working, pottering about and storage. Oh so much storage space but of course you can never find anything. We had a lot of fun today.\r\n<img class=\"wp-image-3592 size-medium alignleft\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/wp-1467505235773-300x169.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" />\r\n\r\nThe best transport around High Horse is of course the Mule. This beast will drive up tracks I\'d have trouble walking up. I drive the wider paths but I leave the very steep and winding trails to Clive. Some trails have shear drops on one side and can be quite intimidating to anyone new to Mule riding.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/wp-1467523562359.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-3598\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/wp-1467523562359-150x200.jpg\" alt=\"wp-1467523562359.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" /></a>Today was Tricia\'s birthday. She really enjoys cooking so this afternoon she baked herself a birthday cake complete with \"frosting\" (that\'s icing to us colonials) which was absolutely delicious. Here we have Tricia and Clive preparing to cut the cake.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/wp-1467523562358.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3597\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/wp-1467523562358-200x150.jpg\" alt=\"wp-1467523562358.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" /></a>We sat out on the terrace after dinner drinking cool white wine and indulging in huge segments of scrumptious chocolate cake. It couldn\'t have been better if it had been my birthday.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', 'Barn and Bats', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3594-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-07-03 06:39:33', '2016-07-03 05:39:33', '', 3594, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/3599', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3601, 283, '2016-07-03 06:41:35', '2016-07-03 05:41:35', '<img class=\"alignleft wp-image-3591 size-medium\" title=\"Clive and the bat box\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/wp-1467505214672-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" />\r\n\r\nToday we decided to give the garden clearance a miss and build the bat box. Clive had a book that involved all kinds of research into the best design to attract bats. I\'m sure someone got a PhD out of this because it is a real belt and braces construction. It took most of the morning to cut out the pieces and Clive has a barn full of every conceivable woodworking machine you could imagine. By mid afternoon (phew it was hot) we had a bat box ready to be positioned in one of the trees overlooking the terrace.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3593\" title=\"The Barn\" src=\"http://i0.wp.com/pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/wp-1467505250215.jpg?w=1056\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" />The barn is superb, yes it\'s a junk hole but it\'s the kind of space we all wish we had. Lots of room on two floors for working, pottering about and storage. Oh so much storage space but of course you can never find anything. We had a lot of fun today.\r\n<img class=\"wp-image-3592 size-medium alignleft\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/wp-1467505235773-300x169.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" />\r\n\r\nThe best transport around High Horse is of course the Mule. This beast will drive up tracks I\'d have trouble walking up. I drive the wider paths but I leave the very steep and winding trails to Clive. Some trails have shear drops on one side and can be quite intimidating to anyone new to Mule riding.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', 'Barn and Bats', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3594-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-07-03 06:41:35', '2016-07-03 05:41:35', '', 3594, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/3601', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3600, 283, '2016-07-03 06:40:53', '2016-07-03 05:40:53', '<img class=\"alignleft wp-image-3591 size-medium\" title=\"Clive and the bat box\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/wp-1467505214672-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" />\r\n\r\nToday we decided to give the garden clearance a miss and build the bat box. Clive had a book that involved all kinds of research into the best design to attract bats. I\'m sure someone got a PhD out of this because it is a real belt and braces construction. It took most of the morning to cut out the pieces and Clive has a barn full of every conceivable woodworking machine you could imagine. By mid afternoon (phew it was hot) we had a bat box ready to be positioned in one of the trees overlooking the terrace.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3593\" title=\"The Barn\" src=\"http://i0.wp.com/pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/wp-1467505250215.jpg?w=1056\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" />The barn is superb, yes it\'s a junk hole but it\'s the kind of space we all wish we had. Lots of room on two floors for working, pottering about and storage. Oh so much storage space but of course you can never find anything. We had a lot of fun today.\r\n<img class=\"wp-image-3592 size-medium alignleft\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/wp-1467505235773-300x169.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" />\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe best transport around High Horse is of course the Mule. This beast will drive up tracks I\'d have trouble walking up. I drive the wider paths but I leave the very steep and winding trails to Clive. Some trails have shear drops on one side and can be quite intimidating to anyone new to Mule riding.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/wp-1467523562359.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-3598\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/wp-1467523562359-150x200.jpg\" alt=\"wp-1467523562359.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" /></a>Today was Tricia\'s birthday. She really enjoys cooking so this afternoon she baked herself a birthday cake complete with \"frosting\" (that\'s icing to us colonials) which was absolutely delicious. Here we have Tricia and Clive preparing to cut the cake.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/wp-1467523562358.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3597\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/wp-1467523562358-200x150.jpg\" alt=\"wp-1467523562358.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" /></a>We sat out on the terrace after dinner drinking cool white wine and indulging in huge segments of scrumptious chocolate cake. It couldn\'t have been better if it had been my birthday.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', 'Barn and Bats', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3594-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-07-03 06:40:53', '2016-07-03 05:40:53', '', 3594, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/3600', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3602, 283, '2016-07-03 06:45:42', '2016-07-03 05:45:42', '<img class=\"alignleft wp-image-3591 size-medium\" title=\"Clive and the bat box\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/wp-1467505214672-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" />\r\n\r\nToday we decided to give the garden clearance a miss and build the bat box. Clive had a book that involved all kinds of research into the best design to attract bats. I\'m sure someone got a PhD out of this because it is a real belt and braces construction. It took most of the morning to cut out the pieces and Clive has a barn full of every conceivable woodworking machine you could imagine. By mid afternoon (phew it was hot) we had a bat box ready to be positioned in one of the trees overlooking the terrace.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3593\" title=\"The Barn\" src=\"http://i0.wp.com/pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/wp-1467505250215.jpg?w=1056\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" />The barn is superb, yes it\'s a junk hole but it\'s the kind of space we all wish we had. Lots of room on two floors for working, pottering about and storage. Oh so much storage space but of course you can never find anything. We had a lot of fun today.\r\n<img class=\"wp-image-3592 size-medium alignleft\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/wp-1467505235773-300x169.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" />\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe best transport around High Horse is of course the Mule. This beast will drive up tracks I\'d have trouble walking up. I drive the wider paths but I leave the very steep and winding trails to Clive. Some trails have shear drops on one side and can be quite intimidating to anyone new to Mule riding.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/wp-1467523562359.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-3598\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/wp-1467523562359-150x200.jpg\" alt=\"wp-1467523562359.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" /></a>Today was Tricia\'s birthday. She really enjoys cooking so this afternoon she baked herself a birthday cake complete with \"frosting\" (that\'s icing to us colonials) which was absolutely delicious. Here we have Tricia and Clive preparing to cut the cake.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/wp-1467523562358.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3597\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/wp-1467523562358-200x150.jpg\" alt=\"wp-1467523562358.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" /></a>We sat out on the terrace after dinner drinking cool white wine and indulging in huge segments of scrumptious chocolate cake. It couldn\'t have been better if it had been my birthday.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', 'Barn and Bats', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3594-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-07-03 06:45:42', '2016-07-03 05:45:42', '', 3594, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/3602', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(3606, 283, '2016-07-04 05:43:38', '2016-07-04 04:43:38', '', 'wp-1467607414854.jpg', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'closed', '', 'wp-1467607414854-jpg', '', '', '2016-07-04 06:25:04', '2016-07-04 05:25:04', '', 3609, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/wp-1467607414854.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(3654, 283, '2016-07-11 22:44:34', '2016-07-11 21:44:34', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Tatton-stepsjul16.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3655\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Tatton-stepsjul16-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Tatton-steps(jul16)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>The British summer continues with another wet day. After three weeks in California with never a drop of rain it seems in Britain this year it never stops raining. No surprise then that it rained all the way to Tatton Park and for most of the afternoon. Welcome to the world of building show gardens.\r\n\r\nCaitlin works so hard and is incredibly committed to her design and she needs to be because there is so much working against anyone building a show garden. Deliveries being late is only a minor part - plants have to be ready and in perfect condition at just the right time. They cannot be too early or too late and when the weather is so unpredictable as it has been this year it becomes a complete nightmare.\r\n\r\nSo what have I learned today? Firstly build in a significant amount of redundancy with plants, up to 30%; secondly be versatile in one\'s planting plans and thirdly the level of finesse and detail required in a show garden is unbelievable.', 'RHS Tatton Park Day 1', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'rhs-tatton-park-day-1', '', '', '2016-07-11 22:49:58', '2016-07-11 21:49:58', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?p=3654', 0, 'post', '', 0);
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(3609, 283, '2016-07-04 06:37:41', '2016-07-04 05:37:41', '<hr />\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/wp-1467607414854.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3606\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/wp-1467607414854-150x200.jpg\" alt=\"wp-1467607414854.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" /></a>Today was my last day at High Horse. The bat box was placed high in a tree near the main house and the barn was tidied up. I think it may be a couple of years before bats starting roosting up there but Clive is more optimistic and I hope he\'s right.\r\n\r\nThe garden needs a lot more work but we made progress and hopefully it will eventually be restored to its former glory.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/wp-1467573231326.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-3603 alignright\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/wp-1467573231326-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"wp-1467573231326.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" /></a>On the way back from the barn I caught sight of a grey fox. I didn\'t get a photo but as he stopped on the track as I approached him in the Mule he looked just like this one. We looked at each other for a few seconds and then he passed on his way into the trees.\r\n\r\nIsn\'t wildlife wonderful?\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/wp-1467607394475.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3605\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/wp-1467607394475-200x150.jpg\" alt=\"wp-1467607394475.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" /></a>The drive back from High Horse was uneventful with me driving the first half and Clive driving down, across Golden Gate Bridge and into the city traffic.\r\n\r\nWe barely had time to get cleaned up before we went out for dinner at a delightful place called Gardenia\'s.', 'Getting 0ff My High Horse', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'getting-0ff-my-high-horse', '', '', '2016-07-04 06:37:41', '2016-07-04 05:37:41', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?p=3609', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(3610, 283, '2016-07-04 06:37:41', '2016-07-04 05:37:41', '<hr />\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/wp-1467607414854.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3606\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/wp-1467607414854-150x200.jpg\" alt=\"wp-1467607414854.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" /></a>Today was my last day at High Horse. The bat box was placed high in a tree near the main house and the barn was tidied up. I think it may be a couple of years before bats starting roosting up there but Clive is more optimistic and I hope he\'s right.\r\n\r\nThe garden needs a lot more work but we made progress and hopefully it will eventually be restored to its former glory.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/wp-1467573231326.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-3603 alignright\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/wp-1467573231326-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"wp-1467573231326.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" /></a>On the way back from the barn I caught sight of a grey fox. I didn\'t get a photo but as he stopped on the track as I approached him in the Mule he looked just like this one. We looked at each other for a few seconds and then he passed on his way into the trees.\r\n\r\nIsn\'t wildlife wonderful?\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/wp-1467607394475.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3605\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/wp-1467607394475-200x150.jpg\" alt=\"wp-1467607394475.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" /></a>The drive back from High Horse was uneventful with me driving the first half and Clive driving down, across Golden Gate Bridge and into the city traffic.\r\n\r\nWe barely had time to get cleaned up before we went out for dinner at a delightful place called Gardenia\'s.', 'Getting 0ff My High Horse', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3609-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-07-04 06:37:41', '2016-07-04 05:37:41', '', 3609, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/3610', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(3614, 283, '2016-07-05 05:38:02', '2016-07-05 04:38:02', '<img class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3613\" title=\"Almost back together \" src=\"http://i0.wp.com/pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/wp-1467692513814.jpg?w=1056\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" />I refused to celebrate the loss of one of our colonies so spent the day wrestling alongside Clive with his original 1971 Fiat 500. As you may recall we attempted to replace the dynamo with an alternator only to find some parts were missing. When we returned from High Horse the parts were here so I agreed to help with putting the car back together. Things didn\'t go well and after many hours of labour the alternator wasn\'t giving the voltage expected and it sheared a bolt on the pulley wheel. More parts required...\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3612\" title=\"4th July Fireworks \" src=\"http://i0.wp.com/pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/wp-1467692499310.jpg?w=1056\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" />\r\n\r\nAfter another superb dinner cooked by Tricia we all went up to the roof garden and watched the celebration fireworks going off all over the city. As you can see I didn\'t manage to capture any displays but you\'ll just have to trust me when I say they were  going on all around us.', '4th July ', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', '4th-july', '', '', '2016-07-07 16:07:57', '2016-07-07 15:07:57', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?p=3614', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(3618, 283, '2016-07-07 19:07:31', '2016-07-07 18:07:31', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/chuck-close-SFjul16.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3620\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/chuck-close-SFjul16-200x132.jpg\" alt=\"chuck-close-SF(jul16)\" width=\"200\" height=\"132\" /></a>On my last morning in San Francisco I went with Clive to the <a href=\"https://www.sfmoma.org/visit/\" target=\"_blank\">Museum of Modern Art</a>. Clive had done some restoration on an electronic piece that used old-fashioned valves and so he managed to wangle a couple of free tickets.\r\n\r\nThere was some really interesting pieces and the whole building on 7 floors was really spacious and well set out but after a couple of hours I experienced sensory overload so we left before seeing everything.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/green-wall-SFjul16.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3621\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/green-wall-SFjul16-220x300.jpg\" alt=\"green-wall-SF(jul16)\" width=\"220\" height=\"300\" /></a>After lunch I went for a short walk along 14th Street to see one of the buildings that had a living wall. The longer grasses are like hair and blow in the wind. The building next to it continues with the garden theme with its graffiti.\r\n\r\nLike most cities in the 21st century San Francisco is full of opposites with some wonderful, interesting buildings and then just across the road there\'s a row of tents on the pavement.\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/homeless-SFjuly16.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3622\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/homeless-SFjuly16-220x300.jpg\" alt=\"homeless-SF(july16)\" width=\"220\" height=\"300\" /></a>\r\nSome local charities have provided the tents and of course this has the effect of encouraging the homeless to live on the streets rather than in hostels. I know we bang on about our state benefits system and how much the government spends (as the fifth largest economy in the world) well the USA is the largest economy in the world, an almost non-existent benefit system and this is the result. Of course some people don\'t want to be helped but I cannot believe that all the inhabitants of these encampments prefer being out on the street.', 'Goodbye San Francisco', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'goodbye-san-francisco', '', '', '2016-07-07 19:07:31', '2016-07-07 18:07:31', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?p=3618', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(3623, 283, '2016-07-07 19:07:31', '2016-07-07 18:07:31', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/chuck-close-SFjul16.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3620\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/chuck-close-SFjul16-200x132.jpg\" alt=\"chuck-close-SF(jul16)\" width=\"200\" height=\"132\" /></a>On my last morning in San Francisco I went with Clive to the <a href=\"https://www.sfmoma.org/visit/\" target=\"_blank\">Museum of Modern Art</a>. Clive had done some restoration on an electronic piece that used old-fashioned valves and so he managed to wangle a couple of free tickets.\r\n\r\nThere was some really interesting pieces and the whole building on 7 floors was really spacious and well set out but after a couple of hours I experienced sensory overload so we left before seeing everything.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/green-wall-SFjul16.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3621\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/green-wall-SFjul16-220x300.jpg\" alt=\"green-wall-SF(jul16)\" width=\"220\" height=\"300\" /></a>After lunch I went for a short walk along 14th Street to see one of the buildings that had a living wall. The longer grasses are like hair and blow in the wind. The building next to it continues with the garden theme with its graffiti.\r\n\r\nLike most cities in the 21st century San Francisco is full of opposites with some wonderful, interesting buildings and then just across the road there\'s a row of tents on the pavement.\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/homeless-SFjuly16.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3622\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/homeless-SFjuly16-220x300.jpg\" alt=\"homeless-SF(july16)\" width=\"220\" height=\"300\" /></a>\r\nSome local charities have provided the tents and of course this has the effect of encouraging the homeless to live on the streets rather than in hostels. I know we bang on about our state benefits system and how much the government spends (as the fifth largest economy in the world) well the USA is the largest economy in the world, an almost non-existent benefit system and this is the result. Of course some people don\'t want to be helped but I cannot believe that all the inhabitants of these encampments prefer being out on the street.', 'Goodbye San Francisco', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3618-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-07-07 19:07:31', '2016-07-07 18:07:31', '', 3618, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/3623', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3624, 283, '2016-07-07 20:25:07', '2016-07-07 19:25:07', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/BA-flight-homejul16.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3626\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/BA-flight-homejul16-200x138.jpg\" alt=\"BA-flight-home(jul16)\" width=\"200\" height=\"138\" /></a>The journey back wasn\'t without incident. I couldn\'t check-in online for some reason and when I arrived at the check-in desk it turns out the flight is over-subscribed and they couldn\'t allocate me a seat number but I did get a boarding pass. When I arrived at the gate I expected to get a seat allocation but that didn\'t happen either. I was one of the last to get on the plane and was allocated a seat, 64J but when I arrived at the seat there was already someone sitting in it and their boarding pass said 64J too. I set off to find a cabin crew and was asked to stand in the galley while she took my boarding pass and went back to see the person sitting in 64J. His pass was legitimate as was mine and I thought I was going to get an upgrade to business class but no, the person already sitting down got the upgrade and I got my allocated seat - tough deal!\r\n\r\nWhat can I say about a ten and a half hour flight other than I watched three movies which were so bland I cannot even remember what they were 24 hours later. Getting through passport control was quick with the automatic passport readers and face recognition camera working really well. Baggage collection hasn\'t improved but what should I expect when over 500 items are being removed from one aircraft. Dave was at the arrivals exit and had only waited 20 minutes. I was back at home by 6pm in time to get cleaned up and then all the family sat down at Dave and Lucie\'s for a fish and chip supper. What a wonderful welcome home... By the time I went to sleep I calculated I\'d been awake for about 30 hours.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/jane-and-maisieaug15.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2744\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/jane-and-maisieaug15-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"jane-and-maisie(aug15)\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a>This morning I collected Maisie\'s body from the vet and buried her in a nice shady spot under the trees. Tears were shed for my two girls and a few words said, I\'ll miss her.\r\n\r\nThankfully there\'s plenty to do - shopping, bills, haircut, etc so I don\'t have time to dwell.', 'Home Sweet Home', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'home-sweet-home', '', '', '2016-07-07 21:42:58', '2016-07-07 20:42:58', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?p=3624', 0, 'post', '', 5),
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(3628, 283, '2016-07-07 20:25:07', '2016-07-07 19:25:07', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/BA-flight-homejul16.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3626\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/BA-flight-homejul16-200x138.jpg\" alt=\"BA-flight-home(jul16)\" width=\"200\" height=\"138\" /></a>The journey back wasn\'t without incident. I couldn\'t check-in online for some reason and when I arrived at the check-in desk it turns out the flight is over-subscribed and they couldn\'t allocate me a seat number but I did get a boarding pass. When I arrived at the gate I expected to get a seat allocation but that didn\'t happen either. I was one of the last to get on the plane and was allocated a seat, 64J but when I arrived at the seat there was already someone sitting in it and their boarding pass said 64J too. I set off to find a cabin crew and was asked to stand in the galley while she took my boarding pass and went back to see the person sitting in 64J. His pass was legitimate as was mine and I thought I was going to get an upgrade to business class but no, the person already sitting down got the upgrade and I got my allocated seat - tough deal!\r\n\r\nWhat can I say about a ten and a half hour flight other than I watched three movies which were so bland I cannot even remember what they were 24 hours later. Getting through passport control was quick with the automatic passport readers and face recognition camera working really well. Baggage collection hasn\'t improved but what should I expect when over 500 items are being removed from one aircraft. Dave was at the arrivals exit and had only waited 20 minutes. I was back at home by 6pm in time to get cleaned up and then all the family sat down at Dave and Lucie\'s for a fish and chip supper. What a wonderful welcome home... By the time I went to sleep I calculated I\'d been awake for about 30 hours.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/jane-and-maisieaug15.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2744\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/jane-and-maisieaug15-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"jane-and-maisie(aug15)\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a>This morning I collected Maisie\'s body from the vet and buried her in a nice shady spot under the trees. Tears were shed for my two girls and a few words said, I\'ll miss her.\r\n\r\nThankfully there\'s plenty to do - shopping, bills, h etc so I don\'t have time to dwell.', 'Home Sweet Home', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3624-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-07-07 20:25:07', '2016-07-07 19:25:07', '', 3624, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/3628', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(3638, 283, '2016-07-08 18:38:03', '2016-07-08 17:38:03', 'It was good to get back into the garden again. In the three weeks whilst I was away the foxgloves have flowered and are now past their best. Jane loved her foxgloves amongst the trees and they have reseeded all over the garden. Next year I will think about restricting them to particular areas so they don\'t crowd out some of the other flowers such as the Lupins and Canterbury bells. There is still plenty of colour in the garden but ask me to name them all...\r\n\r\n[gallery type=\"rectangular\" link=\"file\" ids=\"3637,3636,3635,3634,3633,3632,3631,3630\"]\r\n\r\nThe vegetable plot isn\'t doing as well as I\'d expected but my neighbours tell me the weather has been cool and very wet. The Sultana french runner beans have hardly grown at all and it looks like the slugs will get more out of these beans than I will. This is a learning situation and next year I will stick to Painted Lady runners which are doing very well - provided they taste OK.\r\n\r\nPiglet, yes that\'s the chosen name for the robot mower, has been busy keeping the lawn cut and so all I had to do was strim round the edges. More to be done tomorrow provided the weather stays dry...', 'Back In The Garden', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'back-in-the-garden', '', '', '2016-07-08 18:38:33', '2016-07-08 17:38:33', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?p=3638', 0, 'post', '', 2),
(3639, 283, '2016-07-08 18:35:17', '2016-07-08 17:35:17', 'It was good to get back into the garden again. In the three weeks whilst I was away the foxgloves have flowered and are now past their best. Jane loved her foxgloves amongst the trees and they have resown all over the garden. Next year I will think about resticting them to particular areas so they don\'t crowd out some of the other flowers like Lupins and Canterbury bells.\r\n\r\n[gallery type=\"rectangular\" link=\"file\" ids=\"3637,3636,3635,3634,3633,3632,3631,3630\"]\r\n\r\nThe vegetable plot isn\'t doing as well as I\'d expected but my neighbours tell me the weather has been cool and very wet. The Sultana french runner beans have hardly grown at all and it looks like the slugs will get more out of these beans than I will. This is a learning situation and next year I will stick to Painted Lady runners which are doing very well - provided they taste OK.\r\n\r\nPiglet, yes that\'s the chosen name for the robot mower, has been busy keeping the lawn cut and so all I had to do was strim round the edges. More to be done tomorrow provided the weather stays dry...', 'Back In The Garden', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3638-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-07-08 18:35:17', '2016-07-08 17:35:17', '', 3638, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/3639', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3640, 283, '2016-07-08 18:38:03', '2016-07-08 17:38:03', 'It was good to get back into the garden again. In the three weeks whilst I was away the foxgloves have flowered and are now past their best. Jane loved her foxgloves amongst the trees and they have resown all over the garden. Next year I will think about restricting them to particular areas so they don\'t crowd out some of the other flowers such as the Lupins and Canterbury bells. There is still plenty of colour in the garden but ask me to name them all...\r\n\r\n[gallery type=\"rectangular\" link=\"file\" ids=\"3637,3636,3635,3634,3633,3632,3631,3630\"]\r\n\r\nThe vegetable plot isn\'t doing as well as I\'d expected but my neighbours tell me the weather has been cool and very wet. The Sultana french runner beans have hardly grown at all and it looks like the slugs will get more out of these beans than I will. This is a learning situation and next year I will stick to Painted Lady runners which are doing very well - provided they taste OK.\r\n\r\nPiglet, yes that\'s the chosen name for the robot mower, has been busy keeping the lawn cut and so all I had to do was strim round the edges. More to be done tomorrow provided the weather stays dry...', 'Back In The Garden', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3638-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-07-08 18:38:03', '2016-07-08 17:38:03', '', 3638, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/3640', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3641, 283, '2016-07-08 18:38:33', '2016-07-08 17:38:33', 'It was good to get back into the garden again. In the three weeks whilst I was away the foxgloves have flowered and are now past their best. Jane loved her foxgloves amongst the trees and they have reseeded all over the garden. Next year I will think about restricting them to particular areas so they don\'t crowd out some of the other flowers such as the Lupins and Canterbury bells. There is still plenty of colour in the garden but ask me to name them all...\r\n\r\n[gallery type=\"rectangular\" link=\"file\" ids=\"3637,3636,3635,3634,3633,3632,3631,3630\"]\r\n\r\nThe vegetable plot isn\'t doing as well as I\'d expected but my neighbours tell me the weather has been cool and very wet. The Sultana french runner beans have hardly grown at all and it looks like the slugs will get more out of these beans than I will. This is a learning situation and next year I will stick to Painted Lady runners which are doing very well - provided they taste OK.\r\n\r\nPiglet, yes that\'s the chosen name for the robot mower, has been busy keeping the lawn cut and so all I had to do was strim round the edges. More to be done tomorrow provided the weather stays dry...', 'Back In The Garden', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3638-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-07-08 18:38:33', '2016-07-08 17:38:33', '', 3638, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/3641', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(3646, 283, '2016-07-10 22:34:19', '2016-07-10 21:34:19', 'Nick and Val invited me along to an open day at <a href=\"https://northcoatesflyingclub.com/\" target=\"_blank\">North Coates Air Club</a>. It\'s an old grass airstrip that dates back to the Royal Flying Corp in the First World War. The event was a typical Lincolnshire event with all the appearance of going back in time to the 1950s, even the coffee was only one pound per cup.\r\n\r\nThe aircraft were interesting - a flyby from the Coastguard helicopter; a WW2 American Mustang; A Robinson helicopter and an autogyro. There were also several fixed wing aircraft doing circuits and bumps.\r\n\r\n[gallery type=\"rectangular\" ids=\"3643,3645,3644,3642\"]\r\n\r\nIt was a good thing to do on a Sunday morning - it was either this or listening to the Archers\' Omnibus when I\'d already listened to them all on iPlayer.', 'Mini Air Display', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'mini-air-display', '', '', '2016-07-10 22:36:31', '2016-07-10 21:36:31', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?p=3646', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(3647, 283, '2016-07-10 22:34:19', '2016-07-10 21:34:19', 'Nick and Val invited me along to an open day at <a href=\"https://northcoatesflyingclub.com/\" target=\"_blank\">North Coates Air Club</a>. It\'s an old grass airstrip that dates back to the Royal Flying Corp in the First World War. The event was a typical Lincolnshire event with all the appearance of going back in time to the 1950s, even the coffee was only one pound per cup.\r\n\r\nThe aircraft were interesting - a flyby from the Coastguard helicopter; a WW2 American Mustang; A Robinson helicopter and an autogyro. There were also several fixed wing aircraft doing circuits and bumps.\r\n\r\n[gallery type=\"rectangular\" ids=\"3643,3645,3644,3642\"]', 'Mini Air Display', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3646-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-07-10 22:34:19', '2016-07-10 21:34:19', '', 3646, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/3647', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3648, 283, '2016-07-10 22:36:39', '2016-07-10 21:36:39', 'Nick and Val invited me along to an open day at <a href=\"https://northcoatesflyingclub.com/\" target=\"_blank\">North Coates Air Club</a>. It\'s an old grass airstrip that dates back to the Royal Flying Corp in the First World War. The event was a typical Lincolnshire event with all the appearance of going back in time to the 1950s, even the coffee was only one pound per cup.\n\nThe aircraft were interesting - a flyby from the Coastguard helicopter; a WW2 American Mustang; A Robinson helicopter and an autogyro. There were also several fixed wing aircraft doing circuits and bumps.\n\n[gallery type=\"rectangular\" ids=\"3643,3645,3644,3642\"]\n\nIt was a good thing to do on a Sunday morning - it was either this or listening to the Archers\' Omnibus when I\'d already listened to them all on iPlayer.', 'Mini Air Display', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3646-autosave-v1', '', '', '2016-07-10 22:36:39', '2016-07-10 21:36:39', '', 3646, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/3648', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3649, 283, '2016-07-10 22:36:31', '2016-07-10 21:36:31', 'Nick and Val invited me along to an open day at <a href=\"https://northcoatesflyingclub.com/\" target=\"_blank\">North Coates Air Club</a>. It\'s an old grass airstrip that dates back to the Royal Flying Corp in the First World War. The event was a typical Lincolnshire event with all the appearance of going back in time to the 1950s, even the coffee was only one pound per cup.\r\n\r\nThe aircraft were interesting - a flyby from the Coastguard helicopter; a WW2 American Mustang; A Robinson helicopter and an autogyro. There were also several fixed wing aircraft doing circuits and bumps.\r\n\r\n[gallery type=\"rectangular\" ids=\"3643,3645,3644,3642\"]\r\n\r\nIt was a good thing to do on a Sunday morning - it was either this or listening to the Archers\' Omnibus when I\'d already listened to them all on iPlayer.', 'Mini Air Display', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3646-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-07-10 22:36:31', '2016-07-10 21:36:31', '', 3646, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/3649', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3650, 283, '2016-07-11 07:31:22', '2016-07-11 06:31:22', '', 'garden-corner-Sept14', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'closed', '', 'garden-corner-sept14', '', '', '2016-07-11 07:34:16', '2016-07-11 06:34:16', '', 3652, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/garden-corner-Sept14.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(3651, 283, '2016-07-11 07:31:30', '2016-07-11 06:31:30', '', 'garden-corner-July16', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'closed', '', 'garden-corner-july16', '', '', '2016-07-11 07:39:22', '2016-07-11 06:39:22', '', 3652, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/garden-corner-July16.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(3652, 283, '2016-07-11 07:44:17', '2016-07-11 06:44:17', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/garden-corner-Sept14.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3650\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/garden-corner-Sept14-300x220.jpg\" alt=\"garden-corner-Sept14\" width=\"300\" height=\"220\" /></a>A couple of people have commented on my photographs of the flowers in the garden but suggested I should show how larger parts of the garden look. Last night I was looking through some pictures and came across this one taken in September 2014. We moved into the house in April of that year so we had the lawn laid and a few plants in place. At times it seemed quite haphazard to me but she had a vision that she was pursuing.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/garden-corner-July16.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3651\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/garden-corner-July16-300x220.jpg\" alt=\"garden-corner-July16\" width=\"300\" height=\"220\" /></a>Jane worked extremely hard, sometimes until the light failed in the evening to get the garden established and for most of that time she was undergoing treatment for her cancer. She was always highly motivated (I\'ve never met anyone as motivated and energised as her) but her diagnosis gave her an extra impetus and in the 18 months before her death she spent as much time as possible bringing the garden into the shape she wanted. She created a cottage garden feel which is exactly what she wanted. It makes me proud (and tearful) to continue with her ambition.', 'Garden Comparisons', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'garden-comparisons', '', '', '2016-07-11 07:44:17', '2016-07-11 06:44:17', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?p=3652', 0, 'post', '', 1),
(3653, 283, '2016-07-11 07:44:17', '2016-07-11 06:44:17', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/garden-corner-Sept14.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3650\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/garden-corner-Sept14-300x220.jpg\" alt=\"garden-corner-Sept14\" width=\"300\" height=\"220\" /></a>A couple of people have commented on my photographs of the flowers in the garden but suggested I should show how larger parts of the garden look. Last night I was looking through some pictures and came across this one taken in September 2014. We moved into the house in April of that year so we had the lawn laid and a few plants in place. At times it seemed quite haphazard to me but she had a vision that she was pursuing.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/garden-corner-July16.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3651\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/garden-corner-July16-300x220.jpg\" alt=\"garden-corner-July16\" width=\"300\" height=\"220\" /></a>Jane worked extremely hard, sometimes until the light failed in the evening to get the garden established and for most of that time she was undergoing treatment for her cancer. She was always highly motivated (I\'ve never met anyone as motivated and energised as her) but her diagnosis gave her an extra impetus and in the 18 months before her death she spent as much time as possible bringing the garden into the shape she wanted. She created a cottage garden feel which is exactly what she wanted. It makes me proud (and tearful) to continue with her ambition.', 'Garden Comparisons', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3652-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-07-11 07:44:17', '2016-07-11 06:44:17', '', 3652, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/3653', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3655, 283, '2016-07-11 22:32:18', '2016-07-11 21:32:18', '', 'Tatton-steps(jul16)', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'closed', '', 'tatton-stepsjul16', '', '', '2016-07-11 22:32:18', '2016-07-11 21:32:18', '', 3654, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Tatton-stepsjul16.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(3656, 283, '2016-07-11 22:44:34', '2016-07-11 21:44:34', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Tatton-stepsjul16.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3655\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Tatton-stepsjul16-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Tatton-steps(jul16)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>The British summer continues with another wet day. After three weeks in California with never a drop of rain it seems in Britain this year it never stops raining. No surprise then that it rained all the way to Tatton Park and for most of the afternoon. Welcome to the world of building show gardens.\r\n\r\nCaitlin works so hard and is incredibly committed to her design but she needs to be because there is so much working against anyone building a show garden. Deliveries being late is only a minor part - plants have to be ready and in perfect condition at just the right time. They cannot be too early or too late and when the weather is so unpredictable as it has been this year it becomes a complete nightmare.\r\n\r\nSo what have I learned today? Firstly build in a significant amount of redundancy with plants, up to 30%; secondly be versatile in one\'s planting plans and thirdly the level of finesse and detail required in a show garden is unbelievable.', 'RHS Tatton Park Day 1', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3654-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-07-11 22:44:34', '2016-07-11 21:44:34', '', 3654, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/3656', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(3657, 283, '2016-07-11 22:49:58', '2016-07-11 21:49:58', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Tatton-stepsjul16.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3655\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Tatton-stepsjul16-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Tatton-steps(jul16)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>The British summer continues with another wet day. After three weeks in California with never a drop of rain it seems in Britain this year it never stops raining. No surprise then that it rained all the way to Tatton Park and for most of the afternoon. Welcome to the world of building show gardens.\r\n\r\nCaitlin works so hard and is incredibly committed to her design and she needs to be because there is so much working against anyone building a show garden. Deliveries being late is only a minor part - plants have to be ready and in perfect condition at just the right time. They cannot be too early or too late and when the weather is so unpredictable as it has been this year it becomes a complete nightmare.\r\n\r\nSo what have I learned today? Firstly build in a significant amount of redundancy with plants, up to 30%; secondly be versatile in one\'s planting plans and thirdly the level of finesse and detail required in a show garden is unbelievable.', 'RHS Tatton Park Day 1', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3654-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-07-11 22:49:58', '2016-07-11 21:49:58', '', 3654, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/3657', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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