A lot can happen in a week unless it's a lockdown week because not a lot happens. This week in the UK has been the hottest of the summer and as the lockdown is eased more and more people are being crazy and becoming complacent about social distancing. I'm trying to assess risk and adjust to the situation but it's impossible to allow for the idiots. When doing my daily shop two brain dead zombies came strolling down the aisle the wrong way and when I pointed this out to them they were less than gracious in their comments to me.

<a href="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/honey-framejun20.jpg"><img class="alignleft wp-image-6355 size-thumbnail" src="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/honey-framejun20-200x150.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="150" /></a>Despite the heat I haven't been totally idle. I've been building a frame holder so that when I extract honey next time I can put the frame into this cradle and melt the wax off the surface before spinning the frame. This has been recommended as a better way of removing the wax than scraping it off as I did with the first extraction.

<a href="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/painted-frame-holderjun20.jpg"><img class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-6354" src="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/painted-frame-holderjun20-200x150.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="150" /></a>I used wood that had been left over from the house build and had been stored in the garage for the last 6 years. After more than 50 years my 'O' Level woodwork skills are still coming in handy.

The job wasn't properly finished until I had given it several coats of paint, again left over from the house build and amazingly still usable.

<a href="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/peruvian-lily-displayjun20.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-6353" src="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/peruvian-lily-displayjun20-150x200.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="200" /></a>I try to keep the house looking homely so I cut some of the Peruvian Lilies and made a display. Even after ten days they are still going strong although I did have to shorten the stems and rearrange them. And no I didn't do 'O' Level flower arranging.

Are there no ends to this man's skills? Yes, there are but I'm not about to declare them here.

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The tree lined walk has slowly been disappearing under a mass of weeds so with some determination I decided to clear the path. I think the before and after should be obvious...

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I now need to sort out the weeds on either side of the path before it becomes too overgrown.