I ‘should’ be talking about the week-long break in the action. But I’m not going to.

I did have some company and it was remarkably, unusually congenial. So thank you to the individual subscribers for that, and for more than that.

***

I am still a long way from feeling great, but most of the time I’m feeling alright.

Sunday is going to be another long wet one. After that, a phase of sixtyish for a high and something either side of the freeze point in the deep of night.

On the last 70-degree day I pre-burned the furnace with the house open to the air.

Next up is cleaning out and setting up the hot huts for the strays.