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Seasonal Variation Loop
This house is the first place I’ve lived in for more than two years since about 2000. Before then I had seasonal jobs, or short-term contracts/courses where nothing was permanent. While it’s fun moving around and seeing new places, it’s kind of annoying living in a single room with no more than a carful of stuff.
I’ve lived in this house since 2007, and it’s nice noticing the seasons… Continue reading
Mould Be Gone
After running my heating at a higher temperature, and pointing a small fan heater at the mould patches, my house is probably drier. I made up a solution of bleach and water and wiped the walls with it. This seemed to take the mould off leaving no visible staining. Hopefully the bleach will also prevent the mould from coming back… Continue reading
Welcome to the freezer
My house is so cold! It’s one of those red-brick victorian terraced houses that had no insulation because it wasn’t invented back then. Also, with a fire place in each room who needs insulation? Just chuck another log on.
Only this is 2008 and all the fireplaces have been bricked up, which is a shame. There is central heating and it does work, in every room except the front room, the… Continue reading | 1 Comment
My work has culture
I have a vague recollection of eating a stew one dinner time before the holidays. As is the way of things I forgot about the empty dish and hid it somewhere amongst the mess on my desk. Before going home tonight I found it again…
I like the folds in the colonies of bacteria and mould. No idea what type of simple lifeform this is, but it’ll give… Continue reading