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I have taken some time off this week to ‘finish’ painting the house — most specifically, the Ugly Room that has always been dominated by bad light, lots of dirt, and a boiler the size of Rhode Island. The friend who has helped me paint almost every room in the house made yet another pilgrimage from Glasgow, and we worked well into the night on Tuesday. Yesterday was the inevitable trip to the shrine of IKEA, and today I have painted the tiles (cough, cough). It’s not quite done yet — I still need a grouting pen that is not Silver (oops), and some paint for the pipes, but here are a few photos to show St Ninia that her work has paid off:

 

 

 

WordPress offers a list each day of what search terms people have used to find the blog.  It is usually fairly predictable: my name, the blog’s name, R. S. Thomas, eucharist, house blessing, and the like.  But today someone found their way here by searching for ‘cheese scented candle.’

I cannot think of any post that would be of help to them.  Indeed, while candles are a regular feature, I have no recolection of blogging about cheese.

What a strange world the internet is.

The wedding hymns page is fixed now.  Thanks for letting me know it wasn’t working.

After days of trouble with Outlook Express, my frustration led me to seek an alternative. I’ve been using Firefox as my web browser for years, but for some reason have never noticed Thunderbird for email. I’ve now downloaded it, tidied up my folders, and am greatly impressed. It has handy little colour tags so that you can quickly sort personal from work, to-do from done. It transferred everything I needed from Outlook very swiftly. Well worth a try…