Labyrinths and leaks

[ashlyme]

We've had an intermittent drip from the dining room ceiling for ten days now. We were given various explanations: a broken pipe, faulty sealant on the bath, or standing water from a leak last year . Four visits from four different plumbers in just over a week! Bloody tedious, stressful, and expensive.

 

A couple of nice things from the weekend. I won a Mari Lwyd badge on Ebay and she now adorns my peacoat. The badge is not quite three inches across. The Mari has gold spirals along her jaw; she's framed by a starry disk of sky and a sprig of hawthorn in fruit. 

 

An old friend of B's came up from Reading. We had a picnic in Memorial Park among the copper beeches then a drink in Allesley, where I later walked a turf maze. They've cut it into a patch of wildflower meadow in the churchyard; the paths wind through long grass and speedwell. A sign encourages you to walk slowly and meditate; well, I didn't. The second time through I went a bit fey and sorta danced through it when I thought B and Kirsten weren't looking. I'm a bit disappointed I didn't end up somewhere else. My ears are about as pointy as ever.

 

Currently reading A. L. Lloyd's FOLK SONG IN ENGLAND.

Comments

[sovay]

Four visits from four different plumbers in just over a week! Bloody tedious, stressful, and expensive.

That is too much gas-man cometh. All of our sympathies. Dare I ask if the drip has actually been fixed?

A couple of nice things from the weekend. I won a Mari Lwyd badge on Ebay and she now adorns my peacoat. The badge is not quite three inches across. The Mari has gold spirals along her jaw; she's framed by a starry disk of sky and a sprig of hawthorn in fruit.

And the two of you look stellar together. She weighs your other pins well.

The second time through I went a bit fey and sorta danced through it when I thought B and Kirsten weren't looking. I'm a bit disappointed I didn't end up somewhere else. My ears are about as pointy as ever.

It takes time for the lichen to show.

*hugs*

[ashlyme]

*Dare I ask if the drip has actually been fixed?*

Well, we actually know where the leak *is* now. Plumber #4 put a camera into the wall and now we've had to order a part from Amazon. *Eyeroll*

*And the two of you look stellar together. *

Thank you!!! I owe you an e-mail, but got sidetracked by domestic horrors.

*Hugs* I'll keep checking for ascomata.

[sovay]

Plumber #4 put a camera into the wall and now we've had to order a part from Amazon.

Whoopee.

*hugs*

I'll keep checking for ascomata.

Send up a podetium when you find them!

[cmcmck]

The Mari Lwyd is from close to where we now live and my home county of Kent has the hooden horse.