This is the major part (and no doubt CPAM will chip in as well) of my dentist bill of âŹ800
for my full bottom set. The second half of the 2 full sets that he insisted upon when all I wanted was implants for my missing 2 front teeth.
I hate both of them and donât wear them and might well explore the possibility of throwing one away and cutting the other one down to, yes youâve guessed it, 2 front teeth.
David you must wear any prosthetics or else the gums will become uncomfortable and the thing wonât fit again. My top set are in 24/7, out to clean etc like the rest of the natural teeth but after just a few hours in hospital when you have to remove any non natural teeth, my gums had to be âbroken inâ again as they began to change and the unit chafed until I persevered and became comfy again. Donât forget that gums are the doorway to bacteria and then heart problems!
Hereâs my offering ⊠today is great, wall to wall sunshine, laundry will be being âcookedâ on the line very soon⊠birds are singing in the trees and butterflies and buzzing insects are rampaging amid the flowers.
Same in Sud-Angleterre, we are preparing for a most un-British super-hot Bank Holiday weekend.
I will mow the grass before it gets too hot and then lurk inside probably!
Hoping for some clear skies tonight and the next few nights to do some more astrophotography, though frustratingly last night it clouded over just as it got darkâŠ
The camera off my âproperâ telescope is away for repair so I will revert to my small âsmartâ telescope for the time being. Itâs very good for what it is but not quite as good obvs. Sodâs Law.
Have had to start putting the washing outside at night because there are so many birds about they keep pooping on my underwear during daylight hours. Donât forget to turn coloured clothing inside out or they fade very fast
Used to love seeing these when I lived up north. More often than not, they wore a dress and a hat and had a handbag aka Her Maj dangling from the cross strut. Some used to have wellies on. They never frightened the birds off the artichokes though, they just continued to sit on them
Stuart went to the lake this afternoon - he hasnât been there for a few months because of projects on the go around the house. He took the phone and sat and listened to the birds using the Merlin Bird App. What a wonderful surprise - we know there are lots of lovely birds there but in the space of about half an hour he saw and heard:
Black-crowned night heron / Eurasian Moorhen / European Turtle Dove / Long Eared Owl / Barn Swallow / Eurasian Green Woodpecker / Willow Warbler / Goldcrest
and also the cuckoo, coots and mallards, but they didnât make a sound to register on the app but he saw them.
So our Life List now stands at 40 species.
Hearing and seeing all of them is cheerful news if ever there was
p.s he hadnât started the mower we keep there for about 18 months and after 4 pulls, it sprang into action. And itâs got a Briggs & Stratton engine. Not a Honda engine which is his preferred one!
