We are having such trouble getting onto AOL, a connection , once got , lasts about five minutes , not long enough to down load photos . I have been busy with monkey socks , finishing off antique garments ( one was over 5 years old ) .

I heard the words that I never want to hear again last Sunday .. ' The pond has to be emptied ' .. 50.000 gallons of water later, the fish in temporary housing , the filter dug out , and the garden looking like an incompetent builders yard. Ladders, plastic sheeting , gravel , bricks , wheel barrows , hose pipes, you name it , I have tripped over it . The gin consumption in the evening has risen quite a bit as well, I am now elected as general factotum and labourer . It is pouring with rain now , far too wet to be outside , thanks be !
Will post photos of the horror as soon as AOL decides to behave .