The logs have all been hand split because my hydraulic log splitter with a 7 tonne splitting force has broken down on me. I have been splitting the logs a bit at a time; it helps me warm up on cold mornings.
These logs are from one of the fallen poplar trees which came down in a storm last Winter. I built a new wood store nearer to the house to help accommodate the extra wood supply. It measures 12'x4'x4'. I have another store with logs I have been using up this Winter.
For her birthday recently, our duaghters bought Janet a hamper of exotic fruits. They reminded her of 'home' and some grew in her parent's garden or were commonplace in the market. Not all of the fruit come China and South East Asia but many of them were very familiar. In particular lychees, dragon fruit, star fruit, guarva, mangoes (of which there were several different types in the hamper), mangosteen and rambutan. The latter are particulalry tasty. They are the red, hairy looking fruits in the front. I we enjoyed it very much!
