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18 April 2026

that extra bit of kip

Filed under: diary,Fox News — Trefor Davies @ 8:49 am

Last night my bose phones decided my macbook would no longer be called macbook pro but macbookpro 2. I was on a hotel (I think) wifi network the other day when a pop up appeared (somewhere) telling me that there was already a computer called macbookpro on the network and that mine would henceforth be called macbookpro2. I guess that’s short for “macbook pro too”, or “macbookpro as well”. I thought it was purely for the connection on that DHCP server. Slightly concerned that the network was able to rename a computer though to the extent that the headphones called it something that it had not normally called it. Might look into that one.

Anyway I was awake with the dawn chorus again this morning, as is often the case, but on this occasion I nodded off again and before I knew it it was seven ey em and THG was up mekkin the tea. It’s a very refreshing sleep that extra bit. Had some toast and totes forgot I was meant to be having a bit of grapefruit to celebrate the return of my grapefruit spoon from Holt in Wiltshire where I’d accidentally left it at Christmas. It was brought home by son Joe after he had received it from his cousin Lils in London. A round about route but it saved the postage innit. 

Although it is a Saturday I actually have some work to do. A conf call at 9:30. The things you do eh? I also have to clear some stuff off the jobslist though I did manage to do one of those yesterday pm whilst THG was out. Needed to shift all the turf I’d lifted to prepare the ground for the renewal of the wildflower meadow. It is now all in a builders bag being turned into compost. The meadow itself is starting to show signs of life. V promising. Exciting even.

Got a bit of packing to do this pm as we are off to the smoke again on Sunday for a long lunch followed by a couple of nights out with @Stefan and Katya who are over from Berlin. I’m staying in town as I have meetings on Tuesday evening and all day Thursday so figured it wasn’t worth coming home for one night.

THG has left for the Park Run and the conservatory is warming up as the sun streams through. Should be a good growing day. I must check the progress of the chillies in the greenhouse. Ciao amigos.

Oh and fox spotted at the lake at 03:21 and hedgehog on two separate visits an hour and a half apart at the Raised Beds.

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