The bird house. Spring.

Spring again!

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The hens enjoying their freedom in our ornamental garden. The spruce hedge gives them shade from the hot sun, and by the compost bin there is endless scratching to be done and plenty of fat earthworms to eat. At first they did not even have a fence around them, I simply kept an eye out so that nobody wandered into the vegetable beds. Later we put up a one metre net. If one of them lost her head and flew over the fence, she would be badly startled and trot back and forth along the netting trying to get back to the others. Over the summer they got clever enough to make a round of the neighbourhood and fly back into the run by themselves.

 

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Violin case repair

Last school year, I repaired my grandchild's violin case. The loops meant for attaching the backpack straps had torn off. She cycles to school, and it’s impossible to ride while holding the violin in your hand. Naturally, the violin and case—which belonged to the school—went back at the start of the summer. Now that the new school year has begun, she has been issued a school violin and case again, but this one is in even worse condition than last year's. So, I undertook the repair once more. This time, I decided to replace the entire back panel—including the piping—and cover the torn section at the end of the case with a leather patch. I used reflective tape for the top layer of the piping. The video condenses six hours of work into three minutes. If anyone finds themselves in need of a similar repair, I will be able to take on a few jobs starting in February 2027, and I can handle a few at a time during the summer break.

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