Loom of the moon

As of late, we have been grafting hard with DiY projects, family arrangements and finding work. I have been scrubbing the engine bay with a wire brush, coating my jumper and unfortunately my arms with tiny shards of metal. Leigh has sealed up the weed-hatch located above the propellor so that when we force the engine in reverse we limit the amount of canal water that flows into the engine bay. We have had many a conversation with fellow boaters about how to's, where to's and what abouts! We've decided against the use of Hammerite and are opting for red oxide paint in the engine bay. I have treated the rust and there was a fair lot of that so when the pennies are plentyful we will get the paint.

Speaking of which, we haven't yet found local work but things have come together back in old Nottingham with several days of work in early October, much of the same stuff as before, so that is a spot of luck!

I've started a new knitting project with these beauties...


and as it is a gift, I have a deadline to work towards, so am knitting at any opportunity, in between rust treatment coats etc. There are some additions to the boat too, we have been concentrating on storage and ease of access issues...

Leigh found this cabinet in an antique shop and it fits so perfectly with the boat that it looks like it was made for her!

This lovely item was kindly passed on by Leigh's mum, who has very fine taste!



And with the left-over green curtain I was able to fashion a divider and noise reducer between the bedroom and living area...


Today Delia has dragged another half dead mouse into the boat and so we have purchased her a collar and tinker-bell to ward off suspecting prey as this cannot go on! Although very shocked, with stories of her leaping about from the hedgerow, she is currently settled next to me, taken to the fact of our need to curtail her natural instincts.

These latest days I have been feeling the swell of full moon and the inner tides, floating in a fog that I can't wait to pass...
Tomorrow we plan to move, not far, just through the rest of Atherstone locks, on our way to Hartshill. And so I leave you, dear reader with this found woodcut; river, moon-light and mountain...