Booking enquiries for the Bavarian Hut grow, my phone rings and the washing and chores pile up. This working from home is proving challenging and others in the family haven't the time to help with the chores because they have jobs to go to! Oh, really?
I am reminded constantly of the treasures we found when renovating up at the Bavarian Hut. We have brought down a collection of vintage typewriters, desks, irons, sewing machines, mirror, commercial cookware, cuckoo clocks, ships lanterns, meat scale, bells, crockery and cutlery from the Hut to our home and it is consoling to be surrounded by some of the furniture.
I find a spotless record player in a storeroom and we add to our collection of vinyl records. Bits of material and wool find a creative channel for me as I cover the tops of marmalade jars and create more teacozies. Feeling generous one day, Natalie and I pile some in the car and set off for one of the local charity shops and they enthusiastically accept them.
Bruce and I catch up on conversation in the short winter evenings that lie ahead. We discuss all aspects of the business and find our list of future projects growing. There are phone calls and emails made to tradespeople and cleaners while we check the property ourselves before visitors arrive. I automatically run through the list in my head. Water tanks and gas cylinders full, lawn mown, house cleaned and linen and towels placed neatly, firewood ready, samples of tea/coffee/toilet paper/soap/dish clothes? Maintenance issues attended to and the letterbox emptied. Bills paid and queries followed up.
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