Carnage

Monday, 11 March, 2024

Here are a few pictures of the carnage. The worst part of today? Having to throw shelf after shelf of signed books, collected over many years and at great expense, into the bin!

Burnt to a char and still a smile on his face. I'm gonna be keeping this
fella no matter what he looks like after a scrub.

The cause of the fire - faulty electric socket wiring

Our digital clock

Our once bejewelled bedroom ceiling light

Our bedroom TV

The view from the bed

Our telly

My old Jaws shelf, videod here just the other day

Our bedroom fan

The plants in the front porch, however, loved the burst of heat.
I've never seen this Jade looking so good!

Caught the highest tide of the year briefly as we drove back to Mumbles after house-sorting:


We saw something strange as we approached the Airbnb then. Dont Ask! But it ended with a furious dog chasing me from the scene:



Been a busy day but can't complain when there is still time to chill with fudjcat and a good film - The Black Phone. It's our last day in this Mumbles holiday let tomorrow. On Wednesday we relocate to a cheaper caravan/trailer down Llanrhidian for a couple of weeks. Our landlord reckons it will take at least 6-8 weeks to make our house habitable again...

fudjcat

 Sunday, 10 March, 2024

Me and fudjcat

Fudjcat"s favourite pastime is watching TV:

Accommodation Decisions

 Saturday, 09 March, 2024

We've settled into the little bungalow we have hired for a few days whilst we find somewhere slightly longer term to hang out whilst the landlord does whatever landlords do to get their houses fit for human (and cat) habitation at times like this. Who knows what the next few weeks will bring,.. "We've had an idea of how to make the best of things whilst away from our home, but we'll need to see if our son agrees when he comes back from his overnight stay with friends today. I'm hoping he agrees, though.

Anyway, it is certainly a time to count our blessings, so I will start with gratitude for the fact that we live in such a beautiful part of the world. As a photographer, the joy and comfort I receive from the landscape are immense, so I thought I'd close this update with some of the locations where we have been making our decisions these past couple of days. I am in no way a religious person, but despite everything that has happened lately, our family is still blessed.

This is the village where I grew up. My Mum's house has poor internet, so we parked up here to search for temporary accommodation where we can recuperate from life:





We have moved to this side of the bay for the next few days. Our usual home is on the other side of this bay (see the land to the left of the pic in the background.

Fudjcat Chillin'

Friday, 08 March, 2024

Stayed at my mum's on the day of the fire. Spent yesterday staying there looking after our surviving furbaby, Fudge, between viewing what is left of the house with our landlord, taking The Soosh to the vet to arrange her cremation, sorted out my meds (which may have been ruined by the electricity being switched off as they need to be kept refrigerated at all times) (the health team are getting to me on that on Monday), visiting my doctor as I needed antibiotics for my illness, and finally arranging where we are going to stay for the next few days whilst we take stock and move on. We are now a little off-grid for a few days whilst we take stock of how we move on from here and lick our wounds. Fudj looks like she has overcome her anxiety as she settled nicely in the Airbnb last night.

Sweet Dreams, Sushi

 

Heartbreak

Thursday. 07 March, 2024

Lost The Soosh to a house fire tonight. Heartbroken and homeless.