exhausted

breakfast done, go upstairs and turn on the gas heater. The small bathroom needs to be plastered, at least it's walls do. Collate the necessary tools, and the mixing bucket and go down to the bathroom to get a bucket of water.

four hours later half of the walls are covered in a layer of white lime plaster. It is not perfect, but it will do for some time. And anyway, it is only the first layer. And frustration has set in, there are other jobs which would be preferable.

Tiredness has worked it's way into the bones, the exercise and the effort have taken their toll. The age that has slowly been advancing has sapped the strength away. So lie down in bed and listen to the choir of bees hum between the ears and consider a shower to get rid of the plaster dust in the hair.