Ian the Excellent Painter has been again. L&F HQ is a bit like the Forth Road Bridge before they invented a self-restoring paint, or whatever they did. No sooner has he finished than he has to start again – and this isn’t ‘ooo it’s a new week, we must redecorate’ sort of painting. Rather, this is ‘how long can we patch this bit of wood before it’s really past it?’ sort of painting. The log shed door is lacier than a lace wing, and several windows needed replacing when we moved here 20y ago, so we have been on borrowed time for a while. Mercifully Ian has kept us on despite recently having moved about 200 miles away and he’s such a self-starter that we sometimes wake up to find him in the yard, hard at work, with no notice given at all. I can hear you thinking that he’s onto a good thing - believe me, WE are. He’s a true grafter and a craftsman, and we have learned that if he says he can preserve something for a bit longer then he can, but more importantly, if he says it’s time up, then it is and the bullet must be bitten. So hats off to Ian and his ilk: the true British grafter, grafting hard in all weathers with great skill and judgement. (And I’m not currying favour: I bet you a tenner he never reads this.)
IAN THE PAINT
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