iSnow

It's time again: a new Snow for Mac, aka iSnow Classic. The old one from 2012 doesn't work well on the latest macOS anymore. An update is almost ready. And it also works on multiple monitors at the same time. 

The first snow was in 1984, on the first Macintosh. So now we're 33 years later. (Xsnow is from 1993.)

UPDATE: the update is accepted.

Homework

Here we go again. One more job, hopefully, because of the state of the house. The plaster is loose. Wether this is caused by age is a good question.
It's not 200 years. Yet it needs replacing. That will happen the next few weeks. With an electric thing the plaster is hammered off off the walls, and that's going pretty quickly. Which is for the better, as we have a lot of walls.

Grand Marnier ish

Grand Marnier is very nice, but not readily available here. At least not at Mercadona. They do have Cointreau, but no regular triple sec, while this is orange country. Odd. Mercadona does have a quite good tequila, so we don't have to spend our lives here without Margaritas. (Don't worry.)

Grand Marnier and triple sec are available, but in only one liquor shop that we know, in Vera. Mercadona does have a nice Spanish brandy, for less than 10€. The good thing is that this brandy mixed with common triple sec is not quite unlike Grand Marnier. Which makes life here a little cheaper again.

Still really unavailable is Poire William eau de vie. Unknown here. Which is a pity. What they do have here are the Williams pears themselves. Never seen those elsewhere.

Limes

So many limes from such a flimsy tree. And see the giant lime on top? Funny, this tree cost about 15 euro,
and already pays back in fruit. Yes, true, tub and soil cost money too, but that is not what really matters, eh. Much worse is there is not enough tequila in the house to consume them all!

Are these Australian finger limes ready yet..?

And the keffir limes / djeroek poeroet?

Citrus update 2

Do you remember this sorry orange tree, last year, 2015? Else have a look at Identify this citrus.

Watering, fertilising, and Zoomba peeing have paid off.

And look now, 2017.

Kitchen counter oil

Sanded, more or less lightly.

First layer tung oil. Pity the shine vanishes the moment the wood has absorbed the oil. Only after many layers the shine stays.

What a pity, it did not "hold". Apparently the previous owner did not use oil but some teak varnish or something, not oil. Dickhead. Some heavy sanding to gt it all off is in order. Not a great job, this is iroco wood, and very tough.

This is the fourth(!) treatment. Not layer. Oil does not really build up in layers. It sinks into the wood. Another layer tomorrow.

And the sink was put in place first, only then the counter top was treated. Under the rim just silicone. Because, what you don't see does not matter. Sigh.

Waaah! Cold!

It's November, and while the temparture of the pool water was 100º in the summer, it now is a measly 21º,
and that is... COLD! Yes, we're wuzzies, but we have a trick up our sleeves for that: exciting neoprene swimming suits. Sort of 2.5 mm stretchy foamy rubber that will insulate you from the poolwater.

And you look like a Kraftwerk robot too, this way.

Poolwater... HAHAHA!

Grapfruit

Flimsy tree, but so many grapefuit! The fruits are still green, though already bright red inside. Still I harvested them, as the tree loses leaves and has aphids. It's not doing well, so off with it’s fruit!