I was up early for a spot of Sunday morning almond de-husking as I'm sure you were too. Having had one of the parts of my de-husking machine reconditioned, it was with much annoyance that we discovered that the repair shop had been over-enthusiastic and had used much heavier duty components. The result was that the tolerances of the machine were reduced and we did end up with pieces of wood getting stuck when they should have been ejected by the machine. After much tampering, we got the throughput right and de-husked a shed-load (well 2 shed-loads actually) of almonds.
The walk back home was uphill and we were treated to some dust swirls as the wind started to get up.
As is usual on these occasions, I get paid for my time and the machine :-) plus I get to have a cold beer and lunch with the neighbours. Today it was the Spanish version of sausage, egg & chips, i.e. chorizo, egg & chips with the proverbial tomatoes which are coming out of everyone's ears.
Post-lunch, the wind had increased and, not having encountered much wind so far, I didn't take any evasive action. Consequently, on waking from a short siesta, I found that a nice layer of dust had settled on much of the upstairs furniture (including my laptop!) with several deeper collections in corners of the windowsill.
It is still blowing now and quite cloudy (though the wind is very warm). Time for me to brave the elements if I want to gather some black figs before dark ready for my trip to the buyer in Cadiar tomorrow.
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