Today I decided to clean the windows at the back of the house. The front ones were done inside a few weeks ago when I was spring cleaning and the window cleaner comes every fortnight to do the outsides.
I took down the net curtains and put them in the washing machine and cleaned the outsides first. Now I know I only do these twice a year because I have to climb out of the bathroom window onto the flat kitchen roof in order to do the back bedroom and bathroom windows. Then I have to get the steps out to do the dining room one and I don't like heights especially when the steps wobble.
These windows were cleaned in November last year but the builders made a mess of them when they worked on the side of the house in December but as they are not double glazed and get loads of condensation all through the winter, I tend to leave them until April.
Not only did I have the mess from the builders to wash off but there was something else which was far more disturbing...volcanic ash deposits. We haven't had that much rain since the eruption of the Icelandic volcano with the unpronouncable name, but we did have a couple of showers at the weekend and the wind has also been coming from right direction too. There doesn't seem to be any other explanation because when I did the small lights on the top of the front door I found the same fine, black dusty deposits and these were cleaned last Thursday.
Still, I must be thankful that it was only dust deposits and not great big lumps of lava or pumice!
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