Glad it went well, Chicky. Worrying times for you - hopefully he'll bounce back now.
Clari - I agree. There has to be some middle ground where the requests for money are only for properly special occasions - getting married, retirement - because it can get really tedious and expensive if there's a whip round every time someone catches a cold.
Hosta - it was horrible last night . Hope you and the garden are all OK. Haven't been out to check mine yet. It's bloomin' freezing out there
Nanny B - I've spent enough time in London to know how anonymous you feel there. Some people like that. Even there is not as bad as Paris though - I found the Parisiens properly rude. Londoners will 'tut' and mutter as they go round you if you get in their way. In Paris they just shove you out of the way.
It does depend what you mean by 'friendly', I suppose. I've heard it suggested that people who live in cities behave differently - in the same way battery chickens or intensively reared pigs will attack one another and exhibit peculiar behaviours. I doubt it's all cities, as some are much more relaxed than others. But there is a noticeable difference, the closer to a big city you get, the more 'closed' people become, on the whole.
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
When I lived in England it was in the South, Surrey then Kent. I found people were friendly and we had lovely neighbors. Now I live in France and people are friendly on the surface if you speak to them but I have found it almost impossible to make real friends, apart from one but she moved up to Brittany when her husband retired. My friends in France are English.
Been busy so not had time to post. Went to Aylesbury on Monday. Saw OH's SIL, 2nd wife of the lovely man who was married to OH,s late sister. We went to his funeral at the end of July and his family have decided that she can't look after herself so she is in a home. So sad, she was happily living in a nice house with the man she loved and now he is gone and she in in a care home. She is very forgetful, though, now that she is 84.
My sister and her OH are coming to stay tomorrow for a couple of days. They haven't seen our cottage in Norfolk yet.
We are going to visit an NGS garden this afternoon, but rain is forecast.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Glad to hear all is going according to plan Chicky ((hugs)).
Hope you've all been able to hang onto your hats ... I've a feeling our bean canes may be deconstructed without us lifting a finger but at least it's dry
OH is getting his bike out and heading to the shops for a few necessities ... think the wind will blow him home quickly ... W'rose is due west of us.
I've spoken to Wonky who thanks you all for your kind wishes. She slept well once she got to sleep and is, at the moment, still in her purple dressing gown. She has had two coffees and has progressed to a mug of Darjeeling tea. She's bored but being good and not doing anything.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Hello from a wet but not very windy Namur. Been to notify th elocals that OH and I are now permanetly gone. Belgian bureaucracy requires this when you move plus official forms to end contracts for health care and change tax etc. Long queues but I had my Kindle.
Off now to to do a last shop for Possum's larder and pick up a chandelier for our dining room - great offerings in Trocs here. Then cooking dinner for Possum and the new flatmate. Back on the road tomorrow morning.
Glad Chicky's dad is doing well altho intensive care is not a peaceful place to be. Woke up there unexpectedly after neck surgery and it was a cacophony of beeping machines and pagers. Pleased to get out of there.
WW needs lots to read and DVDS and such to help pass the time and keep her quiet.
Glad you enjoyed the tour Joyce. It's a fascinating place.
Hope all goes well Pat. Just been walking past stands selling Liège whaffles. Love the smell of vanilla and caramelised sugar but not the taste or texture.
Enjoy your garden visit Busy.
Off now - lots to do before I head back to a bit of warm.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
Hello all, after the hottest and smokiest summer on record, we are suppose to get snow tomorrow. Then it will warm up again. Southwestern part of the province is up in flames and prairie fires to the east. Here's a bit of what's going on south of my city.
Today I think I will dig up my Santa Cruz Begonias and bring them into the house for the winter.
The town of Waterton, south west corner of province
Wildfires are horrifying ... my cousins in Tasmania were caught up in one a couple of years ago ... their homes were burnt to the ground but thankfully they managed to get to the paddocks and open the gates and their horses escaped and were rounded up later. Now they're rebuilding but as they said, to be involved in that certainly makes you evaluate your priorities.
I hope you and yours are keeping safe.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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Glad it went well, Chicky. Worrying times for you - hopefully he'll bounce back now.
Clari - I agree. There has to be some middle ground where the requests for money are only for properly special occasions - getting married, retirement - because it can get really tedious and expensive if there's a whip round every time someone catches a cold.
Hosta - it was horrible last night
. Hope you and the garden are all OK. Haven't been out to check mine yet. It's bloomin' freezing out there
Nanny B - I've spent enough time in London to know how anonymous you feel there. Some people like that. Even there is not as bad as Paris though - I found the Parisiens properly rude. Londoners will 'tut' and mutter as they go round you if you get in their way. In Paris they just shove you out of the way.
It does depend what you mean by 'friendly', I suppose. I've heard it suggested that people who live in cities behave differently - in the same way battery chickens or intensively reared pigs will attack one another and exhibit peculiar behaviours. I doubt it's all cities, as some are much more relaxed than others. But there is a noticeable difference, the closer to a big city you get, the more 'closed' people become, on the whole.
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
Obelixx - thanks for a superb tour of Mont-St-Michel.
Very impressive.
Morning all.
When I lived in England it was in the South, Surrey then Kent. I found people were friendly and we had lovely neighbors. Now I live in France and people are friendly on the surface if you speak to them but I have found it almost impossible to make real friends, apart from one but she moved up to Brittany when her husband retired. My friends in France are English.
Been busy so not had time to post. Went to Aylesbury on Monday. Saw OH's SIL, 2nd wife of the lovely man who was married to OH,s late sister. We went to his funeral at the end of July and his family have decided that she can't look after herself so she is in a home. So sad, she was happily living in a nice house with the man she loved and now he is gone and she in in a care home. She is very forgetful, though, now that she is 84.
My sister and her OH are coming to stay tomorrow for a couple of days. They haven't seen our cottage in Norfolk yet.
We are going to visit an NGS garden this afternoon, but rain is forecast.
PS. So glad Chicky's father is doing OK.
Hi all.
Pleased your Dad is ok. Chicky. As you say quite normal to still be in ICU.
Horrendous wind overnight [ ? beans ], kept waking up to loud bangs, just about to go and investigate.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
Morning all again.
The wind has eased but I've not ventured outside yet.
I eventually fell asleep around 4am.
Good morning all
Glad to hear all is going according to plan Chicky ((hugs)).
Hope you've all been able to hang onto your hats ... I've a feeling our bean canes may be deconstructed without us lifting a finger
but at least it's dry 
OH is getting his bike out and heading to the shops for a few necessities ... think the wind will blow him home quickly ... W'rose is due west of us.
I've spoken to Wonky who thanks you all for your kind wishes. She slept well once she got to sleep and is, at the moment, still in her purple dressing gown. She has had two coffees and has progressed to a mug of Darjeeling tea. She's bored but being good and not doing anything.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Hello from a wet but not very windy Namur. Been to notify th elocals that OH and I are now permanetly gone. Belgian bureaucracy requires this when you move plus official forms to end contracts for health care and change tax etc. Long queues but I had my Kindle.
Off now to to do a last shop for Possum's larder and pick up a chandelier for our dining room - great offerings in Trocs here. Then cooking dinner for Possum and the new flatmate. Back on the road tomorrow morning.
Glad Chicky's dad is doing well altho intensive care is not a peaceful place to be. Woke up there unexpectedly after neck surgery and it was a cacophony of beeping machines and pagers. Pleased to get out of there.
WW needs lots to read and DVDS and such to help pass the time and keep her quiet.
Glad you enjoyed the tour Joyce. It's a fascinating place.
Hope all goes well Pat. Just been walking past stands selling Liège whaffles. Love the smell of vanilla and caramelised sugar but not the taste or texture.
Enjoy your garden visit Busy.
Off now - lots to do before I head back to a bit of warm.
Hello all, after the hottest and smokiest summer on record, we are suppose to get snow tomorrow. Then it will warm up again. Southwestern part of the province is up in flames and prairie fires to the east. Here's a bit of what's going on south of my city.
Today I think I will dig up my Santa Cruz Begonias and bring them into the house for the winter.
The town of Waterton, south west corner of province
http://calgary.ctvnews.ca/kenow-wildfire-wipes-out-visitor-centre-in-waterton-lakes-national-park-1.3585585
A southern Alberta prairie fire two days ago
http://globalnews.ca/news/3736352/grass-fire-prompts-local-state-of-emergency-in-rural-municipality-in-southeastern-alberta/
Hello Johnnycanoe ... good to see you
Wildfires are horrifying ... my cousins in Tasmania were caught up in one a couple of years ago ... their homes were burnt to the ground but thankfully they managed to get to the paddocks and open the gates and their horses escaped and were rounded up later. Now they're rebuilding but as they said, to be involved in that certainly makes you evaluate your priorities.
I hope you and yours are keeping safe.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.