Dusting Hosta? What dust ... there wasn't any there the other day.
Well, I'm back from the farm shop with beef for tomorrow, bread, another Crown Prince squash to store in the garage and apples ... then neighbour across the way rang the doorbell and gave us more apples maybe I should have bought pork rather than beef :-/ ... but they'll keep until next weekend.
I popped out between the showers and picked another load of tomatoes ... we've had the best crop ever this year ... the Sungolds are amazing. I'm roasting some for the freezer and will make a sauce for pizza later in the week. I'm also roasting some red and yellow peppers which were a freebie from the farm shop as they'd got soft spots on them so couldn't be sold ... they'll go in the freezer too and come in handy later.
I must try to make some space in the freezer ... it's full of runner beans and raspberries.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
You can keep the runner beans Dove but I can help you with the raspberries
r'girl - there's plenty of Brits who know sod all about their own country too. I work with one....
It's quite sad really - you only need to look at the photos people post on here - all sorts of different landscapes, yet so many folk have never witnessed any of it. Too caught up in the daily grind and technology to notice the gems all around them.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Happy birthday Busy. Enjoy your day out and lunch.
I have been busy making lentil and mushroom slice for lunch using mushrooms form our "lawn" which OH had checked out at the pharmacy. Yum. Dinner tonight has to include sweetcorn and cabbage and broccoli form the garden. OH has been out there weeding the potager now the soil is all soft and lovely - another 11mm of rain yesterday.
When I had a proper job in an office I had a newspaper cutting on my desk - Two American women overheard talking after a tour of Windsor castle - "Well, it's all very beautiful but I wouldn't have built it so close to the airport". Clearly listened to very word their guide said.
There was a Tex/Mex princess (3 hours to get dressed, coiffed and made up every morning) in my cookery group for a while, around the time of the 200th birthday of the USA. She was mortified to discover that our old Belgian farmhouse was older still and had seen Napoleon and all that lot go by on their way to and from Waterloo. There were also tank track scars in the cobbles made by the Allies chasing Germans back home in 1944. That same lady tried to do a walking tour of old, cobbled Bruges I'd organised - wearing 4" heels.
Europe is certainly blessed with some wonderful buildings full of ingenuity, skill and artistry in the conception and construction but there are also some absolute horrors. I expect we have to have the latter to appreciate the former but I don't see why we can't still strive for beauty in form and function.
I have finally heard from the garden group I joined last April - there's a visit to two gardens tomorrow. Typically, the forecast is for it to pee down all over all day. Wellies then.
It is the season for colds to start - wrap up and take care if you're suffering or just starting the sniffles. Glad BH is better DL.
Happy Saturday everyone. Hope you get some good gardening/walking/visiting weather for all your projects.
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"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
When looking at your pictures earlier FG I was thinking..."I'm glad FG appreciates what she's looking at" Your pics are absolutely stunning. Soppy git!
When we moved into our flat in Goa , we bought tons of stuff from the electrical shop.
The day after it was delivered, 2 young men turned up on a moped and came to the door.
" You bought a microwave yesterday, can we come in?"
He asked for a cup of cold water, put it in the microwave and fiddled the dial. He made random "tum te tum" kinda noises then opened the door, took out the mug, put his hand on the side and his eyebrows lifted.
" Feel that " he said
"yeah,..... it's warm" said I.
" yes , isn't it quick?"
" Erm we've had a microwave oven in UK for over 25 years"
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Dusting Hosta?
What dust ... there wasn't any there the other day.
Well, I'm back from the farm shop with beef for tomorrow, bread, another Crown Prince squash to store in the garage and apples ... then neighbour across the way rang the doorbell and gave us more apples
maybe I should have bought pork rather than beef :-/ ... but they'll keep until next weekend.
I popped out between the showers and picked another load of tomatoes ... we've had the best crop ever this year ... the Sungolds are amazing. I'm roasting some for the freezer and will make a sauce for pizza later in the week. I'm also roasting some red and yellow peppers which were a freebie from the farm shop as they'd got soft spots on them so couldn't be sold ... they'll go in the freezer too and come in handy later.
I must try to make some space in the freezer ... it's full of runner beans and raspberries.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
You can keep the runner beans Dove
but I can help you with the raspberries 
r'girl - there's plenty of Brits who know sod all about their own country too. I work with one....
It's quite sad really - you only need to look at the photos people post on here - all sorts of different landscapes, yet so many folk have never witnessed any of it. Too caught up in the daily grind and technology to notice the gems all around them.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Happy birthday Busy. Enjoy your day out and lunch.
I have been busy making lentil and mushroom slice for lunch using mushrooms form our "lawn" which OH had checked out at the pharmacy. Yum. Dinner tonight has to include sweetcorn and cabbage and broccoli form the garden. OH has been out there weeding the potager now the soil is all soft and lovely - another 11mm of rain yesterday.
When I had a proper job in an office I had a newspaper cutting on my desk - Two American women overheard talking after a tour of Windsor castle - "Well, it's all very beautiful but I wouldn't have built it so close to the airport". Clearly listened to very word their guide said.
There was a Tex/Mex princess (3 hours to get dressed, coiffed and made up every morning) in my cookery group for a while, around the time of the 200th birthday of the USA. She was mortified to discover that our old Belgian farmhouse was older still and had seen Napoleon and all that lot go by on their way to and from Waterloo. There were also tank track scars in the cobbles made by the Allies chasing Germans back home in 1944. That same lady tried to do a walking tour of old, cobbled Bruges I'd organised - wearing 4" heels.
Europe is certainly blessed with some wonderful buildings full of ingenuity, skill and artistry in the conception and construction but there are also some absolute horrors. I expect we have to have the latter to appreciate the former but I don't see why we can't still strive for beauty in form and function.
I have finally heard from the garden group I joined last April - there's a visit to two gardens tomorrow. Typically, the forecast is for it to pee down all over all day. Wellies then.
It is the season for colds to start - wrap up and take care if you're suffering or just starting the sniffles. Glad BH is better DL.
Happy Saturday everyone. Hope you get some good gardening/walking/visiting weather for all your projects.
Last edited: 16 September 2017 12:49:18
Yeh - what were they thinking 1,000 years ago....and were the planes made of wood and stone back then....
Dummies aren't they!
Clearly, your rain dance has worked
Wet here now too - I've had to resort to h***ework
Last edited: 16 September 2017 13:43:12
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
That's one of the funniest I've read. Can't stop laughing. They are so US centric, that I don't know why they bother to travel elsewhere.
Wet thought for the day:-
When looking at your pictures earlier FG I was thinking..."I'm glad FG appreciates what she's looking at" Your pics are absolutely stunning. Soppy git!
Quite so Pat. Sad though, isn't it?
Shucks Pp
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
When we moved into our flat in Goa , we bought tons of stuff from the electrical shop.
The day after it was delivered, 2 young men turned up on a moped and came to the door.
" You bought a microwave yesterday, can we come in?"
He asked for a cup of cold water, put it in the microwave and fiddled the dial. He made random "tum te tum" kinda noises then opened the door, took out the mug, put his hand on the side and his eyebrows lifted.
" Feel that " he said
"yeah,..... it's warm" said I.
" yes , isn't it quick?"
" Erm we've had a microwave oven in UK for over 25 years"
His wee face was a picture of " crestfallen"
I did feel a wee bit guilty.
Thank you everyone for the birthday wishes. Good to see you RB.
Thank you to Obelixx for resurrecting the birthday thread.
OH took me for a delicious lunch in Bury St Edmunds http://www.maisonbleue.co.uk/
I was laughing aloud about the American tourists
And you said yes?
crikey
Just caught up with yesterday's GW. I'm thinking of writing in to ask for a regular slot for Derek. What a complete star he is
That looks like a very smart place for a birthday lunch BL
ETA anyone else thinking 'won't the elephant mind?'. No? Just me then
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