Chappies have arrived. Much consternation. Seems they checked the revised plans for the plumbing and leccy arrival and discharge but not the window placement. Doh! Carpenter now doing the necessary. Roof goes on on Monday. Hoping it's one step back and two steps forward.
I need to find a launderette. The builders borrowed Cosmos' ladder from the annex roof to the ground and he doesn't jump like Minstrel nor climb down the wisteria so the wee darling has peed on our duvet. Nice. I only changed the sheets yesterday too. Our old cat would pee in teh bath in emergencies. Anyway, I can wash it OK but have no tumble drier to fluff up the down.
Infuriating when you lose recorded stuff Busy. We brought our sky box with us and it kept everything and we have installed Freeview for the kitchen so our DVD machine only gets used for film nights. I think we binned the video recorder along with several large boxes of old cassettes - no doubt worth a bit on e-bay but OH just took them to the dump!
Sunny now. I have made a chocolate beetroot fudge cake for the gardening pals this afternoon. First cake in this new oven and looking - and smelling - very good. Floors cleaned, surfaces wiped.
I'm off to play outside.
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)."
I don't think we have seen the sun here since that odd red blob in the sky on Monday it's been cloudy misty or wet or all 3. Not helped by all the Diwali fireworks we get round here. I see on the news that Deli has a toxic cloud over it because of same thing. As we can see the Wembley arch from one of our back bedroom windows I guess that contributes to our problem. Some nights it's like the re-enactment of the battle of the Somme round here, I can't believe that some of these are legal for domestic use they are SO LOUD, & they go past 11pm at night.
Sorry rant over- trivial compared to some of the trials some of you are experiencing.
We would need surge protection for the whole house we often get power outages here, you come home & various lights & timers are flashing. Thought the suburbs were supposed to be civilised.
Well, it's obviously not a playing in the garden sort of day today ... I'd need to borrow Hosta's waders (a slight exaggeration, but it is very soggy out there even if the rain has stopped).
'Fraid the cut off for fireworks on New Years Eve, Diwali and Chinese New Year is 1am ... on Bonfire Night the cut off is midnight ... at all other times the deadline is 11pm.
https://www.gov.uk/fireworks-the-law but does 'Bonfire Night ' refer to 5 Nov or to the nearest Friday or Saturday night that people have chosen to stage their celebration?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Did anyone listen to Woman's Hour this morning ... it's always good but today's was an even better edition than usual. If you did you'll have heard this brave young woman talking about making clothes and what it means to her ... http://mademywardrobe.com/blog
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Duh! There I was, so pleased with myself, really getting a move on with stuff this morning, then ............. where are the nutmegs? The little pot with nutmegs in has disappeared ....... vanished ......... but I need some for the bechamel for my lasagne ....... so I've had to do a trip to the farm shop where OH suggested that the nutmeg pot might have tumbled into the recycling bag underneath the herbs & spices shelf ...... well, the recycling bin was collected yesterday so there's no way of checking . Anyway, I took the opportunity to get stuff for the weekend too, so we have two huge pork chops for tomorrow and a pheasant for Sunday and a lovely big cauliflower for whenever
When I went up to the farm shop there were several cars parked quite randomly and not in proper spaces in the huge garden centre car park ... I mentioned it to OH who says that it's happening quite frequently recently. He said that yesterday there was a huge and very expensive 4WD just 'abandoned' on the end of a row, partially obstructing the driving route around the car park and causing problems for delivery lorries. One of the farmshop's regular customers ... a very smart and 'properly wealthy' woman went into the shop and asked for a pen and paper so she could stick a note on the windscreen ... OH provided her with pen and paper and she started writing the note .... "What makes you such a ........... " another member of staff suggested 'D*ck' ......... 'That's it' she said ......... and completed the note which read 'What makes you such a d*ck that you think you're entitled to park where you like and make life difficult for others, rather than parking sensibly like everyone else?' and she went out and stuck it on the windscreen .......... unfortunately OH missed seeing its driver return to the car
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
All the talk of fireworks is very interesting .....on New Year's eve here the sky will be alive for like 24 hours......we always have our own display .....I have to be very careful as we carry the boxes out onto the frozen lake .....and muggins .....after a few toasts already walks out to light the fuses
So got back to dacha......there will be no rain here now until the snow starts falling ....famous last words...it will be -3 overnight tomorrow ....a lot of leaves to clear up though
MIL usually clears up the leaves , her choice I might add , but after her OP she is under wraps
It's a nice workout for you Dacha, raking up leaves. I miss my trees that I had round the corner - lovely leaf mould every year. The current owners have butchered the trees and it makes me very sad. I only have two evergreen trees in this garden. The hedge would only make about a bucket of leaf mould
Good on that woman Dove. Why are people so ignorant all the time. Ar*eholes. Perhaps she should have done what the man did when he 'confessed' on Simon Mayo's show, when someone bowled in and parked where they shouldn't have. He took trolleys and placed them all the way round the car, then drove off....
I had a similar issue Obelixx. The window was in the centre of the wall, so the shower couldn't go at that end. Little bit of shuffling and it was all ok. Fortunately they realised before all the pipework was done
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Dove - I wasn't expecting that story from your link. What a strong woman for sharing her story and celebrating her passion.
I was just about to start vacuuming the bedroom carpet (aka cat fur magnet!) but I have decided to go out for my walk now - the sun is shining and, moved by the story, I feel like doing something that makes me smile.
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Chappies have arrived. Much consternation. Seems they checked the revised plans for the plumbing and leccy arrival and discharge but not the window placement. Doh! Carpenter now doing the necessary. Roof goes on on Monday. Hoping it's one step back and two steps forward.
I need to find a launderette. The builders borrowed Cosmos' ladder from the annex roof to the ground and he doesn't jump like Minstrel nor climb down the wisteria so the wee darling has peed on our duvet. Nice. I only changed the sheets yesterday too. Our old cat would pee in teh bath in emergencies. Anyway, I can wash it OK but have no tumble drier to fluff up the down.
Infuriating when you lose recorded stuff Busy. We brought our sky box with us and it kept everything and we have installed Freeview for the kitchen so our DVD machine only gets used for film nights. I think we binned the video recorder along with several large boxes of old cassettes - no doubt worth a bit on e-bay but OH just took them to the dump!
Sunny now. I have made a chocolate beetroot fudge cake for the gardening pals this afternoon. First cake in this new oven and looking - and smelling - very good. Floors cleaned, surfaces wiped.
I'm off to play outside.
I don't think we have seen the sun here since that odd red blob in the sky on Monday it's been cloudy misty or wet or all 3. Not helped by all the Diwali fireworks we get round here. I see on the news that Deli has a toxic cloud over it because of same thing. As we can see the Wembley arch from one of our back bedroom windows I guess that contributes to our problem. Some nights it's like the re-enactment of the battle of the Somme round here, I can't believe that some of these are legal for domestic use they are SO LOUD, & they go past 11pm at night.
Sorry rant over- trivial compared to some of the trials some of you are experiencing.
We would need surge protection for the whole house we often get power outages here, you come home & various lights & timers are flashing. Thought the suburbs were supposed to be civilised.
Well, it's obviously not a playing in the garden sort of day today ... I'd need to borrow Hosta's waders (a slight exaggeration, but it is very soggy out there even if the rain has stopped).
So............ I'm making https://www.sainsburysmagazine.co.uk/recipes/pasta/sausage-and-fennel-lasagne for our supper.
I've got 'ordinary' butcher's sausages, so I've used a few more fennel seeds than the recipe suggests.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
'Fraid the cut off for fireworks on New Years Eve, Diwali and Chinese New Year is 1am ... on Bonfire Night the cut off is midnight ... at all other times the deadline is 11pm.
https://www.gov.uk/fireworks-the-law but does 'Bonfire Night ' refer to 5 Nov or to the nearest Friday or Saturday night that people have chosen to stage their celebration?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Did anyone listen to Woman's Hour this morning ... it's always good but today's was an even better edition than usual. If you did you'll have heard this brave young woman talking about making clothes and what it means to her ... http://mademywardrobe.com/blog
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Duh!
There I was, so pleased with myself, really getting a move on with stuff this morning, then ............. where are the nutmegs? The little pot with nutmegs in has disappeared ....... vanished ......... but I need some for the bechamel for my lasagne ....... so I've had to do a trip to the farm shop where OH suggested that the nutmeg pot might have tumbled into the recycling bag underneath the herbs & spices shelf ...... well, the recycling bin was collected yesterday so there's no way of checking 
. Anyway, I took the opportunity to get stuff for the weekend too, so we have two huge pork chops for tomorrow and a pheasant for Sunday and a lovely big cauliflower for whenever 
When I went up to the farm shop there were several cars parked quite randomly and not in proper spaces in the huge garden centre car park ... I mentioned it to OH who says that it's happening quite frequently recently. He said that yesterday there was a huge and very expensive 4WD just 'abandoned' on the end of a row, partially obstructing the driving route around the car park and causing problems for delivery lorries. One of the farmshop's regular customers ... a very smart and 'properly wealthy' woman went into the shop and asked for a pen and paper so she could stick a note on the windscreen ... OH provided her with pen and paper and she started writing the note .... "What makes you such a ...........
" another member of staff suggested 'D*ck' ......... 'That's it' she said ......... and completed the note which read 'What makes you such a d*ck that you think you're entitled to park where you like and make life difficult for others, rather than parking sensibly like everyone else?' and she went out and stuck it on the windscreen .......... unfortunately OH missed seeing its driver return to the car 
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Oh Dove.....bangers and fennel lasagne
All the talk of fireworks is very interesting .....on New Year's eve here the sky will be alive for like 24 hours......we always have our own display .....I have to be very careful as we carry the boxes out onto the frozen lake .....and muggins .....after a few toasts already walks out to light the fuses
So got back to dacha......there will be no rain here now until the snow starts falling ....famous last words...it will be -3 overnight tomorrow ....a lot of leaves to clear up though
MIL usually clears up the leaves , her choice I might add , but after her OP she is under wraps
Glad you spelt that correctly Hosta....
It's a nice workout for you Dacha, raking up leaves. I miss my trees that I had round the corner - lovely leaf mould every year. The current owners have butchered the trees and it makes me very sad. I only have two evergreen trees in this garden. The hedge would only make about a bucket of leaf mould
Good on that woman Dove. Why are people so ignorant all the time. Ar*eholes. Perhaps she should have done what the man did when he 'confessed' on Simon Mayo's show, when someone bowled in and parked where they shouldn't have. He took trolleys and placed them all the way round the car, then drove off....
I had a similar issue Obelixx. The window was in the centre of the wall, so the shower couldn't go at that end. Little bit of shuffling and it was all ok. Fortunately they realised before all the pipework was done
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Dove - I wasn't expecting that story from your link. What a strong woman for sharing her story and celebrating her passion.
I was just about to start vacuuming the bedroom carpet (aka cat fur magnet!) but I have decided to go out for my walk now - the sun is shining and, moved by the story, I feel like doing something that makes me smile.
The interview on Woman's Hour was very moving ... she obviously found it very upsetting to talk about but felt that she had to do it.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.