Morning all. Sunny, -3°, frost. Still much frostier here than at Obelixx's house, but she is nearer the sea.
My place is already bought in the village cemetery next to first OH. He wanted to be buried and he wanted me next to him. OH wants to be cremated and he wants his ashes in a lake where his first wife is which he bought from the Woodland Trust for that use. What a gloomy subject, can we talk about something more cheerful?
That's going to be a lovely pond. Will you have waterlilies?
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
No waterlilies and no duck islands. Even in a normal year the pond dries out in summer and we have two dogs that love to chase birds and two kitty cats of whom one would make short work of flightless ducklings.
It was originally dug to provide water for cows and its main purpose now will be to provide somewhere damp (ha!) to grow my weeping willow, twisted willow and gunnera. After that we'll have to see but I'd like it to be an attractive feature and not scrub like it was. We've dumped all the bullrushes and brambles along the edge of our paddock so any wildlife can hibernate in it over winter and/or crawl back to the pond as it sees fit.
25kms from the sea here so we get the benefits of milder winters but none of the salt laden winds that would stop me growing roses and clems. Chatting to a lady yesterday who lives in Les Sables d'Olonne and she can't grow roses at all.
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)."
Thank you for the kind wishes. I tried to call Sis last night when I got in and again this morning. Last night it was off and this morning it's going to voicemail. I'm guessing she's had enough and wants some peace. Very wise.
We're both going to medicine and the remain cremated. I want our money to go to my kids, not to an undertaker/ florist/ venue etc. The money folk spend on funerals beggars belief.
My kids are "in the loop" and are fine with it. If they want to have some sort of " do " to get folk together they're more than welcome. Only one piece of music .... Dancing Queen.
Our islands are getting a bit of attention over the winter as they're both being swamped by brambles. I need to tread very carefully as we have year round resident coots and I don't want to frighten them off.
There are some nice red stemmed cornus on them and they've not been pruned in the 6 years we've been here.
My kids' Uncle works at the Procurator Fiscal's office in Glasgow and they have to "deal with" bodies of those who have no money/ relatives etc. I think the figure was something like £140 and that included sending 2 from the office to the " service"
A few years back but I imagine it's not changed much.
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Hosta has two Duck Islands in his lake
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Ooooooh! Lucky Hosta......one upmanship!!!
Morning all.
Sunny, -3°, frost. Still much frostier here than at Obelixx's house, but she is nearer the sea.
My place is already bought in the village cemetery next to first OH. He wanted to be buried and he wanted me next to him. OH wants to be cremated and he wants his ashes in a lake where his first wife is which he bought from the Woodland Trust for that use. What a gloomy subject, can we talk about something more cheerful?
That's going to be a lovely pond. Will you have waterlilies?
No waterlilies and no duck islands. Even in a normal year the pond dries out in summer and we have two dogs that love to chase birds and two kitty cats of whom one would make short work of flightless ducklings.
It was originally dug to provide water for cows and its main purpose now will be to provide somewhere damp (ha!) to grow my weeping willow, twisted willow and gunnera. After that we'll have to see but I'd like it to be an attractive feature and not scrub like it was. We've dumped all the bullrushes and brambles along the edge of our paddock so any wildlife can hibernate in it over winter and/or crawl back to the pond as it sees fit.
25kms from the sea here so we get the benefits of milder winters but none of the salt laden winds that would stop me growing roses and clems. Chatting to a lady yesterday who lives in Les Sables d'Olonne and she can't grow roses at all.
Morning all.
Thank you for the kind wishes. I tried to call Sis last night when I got in and again this morning. Last night it was off and this morning it's going to voicemail. I'm guessing she's had enough and wants some peace. Very wise.
We're both going to medicine and the remain cremated. I want our money to go to my kids, not to an undertaker/ florist/ venue etc. The money folk spend on funerals beggars belief.
My kids are "in the loop" and are fine with it. If they want to have some sort of " do " to get folk together they're more than welcome. Only one piece of music .... Dancing Queen.
Coal face at 12: tills ? driving?? who knows???
Our islands are getting a bit of attention over the winter as they're both being swamped by brambles. I need to tread very carefully as we have year round resident coots and I don't want to frighten them off.
There are some nice red stemmed cornus on them and they've not been pruned in the 6 years we've been here.
Sorry Hosta, I missed your news, have just read back.
My commiserations.
Far better to spend money on the living rather than the dead.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
Morning punkdoc. Hosta hugs right back atcha both.
Just because you wish your body to be donated to medical science it doesn't mean that it will be accepted. Essential to think of an alternative.
Plan B is " as cheap as possible "
My kids' Uncle works at the Procurator Fiscal's office in Glasgow and they have to "deal with" bodies of those who have no money/ relatives etc. I think the figure was something like £140 and that included sending 2 from the office to the " service"
A few years back but I imagine it's not changed much.
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