Morning all , snowing here, we had sheet ice yesterday so a bit dodgy out there. We have to get the other half of the family to Edinburgh airport?
Hosta, I am glad you had a better night, Pat hope you get some decent rainfall. Dove hope oh has a nice gentle day as first day back. Hooe your son recovered and Wonky keeping warm
Aunty Rach keep dry
joyce have you snow? Hope Fairy is ok and Punk if you looking in I hope you are improving.
i gave my oh a weather station for Christmas, think we need to get it assembled pretty quickly!
go canny everyone (Scots for take care, as Hogmanay approaches I am going all native!)
Weeds are flowers, too, once you get to know them.” A A Milne
Is anyone going to be around on New Year's Morning? I'll be at MIL's in a cottage with thick stone walls and no mobile reception so I won't be able to start the first Hello Forkers of 2018 ....... will someone else do it please????????????? Pretty please ???????????????
First one to volunteer gets a
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If I'm awake for 1am here I'll do it Dove. Otherwise someone else will have to be up late or early.
Calm and partly sunny here with dark grey bits and blue bits and silvery streaks in between. My mission today is a chocolate Genoese for the Yule log Possum has requested, carrot soup for lunch and then sewing another pair of trousers.
Pat - We are expecting more rain over the next few days. The 3 water butts we have are full and the rear house and annex roof water all drains into the pond. We could install 1000 litre water tanks but they're big and ugly. Burying anything bigger would be expensive and could only be used for the loos or garden. Once we've had enough rain to work the soil and dig in lots of compost and get things established I expect them to cope as they get their roots down. Apart from a few not so dwarf conifers I don't regret at all, everything established here has survived the drought and even flourished. Just need to make the new beds well and get my treasures in and settled.
Chicky - it's probably very peaceful at work so you can get lots done. Hope you get good weather for all your walkies this weekend.
Glad you had a good sleep Hosta. The winds last week blew the green mesh sun shade off our polytunnel but the recent ones have blown it back on. Need to sling some ropes over to tie it down.
Hope all the Scots brigade are well and not freezing or slipping. Safe journey for the family LP..
I trust all lurgies are on the mend. Hugs to those who are feeling poorly or maybe bereft after visitors have gone.
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)."
A Buche de Noel is a favourite here but what with one thing and another (mainly DS's flu necessitating a maternal visit) I didn't make one ... much to the relief of our waistbands and our dentist. However, any crumbs Possum doesn't hoover up could be accomnodated
I think my cold is on the wane ... was it the Vicks on the soles of my feet wot did it or the rum toddy??? !!! I am actually able to breathe for some of the time ... as OH says, it's good to have the basics covered
I'll have a quiet day here ... we're having cold gammon with new potatoes and Waldorf salad so not a lot to prepare ... if we need more there's plenty of cheese to fill up with. .... and I need to get the knitting past a bit of complicated shaping and the insertion of a pocket so that I can knit and natter in a carefree manner at MIL's over New Year.
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Hiya Hosta
very sharp frost here ... very sharp! OH back to work today but a slightly later start than usual ...
Wonder if anyone else is awake ....
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Morning. No frost here as it's raining hard and the wind is wild ... will have to go with a hood rather than umbrella this morning - hate that!
Have a good day everyone and take care in whatever weather you have been treated too.
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Good morning Aunty Rach
Keep warm and dry and we'll all have a cuppa when you get back ...
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Morning all , snowing here, we had sheet ice yesterday so a bit dodgy out there. We have to get the other half of the family to Edinburgh airport?
Hosta, I am glad you had a better night, Pat hope you get some decent rainfall. Dove hope oh has a nice gentle day as first day back. Hooe your son recovered and Wonky keeping warm
Aunty Rach keep dry
joyce have you snow? Hope Fairy is ok and Punk if you looking in I hope you are improving.
i gave my oh a weather station for Christmas, think we need to get it assembled pretty quickly!
go canny everyone (Scots for take care, as Hogmanay approaches I am going all native!)
A A Milne
Morning Lily P ... Take care out there ... The roads are lethal ... well they are here!
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
We’ve got the lashing rain, gales and a thunderstorm thrown in for good measure ⚡️⛈?. Its washing away the snow, which is still lingering.
Kitty - know what you mean about Martin Freeman - ok with the chicklets, but wished FiL hadn’t been in the room when we watched it Christmas Eve
Hope the family get their flight ok LilyP - you’ll be able to hear the silence when they’re gone.
Another day at work for me, but then three more days off - hoping to get some nice long walks in ??♀️??♂️
Morning Chicky
Is anyone going to be around on New Year's Morning? I'll be at MIL's in a cottage with thick stone walls and no mobile reception so I won't be able to start the first Hello Forkers of 2018 ....... will someone else do it please????????????? Pretty please ???????????????
First one to volunteer gets a
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
If I'm awake for 1am here I'll do it Dove. Otherwise someone else will have to be up late or early.
Calm and partly sunny here with dark grey bits and blue bits and silvery streaks in between. My mission today is a chocolate Genoese for the Yule log Possum has requested, carrot soup for lunch and then sewing another pair of trousers.
Pat - We are expecting more rain over the next few days. The 3 water butts we have are full and the rear house and annex roof water all drains into the pond. We could install 1000 litre water tanks but they're big and ugly. Burying anything bigger would be expensive and could only be used for the loos or garden. Once we've had enough rain to work the soil and dig in lots of compost and get things established I expect them to cope as they get their roots down. Apart from a few not so dwarf conifers I don't regret at all, everything established here has survived the drought and even flourished. Just need to make the new beds well and get my treasures in and settled.
Chicky - it's probably very peaceful at work so you can get lots done. Hope you get good weather for all your walkies this weekend.
Glad you had a good sleep Hosta. The winds last week blew the green mesh sun shade off our polytunnel but the recent ones have blown it back on. Need to sling some ropes over to tie it down.
Hope all the Scots brigade are well and not freezing or slipping. Safe journey for the family LP..
I trust all lurgies are on the mend. Hugs to those who are feeling poorly or maybe bereft after visitors have gone.
Morning all.
It was freezing at midnight but no frost, ice or snow this morning LP although snow is forecast.
Hope you manage to get the family across to the airport and then catch a bit of "me" time.
The bacon bap is yours Obelixx
A Buche de Noel is a favourite here but what with one thing and another (mainly DS's flu necessitating a maternal visit) I didn't make one ... much to the relief of our waistbands and our dentist.
However, any crumbs Possum doesn't hoover up could be accomnodated 
I think my cold is on the wane ... was it the Vicks on the soles of my feet wot did it or the rum toddy??? !!! I am actually able to breathe for some of the time ... as OH says, it's good to have the basics covered
I'll have a quiet day here ... we're having cold gammon with new potatoes and Waldorf salad so not a lot to prepare ... if we need more there's plenty of cheese to fill up with. .... and I need to get the knitting past a bit of complicated shaping and the insertion of a pocket so that I can knit and natter in a carefree manner at MIL's over New Year.
Last edited: 29 December 2017 09:58:23
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.