Minus 2.4 when I got back from (precariously slippery) shopping expedition in Halifax. (Local council - probably in common with most - has no money for gritting pavements.) Pretty satisfactory, in terms of items bought. And a free box of Christmas choccies normally priced at £12, because I'd spent over £20 in the shop. What's more, OH had managed perfectly ok on his own. He's getting better each day, though is irritated that he keeps getting pins & needles in the affected foot.
We're expecting more of the white stuff tomorrow and Sunday. Especially Sunday, actually, which is supposed to be OH's first proper outing, to Liverpool to conduct a concert. I'll go with him, by train, to ensure everything is ok; however, we have admitted to each other that we rather hope it snows so hard the choir decides to cancel the event...
Tomorrow will be below freezing again, so I'm planning to do a long overdue pre-Christmas defrost of the freezer.
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
Furniture moving day for us tomorrow, now the annex floor has settled and had a wash. It's going t be great fun and try our collective patience as we have bits stashed in the near annex, the dining room and the hall and I also need to shuffle bits in the living room to get the Xmas tree in..............
It is very cold out there now with clear skies. We trotted off to the Xmas market at Longeville to find it well set out with chalets and stalls artfully placed round the church square which was well lit and decorated. All looked great as we toured round looking for tartiflette which we found in a local brasserie doing a special weekend menu. Very nice but, by the time we came out the entre market had shut down! 9pm curfew.
Next year we'll stay at home!
Fire lit now. Just one log so we don't suffocate.
Stay safe and warm everyone.
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)."
Hubby says to watch the cricket - that should do the trick. oops!
hot and sweaty here today, but I did get lots of little jobs done in the garden. Weve also been out the back spraying weeds, before we get a nasty letter from the weeds inspector. I took lots of photos of wildflowers but I need to go through them. I’ll put them on another thread after I’ve had a shower and sorted them out.
We won't be able to spray weeds soon, France will be banning Glyphosate and the other stuff they sell doesn't work. I just don't have time to hoe our parking area and drive up to the house.
France always closes down early, here the supermarket shuts at 8pm and most shops are shut for lunch, 12 - 2pm, even the GC. Yet this is the capital city.
Big frost -5°. Going to collect daughter's horse soon.
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The christmas tree is up and tie wrapped to the curtain pole. When the branches have settled I will decorate it, probably tomorrow.
Minus 2.4 when I got back from (precariously slippery) shopping expedition in Halifax. (Local council - probably in common with most - has no money for gritting pavements.) Pretty satisfactory, in terms of items bought. And a free box of Christmas choccies normally priced at £12, because I'd spent over £20 in the shop.
What's more, OH had managed perfectly ok on his own. He's getting better each day, though is irritated that he keeps getting pins & needles in the affected foot.
We're expecting more of the white stuff tomorrow and Sunday. Especially Sunday, actually, which is supposed to be OH's first proper outing, to Liverpool to conduct a concert. I'll go with him, by train, to ensure everything is ok; however, we have admitted to each other that we rather hope it snows so hard the choir decides to cancel the event...
Tomorrow will be below freezing again, so I'm planning to do a long overdue pre-Christmas defrost of the freezer.
Fingers crossed you get your wish Liri.
Furniture moving day for us tomorrow, now the annex floor has settled and had a wash. It's going t be great fun and try our collective patience as we have bits stashed in the near annex, the dining room and the hall and I also need to shuffle bits in the living room to get the Xmas tree in..............
It is very cold out there now with clear skies. We trotted off to the Xmas market at Longeville to find it well set out with chalets and stalls artfully placed round the church square which was well lit and decorated. All looked great as we toured round looking for tartiflette which we found in a local brasserie doing a special weekend menu. Very nice but, by the time we came out the entre market had shut down! 9pm curfew.
Next year we'll stay at home!
Fire lit now. Just one log so we don't suffocate.
Stay safe and warm everyone.
Tartiflette !!! Yum
Snuggling under the duvet now. Sweet dreams all
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Catch you in your morning
Morning all.
I've been awake since 2. Let's see if a cuppa watching the woodburner does the trick.
Haircut at 9, 4 hour shift on tills from 10.
Hubby says to watch the cricket - that should do the trick.
oops!
hot and sweaty here today, but I did get lots of little jobs done in the garden. Weve also been out the back spraying weeds, before we get a nasty letter from the weeds inspector. I took lots of photos of wildflowers but I need to go through them. I’ll put them on another thread after I’ve had a shower and sorted them out.
Good morning all
G'day Pat 
Hope you got back to sleep Hosta ((hugs)).
Frosty out there ... very still ... just an occasional crow coming in to land on the roof opposite ...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Morning all.
Evening Pat. Interested in the weed inspector........is this usual in parts of Australia?
Morning all.
We won't be able to spray weeds soon, France will be banning Glyphosate and the other stuff they sell doesn't work. I just don't have time to hoe our parking area and drive up to the house.
France always closes down early, here the supermarket shuts at 8pm and most shops are shut for lunch, 12 - 2pm, even the GC. Yet this is the capital city.
Big frost -5°. Going to collect daughter's horse soon.