Afternoon all. Snow nearly gone here thanks to the sunshine. Had a day off so pottered about, rearranged a book case and so collected a few bits for the charity shop. I've put a small pile of books out in the hope I have time to read them too. One is a Gerald Durrell reference book "The Amateur Naturalist", which I bought for £1 last year but had forgotten about. That is really pants Punkdoc - you can't get any more basic than having water - that should be a council emergency. Dacha - sorry you have some family stress, but the retirement is great news. Yvie - I checked on my frogspawn too - not hopefully for the top layer but there is plenty there to expect plenty of tadpoles soon. Busy - hope all ailments will settle down soon. For the rest of you - be good and keep cosy.
Afternoon all. Sorry about your news Dacha, but hurrah for Punkdoc's news. I started reading but couldn't stay awake so I took my self off to bed. Lazybones.
Cold here all day and some bright spark at the meeting place where we have patchwork kept turning off the heating! My feet were cold up to my knees. No Hardanger embroidery which was a disappointment and I shall reserve judgement on what we got as my hands were a bit achy after yesterday's willow weaving.
It was a good day's play Joyce.
Glad you now have water Pdoc and yes, it's outrageous. Sorry about your daughter DL but, if they can't work thru their problems it's best, as Dove says, to have a quick and clean break before heads get boggled by years of unhappiness. Al the best with your retirement plans.
Busy - I hope your eye clears up now. Internet here is slow too and any pictures that haven't been re-sized load line by line. Painfully slow sometimes.
I hope you are all tucked up warm and safe and not having to venture out if it's bad.
Set to get seriously cold overnight - for here - and the rain may well fall as snow... Dentist tomorrow for me but after that I'd quite like some decent gardening weather please.
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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)."
Obs says "I'd quite like some decent gardening weather please." and so say all of us. It seems to have rained here non stop since about last July,well, except when it's snowing. I've not cut my grass since about Sept / Oct.
Stuffed (poulet au vin) and collapsed on the sofa ... glad you can have a bath and a cuppa now Pdoc
Some warmer weather would be good, so that I can get out there and get the garden looking loved and cared for again.
Yvie, I've been reading the magazine too ... and I actually had a little doze after lunch ... I must be properly retired now ... it's the first time I've done that.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Just got everything ready for a trip to the NE tomorrow, visiting my sister & Mum. I'm bringing big photos of our new(ish) grandson - Mum's most recent great-grandchild - so I may be able to show them to her, if she's well enough.
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That is really pants Punkdoc - you can't get any more basic than having water - that should be a council emergency.
Dacha - sorry you have some family stress, but the retirement is great news.
Yvie - I checked on my frogspawn too - not hopefully for the top layer but there is plenty there to expect plenty of tadpoles soon.
Busy - hope all ailments will settle down soon.
For the rest of you - be good and keep cosy.
(Posted before seeing Punk's good news - hurray!)
Sorry about your news Dacha, but hurrah for Punkdoc's news.
I started reading but couldn't stay awake so I took my self off to bed. Lazybones.
It was a good day's play Joyce.
Glad you now have water Pdoc and yes, it's outrageous. Sorry about your daughter DL but, if they can't work thru their problems it's best, as Dove says, to have a quick and clean break before heads get boggled by years of unhappiness. Al the best with your retirement plans.
Busy - I hope your eye clears up now. Internet here is slow too and any pictures that haven't been re-sized load line by line. Painfully slow sometimes.
I hope you are all tucked up warm and safe and not having to venture out if it's bad.
Set to get seriously cold overnight - for here - and the rain may well fall as snow... Dentist tomorrow for me but after that I'd quite like some decent gardening weather please.
"I'd quite like some decent gardening weather please."
and so say all of us.
It seems to have rained here non stop since about last July,well, except when it's snowing. I've not cut my grass since about Sept / Oct.
I got six hours gardening done in the sunshine.
Some warmer weather would be good, so that I can get out there and get the garden looking loved and cared for again.
Yvie, I've been reading the magazine too ... and I actually had a little doze after lunch ... I must be properly retired now ... it's the first time I've done that.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Sounds as though Scotland was warmer and sunnier than SW France. Showers on and off and hottest it got to was 5°.
I hope you have a lovely time, Liri. I hope there isn't snow in the way.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.