Drizzly day today, after yesterday's sun. A friend in the Photography group I went to this morning, reckons we too are at least 3 weeks behind Spring last year... next month's subject is... Spring. Hopefully there'll be something to photograph before then.
Yvie, smart casual sounds ideal. Very best wishes for tomorrow - fingers crossed that good sense will prevail.
Thinking of you, Punkdoc - hope you're content with the decision you make.
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
Hosta hugs for both Punk and Mrs P and you too Yvie. rubbish day for me, but not on anythink like the same scale. I got into work this morning at 8 and half an hour later the duty manager came and told me " you're not starting at 8 any more" " why haven't I been told of this?" "erm, I don't know but as you're here I'll put it down as overtime" Flippin' useless and absolutely zero communication.
Just found out that our valley has mobile phone connection at long last. I’m not sure if I’m happy or not. Now they’ll be able to disturb us out in the garden. Progress!
Good morning all G'day Pat you'll have to do as I do, and have your mobile set on 'silent' a lot of the time. That way you can choose when to check for messages and when you want to respond to them. After all, family ad GP etc have the landline number. It's wet and foggy here this morning ... looks miserable out there. Wishing Yvie good luck today and thinking of Mr & Mrs Pdoc and all with cares and worries ((hugs))
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Good morning/afternoon Pat and Dove and all those to come re mobiles family and vip have a different ring tone for me. If it’s anyone else’s I can choose to answer. we have the same weather up here today Dove, yesterday was really chilly so weeding has stopped. I have just heard the radio say it’s gorgeous in London thinking of Yvie today 🤞
Weeds are flowers, too, once you get to know them.” A A Milne
re mobile phones; mine hasn't been switched on for about a month. Easy. Much more rain overnight so the ground is going to be like a quagmire again. Tree surgeon has cancelled due to the saturated ground . Polytunnels for me today.
It was only 11 C in the greenhouse yesterday afternooon. Stuff has germinated but hardly moving. Drizzly and misty all day yesterday, looks like the same this morning. We didn't get that heatwave that was forecast for last weekend. Still grotty weather. I'm inclined to snuggle back under the duvet and go into hibernation. I am also thinking of the next thing on the bucket list. I have sent for some brochures. Hint. It involves giant tortoises and marine iguanas. I don't mean London Zoo.
Good luck today, Yvie. It most definitely isn't gorgeous in London! Very grey and drizzly, about 12°. OH says it reminds him of his Manchester childhood. I just hope it doesn't pour as we're off on a batwalk tonight.
Thinking of you Pdoc too.
I've had a lot of catching up to do and I can't remember everything, sorry. Wanted to say "Hear, hear" to Dove about the art thing - very well put. The way of looking at art that I always remember is something a foundation tutor used to say - compare it to literature (as you did with poetry). Some pieces are a witty paragraph, others are an incisive statement. But many are novels, and if you give them the same amount of time that you would give to reading a novel then you will have quite a different understanding than if you just read the blurb on the back. No one has to read the novel, no one has to enjoy it, but not many would suggest that everything about it should be evident without giving the time it takes to read it.
Not a lot of gardening, or revision, happening here. Mainly due to the weather but also school holidays and various other commitments. Some pond plants should be arriving today and others on Friday, so that's exciting! And the weather is supposed to perk up next week...
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Drizzly day today, after yesterday's sun. A friend in the Photography group I went to this morning, reckons we too are at least 3 weeks behind Spring last year... next month's subject is... Spring. Hopefully there'll be something to photograph before then.
Yvie, smart casual sounds ideal. Very best wishes for tomorrow - fingers crossed that good sense will prevail.
Thinking of you, Punkdoc - hope you're content with the decision you make.
rubbish day for me, but not on anythink like the same scale. I got into work this morning at 8 and half an hour later the duty manager came and told me " you're not starting at 8 any more" " why haven't I been told of this?" "erm, I don't know but as you're here I'll put it down as overtime"
Flippin' useless and absolutely zero communication.
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It's wet and foggy here this morning ... looks miserable out there.
Wishing Yvie good luck today and thinking of Mr & Mrs Pdoc and all with cares and worries ((hugs))
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
re mobiles family and vip have a different ring tone for me. If it’s anyone else’s I can choose to answer.
we have the same weather up here today Dove, yesterday was really chilly so weeding has stopped. I have just heard the radio say it’s gorgeous in London
thinking of Yvie today 🤞
A A Milne
Much more rain overnight so the ground is going to be like a quagmire again.
Tree surgeon has cancelled due to the saturated ground .
Polytunnels for me today.
Foggy, wet and cold, not an inspiring day.
Good luck to Yvie.
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I am also thinking of the next thing on the bucket list. I have sent for some brochures. Hint. It involves giant tortoises and marine iguanas. I don't mean London Zoo.
Thinking of you Pdoc too.
I've had a lot of catching up to do and I can't remember everything, sorry. Wanted to say "Hear, hear" to Dove about the art thing - very well put. The way of looking at art that I always remember is something a foundation tutor used to say - compare it to literature (as you did with poetry). Some pieces are a witty paragraph, others are an incisive statement. But many are novels, and if you give them the same amount of time that you would give to reading a novel then you will have quite a different understanding than if you just read the blurb on the back. No one has to read the novel, no one has to enjoy it, but not many would suggest that everything about it should be evident without giving the time it takes to read it.
Not a lot of gardening, or revision, happening here. Mainly due to the weather but also school holidays and various other commitments. Some pond plants should be arriving today and others on Friday, so that's exciting! And the weather is supposed to perk up next week...