Glad to have you back Yvie 🙂 hope youre both feeling much better very soon.
Great excitement here here this evening ... ten past eight and the sound of an ice cream van in our secluded little cul de sac ... much scrabbling around to find enough cash to buy two 99s ... 🍦🍦... he says he’ll be back next Tuesday. 😁.
Very tired now so night night all ... sweet dreams 😴🐑🐑🐑
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Morning all. First time in a good while I've been awake at this time. Yvie, that sounds pretty nasty. Obs, you're current weather is much more to my liking . I'm hoping to get the grass cut as it's now growing pretty quickly. Will it stay totally dry?
Another day at work, but after that Mr C has got us two tickets for the cricket at the Oval - T20 Surrey vs Hampshire (live in one, grew up in the other, so not sure where my loyalties lie 🤪). Looking forward to it.
Hope you get the grass cut Hosta - we have downpours forecast for tomorrow, but they will no doubt hit you first 🌧
99’s taste infinitely better from a van ......think it must be the musical prelude that sharpens the taste buds 🎵🎶🍦🍫
Good morning all 🙂 a lovely bright sunny morning with blue sky wall to wall. Good luck with the grass cutting @Hostafan1 and enjoy the cricket tomorrow Chicky. I’m out and about from mid morning today so we shall see what the day brings ...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Morning all. AAaahh the ice cream van...otherwise known as the pokie van. I once went for some treats and my friend's dog came with. I jokingly looked at her and said "what do you want?". The pokie man said "she usually has a small cone". Back to Winter here so no rushing out for ice cream. Enjoy your Wednesday. Meg, the ice cream eater. One of the best dogs I've ever known...and not even mine!
I suspect our pair would love ice cream cones too. Gorgeous photo.
Hosta - our current weather is much to my liking too tho I wouldn't say no to a day of rain. heavy mist this morning but all gone now and blue skies in all directions. Off to Luçon for market, foire and SM raid.
Have you got your knitting Chicky? Can't imagine sitting watching cricket and having nothing to do or golf come to that.
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No knitting Obxx 😉. Quite like a good game of cricket - especially as T20 tends to be much faster than a Test. Have got my kindle for the train though (Mr C doesn’t do conversations on public transport 😛)
Morning everyone, hope all are well. My grass is green already, I have to admit even without 7 weeks of rain, it was only yellow under the eucaliptus, the rest wasnt too bad, no,I didnt water it. We hae had several decent days of rain, ater butts all full, (well, they were) Hubby praying ti would stay dry, because hes just painted the front of our bungalow, looks great, and thankfully stayed dry. My "sleeping" has got eyond a joke now. Last year, we went the whole hog on the "sleep hygene", got the book by Nick Littlehayes sleep coach for British Cycling Team,new bed,bedding, painted room white, pale grey carpet. There are no electric devices, just old fashioned alarm clock to get Hubby up at 5. I go to bed tired, between 9-11, eventually sleep one hour, then awake all night, still awake when his alarm goes off, then go back to sleep, and awake and up around 7. Have just had a course of acupuncture, the only thing I havent tried is a private sleep clinic, anyone on here tried one. I have lots of books by medical experts, but the trouble is, mine is, because I retired 2 years ago, after 25 years of times, with the one hour break I now sleep. Most say if you are not asleep in 20 minutes, get up, go back to bed when you get tired, I dont get tired, I go into nightshift mode, the acupunctirist suggested I sleep in the dy, but I cant even do that, Some months before I retired I lost the abiity to sleep in the day. Keep reading if you dont get 8 hours, you will get dementia,cacner,heart attack,stroke, I have never slept 8 hours a night (day) in my lfe) but on 5 I felt great.
Morning all. Sorry to hear about your sleep troubles, NB. Not surprising though, I guess, with 25 years of night shifts behind you!
Enjoy the cricket, Chicky. You've seen the weather forecast for tomorrow...? Or is it today after work that you're going (hope so)? Yes, Bow is back (and her luggage came with her this time). She had a completely marvellous time (here's a link to a little snippet of their final concert). It's a lovely orchestra, none of the snootiness or cliquey-ness that she's experienced in others. This week she's doing chamber music in a string orchestra, octet and quintet all week - a different (also lovely) group again!
My goodness, Yvie, that all sounds a bit full on! Welcome back. I hope you both have time for some R&R before the baby arrives.
Had a gentle agitate of the worst brown patches of the lawn yesterday. I think the bits that haven't recovered are those where the foxes like to either relieve or sun themselves, so were quite flattened with a mat of brown grass stopping any moisture ingress. Have mussed them up a bit in preparation for tomorrow's forecast rain.
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Great excitement here here this evening ... ten past eight and the sound of an ice cream van in our secluded little cul de sac ... much scrabbling around to find enough cash to buy two 99s ... 🍦🍦... he says he’ll be back next Tuesday. 😁.
Very tired now so night night all ... sweet dreams 😴🐑🐑🐑
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
First time in a good while I've been awake at this time.
Yvie, that sounds pretty nasty.
Obs, you're current weather is much more to my liking .
I'm hoping to get the grass cut as it's now growing pretty quickly. Will it stay totally dry?
Another day at work, but after that Mr C has got us two tickets for the cricket at the Oval - T20 Surrey vs Hampshire (live in one, grew up in the other, so not sure where my loyalties lie 🤪). Looking forward to it.
Hope you get the grass cut Hosta - we have downpours forecast for tomorrow, but they will no doubt hit you first 🌧
99’s taste infinitely better from a van ......think it must be the musical prelude that sharpens the taste buds 🎵🎶🍦🍫
Good luck with the grass cutting @Hostafan1 and enjoy the cricket tomorrow Chicky.
I’m out and about from mid morning today so we shall see what the day brings ...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
AAaahh the ice cream van...otherwise known as the pokie van. I once went for some treats and my friend's dog came with. I jokingly looked at her and said "what do you want?". The pokie man said "she usually has a small cone".
Back to Winter here so no rushing out for ice cream.
Enjoy your Wednesday.
Meg, the ice cream eater. One of the best dogs I've ever known...and not even mine!
Hosta - our current weather is much to my liking too tho I wouldn't say no to a day of rain. heavy mist this morning but all gone now and blue skies in all directions. Off to Luçon for market, foire and SM raid.
Have you got your knitting Chicky? Can't imagine sitting watching cricket and having nothing to do or golf come to that.
Meg was a beauty 🤩
Enjoy the cricket, Chicky. You've seen the weather forecast for tomorrow...? Or is it today after work that you're going (hope so)? Yes, Bow is back (and her luggage came with her this time). She had a completely marvellous time (here's a link to a little snippet of their final concert). It's a lovely orchestra, none of the snootiness or cliquey-ness that she's experienced in others. This week she's doing chamber music in a string orchestra, octet and quintet all week - a different (also lovely) group again!
My goodness, Yvie, that all sounds a bit full on! Welcome back. I hope you both have time for some R&R before the baby arrives.
Had a gentle agitate of the worst brown patches of the lawn yesterday. I think the bits that haven't recovered are those where the foxes like to either relieve or sun themselves, so were quite flattened with a mat of brown grass stopping any moisture ingress. Have mussed them up a bit in preparation for tomorrow's forecast rain.