I used to use a Scholl cheese grater type foot file until I discovered Margaret Dabbs crystal foot file. Absolutely life changing. You don't need to soak feet first, and it takes off a thin layer at a time. (Cheapest from QVC as part of a set with various creams)
I feel a bit worn out today. After about 23 hours awake on Thursday we took the kids to a toddlers' day at Techniquest in Cardiff on Friday. It was a lot of fun but I felt ruined afterwards and inevitably didn't get to bed until gone 1am. Saturday I finally managed to get the shelves finished and put up in my oldest son's room then did a load of pressure washing and clearing up in the garden for the rest of the day. Today I replaced some coving that had come loose, hoovered the house, serviced the hoover, cleaned out half the greenhouse then took the family to the lakes for a walk and feed the ducks. This evening we did a full roast dinner and then I de-skinned big batch of tomatoes for the freezer. I still don't feel like I achieved much this weekend though
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
I actually had a good sleep last night. A full and barely interupted 6 hours I got a few more jobs done this evening but can't really summon the energy to do much. I flipped the mattress on the bed, fluffed everything up and fitted clean linen so I hope I get the same sleep tonight to enjoy it. I also stewed up a bunch of apples l and the smell always takes me right back to my childhood autumns. My gran was never overly fastidious about removing bits of peel and caterpillars though
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
Right.....is it me? Weather...or should I say weather forecasts. In the 'old days' they used to have magnetic cloud symbols that they attached to a map. So simple. the forecast used to be with the news and you used to watch it to prepare for the next day. The forecast was general by area. Sometimes it was right, sometimes wrong - BUT you prepared a good few hours in advance - the met office collated the data and the BBC or whoever, presented it.
Then came Apps...apps - I should have known - anything that the 'new generation' abbreviates can't be trusted....
So now apps give you a break down by day by hour by specific location. Brilliant you'd think. More accurate you'd think. But you'd be a fool as the breakdown by hour changes every time their data changes. So a <5% chance of rain one second, becomes 2000000% chance two minutes later after it has already started raining. What is the point? I may as well give up on the forecast (as it isn't anymore) and just look out of the window.
I did loads of washing last night, ready to go out this morning - as the last night's forecast was mainly dry with a very remote chance of a shower. The Apps agreed this morning <5% throughout the day until 4pm. Grand I thought. Out there as day broke - line up - just enough space for all the washing (at least 3 tonnes of the stuff - wet weight) and yep...it started that fine rain. 'Leave it out...it'll pass..' I thought. So In I went, boiled the kettle...sky's brighten. Smug smile on face. The world is good - G_d is smiling on me. Check the App... <5%.... Brill. Smug....Then the grey. More grey. Sound of rain echoing in the conservatory like some massive amplifier. 'It's not much...it'll pass - it always sound worse in the conservatory...' I thought. Did it pass? Did it b****cks. App is always good I though. App - what's the weather in my specific location? '...<5% chance of rain all day until 4pm...', App says (well it doesn't actually say - I read it off the screen). '...Nice App...' I say, patting it on its head. Sound of rain amplifies. Nearly deafening. Can't hear my radio. Feel as though I've gone deaf. '<5%' App says ... but now in a slightly doubting voice. The conservatory amplifier is better than a Marshall I think. Doubts are setting in. What if app talks with forked tongue? Maybe it has developed an AI induced wicked sense of humour and is sniggering behind my back - like a Monty Python '....I told them we already had one....'. When the water was up to my knees, I relented and I waded out to the line and floated the washing back in. App says '...heavy rain....for at least two hours...maybe more, but I'll tell you it won't rain...' and tried to hide a snigger behind its hand. Laptop made a nice hole in my window and is in pieces on the ground (tribute to James Taylor )....
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I've done that kind of thing in the past - too old for that amount now!
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.