Morning all/afties Pat. Hope the heat hasn't been too unbearable today. Frosty again here but not as cold as yesterday, although no sun. Yesterday was lovely. Hope @raisingirl didn't need her snow shovel. Think the waterlogged areas are getting some much needed respite today too. Better go and feed the birds now that the mealworms are rehydrated.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Had a happy day gardening yesterday - cleaning a Victorian greenhouse in the morning and collecting shrub prunings in the afternoon in the glorious sunshine. Like a pig 🐷 in clover ☘️ me 🤣. Also shed a few tears at the JL/Waitrose ad 🐉🔥 .....they get me every year.
Off to do some gym cycling in a second......and then a bit of lunching with Chicklet on her day off.
Good morning all 😊 ☕️ Grey and overcast but at least it’s dry. The floods yesterday, while nothing compared to what’s being experienced in other parts of the country, were not good unless you had a Landrover or similar ... and I don’t ... the electrics in my car are in the floor rather than in the roof so I try not to risk deep floods.
The funeral yesterday was amazing ... the village streets were packed with cars an hour before the service ... half an hour before it was due to start the very large church was packed with hundreds of people ... we sat in the chancel (where I used to sing in the choir) and the aisle was packed with people standing.
His recorded voice boomed out and his family spoke of him with love, gratitude, admiration and much humour, friends paid tributes and recordings of him fronting his Fat Band made us weep but then the band members picked up their instruments and his niece Polly Gibbons picked up the mic and we were all rocking along to Route 66 and all the old favourites while his family were dancing in the aisle. So much noise, so much love and so much sadness. He would’ve loved it.
The floods were getting bad so we didn’t go to the Art Centre he founded for the Wake ... we took another route so that we could get home without driving through floods in the dark.
If anyone is interested in contemporary jazz/blues Polly Gibbons is well worth listening to. I have a fond memory of singing Chain of Fools with her in my car having picked a teenage Wonky and her friends up from somewhere. She had a remarkable voice even back then.
Grey & damp here too, but we are lucky where we are no floods or snow. Volunteer day at Capel yesterday. Anyone else finding the last clock change disruptive I usually slip effortlessly into the new routine but not this year no sure why. I had good news last week UCH Macmillan centre have "discharged" me 10 years clear, so keep positive everyone who is going through it now.
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Frosty again here but not as cold as yesterday, although no sun. Yesterday was lovely.
Hope @raisingirl didn't need her snow shovel. Think the waterlogged areas are getting some much needed respite today too.
Better go and feed the birds now that the mealworms are rehydrated.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Had a happy day gardening yesterday - cleaning a Victorian greenhouse in the morning and collecting shrub prunings in the afternoon in the glorious sunshine. Like a pig 🐷 in clover ☘️ me 🤣. Also shed a few tears at the JL/Waitrose ad 🐉🔥 .....they get me every year.
Off to do some gym cycling in a second......and then a bit of lunching with Chicklet on her day off.
Happy Friday peeps 🥳
It’s not raining!
Have a good day all.
Grey and overcast but at least it’s dry. The floods yesterday, while nothing compared to what’s being experienced in other parts of the country, were not good unless you had a Landrover or similar ... and I don’t ... the electrics in my car are in the floor rather than in the roof so I try not to risk deep floods.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I had good news last week UCH Macmillan centre have "discharged" me 10 years clear, so keep positive everyone who is going through it now.
Happy days