Great to have OH back but not so much the stye @Busy-Lizzie.  Sign of over-doing things? Â
Dancing this evening so I need to rest my knee all day - PITA - but I can sew and we're out tomorrow so I'm hoping to get the garlic planted on Saturday, between showers.
The bread is proving now @Dovefromabove. Very easy dough to work after the second lot of flour etc was added to the poolish.  I got so fed up with fast yeast I gave up and took to soda bread.
Sounds promising @Obelixx ... hope it turns out ok ... it’s great when you find a bread recipe that works for you ... it’s such an individual thing.Â
Glad OH is home safe and sound but what a nuisance about your eye. I used to get them a lot but haven’t had one for years fingers crossed.  I think I’m right in saying vitamin B complex should help.Â
Have a good trip out @Hostafan1 ... glad he’s feeling like going out. That’s a really good sign 😎 Hugs to you both xx
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
bit of marathon spree, came back with nothing for me, except some cheap mangoes from Waitrose. I've just weeded and " top dressed " 58 pots of bulbs from last year.
We've just had a bit of a spree and bought a new BT Triple set landline phones (we don't get good mobile signals unless we want to trek up the garden so landlines essential). Can't remember how old the others are but don't work terribly good now. The new ones have lots of fancy features, including nuisance call blocking, but I bet we don't use most of the others! Â
Finally got my bulbs planted in pots, together with a few winter-flowering heathers and a Sarcococca. Can't compete with your 58 pots, @Hostafan1, but the seven I've filled should make the place a bit brighter in a few months. I think I've managed to put them somewhere they won't get run over by a digger... a lot of the garden is suffering from vehicle damage, not surprising given the size of lorry which had to get into position to take away the demolished garage... the digger driver is very skilful, but he obviously needs to take his machine outside the footprint of the extension to dig the soakaway etc, so the grass is not being improved. I'm just having to grin and bear it. At least there was nothing else to spoil other than grass... Â
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
Maybe I should go back to having toast and Marmite for breakfast @Dovefromabove. I've been trying to lose weight so I've been having a banana for breakfast. Marmite has Vitamin B.
I'm sure it will all be lovely when it's done @Liriodendron, one day the mess will be a memory.
Did the food shopping at Le Grand Frais, they have a wonderful selection of fruit and veg, they also had some lovely fish and prawns on offer. Then Leclerc for loo rolls and boring stuff.
OH is home  Next trip for both of us is January.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
My my you're such a chatty bunch! I have caught up a couple of times recently but not had time to post. I echo the thoughts about the 3 departed what is it about this time of year that so many go. My dear ma passed 14 years ago on 2nd Dec but I was in hospital myself after the cancer op. My pa had died 5 years before on Dec 19th so this run up to Christmas has been a bit up & down for a long time now.Â
Evening all. Hope all are ok. Positive thoughts for Punk’s results.Â
Christmas is always a time when thinking of loved ones now gone is just that bit harder. My Mum loved this time of year so I struggle between being a total humbug about it all and trying to enjoy the festivities as a way to remember her and all the lovely times we had together. I always feel a bit extra sad for the relatives of my patients who pass away in December, as I always think that Christmas will be forever ruined for them.Â
In the spirit of trying to enjoy festive things, however, it’s my annual festive craft and floral display and wreath making this weeeknd. I hope the rain holds off so I can collect the greenery from the garden. My Hollies are full of berries, although they don’t last on an arrangement once picked. I use various pines/conifers, a few varieties of Holly, Viburnum, Bay, Ivy etc. and add pine cones, cinnamon sticks etc to make displays. I add fresh flowers for colour, and refresh these nearer to Christmas. I’ll post pics.
I forgot to add when I posted earlier, that we saw the amazing sight of four beautiful matching black horses pulling a coffin carriage complete with top hatted black draped driver up at the Crematorium today, something I'd only heard about but never seen in Bath before. I share the thoughts of those who lost loved ones just before Christmas, my beloved Dad died 26 years ago today and my best friend 11 years ago last Tuesday. I took up lovely red roses (which he loved) for him and bright orange ones for her, as her birthday was in September, she liked autumnal flowers.
Posts
Was raining, now there's a sunny period.
OH is back today, meeting him at the airport this afternoon.
I have a stye in my eye, 2nd one in 6 weeks.
Off to the SM in a minute.
Dancing this evening so I need to rest my knee all day - PITA - but I can sew and we're out tomorrow so I'm hoping to get the garlic planted on Saturday, between showers.
The bread is proving now @Dovefromabove. Very easy dough to work after the second lot of flour etc was added to the poolish.  I got so fed up with fast yeast I gave up and took to soda bread.
safe and sound but what a nuisance about your eye. I used to get them a lot but haven’t had one for years fingers crossed.  I think I’m right in saying vitamin B complex should help.Â
Hugs to you both xx
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I've just weeded and " top dressed " 58 pots of bulbs from last year.
Finally got my bulbs planted in pots, together with a few winter-flowering heathers and a Sarcococca. Can't compete with your 58 pots, @Hostafan1, but the seven I've filled should make the place a bit brighter in a few months. I think I've managed to put them somewhere they won't get run over by a digger... a lot of the garden is suffering from vehicle damage, not surprising given the size of lorry which had to get into position to take away the demolished garage... the digger driver is very skilful, but he obviously needs to take his machine outside the footprint of the extension to dig the soakaway etc, so the grass is not being improved. I'm just having to grin and bear it. At least there was nothing else to spoil other than grass... Â
Be careful with your knee when dancing @Obelixx
I'm sure it will all be lovely when it's done @Liriodendron, one day the mess will be a memory.
Did the food shopping at Le Grand Frais, they have a wonderful selection of fruit and veg, they also had some lovely fish and prawns on offer. Then Leclerc for loo rolls and boring stuff.
OH is homeÂ
Christmas is always a time when thinking of loved ones now gone is just that bit harder. My Mum loved this time of year so I struggle between being a total humbug about it all and trying to enjoy the festivities as a way to remember her and all the lovely times we had together. I always feel a bit extra sad for the relatives of my patients who pass away in December, as I always think that Christmas will be forever ruined for them.Â
In the spirit of trying to enjoy festive things, however, it’s my annual festive craft and floral display and wreath making this weeeknd. I hope the rain holds off so I can collect the greenery from the garden. My Hollies are full of berries, although they don’t last on an arrangement once picked. I use various pines/conifers, a few varieties of Holly, Viburnum, Bay, Ivy etc. and add pine cones, cinnamon sticks etc to make displays. I add fresh flowers for colour, and refresh these nearer to Christmas. I’ll post pics.
I share the thoughts of those who lost loved ones just before Christmas, my beloved Dad died 26 years ago today and my best friend 11 years ago last Tuesday. I took up lovely red roses (which he loved) for him and bright orange ones for her, as her birthday was in September, she liked autumnal flowers.