@Fritillary- you need a couple of these for keeping you warm in winter too. Just mind the horns.....
Well I've been outside as it's been beautiful this morning. So nice when there's no wind. Doing a few bits and bobs, including sorting the pond. I decanted everything into big trugs, and that included a very sludgy frog. He seemed happy enough when I lifted him out and into his temporary home
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Grey & dull here with drizzle it was supposed to be a good day today ah well. Re the Supermarket & number of items I would have thought it applied to items of the same thing but it seems some are interpreting it differently. The checkout person we were at was picking over the person before us items making sure he had no more than 3 of anything. I am afraid I glowered at her & asked she take the items as we had loaded them on the belt as we have our own packing order. (We take cold bags for fridge items etc) . She was determined to find fault -we had 4 bars of chocolate 3 were cooking chocolate, my OH explained she was making cakes for GD's birthday. There was loads on the shelf, we were not stopping anyone else getting any but hey ho.
We went to GC today it was quite busy for a mid week. I am off to greenhouse to sow more seed now.
Our family "adopted" a highland calf at the Oban Rare Breeds park many years ago. His name was Duncan and he was unbelievably cuddly... maybe he became less so as he grew up... and the Rare Breeds park, a favourite holiday haunt, closed before we could find out. They had a red deer hind called Snookie, who liked people and would lie down next to you. And an anglo-nubian goat called Nigel who ate shoe laces... happy days!
It's been a strange day. Great weather, but I've been stuck inside herding the cat. Joiners have finished laying the laminate floor and skirtings in the extension, and have been replacing all the internal doors. Ours is an indoor cat, with no road sense and limited vision so it's been a struggle to find a safe place for her. I'm currently sitting on the floor in the spare room (whose new door has a catch and handles, unlike any of the others) with the cat on my knee. Not ideal but it won't be for long now... or so I'm telling Vera (the mog).
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
I'll raise you a push-me-pull-you thingy hiding behind a rock (as they do - ready to jump out at you and scare you to death) on Bodmin Moor. Probably a by product of all that inbreeding that happens in all the extreme parts of the country....
Not usually at home on a Thursday but son in law is looking after grandsons so I got an extra lie in. I've been potting on seedlings and sowing the last of the seeds in the conservatory. The only ones that seem to be slow this year are Achillea all the rest have germinated well.
I've not sown anything yet, but as I sowed sweet peas in autumn, that saves one job. I haven't bought them all though, it was just what I had left, so I suppose I should do that soon. Hope the family is well @Yviestevie Dunno about the push me pull you @steveTu, but yon black one on the left looks dead. I stay across from a small NT garden, and every year, the Heilan' coos from Pollok Park in Glasgow came there for the winter. They've not been there for years, but I'm not sure of the reason. Some Glaswegian chancer has probably nicked them and eaten them. I wonder if the lack of tourists this year will mean the Glen Etive deer will start venturing further out for a bit of scran. They're very tame as they've sussed that people arriving in those noisy metal boxes have food. Apparently they like a chocolate digestive. I'm sure I've said here before, that if they wanted mine, they'd need to eat me as well... I had to go and collect something from Sainsbury's earlier. It was like the night of the living dead. Seriously empty shelves. I got a wee present for the staff at fairylet's work to thank them for their assistance on Tuesday. To be honest - just to thank them anyway. The sh*te they put up with on a regular basis
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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Just mind the horns.....
Well I've been outside as it's been beautiful this morning. So nice when there's no wind. Doing a few bits and bobs, including sorting the pond. I decanted everything into big trugs, and that included a very sludgy frog. He seemed happy enough when I lifted him out and into his temporary home
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
We used to raise Hereford X bullocks ... slobbery cuddly things they were too
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Re the Supermarket & number of items I would have thought it applied to items of the same thing but it seems some are interpreting it differently. The checkout person we were at was picking over the person before us items making sure he had no more than 3 of anything. I am afraid I glowered at her & asked she take the items as we had loaded them on the belt as we have our own packing order. (We take cold bags for fridge items etc) . She was determined to find fault -we had 4 bars of chocolate 3 were cooking chocolate, my OH explained she was making cakes for GD's birthday. There was loads on the shelf, we were not stopping anyone else getting any but hey ho.
We went to GC today it was quite busy for a mid week. I am off to greenhouse to sow more seed now.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Our family "adopted" a highland calf at the Oban Rare Breeds park many years ago. His name was Duncan and he was unbelievably cuddly... maybe he became less so as he grew up... and the Rare Breeds park, a favourite holiday haunt, closed before we could find out. They had a red deer hind called Snookie, who liked people and would lie down next to you. And an anglo-nubian goat called Nigel who ate shoe laces... happy days!
It's been a strange day. Great weather, but I've been stuck inside herding the cat. Joiners have finished laying the laminate floor and skirtings in the extension, and have been replacing all the internal doors. Ours is an indoor cat, with no road sense and limited vision so it's been a struggle to find a safe place for her. I'm currently sitting on the floor in the spare room (whose new door has a catch and handles, unlike any of the others) with the cat on my knee. Not ideal but it won't be for long now... or so I'm telling Vera (the mog).
I haven't bought them all though, it was just what I had left, so I suppose I should do that soon. Hope the family is well @Yviestevie
Dunno about the push me pull you @steveTu, but yon black one on the left looks dead.
I stay across from a small NT garden, and every year, the Heilan' coos from Pollok Park in Glasgow came there for the winter. They've not been there for years, but I'm not sure of the reason. Some Glaswegian chancer has probably nicked them and eaten them.
I wonder if the lack of tourists this year will mean the Glen Etive deer will start venturing further out for a bit of scran. They're very tame as they've sussed that people arriving in those noisy metal boxes have food. Apparently they like a chocolate digestive. I'm sure I've said here before, that if they wanted mine, they'd need to eat me as well...
I had to go and collect something from Sainsbury's earlier. It was like the night of the living dead. Seriously empty shelves. I got a wee present for the staff at fairylet's work to thank them for their assistance on Tuesday. To be honest - just to thank them anyway. The sh*te they put up with on a regular basis
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...