Always the way @Obelixx. You're always short of the very size you need! I think the saying used to vary too - a shirt sometimes, instead of trousers. Rather depends on the size of the sailor too I should really go and get a bit of wood to do the surround of the wee lily pond, but I really can't face the thought of B&Q on a Saturday. The lilies are threatening to open, then they take the huff. Little b*ggers.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I can picture the book @tuikowhai34 it was a story picturebook that belonged to my younger brother ... it was about the adventures of a teddybear and the other toys he lived with ... the sort of storybook they used to read on Listen with Mother on the R4 (was it still called the Home Service then? probably) I was able read early and used to read it to my brother who was 18 months younger than me.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
@Dovefromabove I'll ask my older sister. She may remember - it had a hard cover and jacket (of course) Poems such as "January brings the snow, makes my toes and fingers glow..." We had Listen with Mother, too! Golly. That's going back a bit. Sigh!
Afternoon all. Had a day in the garden at last. Pruned a Birch tree by my mini-pond, retired some of the veg pots, potted on Lavender cuttings (thrilled with these) and had a general tidy. Just assembled an apple crumble for tea, using windfall apples.
That reminds me I have some lavender cuttings to pot on now.
Have been faffing about with all sorts of fiddly DIY jobs today but downed tools to walk the dogs. That Rasta is a hussy! I let them off their leads again in the back lanes which are unpaved farm tracks and she headed off home again when we got to the crossroads. Had to go almost all the way home to get her back on the lead and make her do the proper circuit to show her who's boss. All very well but further than my knee and I planned.
I shall be having a glass of wine with my dinner when I get it.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
I'm having a pre-dinner glass of wine right now - we're shattered. Been trimming most of the day a tall rather long native hedge next to our lane. I also strimmed several times the supposedly grass verge but found lots of very tough unidentified suckers growing there, which necessitated getting down on my hands and knees to individually cut them out. I've been wanting to do it for several months, first the weather was too hot, then it was too wet. Needed to done before the children go back to school next Tuesday, there's no pavement along our stretch of the lane so it's a bit of a refuge for them. I ache all over so I shall be sorry tomorrow!
We watched Le Tour until about 1 am, until I said let’s see the rest tomorrow and get some sleep. 😳 This morning the wind is strong so I’m a bit reluctant to get back to my gardening jobs.
Hubby’s nephew’s son got married this morning to his 7 year partner. Two hubbies together. It was put on line so we could watch it. (Brisbane). It was a lovely ceremony and it’s given me a lovely feeling of peace and happiness to see them formally united at last. Hubby’s nephew is currently in hospital with brain cancer and far from well, so I get the feeling that his son wanted to have the ceremony before he goes. Family have been told that he won’t recover. Lovely thought to do the ceremony this way. 👏👏
Still no clouds in the sky and coolish, but I’m happy to stay inside for a while.
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I think the saying used to vary too - a shirt sometimes, instead of trousers. Rather depends on the size of the sailor too
I should really go and get a bit of wood to do the surround of the wee lily pond, but I really can't face the thought of B&Q on a Saturday. The lilies are threatening to open, then they take the huff. Little b*ggers.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I hope all here are enjoying their weekend too.
Have been faffing about with all sorts of fiddly DIY jobs today but downed tools to walk the dogs. That Rasta is a hussy! I let them off their leads again in the back lanes which are unpaved farm tracks and she headed off home again when we got to the crossroads. Had to go almost all the way home to get her back on the lead and make her do the proper circuit to show her who's boss. All very well but further than my knee and I planned.
I shall be having a glass of wine with my dinner when I get it.
I ache all over so I shall be sorry tomorrow!
This morning the wind is strong so I’m a bit reluctant to get back to my gardening jobs.
Hugs to all @Pat E