Oh what a shame Hazel. Glad you got a refund though. I'd wait now until next spring to order one. It won't work during the winter months because lack of sunshine. You would definitely want it indoors during the really winter weather, the frost, ice,Ā snow would damage it.Ā I've just taken the lights from pots and the string of lights from the climbing hydrangea down. Also bought the solar fountain in to clean before packing them all away. Weirdly the sun has now come out, but the forecast for the weekend is rain and yet more rain. š«
Good Morning Biglad, Rosie, Hazel & Lily, Rosie getting a good start this morning with your flat thing, good to get that done put of the way,Ā Lily pleased you slept well, gosh arenāt you good with storing all your solar lights away, I do switch them off if itās possible but I usually just leave them in situ,Ā Hazel shame about your solar fountain not arriving, still havenāt heard back on the parts for mine not in stock yet. You might get a good buy in the winter months if they have a clearance.Ā Duty calls shortly, popping over to see mum this afternoon so enjoy your day everyone & hope to see you later.Ā
Chive enjoy your visit with mum. Ā Hazel I hope youāll see your mum soon. Ā Itās good you got a refund for the fountain. Ā Lily another good nights sleep.
Hello all! Been busy, busy, busy. Hedges cut, lawn cut & edged, weeding done, SM done, paperwork done, birthday cards written & posted and I've made a start on getting clothes out to pack in the m'home.Ā
We've decided (at short notice) to go to Lincolnshire for a few days from Sunday. Going to stay at Woodhall Spa which is a nice little town and reasonably central for what we want to do.
Things on the list include:
a tour of the Lincolnshire Wolds
visits to various Dambusters & other aviation memorials etc
Full breakfast and a tour of the International Bomber Command Centre museum, garden and memorial
lunch at the Dambusters Inn in Scampton (located almost at the end of the RAF runway)
visit to the little cottage museum in Woodhall Spa. Apart from the exhibits the building itself is interesting because it's a bit of a prefab type made of wood and corrugated iron
night out at the Kinema in the Woods (historic cinema converted from a 19C sports pavilion) - if there's anything on we fancy seeing.
All that and home for lunch on Thursday. Think I'll need a little sit down...
I think you'd probably enjoy a visit to the Bomber Command Centre LB. The exhibitions sound very interesting and the main memorial is a lovely feature.
Afties all. Oh boy was that fish and chip meal delicious. I really enjoyed it. My first fish and chips from the chippy at the end of the lane since last year and only my second fish and chip meal so far this year. I will not need to eat anything else today. Hazel and SGL, I had to get rid of my solar lights as I did leave them out (silly billy me) and they filled up with rain water. I've decided not to bother with solar powered lights again but I do like the idea of a solar fountain and following SGL's example I would definitely bring it in in the late autumn/winter months. Chive, good idea of yours to wait until winter and look out for any clearance bargains. How is your Mum today Chive? I think thats a good idea Hazel - planning a trip to your Mum's before the weather goes horrible. I might take a trip up to Durham to see my youngest sister and family before the end of this year. Isn't it dark in the morning and early evening now? I feel the loss of daylight has snuckered up on us too!
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Sorry folks I should have refreshed my page as I noticed a few more posts I had missed. T'Bird, I am so envious. The family lived at RAF Scampton when Dad was stationed there. We were there when the first Vulcan Bombers arrived. I remember Dad taking us to look at them. They were awesome planes and even at my tender age pf 10 they were incredibly sinister to be near. I also remember Dad taking us to see Guy Gibson's dog's grave. Enough said about that as I could get very angry at the hoo hah the name caused. It was the dog's name for goodness sake! I remember when I first started knitting - at about 13 - I used wool that also had the emotive word to describe its colour.
Whilst living in Scampton I read all about 617 Squadron, Barnes Wallis and the raids on the Mƶhne, Eder and Sorpe dams. I even used to draw Lancaster bombers! Oh the joys of being a RAF brat.
Thanks for the link T'Bird. I shall have a good look through that later.
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LB,Ā I'm glad that you enjoyed your meal.Ā I had chips also but no fish.
Hazel,Ā sorry to hear that fountain didn't arrived.Ā Stegosaurus looks lovely.
T'bird,Ā have a nice time in Lincolnshire.
Bussy and little bit wierd week is an the end.Ā Today was the last work day for my father.Ā He will be officially retired man from tomorrow.Ā Today he had a big party at work and I see that he is little bit said.Ā Forty years he has been working at water powerplant and now he must accept new life. I had few pleasant surprises this week.Ā My banana plant and first bulbs arrived yesterday.Ā I also found two presents for my birthday in the mailbox, from abroad.Ā First, my friends from Austria sent me seeds from their garden. Now I have new varieties of columbine, foxglove and bloody william. Other friends from Nice sent me box of Australian finger lime fruits, alsi from their garden.Ā I'll try to grow my own plants from seeds. Sorry for the long post, but many things accumulated this last week.
Ante - congratulations to your father on his retirement. If he finds himself at a loose end (= with not much to do) perhaps you can persuade him to come and do a little watering, digging or weeding for youšš¤
Iām envious of you receiving finger limes. Iāve never seen them in our local shops but they are often used on Australian Masterchef. I use a lot of lemon juice, pulp & zest in cooking and Iām pretty sure the finger limes would give the same lovely fresh & zesty citrus hit.
LB - Iām another who is irritated by the fuss around Guy Gibsonās dogās name (a black labrador called the N word for those who donāt know). I know itās a horrid, derogatory termĀ but (as you said) it WAS the dogās name. Different times, different views - itās part of history. It was bleeped out the last time I watched the Richard Todd film on TV.....
Heaven is ... sitting in the garden with a G&T and a cat while watching the sun go down
.....and don't worry about the long post! There is no such thing. You had a few nice surprises. I got a surprise too. There was an offer from an online plant seller for 6 free jumbo plugs of Candelabra primulas. All I had to pay was the postage. They arrived safely today and I've potted them up until they get wee bit bigger root balls. They are in lovely condition. 3 are Primula beesiana and 3 are Primula japonica Miller's Crimson.
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I've just taken the lights from pots and the string of lights from the climbing hydrangea down. Also bought the solar fountain in to clean before packing them all away.
Weirdly the sun has now come out, but the forecast for the weekend is rain and yet more rain. š«
Rosie getting a good start this morning with your flat thing, good to get that done put of the way,Ā
Lily pleased you slept well, gosh arenāt you good with storing all your solar lights away, I do switch them off if itās possible but I usually just leave them in situ,Ā
Hazel shame about your solar fountain not arriving, still havenāt heard back on the parts for mine not in stock yet. You might get a good buy in the winter months if they have a clearance.Ā
Duty calls shortly, popping over to see mum this afternoon so enjoy your day everyone & hope to see you later.Ā
We've decided (at short notice) to go to Lincolnshire for a few days from Sunday. Going to stay at Woodhall Spa which is a nice little town and reasonably central for what we want to do.
Things on the list include:
- a tour of the Lincolnshire Wolds
- visits to various Dambusters & other aviation memorials etc
- Full breakfast and a tour of the International Bomber Command Centre museum, garden and memorial
- lunch at the Dambusters Inn in Scampton (located almost at the end of the RAF runway)
- visit to the little cottage museum in Woodhall Spa. Apart from the exhibits the building itself is interesting because it's a bit of a prefab type made of wood and corrugated iron
- night out at the Kinema in the Woods (historic cinema converted from a 19C sports pavilion) - if there's anything on we fancy seeing.
All that and home for lunch on Thursday. Think I'll need a little sit down...I think you'd probably enjoy a visit to the Bomber Command Centre LB. The exhibitions sound very interesting and the main memorial is a lovely feature.
https://internationalbcc.co.uk
Looking forward to it!
Cute little steggy Hazel. Didn't they have one like that as a pet in The Flintstones?
Chive - you'll be ready for a rest after your first week back at work. Was it a bit of a shock to the system?
LB,Ā I'm glad that you enjoyed your meal.Ā I had chips also but no fish.
Hazel,Ā sorry to hear that fountain didn't arrived.Ā Stegosaurus looks lovely.
T'bird,Ā have a nice time in Lincolnshire.
Bussy and little bit wierd week is an the end.Ā Today was the last work day for my father.Ā He will be officially retired man from tomorrow.Ā Today he had a big party at work and I see that he is little bit said.Ā Forty years he has been working at water powerplant and now he must accept new life.
I had few pleasant surprises this week.Ā My banana plant and first bulbs arrived yesterday.Ā I also found two presents for my birthday in the mailbox, from abroad.Ā First, my friends from Austria sent me seeds from their garden. Now I have new varieties of columbine, foxglove and bloody william.
Other friends from Nice sent me box of Australian finger lime fruits, alsi from their garden.Ā I'll try to grow my own plants from seeds.
Sorry for the long post, but many things accumulated this last week.
Enjoy watching GW tonight.
Iām envious of you receiving finger limes. Iāve never seen them in our local shops but they are often used on Australian Masterchef. I use a lot of lemon juice, pulp & zest in cooking and Iām pretty sure the finger limes would give the same lovely fresh & zesty citrus hit.
LB - Iām another who is irritated by the fuss around Guy Gibsonās dogās name (a black labrador called the N word for those who donāt know). I know itās a horrid, derogatory termĀ but (as you said) it WAS the dogās name. Different times, different views - itās part of history. It was bleeped out the last time I watched the Richard Todd film on TV.....