That's virtually the opposite of what I've been told @Lizzie27.Ā I had to get a new battery on my current car when I'd only had it five minutes. It was only 2 years old and a low mileage. The chap who came out said it was common now, because of all the 'stuff' and that's when cars are being used regularly. It just runs the batteries down more quickly. Too much crap on new cars that isn't needed. I hate it.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Well I took the three completed dolls (please note Fairy that I didnāt give them the faceless one) in today and got asked if I could make a bigger one for a customer. She wants to give it to a new grandchild and is pleased to find one that doesnāt have eyes that can be pulled out. š³ Iām trying to double the pattern and use bigger needles. Ā However, itād be nice to know if itās a boy or girl baby, but never mind. Iāll make it with a variety of colours. Iām up to the waist line so far and it doesnāt look too bad.Ā
Itās freezing here. There is snow fall from the blue Mountains to Tasmania. Luckily our range seems to keep it west of us.
Weāve been watching the girls cycle race in Italy. Photography is not good and the announcer has the most monotone voice weāve ever heard. Very off putting. Iād like to ask him to sing a scale. Iām sure he couldnāt do it. š
Hello everyone.Ā No rain here today but plenty of wind.Ā Lots of blue stuff now we're home after a cloudy morning in les Sables d'Olonne.Ā Possum has been shorn of 45cm of hair which will go to make wigs for chemo patients.Ā Meanwhile OH and I did the weekly shop and then we all adjourned for lunch by the fishing port.
I slept for the 40 minute return journey and am just having a coffee then going to put the finishing touches to the hen house but am feeling very weary after a night disturbed by throbbing knee (first dance class since early March), cramps and cuddly felines.
Sally Zafira is 14 now and, touch wood, still running well.Ā Ā I took her out to the SM once a month during lockdown and she does OH's golf days since that started again.Ā Ā She's recently done 2 2000km round trips to Belgium and back with all the twiddles whilst there because Harry Arona is too small for moving a Possum and bringing back excess stuff and going to the dump etc.Ā Hoping Sally won't have to go that far again for a while and I can take Possum back in Harry altho even that's problematical as Belgium has been declared a red zone and I can't afford the time to do quarantine until after the 13th as I'm leading a patch workshop on the 12th.
Tell OH he needs to buy you a dishwasher @Liriodendron !
Hope you're a bit looser by now @punkdoc and not too wet and cold @WonkyWomble .Ā You too @Fairygirl when you fetch your beastie.
some dramatic stuff ... and Iāve been hearing a lot of emergency sirens not far away for the last 10 mins or so. Although weāre not far from the big hospital and the main A11 and hear sirens quite often, they donāt usually go on and on and on ... somethings happening somewhere š
Gardening in Central NorfolkĀ on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
That's a fair old round trip @Obelixx, rather you than me, I thought our trip to North Wales was long enough.Ā I wondered how you'd manage re quarantine in Belgian/France. OH is also suffering a throbbing knee, although his X ray apparently came back ok and noted no further treatment. Poor man can hardly walk! We've got to wait now as his GP is not back for another week and my GP can't ring me back until next week either.
Curry sounds good @Biglad. Definitely my coin @Dovefromabove - fell out my pocket. Honest guv. Can you get it sent up ASAP?Ā Hang on to your hollyhocks down thereĀ We're enjoying some well overdue good days. I'm hoping to 'hill' tomorrow or Sunday. The bog trotting will hopefully be minimised a little with theĀ frosty nights and drying winds. It would have been my Dad's 102nd birthday tomorrow, so I might go, or return, via the cemetery as I couldn't go on Father's Day due to travel restrictions here.Ā Car all fine. A stupid woman with badly behaved children was in the dealership. She was oblivious to their behaviour, even when one got into a car and started honking the horn, and one of the staff had to get him out of itĀ
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I enjoyed lunch with my friends. We had roast chicken and a large selection of veg from their garden. Their veg garden is big and they've covered it in thick hay, which, to my surprise, has stopped weeds, keeps in moisture and rots down to provide compost later. They had loads of tomatoes, strawberries, leeks coming on for winter, kale, broccoli etc. They are building a big greenhouse as well.
Son 2 rang when I arrived home. He has just completed on his new house in the country, about an hour from me in Dordogne. He is a dentist and his wife is an orthodontist. They live in the local town but they are keeping their town house for when they are working in the week. They wanted a country place so the children can get fresh air and country freedom at weekends and holidays.
Anyway, he invited me to go and see the new place tomorrow. I offered to take a picnic for lunch so I've been cooking a quiche and marinated chicken and raspberry mousse. I'll make salad tomorrow.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
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Gardening in Central NorfolkĀ on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I had to get a new battery on my current car when I'd only had it five minutes. It was only 2 years old and a low mileage. The chap who came out said it was common now, because of all the 'stuff' and that's when cars are being used regularly. It just runs the batteries down more quickly. Too much crap on new cars that isn't needed. I hate it.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
time for bed here, so night night all.Ā
I slept for the 40 minute return journey and am just having a coffee then going to put the finishing touches to the hen house but am feeling very weary after a night disturbed by throbbing knee (first dance class since early March), cramps and cuddly felines.
Sally Zafira is 14 now and, touch wood, still running well.Ā Ā I took her out to the SM once a month during lockdown and she does OH's golf days since that started again.Ā Ā She's recently done 2 2000km round trips to Belgium and back with all the twiddles whilst there because Harry Arona is too small for moving a Possum and bringing back excess stuff and going to the dump etc.Ā Hoping Sally won't have to go that far again for a while and I can take Possum back in Harry altho even that's problematical as Belgium has been declared a red zone and I can't afford the time to do quarantine until after the 13th as I'm leading a patch workshop on the 12th.
Tell OH he needs to buy you a dishwasher @Liriodendron !
Hope you're a bit looser by now @punkdoc and not too wet and cold @WonkyWomble .Ā You too @Fairygirl when you fetch your beastie.
Greetings all and hugs as needed.
https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/weather/norfolk-to-expect-heavy-rain-and-winds-on-friday-1-6854975
some dramatic stuff ... and Iāve been hearing a lot of emergency sirens not far away for the last 10 mins or so. Although weāre not far from the big hospital and the main A11 and hear sirens quite often, they donāt usually go on and on and on ... somethings happening somewhere š
Gardening in Central NorfolkĀ on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
https://www.edp24.co.uk/features/heritage/medieval-scottish-coin-found-long-stratton-1-6856214
Gardening in Central NorfolkĀ on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Washing-up, laundry, garden tidying and now a broccoli and sweet potato curry on the go. Domestic goddess? Moi?Ā
Definitely my coin @Dovefromabove - fell out my pocket. Honest guv. Can you get it sent up ASAP?Ā
Hang on to your hollyhocks down thereĀ
We're enjoying some well overdue good days. I'm hoping to 'hill' tomorrow or Sunday. The bog trotting will hopefully be minimised a little with theĀ frosty nights and drying winds. It would have been my Dad's 102nd birthday tomorrow, so I might go, or return, via the cemetery as I couldn't go on Father's Day due to travel restrictions here.Ā
Car all fine. A stupid woman with badly behaved children was in the dealership. She was oblivious to their behaviour, even when one got into a car and started honking the horn, and one of the staff had to get him out of itĀ
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Son 2 rang when I arrived home. He has just completed on his new house in the country, about an hour from me in Dordogne. He is a dentist and his wife is an orthodontist. They live in the local town but they are keeping their town house for when they are working in the week. They wanted a country place so the children can get fresh air and country freedom at weekends and holidays.
Anyway, he invited me to go and see the new place tomorrow. I offered to take a picnic for lunch so I've been cooking a quiche and marinated chicken and raspberry mousse. I'll make salad tomorrow.