Morning all, afternoon @Pat E glad the power is back on! No frost or ice today but still chilly Second coffee not shifting the sandpits in the corners of my eyes.. sandman went a bit overboard last night! Headache now is my good friend, likes being stroked on his head and back. Loves his greenhouse goes outside in the daytime for his spinning class then tucked up for dinner and bed at dark to protect him from the local cats!
Morning all/afties, evening @Pat E. We take our 'on tap' power for granted, until we don't have it! I'm the same as well with tea, especially as I only have the skinny milk in it, so it's impossible when you're out. Fussy lot aren't we? @D0rdogne_Damsel - hope you're ok today. If anyone around had a phone, you'd be a YouTube star by now... I don't think Headache is very well @WonkyWomble, unfortunately. At least he has a nice home and food though. Silly how we get fond of them, isn't it. I get very worried about Dave if he doesn't appear Another wet windy night here, and waterproofs will be needed today. More gale force winds for later. I'm hoping the forecast is right for later in the week when we're due a spell of frost and drier days. We've only had half a dozen frosts so far, and that was back in late September/early October, so that's quite unusual.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Busy baking again, trying to stay ahead of the orders coming in. Also have plans to do a Curry Takeaway Night next Friday, depending on what Macron says about restaurants opening on the TV tonight, I don't hold out much hope of being able open this side of Christmas. Actually, if people are going to be sensible and not go out socialising I am better off closed, saving on wages and able to organise Takeaways in advance is actually quite efficient. I do miss the buzz of the chatter in the tearoom though. We'll see.
After yesterday's 'incident' I have woken up with a badly bruised and swollen hand, I think it got caught in the caging of the trolley as it went over and I tried to save it, my hip is a bit tender too, although lockdown lunches have given me a bit more padding lately, so not as bad as it could have been. Other than that I survived, I do keep laughing at myself though wondering how on earth that all happened. I haven't been brave enough to get the compost out of the car boot yet either.
Trying to get my M&S order sorted out too, poor Charlie is absolutely squeezing into his jeans here, we're not allowed to buy clothes so I ordered him some jeans from M&S. Usually they are two or three days coming, one pair arrived, finally after waiting in several times, the other four pairs and some winter vests (don't tell Charlie I called them that, they are T.shirts to him, street cred and all, have disappeared. I rang them up last week and the English speaking girl couldn't read the French message so I stalled there. I then spoke to the French line and they said they were on the way and that's when just the one pair turned up. Very frustrating, I am having to wash the one pair every other day, he even wore his shorts one day last week. I'm sure he's grown about 6 inches this month. Very annoying having to mess about with all these phone calls. Of course they are blaming Covid.....as it seems are a lot of companies, the plumber too despite the fact that the part was ordered weeks before we went back into confinement. Anyway....back to baking.
Have a good afternoon all.
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Hi gang. Bright and sunny again here with a proper frost early on but some clouds moving up now on the horizon and the giddy heights of 10C expected later. OH and Possum are off out with the doggies while I stay home and look after the man coming to service the CH boiler and fit a new clock. Have to turn it on and off manually at the mo.
Later we have another chap coming to look at the barn disaster and either give us an estimate or run and hide. It has been extraordinarily difficult to find anyone who's willing to come and quote for fixing a traditional agricultural structure, let alone capable and experienced.
27+1 yesterday. Lovely sunny day and quiet celebrations. Thanks to lockdown rules on buying edible plants I was able to go and fetch my new fruit bushes - pomegranate and guava - but had to go on my own. Wasn't about to trust OH with the choice! The guava is evergreen so is currently in the polytunnel till its new home is cleared of chard and beetroot. The pomegranate is tucked up on the sunny side of the PT.
Hope everyone is well and staying safe.
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No frost or ice today but still chilly
Second coffee not shifting the sandpits in the corners of my eyes.. sandman went a bit overboard last night!
Headache now is my good friend, likes being stroked on his head and back. Loves his greenhouse goes outside in the daytime for his spinning class then tucked up for dinner and bed at dark to protect him from the local cats!
@D0rdogne_Damsel - hope you're ok today. If anyone around had a phone, you'd be a YouTube star by now...
I don't think Headache is very well @WonkyWomble, unfortunately. At least he has a nice home and food though. Silly how we get fond of them, isn't it. I get very worried about Dave if he doesn't appear
Another wet windy night here, and waterproofs will be needed today. More gale force winds for later. I'm hoping the forecast is right for later in the week when we're due a spell of frost and drier days. We've only had half a dozen frosts so far, and that was back in late September/early October, so that's quite unusual.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Cold and foggy, not and outdoor sort of day.
I am hoping for some frosty, sunny days too.
When you don't even know who's in the team
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
night all.
Busy baking again, trying to stay ahead of the orders coming in. Also have plans to do a Curry Takeaway Night next Friday, depending on what Macron says about restaurants opening on the TV tonight, I don't hold out much hope of being able open this side of Christmas. Actually, if people are going to be sensible and not go out socialising I am better off closed, saving on wages and able to organise Takeaways in advance is actually quite efficient. I do miss the buzz of the chatter in the tearoom though. We'll see.
After yesterday's 'incident' I have woken up with a badly bruised and swollen hand, I think it got caught in the caging of the trolley as it went over and I tried to save it, my hip is a bit tender too, although lockdown lunches have given me a bit more padding lately, so not as bad as it could have been.
Trying to get my M&S order sorted out too, poor Charlie is absolutely squeezing into his jeans here, we're not allowed to buy clothes so I ordered him some jeans from M&S. Usually they are two or three days coming, one pair arrived, finally after waiting in several times, the other four pairs and some winter vests (don't tell Charlie I called them that, they are T.shirts to him, street cred and all, have disappeared. I rang them up last week and the English speaking girl couldn't read the French message so I stalled there. I then spoke to the French line and they said they were on the way and that's when just the one pair turned up. Very frustrating, I am having to wash the one pair every other day, he even wore his shorts one day last week. I'm sure he's grown about 6 inches this month.
Have a good afternoon all.
Later we have another chap coming to look at the barn disaster and either give us an estimate or run and hide. It has been extraordinarily difficult to find anyone who's willing to come and quote for fixing a traditional agricultural structure, let alone capable and experienced.
27+1 yesterday. Lovely sunny day and quiet celebrations. Thanks to lockdown rules on buying edible plants I was able to go and fetch my new fruit bushes - pomegranate and guava - but had to go on my own. Wasn't about to trust OH with the choice! The guava is evergreen so is currently in the polytunnel till its new home is cleared of chard and beetroot. The pomegranate is tucked up on the sunny side of the PT.
Hope everyone is well and staying safe.