'Snow brushing' gets done here too @floralies - although just things like the phormiums and the fatsia. Everything else just has to get on with it How are you all doing today though? I'd say our minus 9s are the coldest for about that time too @Liriodendron. I remember it being that when older fairylet was a baby, and we certainly have spells of temps below minus five, but the last two winters have been warm [for here] so we haven't had consistent spells of below -5 in the last couple of years. Rain is on now, but only very fine stuff. I do recall sometimes taking younger fairylet to Playgroup on her sledge though. Ice everywhere so no use for a buggy. She wasn't as keen a walker as her sis either - I'd have needed to leave in the middle of the night to get there in time
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Thank you to everyone who wished us happiness in our new home. Once everything is sorted out I think it will be lovely here. We will still be going to OH's cottage in Norfolk, Covid and Brexit permitting, but it will be much easier without such a huge house to maintain. I thought I might be sad to leave it, especially the garden that I made, after 30 years, but I just felt relieved. I'm looking forward to making a new garden here but not nearly as big and high in maintenance.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
I felt much the same when we left the mill house, mill buildings and smallholding and down-sized to a cottage and garden @Busy-Lizzie ... much as I loved it, it had become a burden and was affecting my health. 🤗 🫖 🍰
A heads up to those who like to indulge in a bit of retro escapism in these winter afternoons (@Fairygirl and @punkdoc maybe?)... The Italian Job ... the proper 1969 Michael Caine version is on Film 4 tomorrow around 1700 ... (check for time in your region etc).
I’ll definitely be watching 📺 😎
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Afternoon all, grey and cold here but no frost and no snow. Daughter went back to Devon and has arrived safely. She said it was normal traffic on the M5 which surprised her. She has to start packing in readiness for her move. At least her house is now warm and dry following the installation of a new boiler so that's a relief. We're looking after her cat until she moves in to her new place, hopefully within the next fortnight. I was surprised to be stopped by a passerby this morning and complimented on my white hair! She said she couldn't wait for her hair to look like mine and was interested when I told her it was genetic, not so much just old age. Glad you are safely in your new home DD and hope you will be very happy there. Thank goodness it doesn't get that cold here @Fairygirl, I'm not coping well with even our -2 or -3. I'm sitting here with 3 layers on, wrapped in a blanket with the heating full on!
We are just above freezing now but it feels much colder cos of that Arctic wind. Not used to it round here either @Liriodendron buy we should get a thaw in a few days. It's odd how nesh I have become - really feeling the cold whereas in our Belgian garden -20C was quite common for a couple of weeks every Jan/Feb. Not that we'd be gardening then but still going out to shops and for walkies.
Not sleeping well at the mo either. Brain churning about Possum and other stuff and the stupid knee throbs a lot so I end up reading to distract me but I'm loathe to go thru the hoops to get more infiltrations just yet.
I hope the unpacking is going well @Busy-Lizzie and that it all goes smoothly for your daughter @Lizzie27
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
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I've just had a quick skim back - I hope @Yviestevie is ok after her slip. When you get to 27 it happens more readily... Have you made any progress with the roofs etc @Obelixx, or has everything ground to a halt? Difficult to switch off when your brain goes into overdrive. I suppose we're just used to cold winters here. We know it'll happen @Lizzie27. Glad your daughter is ok. Not easy. I'm almost ashamed to say I've never seen The Italian Job. I do know that they were only supposed to blow the bl**dy doors off though....
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Thanks @Obelixx, I think we have much the same anxiety over our daughters but yours must be worse as she is so much younger than mine. I'm just desperately hoping that once she's moved into a bigger place with a garden, she'll get her life back on track. I'm hoping to post pics of her garden soon as we'll need some advice on what to do with a very high and ugly retaining wall in the back garden. My OH is also struggling with his painful knee, did you ever find physio exercises any good? His knee has been very bad since last March and the exercises don't seem to have helped much. Does anything else help?
I too missed @Liriodendron’s slip 😲😥 hope it’s not too sore now Liri 🤗
im blaming @Busy-Lizzie for our present state of chaos ... I was enthusiastically toasting happiness in their new home when the second glassful threw itself off the sofa arm and into my lap .. I have had to change my jeans, frillies and camisole, OH has put the sofa throw and a cushion cover in the washing machine and forbidden me to do my once a week washing up duty ... as recompense I’m having to do the washing up after tomorrow’s roast ... he says I’m squiffly 🥺... as I said, I’m holding Busy-Lizzie responsible 😉
Thank goodness it was Sauv blanc 🙄
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Evening all. Squiffy eh Dove?! I might join you in a minute as a I don’t usually drink white wine but that would go well with my lemon chicken tonight. I’ve done it Chinese style - battered chicken with a lemon sauce, mushroom fried rice and some prawn toasts and mango for nibbles.
Take it easy folks, particularly the accident prone and those with staff on their minds.
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How are you all doing today though?
I'd say our minus 9s are the coldest for about that time too @Liriodendron. I remember it being that when older fairylet was a baby, and we certainly have spells of temps below minus five, but the last two winters have been warm [for here] so we haven't had consistent spells of below -5 in the last couple of years. Rain is on now, but only very fine stuff.
I do recall sometimes taking younger fairylet to Playgroup on her sledge though. Ice everywhere so no use for a buggy. She wasn't as keen a walker as her sis either - I'd have needed to leave in the middle of the night to get there in time
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
A heads up to those who like to indulge in a bit of retro escapism in these winter afternoons (@Fairygirl and @punkdoc maybe?)... The Italian Job ... the proper 1969 Michael Caine version is on Film 4 tomorrow around 1700 ... (check for time in your region etc).
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I was surprised to be stopped by a passerby this morning and complimented on my white hair! She said she couldn't wait for her hair to look like mine and was interested when I told her it was genetic, not so much just old age.
Glad you are safely in your new home DD and hope you will be very happy there.
Thank goodness it doesn't get that cold here @Fairygirl, I'm not coping well with even our -2 or -3. I'm sitting here with 3 layers on, wrapped in a blanket with the heating full on!
Not sleeping well at the mo either. Brain churning about Possum and other stuff and the stupid knee throbs a lot so I end up reading to distract me but I'm loathe to go thru the hoops to get more infiltrations just yet.
I hope the unpacking is going well @Busy-Lizzie and that it all goes smoothly for your daughter @Lizzie27
Have you made any progress with the roofs etc @Obelixx, or has everything ground to a halt? Difficult to switch off when your brain goes into overdrive.
I suppose we're just used to cold winters here. We know it'll happen @Lizzie27. Glad your daughter is ok. Not easy.
I'm almost ashamed to say I've never seen The Italian Job.
I do know that they were only supposed to blow the bl**dy doors off though....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
My OH is also struggling with his painful knee, did you ever find physio exercises any good? His knee has been very bad since last March and the exercises don't seem to have helped much. Does anything else help?
I too missed @Liriodendron’s slip 😲😥
hope it’s not too sore now Liri 🤗
im blaming @Busy-Lizzie for our present state of chaos ... I was enthusiastically toasting happiness in their new home when the second glassful threw itself off the sofa arm and into my lap .. I have had to change my jeans, frillies and camisole, OH has put the sofa throw and a cushion cover in the washing machine and forbidden me to do my once a week washing up duty ... as recompense I’m having to do the washing up after tomorrow’s roast ... he says I’m squiffly 🥺... as I said, I’m holding Busy-Lizzie responsible 😉
Thank goodness it was Sauv blanc 🙄
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Take it easy folks, particularly the accident prone and those with staff on their minds.