We've just had a nice round trip in the car to charge the battery up. So good to have a change of scene. Started in brilliant sunshine but ended in torrential rain.
I found an old inherited sewing box yesterday which I had forgotten about. Underneath the top tray were various things for tatting - is that like lace making or crochet Obelixx? Also there were two very old, very tiny scissors - specialist ones I think. Possibly the whole box full may be Victorian or slightly later. Interesting.
No idea @Lizzie27. I don't do lace or crochet so suggest you have a google. Tiny scissors with fine points would normally be for embroidery of some sort I think.
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Hardly done any unpacking today. Applied on line to change my address on my car registration, not the easiest website. Bought a load of light bulbs, various lamps needed them, the ones I had are buried in a box in the garage. Previous owner came round with a trailer load of logs this afternoon. Very useful as the log man can't deliver before end of next week. Not sure where the days go, been here 2 weeks now, time has rushed by.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
I have some leave next week! Very pleased this is being honoured as realistically the hospitals are going to be full and busy for weeks and months yet, so it is important that staff have down-time.
I must check my baking supplies for the week ahead as cold and snow followed by rain won’t be tempting me into the garden.
I have to agree with Obelixx that cream, or ice cream, is my weapon of choice for most warm puddings.
Hello all. Spent the morning cooking (stews etc) for the freezer, as I've been spending too much time in the garden recently... then a nice walk this afternoon within the 5km limit. Met some German friends by chance and had a good, distanced, outdoor chat. Human contact is welcome.
@Lizzie27 - I used to do tatting in my youth, having inherited a booklet and a tatting shuttle from my grandmother. It is indeed a form of lace making, but is a bit like crochet in miniature. Pretty fiddly, I remember. I have some remarkable (ugly?) mats made by some relative or other in the dim and distant past... I'll see if I can photograph one later.
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
@Liriodendron, so that was what the thingie was, might be ivory or bone perhaps. There is a booklet along with some funny looking long metal thingies, not sure if they would be shuttles as well. I don't think I'll be having a go though. Enjoy your days off @AuntyRach, I'm sure you've earned them. Pity the weather is going to be so cold.
Pat e, take paracetamol as directed until you feel more comfortable. As long as you are over 24 hours since the extraction, or any bleeding that follows, plenty of warm water rinsing, especially after eating, should speed up the healing. You can put a little salt in the water if you don’t find it too horrid, but otherwise warm water will do. Hope it gets better soon.
Thanks Ergates. Your advice matches the paper instructions given to me by the Dentist. 😁 usr doing my best but it’s taking a longer time than I expected. The old molar was very long and had started to curl around the jawbone so lots of rocking to get it out. 🙄
Yes Dove. I’m not keen to have any more old teeth removed. Not that there are very many left at age 80. 🙄 I’m planning a very quiet day today. Hubby is off at the memorial service, and the heat wave is continuing, so no outside wandering.
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I found an old inherited sewing box yesterday which I had forgotten about. Underneath the top tray were various things for tatting - is that like lace making or crochet Obelixx?
Also there were two very old, very tiny scissors - specialist ones I think. Possibly the whole box full may be Victorian or slightly later. Interesting.
Hardly done any unpacking today. Applied on line to change my address on my car registration, not the easiest website.
Bought a load of light bulbs, various lamps needed them, the ones I had are buried in a box in the garage.
Previous owner came round with a trailer load of logs this afternoon. Very useful as the log man can't deliver before end of next week.
Not sure where the days go, been here 2 weeks now, time has rushed by.
I have some leave next week! Very pleased this is being honoured as realistically the hospitals are going to be full and busy for weeks and months yet, so it is important that staff have down-time.
I must check my baking supplies for the week ahead as cold and snow followed by rain won’t be tempting me into the garden.
I have to agree with Obelixx that cream, or ice cream, is my weapon of choice for most warm puddings.
Take it easy folks.
@Lizzie27 - I used to do tatting in my youth, having inherited a booklet and a tatting shuttle from my grandmother. It is indeed a form of lace making, but is a bit like crochet in miniature. Pretty fiddly, I remember. I have some remarkable (ugly?) mats made by some relative or other in the dim and distant past... I'll see if I can photograph one later.
Enjoy your days off @AuntyRach, I'm sure you've earned them. Pity the weather is going to be so cold.
usr doing my best but it’s taking a longer time than I expected. The old molar was very long and had started to curl around the jawbone so lots of rocking to get it out. 🙄
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I’m planning a very quiet day today. Hubby is off at the memorial service, and the heat wave is continuing, so no outside wandering.