I was pleased about that too and Invictus will get the funds so even better. Pity it won't be enough of a financial sting to curb the behaviour of such rags.
We are having a brief brighter spell which just means it's stopped raining for 10 minutes. The chooks'll be thinking they should have been ducks.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
Whoops! @Busy-Lizzie ... we used to have one like that in the village with that special pub 🙁 but it’s good to know right at the start just what that stream can do from time to time, so now you can plan for the worst with your planting. 😉
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
So glad your news is better @Yviestevie, hang on in there. I meant to ask, how old is Merri? Those two girls must have been frightened silly.
The cat's seen the vet, no major probs found as far as she could tell, we've just got to keep watch over the next day or two. Daughter's coming back up on Saturday to fetch him to his new home. We're in her bubble and she's isolating for 7 days anyway. I'm feeling better now as well and OH has his jab tomorrow. In fact, I've been invited twice, today by our surgery so had to explain I'd had mine yesterday.
Sorry, should have said I think we're all getting to the end of our patience @Obelixx and the weather's definitely not helping. I shall feel much more cheerful once we have some sunshine and I can get out in the garden. That's quite a difference in levels @Busy-Lizzie, good photos though. I think you told us it's downhill from the house? How's your stream @Punkdoc, have your floods receded?
Just think @Busy-Lizzie. You could have a water meadow with snakes head frits galore! No stream here but the pond is overflowing, via a pipe under our potager, into Luc's farmyard. I shall have to see if I can find the pond end and block it as our water levels could go a foot or two higher and that would help with soil moisture levels later on in the droughts.
OH took the dogs out and got wet. Good job they love a good rub down. Rasta is due her haircut tomorrow morning. Might have to get her raincoat out as tomorrow is set to be wet too. I'm off to La Roche-s-Y tomorrow pm to fetch their arthritis meds - nettle, meadowsweet and figwort for Bonzo but Rasta gets nettle, meadowsweet and turmeric. It works for both of them and they've been having giddy puppy play spells.
Meanwhile, the pussies have just had their annual jabs and Cosmos is officially fat. 5.7kilos! However, he's hardly moved since the beginning of December cos we've had such crap weather this winter and he doesn't like wind and wet. Minstrel - same age and diet but much busier - is a mere 4.3kilos. The vet concluded that some people just like to eat, especially when they're bored. Might have to get him a large version of a hamster wheel.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
@Lizzie27 Merri is 12 and Mabel is 7. Merri is old enough to understand what the outcome might be so was very worried about mum and dad. Now that Firstborn is over the worst she can reassure Merri that things will be ok.
Thank you for kicking off February @dovefromabove. I was wondering what little emoticon picture we would have ☔️ so quite fitting with Pat E’s storm and Busy Lizzie’s stream.
Always tired after first day back in work but hopefully I will sleep better tonight.
Thoughts to all feeling blue. I think it was allotment boy who said that it all feels like a grind at the moment - I can relate to that and I am usually glass half full. Hosta also said about Spring coming - and that’s going to help us all. Clocks go forward in 8 weeks folks. We will have seeds on the go and plenty of Spring blooms to cheer us.
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
The cat's seen the vet, no major probs found as far as she could tell, we've just got to keep watch over the next day or two. Daughter's coming back up on Saturday to fetch him to his new home. We're in her bubble and she's isolating for 7 days anyway.
I'm feeling better now as well and OH has his jab tomorrow. In fact, I've been invited twice, today by our surgery so had to explain I'd had mine yesterday.
How's your stream @Punkdoc, have your floods receded?
OH took the dogs out and got wet. Good job they love a good rub down. Rasta is due her haircut tomorrow morning. Might have to get her raincoat out as tomorrow is set to be wet too. I'm off to La Roche-s-Y tomorrow pm to fetch their arthritis meds - nettle, meadowsweet and figwort for Bonzo but Rasta gets nettle, meadowsweet and turmeric. It works for both of them and they've been having giddy puppy play spells.
Meanwhile, the pussies have just had their annual jabs and Cosmos is officially fat. 5.7kilos! However, he's hardly moved since the beginning of December cos we've had such crap weather this winter and he doesn't like wind and wet. Minstrel - same age and diet but much busier - is a mere 4.3kilos. The vet concluded that some people just like to eat, especially when they're bored. Might have to get him a large version of a hamster wheel.
Thank you for kicking off February @dovefromabove. I was wondering what little emoticon picture we would have ☔️ so quite fitting with Pat E’s storm and Busy Lizzie’s stream.
Always tired after first day back in work but hopefully I will sleep better tonight.
Thoughts to all feeling blue. I think it was allotment boy who said that it all feels like a grind at the moment - I can relate to that and I am usually glass half full. Hosta also said about Spring coming - and that’s going to help us all. Clocks go forward in 8 weeks folks. We will have seeds on the go and plenty of Spring blooms to cheer us.
Don’t suppose you like a bit of Foo Fighters @punkdoc?? New album out Friday 😁🤘
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/the-foo-fighters-midnight-1119349/