DD our brown snakes are highly venomous so I give them plenty of space. At least the bear isn’t like that Dove, but wouldn’t fancy a bum bite from one. 😳
@Pat E that one was on 32 count linen - 2 over 2. Needed to get my magnifying glass out to help quite a few times 🕵🏻♀️
My zumba this morning has been cancelled as our teacher’s husband is sick. But looks like a dry day, so will get out there and shift some barrow fulls of earth as a workout instead. Joined the Hardy Plant Society a couple of months ago, and they have a zoom lecture from a garden designer this afternoon, so will join in that too.
Enjoying hearing about your new garden @Busy-Lizzie. What are the chances of getting the uncooperative donkey in a horse box when the time comes to move him I wonder 😮🐴 🤔
Morning all. Forecast is for warmth and sunshine today but it's grey, chilly and windy so far.
I've been wondering about the donkey and the horsebox too @chicky! Don't think it will be easy.
Son 1 was bitten by a viper when he was 11 and ended up in intensive care in Bordeaux Children's Hospital. Luckily he's OK now. So I am very nervous of snakes.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Hit the wrong button. Don’t anything about vipers, but I assume there is a certain amount of venom based on what you write Buzyl.
I don’t envy you using a 32 count Chicky. I’m not sure my eyesight it up to that nowadays. Beautiful work, so I hope the frame compliments your hard work.
I'm not a fan of donkeys, which is a shame given there are quite a lot of them in Ireland... we had an unpleasant encounter with one in Scotland once. We were in the car on a minor road near Ballachulish with our youngish children, and stopped to look at the view; a donkey approached and bared its teeth so we got back in the car sharpish. But the donkey was determined to stop us leaving (on a single track road) - and when we finally managed to get past it and breathed a sigh of relief, we found it had used a short cut and was standing across the road ahead of us, looking triumphant...
Today would have been my dear old Ma's hundredth birthday. I've polished up the copper kettle which she kept on the old range in her living room, in her honour - it had belonged to her grandma, and she was very fond of it. Apparently her Dad, my Grandpa, used it in his shed (once it was superseded in Granny's kitchen by a smart aluminium one) on a spirit stove, to boil up glue for his woodworking projects, and it's a bit battered, with a wonky handle. Full of memories
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
Hi folks, Horrible day here so doesn't look like I'll be getting any gardening done. Tomorrow looks better so hopefully I can finish pruning the roses and tidying the borders then. Hope everyone has a good day.
Hi gang. Supposed to be bright and sunny all day here too @Busy-Lizzie but not so far. Cool and grey with a stiff, chilling breeze. I've been out to stock up on fat blocks with insects and found, for the first time, tubs of shelled sunflower hearts. Got some pointy cabbage babies too and they can be planted this afternoon.
After that a quick raid on the wee local SM for baked beans, Marmite and ginger jam in case supplies fail elsewhere and to fill up Harry's tank. Just having a coffee before doing lunch and then some garden shed sorting with Possum.
Bonzo's bright and bouncy this morning but still limping tho not as badly. Chooks and garden birds in full voice today.
Well done for the embroidery @chicky. It's a long time since I did one anything like that fine. I have a magnifying lens with a light on a stand for close work now. Mostly I just need the light but the lens is great, especially for splinters!
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Enjoying hearing about your new garden @Busy-Lizzie. What are the chances of getting the uncooperative donkey in a horse box when the time comes to move him I wonder 😮🐴 🤔
Forecast is for warmth and sunshine today but it's grey, chilly and windy so far.
I've been wondering about the donkey and the horsebox too @chicky! Don't think it will be easy.
Son 1 was bitten by a viper when he was 11 and ended up in intensive care in Bordeaux Children's Hospital. Luckily he's OK now. So I am very nervous of snakes.
I don’t know anything about vipers
Lovely embroidery, @chicky. You're very talented
I'm not a fan of donkeys, which is a shame given there are quite a lot of them in Ireland... we had an unpleasant encounter with one in Scotland once. We were in the car on a minor road near Ballachulish with our youngish children, and stopped to look at the view; a donkey approached and bared its teeth so we got back in the car sharpish. But the donkey was determined to stop us leaving (on a single track road) - and when we finally managed to get past it and breathed a sigh of relief, we found it had used a short cut and was standing across the road ahead of us, looking triumphant...
Today would have been my dear old Ma's hundredth birthday. I've polished up the copper kettle which she kept on the old range in her living room, in her honour - it had belonged to her grandma, and she was very fond of it. Apparently her Dad, my Grandpa, used it in his shed (once it was superseded in Granny's kitchen by a smart aluminium one) on a spirit stove, to boil up glue for his woodworking projects, and it's a bit battered, with a wonky handle. Full of memories
After that a quick raid on the wee local SM for baked beans, Marmite and ginger jam in case supplies fail elsewhere and to fill up Harry's tank. Just having a coffee before doing lunch and then some garden shed sorting with Possum.
Bonzo's bright and bouncy this morning but still limping tho not as badly. Chooks and garden birds in full voice today.
Well done for the embroidery @chicky. It's a long time since I did one anything like that fine. I have a magnifying lens with a light on a stand for close work now. Mostly I just need the light but the lens is great, especially for splinters!
I like donkeys @Liriodendron. They have character.