The day promises to be sunny again with a light breeze although it is coming off the sea and quite chilly. Watching the weather forecast, seems we are in for a pretty cold Easter weekend. So, no loungers here, yet.
@D0rdogne_Damsel I bought a Mini-Clubman too - brand new. (in 1975) It was my first purchase on my own. Took out my first loan and my Dad guaranteed it. My first car was a Ford Anglia co-owned with a friend whilst we were in Bournemouth. We drove to Athens in it, sold it to an English couple who then drove it back to London! Without a single breakdown!
Bright and sunny here and set to get to 24C except we got there yesterday when they forecast 21C so I'll expect better. However, going down to mid teens again next week and overnight frosts. Humph!
I'm a bit worried about our frogs and toads as they would normally be singing their heads off by now but we've hardly heard a peep. Pond levels good. Plenty of cover for them with pond grass and bullrushes coming back but no noise.
Terrace and chair cleaning for me today. We have a set of 12 cast iron chairs that need stripping of their wooden seats and backs so I can sand them down and paint them with Hammerite. Job for Possum me thinks. Then I need to sand and paint the seats and backs so we're all ship-shape and Bristol fashion for lunches on the terrace when the frosty stuff and cool days finally give up.
Enjoy the sunshine everyone, while it lasts.
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)."
Hello all. It's another lovely sunny day. I must start painting the study.
I've been out all morning, lots of bits and pieces to do in local town, such as Post Office, get a new number plate for the horse trailer, gas bottles for the heater, new keys cut so I can give a set to Son 2, buy plastic sheeting for the floor when I paint, new tyre for the big wheelbarrow etc.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
I know it's all to do with the angle and the lens but nearly every building shown looks unstable and ready to topple @punkdoc. A reflection of their society?
The buildings in the yellow-toned photo with the sofa on the pavement look very Belgian/Dutch which is no surprise. Loads of them, especially Belgians, left during the potato famine which didn't just affect the Irish. There's a place in Wisconsin with the same name as the village I used to live in - whole families left on the same ship.
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)."
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Lovely day here.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
@D0rdogne_Damsel I bought a Mini-Clubman too - brand new. (in 1975) It was my first purchase on my own. Took out my first loan and my Dad guaranteed it. My first car was a Ford Anglia co-owned with a friend whilst we were in Bournemouth. We drove to Athens in it, sold it to an English couple who then drove it back to London! Without a single breakdown!
Still digging and weeding!
I'm a bit worried about our frogs and toads as they would normally be singing their heads off by now but we've hardly heard a peep. Pond levels good. Plenty of cover for them with pond grass and bullrushes coming back but no noise.
Terrace and chair cleaning for me today. We have a set of 12 cast iron chairs that need stripping of their wooden seats and backs so I can sand them down and paint them with Hammerite. Job for Possum me thinks. Then I need to sand and paint the seats and backs so we're all ship-shape and Bristol fashion for lunches on the terrace when the frosty stuff and cool days finally give up.
Enjoy the sunshine everyone, while it lasts.
It's another lovely sunny day. I must start painting the study.
I've been out all morning, lots of bits and pieces to do in local town, such as Post Office, get a new number plate for the horse trailer, gas bottles for the heater, new keys cut so I can give a set to Son 2, buy plastic sheeting for the floor when I paint, new tyre for the big wheelbarrow etc.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in_pictures
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in_pictures
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
The buildings in the yellow-toned photo with the sofa on the pavement look very Belgian/Dutch which is no surprise. Loads of them, especially Belgians, left during the potato famine which didn't just affect the Irish. There's a place in Wisconsin with the same name as the village I used to live in - whole families left on the same ship.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.