Technically it's afternoon, so I'm ready for a slice of cake @Dovefromabove ! Also, hope @WonkyWomble's ok, haven't seen as much of her on the forum lately.
Hello all, Dire here, persistent rain since about midday. Still people have come and eaten, incredible really, it's so cold too. We've made a point of telling them how grateful we are for their support.
I've just finished baking a Coffees and Walnut cake so that can shared with @Dovefromabove 's Victoria Sandwich, it'll keep us going until the chicken is ready later @Hostafan1. 😅
Supposedly better weather tomorrow.... As someone said it's more like autumn than spring, awful.
Glad to hear @WonkyWomble has had the jab, hope no side effects. My second one is next week, just waiting for confirmation from the doctor.
@punkdoc be very gentle with yourself, it's absolutely right that you should feel sad, it wouldn't be normal if you weren't upset. Cake, wine and whisky, lots of virtual hugs being sent over.
Must go, the sails need tipping again... What a performance. 😏
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@Desi_in_London 😊 help yourself 😆 @WonkyWomble says she’s ok ... her arm is sore and she feels a bit fragile ... also their boiler is unwell and the plumber says he’s fixed it for hot water but he can’t fix it for heating until next week ... it's not too cold but as her Lovely Hub has Sickle Cell it’s important that he doesn’t get cold ... I think the electric blanket will get some use.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Never did like Victoria sponge, even with cream, @Dovefromabove but thanks for the offer. I'm about to make a banana loaf to take with me to an open air garden visit and plant swap on Sunday and tomorrow I'll make some chocolate chip biccies or maybe some flapjacks. Loads to go round.
I've been cleaning all day so a bit late going to see the chooks and check on my babies in the PT. 4 came trotting over, Scruffy did a full wing flap assisted run. One chook missing. Silly girl had got out to explore and couldn't find her way back so I sent Possum to catch her and toss her back over the fence for her share of the sweetcorn. Lots of clucking and crooning.
All babies doing well and even the cucumber that was beheaded by a snail has a teeny little leaf showing below the wound.
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)."
Didyw, I agree that it’s a huge pyracantha. We drive past it going to town and today the sun was just hitting it in the right light to make a show. I suspect the birds are too smart to push through the fire thorns unless they’re desperate.🙄
I eventually got around to starting painting my bedroom ceiling. Arm is aching so having a cuppa. It's under the eaves, not a high ceiling, starts at chest height sloping then straight across the top then slopes down again to the wall on the other side. It's pine panelling, previous owner has painted it a subdued mustard yellow with pink walls. I'm painting it white with one light blue wall.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Ooh - that piece of Victoria sponge was just in time to go with my cuppa. Thanks @Dovefromabove. Oh - and there's coffee and walnut cake too! Well, if you insist @D0rdogne_Damsel...
We have that pine tongue and groove in every room @Busy-Lizzie but the previous owners left it all natural. In our bedroom I did a wash to make it paler. In Our old bedroom, now Possum's, I painted it white. My wee brain is still cogitating colours for the dining room and living room but they too will get a wash of some sort to tone down the pine, tho it isn't sauna coloured like a Swiss chalet. Not good with our oak furniture tho.
Cleaning all done and a Wisley banana cake made so I have been out doing a bit of planting - all those bulbs, some blue things whose names I forget and hemerocallis. I let the hens out into the garden and they came and supervised for a while then wandered off. Getting more adventurous now about exploring further up but they do in a group of 5 with one left fossicking about on her own. Not always the same one but they do like safety in numbers. Very easy to get them back in the potager - just wave a tin of sweetcorn and call them. They come running.
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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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Dire here, persistent rain since about midday. Still people have come and eaten, incredible really, it's so cold too. We've made a point of telling them how grateful we are for their support.
I've just finished baking a Coffees and Walnut cake so that can shared with @Dovefromabove 's Victoria Sandwich, it'll keep us going until the chicken is ready later @Hostafan1. 😅
Supposedly better weather tomorrow.... As someone said it's more like autumn than spring, awful.
Glad to hear @WonkyWomble has had the jab, hope no side effects. My second one is next week, just waiting for confirmation from the doctor.
@punkdoc be very gentle with yourself, it's absolutely right that you should feel sad, it wouldn't be normal if you weren't upset. Cake, wine and whisky, lots of virtual hugs being sent over.
Must go, the sails need tipping again... What a performance. 😏
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I've been cleaning all day so a bit late going to see the chooks and check on my babies in the PT. 4 came trotting over, Scruffy did a full wing flap assisted run. One chook missing. Silly girl had got out to explore and couldn't find her way back so I sent Possum to catch her and toss her back over the fence for her share of the sweetcorn. Lots of clucking and crooning.
All babies doing well and even the cucumber that was beheaded by a snail has a teeny little leaf showing below the wound.
Didyw, I agree that it’s a huge pyracantha. We drive past it going to town and today the sun was just hitting it in the right light to make a show. I suspect the birds are too smart to push through the fire thorns unless they’re desperate.🙄
bed time. Night all.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Cleaning all done and a Wisley banana cake made so I have been out doing a bit of planting - all those bulbs, some blue things whose names I forget and hemerocallis. I let the hens out into the garden and they came and supervised for a while then wandered off. Getting more adventurous now about exploring further up but they do in a group of 5 with one left fossicking about on her own. Not always the same one but they do like safety in numbers. Very easy to get them back in the potager - just wave a tin of sweetcorn and call them. They come running.