Evening all, Sounds like you are having a good time @Dovefromabove . I've been gardening for most of the day. Hubby mowed the lawns while I was away and I've cleared out the greenhouse and emptied some of the summer pots. Lots still to do but I've made a start.
Evening all, I bought OH a gift box of Salcombe beers when we were in Devon but have no idea if they are actually made there and too lazy to get up and check. He's enjoying them anyway.
A slightly frazzled day, we both overslept - a lot. Trying to get ready to meet our friends for lunch, I spent a very annoying 15 mins trying to get my new silver pendant done up, the clasp was so fine, my fingers couldn't manage it. Then we battled queues of traffic right through town over to Lacock, parked the car, only to find then out we were at the wrong pub and I hadn't got our friends mobile number on my new phone. Very embarrassed to have to ask the barman in 1st pub where the 2nd pub was, retrieved the car, queued to get over the narrow riverbridge and eventually arrived at the correct destination. Enjoyed the meal and company so it was worth the hazzle. However, I've now discovered I've mislaid or lost a favourite earring which is very annoying.
I ought to do some gardening tomorrow @Yviestevie, weather forecast doesn't look too good for here next week. Got some planting to do.
Hope you've enjoyed a nice quiet day at home @Punkdoc and that you've had a good sleep.
Lovely photos @Pat E but that hare looks rather large!
Enjoy your stay in St Ives @Dovefromabove, haven't been there for years but used to holiday nearby when a child. Expect it's rather crowded though like Devon was.
I've had a lovely day with my Daughter. Made a butternut squash curry and dumped a "few" packs of microwave rice. ( some were over 2 years out of date. Even I draw the line at parboiled rice 2 years out of date )
Interesting day manning the stand. Started off wet so not a lot of folk about at opening time but it dried up and turned sunny so we had visitors. The stall across the way from us was selling some interesting hemerocallis. 6€ each but if you bought 5 they gave 2 free so i chose my 7 and chatted about this and that in franglais and the gave me an un-named pot for free. Chappy selling plants next door is a member of our garden club and, for reasons unfathomable to me, hadn't brought any Michaelmas daisies. Luckily, his nursery is just 5kms from home so I can do a raid next week.
Home at 7:30, in time for apéro and putting chooks to bed then dinner cooked by Possum. Thai style spring rolls so not deep fried, just rice paper sheets wrapped round aromatic chicken and veggies and leaves with interesting dipping sauces.
Just settling down to watch Strictly now so a good day all round.
Lyon food fair sounds good @D0rdogne_Damsel and I'm sure the Irish can supply all you needs form bacon to decent black pudding and even bread if needed.
Watch out for gulls dive-bombing your bacon butties and ice creams @Dovefromabove.
Have a happy evening everyone.
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)."
@Obelixx we were saying earlier that there are far fewer seagulls and the ones that are here are far better behaved and not harassing folk, even when they’re having a bacon butty on the harbour beach.
In other years we’ve frequently had to protect our pasties or ice creams when being divebombed … and OH has even lost an ice cream taken out of its cone … but all the squawking aggressive older herring gulls seem to have disappeared.
Maybe they moved on when there was no food around during the first lockdown, so they’ve not been around for the younger ones to copy?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Glad you had a nice day with your daughter @Hostafan1 . Mine rang me today and after much exclaiming about how nice it was to talk to each other and how much we had missed each other (she lives literally 5 mins walk away!) we got down to the serious business of planning my OH's birthday meal. Round at theirs next Saturday, I'll do pudding. (Thinking plum frangipane tart). My two granddaughters will get their jabs soon - being organised by the school. One or both of them may or may not be present for the meal. Aren't you something of a loser if you are a teenager and in and having dinner with the olds on a Saturday evening? Bit of pottering today, taking cuttings and looking at the perennials sown from seed and which now need potting on. Need to buy more compost but tomorrow we are taking out the summer bedding in the various planters around town and putting in the winter pansies. It's always so sad doing that but this Sunday was the only one everyone could manage and it needs to be done before the hanging baskets all come down next Sunday and the little public garden we look after cut back. The mini skip has been hired. Strictly was great tonight! A few surprises there.
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A slightly frazzled day, we both overslept - a lot. Trying to get ready to meet our friends for lunch, I spent a very annoying 15 mins trying to get my new silver pendant done up, the clasp was so fine, my fingers couldn't manage it. Then we battled queues of traffic right through town over to Lacock, parked the car, only to find then out we were at the wrong pub and I hadn't got our friends mobile number on my new phone. Very embarrassed to have to ask the barman in 1st pub where the 2nd pub was, retrieved the car, queued to get over the narrow riverbridge and eventually arrived at the correct destination. Enjoyed the meal and company so it was worth the hazzle. However, I've now discovered I've mislaid or lost a favourite earring which is very annoying.
I ought to do some gardening tomorrow @Yviestevie, weather forecast doesn't look too good for here next week. Got some planting to do.
Hope you've enjoyed a nice quiet day at home @Punkdoc and that you've had a good sleep.
Lovely photos @Pat E but that hare looks rather large!
Enjoy your stay in St Ives @Dovefromabove, haven't been there for years but used to holiday nearby when a child. Expect it's rather crowded though like Devon was.
Made a butternut squash curry and dumped a "few" packs of microwave rice. ( some were over 2 years out of date. Even I draw the line at parboiled rice 2 years out of date )
Interesting day manning the stand. Started off wet so not a lot of folk about at opening time but it dried up and turned sunny so we had visitors. The stall across the way from us was selling some interesting hemerocallis. 6€ each but if you bought 5 they gave 2 free so i chose my 7 and chatted about this and that in franglais and the gave me an un-named pot for free. Chappy selling plants next door is a member of our garden club and, for reasons unfathomable to me, hadn't brought any Michaelmas daisies. Luckily, his nursery is just 5kms from home so I can do a raid next week.
Home at 7:30, in time for apéro and putting chooks to bed then dinner cooked by Possum. Thai style spring rolls so not deep fried, just rice paper sheets wrapped round aromatic chicken and veggies and leaves with interesting dipping sauces.
Just settling down to watch Strictly now so a good day all round.
Lyon food fair sounds good @D0rdogne_Damsel and I'm sure the Irish can supply all you needs form bacon to decent black pudding and even bread if needed.
Watch out for gulls dive-bombing your bacon butties and ice creams @Dovefromabove.
Have a happy evening everyone.
Thats my boy😀
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Bit of pottering today, taking cuttings and looking at the perennials sown from seed and which now need potting on. Need to buy more compost but tomorrow we are taking out the summer bedding in the various planters around town and putting in the winter pansies. It's always so sad doing that but this Sunday was the only one everyone could manage and it needs to be done before the hanging baskets all come down next Sunday and the little public garden we look after cut back. The mini skip has been hired.
Strictly was great tonight! A few surprises there.
Already planning spring in the garden. Such a shame this year, poor plants didn't stand a chance.