Good morning all, a bit disappointed it's a dull and cloudy one here but still warm. Just realized that the leaves are falling steadily from the big maple by the top of our garden but the colour hasn't yet changed to its spectacular autumn plumage. Must be the very dry conditions we've had these last few months.
Must confess I wore comfortable sandals with a 'posh' lace dress to our recent family do, although I've still got stiletto's to wear with long evening dresses. I'm not sure we will be going to any black tie events any more as people don't seem to want to get dressed up these days. Being very short, I just hate wearing flat shoes with nice dresses.
Very reassuring that people have had successful cataract ops, I've got a slow growing one apparently that the optician's keeping an eye on.
@Fairygirl, Happy Birthday, hope you're enjoying your day and that cake is involved somewhere.
Good luck with the flat pack @Busy-Lizzie, they seem to have a mind of their own.
You in jeans and stilettos @Punkdoc, conjure up a very interesting picture. Reminds when my Uni student son borrowed my black fishnet stockings and suspender belt (yes, it was a long time ago!) to go to a Rocky Horrow show but called in to a house interview on the way. His bemused would be flatmates must have wondered what they were letting themselves in for. In fact he did get to house share with them.
Hope you have a lovely time ashore @Allotment Boy. Are you on a river cruise?
In the past I've loved wearing gorgeous shoes, but as I've got older my already long and wide feet have spread and now I've a bunion hatching and a bumpy second toe I've decided that my priority is comfort. For my niece's wedding I wore comfy sandals ... smarter than my usual 'go anywhere do anything' sort of sandals, but not what most folk call 'smart wedding shoes'. It was a smart country wedding (posh farmers etc), I wore a cotton frock, a slub silk jacket and a straw hat trimmed with flowers ... I think I looked ok for an older slightly eccentric artist aunt ... if folk would rather look at my feet than my face that's their problem
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
It sounds lovely @Dovefromabove. I have trouble with French shoes, most are too narrow for me, but I bought a lovely pair of white and silver sandals this year that are actually wide enough.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
I have very wide feet @Busy-Lizzie and a high instep .... I even struggle with some Hotter shoes ... OH has very slim feet .... we were only saying this morning how unfair it is and how it should be the other way around. He offered to swap, but suggested that we ought to do it one foot at a time in order to get used to the difference 🤪
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Hope Fairygirl is having a lovely birthday. Was supposed to attend a concert last night given by a local musician and composer at the theatre. By the evening - felt fluey. Oh no - could it be...? Better to be safe so asked Will (the composer) if he could pass on our tickets. Went to bed early, thinking I'd do a test if no better. Then realised - I felt like this before when I had a gum abscess and I have one now. I was at the dentist yesterday, being fitted for my new back teeth (££££££s) and he gave me a prescription for antibiotics so they should sort that. But the teeth - no good! There are 4 back teeth on a metal plate thingy that fits behind my other teeth. It was OK in the dentist, grinding, but trying to eat with them - the thing just comes away. So - another trip to the dentist is called for.
Just been reading about a local grand house type estate which had the mother of all water features. The original owners got people like Lutyens, Brunel and Paxton to help design it. There is a manmade lake with an underwater ballroom topped by a statue of Neptune on the surface. The tunnel leading to the ballroom was modelled on the Waterloo-Bakerloo underground line of the time.
How about a nice classical statue? They imported an 80 ton marble dolphin from Italy and hired a team of traction engines to bring it up from Southampton Docks as it was too big for the railway company.
The cost of all this is thought to be £1.85 million in the 1890s which would be £243 million adjusted for inflation.
Just been reading about a local grand house type estate which had the mother of all water features. The original owners got people like Lutyens, Brunel and Paxton to help design it. There is a manmade lake with an underwater ballroom topped by a statue of Neptune on the surface. The tunnel leading to the ballroom was modelled on the Waterloo-Bakerloo underground line of the time.
How about a nice classical statue? They imported an 80 ton marble dolphin from Italy and hired a team of traction engines to bring it up from Southampton Docks as it was too big for the railway company.
The cost of all this is thought to be £1.85 million in the 1890s which would be £243 million adjusted for inflation.
I know the one you mean. The owner was a bit of a dodgy character and i think the tax man caught up with him in the end. Did he kill himself? Can't quite remember
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Must be the very dry conditions we've had these last few months.
Must confess I wore comfortable sandals with a 'posh' lace dress to our recent family do, although I've still got stiletto's to wear with long evening dresses. I'm not sure we will be going to any black tie events any more as people don't seem to want to get dressed up these days. Being very short, I just hate wearing flat shoes with nice dresses.
Very reassuring that people have had successful cataract ops, I've got a slow growing one apparently that the optician's keeping an eye on.
@Fairygirl, Happy Birthday, hope you're enjoying your day and that cake is involved somewhere.
Good luck with the flat pack @Busy-Lizzie, they seem to have a mind of their own.
You in jeans and stilettos @Punkdoc, conjure up a very interesting picture. Reminds when my Uni student son borrowed my black fishnet stockings and suspender belt (yes, it was a long time ago!) to go to a Rocky Horrow show but called in to a house interview on the way. His bemused would be flatmates must have wondered what they were letting themselves in for. In fact he did get to house share with them.
Hope you have a lovely time ashore @Allotment Boy. Are you on a river cruise?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I have trouble with French shoes, most are too narrow for me, but I bought a lovely pair of white and silver sandals this year that are actually wide enough.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Was supposed to attend a concert last night given by a local musician and composer at the theatre. By the evening - felt fluey. Oh no - could it be...? Better to be safe so asked Will (the composer) if he could pass on our tickets. Went to bed early, thinking I'd do a test if no better. Then realised - I felt like this before when I had a gum abscess and I have one now. I was at the dentist yesterday, being fitted for my new back teeth (££££££s) and he gave me a prescription for antibiotics so they should sort that.
But the teeth - no good! There are 4 back teeth on a metal plate thingy that fits behind my other teeth. It was OK in the dentist, grinding, but trying to eat with them - the thing just comes away. So - another trip to the dentist is called for.
The owner was a bit of a dodgy character and i think the tax man caught up with him in the end. Did he kill himself? Can't quite remember