Morning all. I'm guessing by the lack of mid-morning activity you are all at your Remembrance services. Ours is this afternoon. Hope I can keep it together when all the names are read out - I usually find that so moving.
Hi everyone, dull start but we have just had a shower, it seems dry at the cenotaph. I note the Queen didn't attend after all, hope that is not a bad sign. Have a good rest of the day everyone.
Ive a suspicion HM may be in need of a hip op ... her mother had one at 95 didn't she? She's had to give up riding because of 'discomfort' and has been seen using a walking stick. If you're in pain from a hip and moving awkwardly it's very common to strain muscles etc in your back. My totally uninformed guess is that the hospital visit was for scan/xray etc and the op will happen in her quiet spell after Christmas /New Year when she usually spends a month or so at Balmoral.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Hello everyone. Dull and grey again here and cold. Must have been a bit windy overnight as lots more leaves are down. I've been pottering indoors all morning but will pop out for an hour or two this pm. Found some more seeds to catalogue and just need to note which ones I've sown recently.
@Pat E Belgium had a very different war to the UK - officially neutral but invaded nonetheless cos the Germans scooted into France north of the Maginot Line. The only battle the French won was around our local town (Gemboux) and villages and that was because they had divisions of Moroccan soldiers with a fierce reputation of which teh Germans were rightly wary. In teh end they were almost surrounded and had to retreat in the night but their action gave the UK an extra 2 or 3 days to get soldiers off Dunkirk beaches. There's a large cemetery at Chastre with rows and rows of Muslim/Moroccan headstones and some crosses. The occupation was not good for the locals.
@Dovefromabove seafood sauerkraut is a standard offering in many restaurants along the coast here. I tried it once but will stick to seafood and meats without fermented cabbage - unless it's Kimchi which I like.
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)."
Rain has stopped play here, but luckily not before I finally got to the end of my bulb planting. Have been doing it in bite sized chunks over the last fortnight (I had bought rather a lot ☺️). This last lot was a mix of snakesheads, chionodoxa, scilla, and muscari. I emptied all my packs into a bowl, stirred them round a bit and then planted them in the order my hand found them …..so hoping I get a random scattered look as a result. All in an area of old tree stumps at the back of my flower borders - that’s only visible in spring before everything else gets going. Fingers crossed that lot like it there.
I watched the Remembrance Service this morning. I hope the Queen is OK.
After that, OH and I raked up barrowloads of leaves that the huge ash tree had carelessly dumped on the drive. This is a protected area, we wanted to get the tree man to cut off a branch which is hanging rather low over the pavement and road but were told we had to get permission from the planning department. I'm not sure if the tree is ours, NDNs or the council's.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
The seafood sauerkraut got cleaned up - @Dovefromabove. It has a delicious creamy sauce that uses the mussel liquor, shallots and creme fraîche among other ingredients. Fair makes the dish! I poured some of the sauce over it, bit more sauerkraut and then covered in aluminium paper - into the oven 20 mins. Left over sauce in a separate sauce boat. A couple of glasses of chilled rosé is good to wash it down!!
That sounds a good mix @chicky. I planted snakeheads under the apple trees a couple of years ago and fingers crossed, they seem to be slowly spreading. Beautiful sunny weather this morning - until I got out in the garden of course when it clouded over. Only up to 10c ish as well so two fleeces on. Dug out 6 more box stumps, raked leaves off lawn and finally got round to spiking the fairy ring on front lawn and watering in the holes with a strong washing up liquid mix. Let's hope it works. Rather expect the lawn to foam up any minute. Have to repeat this a couple more times this week so will have to get hold of some cheaper washing up liquid!
I've noticed lots of jobs waiting to be done around the garden but am trying to stay focussed and not wander off. That's all too easy.
Just read the online news quickly and am amazed at the American 105 year old sprinter who beat the record in her race but was disappointed in her result. Good heavens, that puts me to shame.
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Have a good rest of the day everyone.
She's had to give up riding because of 'discomfort' and has been seen using a walking stick. If you're in pain from a hip and moving awkwardly it's very common to strain muscles etc in your back. My totally uninformed guess is that the hospital visit was for scan/xray etc and the op will happen in her quiet spell after Christmas /New Year when she usually spends a month or so at Balmoral.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
@Pat E Belgium had a very different war to the UK - officially neutral but invaded nonetheless cos the Germans scooted into France north of the Maginot Line. The only battle the French won was around our local town (Gemboux) and villages and that was because they had divisions of Moroccan soldiers with a fierce reputation of which teh Germans were rightly wary. In teh end they were almost surrounded and had to retreat in the night but their action gave the UK an extra 2 or 3 days to get soldiers off Dunkirk beaches. There's a large cemetery at Chastre with rows and rows of Muslim/Moroccan headstones and some crosses. The occupation was not good for the locals.
@Dovefromabove seafood sauerkraut is a standard offering in many restaurants along the coast here. I tried it once but will stick to seafood and meats without fermented cabbage - unless it's Kimchi which I like.
I’m now mucky and drenched-time for a tidy up.
After that, OH and I raked up barrowloads of leaves that the huge ash tree had carelessly dumped on the drive. This is a protected area, we wanted to get the tree man to cut off a branch which is hanging rather low over the pavement and road but were told we had to get permission from the planning department. I'm not sure if the tree is ours, NDNs or the council's.
I've noticed lots of jobs waiting to be done around the garden but am trying to stay focussed and not wander off. That's all too easy.
Just read the online news quickly and am amazed at the American 105 year old sprinter who beat the record in her race but was disappointed in her result. Good heavens, that puts me to shame.