Overcast, grey and windy. Ā The rain has stopped and the waters are slowly subsiding. Ā One road (not autoroute) has been opened. Ā Considerable damage as usual. Ā
Last night my OH who is a retired employee of the Red Cross announced that he would like to contact them to go and help in the Ukraine. Ā When @punkdoc spoke of doing this a while back, alarm bells rang and I wondered if OH was feeling the same way. Ā I guess when you've worked in the humanitarian field for so long, it's ingrained. Ā Will wait and see the outcome. Ā
Swiss Ball lesson this morning and my back is aching. Ā This damp weather doesn't help !!
Yes, we have the sands from the Sahara blowing up here.
I would imagine that if people can't accommodate refugees, they will help out at their local council centres with language lessons, food and clothing distribution banks etc. Ā We certainly will.Ā
Productive morning in the garden (well more like 90mins). The Royal we have pruned the Sambucus, and the Cornus. Very useful to have another pair of eyes, and OHĀ to direct, as you know if you do it on your own you have to keep coming out to look,Ā so it speeds things up.Ā Ā The Sambucus didn't get done last year and there was a lot of dead in it so it should be much better this year. Lovely warm spring day helps too.
Faffy sort of day so far - cooking up another batch or garlic and thyme "tea" for the chooks and then some rice for them, checking mosaics are drying properly after grouting, sorting tiles for a wee tray for bits and bobs, patch club admin, home admin, dosing chooks with meds and watering all the pots in and next to the polytunnel, rinsing sand off cars...........
Don't feel like painting now so I'm off to prune some buddleia and clems and take cuttings but, unlike you @Allotment Boy, without help from OH as he hasn't a clue and is busy anyway marking out new raised beds with fallen barn beams.
Well @Obelixx you would think I was speaking a different language today when I asked OH to help me prune out all the dead wood from what was originally a ground cover rose but with neglect had grown to nearly six foot, leave the green canes I said, well you can guess, I also asked for help to raise the canopy on a euonymus, more explaining to do but it will all be forgotten for the next time.Ā Hope you are all having a better day!
Evening all, sounds like most of you have had a productive day. It's been a mix of sunshine and cloudy patches but quite mild, over 14c for the first time. We whizzed up to the GC this morning as I needed more manure, J.I.No.3, plants and weedkiller. Got rather a shock over the prices - good heavens! I think I just spent my Xmas Gift card on manure! Heaved it all out of the car with some difficulty (7 bags) and after lunch I planted the new ones, mostly alpines in my new bed and then pruned the buddleia.
We've having sea bass with a red pesto butter tonight so I'm looking forward to that.
Just read that Putin has barred Biden, Clinton and other senior White House bods froms Russia - I don't think they'll be very disappointed somehow. Better news is that Nazarrin Ratcliffe has got her UK passport back, hopefully they might let her out soon.
Pixel sounds an absolute darling @Pat E, we do miss our old cat.
Nice day (apart from an electrical fault and a a wifi glitch). Went out for lunch with a friend, sadly the only option was rabbit stew as a plat du jour or steak. As my tooth is still throbbing it had to be the rabbit, but very bony and tricky to eat, and visions of my pet rabbit Bobby kept coming back to me. Luckily the company was good and we had lots of gossip to catch up on.Ā
Charlie and I met up late afternoon for cake and then he helped me with the supermarket run. We both decided to wear masks in spite of the new regulations, it just seemed the right thing to do. He insisted on carrying all the bags, I know he is trying to be helpful and gentlemanly, butIĀ did sort of feel like a doddery old lady who can't cope.Ā
Just about to dish up a spag bol now, it's been simmering for a while and smells delicious. At least I can eat that without pain. Then an episode or two of a Netflix series and bed.Ā
I wish you all a good evening.Ā
āCoffee. Garden. Coffee. Does a good morning need anything else?ā āBetsy CaƱas Garmon
Little Adam has been very tired today. He had a 2hr sleep this afternoon and he's now in bed. The other 2 are getting ready for bed then will watch TV. Wednesday tomorrow so no school in some areas of France, but the school day is longer than in the UK. Granddaughter often starts at 8am, today she finished at 5.30.
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Overcast, grey and windy. Ā The rain has stopped and the waters are slowly subsiding. Ā One road (not autoroute) has been opened. Ā Considerable damage as usual. Ā
Last night my OH who is a retired employee of the Red Cross announced that he would like to contact them to go and help in the Ukraine. Ā When @punkdoc spoke of doing this a while back, alarm bells rang and I wondered if OH was feeling the same way. Ā I guess when you've worked in the humanitarian field for so long, it's ingrained. Ā Will wait and see the outcome. Ā
Swiss Ball lesson this morning and my back is aching. Ā This damp weather doesn't help !!
Yes, we have the sands from the Sahara blowing up here.
I would imagine that if people can't accommodate refugees, they will help out at their local council centres with language lessons, food and clothing distribution banks etc. Ā We certainly will.Ā
Have an enjoyable afternoon.
TuiĀ
Gardening in Central NorfolkĀ on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Don't feel like painting now so I'm off to prune some buddleia and clems and take cuttings but, unlike you @Allotment Boy, without help from OH as he hasn't a clue and is busy anyway marking out new raised beds with fallen barn beams.
Hope you are all having a better day!
We've having sea bass with a red pesto butter tonight so I'm looking forward to that.
Just read that Putin has barred Biden, Clinton and other senior White House bods froms Russia - I don't think they'll be very disappointed somehow. Better news is that Nazarrin Ratcliffe has got her UK passport back, hopefully they might let her out soon.
Pixel sounds an absolute darling @Pat E, we do miss our old cat.
Enjoy the evening everybody.
Nice day (apart from an electrical fault and a a wifi glitch). Went out for lunch with a friend, sadly the only option was rabbit stew as a plat du jour or steak. As my tooth is still throbbing it had to be the rabbit, but very bony and tricky to eat, and visions of my pet rabbit Bobby kept coming back to me. Luckily the company was good and we had lots of gossip to catch up on.Ā
Charlie and I met up late afternoon for cake and then he helped me with the supermarket run. We both decided to wear masks in spite of the new regulations, it just seemed the right thing to do. He insisted on carrying all the bags, I know he is trying to be helpful and gentlemanly, butIĀ did sort of feel like a doddery old lady who can't cope.Ā
Just about to dish up a spag bol now, it's been simmering for a while and smells delicious. At least I can eat that without pain. Then an episode or two of a Netflix series and bed.Ā
I wish you all a good evening.Ā