Nephew and great niece didn't turn up for lunch due to motorway delays and/or phone messages unanswered. I know we have a very poor phone signal here but it doesn't help if OH doesn't turn his phone on. Anyway we eventually made contact and have just had a very nice dinner out together in an old country pub near where my mum used to live. I fear my 11 year old great niece was rather bored with all the reminiscing that went on. Surprised to find the pub was packed on a Tuesday night and with lots of dog owners/ramblers. Superb views right across the valley on a lovely summer evening.
No sign of the little goat since we discovered it’s hideaway. Hubby put the wildlife camera down there, but nothing. 😢. I hope it’s ok and a fox hasn’t got it.
Good morning all 😊 ☕️ perhaps he’s found his way home @Pat E … wherever that may be? A bright morning with some patches of high cloud, and a comfy 13C … we’re heading for the low 20s … there’s some cloud in the forecast for today but no rain 😢 OH has an early start and a long day today … I’ve got some work on the go in the studio … and we have our niece visiting tomorrow so I’d better ensure that the dust and cobwebs aren’t too thick 😉 Glad you managed to meet up eventually @Lizzie27 … sounds a lovely evening. 😊
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
It's quite bright out there now ... I've done the watering ... and picked a load of beans and courgettes ... and had a handful of cherry tomatoes for breakfast ... now I have to make a batch of minestrone, do the beans and prep a sausage traybake ... then I'm heading for the studio ...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Well, that's my morning chores done - no, not housework! Minutes from last night's meeting typed up, emails read, replied to and sent (oops, just remembered another one). This afternoon: posting cards through all the letterboxes in my area. My round is 400 houses. OH will help. I've done this before - there are some letter boxes that are just lethal; I don't know how postmen cope. Still, it's a nice day for it. Caught a bit of the Lionesses v. Sweden yesterday. Those girls are good aren't they?
Afternoon all. @chicky mentioned some of the local fires so I went for a look at Thursley Common Nature Reserve which was badly burnt 2 years ago. It is one of the best sites in the UK for dragonflies. Not today. There was a boardwalk which gave access into the main ponds and bogs but that has been destroyed. Many of the smaller ponds and drainage ditches usually up to a metre deep have dried out and the bog area has shrunk. A very sad sight. There is some regrowth though with fresh grasses and heathers helping it look a little less desolate.
That's rather sad @steephill, hope the boardwalk is replaced soon and the area regenerates.
My day started nicely with Bucks Fizz, followed by card opening and then breakfast in bed. Pity I had to get it myself but OH limps too badly now to manage a teatray safely!
After my usual walk and a coffee I managed to trim the verge underneath our front hedge on my hands and knees using lawn shears - very amused when a driver pulled up beside me and asked me to say a prayer for him whilst I was down there! It looks much tidier now. I did consider the wildlife aspect but the hedge now suckers on the verge and as we have no pavement on our frontage, it makes an already narrow lane, narrower still.
Not sure whether to do more gardening now or conserve energy for dinner no. 2 tonight - OH is taking me out to a posh new hotel nearby. Debating whether to go the full hog and go in full evening dress just for fun. Problem is I haven't worn high heeled shoes since Covid started, not sure I can still walk in them! I might have to practise.
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Edited, beat me to it, Desi, I didn’t think of the gage!
Nephew and great niece didn't turn up for lunch due to motorway delays and/or phone messages unanswered. I know we have a very poor phone signal here but it doesn't help if OH doesn't turn his phone on. Anyway we eventually made contact and have just had a very nice dinner out together in an old country pub near where my mum used to live. I fear my 11 year old great niece was rather bored with all the reminiscing that went on. Surprised to find the pub was packed on a Tuesday night and with lots of dog owners/ramblers. Superb views right across the valley on a lovely summer evening.
perhaps he’s found his way home @Pat E … wherever that may be?
A bright morning with some patches of high cloud, and a comfy 13C … we’re heading for the low 20s … there’s some cloud in the forecast for today but no rain 😢
OH has an early start and a long day today … I’ve got some work on the go in the studio … and we have our niece visiting tomorrow so I’d better ensure that the dust and cobwebs aren’t too thick 😉
Glad you managed to meet up eventually @Lizzie27 … sounds a lovely evening. 😊
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Still, it's a nice day for it.
Caught a bit of the Lionesses v. Sweden yesterday. Those girls are good aren't they?
My day started nicely with Bucks Fizz, followed by card opening and then breakfast in bed. Pity I had to get it myself but OH limps too badly now to manage a teatray safely!
After my usual walk and a coffee I managed to trim the verge underneath our front hedge on my hands and knees using lawn shears - very amused when a driver pulled up beside me and asked me to say a prayer for him whilst I was down there! It looks much tidier now. I did consider the wildlife aspect but the hedge now suckers on the verge and as we have no pavement on our frontage, it makes an already narrow lane, narrower still.
Not sure whether to do more gardening now or conserve energy for dinner no. 2 tonight - OH is taking me out to a posh new hotel nearby. Debating whether to go the full hog and go in full evening dress just for fun. Problem is I haven't worn high heeled shoes since Covid started, not sure I can still walk in them! I might have to practise.