@AnnaB... What a tractor driving hero! Bless him and people like him for helping out!
Reminds me of a time me and a group of friends were determined to get to a new year's party in the middle of the countryside despite a blizzard! Young idiots obviously, we had got stuck in a drift and a tin of white paint that had been in the back foot well of the car went all over my new boots and we followed my glowing boots in the moonlight back to our friends farm where he grabbed the tractor, got us out and drove us to the party in the tractor and joined in! No regrets whatsoever, these memories are the stuff of joy!
Tractor drivers are heroes! They really came into their own round here when we had the Beast From The East. And now no-one curses them when we are stuck behind them! Well, not in my car anyway. Thanks for the update on Hosta @Dovefromabove. Really hope your water was OK today. No snow here but a lovely hoar frost - all magical. Drove through a winter wonderland to get our Christmas tree from a local farm this afternoon. Have given up trying to tie bits of fir round cyclamen pots to make the table decorations for our historical society's Christmas do on Thursday. It needs a rethink and I think possibly the addition of ivy. I also have mini baubles to tie in but how to do it without all the earth falling out? Why are you flowering so late little penstemon?
@didyw, could you try a cardboard collar fitted around the cyclamens, possibly temporarily taped down and then removed when you've fitted the fir/ivy? Tie the baubles to the ivy stems beforehand?
Just finished a slow cooked brisket of beef with a mountain of vegetables. Feeding Charlie's cold. He joined a group of people today for lunch who are in an Association that love everything British. I'm so proud of him, taking the time to join the group, they're all so much older than him , and he joined in the conversation and participated really well.
We're currently having a debate abo ut his Secret Santa gift. School have organised it, and he's planning on buying something and just giving it in the 'bag' from the shop, I'm insisting he gift wraps it with a bow on it. The budget is 5€, so I'm saying a pretty package, where someone has made an effort is worth more than the 5€ gift. He's young, he's a boy, he doesn't understand, but he's going to follow my advice.
Big, big hugs to @Hostafan1. No -one is judging you, we just care. Such a difficult time, all these milestones. First birthday, first Christmas, first anniversary.....life is so tough sometimes.
I'm still waiting to hear from the bank, they don't hurry, desperately trying not to get too invested in the dream of a new home, but it's difficult. I've emailed my bank manager to ask for an expected timetable of events. At least if he says I won't hear until X date, I can stop thinking about it.
Sorry for long post, good to get stuff out of my brain, ex OH is struggling to come to terms with the idea we're not a couple, he thinks I've thrown my dummy out of the pram and it'll all be ok. I don't want to be mean, but it's really over for me, I tried, I really tried, but he's too opinionated, too controlling and too much like hard work. I'm happier just looking after CdeG and Charlie. Lines are blurred where Charlie's concerned, attending a parent's evening together is not a date....
All very tricky.
And it's so cold.
Good luck everyone, take care. Is @punkdoc there yet?
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Thanks for the tip @Lizzie27 - I'll try that. Well done for guiding Charlie on the correct way to present a secret santa gift @D0rdogne_Damsel. I'm sure the penny will drop for your ex. soon. Especially when you - eventually - get into your new home. And you will, I just know it.
Oh heck, the forecast was right we have snow ❄ It's only a dusting so far but it's still falling. So glad we did a top up shop yesterday. Stay safe and warm everyone.
Morning all. We’ve had heavy rain overnight, but no complaints here. warm sun on the veranda which Pixel and I are relaxing in. Sorry that you’re all having freezing conditions. Hopefully it won’t last too long.
-2C and foggy here … I hope you’ve got a big sofa on that verandah @Pat E … much more of this and we’ll be coming to join you 🛋 ☀️ By the way … that’s a very impressive cloud photo.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
good morning all 🥶Very cold here this morning, in some parts of the country they are expecting -8. I am supposed to go out for lunch with friends but I fear there will be cancellations. Take care! Especially if you are travelling. Hi @Pat E I have just joined the queue to sit on that veranda. 😍
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Reminds me of a time me and a group of friends were determined to get to a new year's party in the middle of the countryside despite a blizzard! Young idiots obviously, we had got stuck in a drift and a tin of white paint that had been in the back foot well of the car went all over my new boots and we followed my glowing boots in the moonlight back to our friends farm where he grabbed the tractor, got us out and drove us to the party in the tractor and joined in! No regrets whatsoever, these memories are the stuff of joy!
Thanks for the update on Hosta @Dovefromabove. Really hope your water was OK today.
No snow here but a lovely hoar frost - all magical. Drove through a winter wonderland to get our Christmas tree from a local farm this afternoon.
Have given up trying to tie bits of fir round cyclamen pots to make the table decorations for our historical society's Christmas do on Thursday. It needs a rethink and I think possibly the addition of ivy. I also have mini baubles to tie in but how to do it without all the earth falling out?
Why are you flowering so late little penstemon?
Just finished a slow cooked brisket of beef with a mountain of vegetables. Feeding Charlie's cold. He joined a group of people today for lunch who are in an Association that love everything British. I'm so proud of him, taking the time to join the group, they're all so much older than him , and he joined in the conversation and participated really well.
We're currently having a debate abo
ut his Secret Santa gift. School have organised it, and he's planning on buying something and just giving it in the 'bag' from the shop, I'm insisting he gift wraps it with a bow on it. The budget is 5€, so I'm saying a pretty package, where someone has made an effort is worth more than the 5€ gift. He's young, he's a boy, he doesn't understand, but he's going to follow my advice.
Big, big hugs to @Hostafan1. No -one is judging you, we just care. Such a difficult time, all these milestones. First birthday, first Christmas, first anniversary.....life is so tough sometimes.
I'm still waiting to hear from the bank, they don't hurry, desperately trying not to get too invested in the dream of a new home, but it's difficult. I've emailed my bank manager to ask for an expected timetable of events. At least if he says I won't hear until X date, I can stop thinking about it.
Sorry for long post, good to get stuff out of my brain, ex OH is struggling to come to terms with the idea we're not a couple, he thinks I've thrown my dummy out of the pram and it'll all be ok. I don't want to be mean, but it's really over for me, I tried, I really tried, but he's too opinionated, too controlling and too much like hard work. I'm happier just looking after CdeG and Charlie. Lines are blurred where Charlie's concerned, attending a parent's evening together is not a date....
All very tricky.
And it's so cold.
Good luck everyone, take care.
Is @punkdoc there yet?
Well done for guiding Charlie on the correct way to present a secret santa gift @D0rdogne_Damsel. I'm sure the penny will drop for your ex. soon. Especially when you - eventually - get into your new home. And you will, I just know it.
By the way … that’s a very impressive cloud photo.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Take care! Especially if you are travelling.
Hi @Pat E I have just joined the queue to sit on that veranda. 😍
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