Thankfully the fog has lifted today and we're hoping for some sunshine to appear shortly. It's still very cold so no outdoor work for me. Instead I'm going to sort out and put back all the stuff that had to come out of the laundry cupboard. OH has put up a rather nice black metal Habitat shelving unit on the side wall and threaded the cable from the tumble dryer in the porch through a very convenient, now redundant, hole in the wall. I shall be very pleased to be able to shut the indoor in future, especially when it's cold!
Next job is to sort out and put back yet more stuff I had to tip out of the airing cupboard upstairs in a hurry so the boiler man could reach the radiator.
It certainly is, @Dovefromabove. Something to look forward to 🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷.
We had a very keen frost first thing, but thankfully the fog has lifted. Now it seems to be warming up a degree or so because the frost is melting and there’s a light breeze developing. I’d hazard a guess that it’s still bitter out there, though 🥶.
Happy Chinese New Year to you all, I think we’ll join in with the celebrations by ordering a takeaway tonight - I like a reason for a celebration 😂.
The fog's all gone and we have blue sky ... the frost on the amelanchier is sparkling and the little birds are hopping about in the viburnum.
An added bonus from our trip down to Halesworth was that I could get some of my preferred silver cleaner from the wonderful hardware store there ... the supermarkets around here seem not to stock it, and although I could get it online, it's twice the price to that charged in Halesworth ... so this morning I polished the silver while I listened to the Archers ... most of it only comes out at Christmas and it spends most of it's life sealed in poly bags so it doesn't tarnish much ... but there's a few family pieces I keep upstairs on the bedroom bookcase ... a silver cup passed down through Pa's family engraved "RFH 1884 Wanton" .... I know my Gt Gt Grandfather bred prizewinning Lincoln Longwools, so it may have something to do with that ... there's also a very smart silver cigarette box which I think was a 21st birthday present for Pa (I use it for jewellery), and a set of cut glass and silver dishes and lidded containers from my maternal granny that lives on my dressing table ... a bit of sparkle
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We have a Coopers in Bungay too @Dovefromabove! What was the art thing? Was it at the Cut? Lovely hoar frost again today - but I'm not going out in it! I already have photos from last time. My turn to cook today - stuffed butternut squash.
Yes @didyw … it was at The Cut … founded by my dear late friend James Holloway. My son did a lot of the initial building work on the site and plastered the walls in the gallery space. The artist is a friend of his.
Going to Coopers at Halesworth feels a bit like going home ❤️
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What is your silver polish called please @Dovefromabove? I need to get a new pot to do mine. I tried our local shops before Christmas for jewellry cleaner which I also need but couldn't get that either.
This is the one I find best @Lizzie27… it’s the one with wadding and was called Duraglit back in the day and was obtainable everywhere … now, although most places profess they stock it, I really can’t find it in supermarkets
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We have the cold too - with a glacial bitter wind coming off the snowy peaks somewhere. But we have sun!!
Out to lunch in a restaurant today with friends, but home to light the fire and enjoy the rest of the day.
Bon dimanche tout le monde.
Should be a good year for wine: Si le jour de la Saint Vincent le soleil est clair et beau, On aura plus de vin que d'eau!!
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-4C and everything white with frost and fog.
I'll drink to that @tui34.
Thankfully the fog has lifted today and we're hoping for some sunshine to appear shortly. It's still very cold so no outdoor work for me. Instead I'm going to sort out and put back all the stuff that had to come out of the laundry cupboard. OH has put up a rather nice black metal Habitat shelving unit on the side wall and threaded the cable from the tumble dryer in the porch through a very convenient, now redundant, hole in the wall. I shall be very pleased to be able to shut the indoor in future, especially when it's cold!
Next job is to sort out and put back yet more stuff I had to tip out of the airing cupboard upstairs in a hurry so the boiler man could reach the radiator.
We had a very keen frost first thing, but thankfully the fog has lifted. Now it seems to be warming up a degree or so because the frost is melting and there’s a light breeze developing. I’d hazard a guess that it’s still bitter out there, though 🥶.
Happy Chinese New Year to you all, I think we’ll join in with the celebrations by ordering a takeaway tonight - I like a reason for a celebration 😂.
Hope your Sunday is a good one.
An added bonus from our trip down to Halesworth was that I could get some of my preferred silver cleaner from the wonderful hardware store there ... the supermarkets around here seem not to stock it, and although I could get it online, it's twice the price to that charged in Halesworth ... so this morning I polished the silver while I listened to the Archers ... most of it only comes out at Christmas and it spends most of it's life sealed in poly bags so it doesn't tarnish much ... but there's a few family pieces I keep upstairs on the bedroom bookcase ... a silver cup passed down through Pa's family engraved "RFH 1884 Wanton" .... I know my Gt Gt Grandfather bred prizewinning Lincoln Longwools, so it may have something to do with that ... there's also a very smart silver cigarette box which I think was a 21st birthday present for Pa (I use it for jewellery), and a set of cut glass and silver dishes and lidded containers from my maternal granny that lives on my dressing table ... a bit of sparkle
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Lovely hoar frost again today - but I'm not going out in it! I already have photos from last time.
My turn to cook today - stuffed butternut squash.
My son did a lot of the initial building work on the site and plastered the walls in the gallery space. The artist is a friend of his.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.