Hello all, best wishes to Hosta, i can understand what he needs to do after all he has been through. Hugs to @punkdoc, take it easy and hopefully the warmer weather will be here before long and you can sit outside. After a very cold start it's warming up slowly, so maybe an hour in the sun later on the terrace. 😎
I just popped down to W'rose to get a few things ... I thought I'd go there instead of the farm shop as I needed toothpaste and cleaning stuff, and I only needed a few food things. I ended up with a trolley full !!! ... OH may have some unscheduled days at work as his manager is unwell, so I got some tinned soup because the freezer is too full to fit in any homemade soup; I also got quite a few tinned sardines and mackerel ... a favourite lunch here, plus a net of Loch Fyne mussels and a French stick for supper tonight and a very reduced rack of lamb for tomorrow Everything's unpacked and put away, and I've dealt with the post which came while I was out ... not a lot to do today now, other than scrub the mussels ... and they look as if they've been done already ... I'll put the kettle on ... coffee anyone ...? ☕
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
It’s trying to brighten up a bit here, so I’m hoping the washing will dry on the line or at least be nearly dry.
Mussels tonight sound good @Dovefromabove. We had some on Thursday. Delicious. I admit, we buy the ready prepared vacuum packed ones that come with the sauce. Very quick and easy, and not too bad for a ready meal.
Well, I’d better get on now I’ve had my coffee. Hope you all have a good day, and @Pat E , I hope your shoulder feels easier.
Sorry to see Hosta go and sorry that Punkdoc is having to take a break over his health issues.
Friday night was most definitely curry night around here - in our house too. Chicken cooked from scratch but OH managed to use up some cauliflower left over from an earlier cauli cheese.
And it was a day for plumbers too! Ours arrived and we now have properly insulated pipes in the outside loo. The outside tap remains off until after the frosts.
And our bathroom washbasin taps don't bang anymore! That was an absolute nightmare - turn a tap on downstairs - bang bang bang upstairs!
Glad your complicated paperwork got completed @Dovefromabove. I'm nearly there with mine.
I'm supposed to go into town today to deliver some invitations to a do our bus. assoc. is holding in a couple of weeks. Just trying to muster up the wherewithal to get myself in gear.
Grey and gloomy here all day but a lot warmer, up to 10.9c so I got outside to weed what used to be my Boggy Bed (but isn't any more). It's a rather shady raised bed by the side of the garage, created when that was built to deal with different levels. Last year I planted a new hydrangea, having dug one out previously and quite a few bulbs which seemed to have survived ok and are popping up, including some English Bluebells which have been quite slow to establish.
Did a couple of hours then called it a day. I'm waiting for it to rain before mulching with bark.
It's been so quiet today, only the odd car down the lane and a few walkers going past. I like the peace and quiet, perhaps everybody's gone on holiday? My grandson's off on his first school skiing holiday tomorrow, he's so excited.
Full on h**w**k here today, along with a bit of admin. Also a couple of naps - catching up on sleep after a stressful couple of weeks. Pork chops for our dinner tonight - our local butcher does lovely ones . Then I'm going back to a bit of sewing - I'm making a shirt out of some recycled cotton fabric, but it's a very tight weave and I'm having trouble getting the ease stitching to ease - any tips @Obelixx? I think I may have to pull them out and redo them. Au revoir, hostafan, I hope. best wishes to punkdoc, too and thanks to Dove and Wonky for their support this last week or two - it's appreciated.
Onward and upward - hope you're all starting to feel the edge of spring coming closer - I know I am
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
No time to garden, so feel I'm letting the side down, so cold, such a lot to do, how do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time.....
I can't begin to explain difficulties at work, so tricky, absolute victims of our own success. So scary! The responsibility is weighs heavily on my shoulders.
Anyway, best wishes to all, so many of us with niggling issues, one way or another. Life certainly isn't easy.
“Coffee. Garden. Coffee. Does a good morning need anything else?” —Betsy Cañas Garmon
Just heard that my son has been taken to a burns unit following a fire/gas explosion. No real info as yet and am waiting for an update from the hospital. Wonky and I may not be on the forum as regularly as usual for a bit. Keep your fingers crossed for us please.
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After a very cold start it's warming up slowly, so maybe an hour in the sun later on the terrace. 😎
No frost today but it looks grey and uninviting. I must get motivated to plant my trays of violas and bellis daisies and prune a couple more roses.
Everything's unpacked and put away, and I've dealt with the post which came while I was out ... not a lot to do today now, other than scrub the mussels ... and they look as if they've been done already ...
I'll put the kettle on ... coffee anyone ...? ☕
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
It’s trying to brighten up a bit here, so I’m hoping the washing will dry on the line or at least be nearly dry.
Mussels tonight sound good @Dovefromabove. We had some on Thursday. Delicious. I admit, we buy the ready prepared vacuum packed ones that come with the sauce. Very quick and easy, and not too bad for a ready meal.
Well, I’d better get on now I’ve had my coffee. Hope you all have a good day, and @Pat E , I hope your shoulder feels easier.
Friday night was most definitely curry night around here - in our house too. Chicken cooked from scratch but OH managed to use up some cauliflower left over from an earlier cauli cheese.
And it was a day for plumbers too! Ours arrived and we now have properly insulated pipes in the outside loo. The outside tap remains off until after the frosts.
And our bathroom washbasin taps don't bang anymore! That was an absolute nightmare - turn a tap on downstairs - bang bang bang upstairs!
Glad your complicated paperwork got completed @Dovefromabove. I'm nearly there with mine.
I'm supposed to go into town today to deliver some invitations to a do our bus. assoc. is holding in a couple of weeks. Just trying to muster up the wherewithal to get myself in gear.
Grey and gloomy here all day but a lot warmer, up to 10.9c so I got outside to weed what used to be my Boggy Bed (but isn't any more). It's a rather shady raised bed by the side of the garage, created when that was built to deal with different levels. Last year I planted a new hydrangea, having dug one out previously and quite a few bulbs which seemed to have survived ok and are popping up, including some English Bluebells which have been quite slow to establish.
Did a couple of hours then called it a day. I'm waiting for it to rain before mulching with bark.
It's been so quiet today, only the odd car down the lane and a few walkers going past.
I like the peace and quiet, perhaps everybody's gone on holiday? My grandson's off on his first school skiing holiday tomorrow, he's so excited.
Au revoir, hostafan, I hope. best wishes to punkdoc, too and thanks to Dove and Wonky for their support this last week or two - it's appreciated.
Onward and upward - hope you're all starting to feel the edge of spring coming closer - I know I am
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
Glad your taps don't bang anymore @didyw.
Done some gardening, pruned 2 roses and been to the GC as ran out of violas and I wanted more for the long border.
Struggling a lot here with 'stuff'. Wish I had good news to post.
Very sad to see @Hostafan1 is leaving us.
No time to garden, so feel I'm letting the side down, so cold, such a lot to do, how do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time.....
I can't begin to explain difficulties at work, so tricky, absolute victims of our own success. So scary! The responsibility is weighs heavily on my shoulders.
Anyway, best wishes to all, so many of us with niggling issues, one way or another. Life certainly isn't easy.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.