Back from Clay Club.Ā A break next Sunday for Easter and the Sunday after that I think I'll have a go at throwing a pot!Ā But today just applied some different coloured glazes to what I made last time and they will now be fired.Ā Can't wait to see how they turn out.Ā Ā
Then met up with the rest of the family for a cup of tea and bit of cake for a late celebration of my birthday as a local GC.Ā Didn't buy anything - mostly indoor plants and exotics and ridiculously over priced.
Nice & sunny - but I just can't get warm.Ā Ā Sounds like you have been busy @Yviestevie.Ā All I have done is deadhead a few tete a tete daffs as I walked past them today.
But going to sow some more seeds now, then a bit of a tidy up as I have someone coming round for a meeting tomorrow.
We walked to the village pub before lunch, 300 - 400 metres away. Longest walk OH has done so far since his op. Some people we knew were there and we had a cider.
I had thought of gardening, it's lovely and sunny, but it's also bitterly cold and I'm tired so I've changed my mind. Just talking to NDN's granddaughter and her OH without my coat on made me start shivering. They came to do some cleaning.
I'm tired because OH was snoring again so I had 3 hrs sleep in the guest room. He's tired too, of course. In less than a week he'll be able to sleep on his sideĀ Ā .
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Been to a family Birthday tea party this afternoon - brought my piece of cake home so just having that now. Didnāt have the time (or the parsnips) to do a cooked dinner for tonight, but had roasted chicken breasts for warm chicken in rolls instead.Ā
A tad chilly this evening, but trying to keep the heating off now itās April. I will be having the leccy blanket on though - thatās a must for a cosy night.Ā
Evening all. Glad to hear that most of you have been able to do the odd gardening activity and/or get a relaxing Sunday. Weather here not too bad today, dryish most of the time but still very cold. Yesterday teatime we had our final delivery of hay for the year - those huge oblong bales, 8 of them. Delivery was supposed to be Friday but rain stopped play. Lots of phone calls to and fro yesterday not only waiting for the rain to stop but to co-ordinate the delivery between the supplier and daughter's ex to come over with his machine to do the offloading job. Success at around 5.30pm thank goodness with everyone partaking of tea and cake in the kitchen before departing the ways. That should keep our little ones happy for another three weeks or so until the grass comes through on our other 'set aside for the winter' fields to allow for the transfer to summer grazing. Trouble is that on our largest set aside field we have an area of around 4 acres which is woodland sloping down to a grassy dell at the bottom. This woodland is a mass of bluebells - absolutely beautiful - but while they are just shooting up it is possible that the ponies might eat the green shoots, so we have to wait to use this area until all the bluebells are well into flowering mode. Timing is so important when you have munching animals plus the need to conserve the natural surroundings.
a glorious unexpected blu sky this morning. It is going to go below zero though for a couple of nights. Someone is coming around this evening to look at a job that he didn't do well last year. Grrr! OH going to spend the day repairing the antenna (radio amateur) that got blown away in last month's winds.Ā @AnnaB your blue bell field sounds beautiful but not the work needed to keep it that way from the animals. š I suppose that aside from spoiling the view it might be bad for them to chomp on bluebells? I am glad the hay is now stored away.
Gotta take advantage of the sun. Hope you all have a good day, or at least, at decent one.
Frost here - bye bye magnolia flowers. Ā Canāt remember the last time we had a magnolia season not blighted by frost. Ā But thats the price to pay for sunshine ā¦ā¦and that is most welcome.
Deer eat the bluebells round here, so Iām guessing they arenāt toxic to animals.
Good morning all š āļøĀ A bright and beautiful morning here in Norfolk ā¦ the birdbath is frozen solid but the gorgeous magnolia blooms across the way look ok so far š¤ maybe the big silver birches to the northeast of it were a protection.Ā
We had a relatively settled night and all seems set for a gentle day today. OH has to go to work today and thereās a bit of laundry for the machine to do ā¦ thereās already a load on the line, but apart from that thereās not a lot on the To Do List. šĀ
Gardening in Central NorfolkĀ on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Well ā¦ it looks as if we have resumed a degree of what passes for normality in this household ā¦ for the first time since the 11Feb thereās a loaf of homemade wholemeal bread proving ā¦ our innards have not been happy with the bought stuff š«¤
Gardening in Central NorfolkĀ on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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Then met up with the rest of the family for a cup of tea and bit of cake for a late celebration of my birthday as a local GC.Ā Didn't buy anything - mostly indoor plants and exotics and ridiculously over priced.
Nice & sunny - but I just can't get warm.Ā
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Sounds like you have been busy @Yviestevie.Ā All I have done is deadhead a few tete a tete daffs as I walked past them today.
But going to sow some more seeds now, then a bit of a tidy up as I have someone coming round for a meeting tomorrow.
I had thought of gardening, it's lovely and sunny, but it's also bitterly cold and I'm tired so I've changed my mind. Just talking to NDN's granddaughter and her OH without my coat on made me start shivering. They came to do some cleaning.
I'm tired because OH was snoring again so I had 3 hrs sleep in the guest room. He's tired too, of course. In less than a week he'll be able to sleep on his sideĀ
Been to a family Birthday tea party this afternoon - brought my piece of cake home so just having that now. Didnāt have the time (or the parsnips) to do a cooked dinner for tonight, but had roasted chicken breasts for warm chicken in rolls instead.Ā
Take care all.Ā
Yesterday teatime we had our final delivery of hay for the year - those huge oblong bales, 8 of them. Delivery was supposed to be Friday but rain stopped play. Lots of phone calls to and fro yesterday not only waiting for the rain to stop but to co-ordinate the delivery between the supplier and daughter's ex to come over with his machine to do the offloading job. Success at around 5.30pm thank goodness with everyone partaking of tea and cake in the kitchen before departing the ways.
That should keep our little ones happy for another three weeks or so until the grass comes through on our other 'set aside for the winter' fields to allow for the transfer to summer grazing. Trouble is that on our largest set aside field we have an area of around 4 acres which is woodland sloping down to a grassy dell at the bottom. This woodland is a mass of bluebells - absolutely beautiful - but while they are just shooting up it is possible that the ponies might eat the green shoots, so we have to wait to use this area until all the bluebells are well into flowering mode. Timing is so important when you have munching animals plus the need to conserve the natural surroundings.
a glorious unexpected blu sky this morning. It is going to go below zero though for a couple of nights.
Someone is coming around this evening to look at a job that he didn't do well last year. Grrr! OH going to spend the day repairing the antenna (radio amateur) that got blown away in last month's winds.Ā
@AnnaB your blue bell field sounds beautiful but not the work needed to keep it that way from the animals. š I suppose that aside from spoiling the view it might be bad for them to chomp on bluebells? I am glad the hay is now stored away.
Gotta take advantage of the sun. Hope you all have a good day, or at least, at decent one.
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Deer eat the bluebells round here, so Iām guessing they arenāt toxic to animals.
A bright and beautiful morning here in Norfolk ā¦ the birdbath is frozen solid but the gorgeous magnolia blooms across the way look ok so far š¤ maybe the big silver birches to the northeast of it were a protection.Ā
Gardening in Central NorfolkĀ on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Sunny but chilly here. There is a frost.
We slept better. Only 3 more nights and OH should be able to sleep on his side. He has a physio appointment at the hospital tomorrow.
Well ā¦ it looks as if we have resumed a degree of what passes for normality in this household ā¦ for the first time since the 11Feb thereās a loaf of homemade wholemeal bread proving ā¦ our innards have not been happy with the bought stuff š«¤
Gardening in Central NorfolkĀ on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.