A watery sun today but pleasant enough to get out and do some tidying and faffing. I put the solar fountain into the wildlife pond and the "chirp" is out - "She's put the fountain in!! She's put the fountain in!!" So there's a flurry in there. Lovely!!
Down here in the Mediterranean, this time of year is the best for colour. The Californian Poppies which have sprung up in unexpected nooks and crannies are out with its vibrant colour. Daisies, snapdragons, salvias and irises are emerging. Then the heat comes and everything dries up! I sowed some hollyhock seeds a couple of years ago and there are two beauties - I do hope they flower this year.
Lots of expressions for the 23rd April. Here are a couple: Quand il pleut le jour de Saint Georges, Sur cent cerises, on a quartorze.
Afternoon everyone, sorry you’ve had to cancel your trip @punkdoc. I hope you’ll soon feel better. It’s a miserable day here, quite cold with intermittent showers, so I’m having a lazy Sunday afternoon, posting on here and also trying to do the squaredle puzzle. I’ve found 55 of the 63 words plus quite a few archaic words (most purely by chance 😂), so I’m hoping that when I go back to it, the missing words will jump out at me 🤞😁.
Just read back as I wasn't around yesterday. Could do with that lovely warm looking fire here today @Pat E - it's cold and raining here. Haven't visited East Ruston yet - it's on the list! I attended a local market yesterday with boxes of lovely wool I had left over from when I closed my shop. I was selling it off cheap so did rather well. Still lots left though so I'll do another sale a bit later in the year and then probably donate the rest of it somewhere. Clay club with my daughter today. Didn't leave enough time to properly do the handle so who knows what that will look like when we return next week after it has been bisque fired? Still, it's good therapy to just mess about with clay and spend some time with my daughter. 16 year old granddaughter is now sporting a nose ring. Obviously I don't approve but for her generation it is a cool thing to do.
@didyw, at least she can take the nose ring out when she grows tired of it! Unlike the rings through the lips that can and do abrade the adjacent gums and lead to loosening and loss of teeth. And as for tattoos.... always makes me think of being permanently glued into a pair of high heeled shoes with platforms, very fashionable at the time but pathetically silly in years to come.
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A watery sun today but pleasant enough to get out and do some tidying and faffing. I put the solar fountain into the wildlife pond and the "chirp" is out - "She's put the fountain in!! She's put the fountain in!!" So there's a flurry in there. Lovely!!
Down here in the Mediterranean, this time of year is the best for colour. The Californian Poppies which have sprung up in unexpected nooks and crannies are out with its vibrant colour. Daisies, snapdragons, salvias and irises are emerging. Then the heat comes and everything dries up! I sowed some hollyhock seeds a couple of years ago and there are two beauties - I do hope they flower this year.
Lots of expressions for the 23rd April. Here are a couple: Quand il pleut le jour de Saint Georges, Sur cent cerises, on a quartorze.
A la Saint George, sème ton orge.
I hope you all have a happy Sunday.
Slow cooked lamb shank for dinner tonight. Ironing in front of the TV this afternoon. There has just been an April shower.
Fairly horrid day here.
I have had to cancel my Scotland trip, bit of a health deterioration, not sure whether Moira will go up anyway.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
@Busy-Lizzie, that didn’t even feature in my speculation! Looks like fun though!
sorry you’ve had to cancel your trip @punkdoc. I hope you’ll soon feel better.
It’s a miserable day here, quite cold with intermittent showers, so I’m having a lazy Sunday afternoon, posting on here and also trying to do the squaredle puzzle. I’ve found 55 of the 63 words plus quite a few archaic words (most purely by chance 😂), so I’m hoping that when I go back to it, the missing words will jump out at me 🤞😁.
take care of yourself x
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Haven't visited East Ruston yet - it's on the list!
I attended a local market yesterday with boxes of lovely wool I had left over from when I closed my shop. I was selling it off cheap so did rather well. Still lots left though so I'll do another sale a bit later in the year and then probably donate the rest of it somewhere.
Clay club with my daughter today. Didn't leave enough time to properly do the handle so who knows what that will look like when we return next week after it has been bisque fired? Still, it's good therapy to just mess about with clay and spend some time with my daughter. 16 year old granddaughter is now sporting a nose ring. Obviously I don't approve but for her generation it is a cool thing to do.
And as for tattoos.... always makes me think of being permanently glued into a pair of high heeled shoes with platforms, very fashionable at the time but pathetically silly in years to come.