Hi @AuntyRach, that is such a shame, it has indeed been a beautiful day up to about an hour ago. Is work being particularly difficult and/or busy lately, you don't seem to have posted much lately so we've missed you. How's your Dad doing and niece?
You're right, it does look like rain is on it's way suddenly so my daughter has just rescued a cashmere mix tie-waist cardi which I'd left to drip on the line. Not sure when I last wore it!
I am pretty busy with work @Lizzie27 - mainly because my team has changed shape and size and I have been doing some longer shifts to fill gaps and support the new ones. Family all ok but keep me busy too!
It didn’t rain and is a pleasant evening so I watered my pots in the end as they are dry after 2 warm days. Rain tonight though I think.
We visited a French garden this afternoon only about 17 minutes drive away. We'd had the storm in the night and some heavy rain. They hadn't had anything. I'd seen the garden before some years again with my old gardening club. It had grown quite a bit since then. Think I'll go and post some photos.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
It was roasting here today but cloudy so a tad sweaty Betty. 😅 I too got my grass cut...mostly. There are still patches that are a foot high or more but they are smaller than they were yesterday so progress. The grass heap is looking a bit 'bohemian' so there'll be looooks when Mellors sees it. Mellors can go and toot. After I'd cut the grass I had to wrestle his left-at-his-a$$ branches that had enormous weeds and grass through them. I HATE that! 🤯 Anyway it's all looking much better and I was smug as a smug thing when the torrents started at exactly the time the Met office said they would! Not a bad day all round.
It sounds as if everyone is having good growing weather - sun, some rain.
Tempus fugit so I am going to prepare a couple of patches and plant the final sowing of beetroot (Noir d'Egypte this time) and some Lamb's Lettuce - Mâche and I have found some seeds which are large and called La Doucette. I love the stuff.
The hot weather has returned. Hot days. Hot nights. And Sirocco wind to boot. Sigh. I thought the cool nights were a sign of the times...but no!!
Salutations to all the Claire's on this site: Si, le jour de Sainte Claire, la journée est chaude et claire, Comptez sur les fruits à couteaux, a coup sûr, ils seront beaux
Looks as if we should have some decent fruit for autumn.
Quite a warm night … and 18C already … that makes a change … son was later back than usual yesterday; from work he’d popped to Ipswich to his favourite Italian barbers for a beard trim and head shave (rather than relying on me to do it phew!) … he was there at the same time as the great John Wark (@Punkdoc will know that name) and chatted with him and passed on my great respect ⚽️ 👏
It was his first visit to the barbers since his accident and they were so pleased to see him … they’re great friends and had contributed generously to his fund and been very worried about him … they were horrified by the big scars on the back of his head … he has some big dents there.
Then he popped to see Wonky for a few minutes before going out into the Suffolk countryside to the barns where equipment etc is being prepared for the music festival where he’s working at the end of the month; and he spent a lovely evening drinking coffee and chatting with good friends … he picked up a takeaway on the way home and I was just going up to bed by the time he arrived home. Looks like he’s really getting back to normal … well, normal for him anyway 🤣
OH and I are getting a bus into the city today … we’re going to the Castle museum and gallery to look at paintings … then we’ll find somewhere for lunch … there’s some good pubs around there …
Oooh … we seem to have several very noisy black backed gulls on the roof just above our open bedroom window 😧
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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Just home from work - I’ve missed a pleasant day outside it seems. It’s 25 degrees but now clouded over, quite sultry. Guessing rain on the way…
You're right, it does look like rain is on it's way suddenly so my daughter has just rescued a cashmere mix tie-waist cardi which I'd left to drip on the line. Not sure when I last wore it!
The half I cut on Monday has grown over 2" since then, so I had to cut it all again.
I too got my grass cut...mostly. There are still patches that are a foot high or more but they are smaller than they were yesterday so progress. The grass heap is looking a bit 'bohemian' so there'll be looooks when Mellors sees it. Mellors can go and toot. After I'd cut the grass I had to wrestle his left-at-his-a$$ branches that had enormous weeds and grass through them. I HATE that! 🤯
Anyway it's all looking much better and I was smug as a smug thing when the torrents started at exactly the time the Met office said they would!
Not a bad day all round.
It sounds as if everyone is having good growing weather - sun, some rain.
Tempus fugit so I am going to prepare a couple of patches and plant the final sowing of beetroot (Noir d'Egypte this time) and some Lamb's Lettuce - Mâche and I have found some seeds which are large and called La Doucette. I love the stuff.
The hot weather has returned. Hot days. Hot nights. And Sirocco wind to boot. Sigh. I thought the cool nights were a sign of the times...but no!!
Salutations to all the Claire's on this site:
Si, le jour de Sainte Claire, la journée est chaude et claire,
Comptez sur les fruits à couteaux, a coup sûr, ils seront beaux
Looks as if we should have some decent fruit for autumn.
Enjoy your day everyone.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
OH and I are getting a bus into the city today … we’re going to the Castle museum and gallery to look at paintings … then we’ll find somewhere for lunch … there’s some good pubs around there …
Oooh … we seem to have several very noisy black backed gulls on the roof just above our open bedroom window 😧
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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