After the wild weather yesterday, it’s much calmer today. The pots in the garden seem to have survived unscathed other than one which blew over - it’s a bit top heavy. Lots of leaves, of course, especially from the magnolia which we had pruned on Friday. Before it was trimmed, the visible leaves were very green, but once the gardener had cut it back, the leaves in the middle had begun to turn, and it’s some of those which have now blown off, but not all yet.
I planted a few cyclamens on Saturday, and they look very bright and cheery as the rest of the garden is beginning to shut down for its winter sleep - though there is still colour, of course.
Glad you’re feeling more relaxed about your thyroid issues @coccinella. It always helps, I think, when things are explained to us clearly. We know what we’re dealing with then.
Morning all, a very wet one here so that puts paid to taking all the decluttering 'stuff' to the charity shop, at least for the moment. I've got 10 carrier bags full stacked in the hall so rather want to get rid of it all. I might have to go out anyway to pick up prescriptions and the paper but will probably take the car.
I'm glad the specialist was able to explain things more clearly @coccinella, it does help a lot. I had a list of (short) questions for the GP last Friday and he was able to run through them all. Knowledge is power as they say.
I love cyclamens @Red maple and fortunately they seem to like growing in this garden, I'm gradually planting them all around in various beds as they make such a splash of colour in dull autumn days. My nerines are just flowering as well, such a brilliant neon pink!
Had a nasty moment last night when I hit a tree. I came around a bend doing about 50mph and there was a giant green wall right in front of me. Braked very hard and the car skidded about not helped by the streams of water flowing off nearby fields. All I could do was aim for the other side of the road where the top of the tree was and hope there was nothing on the other side as it was obvious I wasn't going to be stopping. Thankfully I didn't hit any big branches and just smashed through the canopy. Nothing broken on the car just lots of scratches on the side which took the brunt of it.
I was probably the first car along after it fell. When I came back through about 45 mins later there was a police car with blue lights and a highways crew with chainsaws clearing it up.
It happened just around the corner from where I had a near miss on black ice last winter. With all the runoff from fields I have been reminding myself to watch out for much more ice this winter. I need to add trees to that mental list now.
If I was likely to have a heart attack that would have been the moment! It was a relief to find so little damage to the car, it is a 21 year old Yaris so would be written off by insurance rather than repaired if it ever gets even minor dents. I've had it from new and it never misses a beat, I would be very sad to lose it that way.
@Lizzie27 - I'm not sure if it is possible to get tea stains out of fabric - especially if the embroidered cloth is as delicate as I'm imagining it is. Perhaps dye it all in a tea solution to give it a really vintage look?
Crikey @steephill - how scary? And how lucky you were. Agree with punkdoc - do the lottery!
Can't bear the wind - I find it so unsettling. Took the car to book club last night, even though the library is only a 10-minute walk away. Just couldn't face walking through that wind.
Gosh, a lucky escape indeed @steephill, glad you're ok.
My insurers wrote my car off, paid me the ins value minus the salvage fee and let me keep my old Fiesta. All I had to do was to get DVLC inspected and pay their fee. Might be worth considering?
Good afternoon, horrible weather here this morning, so dark at about 11:30. Washing machine delivered and installed, OH has a load jn already, seems fine so far, I expect it will be much slower than the old one seems to be the modern trend.
Quick thinking @steephill, I suspect if you had hit a more solid point, it could have been very different.
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After the wild weather yesterday, it’s much calmer today. The pots in the garden seem to have survived unscathed other than one which blew over - it’s a bit top heavy.
Lots of leaves, of course, especially from the magnolia which we had pruned on Friday. Before it was trimmed, the visible leaves were very green, but once the gardener had cut it back, the leaves in the middle had begun to turn, and it’s some of those which have now blown off, but not all yet.
I planted a few cyclamens on Saturday, and they look very bright and cheery as the rest of the garden is beginning to shut down for its winter sleep - though there is still colour, of course.
Glad you’re feeling more relaxed about your thyroid issues @coccinella. It always helps, I think, when things are explained to us clearly. We know what we’re dealing with then.
I'm glad the specialist was able to explain things more clearly @coccinella, it does help a lot. I had a list of (short) questions for the GP last Friday and he was able to run through them all. Knowledge is power as they say.
I love cyclamens @Red maple and fortunately they seem to like growing in this garden, I'm gradually planting them all around in various beds as they make such a splash of colour in dull autumn days. My nerines are just flowering as well, such a brilliant neon pink!
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
Crikey @steephill - how scary? And how lucky you were. Agree with punkdoc - do the lottery!
Can't bear the wind - I find it so unsettling. Took the car to book club last night, even though the library is only a 10-minute walk away. Just couldn't face walking through that wind.
No meetings tonight - hurrah!
My insurers wrote my car off, paid me the ins value minus the salvage fee and let me keep my old Fiesta. All I had to do was to get DVLC inspected and pay their fee. Might be worth considering?
Quick thinking @steephill, I suspect if you had hit a more solid point, it could have been very different.