Good morning all 😊 ☕️ our NDNs arrived back from 6 weeks in Perth Australia yesterday afternoon … they walked up the path looking dressed for polar exploration … as well they might, given the contrast in temperatures they’ll have experienced.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Bright red sunrise this morning with the promise of a sunny day. Yes! It is cold but these are the pleasant wintery days - cold, bright and no wind although that will come up later in the day!!
for that @punkdoc - wasn't going to mention about how the surgeon placed the prothesis!!
Today is for the Hilarys : Arcade et Hiliaire, galena les rivières!! Yep - we are certainly getting the cold.
Morning all, Brr I shall be so pleased when the temperature rises above -4C at night. I must say though that it is beautiful out there with the frost and the snow on the mountains. I shall raid the freezer for soup, probably pumpkin today for lunch with a warm baguette. I'm not sure it will be warm enough for garden "doings" today though!
Your son's and family's visit will be so much fun @Busy-Lizzie! Something to look forward to. That all sounds very complicated @Lizzie27 - I'd have given up. I was with @punkdoc on the sleeplessness the night before last. I noted that it was 5am when I got up to make myself a cup of chamomile tea. Consequently I was good for nothing yesterday. But slept well last night. Still no snow here. But the sun has now gone in and the temperature has suddenly dropped so maybe... Neither of us are going out today. I have work to do as a result of the Festival planning meeting. But I enjoy it and would rather do that than HW!
Yes indeed @Dovefromabove, as you know, I'm not musically minded but even I had heard of Annie Nightingale. Didn't realize she was older than me though. A true trail blazer by all accounts.
By heck it's cold here and overcast, although not as cold as you @floralies. Walked this morning with OH and treated ourselves to our Friday's treats - cakes. A luscious apple and raisin Danish for me and an oatcake flapjack for OH. Had been hoping to get back into the garden but have abandoned that idea for today. A quick walk up to the compost heap was enough to convince me.
I have at last managed to get registered on the NHS website, it's only taken nearly a week and over thirteen emails. On their instructions, I abandoned the ID details and just quoted the Surgery details they'd given me. Bingo!
Glad you enjoyed the Gardening Club lunch @Busy-Lizzie. We were supposed to go to our Garden club meeting last night but far too cold for me to want to venture out. I'm debating whether I really want to belong to the club any more as I'm finding some of the talks overly long and tiresome. I find it difficult to sit on a hard chair for nearly two hours these days.
Our garden club talks usually last about 1 hour @Lizzie27. The rest of the time is spent having coffee and/or a glass of wine (this is France!) and chatting. Sometimes there is a bring and share lunch and sometimes a plant swap.
I've had a struggle with my American Pillar rose, wrongly labelled so in the wrong place, this afternoon. I've dug it up, had to have help from OH and re-homed it against a tree. I haw to prune it quite hard, it had grown vigorously and was very prickly.
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We had a good time and a delicious lunch at the Gardening Club New Year lunch yesterday.
Sun is forecast so I may get out to do something in the garden today. It will be cold.
our NDNs arrived back from 6 weeks in Perth Australia yesterday afternoon … they walked up the path looking dressed for polar exploration … as well they might, given the contrast in temperatures they’ll have experienced.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Bright red sunrise this morning with the promise of a sunny day. Yes! It is cold but these are the pleasant wintery days - cold, bright and no wind although that will come up later in the day!!
for that @punkdoc - wasn't going to mention about how the surgeon placed the prothesis!!
Today is for the Hilarys : Arcade et Hiliaire, galena les rivières!! Yep - we are certainly getting the cold.
Have an enjoyable day folks.
That all sounds very complicated @Lizzie27 - I'd have given up.
I was with @punkdoc on the sleeplessness the night before last. I noted that it was 5am when I got up to make myself a cup of chamomile tea. Consequently I was good for nothing yesterday. But slept well last night.
Still no snow here. But the sun has now gone in and the temperature has suddenly dropped so maybe...
Neither of us are going out today. I have work to do as a result of the Festival planning meeting. But I enjoy it and would rather do that than HW!
Trying to have a quiet few days off now as work will be tough next week with the doctor’s strike (Wales).
Take care everyone with your: hip rehab, holidays, baking, keeping warm, keeping cool, gardening and everything else.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
By heck it's cold here and overcast, although not as cold as you @floralies. Walked this morning with OH and treated ourselves to our Friday's treats - cakes. A luscious apple and raisin Danish for me and an oatcake flapjack for OH. Had been hoping to get back into the garden but have abandoned that idea for today. A quick walk up to the compost heap was enough to convince me.
I have at last managed to get registered on the NHS website, it's only taken nearly a week and over thirteen emails. On their instructions, I abandoned the ID details and just quoted the Surgery details they'd given me. Bingo!
Enjoy your few days break @AuntyRach.
Glad you enjoyed the Gardening Club lunch @Busy-Lizzie. We were supposed to go to our Garden club meeting last night but far too cold for me to want to venture out.
I'm debating whether I really want to belong to the club any more as I'm finding some of the talks overly long and tiresome. I find it difficult to sit on a hard chair for nearly two hours these days.
I've had a struggle with my American Pillar rose, wrongly labelled so in the wrong place, this afternoon. I've dug it up, had to have help from OH and re-homed it against a tree. I haw to prune it quite hard, it had grown vigorously and was very prickly.