Couple of hours pottering done. It's amazing how much better I feel, after just a short time outside, even when my list of things to do is twice as long as before I started.
Now sofa time, read the papers, followed by rugby, might even sneak in a beer.
How can you lie there and think of England When you don't even know who's in the team
What a lovely morning it's been 10C but very still and actually feeling quite mild.
I've staked all the sprouting broccoli and put some windbreak fabric around them - the wind tends to swirl around the back garden because of the high fences and last year they got very buffeted so this year I've taken a belt and braces approach.
I've also planted some bulbs, tidied the herb bed (and found what I think is a Death Cap fungus - very beautiful but it's not going in the casserole), cleaned and restocked the bird-feeders, moved some pots into sheltered positions and some others into the mini greenhouse and done some general sorting out.
OH is going to dig up and pot a few raspberry canes for a friend of a friend this afternoon while I make the casserole - sans mushroom!
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Sounds as though everyone's having a good, productive day. Enjoy your meal lily. Ours is going to be pork steak in ginger beer or was that last week. I'll ask somebody
Pdoc it's a fact of life that if you start a job there is a multiplication factor to take into account. No good at maths but I know that's true
DD: I think it was clear for them to see that I wasn't going to taking their pishing around for much longer. We'll see what happens. In the mean time it gives me longer to sort out something new. I do at least have a contract with the museum now! Something that has been lacking since February: but I am concerned that I have lost all of my holiday allowance for this year because it was running February to February but I've been too busy to take it so had it all saved for December and Christmas... )
I'll see what they say when I'm back in on Wednesday.
The hound and I have had a lovely stroll around Sherwood Forest: shame there was a marathon on so the roads were very busy and we ended up at the visitors centre (£3 parking!!) Had it been a pound I've had gone twice a week being quite local, but at £3 I'll do what all the other locals do and park on the road! I'm not sure who they use to measure the walks as the three hour walk only took us an hour. We must have long legs! Still we managed over five miles including having to stop every 10 yards to sniff and the dog is now fast asleep on the sofa while I cuddle next to him under a blanket. I wouldn't mind but I have the heating on and I'm still cold.
Dove there was a cracking display of mushrooms in the forest: you'd have had great fun adding them to the casserole! I'm sure /some/ of them would have been okay!
Short jaunt today - did a couple of new Corbetts last weekend so I felt I could get away with a lighter outing. Don't want you all thinking I'm some sort of slacker ... Cold, cloudy and windy but no wet stuff. Still needed my fleece on the whole time - jacket sometimes too. Not as pleasant as a couple of weeks ago. That's why I went to the Pents again instead of higher - to avoid the sleet, snow and wilder winds. I'm not as daft as I look...
Missed my little friend though...
You've all been very chatty so it'll take me a while to catch up.
Clari - they don't appreciate you. Maybe Friday was an omen. That's all I'm saying and I'd agree - the additional stress won't be helping your health.
My list got longer yesterday too. At least I got some bulbs planted, and the tulips just need plonked in their pot. Alliums sphaeros are easy - I can poke them in when I have five minutes one day.
Second cuppa now, and then a shower, so I'll have a look round while I have it...the tea that is...
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
My poor old dog had another smelly tummy upset this morning, I've had to throw his mattress away, 2nd one in 2 weeks. He now has a piece of carpet and a towel, must buy another mattress. He has cancer.
Not a good day for it as we had 2 couples of friends coming for lunch. Luckily the morning was mild so could open doors to garden and light the woodburner. Lunch went well, have just been doing washing up with OH.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Log fires, snuggling with steaming mugs of brandy coffee, too big jumpers, winter duvets, Christmas, far less visitors, silly hats, I LOVE winter! And now we have a home with 3 open fires, and working central heating..... Wonder if I put a stocking by each fireplace...... would Santa......
Afraid I haven't had time too read back been continuing to bring order to chaos.....painted kitchen all but one wall...needs tiles etc, on stonewashed denim blue, very happy with the colour now have a kitchen that's almost there...new floor Tuesday...apparently and my kitchen drawer is in Chelsea.... And has to make its way here as my kitchen fitter "don't bleedin see why the 'eck I 'ave to go to bleeding Chelsea to get a......." ......you get the picture....I see his point, how will stores compete with online trade when they can't get their heads around delivery!?!.........again, my life code of low expectations, avoid disappointment is getting a lot of use at the moment!
Will read back bit later, hope everyone has had a lovely day and has a relaxing evening ahead!
Need to get some manure today so will drive down to post your letter Fairy - it won't fit in the bike basket
Must be an awful big envelope jo - has it got gold bars in it..
WW - three stockings - what's that you said about low expectations?
Glad you're getting sorted with the weather being colder now. You're right about the delivery thing - local shops will have to get their collective acts together or they'll go under. Too much competition. Was it a 'bleedin' drawer' the fitter was going to collect, by any chance?
BL Hope he improves a bit more each day.
Hosta - you're such a big girl about the cold...
Says me - with a nice hot cup of char and the heating on...
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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You just told us RB, you're going to plant your pansies
Popping out for late Lunch soon......YAY! No cooking!!
Couple of hours pottering done. It's amazing how much better I feel, after just a short time outside, even when my list of things to do is twice as long as before I started.
Now sofa time, read the papers, followed by rugby, might even sneak in a beer.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
What a lovely morning it's been
10C but very still and actually feeling quite mild.
I've staked all the sprouting broccoli and put some windbreak fabric around them - the wind tends to swirl around the back garden because of the high fences and last year they got very buffeted so this year I've taken a belt and braces approach.
I've also planted some bulbs, tidied the herb bed (and found what I think is a Death Cap fungus - very beautiful but it's not going in the casserole), cleaned and restocked the bird-feeders, moved some pots into sheltered positions and some others into the mini greenhouse and done some general sorting out.
OH is going to dig up and pot a few raspberry canes for a friend of a friend this afternoon while I make the casserole - sans mushroom!
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Sounds as though everyone's having a good, productive day
. Enjoy your meal lily
. Ours is going to be pork steak in ginger beer or was that last week
. I'll ask somebody
Pdoc it's a fact of life that if you start a job there is a multiplication factor to take into account
. No good at maths but I know that's true
DD: I think it was clear for them to see that I wasn't going to taking their pishing around for much longer. We'll see what happens. In the mean time it gives me longer to sort out something new. I do at least have a contract with the museum now! Something that has been lacking since February: but I am concerned that I have lost all of my holiday allowance for this year because it was running February to February but I've been too busy to take it so had it all saved for December and Christmas...
)
I'll see what they say when I'm back in on Wednesday.
The hound and I have had a lovely stroll around Sherwood Forest: shame there was a marathon on so the roads were very busy and we ended up at the visitors centre (£3 parking!!) Had it been a pound I've had gone twice a week being quite local, but at £3 I'll do what all the other locals do and park on the road! I'm not sure who they use to measure the walks as the three hour walk only took us an hour. We must have long legs! Still we managed over five miles including having to stop every 10 yards to sniff and the dog is now fast asleep on the sofa while I cuddle next to him under a blanket. I wouldn't mind but I have the heating on and I'm still cold.
Dove there was a cracking display of mushrooms in the forest: you'd have had great fun adding them to the casserole! I'm sure /some/ of them would have been okay!
Afties all - I'm home from the hills
Short jaunt today - did a couple of new Corbetts last weekend so I felt I could get away with a lighter outing. Don't want you all thinking I'm some sort of slacker ...
Cold, cloudy and windy but no wet stuff. Still needed my fleece on the whole time - jacket sometimes too. Not as pleasant as a couple of weeks ago. That's why I went to the Pents again instead of higher - to avoid the sleet, snow and wilder winds. I'm not as daft as I look...
Missed my little friend though...
You've all been very chatty so it'll take me a while to catch up.
Clari - they don't appreciate you. Maybe Friday was an omen. That's all I'm saying
and I'd agree - the additional stress won't be helping your health.
My list got longer yesterday too. At least I got some bulbs planted, and the tulips just need plonked in their pot. Alliums sphaeros are easy - I can poke them in when I have five minutes one day.
Second cuppa now, and then a shower, so I'll have a look round while I have it...the tea that is...
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
My poor old dog had another smelly tummy upset this morning, I've had to throw his mattress away, 2nd one in 2 weeks. He now has a piece of carpet and a towel, must buy another mattress. He has cancer.
Not a good day for it as we had 2 couples of friends coming for lunch. Luckily the morning was mild so could open doors to garden and light the woodburner. Lunch went well, have just been doing washing up with OH.
Afternoon everyone!
Am I the only one that loves winter?
Log fires, snuggling with steaming mugs of brandy coffee, too big jumpers, winter duvets, Christmas, far less visitors, silly hats, I LOVE winter! And now we have a home with 3 open fires, and working central heating..... Wonder if I put a stocking by each fireplace......
would Santa......
Afraid I haven't had time too read back
been continuing to bring order to chaos.....painted kitchen all but one wall...needs tiles etc, on stonewashed denim blue, very happy with the colour 
now have a kitchen that's almost there...new floor Tuesday...apparently 
and my kitchen drawer is in Chelsea.... And has to make its way here as my kitchen fitter "don't bleedin see why the 'eck I 'ave to go to bleeding Chelsea to get a......." ......you get the picture....I see his point, how will stores compete with online trade when they can't get their heads around delivery!?!.........again, my life code of low expectations, avoid disappointment is getting a lot of use at the moment!
Will read back bit later, hope everyone has had a lovely day and has a relaxing evening ahead!
wonky, Lyn loves winter too.
But you're both bonkers.
Must be an awful big envelope jo - has it got gold bars in it..
WW - three stockings - what's that you said about low expectations?
Glad you're getting sorted with the weather being colder now. You're right about the delivery thing - local shops will have to get their collective acts together or they'll go under. Too much competition. Was it a 'bleedin' drawer' the fitter was going to collect, by any chance?
BL
Hope he improves a bit more each day.
Hosta - you're such a big girl about the cold...
Says me - with a nice hot cup of char and the heating on...
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...