I saw that forecast "Rain" a touch of frost will be inland, my Son in the Vale of York normally gets it first. With us being near the sea it will be cold but no frost. Posh, had a visitor tonight to see her Sun Flower, and to be photographed standing by it, I should say being towered over by it and its big smiling face. Hannah was delighted, we had to lift her so her face was level with the flower and the sun came out to light it all up. The evidence will be presented at school next week when they start. She thinks I work miracles, well had you seen the poor bedraggled thing I got from her that is probably so, the weather seems to have been ideal for it.
Grandad's magic green fingers, eh Frank? I bet the memory will stay with her for the rest of her life - and what a wonderful memory to have.
When my son was a young Beaver Scout, he was helped by the leaders to plant a daffodil. It came home in the pot, and he had to nurture it in readiness for next spring. It did so well, it flowered weeks before he was due to take it back to Beavers, so we had to take a photo to prove that it had flowered. He (now mid twenties) still remembers it - and we still have the photos to remember it by. Now - where did all those years go???
Hello Posh, you are a bit of a night bird, I signed off last night and went to bed not expecting an answer. I did get some lovely cuddles from Hannah as she raked through the ice cream in the freezer, cleared the biscuit jar and drank all the orange juice so maybe her memories will be granddads ever open fridge. I looked at the box saying Stockton on Tees Sunny/Clear with some surprise today because out side it was "wait for it" sunny and clear!! blue sky all round with some fluffy cotton bud cloud. Give them, whom ever they may be a cookie out of the jar.
It is cold, dark, wet and windy here so no gardening today. However, set to be warmer and sunnier and dry tomorrow so that's OK.
Gave up trying to grow sunflowers so, of course, I have a crop of them from the garden compost I spread on a newly cleared bed and also from the bird food. Typical.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
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Lovely and sunny here today but a bit on the chilly side, it's just got to 12c, the ground was very wet this morning when I was out with the dog and in the shady spots there was a bit of frost cover, the berries on next doors tree are being eaten by the birds already so maybe it's going to be a long hard winter, I do hope not.
Sunny in Rossendale this morning, but quite cool. Grey clouds coming over now and some gusty wind now and then. One week of holiday left, so an Indian summer will probably kick in then!
today started off sunny but chilly.. warmed up about 10am and is now glorious blue skies with clouds and warm.. back from day out and just off in the garden. cuttngs to take. and cuting back to do.
Beautiful day, sunshine and light breeze, fairly warm too. Things are looking up might even venture out to have a look round now all shopping and chores are done.
Lovely day - lots of sunshine, which clouded over from time to time - but it was a treat to have the brightness and relative warmth. Good day for drying washing, and it's now all ironed, too, so lots of self-awarded brownie points!
Cleared what was left of the sweet pea plants, cleared a lot of excess foliage at the bottom of the tomato plants, and spent a goodly amount of time going round the garden dead-heading - a never-ending task.
Sat down this evening to enjoy a feast of gardening programmes: Hidcote for a full hour, Mastermind for amusing interlude, and GW. Bliss. (Monty is much more relaxed in his own garden - his personality has grown on me.)
It certainly was nice in your part of the country today Frank, so much so I missed the junction for Hartlepool but knew I'd over run when signs for Washington came up. It was either the blue sky or chatter in the car which distracted me
Not so nice in this part of the NW, the showers gradually turned to rain on the way home and if it wasn't frost this morning then it was very cold, the ground was damp and everything covered in a thin layer of dew.
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I saw that forecast "Rain" a touch of frost will be inland, my Son in the Vale of York normally gets it first. With us being near the sea it will be cold but no frost.
Posh, had a visitor tonight to see her Sun Flower, and to be photographed standing by it, I should say being towered over by it and its big smiling face. Hannah was delighted, we had to lift her so her face was level with the flower and the sun came out to light it all up. The evidence will be presented at school next week when they start.
She thinks I work miracles, well had you seen the poor bedraggled thing I got from her that is probably so, the weather seems to have been ideal for it.
Frank.
Grandad's magic green fingers, eh Frank? I bet the memory will stay with her for the rest of her life - and what a wonderful memory to have.
When my son was a young Beaver Scout, he was helped by the leaders to plant a daffodil. It came home in the pot, and he had to nurture it in readiness for next spring. It did so well, it flowered weeks before he was due to take it back to Beavers, so we had to take a photo to prove that it had flowered. He (now mid twenties) still remembers it - and we still have the photos to remember it by. Now - where did all those years go???
Hello Posh, you are a bit of a night bird, I signed off last night and went to bed not expecting an answer.
I did get some lovely cuddles from Hannah as she raked through the ice cream in the freezer, cleared the biscuit jar and drank all the orange juice so maybe her memories will be granddads ever open fridge.
I looked at the box saying Stockton on Tees Sunny/Clear with some surprise today because out side it was "wait for it" sunny and clear!! blue sky all round with some fluffy cotton bud cloud. Give them, whom ever they may be a cookie out of the jar.
Frank.
It is cold, dark, wet and windy here so no gardening today. However, set to be warmer and sunnier and dry tomorrow so that's OK.
Gave up trying to grow sunflowers so, of course, I have a crop of them from the garden compost I spread on a newly cleared bed and also from the bird food. Typical.
Lovely and sunny here today but a bit on the chilly side, it's just got to 12c, the ground was very wet this morning when I was out with the dog and in the shady spots there was a bit of frost cover, the berries on next doors tree are being eaten by the birds already so maybe it's going to be a long hard winter
, I do hope not.
today started off sunny but chilly.. warmed up about 10am and is now glorious blue skies with clouds and warm.. back from day out and just off in the garden. cuttngs to take. and cuting back to do.
Nr Lincoln.
Beautiful day, sunshine and light breeze, fairly warm too. Things are looking up
might even venture out to have a look round now all shopping and chores are done.
Will no doubt find plenty to do.!
ChrisX
Lovely day - lots of sunshine, which clouded over from time to time - but it was a treat to have the brightness and relative warmth. Good day for drying washing, and it's now all ironed, too, so lots of self-awarded brownie points!
Cleared what was left of the sweet pea plants, cleared a lot of excess foliage at the bottom of the tomato plants, and spent a goodly amount of time going round the garden dead-heading - a never-ending task.
Sat down this evening to enjoy a feast of gardening programmes: Hidcote for a full hour, Mastermind for amusing interlude, and GW. Bliss. (Monty is much more relaxed in his own garden - his personality has grown on me.)
It certainly was nice in your part of the country today Frank, so much so I missed the junction for Hartlepool but knew I'd over run when signs for Washington came up. It was either the blue sky or chatter in the car which distracted me
Not so nice in this part of the NW, the showers gradually turned to rain on the way home and if it wasn't frost this morning then it was very cold, the ground was damp and everything covered in a thin layer of dew.