Nice day here too Marion, and good to hear the mild weather is staying a bit longer, so much for the harsh winter some person predicted!!
its exactly the same here as it has been for the past 30 years, weatherwise, used to go Christmas shopping in Plymouth or Exeter and just carry the coat. I expect you find the same, we are not too far apart.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
Yes Lyn.mild at least till Xmas usually when the old people used to wish each other Happy Easter and Happy Xmas at Easter because there was snow on the ground. That was before anyone worried about labelling people as having dementia or Altzeimers. I am sure it was around but families just took it for granted and coped! The warnings for a bad winter are because of the el nino effect from the Pacific which is supposed to be going to give us a worrying time later in the winter Xmas day 80 years ago was not a Bank holiday in Scotland so my parents took us on the train to Glasgow for shopping and a Xmas lunch in a restaurant and a pantomime and our picture taken in a photographers as my father worked for an English firm and had the day off. I will see if I can photograph the one when I was six in 1934 and post it.
See Xmas day in Scotland and I was wearing a summer dress! This was before colour photography but my mother had it painted in water colour and framed about ten years later.
Glad you like my bit of family history, Pat, Lady next door has just brought in a prize I won in the raffle at the Xmas Fair yesterday - boxed set of Inspector Morse books(13 in all)!
It stayed dry and mild as promised so I got 50 tulips planted and cleared loads of Bramleys from the chippings path under the tree. another good gardening day forecast for tomorrow so will try to plant another 50 tulips.
I've been dodging showers this morning and nowI've had a chance to watch the weather channel, I see we've got a severe thunder/rain storm coming this afternoon. It's so frustrating! I've either got visitors or the temperature is too hot to go out and now just when I get all enthusiastic, we're getting a storm. Grrr! Oh well, I suppose it could be worse. Can't think how though.
The packet of white seeds that I played pot luck with and sort of separated into small pots is now ready for further dividing. I'm trying to decide whether to try to squeeze them into garden beds or into large pots/tubs. That was what I was doing when the last shower started. I'll try to post a photo I took 2 days ago.
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Nice day here too Marion, and good to hear the mild weather is staying a bit longer, so much for the harsh winter some person predicted!!
its exactly the same here as it has been for the past 30 years, weatherwise, used to go Christmas shopping in Plymouth or Exeter and just carry the coat. I expect you find the same, we are not too far apart.
Yes Lyn.mild at least till Xmas usually when the old people used to wish each other Happy Easter and Happy Xmas at Easter because there was snow on the ground. That was before anyone worried about labelling people as having dementia or Altzeimers. I am sure it was around but families just took it for granted and coped! The warnings for a bad winter are because of the el nino effect from the Pacific which is supposed to be going to give us a worrying time later in the winter Xmas day 80 years ago was not a Bank holiday in Scotland so my parents took us on the train to Glasgow for shopping and a Xmas lunch in a restaurant and a pantomime and our picture taken in a photographers as my father worked for an English firm and had the day off. I will see if I can photograph the one when I was six in 1934 and post it.
See Xmas day in Scotland and I was wearing a summer dress! This was before colour photography but my mother had it painted in water colour and framed about ten years later.
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Lovely photo and story Marion. Thanks for sharing
Glad you like my bit of family history, Pat, Lady next door has just brought in a prize I won in the raffle at the Xmas Fair yesterday - boxed set of Inspector Morse books(13 in all)!
Great. Loved the Morse stories. I hope you get time to read them all with your gardening commitments.
Nice sunny day and not to cold
Attended Rememberacne Service at local church this morning and cut lawns this afternoon
Nice family picture , hope you had a good day
It stayed dry and mild as promised so I got 50 tulips planted and cleared loads of Bramleys from the chippings path under the tree. another good gardening day forecast for tomorrow so will try to plant another 50 tulips.
I've been dodging showers this morning and nowI've had a chance to watch the weather channel, I see we've got a severe thunder/rain storm coming this afternoon. It's so frustrating! I've either got visitors or the temperature is too hot to go out and now just when I get all enthusiastic, we're getting a storm. Grrr! Oh well, I suppose it could be worse. Can't think how though.
The packet of white seeds that I played pot luck with and sort of separated into small pots is now ready for further dividing. I'm trying to decide whether to try to squeeze them into garden beds or into large pots/tubs. That was what I was doing when the last shower started. I'll try to post a photo I took 2 days ago.
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