Back home; hot water bottle, hot ribena, no intention on shifting my rump for an hour or so.
Tonight we're having chilli con carne with rice and garlic bread. I am feeling a little chuffed that I can claim to be so organised that when I'm ill I can raid the freezer to get healthy home made choices that his lordship only has to heat up... best hurry up and get better else it's frozen peas and sprouts on Saturday and this facade will be completely ruined.
I need to get better by the weekend; I need to retrieve the compost bin.
fidget - if there had been a manger you could at least have had a lie down...
It's been snowing off and on LP, but it's the low temps which will be an issue. The snow was falling on top of ice which has caused the problems. It's barely been above zero all day here, and was zero when I came in at 5pm. M74 was bad according to the radio reports. I don't need to use the M77 fortunately. You'll possibly be on your way by now and not able to read any of this though! Hope it all goes brilliantly
Thank goodness you got the engineer Joyce. Hope you don't get much more snow, but the temps are low so you need the heating working! I've been out knocking the snow off the phormiums and hebes and other evergreens. Won't be great if it all freezes on, and I don't want it breaking any vulnerable branches and stems with the weight.
Spag bol and/or roast chicken leftovers for dinner.
I haven't had any long tailed tits here (yet) obelixx but I'm really hoping they appear at some point. Don't really have the right sort of trees in this garden for a treecreeper, but the conifer and pine are providing cover for the nutties, so I can't complain! I also saw a chaffinch yesterday. That's the first one I've seen in this garden, yet round the corner, there were more of them than anything else.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Fairy, I find it very strange how "local" some bird species are. In 10 years in this house we've seen 2 sparrows and 3 starlings, yet in the town (5 mins walk away), friends have bird feeders totally dominated by starlings and sparrows.
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
I was about 30 seconds from abandoning the lot and going somewhere else. I know it would have taken more time, but a bad case of trolley rage was developing.
Now I'm waiting for him to ring me. I might go and steam clean the kitchen floor.
He won't ring from Southern Ireland or the ferry because of roaming charges, so he'll phone when he lands at this end. That's if he gets to the ferry OK of course.
The problems of travelling at this time of year, especially when it's been very benign in most places for so long. The north and west, including N. Ireland has probably had less issues with weather this winter than for several years. The wind - or lack of it - mainly, has been the big factor. Usually there's cancellations of ferries and bridges closed on a very regular basis.
Glad you're nice and cosy now Joyce
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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Back home; hot water bottle, hot ribena, no intention on shifting my rump for an hour or so.
Tonight we're having chilli con carne with rice and garlic bread. I am feeling a little chuffed that I can claim to be so organised that when I'm ill I can raid the freezer to get healthy home made choices that his lordship only has to heat up... best hurry up and get better else it's frozen peas and sprouts on Saturday and this facade will be completely ruined.
I need to get better by the weekend; I need to retrieve the compost bin.
fidget - if there had been a manger you could at least have had a lie down...
It's been snowing off and on LP, but it's the low temps which will be an issue. The snow was falling on top of ice which has caused the problems. It's barely been above zero all day here, and was zero when I came in at 5pm. M74 was bad according to the radio reports. I don't need to use the M77 fortunately. You'll possibly be on your way by now and not able to read any of this though! Hope it all goes brilliantly
Thank goodness you got the engineer Joyce. Hope you don't get much more snow, but the temps are low so you need the heating working! I've been out knocking the snow off the phormiums and hebes and other evergreens. Won't be great if it all freezes on, and I don't want it breaking any vulnerable branches and stems with the weight.
Spag bol and/or roast chicken leftovers for dinner.
I haven't had any long tailed tits here (yet) obelixx but I'm really hoping they appear at some point. Don't really have the right sort of trees in this garden for a treecreeper, but the conifer and pine are providing cover for the nutties, so I can't complain! I also saw a chaffinch yesterday. That's the first one I've seen in this garden, yet round the corner, there were more of them than anything else.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Fairy, I find it very strange how "local" some bird species are. In 10 years in this house we've seen 2 sparrows and 3 starlings, yet in the town (5 mins walk away), friends have bird feeders totally dominated by starlings and sparrows.
Joyce, hope the boiler men have worked their magic by now, and your house is warm again.
I was about 30 seconds from abandoning the lot and going somewhere else. I know it would have taken more time, but a bad case of trolley rage was developing.
Liri - lovely and warm now
That's good to hear Joyce
Fidget - hope your evening is better than the day was ((hugs))
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Now I'm waiting for him to ring me. I might go and steam clean the kitchen floor.
He won't ring from Southern Ireland or the ferry because of roaming charges, so he'll phone when he lands at this end. That's if he gets to the ferry OK of course.
What a major pain in the ring fidget.
The problems of travelling at this time of year, especially when it's been very benign in most places for so long. The north and west, including N. Ireland has probably had less issues with weather this winter than for several years. The wind - or lack of it - mainly, has been the big factor. Usually there's cancellations of ferries and bridges closed on a very regular basis.
Glad you're nice and cosy now Joyce
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...