LG there are so many wonderful words in the English language and we use so few of them - I do try to use as wide a variety as is consistent with clarity - I've a feeling some people think I'm being a bit 'off' sometimes, but I like variety in my life, and 'use it or lose it' is very true.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I love a bit of 'notwithstanding' and 'discombobulation' Dove. I'm a JK Rowling and Harry Potter fan but always wince when the awakening/reviving spell is used: 'Ennervate!' Nooooooo!
'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.'
Oooh, I wasn't aware of that LG - I think I'm probably the only person left who's not read any Harry Potter .... however I had understood that she was pretty scrupulous about her use of language
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I've not even done that .... it's not that I intentionally avoid doing so ... just that they don't appeal. Fantasy fiction isn't really my cup of tea, although in my teens I enjoyed readying Tolkien and also the Gormenghast trilogy.
I did try Terry Pratchett's Discworld books, but they really held no interest for me.
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Nice one doc...I've been teaching the correct term on anoither thread recently. It made me laugh to see the term 'hoars frost' . I'm easily pleased
Think we might get a bit of snow tonight as it's to be both sides of Glasgow. Frost was lovely this morning, although it was only minus one when I left. The dampness yesterday made it a pretty picture
I'll echo the others Dove - it's not great to do too much when you're getting over something like that. Mind you, I'm no better. I did a hill last year because I was desperate to get out ( it was a smashing day) but I was recovering from a hacking cough that I'd had for ages. Daughter was really annoyed with me
Worth all the 'stopping for coughing' to get the photos
I haven't read HP either. Or seen all the films, although I enoyed the ones I saw with the girls. Eldest daughter loves them, and is on her second set of books as she wore the first lot out
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I made 3 attempts to read The Hobbit and never got past page 2. Dreadful stuff. Don't like Dickens or Brontes either but love Jane Austen whose use of English is a joy to read.
I started buying the HP books when Possum was about 9 so I could see what all the fuss was about in anticipation of her reading them. Loved them all despite occasional issues with holes and repetition and the ridiculous idea that Hermione would love Ron. We used to drive to Italy twice a year for skiing and beach hols and quickly discovered that the CD versions of HP read by Stephen Fry put an end to the endless "Are we nearly there" and turned into "can we wait till the end of the chapter?". we also have all the DVDs but she has never read a book past chapter 1.
Storms over for now and we have a very light rain falling, so light I can probably count the drops!
Still on foot rest so quiet planning and pottering today and sorting out the box of dress patterns Cosmos dumped on the floor. He's still a disaster but very funny, especially when teasing the dogs. Minstrel is so much more subtle and utterly adorable.
Forecast is wet so quietly pleased I can't do walkies with OH but don't tell him.
Take comfort from having enforced rest in Jan and Feb Dove. Save yourself for March and April..
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Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
I loved The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings. Have read the first 2 Harry Potters. At the moment I'm reading Labyrinth by Kate Mosse, first one of a trilogy based around Carcassonne. Think I'm going to enjoy them, but they are very long.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Funny isn't it? I can't even watch the films of Lord of the Rings and co as I find nothing appealing about the characters. Read the Labyrinth a few years ago and yes - it was long but we'd been on hols down there and visited Carcassonne so it was interesting for that. Good way to keep you resting while the rib and cough heal.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
No 1 daughter started us all off on HP. She'd read first, then her mother then it'd be passed to me. No 2 daughter listened to the lovely Stephen Fry , although I think she did eventually go back and read them later.
As the film started I took the girls to see them ( Hubby falls asleep as soon as the light go out ) By the end of the series, No 1 daughter was at Uni and , after a bit of wimpering from me, she agreed NOT to see them with Uni friends, but to wait and go with her Daddy and little Sister. The took me to the HP studio tour as a 50th birthday pressy. Best pressy I've ever had.
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there are so many wonderful words in the English language and we use so few of them - I do try to use as wide a variety as is consistent with clarity - I've a feeling some people think I'm being a bit 'off' sometimes, but I like variety in my life, and 'use it or lose it' is very true.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I love a bit of 'notwithstanding' and 'discombobulation' Dove. I'm a JK Rowling and Harry Potter fan but always wince when the awakening/reviving spell is used: 'Ennervate!' Nooooooo!
Oooh, I wasn't aware of that LG - I think I'm probably the only person left who's not read any Harry Potter .... however I had understood that she was pretty scrupulous about her use of language
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Dove - you are not alone re Harry Potter books. I did watch an HP film on TV.
I've not even done that .... it's not that I intentionally avoid doing so ... just that they don't appeal. Fantasy fiction isn't really my cup of tea, although in my teens I enjoyed readying Tolkien and also the Gormenghast trilogy.
I did try Terry Pratchett's Discworld books, but they really held no interest for me.
Last edited: 06 February 2017 12:07:06
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Nice one doc...I've been teaching the correct term on anoither thread recently. It made me laugh to see the term 'hoars frost' . I'm easily pleased
Think we might get a bit of snow tonight as it's to be both sides of Glasgow. Frost was lovely this morning, although it was only minus one when I left. The dampness yesterday made it a pretty picture
I'll echo the others Dove - it's not great to do too much when you're getting over something like that. Mind you, I'm no better. I did a hill last year because I was desperate to get out ( it was a smashing day) but I was recovering from a hacking cough that I'd had for ages. Daughter was really annoyed with me
Worth all the 'stopping for coughing' to get the photos
I haven't read HP either. Or seen all the films, although I enoyed the ones I saw with the girls. Eldest daughter loves them, and is on her second set of books as she wore the first lot out
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I made 3 attempts to read The Hobbit and never got past page 2. Dreadful stuff. Don't like Dickens or Brontes either but love Jane Austen whose use of English is a joy to read.
I started buying the HP books when Possum was about 9 so I could see what all the fuss was about in anticipation of her reading them. Loved them all despite occasional issues with holes and repetition and the ridiculous idea that Hermione would love Ron. We used to drive to Italy twice a year for skiing and beach hols and quickly discovered that the CD versions of HP read by Stephen Fry put an end to the endless "Are we nearly there" and turned into "can we wait till the end of the chapter?". we also have all the DVDs but she has never read a book past chapter 1.
Storms over for now and we have a very light rain falling, so light I can probably count the drops!
Still on foot rest so quiet planning and pottering today and sorting out the box of dress patterns Cosmos dumped on the floor. He's still a disaster but very funny, especially when teasing the dogs. Minstrel is so much more subtle and utterly adorable.
Forecast is wet so quietly pleased I can't do walkies with OH but don't tell him.
Take comfort from having enforced rest in Jan and Feb Dove. Save yourself for March and April..
Last edited: 06 February 2017 12:49:09
I loved The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings. Have read the first 2 Harry Potters. At the moment I'm reading Labyrinth by Kate Mosse, first one of a trilogy based around Carcassonne. Think I'm going to enjoy them, but they are very long.
Funny isn't it? I can't even watch the films of Lord of the Rings and co as I find nothing appealing about the characters. Read the Labyrinth a few years ago and yes - it was long but we'd been on hols down there and visited Carcassonne so it was interesting for that. Good way to keep you resting while the rib and cough heal.
Afternoon all.
Only 3 drops this morning so home nice and early.
No 1 daughter started us all off on HP. She'd read first, then her mother then it'd be passed to me. No 2 daughter listened to the lovely Stephen Fry , although I think she did eventually go back and read them later.
As the film started I took the girls to see them ( Hubby falls asleep as soon as the light go out ) By the end of the series, No 1 daughter was at Uni and , after a bit of wimpering from me, she agreed NOT to see them with Uni friends, but to wait and go with her Daddy and little Sister. The took me to the HP studio tour as a 50th birthday pressy. Best pressy I've ever had.
Very blowy and showery out there now.
Hugs to poorly peeps.