Back from a wet few hours canvassing. Absolutely soul destroying, even those that would consider voting for the party, won't unless there is a new leader.
Garden looks so much better, now that there is rain, somehow shinier. The Beech trees are a lovely shade of green [ what a surprise you say, but I don't have the right word to describe the colour ]. Trouble is this rain is due to last most of the week.
Careful with that ear Dove.
How can you lie there and think of England When you don't even know who's in the team
29.6C here at 4:30 so popping in for frequent drinks. Herb bed planted now but I need 5 more plants to fill the grid. I've done a noughts and crosses plan set on the diagonal in a bigger square so 1 triangle and 4 noughts or crosses to fill. Luckily for me there's a plant fair on Sunday and OH isn't playing golf so can come and carry and treat me to lunch while he's on.
OH has finished the trench and is now assembling the frame. We have both been helped by 2 dogs and a cat. Cosmos is asleep upstairs after wearing himself out scragging a rug and "killing" a press stud on a duvet while I painted the wall.
Cake looks good Dove. i used to make banana and cardamom buns for toddler teas, dance teas and my scientists. Very popular.
Now to pot on some hostas and my tarragon which won't like the new herb bed.
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)."
Glad it's on the mend - especially as i'm about to make the dinner....
Obelixx - it's a bit tricky trying to keep your eye on your ear.....
Can you come and do my painting when you're done Obelixx?
Eventually stopped raining here late this afternoon, but not terribly warm. It got to eleven in the early afternoon, and eventually made it to fourteen once the rain had gone off. Couldn't do with those temps either Joyce - ten degrees less would be perfect for me.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Good evening from rainy Wales. Dove - your ear looks quite 'ouchy'. Wonder what caused that? I could fancy a piece of cake as will be ages before my chicken crown is ready (thought would be a quick alternative to roasting a whole chicken but actually takes 90 minutes!)
...Obelixx - it's a bit tricky trying to keep your eye on your ear.....
It jolly well is that's why I got OH to take a photo of it so I could see if it was getting better ...
Mmmm we've had a lovely supper - warm roast chicken salad with asparagus, foaming hollandaise and potato salad with tarragon vinaigrette ............ it's amazing what can happen when it's too wet to be outside.
The drizzle has stopped and now the garden is absolutely full of fledgling blue tits and great tits ... you can hardly go out there without colliding with them as they navigate the space between the honeysuckles, the grapevine and the pear tree ... one little blue tit has spent a lot of time exploring the cracks and crannies between the larch lap fencing ... I think it's just discovered tiny spiders another is hoovering up the few aphids that it's parents have missed on the roses.
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Glad you had a nice tea GWRS. Ours is baking in the oven - chicken with added veg - mushrooms, toms, peppers etc.
Lovley when the birds are feeding their little 'uns Dove. The blueys here stop off at the apple treesen route to the feeders. I have had lovely clean blossom! The pippit I saw on the hill the other day had a little mouthful of something, but I couldn't see it taking to their nest. He popped his head up long enough for a few pix though
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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Dove, love the taste of cardamom and put the seeds into a cup of green tea.
Clari, best wished for tomorrow
Hope you will have more time to enjoy your garden and your home, after all the refurbishment.
Busy, 29C is definitely not for me......I would need to do a night shift and sleep during the day.
Looking at the forecast, it's to be mainly dry here for the next ten days.
Back from a wet few hours canvassing. Absolutely soul destroying, even those that would consider voting for the party, won't unless there is a new leader.
Garden looks so much better, now that there is rain, somehow shinier. The Beech trees are a lovely shade of green [ what a surprise you say, but I don't have the right word to describe the colour ]. Trouble is this rain is due to last most of the week.
Careful with that ear Dove.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
To put everyone's mind at rest, it's a lot better ... look
Hardly swollen at all today.
Anyone for a piece of cardamom cake?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
29.6C here at 4:30 so popping in for frequent drinks. Herb bed planted now but I need 5 more plants to fill the grid. I've done a noughts and crosses plan set on the diagonal in a bigger square so 1 triangle and 4 noughts or crosses to fill. Luckily for me there's a plant fair on Sunday and OH isn't playing golf so can come and carry and treat me to lunch while he's on.
OH has finished the trench and is now assembling the frame. We have both been helped by 2 dogs and a cat. Cosmos is asleep upstairs after wearing himself out scragging a rug and "killing" a press stud on a duvet while I painted the wall.
Cake looks good Dove. i used to make banana and cardamom buns for toddler teas, dance teas and my scientists. Very popular.
Now to pot on some hostas and my tarragon which won't like the new herb bed.
Dove
Glad it's on the mend - especially as i'm about to make the dinner....
Obelixx - it's a bit tricky trying to keep your eye on your ear.....
Can you come and do my painting when you're done Obelixx?
Eventually stopped raining here late this afternoon, but not terribly warm. It got to eleven in the early afternoon, and eventually made it to fourteen once the rain had gone off. Couldn't do with those temps either Joyce - ten degrees less would be perfect for me.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Good evening from rainy Wales. Dove - your ear looks quite 'ouchy'. Wonder what caused that? I could fancy a piece of cake as will be ages before my chicken crown is ready (thought would be a quick alternative to roasting a whole chicken but actually takes 90 minutes!)
Dovefromabove , cake looks good, unlike ear hope it gets better soon
Last day of holiday and it is raining ☔️
Hope alls well with everybody
It jolly well is
that's why I got OH to take a photo of it so I could see if it was getting better ... 
Mmmm we've had a lovely supper - warm roast chicken salad with asparagus, foaming hollandaise and potato salad with tarragon vinaigrette ............ it's amazing what can happen when it's too wet to be outside.
The drizzle has stopped and now the garden is absolutely full of fledgling blue tits and great tits ... you can hardly go out there without colliding with them as they navigate the space between the honeysuckles, the grapevine and the pear tree ... one little blue tit has spent a lot of time exploring the cracks and crannies between the larch lap fencing ... I think it's just discovered tiny spiders
another is hoovering up the few aphids that it's parents have missed on the roses.
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Hello, talking of food I have just had BBQ ribs in a local pub The Buccaneer , washed down With North Star Amber ale from Tenby Harbour Brewery
Glad you had a nice tea GWRS. Ours is baking in the oven - chicken with added veg - mushrooms, toms, peppers etc.
Lovley when the birds are feeding their little 'uns Dove. The blueys here stop off at the apple treesen route to the feeders. I have had lovely clean blossom! The pippit I saw on the hill the other day had a little mouthful of something, but I couldn't see it taking to their nest. He popped his head up long enough for a few pix though
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...