A lot of ignorance, incompetence and complacency too Dove. Didn't watch it as I knew I'd get angry.
Clari - OH still needs reminding on how to pack a boot efficiently and can't ever estimate space, lengths etc. So much for men being more spatially aware. At least now he eccepts the need to measure, measure again and use a spirit level for some jobs.
Guests have now gone and are en route for their home in Belgum - ex garden group friend and, since we were up and dressed and on parade, we've been to the big DIY at La Roche-s-Y for a curtain track I can screw to the ceiling as there isn't enough gap for a pole if we want to open the windows..... We have shutters so don't really need curtains but I find they make the place ook and sound more cosy and I did bring my lovely toile de Jouy and others with me. Better hanging round a window than hanging around on a shelf.
Might do some gardening later but first another coffee and maybe a snoozle since Cosmos was very playful and cuddly in the night and OH was snoring. Feeling a bit wiped out.
Happy gardening all but have fun whatever you're up to.
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)."
Heavy rain was forecast this morning but it hasn't happened so I'm about to go outside and start my pots. Rained a lot yesterday.
I wanted to watch 3 Girls but I also wanted to watch the programme about people who had only a short time left to live, A Time to Live, and we can't have iPlayer in France so I missed 3 Girls as they were on at the same time. I wish the BBC had a +1. Missed the 1st episode of 3 Girls anyway as that was the day we travelled home and we didn't watch any TV.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
I can't watch any of those programmes. 3 girls, little boy blue etc I go between rage and floods of tears. More than my poor wee nerves can take I'm afraid. I can't watch any of those programmes about children's wards in hospitals either. Show my a poorly child and I burst into tears.
Hubby used to read all those books about kids who'd "recovered" from hideous abuse " A boy called IT" etc. Far too depressing for me.
I used to voluntary work for NSPCC when we lived " up country" That was my ( tiny )way of helping. I'm just do glad / grateful, that others are more " hands on"
I need to watch 3 Girls. I don't want to, I avoided it, but I know I must. As must my OH who is a lot less aware than I about these issues. Bracing myself.
LillyP, cucamelons are tiny - see the picture in the link that Obelixx posted. Sort of baby plum tomato sized. They are rather attractive fruits, like miniature (very miniature) watermelons. I haven't seen a plant in growth though.
Cool and still very damp here, and generally grey. There's a little bit of blue sky and occasional glints of sun. We've had so much rain over the last few days that it's difficult to remember how dry it was just a week ago! I do hope it's really soaked down into the soil - I think it must have.
Rookie gardener question - if the former blossoms on my new little apple tree are swollen, does that mean they've definitely been pollinated? It's group C but I didn't get another tree as there's an apple tree in next door's garden. No idea what kind, but it flowered at exactly the same time so I was crossing my fingers. Has my gamble paid off, do you think?
'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.'
I'm a firm believer in " something is worth what someone is prepared to spend on it" and I hope the new owner genuinely loves it and it's not just an "investment" but I can't help feeling that a lot of folk are jumping on a bandwagon.
It's suddenly gone VERY dark here. I actually checked to make sure I wasn't wearing my sunglasses by mistake! Might not go out into the garden after all.
'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.'
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A lot of ignorance, incompetence and complacency too Dove. Didn't watch it as I knew I'd get angry.
Clari - OH still needs reminding on how to pack a boot efficiently and can't ever estimate space, lengths etc. So much for men being more spatially aware. At least now he eccepts the need to measure, measure again and use a spirit level for some jobs.
Guests have now gone and are en route for their home in Belgum - ex garden group friend and, since we were up and dressed and on parade, we've been to the big DIY at La Roche-s-Y for a curtain track I can screw to the ceiling as there isn't enough gap for a pole if we want to open the windows..... We have shutters so don't really need curtains but I find they make the place ook and sound more cosy and I did bring my lovely toile de Jouy and others with me. Better hanging round a window than hanging around on a shelf.
Might do some gardening later but first another coffee and maybe a snoozle since Cosmos was very playful and cuddly in the night and OH was snoring. Feeling a bit wiped out.
Happy gardening all but have fun whatever you're up to.
Morning all.
Heavy rain was forecast this morning but it hasn't happened so I'm about to go outside and start my pots. Rained a lot yesterday.
I wanted to watch 3 Girls but I also wanted to watch the programme about people who had only a short time left to live, A Time to Live, and we can't have iPlayer in France so I missed 3 Girls as they were on at the same time. I wish the BBC had a +1. Missed the 1st episode of 3 Girls anyway as that was the day we travelled home and we didn't watch any TV.
I can't watch any of those programmes. 3 girls, little boy blue etc I go between rage and floods of tears. More than my poor wee nerves can take I'm afraid. I can't watch any of those programmes about children's wards in hospitals either. Show my a poorly child and I burst into tears.
Hubby used to read all those books about kids who'd "recovered" from hideous abuse " A boy called IT" etc. Far too depressing for me.
I used to voluntary work for NSPCC when we lived " up country" That was my ( tiny )way of helping. I'm just do glad / grateful, that others are more " hands on"
I need to watch 3 Girls. I don't want to, I avoided it, but I know I must. As must my OH who is a lot less aware than I about these issues. Bracing myself.
LillyP, cucamelons are tiny - see the picture in the link that Obelixx posted. Sort of baby plum tomato sized. They are rather attractive fruits, like miniature (very miniature) watermelons. I haven't seen a plant in growth though.
Cool and still very damp here, and generally grey. There's a little bit of blue sky and occasional glints of sun. We've had so much rain over the last few days that it's difficult to remember how dry it was just a week ago! I do hope it's really soaked down into the soil - I think it must have.
Rookie gardener question - if the former blossoms on my new little apple tree are swollen, does that mean they've definitely been pollinated? It's group C but I didn't get another tree as there's an apple tree in next door's garden. No idea what kind, but it flowered at exactly the same time so I was crossing my fingers. Has my gamble paid off, do you think?
Talking of " the world's gone mad"
I know folked laughed at JW Turner, the Impressionists, Picasso , Warhol etc, but:
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/05/18/arts/jean-michel-basquiat-painting-is-sold-for-110-million-at-auction.html
Emperor's new clothes springs to mind.
I can't be the only person who finds it more than a little creepy.
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In my option the picture is absolute rubbish
Hosta, it's also an obscene amount of money to pay IMHO.
I'm a firm believer in " something is worth what someone is prepared to spend on it" and I hope the new owner genuinely loves it and it's not just an "investment" but I can't help feeling that a lot of folk are jumping on a bandwagon.
I like Basquiat, but...
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It's suddenly gone VERY dark here. I actually checked to make sure I wasn't wearing my sunglasses by mistake! Might not go out into the garden after all.
" like Basquiat, but...
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It's suddenly gone VERY dark here."
That actually made me laugh out loud.