Monday, August 31, 2026

THE SEASON'S CHANGE...

Sometimes, when the rain is sleet-y and the wind does its best to rip your clothes off, you wonder if winter will ever bugger off...

And then, there are days like today, when the sun shines enough to make the wind feel just "brisk." And, despite the meteorologist's forecast of rain, you go ahead and do some laundry, taking a punt on the sunshine.

I snapped a few pics, too...

The magnolia's last hurrah...now more leaf than petal





...and some plum blossom buds

And a daffodil



Not a lot to tell you as I'm sure you don't want the minutiae of domestic stuff! 

Last week a chap came and installed a new FM aerial on the roof (no, we didn't tackle that...at 80+ years that job's best left to the fellow with the insurance cover!) and bro-in-law has just been here with his hi-fi radio which we connected and proved that that part of the system is working. Next? Probably take our radio to an expert for fixing. And fingers are crossed that it will be fixed as it is a part of the whole system and it would bug me if we had to muck up the "look" of things!

Now, while the sun's still shining I might nip down to the library...and The Man tells me the wine is getting low!





Wednesday, August 19, 2026

STILL STUMBLING ALONG...


...but maybe making some progress!

Because we've had some nippy frosts, I thought I'd better brave the elements and snap some pics before Ol' Jack bit things.

A lovely red pelargonium (geranium to many of you!)



Some pretty "weeds"



A lone hyacinth...


One Dutch iris...


Agapanthus



Some pretty weeds...


A basket of pansies I abandoned in ferociously hot and windy weather...they done come back, ma'm! 

I have a few daffs, but they're in shade at the moment...maybe I'll update this later with more pics...


ABOUT INAPPROPRIATE FOOTWEAR...

The matter has been/continues to be a somewhat prickly issue for some of us.  I'm talking about the devil-spawn things called crocs that...