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by **suffolk** » March 10th, 2018, 11:43 am

Good morning all

OH is cooking a curry this evening so has gone to the shops with his list ........ I'm drinking :mug:

and slobbing about generally while the washing machine does its thing. The house is so clean after our efforts this week that this weekend will be very laid back.

Have a good day all

by **scullion** » March 12th, 2018, 10:08 am

good morning, all.
dull and drizzly.
the coffee machine is making its welcome noise.
the redcurrant was pruned and the six blackcurrants i was given last year have finally (temporarily) been potted up while i decide where they will go, along with the two whitecurrant bushes that i've recently acquired. i have shoved most of the redcurrant prunings into a pot - lets see if any of them take.
the hswk is still being, successfully, avoided. i may do that again today.
have a grand day, everyone.

by **StokeySue** » March 12th, 2018, 10:40 am

Good morning
Wet and dull here so I will get on with some of the stuff I didn't finish last week when I felt rough
I am slightly disoriented as I was working up to do some special cooking for Tuesday, but I checked my diary and it's for Wednesday so today is available for catch up
Need to clear a space in the loft for my propagator which is currently in the living room, misting nicely, the light is better up there
Have a good day everyone

by **Herbidacious** » March 12th, 2018, 10:47 am

Not as wet as I feared - heavy rain forecast, but it was just a light drizzle.
I must cook something tonight...

by **suffolk** » March 12th, 2018, 10:54 am

Good morning all

Not raining ...... but damp and still not gardening weather ..... I think I'm turning into a fair-weather gardener :oops:

Washing is in the machine, a chicken is poaching for tomorrow's pie and the makings of a carrot and cumin soup is also chuntering on the stove ... I need another :mug:

before I do anything else. :mug:

Have a good day folks

by **scullion** » March 13th, 2018, 10:42 am

good morning, all.
bright/sunny but with a little cloud at the moment.
i would like a walk on the beach today but high tide is around three so it would be just doing laps rather than the long stretch towards chapel or round to lushington. less satisfying but better than nothing.
the other job i may get on with is filling in screw holes where wall cupboards have been removed.
ok, coffee has been drunk - it'll be down to me to get a re-fill.
have a lovely day, everyone.

by **Herbidacious** » March 13th, 2018, 10:56 am

It was lovely here but dull now. Tomorrow looks promising... not that I will get to experience much of it, stuck in the office

School (volunteering) day (well, lunch time) today for me.

by **StokeySue** » March 13th, 2018, 11:09 am

The brightness is coming and going here, but apparently only 20% chance of rain, so I can walk to the market, must go and remove some chaos from my study first

by **suffolk** » March 13th, 2018, 12:19 pm

Good after-morning all

The morning has flown by

I've made the filling for tonight's pie (it's Pie Week ... apparently) and I've made a quinoa salad for lunch ... otherwise not sure what I've done but I've been busy :lol:

Have a nice walk Scully ... drear and dank here still.
Have a good day all

by **scullion** » March 14th, 2018, 8:13 am

good morning, all.
wet and very windy.
off to the farm in an hour and after, a trip in to redruth to get tickets for the live broadcast of julius caesar being shown next week - and to buy milk.
i'm coming back as a cat, next time. it seems unfair that he can stay in bed while i have to get up and do stuff. no i'm not - he has no concept of the amount he is unable to conceive.
have a good day, everyone.

by **Herbidacious** » March 14th, 2018, 8:43 am

Lovely here.

Had a panic last night as saw 24 hours snow up north and cancelled my ticket. Now not. So will probably rebuy. Doh. I guess if I get stuck there,I get stuck there.

by **suffolk** » March 14th, 2018, 9:44 am

Good morning

A lovely sunny day here and considerably milder than it has been of late ... 8.8C and rising ... the garden will be drying out just in time for the next lot of snow ... apparently it's heading here Herbi :rolleyes:

Plans for today include making some wholemeal bread (it can have its first prove while I go to tennis) and a mushroom risotto.
Now that I have written evidence for the therapeutic effects of knitting I will happily get on with OH's sleeves this afternoon while watching the Cheltenham Festival ... not that I've ever needed any evidence other than my own, but it's nice to see that others are catching up with me.
Not coming back as a cat Scully ... think of the irritations of fleas and collars etc :rolleyes:

I have thought the lifestyle of a hump-backed whale looks quite good ....... if you can avoid the human interference ....... at least dodgy knees shouldn't impact on mobility

Have a good day folks

by **StokeySue** » March 14th, 2018, 10:44 am

Good morning
We have some brightness here
A Man is coming to put the Yale lock back on my front door, the cylinder came loose yesterday and I had great trouble getting in to fortress Stokey. I had a good look and I cane fix it myself, I found some videos but tgey all demo the simple night latch, not the more secure version I have.
Quite safe overnight, as the lock was on the gate, and the mortice lock still on the door.
Cookbook Club tonight
Have a good day

by **suffolk** » March 14th, 2018, 3:05 pm

Just had a look at some of the Cornish webcams ... looks a bit wild and blustery around Mousehole, Newlyn etc today ... brrrrr!!!

by **scullion** » March 15th, 2018, 11:09 am

good morning, all.
bright, dry, but breezy. it might start raining in an hour or so.
yesterday it rained non-stop.
tomorrow, hopefully, it will only start raining when we're back in the 'classroom'!
there was something i was going to do today but i have been distracted by doing a virtual beach clean. hopefully it was only hswk - so that's ok.
have a good day, everyone.

by **suffolk** » March 15th, 2018, 11:48 am

Good morning all

It started bright here Scully and I fancied a walk, but it's raining now so that won't be happening ... I've cricked my neck again (carrying a basket of shopping rather than pushing a trolley yesterday is chief suspect) and following the application of liniment, swallowing of Panadol and wrapping of a scarf to keep it warm OH has banned me from going out in the cold and wet.

I may well have to join you on your beach clean

Have a good day folks

by **StokeySue** » March 15th, 2018, 11:59 am

Good morning.
Plumber has been sto check washing machine so I have m a load in
Locksmith is stuck in traffic
I may be slighly feeling the effects of attending a gin tasting last might

It's that kind of a day
But having rained overnight it's relatively dry and bright now
Have a good day

by **scullion** » March 16th, 2018, 6:48 am

Good morning, all.
It's predicted to be dry and sunny-ish today but it's not really bright enough to tell yet.
The trouble with going to bed, comparatively, early is that you wake up early and if your brain knows it has to wake up early it adds that on and you wake up even earlier than you need to. I have been awake for over an hour and the alarm is set for an hours time. Oh well.
Off to the south coast this morning with shopping on the way home.
Have a good day, everyone.

by **Herbidacious** » March 16th, 2018, 8:15 am

Lovely and sunny here. Been up since 6. The weather forecast for Sheffield has gone back to lots of snow though. Rather anxious about it, but I think I have to go. I suppose if I get stuck it won't be terrible (although I do have to send a book off to production on Monday). It will be worse for my husband.

by **StokeySue** » March 16th, 2018, 8:31 am

Good mor ing
Good luck with the weather Herbi, I workedwith a Sheffield based group and know the weather tends to hit there
Off to visit the Brunei Gallery at SOAS today, should be interesting
Have a good day everyone

by **Herbidacious** » March 16th, 2018, 8:42 am

Decided to postpone. Waste of £260 for OH but it’s not worth the risk and worry. Will probably end up taking a day’s leave next week too to go up as I need/want a bit of the weekend to prepare for holiday departure the 28th. Also means this weekend in my own again

Ah well...
It is so lovely here right now too.

by **suffolk** » March 16th, 2018, 9:32 am

You're not on your own Herbi ... we're here :wave:

Good morning all

Miserable weather here today ... we must go to the supermarket - we're running low on essential stuff like toothpaste, mouthwash, loo rolls, laundry stuff, washing up liquid ... I've even used all the strong bread flour ......... and some food for the weekend would be good too ...

Have a good trip Scully

Enjoy your day everyone

by **Herbidacious** » March 16th, 2018, 10:41 am

Aw thanks, Suffs!

Of course, I have not excuse to put off marmalade-making now!

by **Busybee** » March 16th, 2018, 12:49 pm

Herbi, . I have just driven over the Pennines, the weather is awful so goodness knows what it will be like i n Sheffield. I’m having my haircut at two then coming straight back. No lingering around today.

I’m going to have to bite the bullet and find hairdresser for me and the dog in Yorkshire, this winter has been illuminating. I’d forgotten how bad the weather can be as we have been spoiled by so many mild winters.

BB

by **Herbidacious** » March 17th, 2018, 8:01 am

Well the snow has just started. Big fat flakes coming down quite fast, although the ground is wet - it must have rained in the night.

Feeling a bit vindicated...

Basil is out in it. A true outdoorsy cat. Lily is semi-comatose next to the oil heater I have just put on.

I think today will be marmalade day, or marmalade day pt 1. I just need to decide whether to to the whole orange or the juice method... decisions, decisions... etc.

by **StokeySue** » March 17th, 2018, 11:10 am

Good morning
Our snow has stopped and it hasn't really settled. Just cold and soggy but more forecast for later
Have a good day everyone

by **Herbidacious** » March 17th, 2018, 11:39 am

Garden at the mo:

by **scullion** » March 17th, 2018, 1:09 pm

good aftermorning, all.
it's not particularly chilly here at the moment but is overcast. it may be drizzling but i'm not looking (- shrodinger's rain?).
nothing planned for this afternoon other than to put my new lot of potatoes to chit a bit more and find a load of pots for pricking out and potting up chilli seedlings.
i had thought to do a bit of hswk but a quick shudder has dislodged that, thank goodness.
the thought of moussaka for dinner is a good one though, - thanks, suffolk.
have a cosy day, everyone.

by **Herbidacious** » March 17th, 2018, 1:23 pm

Busybee wrote:Herbi, . I have just driven over the Pennines, the weather is awful so goodness knows what it will be like i n Sheffield. I’m having my haircut at two then coming straight back. No lingering around today.
BB

thanks. Sheffield does get quite brutal weather and my mother is right on the outskirts up on a hill on a hill. Will ring her later.

by **scullion** » March 18th, 2018, 9:47 am

good morning, all.
sunny. whether the snow we are, again, predicted appears, we will just have to wait and see. it didn't happen yesterday. they're calling it the 'pest from the west' but i think that's more to do with the rhyme than the reason.
we are invited for dinner at the local young's, i think it's a delayed mothering sunday event. i say dinner - we are invited for anytime we want to go but i think we'll wait 'til after midday.
have a good day, everyone.

by **Herbidacious** » March 18th, 2018, 10:44 am

My mother woke me up this morning to tell me she has 14 inches (and that she thinks her neighbour might have appendicitis!

We claarly had a bit here in the night.

Part two of marmalade making here, but I have no bread to put it on. Bread making too, or a trip to the shops?

by **StokeySue** » March 18th, 2018, 10:56 am

Good morning
Cold and the snow is lying on some surfaces (the roof for example), possibility of more and I don't like the look of the sky.
So it will be a quiet day pottering here
Stay warm, and have a good day everyone

by **suffolk** » March 18th, 2018, 11:07 am

Good morning all

We have not had much and most of it has been blown into the hedgerows ... but the wind is bitter ... OH took stuff out to the bin and came in chilled to the marrow. This house is relatively modern and draught-proofed and insulated beyond normal standards, but it's letting the cold in today ... rads have been turned up and I've got the oven on to roast squash and peppers for soup ... that'll warm the cockles

Scully, I've looked on the webcams down your way ... Cornwall looks like a tropical island ... blue skies, sunshine and calm seas ... what've you done to deserve that? 8-)

Herbi ... hope your mum and her neighbour manage to avoid dramas this weather.
Keep safe and warm everyone :hug:

by **scullion** » March 18th, 2018, 11:29 am

suffolk wrote: what've you done to deserve that?

maybe cos i'm a special ooziepoozie!

as cornwall were advertising and east devon not, when i left uni thats where i applied. i made the right choice at the right time.

or maybe it's just a serendipitous gift of the gods.

(or maybe i'm in charge of the weather machine - muahahahaha!).

by **suffolk** » March 18th, 2018, 11:48 am

I think the last one is probably the correct answer ... and I'm going to continue to be very nice to you :hug:

by **Herbidacious** » March 19th, 2018, 7:36 am

Dull a bit breezy here, Still snow on the ground. Trains look iffy, so fingers crossed as I have to get in to send a book off today.

Popped out to the supermarket yesterday and it felt bitingly cold. The wind went right through my coat. It's supposed t be very sunny later afternoon though!

by **scullion** » March 19th, 2018, 9:19 am

Good morning, all
It's sort of bright out there but I think I may stay in bed rather than look and see if we still have snow.
It was crusted onto the windscreen, when we came home yesterday evening, and took quite a while to scrape off. I think my nectar card has had more use as an ice scraper than as a point collecting medium! It took me nearly a decade to amass the princely sum of about £2.50 on it, which I used the other week.
Have a cosy day, everyone.

by **suffolk** » March 19th, 2018, 9:52 am

Good morning all

Definitely warmer outside now ....... 13.2C :shock:

virtually tropical ... no wonder we're sweltering as we forgot to turn the rads down to their normal setting when we went to bed, so when the heating switched on this morning they heated downstairs to the level of a steamy glasshouse at Kew :rolleyes:

Didn't sleep too well last night ... brain wouldn't stop going around in circles ... hopefully I'll sleep better tonight as we're off to the opera tomorrow evening and I don't want to doze off mid aria :oops:

Have a good day folks

by **Herbidacious** » March 19th, 2018, 9:57 am

It's about 1 degree here!

by **suffolk** » March 19th, 2018, 10:47 am

Ah, I've just discovered ... when he dug it out of the snow OH moved the garden thermometer to a sunny spot :oops:

real temperature out there is 2C :lol:

which is still considerably warmer than it was yesterday.

by **Amber** » March 19th, 2018, 10:45 pm

I’ve been down south for a week. Friday was a t-shirt or lightweight jumper day (definitely not a coat!), Saturday was very snowy, and had a feel like -8C temperature :shock:

. How did the weather change so quickly? Sunny here today, but still bitterly cold. Hopefully it’s going to get warmer this week.

by **Herbidacious** » March 20th, 2018, 8:03 am

It's supposed to get up to 9 degrees today. Tomorrow looks nicer. Dull right now. Some snow forecast but I guess not much if it happens.
Roll on Easter (holiday)...

by **StokeySue** » March 20th, 2018, 9:14 am

Good morning
Cold but dry here, warming up accordong to the forecast
Off to the British Museum soon, still haven't got round to Living with the Gods and must catch up
Have a good day

by **suffolk** » March 20th, 2018, 9:52 am

Good morning all

There's sunshine outside and a load in the machine, but whether the two will get involved with each other, or whether the washing will be 'draped' by the radiator in the study remains to be seen.

I'm going to have a lazy day today as we're off into the city this afternoon for a light early supper at The Lamb then we'll wander up the hill to the Theatre Royal for Madama Butterfly :luv:

Have a lovely day folks

by **suffolk** » March 20th, 2018, 9:52 am

Good morning all

There's sunshine outside and a load in the machine, but whether the two will get involved with each other, or whether the washing will be 'draped' by the radiator in the study remains to be seen.

I'm going to have a lazy day today as we're off into the city this afternoon for a light early supper at The Lamb then we'll wander up the hill to the Theatre Royal for Madama Butterfly :luv:

Have a lovely day folks

by **scullion** » March 20th, 2018, 10:10 am

StokeySue wrote:Off to the British Museum soon, still haven't got round to Living with the Gods and must catch up

envy.

good morning, all.
sunny with the odd fly past of cloud and quite a bit warmer. today will probably be the day that the plant pots will be gathered together - a job delayed from when it decided to snow. it'll be interesting to see if the rather pretty, variegated,'calico' chillies grow true or were hybridised. as i have quite a few of them i may put some in proper pots and the rest in folded newspaper pots.
coffee calls.
enjoy the exhibition, sue.
enjoy the opera, suffolk.
have a good day, everyone.

by **Herbidacious** » March 21st, 2018, 7:26 am

Frosty and bright. I should take a camera in for lunch time, really.

by **scullion** » March 21st, 2018, 8:10 am

I'd take sandwiches if I were you.

Good morning, all.
Overcast-ish but at least it's dry with a forecast of dry. The forecast yesterday morning said it would rain all today.
Off to the farm. Better start rushing.
Have a good day, everyone.

by **StokeySue** » March 21st, 2018, 9:16 am

Good morning
Cold and sunny with the odd little cloud here
Must get out, might walk down and get some knives sharpened at the newish specialist shop

Had a great trip to the BM yesterday, the exhibition wasn't crowded and was well displayed even for my eyes though there were a lot of small objects
Going again on Monday for the pre-exhibition talk on Rodin and the Greeks - I won't be in the actual lecture room but in the live relay next door, which may be better for me as I think we get a bigger screen
Have a goid day

by **scullion** » March 21st, 2018, 10:41 am

back again.
i had just picked up my keys when i had a phone call to say that people in my little group were on holiday and still sick so i decided to stay at home. i could have gone but what would have been the point? i would rather be able to go for a long walk in a couple of hours time (low tide is a little after two) than get paid for doing nothing (well, something but nothing i want to do).
i have already weeded one and a bit raised beds instead and am back in with another coffee - and being crowded by a pushy cat.
i have some more chillies to pot up, too.

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