Chitchat thread #24

[rary]

Good afternoon, GF if you have had 6 birthdays where you lost an hour do you realise that you are 6 hours younger than you thought😋 back home from our holiday where the weather was very nice, we have been going to the Lake District for more than 30 years, some time 3 times a year and in all that time I think we have only had rain on a couple of days, and now that we are back home we have rain, fortunately it was dry this morning so managed to get my early potatoes in the ground, along with some broccoli and lettuce.
Driving home yesterday it was very noticeable that there are not a lot of wind generators in England, cross the boarder and there are dozens in the countryside, I dont want you to think I am being political, but I fail to understand why we have so many windmills all over the countryside and yet we pay more for our electricity than someone in London, only the Liverpool area which is closer to where the power is generated pays more than us up here, if you are wondering what brought this on, we arrived home to a notification that our power bill is increasing by more than threehundred pounds a year, after puting that down I am feeling noweel, I will have to go and lie down, I wonder if OH will come with me, it would possibly save having to heat the house I think there are two chances of that, slim and nill ah well we can dream😁 enjoy your evening and keep smiling🙂🙂🙂

[Snoop Puss]

Evening all.

I've decided: I'm on gardening leave not next week but the week after. Fingers crossed the rain has stopped by then... If it hasn't, I think I'll build a swimming pool and let it fill naturally.

Hear you on the wind turbines, Rary. Nuff said.

[mothhawk]

Evening all.

It's raining as if the weather is trying to fit the entire month's rain into just tonight.

Rary, I'm thinking that to get to the Lake District, once over the border you would be mostly driving through National Parks, or areas of outstanding natural beauty, where wind turbines are not allowed. i assure you there are plenty of turbines further south.

[Nicos]

Don’t see many around here, but France is big on nuclear power. A lot being exported to the uk if I correctly recall.

One thing which I noticed on our last trip to the uk is there were huuuge fields absolutely covered in solar panels. Seems sensible, especially if sheep graze beneath them.

[Containergardener]

Morning
Rary there's loads around but they're on hillsides /moorland not so near the motorway though.

Rained overnight but due cloud and sunshine for a few days I think. Did a bit outside yesterday but I need to crack on with weeding.

Cuppa?

[Nicos]

Mornin n’alln’all
oooh…yes please CG…I love my morning cuppas Ta muchly.

Rained here too overnight.Smells lovely this morning.

I can’t see me getting much done in the garden today as we’re out for lunch locally.
At least we managed the tip run yesterday with the moss. Just one more garden area to do. Unfortunately it’s the largest oneIt really us backbreaking work isn’t it?

Whats everyone else up to today?
Whatever it is, enjoy yourself…and remember those smiles!

[Florence Fennel]

Good Morning All Lots of rain yesterday and more today. Have a lovely Sunday

[Snoop Puss]

Morning all.

Not raining at the moment. Another three or four days of it and then we get a ceasefire as they say round here. Doesn't seem like a very appropriate word these days for it simply not raining for a bit.

For some reason, I didn't get that much done yesterday. So I'd better do it today... Including the domestics I was trying to avoid.

Have a great day, everyone.

[Bren In Pots]

Morning

I'm sharing Flo's weather today so its looks like no gardening here again today.

enjoy your day

[Nicos]

Well…that was unexpected!…kneeling on the bed it made an almighty cracking noise and the inner frame collapsed
I know I’m dieting, but I’m not THAT overweight!

So we’ve just spent an hour repairing the slat frame…with pieces of packing wood from when we bought the new cooker! …see hoarding DOES come in handy

Job done , but not an expected one

[greenishfing]

Good morning all.

It's very grey and murky here, but not actually raining.... yet. Yesterday afternoon the sky turned so dark, and we got a really heavy downpour, complete with thunder, but no visible lightening.

I am trying to work my way through the backlog of washing that seems to have accumulated from nowhere. It's the drying that's the hard part. Mind you I'd ordered some new towels that arrived yesterday and it said to wash before use. I did, just in case dye poured out on first use, and we ended up with blue skin or hair.

Once out of town, it's rare around here to not see some wind turbines on the horizon. I think I've got used to them whereas massive pylons have always given me the heeby jeebies. They always look as if they are marching across the landscape.

[Containergardener]

You sure you were just kneeling Nicos

[Containergardener]

Might have just bought more seeds

[rary]

Well…that was unexpected!…kneeling on the bed it made an almighty cracking noise and the inner frame collapsed
I know I’m dieting, but I’m not THAT overweight!

So we’ve just spent an hour repairing the slat frame…with pieces of packing wood from when we bought the new cooker! …see hoarding DOES come in handy:

As CG said was it just kneeling🙄 but you would think that the framework for a bed would withstand a normal persons weight 🤔 but to avoid sinking any further, I will change the subject😋 I must say its good to come across the proof of a reason to keep things that might be needed, doing so of course is called by the uninitiated, hoarding, people really need to understand the need for storing things incase of future use😁😁😁

[rary]

Good afternoon, it has been dry but dull today,was at church this morning and once back home I intended to get out to the greenhouse, but our son a DinL dropped in so was had a blether with them abd once they went out I got out to the greenhouse where I potted on some begonias, sweetpeas and tomatoes and as the temperature will drop to 3c tonight I have them covered with fleece now, now going to make the tea so I you all a pleasant evening and hope you keep smiling🙂🙂🙂