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Christmas is on the way,it is not called The Holiday it is called Christmas .We all know where the name comes from so why the name change in recent years? I am not a Christian but would not insult Christians by calling it any other thing but Christmas. We

A cold dull day so I flashed the pass to get to town.I needed to visit a post office and as the local one has closed I had no other choice.Because of this I delayed my Sunday morning shopping until today.I left early to avoid the crowds and set off on a

For the now and then occasional series I have photos of Walney channel from different places taken in different states of tide and weather all from early December over 2 year intervals starting in 2008

I have a few minutes on a busy day to type this while the dishes from dinner are soaking.Dinner was a roast in the bag Mediterranean mix.If you haven't seen these bags,you place your meat in them,in this case chicken of course,shake the mix over them and

Today should be a quieter day on the work front.I have the old silver Christmas tree to bring down and put with the freezer ready to be hauled away,then I will eye the spare bedroom up for space.I am putting the tumble dryer up there because it makes the

I was welcomed to the day by the banshee wail of the wind. 6.We were promised a storm today and we certainly started off that way. I clicked on the local weather site when I came down to find there hadn't been a report since 5 now it's approaching mid day

The winds dropped off this afternoon as expected by 2pm it was down to 25mph and apart from the odd 40mph gust the noise has quietened to a hum instead of a shriek. I checked outside for damage and found as expected or at least hoped for that the storm

A calm day today,a little chilly early on because we had a slight frost but much better than yesterday.The storm is now battering our east coast and John reports it's really bad in Denmark. I went to collect debris from the garden and retrieved the seed

I remember when I was a young newly married man the little feminine ways Margaret had .A few bottles in the bathroom to make her smell nice and towels draped gracefully on the floor,a handbag resting gracefully on the sofa in the place.Little touches

A dull start to the day here has turned into a rainy one so no shed dismantling for me. I did get over for my Sunday shop before it started though so I am happy enough watching the rain wash the windows. Ellen did sterling work this morning by giving the

An interesting day on the new broadband set up. I was given a time slot between 8 and 1,the engineer phoned at 11:45 and he was going to be late and would arrive a.s.a.p. Hardly the mans fault but annoying. When said engineer arrived at 3:15 he apologized

I had a restful evening after the toils of the last two days with an hour on the massage chair followed by a Radox bath and topped off with a glass of brandy. Today I am much refreshed and my back although a little achy is in fair order. This morning was

I made a quick trip to town today,I needed a large postal envelope and Christmas cards. The town is getting busier and with the market open every day more people are coming into the town centre instead of the one stop shop supermarket giants on the

Peace and harmony reigned but not for long.The cats settled down on the chair they loan to me when they don't need it and went to sleep.They have had a hard day off on adventures.This lasted about an hour before Sooty stirred and turned over.Seeing

Here comes the rain so it's experiment day in the kitchen

I was posting Christmas cards through my neighbours doors this morning when a helper appeared.I had just posted the first one at Paukine and John's when I spied Sooty hurtling down the street towards me.he wanted a fuss making of as usual then fell into

We had a visit from Stephen this afternoon,he finishes work at lunch time Friday so popped in for an hour.He has managed to get 10 extra hours a week in at work which helps a little in these hard times.We both asked what they other was making for

I finally got around to taking the shed down today,it took 1½ hours of hard slog with a crowbar,lump hammer and sledge hammer but it finally hit the ground. These large pieces of timber are a lot heavier now than when I built it,funny that, a little like

A quiet day weather-wise after yesterday's gales so I strolled over for my shopping leaving Ellen busy with the housework.When I returned she had washed and dried our clothes and was just loading the bedding into the drier,the breakfast pots had been

How To Give Your Cat A Pill,I came across this 2 or 3 years ago and just discovered it again Pick up cat and cradle it in the crook of your left arm as if holding a baby. Position right forefinger and thumb on either side of cat's mouth and apply gentle

Morning rain stopped my early visit to Iceland and the Post office.I had to wait until 9:30 to use my pass. I got into town and the first stop was a very busy sub post office to send a couple of parcels,luckily the tills were all manned and I was only in

I wasn’t around much yesterday because my back was wrecked and I just rested. I postponed a visit to my mother and hoped to go today but although my back is much improved the rain is washing the streets. Today is the 13 anniversary of Margaret's death and

We had a surprise visit from the grandchildren last and they stayed a couple of hours.They do get on so well together and are very close. When they were younger Gemma used to fuss around Carl like mother hen,now Carl is Gemma's protector. I noticed when

Some smells bring back memories of childhood,today the lamb simmering away in the casserole was such a time. When I was small it would be mutton not lamb of course, mother would buy cheap misshapes off the butcher I do the same but it's lamb and a big

On a cold wet morning I took advantage of a dry spell and caught the first of two buses needed to get to mother's.At the change over point the wind strengthed and the rain lashed down.I had 12 minutes to wait huddled in the shelter with the other poor

I had a very strange start to the day,I didn't wake until 9:30 around 3 hours later than usual. I woke as normal alert and ready to go and thought it was very light outside.Peering out of the bedroom window I disovered it was broad daylight.I checked the

I was back to normal with my sleeping habits this morning so prepared my self for an early assault on the shops.I thought to set off about 8:30 but the weather intervened with lashing rain. So 9:30 bus it was.First stop was Morrisons for pipe fodder

We are expecting a storm front to come hurtling towards us overnight,it looks like a biggie. This is the latest from the met office A rapidly deepening area of low pressure will bring very strong winds to Northern Ireland, Scotland, north Wales and

The storm is passing through,only a couple of hours and it should be gone.We didn't get the winds we feared unless there is a sting in the tail the gusts barely got above 50mph not uncommonly high on the island. I had my ears lowered today so I look

Well Christmas say came and went quickly and a grand day it was.In between visits and feeding I finally caught up with Max on Skype for a chat and then Jenny and Mandy There was only Ellen and me for dinner,roast duck breast with a Honey and pomegranate

Another storm has swept in overnight.We have gusts of 65mph at the moment with the worst to come around noon,The wind warning is until 9pm so it is going to be an ucomfortable day I have a large pan of soup going which I will put in a flask in case of

News on the storm I reported earlier and news about Ellen.

It is a very calm sunny if bitterly cold day today,a big improvement on yesterday. With my live in laundry woman being away for the weekend I had to do my own today. I started it off in the machine while I had a little wander and picked up some odds and

We had weather warnings for heavy rain today but no strong winds.That changed overnight to possible 70mph winds this afternoon still accompanied by rain.The rain is already here and the garden is flooded. It looks like a wild and wooly end to the year.

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