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Another rainy day here so I am cabined up with 2 cats. Ellen has a break from work from Friday until Tuesday so after work today she is going straight to the station and spending a long weekend with Colin. This means I will be cooking and eating what

We have a nice sunny day here after a dull start so I did my weekly clothes wash and hung it on the whirly. I have a free day today and tonight I have the egg chasers to watch on the goggle box. So my only jobs are feeding myself and two cats,in this case

After yesterday's sunshine today is dull and damp with rain forecast for later. With this in mind I decided to start on my new project which I mulled over yesterday while catching a few rays in the garden. The shed I knocked down is lying around and is

I have a message from Jenny she has no internet connection for the next couple of days

As most of you know I trip to take my walks off the beaten track and on grass if possible. On my walk to town once through the little haven that is not possible. So today I am showing you my normal Sunday morning route to Morrisons and beyond taking

I gave up on getting a mower from the local free serve yesterday and when on line to get the one I had saved in my checkout basket. It was a fiver cheaper than anywhere else I could find and advertised as next day free delivery. As yesterday was a Bank

With rain promised for the next few days today I needed to get stuck into the garden. This morning I started by weeding the borders,an easy job made more difficult because I had Sooty as a helper. I short break after that and then I gave the new mower

As some of you were silly enough to write nice things about my trip to town photos I thought I would inflict more pain on you. Most of you on here have not seen the humble area I live in so here is a trip from Bargain Booze passing the Co-op,The

Yesterday after my stroll to the shops the day turned wet and cold and with no indoor projects at the moment I looked for something useful to pass the time. I decided on loading some books into my Kindle. The only thing is my books are in Epub or other

I am a happy bunny today,Colin arrived for the weekend so I got to cook dinner for three today and this is what I made Gammon in cider. .735 kg boneless gammon joint 500ml/17fl oz cider 1 litre/1¾ pints cloudy apple juice I tablespoon coriander 1 tbsp

A strangely lazy weekend for me. As you may know Ellen invited Colin for the weekend and on Friday I was cook with the gammon. Yesterday just after a lunch of steak pie bought by Ellen from the farm shop she asked me what was for dinner and I told her I

For the first time since Friday afternoon I have the house to myself,at least for a little while. Having Colin to stay and Ellen cook me two delicious meals as well as her doing the washing up and vacuuming right through while I was shopping yesterday was

It was one of those sunny halcyon days of a childhood summer and I headed out with two friends Dave and Mike looking for adventure. We set off across the fields opposite my house and down to what we called the river,it was in fact no more than a brook

This morning started nice and sunny with temps already up to the mid 50s when I set off for a wander at 9 o'clock. I decided on a walk through the park and the little wild area so set off in ambling mode down the prom to the park entrance. The park has

Gemma and Arron gave us some wonderful news yesterday,Gemma is pregnant with their first child. Everybody is delighted of course and Jenny extremely amused that soon she will be phoning a great grandfather every night. Cheeky sod!! In other news I managed

Another lovely sunny day here so I have been pottering in the garden sawing wood up for disposal. This bush in John's is in full bloom now and really brightens the place up Still not much on my side of the fence apart from the Common Mallow and

Today dawned sunny again and by mid morning the temps had risen to the mid 60s with 70 or more promised for later,the thing is the humidity is rising as well and at 11:00 I heard the distant growl of thunder and the clouds are moving in. No rain clouds at

I wrote in my earlier blog that thunder was around and rain forecast so I abandoned plans for a stroll. I had a light lunch of poached eggs on toast and started to prep the veg for dinner. I diced carrot and onion into small pieces,crushed some garlic and

We had very sad news today, my beloved Granddaughter Gemma has lost her baby. Back tomorrow

Hello folks. I would like to thank you all so much for your kind words please believe me they are a comfort. I had a chat with Gemma this morning she is looking tired of course but much more composed. Arron had a long night,he spent a large part of it

I give you three news items that caught my eye. The first is from the barbaric world of bull fighting where 3 matadors were gored on the opening day of a big event,now that is what I call good news. The second is an incredulous show of childish

News flashed around on the jungle telegraph today,special offers on meat at the Co-op. The Co-op is good for food as their ad states but it tends to be pricey at normal rates. I was unsure what to make for dinner so I high-tailed it down there along with

In response to Max and her requesr to see what we build here,there is another link on the page www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-27 483748

It is with a heavy heart I report the loss of Sooty,that little ball of mischief. He didn't come home on Thursday night which is something he has never done before. I know a lot of cats wander off for days but not in Sooty's case,he liked his comfy

Sooty has returned hungry but uninjured more later Thank you all so much for your messages of support they were a great help

Sooty has returned as I posted earlier. He is fit and well but was hungry. He has no signs of injury and apart from being rather scruffy he is fine. Lots of purrs and snuggling went on and when Zazzles came home they made a big fuss of each other until

Life is returning to what passes for normal around here no the saga of Sooty has ended. He soon announced his return to the local bird population by bagging his biggest catch yet,a fully grown cock feral pigeon. This bird was bigger than him and yet he

Off the theme of cats at last While wandering through the manifold pathways of my mind random thoughts pop up this is one of them. Hand signals; There are many meanings to the gestures we make and they need no words. The Churchill V for victory sign in

A dull start to the day was replaced by long sunny spells so it was time to catch up in the garden. I started on the front cutting and strimming the grass in quick time with only one interruption which is pretty good in these parts. After a coffee break

As promised the rain arrived this morning which made yesterday's grass cutting even more worthwhile. I can't help feeling a little smug at getting one over on the weather gods when this happens although they will have their revenge no doubt. I opened the

I have a project for a rainy morning. This old foot stool is ready for scrapping. I never being one to throw anything useful away removed the legs for future use. After cutting right across with a Stanley knife I discarded the innards and cover. Then I

Today I had to go and pick my meds up from the chemist,not a long walk from here 20 minutes round trip is about right. I got there without delays just the odd greeting as people passed but coming out of the chemist things changed. I met Irish Dot who was

A sunny day so a trip to mother's was on the cards. Wanting to walk as far as I could I decided on flashing the pass which got me to about 1 mile from her house strolling the rest of the way and walking home. I met my sister Pat and her husband Joe just