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A damp and very humid day here.89% Nothing much to do today only kitchen fatigues so I sorted dinner early,roast ham from the farm shop with new potatoes and baby carrots,no prepping needed just a little cooking when it's time. With a quiet day ahead I

After the dull heavy morning the afternoon improved with the sun winning it's battle and burning the clouds off. The humidity dropped to around 70% and the temps in my garden hovered around 80f a perfect day for a little outdoor reading and a glass of

The nearest the O.E.D comes to chillin is chilling (as adjective chilling)a chilling account of the prisoners' fate [no object] (also chill out) informal calm down and relax:they like to get home, have a bath, and chill out pass time idly with other

With Flickr possibly on it's last legs through mutiny and desertions by it's members I thought I would check to make sure I have all the photos on there elsewhere which I have. I came across an little album of How Tun woods while I was there and decided

This is a follow up from yesterday's photos of How Tun woods.This old sandstone quarry is below the woods and accessed by the wooden steps in yesterdays batch. It was used as a land fill site after the quarrying stopped. When that part of it's life was

A couple of photos. Ellen heard the unmistakable whine of Zazzles let me in call this morning just as she was getting up.She was unable to find him for a while then tracked the noise to her window. He had climbed on the garden rubbish wheelie up to the

A productive morning here. I flashed the pass to get over the bridge as the weather looked a little iffy. I left the house at 10:25 bus came 10:30 dropped me off near Morrisons 10:40 in and out by 10:45 into B&M 10:50 Left and into Cooltrader 10:55

The dinner plan that I reported earlier changed around 5:30. I had just finished eating when Ellen walked or rather hobbled in. She has put her back out and been sent home. She had some lunch at work and doesn't really fell like eating anyway. She is

Nothing much is moving on the island today apart from rain. My garden flooded a little last night but when I got up this morning things had dried up. That didn't last long the rain started at 7 and looks set for the day. Not light summer showers this but

It is 12months today since I washed up on these shores looking for a new home. Dear Aus greeted me on that very first day. A sweet lady who visited me daily from Multiply to here but alas she has now left the scene have many others from my 360 and

A glorious day here today with the return of the sun and lower humidity,temps high 70s humidity down to mid 50s making it a grand day for strolling and lolling around in the garden. The cats are doing their exhausted look again seeking shade where they

Patchy sunshine this morning but a promise of heavy showers some prolonged later. This meant I was on jankers cutting and strimming the grass. The heavy rain of a few days ago has given it a real spurt of growth I eased my way into the job starting with

Old English, from Latin augustus 'consecrated, venerable'; named after Augustus, the first Roman emperor A little delve into my photos came up with these three August Bloooms August moon with ghost moon August blooms

Not the sort of day for walking or gardening today,it's cold and windy with a hint of rain in the air. Instead I started clearing the junk around the old shed,I took the saw to some all batons and bagged and binned them and Allan got rid of some shelving

Yesterday I noticed one of the two gladioli is starting to blossom after two years of growing blind. I hope it emerges soon it is a bright orange colour. A poor day turned into a dreadful night with torrents of rain but this didn't dampen the spirits of

Today I was going to go over the bridge to the Iceland store to shop and order it to be delivered later but it is a cold dark morning with a real threat of rain. The idea abandoned I turned my thoughts to today's dinner. The freezers are getting low and

A cold damp day here barely 60f/15c and rain on the way. I wandered off to the shop for a few necessities,spuds and onions meaning to head straight back but the evil people it the pie shop had different ideas.They had their pie magnet on full power and I

After a dodgy morning the sun broke through at lunch time and it was a pleasant sunny afternoon if a little breezy. The sunflower I posted in this mornings blog must have shamed it into appearing. With the knees on show I tackled the side of the shed

A nice enough morning with sunny spells meant I could continue the garden clear up. I cleared the outside of the shed getting rid of that by breaking it up and putting it in the wheelie bin. Then at last the inside which wasn't as bad as I feared,there

A lousy drab grey rainy day here has put a stop to the clear up.At least there was one little piece of colour the Gladioli is in full bloom and brightens up the place. The same could be said of yesterday evening when Max provided some brightness and

Sooty's little friend Louiz who he visits everyday is a special needs child as you most likely know. Liam is his elder brother by 14 or 15 years and spent countless hours teaching his little brother to read and it paid off Louiz is a very good reader now.

This weeks photo fun subject is congestion,something we see twice a day on the island for the usual short time as people go to work or come home again.They don't last very long and there isn't much fuss. The only time the delays became lengthy is when

A nice sunny day here so it was back to clearing the shed. I removed the last of the loose shelving and tongue and groove,sawed it into short lengths and bagged it up. I now have 7 bags waiting for a friendly neighbour to be going past the tip in town to

A cold windy rainy day today so no shed clearance. Luckily the footie season starts today so I will have a game to watch. Last night as I was checking everything was locked up before going to bed I spotted the moon peeking from behind the clouds so took a

OK no laughing please while I relate a little event in the kitchen and some advice for you. Don't pick up the gravy granules when making coffee even if they are together on the side. Please take note one is in a square sided glass jar the other in a

After a dull morning the sun managed to break through this afternoon. My first job was to clear the debris scattered around the garden from yesterday's wind. My garden recyle bin had beem blown half way down the garden and the contents scattered,I found

After a lazy afternoon which only consisted of making the sausage pasta bake I mentioned a while ago I sat down for a while and debated an evening stroll on the beach in the hope of capturing a nice sunset on camera. Then Wham!!!!! an almighty back spasm

Can you guess? It's Aaron with a grown up hair do Sorry here's the before

With my back in a better mood this morning after another session on the massage chair I decided on a trip to Iceland. I got a lift there from a neighbour Tommy who was heading into town. I wandered round Iceland checking the bargains,paid young Carol

We had a visit from Stephen this afternoon,he is off work on a long weekend. Ellen decided to start painting the front windows and got onto the little porch roof to do one of them,even then her suffering from ducks disease ( short legs) she needed the

The scrap man came by today so I was able to get rid of all the metal from in and around the shed,a small step in the clearing up but a step forward all the same.Tomorrow is rubbish day so I will cram another bag of wood into the wheelie bin. The sawing

A cold rainy day here so another rest day for me. I tidied my work area up and that was it apart from making dinner,Ellen was pot washer again so I have had a really lazy day. This afternoon a ray of sunshine brightened up a dull day when Max ambushed me

A weird morning in my computer world. The keyboard kept typing whatever it felt like totally ignoring which key I hit. So I dug around upstairs and found an old one to use. I soon found out why it was banished,some of the keys stick.I was ending up with

An interesting day. First thing to go belly up was my PC keyboard as you may have read,I coupled my desktop speakers to the laptop as well to get some decent sound. The next incident concerned a little black cat called Sooty,he caught and ate a mouse.I

O.E.D definition of upscale adjective & adverb North American upmarket. nothing much upmarket around here. This Jaguar could be called an upmarket car. and the Abbey house hotel is certainly an upmarket hotel

A hot sticky morning here and getting hotter. The temp was 76f humidity 80% at 2am when I went to bed and 76f- 85% humidity when I checked at 6:30 this morning.This might not be hot for a lot of you but here on the north west coast of England it is

Here I am with blog number 3,you lot must have been really bad today to suffer this much It has been very humid and clammy here but with the electrical storm forecast for later and a yellow rain warning in place(no silly Not a warning for yellow rain) I

I must have upset the computer Gods somewhere along the line because this morning all 4 of the USB ports on my laptop went belly up. This meant the wireless mouse and speakers wouldn't work. I checked the system and found Microsoft have disabled a USB

I am a very happy chappy this morning. I took the battery out of my laptop last night hoping that would clear the usb bus problem and let me use them again which it did so with no warning signs lit up this morning I plugged it the wireless mouse and

After the success I reported earlier with the laptop this morning and the sun shining brightly it looked like a good day ahead A lovely day for my little trip into town so I strolled over,not much to get today and plenty of time to do some people

For the 2nd day in 3 I am inflicting three blogs on you but this one is very short and there are pretty photos. I had a fine afternoon in the garden.I resisted the temptation to get the mower out,tomorrow is soon enough for that. I read awhile and

A wonderful day for getting into the garden and mowing the grass,at least that's what I thought.Things didn't turn out as planned,the grass has grown very thick and long in places and a very heavy overnight dew has soaked into it.The result was the mower

I spent a lazy afternoon after the grass was done,or at least as much as I was cutting today. I had a quick sweet chilli chicken with rice about 3:30 after stopping both Allan and John working,had a chat with Sue and Pauline and cooked Ellen another quick

A cooler fresher morning here with bright sunshine forecast later so with no overnight reacion from my back I decided the best thing to do was mow the grass this morning. I donned my back support and headed out. Allan was away walking the dog and John

We were promised rain today and sure enough a little before nine a fine mizzle set it. Both cats were out but it wasn't long before a rather grumpy Sooty came in, demanding drying,demanding food and then going to bed. A few minutes later I heard the

Around 10:30 with the rain I mentioned it the morning blog easing away and a long time before lunch I needed a snack.I bit the bullet and tried the chocolate cornflakes and was pleasantly surprised,they are rather tasty.Max did suggest just eating them

Here are some I made earlier

Just a few thoughts from an aging brain You know how people say "It's not the gift it's the thought that counts"? Well I have it cracked on somebody's birthday I will just think about a nice gift for them,something they would really like.That should do

You might remember the piece about Liam doing a 160ft bungee jump for his little brother Luiz charity. Well news from Facebook he did it today.Well done Liam. A lazy day for me it being Saturday,I spent much of the afternoon watching the footie and egg