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After the early morning looked OK the rain and wind arrived and scuppered any plans of escape.Maybe tomorrow. The cats have had a grand time racing in and out ,I have a door adjacent to the main front door. It leads out from my little workshop to an

I finally escaped today,with heavy showers around I flashed the pass to go to town.An old pal Jeff and his wife Sue were on the bus amongst other idiots I recognised so I sat beside them and caught up on family news.They only live a couple of streets away

Petite adjective (of a woman) attractively small and dainty:she was petite and vivacious Origin: late 18th century: French, feminine of petit 'small' I don't have any such women cross my path so I have settled on small. These are screwdrivers for

Anyone who has or has had cats will know they tend to have a mad half hour as we call it.This is when they go tearing around causing even more mayhem than normal.This is a photo of Sooty looking suitably wild as he emerged from underneath my runner having

I cooked a meal using different methods than usual for me.Chicken breasts were on the menu and a chicken breast cooked just as it comes is not very exciting and needs tarting up.I usually cut a pocket in them and fill them with something like mushrooms,

A few events of 1969 Riots in Northern Ireland with troops being sent in. The first B&Q opened The Kray twins were Sentenced to life imprisonment and they would both die while serving their sentence Maiden flight of Concorde The Beatles recorded

Back home after having a few scoops with the family to celebrate Ellen's birthday.We wandered off the the local and sat outside on a lovely warm evening and watched the sun go down,a scene spoilt be those useless triffids which are only slightly more

A trip to Mother's this morning through the haven and along Channelside walk.It is a dull grey day with a hint of rain in the air but I stayed dry.There was a couple of heron feeding at the waters edged but too far away to get a decent shot and by the

My new regime started this morning.I had a chat with the quack yesterday about my continuing back problems and he had a few suggestions. Instead of doing my loosening exercises when I get up he said I should try 10 minutes on the massage chair

I was looking on our local Freecycle site today to see if any doors had turned up,I am struggling to find an external one.A new one with frame is around £700 which is out of the question at the moment. While I was there I checked on items people were

I heard Allan calling me this morning so went out into the garden to check what he wanted.He pointed to a drainpipe 2 doors down and there was a squirrel scooting up the wall,He said Zazzles had chased it from a tree in John's garden although of course we

The government announced they are giving an extra £100 million to Syria in aid bringing the total to £500 million.Isn't about time they addressed the problem of the homeless on our streets and the old people who will die this coming winter because of the

I awoke refreshed and pain free this morning,had 10 minutes in the massage chair and did my exercises with no aches or stiffness.The new chair seems to be helping I will know better after a couple of days I had breakfast and watched the birds then plotted

This weeks subject is bling for which I have nothing,working class men on the north west coast of England aren't noted for their bling. The blingiest thing I have is a Christmas tree but there is no way I will post a photo of that this early in the

I got a text massage from Jenny last night at 10;10 they had arrived at the hotel,the next communication will depend on the internet signal she can get because it tends to be a bit iffy there. A lovely sunny day here so before lunch I cut and strimmed the

A lovely afternoon just lazing, chatting and eating ice cream.The cats had vanished and I thought they were off on an adventure. Not a bit of it,this is how I found them,giving it big Zs. I made myself a nice ham salad for tea as befits the weather with

Blog Number 3 a short note from Jenny hi sweetie the skype is being a PITA!!!!! Will try to keep you up with things as they happen although I have already got enough to keep me going for weeks!!! Just remind me of wheelchairs & Karen with dodgy

Another warm sunny morning here with temps up to 70f-20c in my garden.I have the back grass cut and strimmed.I did it in 3 bursts in between messing on here and chatting. Time for lunch now which will be ham and salad butties made with yesterday's

A sunny day again but a cold easterly breeze has set in.I had need to go to the post Office today and as our local branch has closed this meant a trip over the bridge.the nearest one is about 30 minutes walk away.I set off intending to walk but came

Funny how a small thing can bring memories flooding back.This is a cricket bail the only remaining part of a beach cricket set we had many years ago.I found it in a box in the shed while I was clearing out.One cricket bail is not much cop,they are used in

I had a text message from Jenny it reads thus; Hiya sat in the shade today but had a great swim in Dogan's pool.Am off to Tesco to get hair gel for Karen and mozzie bite stuff for me. Speak later.Luv me

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After the E mail I posted from "Mummy"Jenny basking in hot sunshine here we have our normal weather,55f and raining. The first day of October,another year speeding to it's conclusion,already advertisements are springing up for the very extended Christmas

A cold rainy day here so with no walking I set about changing the furniture round to full winter rig and cleaning and dusting everything excluding the cats who get grumpy if you polish them. Mummy Jenny sent a short text earlier the weather has changed

News from turkey. hiya,am sitting in sun with temps of 92f,not that I'm gloating or anything!! Just had hurt Kingfisher brought back to life by D. Stroked it! Taken loads of pics,it's flown away now. Hope you are OK luv me. I did mention in my reply how

this weeks photo fun from Summer is humble and I have two that match well known phrases To eat Humble pie,this is one of my humble steak pies and this of course is my humble abode

Another cool (60f) grey morning here and as the early morning gloom lifted we were treated to a 30 minute deluge on a par with the one Max posted photos of. My garden acquired it's little pond as usual which the birds will no doubt enjoy. The

Jenny finally got through on Skype today,sort of.She could hear and see me perfectly but I couldn't hear her. So I did all the talking for a change and she typed back. I don't think she has ever been quiet for that length of time. They are enjoying

A skype chat with Max was rudely interrupted last night,not the fault of Skype this time but my internet connection throwing a wobbler.I think somebody had cursed calls between Max and me. The day started off brightly here but has become darker with

A lazy afternoon watching the rugby was the plan and all went well,the team I wanted to won.I think it was watching all that frantic exercise that made me stir my stumps and make myself a roast leg of lamb steak,roast potatoes,sprouts and cabbage all

Ellen arrived home 2 hours earlier than expected.she had been doing on line checks all day about the state of the trains after a warning there may be delays. Sure enough the train they were returning on was cancelled meaning the next one,if it turned up

If you are having withdrawal symptoms because Jenny is away and not posting photos of flowers,here is a pretty bloom brightening up a dull rainy day, I snapped it in the little haven. Today was my big shop day at Iceland.I have two freezers a front

When I am watching sport on the TV a couple of cans of beer go down well. If on the other hand I am sitting relaxing in the evening a better brew in called for.This is a collection of some of the fine bottled beers available,these are not to be thrown

A turn in the weather here,a cold north easterly wind is blowing through, temps have dropped and there is rain falling. It's an indoor day for me and the cats agree.After a little foray earlier they both guzzled some food and went back to bed,Sooty is

This weeks photo shoot subject is obsolete. Here are a few things that are obsolete,these might be still around in some places but not here as I have no use for them, the tapes and floppy discs and I have no means of playing I have no loose tea so no need

Just a quickie folks.I just had an E mail from Jenny she is home safely but very tired so she would be on tonight

Jenny rang me last night,she rang earlier than normal because she wanted an early night and she was tired.She will tell you the tales of her holiday when she comes back on line so I won't steal her thunder suffice to say she had a grand time. A dark

Sunday morning shopping as usual and a nice surprise when I got home.I had mentioned yesterday that I would have to shampoo the carpet.By the time I got home Ellen had vacuumed the living room and kitchen,washed the paintwork down and dusted in the living

It is a much cooler morning here with the temps hovering at 44f and feeling colder in a brisk easterly. I have nothing to get only a loaf of bread so a quick trip to the corner shop and I will be back cabined up for the day.These colder days take a little

The oriental stir fry mix worked very well in the soup with a few extras added. The stir fry was the typical oriental style mix we get here Water chestnuts,bamboo shoots,mangetout,mushrooms,baby corn, carrot and onion. I added green beans, more carrot

A much better day here a warm 56f and sunshine,a lovely morning for a stroll to the chemist to pick up my Magic Smarties. I was just coming round the corner of my street heading home and I spotted a neighbour Dot ringing my door bell.I told her I wasn't

A dull, damp,quiet morning here,even the cats are lethargic. The day was suddenly brightened up by the postie,firstly he brought no bills which is always good,secondly and even better was an unexpected parcel. Examination of the wrapper soon revealed

Another cold rainy day here in sunny England with the downpour expected to continue until Wednesday.This means a day cabined up but at least there is plenty of sport on the goggle box. With in being no cooking Saturday I have a lazy day ahead. Ellen has

A break in the weather this morning meant I could stroll over town to do my Sunday shop.Ellen also had to go into town to cash up last nights takings at work.She left earlier while it was still raining so caught the bus. I found nothing exciting on

Here I am back with a short blog Ellen and a friend are away at the flicks tonight.They are going to see the new Arnie film called Escape plan or something similar. I asked her how much it cost and what you got for your money. Admission fee is £7:65

I had cause to go to town this morning,I needed some lamb chop misshapes for making a lamb hotpot later in the week so I strolled over to Iceland first to pick those up then carried on into town proper to my main objective. I have been looking for a

I uploaded 5 albums of photos taken at a steam gathering a couple of years ago and tried the new storage method of putting the 5 in one folder.It works very well I like the idea,it makes finding photos of one particular subject easier Today is day two of

I remember as a youngster making a coal garden. This consisted of a small rectangular fish tank with a little water in the bottom.Then a few nuggets of coal carefully placed in the water.The lot was then topped up by very carefully pouring a tin of egg

At 2.50 today we had a power cut just as I was about to start dinner.That plan was shelved and I decided to break the laptop out and have a toodle.I discovered the battery was run down.No big deal the Electricity board would be here at the sub power

This is the most important woman I ever met and who I was very lucky to find.We were married for 34 wonderful years. This is the last dance we had together at a nephew's wedding. These are the most important people in my life now.These cherubs grew into

Heavy overnight rain finally gave way to a brief spell of sunshine in late morning but the rain returned laye adternoon and it became very dark, then we had a very loud thunder storm rumble through. Before the rain returned I managed a little walk and the

If you are on B.S.M. don't forget to alter you clocks to G.M.T tonight and remember the rhyme so you don,t get it wrong Spring forward fall back. Tomorrow night will be when the biggest storm we have had for years hits us.The met office still isn't sure

Ellen was having some Shredded Wheat for her supper last night while Sooty and Zazzles sat waiting for the left over milk. As Ellen ate away looking decidely gormless they spent their time watching closely and taking turns to wash each other.Here Sooty

A strange occurrence. Somebody added me yesterday so I went to their page as good manners demand and left a little message and also added them.Today they came on my page again so I went to see if they had made changes to their profile etc to find I was

The storm that blew through the UK missed us,we just had rain and not too much of that. Wales and the south country didn't fare so well with trees down and flooding so it sounds as though Fran and Jenny might have had a taste of it

I phoned Jenny and all is well at her end,she has more news for you but I won't steal her thunder

I don't think I have posted this video here before it is one a made from shots of the beach here.

I spoke to Jenny and Mandi on Skype last night.They were both in high spirits and suitable excited,not at the sight of me but because Mandi is off to join up with her husband today and Jenny is driving again.Two very good reasons to be chirpy. With the

I have three photographs for you. The first is Sooty doing his balancing act on the scratching post. The second is a surprise in the garden,despite all the horrendous weather Margaret's rose has another bloom opening and a few more buds ready. and

Winter is not far off I had another sign today.This is a photo of Starlings on my wall,not all of them this is about half of them. Starlings have started gathering in large groups as opposed to the small family groups they have in warm weather these will

You don't have to put a lot of work into making delicious food.This is a chicken and veg pie I baked today.The pastry is frozen The chicken breast cubes are pre-cooked and frozen The veg is frozen The only thing I didn't buy frozen was the gravy of

Ellen is at a Halloween Party tonight and she wanted to send a greeting to you,if you see her run like hell,she is going as a Zombie in case you didn't know.

Hot off the presses another photo of the Zombie,it would have taken an age to get this shot she is not good at sad Zombie faces but she has done it well here

The party is over for the zombie,the night has taken it's toll. and Zazzles looks suitably embarassed

The morning started off dry and bright but very breezy,just the weather for a bracing stroll on the beach.It was chilly enough up there to remind me the time to change into my cold weather walking gear is almost upon us. There weren't many folks around

The humble chippy has changed a lot since I was a nipper.Then is was just fish and chips in the local chippy.Now their menus are getting bigger and the choice is very good. This is one side of the menu from the local shop,the other side is has more

The only thing to flourish around here was my wild flower patch in 2011.It had just recovered nicely from a 2010 storm and shortly after this photo the first of two more violent storms dealt is blows it didn't recover from this year.

We got a severe weather warning for gale force winds and heavy rain at 9pm last night,unfortunately the storm hit us at 8pm so it was a useless warning.We had 50mph winds with 70 mph gusts so it wasn't too bad but it did last until morning and only

This morning was typical of our erratic weather patterns.After two days of being battered by wind and rain I awoke to find the sun shining through my window. when I got downstairs to open up I found the cats already gone.The must have buzzed off a bout

I had the simple task of fitting a cat flap today.I collected the tools I needed expecting to be finished in 15 to 20 minutes.I drew round the template I had cut out last night,made a little pilot hole and commenced to drill a 6mm hole to give the jig

Photo of the cat flap for Summer,the buttons are on the inside just the door has swung in.The door leads into my small workshop/utility,apart from my tools there are 2 freezers one, upright,on chest and a clothes dryer.From that room there is a door to

Another simple job proved not to be so. I purchased a new digital TV aerial because the odd time my TV picture was pixelating.I rang the boffins and they told me due to a new 4G aerial for smart phones in my area some people were witnessing the same thing

Another thing about easy jobs,when there are two deranged cats in the house the jobs cease to be easy. Today the new digital extension lead came for Ellen's TV,the cable to her set is nearly as old as the rest of the set up was. Now this is a simple

I decided I would resume the demolition of the garden shed this morning so I grabbed a lump hammer and set forth.A few hefty blows saw the roof off and it slid nicely down the side of the shed,so far so good.As it happens that was as good as it got.Just

With this morning's job cancelled because of the weather I looked for something to do inside and decided the little tool room needed sorting. I had to scrap the upright freezer because it started to defrost itself,not a good trait in a freezer. Yesterday

Classy is a good subject.In the way of people I have a classy family and my friends on here are classy,well if you weren't I wouldn't have you as contacts. Class in in the eye of the beholder and here are three from me The classy E type Jaguar, a very

A glorious November day here today so it was a nice stroll over to town.The first snow is on the tops that and the clear sky are sure signs we will have frost tonight Some of the ales I buy have interesting histories. Shepherd Neame Brewers syarted

After yesterday's glorious sunshine today the rains returned. This means I am cabined up of course with two deranged cats.Their favourite game this morning is going out on short adventures and see which one can get the wettest and muddiest,up to now

After the rain yesterday we have sunshine again today.There is a cold wind blowing so it was time to don the big coat, the Benny hat with the flaps and beat a path to mother's door.The visibility is not as clear as it was Sunday and no point in walking

This is just a short note on my new toy a Samsung galaxy having great fun Back soon on the desktop

It's been a funny sort of day.The weather started off dry and sunny but with a biting northerly wind.Cold weather clothes were needed again and will be until well into the new year. I had to go to the chemist to pick my magic smarties up but found no

This week's photo fun theme is comfortable. Cats are the past masters of comfort of course that's how they live their life. Ellen does a good comfortable,laying in the garden dragging on a fag while her lackey makes dinner.

I looked on Flickr this morning and found somebody had looked at an old video I posted from 2009 showing what was to be the start of a rainy season that hasn't ended as yet so I posted it here .Full screen is a slightly better view but my accent can't be

I spent yesterday on my android,firstly to get used to driving it better, secondly to test it's battery endurance and thirdly to see what else it could offer. As this is my first touch screen experience apart from the dreaded cheap machine I needed