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We are starting day 3 of this lovely warm/hot weather. The temps are up to 76f and it's only 8:30 am so it will be over 80 again I think with very little wind.The thunder storms of two nights ago have gone leaving a fresher feel to things. I have a lttle

Back again with blog No2 The last few days of glorious sunshine,broken up by to nights of thunder and lightning have gone. After a decent start the day has got cloudier and Sooty brought news of rain when he came home looking as though she had come from

After a few nice sunny days the weather turned yesterday, the rain returned and it is still hanging around today. With the garden not an option I am going to give the little work shop a tidy. It is needed every so often with stuff that doesn't live there

Is a question we get asked,well it's not earth shattering. Jenny kicked off with a report about the shopping she had delivered,shopping is always a good subject for us with bargains to discuss. This led on to cooking and a little of how I learned to make

The last two days have been sunny if still a little on the cool side with the breeze and a few more blooms are starting to show some promise. After mooching around the house or a couple of days looking for odd jobs today I will break out and head for

Following this morning's trip to town the few clouds around vanished and it started getting warmer. By lunch time it was and still is 24c-75f in here with all the doors and windows open. Outside in the back garden the sun was a lot hotter of course. I

It's been typical weather here the last few days. On Friday as I wrote I got a lot done in the back garden and on Saturday morning the sun shone again but with rain forecast later in the day. With this in mind I mowed and strimmed the front garden and

Yesterday was a good day,I awoke at 6:25 the weather was good and turn out being kind to us with lots of sun and the temps nudging 80f,today it is dark gloomy and cold. I spent a lot of time in the garden just pottering,reading or bird watching. A simple

Cats are weird and Zazzles is weirder still,this is a photo of him in his new found sleeping place. It is the worktop of the little cabinet I cobbled together in my workshop. He has a nice soft cushion bed and lots of other comfy place but chooses this on

Here I am with a snack of honey on toast and a coffee ready for an overdue catch up. Firstly the weather here has been lousy and I have spent a lot of time cabined up. Today I made another attempt at grass cutting but the rain came down in stair roads

After a few cold days with the odd rain shower today has been a lovely sunny day with a stiff breeze,perfect for drying the garden out. The back was a little damp but the front being on a slope had fared better. I cut and strimmed the grass,weeded the

I started on my back garden this morning under a leaden grey sky with high humidity and a big threat of rain. With torrential downpours due on Sunday it was a job that needed doing. After a quick trip to town I started at around 10:30 by moving all of the

Another nice morning and with heavy rain forecast from tomorrow lunch until the same time Wednesday the most had to be made of today. I decided to visit my old Mam but after the last two days work did not want to chance walking the full distance. I

I now have the funds for my trip to see Jenny,the tickets are booked for both ways. I chose window seats with a table for all trains,there are 2 changes each way so 6 trains. Total cost £ 164:70 ,tickets can be collected from the machine at the station 15

The photo above isn't anything special just s snap of my lunch,a simple dish of side salad,breaded ham and new potatoes. The potatoes however are freebies. I saved 4 rag potatoes early in the year and stored them in the dark ready for planting in 4 of the

I have had a busy day so far. This morning I had an engineer sort my You view box out,he fitted a new one and was away by 9:15. This gave me ample time to get ready for a trip over to town. I caught the 9:30 and called at Morrison's first for my pipe

Today is a day to celebrate,I was married on this day in 1966. Was it really all those years ago? It only seems a little while ago Margaret and me were setting out on our great adventure. I am long past the mourning stage from losing her,instead now I

This my start menu starting to take shape,you click on all apps ( the term they use now) and drag and drop anything you want of to here,you can still right click and send to start bar as well. If you want more space you just drag it out. You can re-size

Some people were a little concerned about the cluttered desktop I showed yesterday,well there is no need to be you can make how you like it. I put those things up as an example. Normally my desktop looks like this with the items I use often on the task