Mundane News

[Lullabelle]

On my way home the heavens opened and I got soaked

 

[TVC]

Wife is now dry and fed, we are about to go out for some musical fun.

 

[TVC]

I'm crossing my fingers for Saturday. The forecast isn't good...

We'll be fine, nothing wrong with a soggy crust.

 

[HertzvanRental]

My fermometer was showing 21° this afternoon!

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

First time at the school gates without a jacket (granddad day). I approve.

 

[potsy]

Just finished for 4 days, it has started raining

 

[mybike]

I have been out collecting up and chopping up the last of the buddliea prunings. I have two very large and two medium buddliea so they need a lot of pruning. The bits that could be cut by secateurs easily are now in the compost bin.

The thicker ones are in a neat pile, awaiting the construction of the Insect Hotel. There are about twelve bricks to make the sides and middle of the hotel.

The patio is also much tidier, but I got very wet as I was determined to continue in the rain. When we get some warm and sunny weather, I will enjoy sitting out on a reasonably tidy patio.

Hadn't occurred to me to make an insect hotel. Sadly the cuttings are gone.

 

[Reynard]

Had to buy a new lamp for my bedside table today. The old one went *fzzzzzt* last night, or rather something in the switch did that - it's melted part of the cable... I suppose I could have got a replacement cable and switch, but picked up a brand new lamp in Wilkos for a fiver.

 

[Smithbat]

Why do I feel intimidated by teenagers on bikes. Today was the first time I have ever been afraid while on my bike

 

[Reynard]

Why do I feel intimidated by teenagers on bikes. Today was the first time I have ever been afraid while on my bike

*HUGS*

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Has anyone tried baked doughnuts?

I found that site when looking for a recipe for plum chutney.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Wall paper and paint all stripped, now on to the next phase, the tidying up and hole filling ready for paint and paper. Today I've also changed the cassette on my geared bike, hopeful that the chain won't jump around on it when I lean on it. Spent an hour working in the garden and been to yoga.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Tonight I learned that my brother, who I cut off contact with 15 months ago after he left me an underhanded note denying me permission to bring a Brompton into his flat (apart from him starting to sound like just another Brexiteer down the pub) has multiple cancers. This is going to be very delicate. Wished he'd just disappear, not lie in pain. Too early for a prognosis, they've only just diagnosed and the oncologist sees him tomorrow. Been over at my mother's, more as distraction than support, and drank enough whisky to make cycling the 3/4 mile home challenging.

(No idea why I'm posting this in mundane. It's far from it. But I'm not up to starting a new thread.)

Meanwhile, I shut my granddaughter's fingers in her mum's front door today. It was all going well until 5:50 pm....

 

[Deleted member 1258]

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Ta, I'll have to think about how I deal with this....