Just getting us going.....
Evening all:
Wendyb: Oh my. I can taste that cream tea! I've been cutting my own fringe in between normal haircuts, but am just tying it back right now. Good luck with the haircut.
AQ: I checked those cream teas and other yummies at Wendyb's bakery online and they've just started mail order, but.......I think we'll still be out of luck. I also love cereal for breakfast. My favorite granola includes raisins, but I could probably choke down OG's cinnamon scones without too much trouble.
Rosy: Spider plants are indestructible here too - and they multiply with no help at all. Why doesn't this happen with the plants I really like?
California is gradually opening up, with various jurisdictions allowed to set their own pace as long as they stay within the State guidelines. Locally, we're looking at low-risk in-store retail (you can even try on clothes, which will then be 'quarantined' before they go back on display) and restaurants, but there's debate about how they can meet costs with only s 25% maximum occupancy allowed. And of course, masks, social distancing to be enforced.
Off to bed soon - thanks for all the news; take care everyone.
Pelican in desert. See here.
Grand Design update. Workmen disappeared mid morn and have not returned. No wonder progress is slooooow.
re: Cereal. I eat CoCo Wheats, a healthy hot cereal made of wheat farina and real cocoa, and enjoyed by rural/farm Midwesterners for generations. But, I'd love a cinnamon scone right now!
re: Breakfast. At some point in my adult life, I decided that if I'm having eggs, I want tomatoes and mushrooms with them. I also like baked beans on the plate. That's not how we prepared breakfast when I was growing up. I Googled after I read AQ's post, and I just now learned that those are components of a proper "English breakfast." Is that also traditional fare in Scotland? Was my Scottish DNA telling me how to eat eggs?re: Haircuts. I've been cutting my own hair for years. My small-town stylist retired, and I can't afford to pay the high prices in the bigger town. Usually, the result looks pretty good, but...sometimes...not so much. Good job it grows out fast. LOL! The traditional rural folks believe that cutting hair should be timed to the appropriate two days of the month, as determined by the phase of the moon, so I always check the Almanac. I figure it can't hurt. I need all the help I can get. LOL! Speaking of moon phases. Today (Friday) is the new moon (the dark moon). The moon turns new at 6:38 p.m. in the U.K., 10:38 a.m. in California, and 12:38 p.m. in Iowa. Sorry, AQ, my brain's too tired to convert this to your time. LOL
Lindy: Rosie is utterly adorable! She does look very healthy. I'm glad.AQ: That pelican in the desert is a glorious bird, but it surely looks out of place. LOL
DIANE - No worries. I trust there is a moon up there beyond the clouds leaking rain.
OG – Though we have finished tea, you are making me crave a Scottish breakfast. I love haggis. (Must be my 1/8 Scottish ancestry.)
I have not been to a hairdresser for years & years, except 10 years ago. I had 2 trials (first hairdresser didn’t have a clue what to do) and then the 2 big occasions for Daus’ weddings. I was not a happy bunny with hair pinned by metal spikes and immobile with hair spray. As soon as I returned home I dismantled the creation before bed. My hair is long, reaches shoulder blades (tied in a tail for photo outings). Recently I lopped 3-4 ins off and I am regretting it whenever there is a breeze. <sigh> it is very slow growing.
Bleah, it’s Friday night. Nothing to watch but the trillionth repeat of life at Heathrow and the umpteenth Escape to the Country.
OG- what about the dreaded Lorne (in a slab) aka square sausage and the equally dreaded ( by me, anyway) fruit pudding which appears sometimes?!!!