Hi all. Haven't had a chance to check out most recent postings from last week but will do so tomorrow.
george g: I'm so sorry to hear about the passing of your brother-in-law, but at the same time thankful that his long suffering is over. My thoughts are with you, his wife and family.
Warning! This post contains atrocious spelling, and terrible grammar. Approach with extreme edginess.
GeorgeG: Condolences too from this side of the globe on the passing of your Brother-in-Law.It is never an easy time, and my heart goes out to you and all the family.
Smiles, Jan.
My deepest sympathy to you George G and your sister & family. You have been a great support to them during his illness and I am sure the family appreciate that. Take care.
Annette - Safe trip. I wouldn’t want to do 500 miles in one go. That’s the distance from Adelaide to Melbourne and we would have one stop-over.
OG - The hills at Burra have been missing their trees for some 160 years. I doubt that they will be replaced. Here is another view, looking north away from the mine. Those ‘bare’ hills support cattle & sheep.
Evening/morning all:
Georgeg: So sorry to hear about brother in law - but good that he died peacefully. You have been an amazing source of support and I'm sure will continue to be so for the foreseeable future. As BrendaH says, the loss will perhaps be felt even more once there's nothing left to do but remember..... Your SiL is very lucky to have someone like you! Big hugs from here!
Hallo to everyone else - read all the posts, but please excuse me if I don't respond to all.
Arrived in Prescott, AZ safe and sound. Driving long distances like we did today isn't that unusual here - it's a huge country. I used to drive almost 600 miles in a day when my daughter lived up in the Sierras north of Lake Tahoe - of course, that was 20 years ago! Today, my OH and I had just enough energy to check in to the hotel, find a restaurant, pour some wine down our throats and - oh dear - he's already fast asleep! We are seeing granddaughter tomorrow. We drove the 500 miles in about 8 hours with an hour for a quick bite, cup of coffee and to gas up. We topped off the gas tank in Quartzite (just over the Arizona side of the state line) where the heat was tremendous. The lady in the gas station said it was forecast to be 117 F! You know what it's like whe you open the oven door and get blasted by the heat? It's like that but it comes at you from all directions. Funny thing was we didn't even have to have the a/c going that high to counteract it.
Here are a couple of pix as we zoomed along: the first is as we're about to leave the lower elevations and start climbing into the hills - we're about about 2,000 feet and there's a storm ahead:
The second is higher up the mountains - we've passed the storm which is now behind us to the right....
And the last one shows the road as we're about to descend into Skull Valley (charming name!)
That's it for now. Take care all!
george g: I'm so very sorry for your loss. My thoughts are with you during this very difficult time. You've done all that you could.
Annette: Great photos. I enjoyed them. But 117 degrees F (47 C)?!? Oh my stars...
Please have a safe journey!!!
I'll catch up with everyone else later. Have to sleep now.
Morning Everyone.
A bit dull here but the sun was out when I first got up an hour ago ( I've been busy already & am now on here with my breakfast) - so I hope it might reappear today. Left the laundry on an airer in the conservatory yesterday as I was in and out of the house so much I darn't risk leaving it on the line, as it would have got soaked. Not a glamorous look, all your 'smalls' draped around, but needs must. Keep pleading with OH for a bit of a roof over the back door (which is actually at the side of the house) so that I could hang some stuff out there. We have a tumble drier in the garage, but I try to only use it in winter to keep the elec. bills down & also being environmental. We have not had one decent day this August where you could have sat in the garden.
Must stop rabbitting. Yesterday was upset as a large pot fell off the upper part of our patio to the lower path, breaking the pot but thankfully not damaging the acer tree planted in it. It was extra annoying because we had only that morning got some compost ready to repot the tree, having had it fall over a couple of times and we had decided that it was now too large for the pot & it was catching the wind. "We'll repot it tomorrow" we said...
Have a good Wednesday, All (it is Wednesday, isn't it ????!!)
Summer seems to have returned, but mornings are a bit cooler.
Margo – I hope the storms were not so bad last night and that you slept.
Joan – decided I could use your real name, as I don’t know of any other Joan on here! Nice that you made your shopping trip a bit of a day out, buy going around the coast – never been to Whitley Bay, although we have friends living there! Gingerbread turned out fine with molasses.
George – the thoughts and prayers continue into the new day and beyond. I hope all the paperwork and arrangements are dealt with smoothly.
AQ – thanks for new pic from Burra mine – lovely trees remaining in the foreground.
Annette – pleased you arrived safely in Prescott – thanks for letting us know. Great scenery in those photos along the way – impressive storm too!
Lindy – well, you’ll have to repot the Acer now! Pleased it survived the fall – sorry about the pot.
Ospreys Rule OK, but Goldfinches come a close second!
Me again: went to catch up on Daily, and am amazed to discover Teenagers all over the world speak the same "language"! I thought it was just in the UK that they were total lacking in communication skills!