Morning/evening all: Off to catch up on today's posts.
Good Morning everyone. I woke up with a positive feeling it would not snow today...so much for the power of positive thinking. My pheasant ladies were hanging around the back door....they are happy now and I look a snowperson.
Tiger: Rubbish on dates..tell me an event I will remember where I was and what I was doing..so can you remind me when we had the solar eclipse in the 90's where the best view was accross the Bristol Channel.
Morning All on this frosty morning in the UK - Brrrr! White over outside again, but thankfully we do not have the snow (yet) just a heavy frost here.
No Baby Sweetpea yet - told my son last night to give his wife a good shaking up and down!! She is quite calm about it, and is feeling fine, so all right there.
Glanced at the above : nice photos of dog and cat from AQ - great to have spicy names for cats, I think! Thanks to Tiger for keeping us informed about all the eclipse news etc. Interesting about the date of Kate M's birth - bet the papers will pick up on that soon.
I'm busy again - off food shopping as waiting in for stoves coming & going etc has taken up a lot of the week, somehow,and we have now run out of everything important. Also must get a start on writing the Christmas cards, as I have usually done this before the end of November, and that is now in sight!
Hope those in UK are not snowed in, and do take care if you have to go out. Have a Good Friday.
Hi Wendy - sorry to hear its sooo snowy there. Keep safe.
Just popped back to reply to Daisy Ray - thanks for putting a name to our hairy caterpillar - he was amazing. Sorry to hear about the unfortunate incident with your daughter, how worrying. But nice to know that as they grow older, they do finally listen to what we say (even though sometimes we don't know much!) Hope it can all be sorted out as regards the damage, and that they catch the perpetrator.
Morning ALL. Sorry I haven't managed to get in for a couple of days. It has just taken me ages to catch up! Love all your pics and interesting news and hope all on the other side of the pond had a happy Thanksgiving.
Congrats on your acceptance as a volunteer at LG next June Margo. I can imagine how over the moon you must be :) If you want a countdown clock making with a pic of your choice then let me know.
BTW the countdown clock codes are available from here http://www.countdownclockcodes.com/ if you are into fiddling around and customising them to suit. I insert my own 'skin' ie. picture, graphic, taylored to fit and then upload into my webspace as a html page. Over on Delphi we have a WYSIWYG editor and are able to paste the countdowns directly into a post. Would be great if we could do that here. Mind you, they are better in webspace as you can access them much easier.
Diane, yes I am mostly self taught though I have picked up lots of tips from various people...and websites...along the way. I always say I learn on a 'need to know' basis, will Google for ways and means and will practice over and over for as long as it takes. This process works well for me.
Please forgive if I don't reply individually but I really do enjoy ALL your posts and wish you ALL well! :)
ChloeB & Tiger's Osprey Data
Ceramic topped cooker for me too and like Wendy our latest doesn't have knobs, took some getting used to ,but really pleased now.
lovely pics of all our 4 legged friends. Never have ridden, only donkeys at the beach, but what magnificent animals horses are. don't watch the Grand National as can't bear seeing anything happen to them and was not impressed a few years ago when female jockey was so desperate to get past the post that she pushed her horse too far and it collapsed and died just after the race.
OG Glad son is doing ok fresh air and excercise always a tonic I think and DAISY RAY glad to hear that daughter not hurt physically though the nuisance factor certainly takes its toll.
dibnlib: This is my ceramic hob cooker and the easiest ones to clean ever...top tip..only clean when cool and then all need is kichen roll, hob briteor AEG/Electrolux cleaner and it takes seconds. When getting this latest one I had seen it on line and priced it at John Lewis etc. Went into Keith to the Euronics shop there (don't go to the big boys anymore) to show husband a selection but they didn't have the one I wanted and when I mentioned it they asked OH to take a seat...I already knew the cost...haggled a deal for a special order, fitted for free old one taken away and various rubbish that goes with it. When my fridge packed up in the summer I phoned ordered and it was in by 8.30am next day.
Can't watch Grand National I think it turns into carnage....the horses will never say no as they have such brave hearts but because of that we know what the outcome can be.
OH just cleared drive as he needs to get the car out as Hospita Appt. in Elgin..will get in much needed supplies and even more bird food.
Morning all ... another couple of inches of snow overnight, but nothing compared to a few miles inland. The area around Morpeth/Alnwick seems particularly bad and the A1 road has been closed. I'm going nowhere today ... OH is away and the cupboard is stocked! It was freezing hard earlier when I did the bird feeders etc but I notice a few drips from the birdtable, so must be thawing a bit ... probably means another snow shower on the way :-(
On the ceramic hob debate ... I got a ceramic hob (without knobs) in July in my new kitchen and its wonderful ... so easy to keep clean compared to the old one, and not a problem to keep shiny with the spray and e-cloth that came with it!
Thanks to those who identified my bird pic yesterday .... I thought it might be a sparrowhawk, but wasn't totally sure from the back view!
Welcome Eagle-eye - nice to have OG's OH on here too! (Lovely swan avatar!)
Tiger - interesting info about the birthdate ... thanks.
Wendyb - beautiful photographs of the Spey ... how wonderful to live somewhere like that!
Linda - thanks for the info about HP film . Sweetpea must be waiting for my predicted time of Saturday just before noon!!!
DaisyRay - sorry to hear about your daughter's accident, but as long as she was unhurt that was the main thing.
Diane - glad you liked my pic of the waves on the pier .... if you want to see similar photographs (when you've got nothing better to do!), there is a website for Tynemouth with some amazing photographs:
http://www.tyne-photos.co.uk/tynemouth/pier-stormy.htm
Thanks to all for chat, pics of gorgeous horses/dogs/cats etc.
Take care
EDIT - oh no .... snowing again .... AAAAAARGH
Joan - avid bird and nature watcher in Northumberland!
Index Thread
AQ - working on brain teasers, got the last lot right, love the pics of Grandpets.
Djoans: What amazing photos and yes it special up here but I think if we all look around wherever we live there are special places, views and happenings.
I love the coast and we are not far from the Moray Firth. I once lived near Stansted Airport and hated it as it was too far inland.
Still snowing here!!!
Don't envy you the snow Wendyb, none forecast for here...up to now anyway.