If things get tougher?

Daisymac_2

lauren_1 wrote: »

Yes i heard its going to be rain from mid oct -early nov, a bit brrr from then but cold crisp mornings until mid dec then snow snow and a bit more snow then properly freeze our bums off during january

Snow !, maybe we will get a white Christmas ?? not good for saving on Gas and Electric though. Typical isnt it, prices on oil nearly double and then they predict the worst winter for years, makes you wonder what connections Gordon Brown does actually have :rotfl:

mardatha

we always get snow up here. I love winter in the country . Is horrible in towns though..

mardatha

we always get snow up here. I love winter in the country . Is horrible in towns though..
and I'm carefully not saying ONE WORD about GB. that will ruin my day and put me inna mood !

katieowl_2

I'm going to put my head over the parapet and say I LOVE snow too...

I wonder though if it will be that tough this winter...? Can't say my trees have been loaded with berries, the traditional sign of a hard winter. I guess the hardest winter of all WOULD have NO berries though? I've just re-read Laura Ingalls Wilder's The Long Winter...where they get snowed into the town for months and the food runs out...

I've just had my bill from E-on and although I need to double check it all, as they changed my electricity meter about a month ago...they reckon I only owe them....drum roll please.... £34.96!!! :beer: FINALLY I have got practically in credit...now I need to decide whether to change supplier!

Guess it was worth cooking in the garden on camping gas for months! The AGA is back on now though.....

Regards

Kate

newlywed

I love snow too but down south we hardly seem to get any

Daisymac_2

I love snow too, we hardly get any here (bucks) I was so happy when we had enough snow to make a snowman, he lasted about 2 hours but I was sooo happy.

nicki_2

katieowl wrote: »

I wonder though if it will be that tough this winter...? Can't say my trees have been loaded with berries, the traditional sign of a hard winter. I guess the hardest winter of all WOULD have NO berries though?

Funnily enough I was just thinking about this yesterday while hanging the washing out - the tree in next doors garden is heaving under the weight of berries :eek: Guess it could be a harsh winter as there's a lot more berries than there were last year! Also guess who won't be putting their washing out to dry from now on until the berries have gone to avoid the "gifts" the birds leave :rolleyes:

Primrose

Yes, know all about the berry drop! Our next door neighbour has a couple of elderberry trees in her garden and more than once I've suffered the unpleasant after-effect on my white sheets!
However, on the fruitful berries/hard winter theory, I think it's less a harbinger of a bad winter to come than the fruits of a mild spring when the flowers on these shrubs and trees weren't damaged by frost before they started to form berries. However, we didn't have much of a spring this year either, as far as I can remember, so no idea who is right!

mardatha

Well done Owl !! It was worth it in the end I have to admit I was worried about you ...crouched like Scott of the Antartic out in a blizzard over a camping stove !

katieowl_2

More Like this??? Hauling fallen branches from the park!!!!




Might still come to that LOL :rotfl: