O/S Daily Sunday 4th March 2018

nannywindow

Hello all :hello:
I'm late today as no Sunday lunch to prepare. Dad's ok and has plenty of stuff to eat. Spoke to another older neighbour who lives on his own and he's ok too. He asked if the buses were running ( they're not ) and we made him promise to ask us if needs anything.
We spent most of this morning playing hide and seek with the bins and the car, we eventually managed to dig them out :rotfl:. Young over the road neighbour lent a hand with the car, he's not the sharpest knife in the drawer but his heart is in the right place. We were talking about previous years snowfall, mainly '47 when the snow was as high as the bedroom window, he asked was that in the war then ? :eek:
I also made a path to the bird feeder too and put some food out for the B52's ( wood pigeons) as they are too heavy to land on there. We also have two pairs of aggressive blackbirds and we too saw a thrush which we haven't seen for ages.
According to social media our local Tes*o Xtra was mayhem yesterday and most supermarkets still haven't had any deliveries. We had the plough across our road three times yesterday, but there is still only room for one car and no passing places. Hopefully we will get a thaw, I can now see across the valley instead of just "whiteness".
I have put a load in the WM and I am going to do the ironing in a minute, before I get like Nelski and it's next year :rotfl:.
Tea tonight will be using the bolognese sauce that I made. A good thing about being snowbound is that I am using up bits and bobs from the freezer that have been left since I don't know when.
Csarina I hope your DD makes a full recovery.
Holly baby steps with whatever you do.
Hope everyone is having a good Sunday. Hug bucket at the ready so please take as much as you need .
P.S. I've just seen something unusual, a patch of blue sky and something round and yellow :j. Oh spoke too soon, it's gone !

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

TravellingAbuela wrote: »

Another rare sighting we had was a ring necked parakeet on the birdtable. We couldn't believe our eyes when we spotted this bright green bird shovelling seed down as fast as it could. I read that there are quite a few down south but rarely venture up here. It obviously lost it's way home!

TA, they really are prevalent in the south - apparently there are several hundred in Greenwich just a couple of miles from us. A few years ago a small flock of about 30 (yes you did read that correctly “thirty” :rotfl: ) ring necked parakeets flew into our very small urban garden and gutted the feeders :rotfl: They are beautiful birds to look at but they can be quite noisy when the mood takes them From that day onwards we have had practically daily visits of anywhere between 3 & 15 - although the very cold weather has deterred them. The sparrows, tits, starlings etc completely ignore them but the magpies will attack a single parakeet:o

Today is a quiet/lazy day - our neighbour (who works abroad during the week) came round to warn us that the next couple of weeks will be noisy as he has the builders in replacing & decorating his bathroom. No probs - if his builder does a good job we will hire him next:) DH is about to do a tip run & then a small sm shop & I will probably make some soup. Then pack for our trip, lazy bath & an early night.

Enjoy the rest of your Sunday everyone.

MrsSD

dp1

Afternoon everyone
We had a little more snow this morning, but it's turned to rain and it seems to have started to thaw now. I managed to dig our wheelie bin out and get it to the other side of the side gate, hopefully it will get emptied this week.
I walked to our nearest shop this morning with my mum as she needed a few bits and wanted to get out the house, as she hadn't been out since Tuesday. It took some discussion as she doesn't shop on Sundays...but I convinced her that if God was watching, he would rather she shopped on Sunday than fall over on Monday! As it happens, the path from her house to the shop was almost clear...not the case going up and down our hill, I had to walk on the road. A gritter has just been into the estate though.
The main roads all seem to be clear now so I'm assuming we'll be back at work tomorrow.....could have done with another day to finish my book! - Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine - it's really good.

flubberyzing

We're pretty well thawed now. A bit is left on the roads, but it just looks like pure slush that'll break up as soon as someone drives over it. The grass is still snow-covered, but that's always last to go anyway.

I sent a text to my teaching assistant, who lives in the village where my school is, just to ask about the roads. She said that although there are still big drifts, everything is passable, and melting fast. So I should be fine for getting in without drama tomorrow! About time too! It's a positively tropical 6C out there!

TravellingAbuela

This morning's unexpected blizzard finally stopped, leaving a deep covering on the drive and steps we had only just cleared! Mr TA got back up the main road ok but said our road and the slope up to the garage were exceedingly dodgy! Now we have dense fog!! Where's the blue sky and sun hiding?!

Phone call from my DB this morning wanting to arrange another country drive and lunch out. We had all enjoyed the last one and once the snow has gone they'd like to do it again. That'll be nice having another mystery tour up in the Dales somewhere. The date depends on when Mr TA's stent op is booked for. It's 3 weeks since the pre-op and still no op date!

I seemed to be busy doing nothing this morning and now CBA doing anything! Mrs SD thanks for info on the parakeets - 30 OMG that lot would have taken some feeding! The solitary one we had all but cleared the bird table!

Take care all xx

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

TA, they obviously knew that I was thinking about them:) Six parakeets appeared at the feeders whilst I was washing up - they really should have the name “gannet” attached :rotfl: Asquirrel also made an appearance:)

MrsSD

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Update on DD2. She rang me this afternoon, she is not too bad, her words, not mine, still quite sore, especially her head, says its painful to move.

Apparently she was on the crossing, the green man was on, the lorry was only going at about 20mph, but half his windscreen was obscured by snow, he did not see her, so he will be going to court for dangerous driving and driving without due care and attention.

DGD and his partner were there cooking supper for her, and DGD is off next week. Stitches to come out a week tomorrow...............

We are going in on Tuesday to see her.

I am so thankful it was no worse, she could so easily have been badly injured or killed.

FurryBeastOz

Mrs_Salad_Dodger wrote: »

TA, they obviously knew that I was thinking about them:) Six parakeets appeared at the feeders whilst I was washing up - they really should have the name “gannet” attached :rotfl: Asquirrel also made an appearance:)

MrsSD

You must be down the road from my parents in Blackheath. Those parakeets sure are noisy. And permanently hungry:D

We’ve dug ourselves out. I hurt. A lot. I have a photo of DH in the middle of the main road - knee high in snow. We’ve made the national news for ‘community spirit’ with the entire village turning out to dig.

Csarina So glad the news is positive.

carolbee

FurryBeastOz wrote: »

You must be down the road from my parents in Blackheath. Those parakeets sure are noisy. And permanently hungry:D

We’ve dug ourselves out. I hurt. A lot. I have a photo of DH in the middle of the main road - knee high in snow. We’ve made the national news for ‘community spirit’ with the entire village turning out to dig.

Csarina So glad the news is positive.

we have parakeets down here near Margate too. Really noisy, but look lovely and cheery on a dark day.

meanmarie

I am envious of those of you who have got rid of the White Devil! We have today a single driveable track to the main road and too many turns on the road to be able to see any oncoming traffic to try for evasive action. DD3 and SIL walked the 2 miles to the nearest shop......ended up queuing for an hour to pay for the baby milk which was all they could get.....shop had no milk, bread, eggs, fresh meat or fresh veg of any kind. I had made sure that we had plenty of food in for a week, but will make sure to have more in future.......even in '82 we werent cut off for so long.

Sorry to be a grump, need to get out for a walk (hopefully tomorrow) as a quick peep out the door into the snow doesn't cut the mustard for the need of fresh air.

Love and hugs to those with real problems, I'll be back when I have returned to normality.

Marie