Awful weather - typical Brits talk

YoungBlueEyes

Yesterday’s rainbow/s … 

…and the new development … 

…and a post sunset cloudy sky… 

That'll do.

Farway

Sunny start, a bit windy, rain due lunchtime, so I need to get the garden wheelie round the back before then.

Like the common blue pics Dusty, not common around here, but when I was a Middlesex lad they were plentiful. They used to fly up as we walked through long grass, but in those days the sun always shone from May to October.

pink_poppy said:

 I love hazelnuts (mmm, Topic... a hazelnut in every bite) and didn't realise that's what Filberts were.

I think there is a différance, not always obvious, hazel is rounder, Filbert is longer & sort of oval, Cob is a larger, rounder hazelnut.

Kentish cobs I remember being “In season” and we used to buy them green in the husks on the way home from Saturday morning pictures. ABC Minors FYI.

Not checked, but I think the outer husks and ripening times also differ.

YoungBlueEyes said:

I'm ready for a week off 2p. I really want this filthy lurgy shifted before we go away, I sound like a barking seal 
How did volunteer meeting go Farway? Did the trouble get resolved? I hope you find toadstools, 

Enjoy your, hopefully Lurgy free, hols

Meeting was OK, trouble never fully resolved but chickens now roosting with them discovering the need to pay someone to weed etc.

I'm giving the volunteering up now, with my health and lack of bend. 

I struggle with my own garden, so doing extra is just not really possible. Plus, my fellow volunteer is also giving up, health & wanting to spend more time with family.

No toadstools yet. Or rainbows, I was hoping for one yesterday, it chucked it down, but nothing appeared.

Gardening, pick more toms to finish ripening indoors, before the rain & slugs get them

Check apples, are Champion ready?

May stew & freeze more of those I've already picked.

OT For those who may not know, or coming down Memory Lane with me

ABC Minors

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmEDEZPnEyA

twopenny

Awe Farway, now that tune is running round my head 😬
What are the words that usually go with it? There's something else to that tune and I can't place it.

Shame about the volunteer plot but understand why. Will you still pop the odd plant in now and then? Can you resist?

Cold and wet here. No wind to speak of but I did some washing anyway.
Hobbling today. Tried table tennis but the stiffness is still there. So cooking up the fruit probably. Doing more domnon as it seems interminable these days now business has got us all doing it ourselves. 
I reckon we should be paid for doing it.

https://startsat60.com/media/entertainment/this-86-year-old-womans-letter-to-the-bank-has-gone-viral

LessImpecunious

Quick input on Aeoniums...they take very easily from cuttings, like other succulents the problem is more one of overmultiplication....( e.g.,  have a look in the background when Monty is repotting etc...)

These were just broken branches stuck in this trough in early summer...

Dustyevsky

I expect my mangled 'Zwartkop' will be OK then, Less. Yesterday, I discovered a tub of those other fleshy-leaved plants, Kalanchoes, was actually undrained, so they were sitting in 10 cm of water following all the rain. They looked extremely happy! 

Mrs Dusty had a hospital date yesterday. So, no gardening on what proved a slightly better day, where we were. I even managed to be indoors during the worst downpours, either shopping or visiting my walking friend. Her coastal garden is still a riot of colour. It reminded me how easy those in milder locations with moisture-retentive soil have it! For example, Alstroemeria 'Indian Summer' was still blooming away like it was summer, and Achillea 'Gold Plate' was also looking very happy. I won't mention the Cannas!  Those plants have either vanished, or retired, injured, back at home. Still, with the global boiling, hers will be underwater in a few years! 

It's the Autumn Show today. We have some modest entries, prepared two or three days ago, so some may be slightly wilted. As Mrs D is recovering, it will be me staging them....say no more!  The alcos in Exeter predict more sunshine and showers, but with a stiff wind that will make the 100m dash from car park to hall more exciting than it needs to be. I shouldn't grumble, though; those who set up the tables, cover them with paper and arrange the sections so neatly start at about 09.00,  whereas most exhibitors don't turn up till midday. 

The curcubit in the car park is getting to be a real cliffhanger, Bluey!   I've still no idea.  Maybe in about 2 weeks....

I wasn't an ABC Minor, Farway.  We lived too far from the big cinemas, but our town was blessed with a small, independent flea pit that did some Saturday shows for kids. A ticket price of 4d comes to mind, but I don't recall going to many of those shows with a main feature by The Children's Film Foundation. They seemed pretty tame to us! I had a pal whose garden backed onto the cinema, and I remember, clearly, listening to more 'exciting' (!) films through the air vents in the evenings.  Of course, one needed not only excellent hearing, but also a vivid imagination! 

I believe I've shown the fruits of the Wayfaring Tree before, but they stand repeating. This year, I caught them changing their appearance; something that seems to happen almost overnight. 

Happy hols, Bluey, and a less lurgified weekend to those still not entirely bug-free.

YoungBlueEyes

ABC Minors are a new one on me Farway but I enjoyed that, very jolly I reckon you'll be up at volunteer plot sporadically...

2p I loved that lady's letter! It makes my heart smile that there are people like that in the world. It's the sort of thing I can imagine you doing  

That's a belter of a trough Less, it looks like a row of Dutch houses and every pair has it's own (artistic) sun/moon  

Raining here but cool rather than cold like yesterday morning. I battled the godawful roadworks to go to Posh Town, and whilst sat in traffic I took this pic - talk about 'Storrrrm's acoming' - 



My god it do too - hailstones in with the rain -



But it passed and I got another rainbow/s pic, this time I got both ends. 

Sunny and maybe a bit showery later on today, with a high of 16', possibly.

Refresh - I hope MrsD's horsepiddle date was nothing serious Dusty? Your Wayfaring fruits look very tart, are they edible are they? I like the colour combo before they all ripen   

Farway

It's awful here, wet, dark grey and chucking it down, I've even had to put the light on indoors, luckily heating not yet required.

No rainbows, no sun 

Hope it's better over there Dusty with the Autumn show and weather keeping folk away. Best wishes to Mrs D and hope she can bask in your glory of the show prizes.

My  Achillea 'Gold Plate' has hardly been seen since planting in spring, from Morries. It's spent the summer mopping for the fjords, but so far has resited the urge to head North, unlike its mates, the Jap Ans which scuttled north as soon as the weather turned dry. 

Dustyevsky said:

I wasn't an ABC Minor, Farway.  We lived too far from the big cinemas, but our town was blessed with a small, independent flea pit that did some Saturday shows for kids. A ticket price of 4d comes to mind, but I don't recall going to many of those shows with a main feature by The Children's Film Foundation. They seemed pretty tame to us! I had a pal whose garden backed onto the cinema, and I remember, clearly, listening to more 'exciting' (!) films through the air vents in the evenings.  Of course, one needed not only excellent hearing, but also a vivid imagination! 

Our entrance fee was 3d, there used to be a serial, new episode every week, plus some film with the likes of Laurel &  H, Old Mother Riley, etc. 

The serials were exciting, I remember Tom Mix having run-ins with Robots where they had strapped him to a conveyor belt to get pulped. 

Way before 007 and his buzz saw shenanigans, nothing new etc.

LessImpecunious said:

Quick input on Aeoniums...they take very easily from cuttings, like other succulents the problem is more one of overmultiplication....( e.g.,  have a look in the background when Monty is repotting etc...) 

Thanks for the update Less, nice to know that if one sticks to my clothing it may not die. 

Have a good holiday Bluey, lurgy free as well.

Good job I picked more of the ripe toms yesterday, with this morning weather.

I also picked my Champion apples, they were just starting to part from the tree, more than expected, another carrier bag full  Champion is a keeper though, so should be OK even beyond Christmas, more so now I seem to have beaten the rats this year.

I stewed some more of the non keepers, so a productive day yesterday.

Here are my outdoor Balcony Yellow, also picked yesterday. These are in a wall basket hanging on my step's handrail. Plenty of air & sunshine.

Dustyevsky

YoungBlueEyes said:

Refresh - I hope MrsD's horsepiddle date was nothing serious Dusty? Your Wayfaring fruits look very tart, are they edible are they? I like the colour combo before they all ripen   

Mrs D's op was something precautionary we've known was coming. It happened at just the right time.  The NHS still works brilliantly, sometimes, and it's great news 2p has a 'proper' doctor at last.  Access to available services is not always easy, and a good local surgery -  I include all care staff - is part of the key to that. 

No, people can't eat the fruit or seeds of the Wayfaring Tree, which is a viburnum. Birds can, but I note it doesn't seem wildly popular with them.

Good long rainbow there. House prices in posh town can only benefit!

twopenny

Sun is shinning here. I'll try and send some over your way 🙂
But it was only 7c so you may not want that.

Have to put the heating on tonight I think or the place will get damp

Pretty coloured what's it's Less. I didn't realise they came in different colours.

Was able to go out into the garden and peruse. The grass is green which seems weird after all this time but it looks like a garden again.
Also weird is I've barely been in it since I popped the veg in and now it's almost time to pull half of it out 😵‍💫

Good luck with your produce Dusty.
And best wishes to Mrs D. She's had more than her share but hopefully it will eventually make her better all round.

Must dash. Need to look for seed jars and a spice rack. Don't ask 🙂

Dustyevsky

twopenny said:

Good luck with your produce Dusty.
And best wishes to Mrs D. She's had more than her share but hopefully it will eventually make her better all round.

Our produce was mostly picked on Wednesday and Thursday, so it won't fare well against that picked yesterday, or this morning, but at least we had a go. The standard in the floral sections looks good this year. 

Thanks for the good wishes re Mrs Dusty, who's very appreciative of the care and monitoring she's received over the years, as am I. Providing health centre car lifts occasionally makes us aware how lucky we are, compared with some contemporaries.