Awful weather - typical Brits talk

Farway

Sunny with blue sky, but of course rain may arrive later this evening, or not.

I'm not quite synchronised with Dusty sleep times, but I the pattern fits  . Not helped by my keep me alive pills, which  ensure I'm asleep half the time in front of TV, usually woken by the remote control thudding on the floor

-taff said:

Farway, I've had, or rather the heuchera did, it's first experience of vine weevil this year, most ammoyed, it was one I'd propagated...lovely flowers, I like the purply stem bit. 

Also like no one who doesn't pay bills gets an opinion unlike the parents of a four year old who were asking him what floor he wanted in his bedroom in a diy chain store once....

I used to have mugs like your one on the right, thin enough and big enough, but they all went the way of the dustbin for accidental smashings...I'm on volcano shaped ones now, keeps the tea hotter longer...

right, must act like I'm doing stuff....after another mug of tea...

And my tea is Yorkshre tea...or anything strong, with occasional chai ones thrown in, and sometimes an Earl grey mixed with a yorkshire for strength and flavour....

Oh dear, shame about vine weevils arriving, and heuchera are one of their favourites. 

FWIW the foxgloves that were Weeviled & then dosed with Jeyes F the other week, seem to be perking up a bit after the rain, fingers crossed and Norway flight postponed

I like the "bill payers opinions only" as well

Tea, I use a small tea pot, but a posh special Pompey blend of loose tea, which is blended to suit the hard, chalky water around here

It's strong but not harsh tannin

I have a large china mug, with an alphabet letter Q on the side, which slightly annoys my children and causes eye rolls, because the Q means bu66er all. 

Part of a collection but there must be a shortage of Quentins around, so it was clearance reduced to 50P 

I do not own a dress with bees on it 

Unlikely to get any gardening done, bit too damp, plus domestic nonsense involving me spending money on stuff I need but wish I didn't, like Broadband and car breakdown cover

try for a pic, pot marigold, in with the Fairy mix seeds & hoping it self seeds, unlike it's cousins which fed the slugs

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Thanks, greenbee, I know you've steered me towards that board before and I do appreciate it. I'm the world's worst procrastinator though and can't make a decision to save my life. I confused things even more yesterday by looking at an energy site, which asked me a few questions and then suggested my best option was to get solar panels. ASHP was the second option and I don't think upgraded storage heaters were mentioned at all. I wasn't signed in to the site, so my answers and their recommendations haven't been saved, not even if I look back at my history from yesterday.

YBE, it was looking into insulation that prompted me to do the above ^^ it's definitely something I need to do, but the cost vs. the savings weren't great... £1500 to install, to save 50p a year, or something daft like that.

Btw, I really liked the dress, but not the big butterfly at the neckline.

Tea... yuck, yuck, yuck... even the smell gives me the boak...

The Aurora appeared twice that night, W_M the first was about 8pm ish and then again 10.30pm ish. Definitely sign up to get alerts, because they can be visible up and down the UK. Lovely turbine and sunrise/set pic

Dusty, I didn't see an Aurora alert for last night, but there were two comets visible - I think it was early evening though, not 'up-for-a-wee' o'clock    

Nice to see you back, wort. Has your DD had any luck with the probate house?? I found out the other night that my DD has pulled out of buying her probate house because nothing was happening and the EAs were hopeless

taff, I like the sound of your holiday - the cake, especially    

twopenny, I'm guessing you can't swap your living/sleeping arrangements around to avoid the early wake-ups??

Less, yes please to a big greenhouse in Rottery Acres   

OT - sunny, then raining, then sunny again...

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