Awful weather - typical Brits talk

Dustyevsky

twopenny said:

It's tipping down here and blowing. All containers overflowing.

Dusty I used to buy cheese in big town when I was there, portion it and freeze it.
Mostly it's cheddar here.

It eventually tipped-down here, but mid-morning till around 2pm was tolerable, and it was never very windy. 

Mrs Dusty said I was too tired to go on a big shopping trip, so we took the van to the recycling centre instead and emptied the 6 dumpy bags of hedge trimmings that had accumulated!   We then popped over to see DD2, whose house is now looking much more comfortable after 5 months of solid DIY.  No more trips up to our house for showers! 

We intended to visit the GC for more compost on our return, but that was when it began raining hard, so we abandoned that idea and came straight home. 

I've never frozen cheese, but it's something I'll consider in the future. Right now, with more enforced 'rest,' due to the deteriorating weather, I think less reliance on cheese might be a better option. I've noticed my weight creeping up again! 

I hope you enjoyed your quiz last night, assuming enough people turned-up for it. Today, we have a village Market, and as the forecast looks quite benign, I may go on to town and do yesterday's shop. 

 

Mrs Dusty says she may be up for a trip to Rosemoor next week.  I'm keen to return, because last week's visit just missed most of the sculptural exhibits they host during the winter months. Here's one that was already in situ  

twopenny

Isn't that a beauty Dusty! 
Around here we have withy sculptures. There are so few people doing creative things now for their own sake.
I was hoping to start again before I got immersed in renewing tech.

It was torrential all day yesterday and the roads were badly flooded. The fields are saturated so running into the road.
On the plus side I don't need to clean the windows now. The force of the rain has done that for me 🙂

It's not actually raining now, bits of path trying to dry but outside is a quagmire and the garden gone from miserable from drought to miserable from the wet. Severely tempted to put up net curtains so I can't see it.

A general clearing up inside which much needs it and coffee with a friend halfway. Thereafter I should be able to get on the computer for photos as nothing on till Friday. Well except for trying to sell furniture, get a gas man, an electrician and a plumber. Oh and the window woman. Joy I don't think.

I could really do with some outside time but just looking at what will need doing if this lot ever dries up.
Hope the rest of you are warmer and drier 🙂

Farway

Bright and a hint of sunshine, would be good for a walk in stout waterproof footwear

twopenny said:

Farway, don't get an Apple phone unless you want to pay for everything 😬
I'll post full findings when I've got out of the pickle I've found myself in.
But the Honour is cheap and easy. Has everything it's just huge 😲

I was avoiding Apple for just that reason, some decent refurb Apples about but by the time I bought special chargers, cable etc and then compatibility with some Apps it was all too much bother

I'm in the £100ish bracket but nearly plunged into a Pixel 9a offer just over £200, the AI camera was is very tempting, as was is the over £200 price drop, but although affordable I put wise head on because I have boiler service due and who knows what may turn up there?

Still in the market, but at least my present one still lasts a day without dying, so no big rush.

OT, never frozen cheese, no such thing as left over cheese here, but I thought it was best grated before freezing, no idea why

No gardening today, it's so soggy, I do want to carry on cutting the pyracantha now the berried are mostly gone, but I need a few days of dry first

I'm a bit ummng & ahhing, this year I grew chillies for the first time, just for ornamental, not eating. 

Nothing ever came of them, no fruit, just stunted manky little plants that I glared at and sometimes watered now & then

The leaves fell off and I just left them waiting at the bus stop to Oslo

But now, more leaf buds have appeared, Zombie like. 

I think I'm going to treat them like my hyacinths, water them & see how it goes. I know they can be overwintered

That of course would be fitting, plants full of ripe red chilies that I don't eat

Along with chill growing I tried peppers, failed except for just this one. Not as large as Dusty's one, but fine for one meal

I do eat peppers