Mundane News

[Jenkins]

Good morning from a grey, overcast and slightly breezy Suffolk...

There'll probably still be a couple of windsurfers making the best of the conditions off Felixstowe beach

Coffee has been had with a banana and a couple of custard cream biscuits for breakfast. All that's needed to do today is to get into town to post the Ebay sale and to get a couple of small padded envelopes for something else.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Good morning from a grey, overcast and slightly breezy Suffolk...
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There'll probably still be a couple of windsurfers making the best of the conditions off Felixstowe beach

Coffee has been had with a banana and a couple of custard cream biscuits for breakfast. All that's needed to do today is to get into town to post the Ebay sale and to get a couple of small padded envelopes for something else.

Are our meteorologists suffering Milton envy?

 

[Speicher]

With wind speeds of nearly 6000 mph, it is going to be a very blustery day in Hundred Acre Woods.

We need to find some way of anchoring piglet to the ground. Winnie will have to stay indoors.

 

[biggs682]

Second cuppa went down well

 

[mybike]

fruit that isn't apples

I know that feeling, we only have one tree, but I had to decline a friend's kind offer of some of his.

What does bug me is the absence of eatable raw plums! The ones Sainsbury's sell are only fit for cooking.

 

[mybike]

One thing I might try is ther socialisation session for puppies on Saturday mornings once Alfie has completed his injections

Too often neglected with the resulting aggression causing people to keep their dogs away from others.

 

[Jenkins]

Time for coffee number 2.
Back from a quick trip into town - it's breezy, chilly and drizzly out there.

 

[PeteXXX]

Trip to Farmfoods today. They do seem to have some bargains there!

 

[biggs682]

Lunchtime stroll completed complete with various green and brown bin slalom course .

 

[Reynard]

Cool, occasionally sunny and a biting northerly breeze. Never mind, everything is securely nailed down here.

Slept OK-ish. Have done some writing this morning, and have sorted out the tomatoes I stripped off the plants the other day and removed all the remaining stalks & greenery - I'd just snipped the trusses off the plants with scissors. Green tomatoes in one tray, red / ripening ones in another. Among tomorrow's tasks will be making another batch of tomato sauce.

This afternoon, there will be some culinary activity taking place. I have some celery, two mini gem lettuces, an onion and a couple of potatoes that need using. I'll throw in some garlic, a bunch of sage, some parsley and a bay leaf, and that will make a very nice pot of soup, I think. It's kind of the weather for soup.

Anyways, I'd better think about putting the kettle on as it's just about time for luncheon.

 

[Reynard]

I know that feeling, we only have one tree, but I had to decline a friend's kind offer of some of his.

What does bug me is the absence of eatable raw plums! The ones Sainsbury's sell are only fit for cooking.

I'm well stocked with fruit that's been either foraged from the hedgerows or picked in the community orchard. I love apples, but when you've nothing else left but, it kind of gets a bit boring OK, I still had half a dozen oranges left before I went shopping yesterday, but yeah...

Bought plums are rarely classified as edible tbh. Unless they're super cheap on sticker, it's a fruit I generally don't tend to buy for that exact reason. I'd rather buy nectarines, which tend to be more reliable.

Speaking of which, Aldi do 1kg punnets of nectarines, and one of them came home with me yesterday. I'm curious to see what they're going to be like as they worked out way cheaper than anything Tesco sells. My line of thinking is that if they're not stellar, they can be consigned either to a crumble or turned into jam.

 

[raleighnut]

With wind speeds of nearly 6000 mph, it is going to be a very blustery day in Hundred Acre Woods.

We need to find some way of anchoring piglet to the ground. Winnie will have to stay indoors.

Don't turn round then or that'll ruffle yer feathers.

 

[Ripple]

£$%^& blood tests! Almost every week! The bruise from the most recent one haven't even fully bloomed yet.

 

[rockyroller]

Thursday already? wow!

 

[Reynard]

Lovely luncheon of wholemeal bread & butter and smoked salmon, plus an apple and a

Pot of "souppe verte" made, with lettuce, celery, peas and a good bunch of parsley. Shame I've no chervil.

Going to pop out for a bit of gentle exercise.