Mundane News

[Reynard]

after we lost our last 3, I enjoyed having a break from responsibility but Wifey really wanted another. she got a young kitten. I haven’t laughed & giggled this much in decades. good luck w/ your quest!

Thanks xxx

The lead on the 8 year old Exotic has fizzled out. The breeder says she's been an indoor cat all her life and isn't happy that I let my cats out. Ostensibly to "roam". I think they've really got the wrong end of the stick, because it's easy to train a cat to stay close to the house (they like to stick to the places that you go), and if the cat doesn't want to go out, then that's fine by me too. The e-mail I got back from them was very odd and brusque. Shame, as they are local to me, I've known the breeders for about twenty years, and I was at least hoping to meet the cat. Ah well, hey ho.

I was also offered an Oriental Longhair last night - for the second time this year. I'd already turned her down a few months back, and despite now being catless, I still have the same reservations - she's far too young, has some serious temperament issues, and the logistics are screwy. The fact that this cat was bred at one of the best oriental catteries in the country isn't a selling point for me at all - despite it being used as the main carrot.

Am beginning to think that the pedigree side of the cat fancy is very strange.

I'll probably end up with another non-pedigree.

 

[PeteXXX]

Salmon & Spinach fishcakes with roasties & Spinach from the garden for tea tonight followed by some apricot oat crumble.. 👍

 

[Mike_P]

Sainsbury's again, transpired at the till I had £5 worth of Nectar points - a notable reduction in the cost. Picked up a pack of almond pieces, have a couple with the second coffee on weekdays but had run out so its been a TimTam (Aussie Penguin) instead
Followed a Slovakia Discovery, slim odds on it being Peter Sagan.

 

[DCLane]

SWMBO's car buyer collected the car. Sometimes you meet genuinely nice people.

 

[biggs682]

Evening cuppa went down well
Replacement washing machine has been installed will test it out tomorrow
It can't be noisier than our old one

 

[raleighnut]

after we lost our last 3, I enjoyed having a break from responsibility but Wifey really wanted another. she got a young kitten. I haven’t laughed & giggled this much in decades. good luck w/ your quest!

We haven't had a kitten in years, our last few 'new' arrivals have either been rehoming unwanted Cats or strays that have decided they want to live here (We do have a Catflap so they come and go as they like...............they just keep coming back)

 

[Reynard]

Fabby supper of the last of the red lentil & vegetable soup, then shakshuka with triple-cooked beef dripping chips made with some of my haul of free tatties.

No room for pudding. Whoops!

 

[tyred]

It's been a blustery day here chez Casa Reynard, mostly sunny in the morning and rather soggy in the afternoon.

I slept well. Didn't realise how muddy my bike and my cycling kit got last night, scrabbling for potatoes in the fading light! That said, I was back on the same (still muddy) bike this morning to go back to where I got those potatoes from, as there were still loads left. A much harder ride in the rather stiff breeze, but I wibble-wobbled home with another overflowing pannier. The only ones left behind were those that were a bit too bashed.

I now have about 30kg of maris piper potatoes. Well worth the effort if you ask me.

And easy enough in good daylight to see how the potatoes ended up in the grass verge thanks to the tyre marks in the grass and mud - looks like the driver of the tractor pulled over to let something else sizeable get past, and the trailer briefly tilted over on the soft, uneven ground, unshipping a bit of its load. The best haul of free potatoes in a fair while. And that's not counting the others I've already picked up. I noticed some red onions in another nearby verge, so I shall be going back at some point for those too LOL!

Better that than seeing them get squashed / rot by the side of the road.

Lovely luncheon of a cheese sandwich on crusty bloomer, a pear, a banana and a

Had a quiet afternoon doing some chores. Good job I swapped that around, as it's been hosing it down for much of the afternoon.

Now having a whilst watching the early evening news.

I once gathered about five ton of Kerr's Pinks out of a burn (with the help of a friend) when the pickup hitch eye broke on a Ford 5000, and the trailer ran back down the hill and ended up on its side in a burn. They were nice and clean! My hands were blue with cold.

All put into hundredweight bags and carried back to the replacement tractor and trailer (MF 565).

 

[Reynard]

I once gathered about five ton of Kerr's Pinks out of a burn (with the help of a friend) when the pickup hitch eye broke on a Ford 5000, and the trailer ran back down the hill and ended up on its side in a burn. They were nice and clean! My hands were blue with cold.

All put into hundredweight bags and carried back to the replacement tractor and trailer (MF 565).

Yowsers!