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After the E mail I posted from "Mummy"Jenny basking in hot sunshine here we have our normal weather,55f and raining. The first day of October,another year speeding to it's conclusion,already advertisements are springing up for the very extended Christmas

A cold rainy day here so with no walking I set about changing the furniture round to full winter rig and cleaning and dusting everything excluding the cats who get grumpy if you polish them. Mummy Jenny sent a short text earlier the weather has changed

News from turkey. hiya,am sitting in sun with temps of 92f,not that I'm gloating or anything!! Just had hurt Kingfisher brought back to life by D. Stroked it! Taken loads of pics,it's flown away now. Hope you are OK luv me. I did mention in my reply how

this weeks photo fun from Summer is humble and I have two that match well known phrases To eat Humble pie,this is one of my humble steak pies and this of course is my humble abode

Another cool (60f) grey morning here and as the early morning gloom lifted we were treated to a 30 minute deluge on a par with the one Max posted photos of. My garden acquired it's little pond as usual which the birds will no doubt enjoy. The

Jenny finally got through on Skype today,sort of.She could hear and see me perfectly but I couldn't hear her. So I did all the talking for a change and she typed back. I don't think she has ever been quiet for that length of time. They are enjoying

A skype chat with Max was rudely interrupted last night,not the fault of Skype this time but my internet connection throwing a wobbler.I think somebody had cursed calls between Max and me. The day started off brightly here but has become darker with

A lazy afternoon watching the rugby was the plan and all went well,the team I wanted to won.I think it was watching all that frantic exercise that made me stir my stumps and make myself a roast leg of lamb steak,roast potatoes,sprouts and cabbage all

Ellen arrived home 2 hours earlier than expected.she had been doing on line checks all day about the state of the trains after a warning there may be delays. Sure enough the train they were returning on was cancelled meaning the next one,if it turned up

If you are having withdrawal symptoms because Jenny is away and not posting photos of flowers,here is a pretty bloom brightening up a dull rainy day, I snapped it in the little haven. Today was my big shop day at Iceland.I have two freezers a front

When I am watching sport on the TV a couple of cans of beer go down well. If on the other hand I am sitting relaxing in the evening a better brew in called for.This is a collection of some of the fine bottled beers available,these are not to be thrown

A turn in the weather here,a cold north easterly wind is blowing through, temps have dropped and there is rain falling. It's an indoor day for me and the cats agree.After a little foray earlier they both guzzled some food and went back to bed,Sooty is

This weeks photo shoot subject is obsolete. Here are a few things that are obsolete,these might be still around in some places but not here as I have no use for them, the tapes and floppy discs and I have no means of playing I have no loose tea so no need

Just a quickie folks.I just had an E mail from Jenny she is home safely but very tired so she would be on tonight

Jenny rang me last night,she rang earlier than normal because she wanted an early night and she was tired.She will tell you the tales of her holiday when she comes back on line so I won't steal her thunder suffice to say she had a grand time. A dark

Sunday morning shopping as usual and a nice surprise when I got home.I had mentioned yesterday that I would have to shampoo the carpet.By the time I got home Ellen had vacuumed the living room and kitchen,washed the paintwork down and dusted in the living

It is a much cooler morning here with the temps hovering at 44f and feeling colder in a brisk easterly. I have nothing to get only a loaf of bread so a quick trip to the corner shop and I will be back cabined up for the day.These colder days take a little

The oriental stir fry mix worked very well in the soup with a few extras added. The stir fry was the typical oriental style mix we get here Water chestnuts,bamboo shoots,mangetout,mushrooms,baby corn, carrot and onion. I added green beans, more carrot

A much better day here a warm 56f and sunshine,a lovely morning for a stroll to the chemist to pick up my Magic Smarties. I was just coming round the corner of my street heading home and I spotted a neighbour Dot ringing my door bell.I told her I wasn't

A dull, damp,quiet morning here,even the cats are lethargic. The day was suddenly brightened up by the postie,firstly he brought no bills which is always good,secondly and even better was an unexpected parcel. Examination of the wrapper soon revealed

Another cold rainy day here in sunny England with the downpour expected to continue until Wednesday.This means a day cabined up but at least there is plenty of sport on the goggle box. With in being no cooking Saturday I have a lazy day ahead. Ellen has

A break in the weather this morning meant I could stroll over town to do my Sunday shop.Ellen also had to go into town to cash up last nights takings at work.She left earlier while it was still raining so caught the bus. I found nothing exciting on

Here I am back with a short blog Ellen and a friend are away at the flicks tonight.They are going to see the new Arnie film called Escape plan or something similar. I asked her how much it cost and what you got for your money. Admission fee is £7:65

I had cause to go to town this morning,I needed some lamb chop misshapes for making a lamb hotpot later in the week so I strolled over to Iceland first to pick those up then carried on into town proper to my main objective. I have been looking for a

I uploaded 5 albums of photos taken at a steam gathering a couple of years ago and tried the new storage method of putting the 5 in one folder.It works very well I like the idea,it makes finding photos of one particular subject easier Today is day two of

I remember as a youngster making a coal garden. This consisted of a small rectangular fish tank with a little water in the bottom.Then a few nuggets of coal carefully placed in the water.The lot was then topped up by very carefully pouring a tin of egg

At 2.50 today we had a power cut just as I was about to start dinner.That plan was shelved and I decided to break the laptop out and have a toodle.I discovered the battery was run down.No big deal the Electricity board would be here at the sub power

This is the most important woman I ever met and who I was very lucky to find.We were married for 34 wonderful years. This is the last dance we had together at a nephew's wedding. These are the most important people in my life now.These cherubs grew into

Heavy overnight rain finally gave way to a brief spell of sunshine in late morning but the rain returned laye adternoon and it became very dark, then we had a very loud thunder storm rumble through. Before the rain returned I managed a little walk and the

If you are on B.S.M. don't forget to alter you clocks to G.M.T tonight and remember the rhyme so you don,t get it wrong Spring forward fall back. Tomorrow night will be when the biggest storm we have had for years hits us.The met office still isn't sure

Ellen was having some Shredded Wheat for her supper last night while Sooty and Zazzles sat waiting for the left over milk. As Ellen ate away looking decidely gormless they spent their time watching closely and taking turns to wash each other.Here Sooty

A strange occurrence. Somebody added me yesterday so I went to their page as good manners demand and left a little message and also added them.Today they came on my page again so I went to see if they had made changes to their profile etc to find I was

The storm that blew through the UK missed us,we just had rain and not too much of that. Wales and the south country didn't fare so well with trees down and flooding so it sounds as though Fran and Jenny might have had a taste of it

I phoned Jenny and all is well at her end,she has more news for you but I won't steal her thunder

I don't think I have posted this video here before it is one a made from shots of the beach here.

I spoke to Jenny and Mandi on Skype last night.They were both in high spirits and suitable excited,not at the sight of me but because Mandi is off to join up with her husband today and Jenny is driving again.Two very good reasons to be chirpy. With the

I have three photographs for you. The first is Sooty doing his balancing act on the scratching post. The second is a surprise in the garden,despite all the horrendous weather Margaret's rose has another bloom opening and a few more buds ready. and

Winter is not far off I had another sign today.This is a photo of Starlings on my wall,not all of them this is about half of them. Starlings have started gathering in large groups as opposed to the small family groups they have in warm weather these will

You don't have to put a lot of work into making delicious food.This is a chicken and veg pie I baked today.The pastry is frozen The chicken breast cubes are pre-cooked and frozen The veg is frozen The only thing I didn't buy frozen was the gravy of

Ellen is at a Halloween Party tonight and she wanted to send a greeting to you,if you see her run like hell,she is going as a Zombie in case you didn't know.

Hot off the presses another photo of the Zombie,it would have taken an age to get this shot she is not good at sad Zombie faces but she has done it well here