Swagger Inn 179 - It's looking very Autumnal out there, time to get the winter coats out...

[ApricotCrush]

Yet more domestic witterings...

Afternoon. Drizzle for most of the day, but it's not cold. I did a Sainsbury shop this morning and encountered suicidal wildlife in the form of a squirrel who ran in front of the car, then on the way back there was a flock of Canada geese in the middle of the road preening themselves. I slammed the brakes on for the squirrel as I knew there was nothing behind me and he just got through, and then squeezed between the geese. No wildlife was harmed. Also there were roadworks with a three-way set of lights which took an age to change.

One of DH's cousins died of dementia a couple of years ago, so it is worrying. Every time DH and I do something weird or forget something, we look at each other and we know what we're thinking. Then we laugh because it's all you can do.

Glad the boiler is working Fancy.

Have a good evening all.

Evening all. I'm watching Steve Backshall watch hippos - hope that LetUs is also watching, or at least recording for later (Channel 5). Glad to say that there are none of them on the roads! I did go past a flock of swans on the fields earlier today, and saw a kite overhead. It's been mostly dry I think, but cooler that the past few days - I've lit a fire at the second attempt.

Work has been arghhhhhh... month end, balancing figures, etc. It will have to do now though.

<slumps on chaise>

Morning wenches.

Everything crossed for your boiler Fancy.

Work is done for a week! Hurrah!

<snort> at hippos in the road rather than squirrels or geese. Tends to be pedestrians strolling across the road here (not on a crossing) who seem to think being on the phone gives them a protective force field.

I think all wenches can agree that dementia is a complete fucker 😔

Meeting BestFriend this morning. Knitting some fruit tarts later. Obviously.

Have lovely days wenches.

Knitted fruit tarts - yum! (Fruit tarts deserve a 'yum' even if they're not actually edible.
I'm hoping to get out in the garden, but it's not very 'outdoors' weather - damp and blowy. Ho hum - it's that, or get on the stepper!

Afternoon. Nice day, it went sunny this afternoon and I wished I'd put the washing out, but it was too late by then.

Going through a tin of smocking silks which belonged to my Mum, I found a photo of her on her wedding day which I'd never seen before. She was walking into the church with her brother who gave her away (she'd fallen out with her father) and her sister who was bridesmaid. Made me quite emotional. I have no idea why it was there.

Knitted fruit tarts sound amazing.

Evening wenches.

What a wonderful thing to come across Apricot. Sounds like a beautiful photo.

Rain on and off most of the day. Lovely chat with BestFriend, then house tidying etc, then knitting. Fruit tarts have turned out nicely 😊

Evening all. Not much rain here in the end, just chilly and windy. Gardening was done though (more fecking ground elder), the polytunnel got tidied up and I added to the bonfire. Idiot SensibleKitty has been sleeping indoors most of the day.
How lovely to find an unexpected photo Apricot.

Morning wenches.

Bit of a later start but the ironing’s done and I’ve had a shower.

That ground elder sounds a total pain in the arse.

Usual day but no LovelyMIL as she’s going away to see MadAunties. Sun is out and it is allegedly going to be dry so I may even put a wash out. Steady now.

Have super days wenches.

Morning all. I have a wash on too, though it's turned a bit cloudy and dismal. If it doesn't rain the washing should dry off in the wind. I'm not convinced it won't rain.
In better news, AcrobaticSquirrel is back in the rose tree hunting, down the last of the rose hips.

Hope everyone has a good day.

Afternoon wenches. Nothing much going on here. Can't believe it's Monday tomorrow. Fräsan is doing well, she's taking her medication (sort of) and hopefully she will not lose anymore weight.

Hope all wenches has had a lovely day.

Afternoon. Not a bad day, some sun earlier, but it's clouded over now.

I've been doing some drawers out and I've come across a huge amount of recipes cut out from magazines which I'd completely forgotten about. I'm never going to use them now, but it seems there's a market for them on Bay, so I'm sorting them. I'd like someone else to get a use out of them rather than throwing them away.

I'm very pleased to hear that Fräsan is doing well WW and hope she continues to take her medication.

at AcrobaticSquirrel.

Evening wenches.

Didn’t stay sunny for long here either. Have had a quiet day.

Sounds quite positive news about Fräsan Wicked. Lovely to hear.

That’s a good idea re the recipes Apricot.

Totally picturing the squirrels in leotards now.

Evening all. Not great weather, but mostly dry and the washing got less damp outside, if not actually dry. There has been more digging, a walk, and cooking.

Glad to hear the Fräsan is mostly behaving Wicked, long may that continue!

It's amazing what people will buy on ebay - it would never even occur to me to look for recipes there!

Morning wenches.

Freeeeeddddommmmmmmm! For a week anyway. Today is physio and then shopping, then the weather looks good for the next two days (for now) so I can get blankets etc pinned out outside.

Have great days wenches.

Yay for time off LetUs - enjoy! We have sunshine as well - hurrah!

Afternoon. Another nice day, sunny this afternoon.

Anything will sell on ebay, I've sold some very strange things over the years. I list stuff as I come across it. It might take some time, but everything goes eventually.

How lovely LetUs, enjoy your week.

Hope everyone's had a good day.

Evening. Nice weather today, but spent a lot of it in the car doing taxi-ing, or at the computer working. Nothing very exciting.

IdiotKitty is very bored - he's been prancing about and shredding paper and batting at the TV screen.

Evening
You have timed that well letus, it was gorgeous here today - sun was out, blackthorn blossom and early bulbs out and all-day bird choruses too. I walked over the field to our new supermarket - unexpectedly busy for a Monday lunchtime.

Yay for Frasan taking her meds - long may that continue.

What a lovely surprise about the photo apricot , also never knew that about recipes on eBay!

What is it about squirrels at the moment? A colleague has seen two fall out of trees recently 😱

And this is for yesterday 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Evening wenches.

Physio went well, shopping did not as one size was a bit snug but next size up was too big, trousers weren’t quite long enough and they never seem to stock the even longer ones. No matter.

Walking across fields to the shops sounds almost Austenesque Fancy 😁

Am boggling at what Apricot’s been selling!

Fancy could have gone out for her walk just before a rain shower and been stuck in Aldi overnight!!! Um. The Pride and Prejudice version probably worked better, or not, depending on how good Aldi's selection of cheese and pink is We could have staged a wench intervention to help with cheese and wine consumption nurse her back to help/look for HBFs. (The aisle of randomness must surely have included a chaise on recline dramatically on?)

at squirrels falling out of trees!

Morning wenches.

<snooooort> at Austen In Aldi 😁

Day of organising today, possibly going for a walk. What would be even more unlikely would be getting DS2 to come with me.

Have great days wenches.

Morning all. Nice sunny start to the day and a very heavy dew. DS has been shipped out and I have the NotQuiteAsEarlyMorningExercise shortly. I would muster some enthusiasm, but it seems to have gone out without me.
<flomps on chaise looking tiiiiiired>

Afternoon. Cloudy day, we just went for a walk round the lake in the village up the road and it wasn’t cold.

Boggle no more LetUs. Here are some of the things I’ve sold on eBay:- old tax discs, empty cotton reels, a huge pile of old bricks, accessories from ancient sewing machines, old wine bottles, a ‘60s postal order, cracker novelties, petrol ration book, cabin key from a ‘50s steamboat, ‘40s knitting patterns, I could go on.

The saddest things I sold were a memorial plaque from WW1, often called a ‘dead man’s penny’, and a victory medal. I found them in the garden shed at my aunt’s after she died and I was clearing her house. I didn’t recognise the first name but his surname was that of an uncle-by-marriage, although he was never mentioned. There was no-one left to ask. I researched him and found a photo of his grave in France and his commemorative certificate; he was only 26. I sold them to a group who collected medals and displayed them and felt it was a fitting tribute to a young man who gave his life for his country.

at Austen in Aldi.

Hope everyone’s had a good day.

Evening wenches.

Lovely day here. Did actually go for a walk and had a sit down in a local churchyard in the sunshine.

That is quite the list Apricot! Absolutely fascinating. I’ve heard of the dead man’s penny but can’t remember where from.

<gives Helen a nudge on the chaise just to check she’s okay 😁>

Evening all. I have been gigging - outrageous on a school night and all DS has come home and gone straight on his guitar to try playing what he heard. We will be zombies tomorrow... was lots of fun though - bumped int friends there too.

That's an impressively random list Apricot. Glad to hear that people got out and enjoyed the weather. It was cold here unless you were in the sun. Brrr, etc.