Good morning dearly beloved forum members (a religious theme this Sunday )
The sun is shining but winter is back with another polar blast forced up from the Antarctic it has only got up to 15° so far today, I am wearing my Ooodie!
Spending the morning ripping a friend’s DVD series into MP4s, nice indoor job. Not my sort of DVD (Little House on the Prairie) but she likes it.
I am envious of your summer (well, most of you) am seriously thinking of driving up to Queensland next month for a bit of warm weather.
Enjoy the rest of your weekend, do you have anything planned?
Good morning everyone, enjoying sitting outside in my yard at the moment, a nice, cool 23C, before temperatures shoot up to high 30s later. @Bruce, I would love to have winters at 15C!
I may go to our local village chapel for Sunday mass this morning, I’ve never really been a church-goer, but it’s a lovely, charming and intimate little chapel where it’s also a chance to meet fellow villagers and exchange a few words
Good morning - A warm and sunny day is forecast. The temperature at 8.20 a.m. is 20ºC. Expected to go into the higher 20s. This is the view out of the window from where I sit at a desktop computer. Not bad today.
There is a preservation order on the oak tree that prevents complete felling but our new neighbour plans to get it chopped down to size a bit. It’s a nice backdrop but I won’t be sorry. There’s always something to clear up from it.
Morning all – no rain or thunder yesterday afternoon – I think the Met. Office needs to get a new piece of seaweed! Forecast for today is for sunshine – hope they have got that right, although it does mean I will be out with the watering can tonight
So sorry you are so “cold” Bruce! You remind me of my brother who rings me to complain how cold he is when the temperatures are below 20c – I tell him to come back and complain when it gets below freezing
Lovely garden you have Mart.
That sky is bluer than the one I am looking at right now Rose – great view
Finished my book yesterday – but fear not, two more are due to be delivered today!
Checked my email this morning to find one supposedly from Royal Mail telling me they tried to deliver a parcel yesterday from HMRC at 9.18 am (pretty specific!) but were unable to and to click on the link to reschedule – yeah like that is going to happen! I have, of course, reported to the Royal Mail anti-scam website.
Unfortunately I didn’t receive the email I wanted – the one telling me I had won the lottery – oh well I will have to cancel that private jet I booked to take me to visit family in Australia!
Currently on my third cup of coffee watching the birds fighting over the feeders (yes they were fed on time). The only plans I have for today is a little light housework, some laundry and if I have the energy sorting through a huge box of brassware the majority of which will be going to the auction rooms.
I’ve been very good today and have ironed yesterday’s washing already - it usually languishes in the basket until I get around to it, which can be weeks sometimes! I walked Annie the dog early too before it gets too hot, there were quite a few other dog walkers of the same mind as we wandered the fields. I have nothing much planned today, not even the usual Sunday telephone call with my younger son because he is in Belgium to watch the F1.
Bruce, your DVD to MP4 conversions give me anxiety because that is one of the projects sitting in the corner of my brain nagging me to accomplish. Good of you to do for a friend.
Rose and Mart, what views!
Sheila, the number of packages that the mail has supposedly undelivered in my name would fill a warehouse. I should drop by sometime.
wel its happened at l;ast. my tablet “computer” just packed up. So did a norty and joined amazon prime to get another. did to 5/6 day free trial period and cancelled at the end of this time. so hopefully it will arrive tomorrow. chucking out old ones that no longer work, going back to windows 8.1 would you believe
It’s evening here. Hope you’ve all had a good day.
We walked across Hyde Park to Kensington High Street, had sushi lunch, then around the park and back. I love that place in all weathers. Today: hot & sunny. Thinking of going back on Tues on my own with a camera.
I’m not sure about a good olive harvest, we’re beginning to have the first signs of a drought, unfortunately .
It’s either too much rain or none at all. Last year we had a very rainy Summer which meant huge damage to agriculture, one way or another, you can’t win
It’s 9pm here and still 30C out there, waiting for it to cool down a bit before opening all the windows to let some fresh air in.
There is one place in the UK I have no wish to go to,that is London. only will go if to see a show or something. Too many tourists and rip off artists, being it exorbitant prices for places to eat or drink, let alone the pickpockets etc. Last time I went was to see Andre Rieu. Fighting ones way onto the underground every day must be hell not on earth but under it.
Maybe it is a case of getting older but I am quite happy here in East Sussex with the interesting places locally to visit. Knowing ones neighbours, not ones that are here and gone within days or weeks makes life a lot nicer. Where I live we have really nice neighbours which is an added bonus
I keep my Amazon Prime membership, it is only about $60 a year (£30) and I save heaps more than that in free delivery plus you get Prime TV and music thrown in.
Rip off. Mind you they will probably go up here too, I remember reading in the USA they were over US$100 but Amazon has not been as successful here as they hoped (shades of Starbucks there)
London is probably more suitable for young workers, and young families in general, unless you’ve lived there all your life, so have become accustomed to it. My parents would have probably remained there if I hadn’t left. It’s just like any other big city in the world, not the ideal place to retire to if you’ve been used to living in rural areas, of course. I lived there until my late 20s and then I left, preferring a quieter place and a completely different country - my family origins. I never thought I’d eventually settle down in London, marrying, starting a family, I saw myself in Italy doing that and that’s exactly the way my life turned out. I’m used to living in the countryside now, a bit of a hassle having to use the car to get anywhere, nearest town is 15 minutes away, but the advantages far outweigh the disadvantages.
London will always have a special place in my heart though, I laugh now about those terrible experiences on London transport, my fun memories .
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I have, of course, reported to the Royal Mail anti-scam website.
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