The hedges are looking slightly greener, there are wild flowers growing under my hedge adding a hint of colour to the garden and the lovely early sound of lawns being mowed can be heard. I even sat outside the other day.
So why is the weather so miserable now? The heating is normally turned off by this time of the year, but the house would be far too cold were I to turn it off completely. I put Herman in his outdoor pen yesterday and he didn’t move all day. When I brought him in and put him under his lamp he still didn’t move, apart from the odd twitch verifying that he was, in fact, still alive. I wouldn’t be at all surprised if it snowed again, but then, that would be a tad extreme.
My spider bite was healing well until I accidentally knocked the scab off after my shower this morning. I am back to looking like some hag with the bubonic plague which, I’ll have you know, is the New Black.
Tatiana kindly took me shopping on Tuesday as she has her dad’s car while he is in Costa Rica, but I really feel that she should be helping me a bit more. How can she expect her mother to go out shopping in this drizzle? My hair will end up as one, massive frizz.
And that reminds me, does anybody have a decent, functioning lawnmower that I can buy second-hand? Just let me know and I’ll give you a time to deliver it. I can pay in euros, shillings or newts.
I can see daisies, you see.
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No newts, thanks! heh heh.
Tis chilly over here as well ….. and the ground is too wet to cut ….. hence I’m just sitting on the sofa ….. waiting ……. life isn’t all bad *wriggles and scratches*
Sunny but cold here, I ‘gardened’ for 10 minutes.
In other news, here in northern New York it has been blistering hot all week, and here is my point, there have been ENORMOUS newts around. I think they were looking for Florida and thought they had found it up here.
How about sheep for cutting grass? Then you can sell ‘em when they get fat.
Gary, my newts are a rare find in the UK, so I take great pride in being the owner of great crested newts here, in the heart of Europe.
GG, I was counting on Hermie to do that for me but he is a bit on the slow side, what with his naps and everything.
I have a lewn mower you can have for free! Just collect it.
*lawn*
John, have you received the book yet? You should have done.
I think the weather can’t make its mind up yet. It’s been all over the place as well here.
You’d fatten up Hermie and sell him for turtle soup? No no no.
Yes thanks! I’d forgot who sent it as there was no message. xxxx
I can confirm that Brussels was sunny today as we were there taking my new sister to catch the Eurostar to go back to London.
If only we’d had more time I would have emailed you to see if we could meet up.
Oh well, perhaps next time. . . . .
I thought you already had a lawnmower, one also known as The Twat. Give him a pair of nail clippers and tell him to get busy!
Same here, it was gorgeous the prior week and now it’s freezing, heat is a must and sweaters! I can’t wait for warm weather again!
“my newts are a rare find in the UK, so I take great pride in being the owner of great crested newts here, in the heart of Europe.”
That is the end of the newts, now for the weather forecast…
Sorry, Zoe, I’ll get my coat.
The hedges are looking slightly greener so, Alistair hasn’t visited recently, then?
Also, a loanmower.
It’s sunny out but my missus is still turning the heating on in the evening ‘cos it’s chilly still
We have a useless lawn mower which is too heavy to use and doesn’t pick up. In disgust Karen my gardener brought hers and it was worse. Remind me why we have lawns please.
Have you got smog from Iceland? We have.
I wish I could stop the comment box changing ‘Pat’ to the full McCoy.
If I had a lawn, the only lawnmower I would get is a sheep and I would call him… erm… Shelby the Sheep.