Today I drove my grandson to East Midlands Airport. He's off to stay with friends for a weekend -look out Glasgow!
He was going to go by train from Derby, but it would have cost him £122 return. To fly from East Midlands which is only another 20 miles from our house it will cost him £66 return NO BRAINER!! I cannot understand why it cost so much more to go by train. perhaps someone out there in Blogland can explain it to me.
Tomorrow he is going to a Fancy Dress Halloween party. Here he is in his fancy dress.
Last Sunday there was an article in The Independant about calico cats. It said they were the meanest cats.
I beg to differ. Here is my sweet Dixie...butter wouldn't melt!
Tomorrow I hope to have much longer in the gardens as there is so much still to harvest. I've never known a year like it for a late crops, second flushes and the like.
Yesterday David and I were on our own for the day ..most unusual!... so we went "Winter Food Shopping" We bought a goodly amount of dried foodstuffs ... flour, sugar, rice, pasta etc. I will do a winter food post soon and elaborate on how and what we lay down for winter.
Off to pour myself a small scotch before some friends of friends arrive from Canada. They are staying at our house for the weekend as we have the room and our friend's house is full. I hope they are okay with "casual"!
Take care all
Gillx
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I like "casual" and I bet they will two,
ReplyDeleteYour late harvest looks wonderful.
Did you get plenty of carrots ?
cheers, parsnip
They were really friendly and good to talk to.
DeleteI am still working on the harvest and there is oodles to do.
I have pulled all the carrots from your seed. I think there was about 7 kilos in all. I used most fresh but did freeze few too.
I always do a siege mentality winter shopping spree too. When I briefly lived in Wales, our house was on top of a hill and snow would drift against the front of the house, blocking us in. We were advised to keep about 2 weeks of food and drink in the house.... just in case. I still do the same, but for different reasons.
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DeleteI think it was instilled into our generation by our parents to keep stuff by. They went without so much in the war.
I'm going to try and extend my season next year. The few bits I've put in the greenhouse as an experiment are OK.
ReplyDeleteIt's an interesting challenge that I love. It is so satisfying to have something fresh to pick throughout the year.
DeleteI agree with you regarding cats - we have a tabbie and she is one piece of work! Canoodles up for a pat and then 10 second later takes a piece out your hand. We love her...rather like loving a rich relative - haha!
ReplyDeleteOur Dixie often takes your hand between her teeth, but if you don't pull away she doesn't bite, just holds your hand there!.
DeleteUnfortunately I don't have any rich relatives!
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Very interesting about calico cats! We have one calico/tabby and she is the only one who absolutely refuses to get along with our newest cat. She's forever tormenting her. Now I know why!
ReplyDeleteI reckon Cailcos are born Queens, thus they need to rule the roost!
DeleteI do agree with you about these late crops. I have never seen so many apples as there are on our trees. The only c rop that has been short this year is the hawthorn berry - for us at any rate - this means the thrushes andblackbirds might go hungry if it is a bad winter.
ReplyDeleteOur hawthorns aren't too good, but the pyracanths and cotoneasters have more than made up for them. We have buckets and buckets of apples and the beans are still hanging in bunches, though getting a little stringy now.
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