Emptied leaf-collecting dumpy sack into binbags, to make more storage for the stuff I've scythed in the meadow. Too many grass & wild flower...
Thanks, @NigelJ . That's what I was told, too, by the shoulder specialist - I'm 71, so surgery isn't an option. However, physiotherapy and...
Thanks, @fairygirl and @Robert Bowen . Scything is fairly ok because it involves using the arm below waist height... mine was a complete tear,...
Good morning all. Got down to 2C last night, which is a bit too close to zero for my liking.Amazing to read that nurses don't wash their hands...
Spent the afternoon scything part of the "meadow". It's a good workout... especially as I tore a tendon in my rotator cuff in January. Bit achey...
Good morning all.Chilly here too, but I slept better with the blanket on the bed. It's beginning to look a lot like Autumn...Yesterday's...
Thanks for the "secure packaging" suggestions, @Tidemark and @Obelix-Vendée . Certainly a possibility... not found near a bin of any sort, but...
Hello everyone.Cold here too, @Busy-Lizzie and @Ladybird4 . Even with bedsocks on, my cold feet woke me up at 1am. We never have the winter...
It'll be very interesting to see how Chris McCausland gets on. I don't think they've had a completely blind participant before... I guess his...
Good morning all. That is indeed a beautiful rose, @RowlandsCastle - pity it woke you up, though!The hedgehog is definitely still around,...
Good afternoon, everyone.Had an unscheduled walk home from church this morning, as my usual "lift lady" had a family crisis and needed to stay...
Good morning - happy Saturday everyone! Fingers crossed the pain soon subsides, @Tui34 , and you find relief from being at home.It did indeed...
Good morning everybody! Hope your pain and discomfort is lessening each day, @Tui34 .Thanks, @Obelix-Vendée - knee isn't as swollen this...
Thank you very much, @Ladybird4 , for your fungus suggestion. That looks a good match! "Veined shield" describes it pretty well, too.When...
Good afternoon all. Just back from a walk and picnic with our daughter and granddaughters, at Coole Park, which is a lovely wooded spot with a...
We do have occasional sun today, @AuntyRach , but it's interspersed with showers (forecast still says no chance of rain, of course). A sunny...
Morning all. Forecast says "0% chance of rain", so of course - it's raining.I'd guess a nice dense bramble patch would be good for a hedgehog...
Evening all.I've been out all day, shopping in Limerick. It was forecast dry, but of course it wasn't... but I got the shopping done and caught...
I first encountered a slime mould on a grassy slope near Windermere. It was quite hard to keep vertical - some of them are very slippery when...
Afternoon all. No rain forecast here, following this morning's drizzle, for the next week. I'll have to get the hose out if they're right - but...
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