Almost in the Middle

In response to:Weekend Looming

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:25:42 +0100

Thank you!

In response to:Weekend Looming

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:24:57 +0100

That would be the only plus point! It's dreadful where I am, wet and miserable. You get curled up on the sofa and rest and relax! x

In response to:Weekend Looming

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:23:50 +0100

Flighty it was amazing! The cathedral was brilliantly lit up! It had accompanying music and the lights told a story! We left just as the heavens opened. I never got any photos though as my camera was playing up!
The ladders are still in the shed so I won't hold my breath!
Stay warm and dry! xx

In response to:Weekend Looming

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:39:12 +0100

I'm hoping the high winds and rain will mean I don't need to do much leaf raking up after it's finished!!

In response to:Weekend Looming

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:15:02 +0100

Have a good weekend! I hope that the weather doesn't spoil the Lumiere Festival, and fingers crossed that your staircase finally gets finished. xx

In response to:Weekend Looming

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:18:25 +0100

you just need the codes:)..e mail me sometime and I will send you the instructions...jack.frost@homecall.co.uk

In response to:Weekend Looming

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:14:21 +0100

Yes I heard the weather warnings, Autumn storms are coming! Scotland and North East England are said to ok though... tropical temps I hear? ;o)
We are going to the Lumiere Festival tonight. It's only on til Sunday so I'd best make an effort while the weather is on my side! Hope you have a great weekend! Hold on tight!

In response to:Weekend Looming

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:12:40 +0100

I'd love to be clever enough to put an image of a brolly in there! ;o)

In response to:Weekend Looming

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:09:36 +0100

In response to:Weekend Looming

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:40:06 +0100

Hard to believe it really is Friday already...We all need to batten down the hatches against high winds, apparently. Have a good weekend, whatever you do!

In response to:Remembrance Day

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:05:56 +0100

It's such an evocative poem. xx

In response to:Remembrance Day

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:52:09 +0100

Such poignant words on what I always find a very sobering day. x

In response to:Remembrance Day

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:37:52 +0100

Unfortunately I haven't got to grips with posting images! I'm sure the link will be ok.

In response to:Frosty Start

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:15:07 +0100

Hello and you are welcome! Well you are a friend! What's the bet you get my names muddled up and I'll be Daffy Teapot! haha
It's pretty isn't it! Lots of choice too! Hope you are having an Up! week so far! xx

In response to:Frosty Start

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:09:17 +0100

Hello Sally thanks for the invite to be a friend. I like this layout and blog title.
What a nice story to brighten up what has been a really dreary day here! xx

In response to:Frosty Start

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:00:20 +0100

I always thought it was a rather unfortunate name... She's so pretty!
I was quite taken with the name Fly! If I ever get an other dog, it will be called Fly.
Thanks for the visit!

In response to:Frosty Start

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:25:00 +0100

If I ever get another dog, it will be called Scruff - great name!

In response to:Where have I been?

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 22:54:58 +0100

Hello!! Nice to see you back again!

In response to:Empty Nest/Full Nest

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 12:39:37 +0200

haha, I loved your comment. It evoked some very vivid imagery for me!
Daddy Cool! My mum and I used to make dance steps up to that!

In response to:Empty Nest/Full Nest

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 12:16:37 +0200

I eargerly look forward to my son arriving with my grandaughter aged 3, as though I was a puppy waiting to be taken 'walkies' (as though I'm going to be having all the fun ) .
But they always arrive thirsty and hungry and in need of my undivided attention, so I'm 'feeding and watering' and listeneing to tales of woe and playing 'snap' and dancing and singing to Boney M 'Daddy Cool' is her favourite, over and over again...............
All of the above, all at the same time, it's like spinning plates on poles.
I collapse into the blissful silence of being alone once they've left..................

In response to:Empty Nest/Full Nest

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:58:06 +0200

Aha.. they bring such joy. My boy is nearly 18. (Not as close to it as he keeps telling me though) and as I've mentioned, my daughter is 13. She wanders around with earphones in too. My aunt thought she had a hearing problem... I said yhat she does. She has a problem with having to listen to us!

In response to:Empty Nest/Full Nest

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:46:17 +0200

I know how you feel. My son visits me once or twice a week and I get all excited looking forward to chatting. What does he do, he sits on the computer with his head phones in sigh.........
He's 21 by the way. Kids eh?

In response to:Rain, rain go away...

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:14:51 +0200

Mr Flighty thanks for that good news! :o)
My dad has heard something very simlar... August is going to continue to be wet. Although it's also very warm!
Ah, you thought I was swearing about the tree for a moment...no but I might have swore about the sodd**g weather.

In response to:Rain, rain go away...

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:03:39 +0200

It looks like being the wettest August in over 100 years so I agree that some sunshine would be nice.
Perhaps we'll get an Indian summer this autumn to make up for for what has been a pretty dismal summer.
I like the photos, especially the birdbath with the ripples. For a moment there I thought that you'd written 'The sodd..g tree'!

In response to:Rain, rain go away...

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:08:12 +0200

Are there such things? Deckchair salesmen?
"Try this stripey one madam..."
Yes, you are so right! I see you have that talent for seeking out the good too.

In response to:Rain, rain go away...

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:03:13 +0200

Your mum was right. Look on the bright side. At least we won't have a hosepipe ban this year, and there's no scorched grass. It's tough on deck chair salesmen though................

In response to:Gooseberry Pie?

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:58:15 +0200

I think I have similar thoughts as you on the shopping. I want to go to Lidl all the time but I think I would miss certain things. Is that a form of snobbery? I hope not, I've never thought of myself that way but there is something about the familiarity of the popular brand names. I wonder if I have made connections to my youth with my shopping trips?
Gooseberries are bloomin' awful! I can't imagine why anyone would want to eat something that has the ability to contort your facial expressions in such an unflattering way!
Thanks for the visit.

In response to:Gooseberry Pie?

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:40:51 +0200

yuk, how you eat gooseberries (my mum used to call them goosegogs!!)...i remember as a kid having to pick them out of the garden!!!...i know what you mean about sainsbury's and the credit crunch...i've had to go to ASDA...god i hat that place!!...too many cutomers, crap staff, isles to narrow!!!...erh makes me shiver but have to go!
We did have a barbi the other week. I first tried MAKRO but most things are in bulk and we were only having a few people around so i went to 'ALDI@....oooo.....it was ok but i couldn't do my weekly shop there.
We do have a lidle but the nice one is 10 miles away!!...and i have found out ASDA deliver to our area now, but, you don't get the whoopsies!!..Have a good day
x

In response to:Gooseberry Pie?

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 15:28:07 +0200

Hello Mr Flighty, I did think they looked a little over-ripe. I always thought Gooseberries were very green but it seems this is a normal colour (??)
Watching my kids faces as they tried the gooseberries gave me the impression they weren't too keen either!
Thank you for the welcome.

In response to:Gooseberry Pie?

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 12:01:22 +0200

That's such a shame about your fruit trees!
They look like grapes rather than gooseberries! I say that I don't like them but it's years since I've eaten any so perhaps it's time to try again.
Welcome to blog.co.uk, and happy blogging!