Chitchat thread #24

[Containergardener]

Morning Nicos,
I would love a cuppa . Oh yes the rock. I'm sure you can still get it, was never keen though but my dad loved rock infact anything sweet.
Yes happy St Patrick's day. Well yesterday's frost and brightness is back to grey gloom

[Nicos]

Mornin n’alln’all,D
Woken by the rain bouncing off the window….I’m hoping it’ll ease off and I can have a bit more of a snooze!
I am however contemplating a brew- anyone fancying one too?

I’ve realised it’s St Patrick’s Day. I best get some Irish Soda bread out of the freezer to celebrate!

No plans so far for today - unless of course it stops raining! Maybe I should check out the ‘ Must have been done by yesterday’ list for some ideas!

GF-you’ve reminded me of when I slept at my grandmother’s house. Her spare bed had a homemade feather mattress. I was only a tot when I stayed there but I remember sinking deeper into it as the night progressed!

Hadto chuckle atSnoops comment to those of you on your holiblobs to have an icecream for her!
Can you still buy rock at UK holiday resorts? I’ve not had any for years- too sickly - but I used to love crunching my way through a stick and wondering how they managed to get the letters all the way through.

Whatever you get up today, enjoy yourselves!

[Nicos]

Mornin n’alln’all
A cloudy start here and it’s definitely cooler again.
Today OH will be glued to the tele- it’s the last three rugby matches of the Six Nations ….all on one day. I am happy to join him for some of it but not all
I guess today I’ll be pottering

There are still loads of postcards on sale over here.
One company produces really clever ( twisting words) for each region, as well as friendly mocking of idiosyncrasies for each areaThis is the one for Normandy…
https://www.heula.fr/index.php?l=1&mcat=5&r=1
They’ve really taken off selling loads of other things with their signature humour

[Containergardener]

Morning
Sun here too and an early frost. Walk already done and washing on the line. Had sourdough open sandwich for breakfast.
Right, need a cuppa.

[greenishfing]

Good morning.

The sun is shining. It's quite cold and only forecast to hit the dizzying heights of 11°C this afternoon. It is however so nice to actually see the sun.

I used to like looking through all the smutty postcards at the seaside too. Do they still sell them or are they too non- PC now?

Snoop, where do geckos go in Winter? Do they hibernate? We have lots of birds and here, but I haven't seen a starling for a few years. We are inundated with grey squirrels. In Summer I see the odd hedgehog snuffling around after dark and a few years ago if I looked out around midnight there was usually a fox around. It might still be around but we tend to go to bed a bit earlier now.

Mr GF has woken up with backache this morning as have I a few times recently. I think it's time to have a look at new mattresses. I really can't stand the modern ones with foam though. I remember once sleeping in a feather bed which was wonderful when I went to bed and was like sleeping on concrete by the morning.

Sadly while I have been typing this the clouds have started gathering.