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All good by me. Amazing what is going on there.

Bit choppy at Southwold today. Seen worse when some beach huts seemed to be on their way to Holland IMG_3470.mov

Lunch was delicious. Plenty of left over stuff. Always a challenge to try and see how many meals to get out of a joint/bird. Apart from the bones and perhaps a little bit of skin nothing will be chucked. Thanks. Can but try, as far as possible, keeping the frost at bay. If it isn’t the frost it’s the birds. The joys of trying to be a gardener?

Yes that is what my wife says

Yes frustrating when you get to an age that things are less than easy. Had the joy of a hemicolectomy in 2012 with an encore of a radical prostatectomy in 2013. But following that the PSA reading gradually crept up. Elected to have radiotherapy in 2019. Seems to have sorted the problem so far as last test a few weeks ago showed for all practice purposes the PSA reading as nil. Collateral damage yes but you try and work round it. Difficult on occasions not to let life grind you down. A lot if oh Sid it in our household. Hope all goes well with you and yours. Fortunately my family is all well. My son and family ended up buying my mum’s cottage in Southwold so they are really enjoying themselves. Lots of nice photos today.

Wish I had thought of that. Unfortunately the family (plus others) are doing other things but not long before we can all be here for one of my wife’s or my meals. Usually a joint event. We both like doing certain things.

Hope everyone is/has enjoyed the nice weather. Feel I have achieved something by cutting the grass, tidying up and generally fiddling around doing stuff in the garden. Last thing I want is cold weather and frosts. Plum blossom just coming out, which will be trashed. Asparagus just beginning to poke through. Plenty of seedlings in the greenhouse. Lovely time of the year when the weather is nice. I am in charge of lunch today. Well I usually do the roasts and similar. So something easy to pop in the oven that can lurk so I don’t have to check it much. Pot roast chicken with wine and herbs seems to be coming on nicely. Now need to cut some purple sprouting broccoli and get roasties ready. Should all fit in nicely with a beer or two or wine.

Who on Earth wants grotty cold weather this time of the year? Blossom out and trashed for starters. My poor seedlings I keep thinking of.

Wonder what sort of height it is reaching?

Still bubbling away.

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Goes on a bit but interesting. https://youtu.be/2tRogdK8TUc

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Now how close would you get?

When I was at Etna there wasn’t a hint of smoke. Bit unfair I thought. Was a very interesting tour though with a very knowledgeable guide.

With all bush fires I wonder if erosion might be more than otherwise due to lack of binding together by plant growth.

Some good night time shots. Keep them coming.

Yep been out. Agree lovely day. Only downside was I had the task of interring my mother’s ashes in her parents grave. She had a non attendance cremation back last April. Since then she had been sitting on a shelf at the undertakers. Because of Covid not really feasible to get the rest of the family there for the internment. So did it on my own. Lovely little grave yard. Very tranquil with birds tweeting and a good show of daffodils. My ancestors have been planted around the graveyard for hundreds of years. If you have to end up somewhere like that it is lovely.

Thanks will have a dig around.

Been wondering about this thread. Read for a while from the start but for the uninitiated the football score reporting of many of the posts with no comment or observation makes it rather obscure concerning what is going on. Is it possible for someone to give an updated review concerning what is going on and potential both good and bad in the future.

Might be a bit draughty. Possible gusts.

Summers here. Where are my dark glasses?

Think one certainty is any model is usually wrong. So just a best guess scenario.

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