Glorious autumn weather here in the Overberg as road and bridge repairs carry on at a snail's pace. I was invited to a 70th-birthday party with flamenco dancing and had picked out a red shawl and heels before realising that a four-hour detour along muddy roads and having to open farm gates by torchlight might not be worth a couple of hours sexy twirl and foot stamping. The Franschhoek mountain pass is closed 'for the foreseeable future' which sounds very ominous.
Meteorological winter. It is supposed to be meteorological summer here in Canada. I walk up to 5 degrees. There were frost warnings in low lying areas of the province of New Brunswick.
Whenever 1 hear about Canadian winter temperatures I am relieved that my forebears (on my mother's side) caught a ship to New Zealand rather than Canada.
On my father's side some ended up in Australia and I always wondered if an Australian Bishop, whose surname was spelt the same way as my family, was a distant relation.
I often think of our Canadian acquaintances and their need to have their car engine heated in winter before leaving home (I hope I remembered that correctly). The cost of having the heating installed was not small and he did some of the digging work himself. I didn't envy him that job.
It's turned coolish this week. Coincidentally just after FD posted about their lovely holiday temps. However, it is June so should be expected!! Very wet also, I have to confess to loving this as I don't have to feel guilty about vegging out and snuggling up under throws with a cat on my lap. Some new books have arrived in the post too, so I need to make a start on those!
We met our new neighbours at the weekend. I had intended to greet them with some baking, but the arrival of an unfamiliar cat in our yard made me worry that it might belong to them. So of course by the time I chatted to them, the cat had disappeared. They do have a cat, but we couldn't determine whether it might have been theirs, or not. Next time I will take a photo!
It was nice to meet them though and they seem very happily settled, even though not all their boxes have been unpacked. I am sure we are all familiar with that scenario, particularly those of us on the tidy house thread!
I hope others are going well this week. After a few grey and wet days it's lovely to see the sunshine today.
I forced myself to get outside this morning and did my walk, as the last few days I've been avoiding going outside. It was pretty chilly, earlier on, but now it's beautiful.
Cheery son and I were feeling a bit of cabin fever, so we jumped in the car and went to the local shops a couple of suburbs away. I am not sure why, but they still have freshly made hot cross buns for sale and as long as they are available, I am happy to buy them. Just had a couple freshly toasted for lunch, perfection!!
Flying down to BNE at sparrows tmw, thence train to the Gold Coast to pick up a new (to us) car. We are now a 2 Mercedes family. They are both old, my year 2000 is going strong at 300,000km, the new motor is year 2016 with 75,000km. A Hyundai or Kia would cost as much.
So, how to refer to them? @Clarence's Landrover Freelander will join Maudie 🐕 in the Fields of Elysium in a couple of days. We used to say, eg, "Are you taking the Freelander to uni?", or "Are you taking the Merc to Coles?" We can't ask are you taking the Merc, because which one? Here's our solution. My ancient car's rego ends FTY, Clarence's newer ends WOB. Fatty and Wobbly, easy (I'm both, btw, Clarence is neither).
I love those names FD! My schoolfriend's Mum's car was called Bertha and we all felt sad when she went to the fields you mentioned. I hope Clarence won't feel too sad about it. I hope both Mercs keep going strong.
We are enjoying a lazy long weekend (2 in a row for us) and I'm enjoying doing not much at all, mostly in the garden and pottering at home. A banana cake made yesterday has disappeared and as we have a banana glut, I might make another tomorrow.
Cheery husband is off to visit his brother tomorrow, and I hope that will go well and he will get home in good time for us to get ready for the upcoming week.
Years ago I had a Triumph Herald called Womble. Something rattled when driving round corners, my brother K called the sound the rear gunner. Sadly the car died of Galloping Rust.
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@Foaming Draught that sounds like holiday in paradise, I hope you and @Clarence have a good rest.
First day of winter here. Sorry, Victorians & Canberrans 😊
On my father's side some ended up in Australia and I always wondered if an Australian Bishop, whose surname was spelt the same way as my family, was a distant relation.
It's turned coolish this week. Coincidentally just after FD posted about their lovely holiday temps. However, it is June so should be expected!! Very wet also, I have to confess to loving this as I don't have to feel guilty about vegging out and snuggling up under throws with a cat on my lap. Some new books have arrived in the post too, so I need to make a start on those!
We met our new neighbours at the weekend. I had intended to greet them with some baking, but the arrival of an unfamiliar cat in our yard made me worry that it might belong to them. So of course by the time I chatted to them, the cat had disappeared. They do have a cat, but we couldn't determine whether it might have been theirs, or not. Next time I will take a photo!
It was nice to meet them though and they seem very happily settled, even though not all their boxes have been unpacked. I am sure we are all familiar with that scenario, particularly those of us on the tidy house thread!
I forced myself to get outside this morning and did my walk, as the last few days I've been avoiding going outside. It was pretty chilly, earlier on, but now it's beautiful.
Cheery son and I were feeling a bit of cabin fever, so we jumped in the car and went to the local shops a couple of suburbs away. I am not sure why, but they still have freshly made hot cross buns for sale and as long as they are available, I am happy to buy them. Just had a couple freshly toasted for lunch, perfection!!
So, how to refer to them? @Clarence's Landrover Freelander will join Maudie 🐕 in the Fields of Elysium in a couple of days. We used to say, eg, "Are you taking the Freelander to uni?", or "Are you taking the Merc to Coles?" We can't ask are you taking the Merc, because which one? Here's our solution. My ancient car's rego ends FTY, Clarence's newer ends WOB. Fatty and Wobbly, easy (I'm both, btw, Clarence is neither).
We are enjoying a lazy long weekend (2 in a row for us) and I'm enjoying doing not much at all, mostly in the garden and pottering at home. A banana cake made yesterday has disappeared and as we have a banana glut, I might make another tomorrow.
Cheery husband is off to visit his brother tomorrow, and I hope that will go well and he will get home in good time for us to get ready for the upcoming week.
Fortunately the Mercs will be better built.