Just watched Wallabies 🇦🇺 Pumas 🇦🇷 🏉 anthems. And I'm astonished, as I always am, that banal ditty was chosen (who chose it? Everyone I talk to and all of social media says, "Don't blame us, we don't know anyone who voted for it") to be our anthem. A third rate high school English teacher would be sacked for coming up with it.
@Cheery Gardener do you know there's also a climbing Cecile Brunner?I have one growing by my letterbox that desperately needs pruning. It's well over 2 metres high. The bloke who cuts the grass hates it because it's difficult to mow under. I think I will try to propagate some cuttings, Some tokeep and some to give away or sell at next years Open Day at the Community Library Open Day. I also have cuttings of Perle D'or, which is the apricot version of the Cecile Brunner and grows well from cuttings,
Commiserations to @Zappa. Football of all varieties is a fickle thing.
Very large proportion of the locals are hoping that the Green Machine stays switched on for the whole match later today!
Meanwhile Mr WitG and I are safely returned from our trip to Newcastle, which although its timing was triggered by the funeral of WitG junior’s partner’s grandmother, turned out to be a very enjoyable trip.
As the lady in question was several years into her nineties, it was actually quite a gentle and peaceful occasion at the Anglican church where she had been a regular parishioner. The clergy person was excellent, guiding the whole occasion without dominating it.
We saw our son’s partner who had managed to come from the UK, and also lots of other members of her family.
Also we were warm for four whole days which was lovely after a winter with a lot of cold nights.
The day after the funeral we had an excellent mini meet with @climacus at the Maitland Regional Gallery.
The only fly in the ointment was that rained (sometimes very hard) all day on Wednesday while we were driving back. @Huia and @Cheery Gardener, I hope you enjoy those new roses. Mr WitG is hoping to prune his this week while the nights aren’t too frosty. @Tukai congratulations on a new granddaughter. I hope the little family is all getting along well.
Wow @WormInTheGrass, you have had a really busy time. Very glad you managed to catch up with @Climacus, that sounds great.
I am feeling bad that my roses at the front of the house have been a bit neglected, I think maybe tomorrow should be their pruning day. I hope all goes well with Mr WITG's pruning as well. I haven't made it to the garden centre to look for the Cecile Brunner, maybe tomorrow.
We are babysitting 2 cars this afternoon, as some family members have made their way to the Stadium to watch the Green machine play. All of them suitably attired in supporters merch. The family members range in age from 1 to 55 and Great Niece is hoping to see Valda the Viking this afternoon. I'm a bit concerned because every time my sister goes to the footie, the team does not do well. I've told her she's banned if they lose today.
Cheery husband will collect family members after the match and they can come back to ours for a pit stop and then head home. We thought that was easier than them trying to find parking (or end up parking illegally and incur a big fine).
On Friday the North East Man and I had lunch in our favourite Dundee city centre restaurant - The Bach. It's run by New Zealanders . I had mince on toast with a poached egg in hollandaise sauce on top. The Bach is the only place I know of which does this.
We bought a large bar of Whittaker's Fruit and Nut on the way out. We are going to save it for a Special Occasion. I also bought a small bar of something peanutty, which disappeared quickly.
I'm somewhat corralled in the sitting room as the rest of the house is colonised by chaps in overalls fitting new radiators. Hopefully it'll be a wrap by lunchtime.
Having had to rise early yesterday for Art Group, and today for plumbers, tomorrow it's the roofer. It's not that I don't get up early most days in any case, it's the couple of hours sloping around in a dressing gown I miss.
Glad to read of your outing @North East Quine and especially the purchase of chocolate!!
Like you @Firenze, I do like a good slow day and mooching around in my dressing gown, just pottering.
Hoping for a bit of garden pottering shortly, the weather man says winds increasing in a couple of hours, so I'd better get out there. Spring is here and so are the weeds!!
@Huia, I think my first encounter with Cecile Brunner was in a climbing form, in the position I have, I'll probably be looking for a bush rose, but haven't firmly decided yet.
My family appear to be coping with the Green machine weekend loss (what a nailbiter match), but said they couldn't face getting in the scrum for tickets to the match next weekend. So much time wasted online by 2 people, just to get the ones they had for last weekend.
Managed to pick up some on special books, which I probably should not have purchased as my not yet read pile just keeps growing and growing. Perhaps I can reward myself with some reading after some gardening this morning. Anyway better get moving!!
NEQ, if the peanutty chocolate was also Whittakers it was probably a peanut slab. I saw one recently and was surprised by how small they were compared to when I was a child . I like Whittaker's chocolate best of all the chocolate that's made here. I sometimes send it to family as a "pick me up" when I know they're having a hard time, but at the moment I need to check whether we can send parcels to the U.S due to some complication connected to the tariffs.
We thought our guest accomodation would be empty until Christmas.
But last week we saw a black column of smoke in the distance, only to find out from a mutual friend it was a person we both know. Sadly, her house burned to the ground.
She is now staying in our guest accomodation with her dogs. Another friend of hers rigged up fencing so her dogs wouldn't wander into the street.
They make a similar bar with almonds instead of peanuts, but although I like almonds better than peanuts, they seem rather dried in the bar. (Of course I had to eat several of the bars over the years to see if they had improved, but sadly they hadn't ).
Luckily the supermarket aisle that has the chocolate is one that it's easy to avoid as it doesn't have anything I buy regularly.
Oh dear @LatchKeyKid, what an awful shock for your friend. I hope they are not too shaken up by the event, though that would be completely understandable.
I'm not that familiar with Whittaker's chocs, though I think I've seen them. I used to really love visits to Darrell Lea when I was a child. I'm glad some of their products are still available, but alas not my favourite, Butterscotch, it really was buttery!!
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Very large proportion of the locals are hoping that the Green Machine stays switched on for the whole match later today!
Meanwhile Mr WitG and I are safely returned from our trip to Newcastle, which although its timing was triggered by the funeral of WitG junior’s partner’s grandmother, turned out to be a very enjoyable trip.
As the lady in question was several years into her nineties, it was actually quite a gentle and peaceful occasion at the Anglican church where she had been a regular parishioner. The clergy person was excellent, guiding the whole occasion without dominating it.
We saw our son’s partner who had managed to come from the UK, and also lots of other members of her family.
Also we were warm for four whole days which was lovely after a winter with a lot of cold nights.
The day after the funeral we had an excellent mini meet with @climacus at the Maitland Regional Gallery.
The only fly in the ointment was that rained (sometimes very hard) all day on Wednesday while we were driving back.
@Huia and @Cheery Gardener, I hope you enjoy those new roses. Mr WitG is hoping to prune his this week while the nights aren’t too frosty.
@Tukai congratulations on a new granddaughter. I hope the little family is all getting along well.
I am feeling bad that my roses at the front of the house have been a bit neglected, I think maybe tomorrow should be their pruning day. I hope all goes well with Mr WITG's pruning as well. I haven't made it to the garden centre to look for the Cecile Brunner, maybe tomorrow.
We are babysitting 2 cars this afternoon, as some family members have made their way to the Stadium to watch the Green machine play. All of them suitably attired in supporters merch. The family members range in age from 1 to 55 and Great Niece is hoping to see Valda the Viking this afternoon. I'm a bit concerned because every time my sister goes to the footie, the team does not do well. I've told her she's banned if they lose today.
Cheery husband will collect family members after the match and they can come back to ours for a pit stop and then head home. We thought that was easier than them trying to find parking (or end up parking illegally and incur a big fine).
We bought a large bar of Whittaker's Fruit and Nut on the way out. We are going to save it for a Special Occasion. I also bought a small bar of something peanutty, which disappeared quickly.
Having had to rise early yesterday for Art Group, and today for plumbers, tomorrow it's the roofer. It's not that I don't get up early most days in any case, it's the couple of hours sloping around in a dressing gown I miss.
Like you @Firenze, I do like a good slow day and mooching around in my dressing gown, just pottering.
Hoping for a bit of garden pottering shortly, the weather man says winds increasing in a couple of hours, so I'd better get out there. Spring is here and so are the weeds!!
@Huia, I think my first encounter with Cecile Brunner was in a climbing form, in the position I have, I'll probably be looking for a bush rose, but haven't firmly decided yet.
My family appear to be coping with the Green machine weekend loss (what a nailbiter match), but said they couldn't face getting in the scrum for tickets to the match next weekend. So much time wasted online by 2 people, just to get the ones they had for last weekend.
Managed to pick up some on special books, which I probably should not have purchased as my not yet read pile just keeps growing and growing. Perhaps I can reward myself with some reading after some gardening this morning. Anyway better get moving!!
But last week we saw a black column of smoke in the distance, only to find out from a mutual friend it was a person we both know. Sadly, her house burned to the ground.
She is now staying in our guest accomodation with her dogs. Another friend of hers rigged up fencing so her dogs wouldn't wander into the street.
They make a similar bar with almonds instead of peanuts, but although I like almonds better than peanuts, they seem rather dried in the bar. (Of course I had to eat several of the bars over the years to see if they had improved, but sadly they hadn't
Luckily the supermarket aisle that has the chocolate is one that it's easy to avoid as it doesn't have anything I buy regularly.
I'm not that familiar with Whittaker's chocs, though I think I've seen them. I used to really love visits to Darrell Lea when I was a child. I'm glad some of their products are still available, but alas not my favourite, Butterscotch, it really was buttery!!