Gosh it's chilly today.  There was still frost on various roofs when I pegged out the washing just before 10am.  That was a Good Thing.  Pegging out before 10am.  The past couple of times I've put a load of washing on an 'every day' setting, instead of being done in an hour or so it's gone on for three hours or more!  That meant it wasn't getting ( Read more... )

Oh look, MPs are debating a Private Members Bill on Assisted Dying.  Now I know there are all sorts of arguments for and against such a thing.  I merely point people in the direction of Abortion.  Illegal in this country til the mid sixties, it was legallised provided that it could be proved that the mother-to-be's health would otherwise be ( Read more... )

Fog in March Frost in May

Or so says the gardening guru on our local paper.  As he's well into his 60s & has been living in the area for a looong time I see no reason to doubt him.  As this morning the world looked kinda woolly & the foghorns are still going I guess that's one frost to look out for the month after next.  Which could be ( Read more... )