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Amazing - it wasn’t raining on Saturday! So I did some of the ironing mountain, and then cycled into town to return something to Primark, and buy some t-shirts for Pete. 15 minutes in one queue, and 10 in the other. sigh. Then I went to Wilkinsons and bought an ironing board cover and a new peg bag, as ours is disintegrating. It’s a rock and roll ( Read more... )

As regular readers will know, it has been my wont through the summer to go out for an early morning bike ride. I went out yesterday for the first time since the previous Wednesday (25/8), and what a difference … Autumn has arrived while I wasn’t looking.

I took a thin cardi and never took it off, there was a heavy mist which didn’t burn off till ( Read more... )

This morning started out as a lovely autumn one - a very slight chill to the air, and lovely sunshine.

Now it's all grey again.

/sigh

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And now, five minutes later, it's pissing it down again.

It's *chucking* it down with snow ...

It was very cold last night for September. It was very cold this morning, and the house felt .. damp, somehow. I've been cold all day, despite wearing a cardigan, and wooly feet - the wind is blowing the wrong way.

So that's it - I've switched the boiler back to rads, and we shall be warm this evening. And bugger the expense.

we have no snow.

:(

there's a real nip in the air this week - autumn seems to be here. Lovely stuff - my favourite time of year.

update on the weekend later for those who aren't bored to death with the saga.

and how delightful to see her purple_perilness last night. We fed her a scratch meal of meatballs and spaghetti, followed by choccy moooooooooooooooose (sorry, gmul), and ( Read more... )

it's raining at last!

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