We were up annoyingly early as the wild ring necked parakeets were screeching outside our bedroom window this morning. People think they are exotic - they are just annoying if you have to live near them ( Read more... )

Today the weather was much nicer than Saturday which was good as we had tickets to go to the Edenbridge and Oxted Agricultural Show.  It was very warm in the sunshine and around 19C/66F in the shade.  It's around a 30-minute drive to get to the showground and as they have been organising the event for the past 186 years they are really good at ( Read more... )

Another dreary day and we had torrential rain for most of last night. I'm not complaining - I'd much rather have a day of 22C/72F than the sweltering temperatures elsewhere ( Read more... )

The humidity we had yesterday has continued today and although there have been grey clouds that look heavy with rain in the sky, we've not had any rain at all ( Read more... )

Today we have a bank holiday to make up for New Year's Day falling on a Sunday.  Unlike Christmas Day almost everything is open during this bank holiday weekend in England - although some things have shortened opening hours.  As it was a nicer day than it has been recently, we decided to go out. There is a Tudor house we've not visited before even ( Read more... )

Today is my birthday and after a few days of horribly cold weather it was beautifully sunny with clear blue skies! Mr Cee had the day off, so we woke up later than usual (no alarm!).  I opened my presents - and I was very spoiled *g*. We had a leisurely breakfast mid-morning we set off to go to West Dulwich (and short hop on the train) to have a ( Read more... )

The forecast today: 16C/60F mostly cloudy and it was very windy. However, the day was mostly sunny here so I put the laundry I'd washed overnight on the line in the garden to dry!  Then I set off for the train station as I was meeting some friends for a walk around a local Kent town. I could have driven, but I know this group of ladies and we ( Read more... )

Today's forecast: 21C/70F cloudy although it felt very humid and warm for most of the day and there was lots of sun up until lunchtime.

I had a few chores to do this morning, and then set off to meet with kathyh at the Dulwich Picture Gallery to see their exhibition Reframed: The Woman in the Window. The train got me there on time and we spent a very ( Read more... )

Today's forecast: 14C/57F cloudy.

Today we went to visit Penshurst Place and gardens as they were holding the Weald of Kent Country Craft Fair. It is about half an hour's drive from us, and we spent about an hour looking around all the stalls and crafts which were fascinating. I ended up buying a thing for the garden (it's a forged dragonfly spike ( Read more... )

Yesterday it was mostly cloudy 15C/59F and the wind was cold again. We went to the garden centre first thing as we needed bird food and we treated ourselves to a new clematis and a pre-planted hanging basket with pansies in.  Once we got back we pottered around the garden and I transplanted some of the daffodils I'd had in pots that have finished ( Read more... )