Weather

Another lovely bright day here but the wind is definitely from the North and it was sure cold whilst out with muttly. 
The blackbirds were back at about five this morning. Strangely they suddenly stoped at half five. On my way to the bathroom I had a look to see if anything like a cat was about to scare them off. 
I normally struggle to go back to sleep but to my surprise I dozed off again until seven. I could here muttly snoring down stairs, we leave the doors open to let him mooch about.

Another chilly Dawn, wind has eased,no snow or rain. Left it an hour later this morning and went out without my head touch to avoid getting dive bombed by the gulls.
Keep warm,have a nice day.
Boaby

Really bright start here with light cloud but it's perishing, thermostat says 8°c but it feels much colder with the brisk north wind blowing. Should be shopping today but Hermes managed to tip-toe up to our door yesterday with a parcel we were waiting on and escape again without being caught Hopefully they will be back with it today.

They must knock the door with a feather

Askit wrote:Really bright start here with light cloud but it's perishing, thermostat says 8°c but it feels much colder with the brisk north wind blowing. Should be shopping today but Hermes managed to tip-toe up to our door yesterday with a parcel we were waiting on and escape again without being caught  Hopefully they will be back with it today.

They must knock the door with a feather

That sounds like typical Hermes!  

A cool breeze and heavy showers this morning, not much of a day for getting out and about but may get some more work done on the van in between the rain. Jackdaws were really busy yesterday carrying twigs across to build a nest in one of our beech trees, amazing how much they can carry. Absolutely no interest from the littlies in the bird boxes, maybe next year. Goldfinch on the feeders yesterday which was great to see.
Have a great day everyone

Again a chilly morning with that lazy wind that goes through you rather than round you. Breakfast done, muttly walked and then off to see Jessy the chiropodist. I think thats the days things to do for today so after lunch I might have some me time in the workshop so I will go and turn the heater up to make it nice and cosy in there. 
Muttly is settling in to a routine slowly. The short spells in the motorhome seem to be helping. He still spends time in his bed snoring or staring out at the garden. He is certainly chilled out compared to the last muttly. 

Wind chill must be around zero, refreshed the bird bath and small bird drinking bowl from ice cream earlier.
Had intended to do some pointing work on the boundary wall, TOO cold. Even Tag has given up running around the garden with his Kong ball.
Stay in warm.
Have a nice day.
Boaby

Dry cool overcast night, no wind as yet, could be rain in the air ?gulls  
Creating hell around the roofs tops.
Noisy Dawn chorus,blackies in greater numbers this morning, good walk out with Tag, a lot of rubbish about the streets.  
Have a nice day.
Boaby

Dull and grey after overnight rain, think there's more to come today. Payoff is slightly higher temperatures until the next artic blast over the weekend. Local cat was spotted half way up a large tree in our neighbours garden, taking a chance with the thug magpies

What is wrong with people, you wouldn't drop rubbish in your own garden or kitchen so why do it outside, madness!

Quite a bright start here, 12 degrees so mild(ish), just off for a walk around the village, not far takes about an hour of brisk walking and mainly on tracks so no traffic or people!

Would like to start the painting but at the moment it is a little too risky, never know if there might be a shower around, that is my excuse anyway.

Have a great day

Overnight showers, mild with a light breeze, noisy Dawn chorus, lots of gulls up and harassing Tag and me this morning.
Still to cold and damp for white washing walls yet up here, temperatures are to drop again on this side of the country .
Boaby

Clear blue sky and bright sunshine but very cold and more to come for the next few days. Heading to the dentists to get a crown fixed, hopefully

groundhog wrote:What is wrong with people, you wouldn't drop rubbish in your own garden or kitchen so why do it outside, madness!

I totally agree but every anti-litter campaign I can remember since the 60s has failed, usually after a small improvement. It doesn't seem to matter what age people are, and given the volume of rubbish dropped, it can't be blamed in a small minority. I have no idea what the answer is

Askit wrote:

I totally agree but every anti-litter campaign I can remember since the 60s has failed, usually after a small improvement. It doesn't seem to matter what age people are, and given the volume of rubbish dropped, it can't be blamed in a small minority. I have no idea what the answer is

Me neither, just don't understand it, some parts of the World it just doesn't happen and in others it is the norm. I spent some time in Brussels and the streets there were disgusting with litter and dog droppings, maybe different now of course.
Slight frost again last night and a bright start to the day, back from the weekly shop by 8am, very quiet out and about.

Chilly dry night, minus one, bird bath frozen again   Noisy Dawn chorus, sun just appearing on the horizon, behind the wind farm,
MacD litter all over the road and paths around here this morning, filled up a shopping bag within 100 yards., Macds is 3 miles away.
Anyway have a nice day,I'm of at 9 for me second jab.
Boaby

Well done on clearing up Boaby and hope the jab went well.
Not a bad morning here with some sunshine and partly blue skies, no wind which is good. Time to get on outside again, van is finished so now able to concentrate on getting the hypochlorite out and spraying all around the grounds, well the hard bits anyway! I know it is not popular to use chemicals but the alternative is at least a week of solid pressure washing which is not going to do the old back any good I am afraid. Easy answer is to get someone in but the last bloke was utterly useless, other people rarely seem to do a job as well as you would yourself.

Sparkling sunny start here, great to look at out the window but all the cars around are covered in frost. It should clear quickly so might get a walk later. Well done Boaby, you should get on to MacDs and tell them to come and clean up the mess.

Just come back from our 2nd jab, feel a wee bitty light heeded, (not unusual) , called in for a bacon and egg Macmuffin for breakfast and dumped the rubbish in one of there bins ( wee protest)
Heavy rain shower just came on, van looks nice and shiny Hog.
Boaby

Thanks Boaby
Lovely blue sky now just looked at the first area of paving to clean and loads of moss so pressure washer it is. Osteopath booked for a weeks time
Third airplane from Paris to USA just flown overhead in last ten minutes, virus at 35000 feet

A lovely bright but chilly day here. Now the wind has eased off it’s quite pleasant out. I spent a couple of hours this morning  putting this in the Rienza ready for Monday. 
After our day out on Friday it looked like murttly has left most of his winter jacket in there. No matter a quick dash round with the hoover shifted it. By the time we come back next Friday it will be even worse. Maybe I should give him a brushing before we go. We havnt tried that yet.

Really cold night with frozen sleet on car windscreens,wild fowl flying over heading north east ??.
Didn't fancy a long walk this morning. Quick mile and home.
Clear and dry, rain showers later I'm told.
Have a nice day.
Boaby

Another corking start with a clear blue sky, still cold but not so much frost on the cars today.  Next door neighbours were cleaning their BBQ yesterday so perhaps they know something I don't  The gardener wants to do some repotting outdoor plants today so I may well go out and watch her

Same thing here clear blue skies and a fresh morning. Not that I will notice under the protective pressure washing gear. 4 hours yesterday solid and hardly made a start... There is a lot to do

Just had a heavy dump of snow. Melted within minutes, toooo cold for any outside painting, pointing or BBQ, we've had 4 BBQs so far during the brief nice days we've had.
Boaby

burlingtonboaby wrote:Just had a heavy dump of snow. Melted within minutes, toooo cold for any outside painting, pointing or BBQ, we've had 4 BBQs so far during the brief nice days we've had.
Boaby

Anyone heading over onto this side of the coast bring extra clothing,  it's very cold, wet and muddy, just had a heavy hail stone shower. Should clear later.   
Boaby

Not sure if it was the same lot as the ones you saw Boaby but we've just been overflown by hundreds of geese heading north. Bit more cloud in the sky but dry and bright so I'll take it.

Probably warmer in the Artic Tony, wild fowl heading out over the coast earlier??
Beautiful blue sky the noo, but very cold in the wind
Boaby