Friday, February 18, 2011
Friday bits and pieces.
I have not been any further than the garage today - not even as far as the back gate.
Vegetables are stored in the garage -I collected potatoes and cabbage in a basket.
I just thought the cabbage in the basket looked attractive.
It became part of a roast dinner later in the day. I had a lovely turkey breast in the freezer, which had been reduced to £1.50 on its sell by date.
We opened a bottle of white Chilean wine to enjoy with a good dinner.
Bill has been further from the house today.
He got things he needed from the back and then went to continue tidying the front garden.
Later he was back to the local rubbish tip to dump the boxes of fading foliage.
We finally decided that "the triffid" should go.
It is the huge plant with long spiky leaves which has taken over a patch of the garden.
It has been discussed for a long while. It will be a hard task and that is why finally, Bill agreed that somebody younger and stronger should do it.
We phoned young man Costiff (his first name escapes me) who was once involved in the athletic club, as were his parents. He has a small business doing work in people's gardens.
Here is Bill hard at work.
And he couldn't resist showing me that a bent old man was wilting with the work.
We have ordered a hanging bird table, which can be placed in Solly's tree.
I don't know what we will be doing tomorrow - rain is promised for the morning, so it is unlikely that we will be at Ford this week.
I know what 11 men from Crawley will be doing tomorrow and also about one tenth of the Crawley population! They will be at a football match in Manchester.
Of course there are dreams of a gigantic footballing upset.
It will be televised live tomorrow early evening.
Vegetables are stored in the garage -I collected potatoes and cabbage in a basket.
I just thought the cabbage in the basket looked attractive.
It became part of a roast dinner later in the day. I had a lovely turkey breast in the freezer, which had been reduced to £1.50 on its sell by date.
We opened a bottle of white Chilean wine to enjoy with a good dinner.
Bill has been further from the house today.
He got things he needed from the back and then went to continue tidying the front garden.
Later he was back to the local rubbish tip to dump the boxes of fading foliage.
We finally decided that "the triffid" should go.
It is the huge plant with long spiky leaves which has taken over a patch of the garden.
It has been discussed for a long while. It will be a hard task and that is why finally, Bill agreed that somebody younger and stronger should do it.
We phoned young man Costiff (his first name escapes me) who was once involved in the athletic club, as were his parents. He has a small business doing work in people's gardens.
Here is Bill hard at work.
And he couldn't resist showing me that a bent old man was wilting with the work.
We have ordered a hanging bird table, which can be placed in Solly's tree.
I don't know what we will be doing tomorrow - rain is promised for the morning, so it is unlikely that we will be at Ford this week.
I know what 11 men from Crawley will be doing tomorrow and also about one tenth of the Crawley population! They will be at a football match in Manchester.
Of course there are dreams of a gigantic footballing upset.
It will be televised live tomorrow early evening.
