The Canary Dave

Morning all, grey and damp in my part of the country, but at least there is no snow to prevent me going out for a first class dinner. Mme has a vase of daffodils sat in the window, a sure sign that Spring is only a few weeks away.

 

A new day.....
Life goes on..... will be hard and very very sad still

Have a good one ..............

 

OK you lovely people, I'm off to bed!

Night all

Night H

 

Well, i'm back, and glad to say i made it in time for the game on Saturday, not because it was a good game, far from it..but i would have not liked to have not been there to give GT his send off. Horrid to have heard the news on holiday, the hotel was in shock, it was really strange, but there were lots of English people where we were, and all from a variety of clubs and everyone was in shock and saddened by the news, and everyone asked us if we were ok...football family really does come together at sad times. I know there's a thread and i'll read through it, but i think the fans did GT proud on Saturday, as did the behind the scenes people...and how amazing was his family. Incredible and brave.

Anyway, i'm home, and hopefully you've all been behaving!

 

Good morning all from a fairly mild and dry Weston-super-Mare!

Have a good day!

 

S*d has been practising his Law again! Fifth viewing of our house is scheduled this afternoon and you couldn't wish for a danker, gloomier, murkier, damper day! I don't think anyone's seen it in sunshine yet! Still, fingers crossed. We're off to Mexico for a couple of weeks tomorrow, so at least runways look as though they'll be free of ice.

 

Morning all, the snowdrops are starting to show buds, so another week and they should be in flower.

Yesterday the conversation over dinner did head towards GT, and there was an understanding of just how good he had been for football. It moved on towards talk of defibrillators and how a Forest fan's life had been saved when one had been used. It is to the credit of the fans that they are trying to raise money and awareness to have more of these life saving machines available. Years ago our Parish Council raised the money to buy one for the village and supported the training of some people in how to use it. It took some effort to make sure that everyone knew how to call for it, but we felt it to be a worthwhile purchase.

 

Evening all from a wet St Helier. Until I got home a couple of hours ago, it felt like I'd been travelling for 4 days, which was not far off what happened.

 

OK you lovely people, I'm off to bed!

Night all

Night H

 

Good morning all from a mild and damp Weston-super-Mare!

Have a good day!

 

Evening all, a cold day here when the temperature has not risen above 0°C. As I was back on the paint roller today I was pleased to be inside with some lovely sunshine streaming through the window. I was decorating what had been a room containing a bread oven, large enough to provide for the entire hamlet. Looking through the window there is a barn, with the year 1827 shown in the terracotta roof tiles. Inside the barn are the old wooden cattle stalls, and down the hill on the side of the river the old mill is still standing. It is quite likely that grain from this tiny hamlet was taken to the mill, ground into flour, then baked into bread. The history of the small communities around France is very interesting, although it is sometimes very difficult to find due to the wars that have erased the memories of some who lived through them. At least people here will still resist having GM crops dumped on them, while some in the UK seem to be quite happy with the prospect.

 

OK you lovely people, I'm off to bed!

Night all

Night H

 

Good morning all from a cold and dry Weston-super-Mare!

Have a good day!

 

Morning all from a cold and dry St. Helier. I'm just glad it isn't windy - in Jersey, that's one disadvantage of living near a harbour instead of further inland.

 

OK you lovely people, I'm off to bed!

Night all

Night H

 

Shootings all over Mexico recently. Well, I guess shamefully that is normal but this week we have had some more high profile ones.

Cancun - Cancun again and also a school in Monterrey.

Grim.

Trump is coming into force on the 20th so there might even be one bigger one soon....

 

Good morning all from a cold and dry Weston-super-Mare!

Have a good day!

 

Blimey dave - 3:28am? Did someone turn your clock back last night?

 

I had a bad night, got up and then went back to bed after.

 

Morning

off form a very mild Yorkshire to a chilly Brighton for three days of... work ...