The Hornet's Nest

Norway - I am reading the girl with the dragon tattoo at the moment - is that set anywhere near you?

 

Sorry to read about the little one Sandy, hope he is soon better. Such things are a distant memory for me, but I see our children going through the same things with their children.

Well my labours for the day are finished, it is time to settle down with a nice glass or two of View attachment 1505

The shed/workshop/ gite is progressing. It is rather like the Vic now, it has guttering on three sides.

It is amazing what you can find out on here. Hornette I did like your explanation about Esther. It is not a book that I have read recently. I did see that someone had posted elsewhere a couple of reports from the Jewish Chronicle about the demise of the Blooms restaurant, and how that business had left some out of pocket.

 

Little snippets of information like that are part of what makes the nest so interesting

 

...and if you like numbers then HEY I AM 400

 

... and we have left Leicester trailing far behind us now

 

Leo, are you expecting anymore lambs?

They usually start to arrive here in December, but they continue coming through to March, so we still see some very tiny ones.

 

Oh Sandy, very sorry to hear that...i hope he feels better soon, it's not fun doing the night shift (though now that we can chat all night, it's not so bad )

Ah M Frenchie, i have some very strange childhood memories of Blooms, not least the seemingly unwritten rule that when in Blooms, one must slurp chicken soup with the loudest slurping sound possible, it was almost a competition! Not only that, but the waiters were obviously hired for their complete lack of desire to serve customers with any sort of politeness lol...it was an eating experience! Such a shame if it's gone under, though honestly not surprising.

Congrats on your 400 Leonardo!

 

Thanks Hornette

OFH - we only had one sheep ready to lamb this year - we got the others towards the end of last year and they were first year old so not put to the ram till later this year. As our neighbours tell us (rightyl) we are just hobby farmers - not like them - up all night for weeks on end

 

Lenny - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is based in Sweden... But not that far from Norway....

 

Thanks W_Y - have only just started it and its got Scandinavian names and at my age I get confused easily

I should delete my earlier post and all reference to this so as not to upset Norway

 

Bloom's was owned by Mr. B's mother for those who didn't know.

How do you lot find time to read books? I do read them of course, but usually when I am on holiday or late at night. I suspect that my reading might be rather different to some of those mentioned, but then my need to learn a second language at my age takes up most of any spare brain cells that I have left.

 

OFH - Same as me, I only seem to find the time for books on holiday or late at night in the summer....real shame as I love getting stuck into a good yarn.

That's me for the night, got a busy week as I am escaping early on Friday to pick up little Miss W_Y from Uni - she is home for most of April...

 

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for Sandy Frenchie and Leon for his 400 posts.

I hope little Sandy is better soon.

 

Ha, we are taking a cruise!! And it is the Hurtigruten!! We will be travelling right up North into the Arctic Circle to get a good view of the Northern Lights. 7 nights up Northern Norway followed by 6 nights "daan saawff".

akureyri, you'll also be interested in my honeymoon (that sounds a bit wierd...) as we will be ending it in Iceland!! You'll have to let me know where the best Geysers are!!

 

BBW...In my day a Geyser was a bloke.


Sorry.....wrong spelling.

 

There is Geysir which is also know as the Great Geysir at Haukadalur and Litli Geysir also at Haukadalur. If you go to the Thingvellir National Park there are the two geysir and also the Gulfoss waterfall. These are in the south west, the nearest town is Reykjavík but your boat might stop near Vestmannæyjar which is a volcanic island. Some cruise boats come to Akureyri as well.

 

Our posts are second in the Championship after Hull City and eighth in England. The odd team in the list is Southampton who post lots.

 

Mordechai was the son of Jair and was from the tribe of Benjamin.

 

Yay us...chatty little lot that we are

 

Blooms was a good restaurant . If you ordered "duck" that is what you got. A whole duck. To yourself. With some red cabbage. So if two people ordered duck it would be two ducks. I don't know why it was not more popular.