It seems that my very very local junior rugby union team (about 500 metres from where I live) are in the semi-finals of the junior vase tournament. They are playing Battersea Ironsides away on Saturday. Whichever team wins will be in the final at Twickenham in early May.

I wish them well on Saturday.

 

I'm falling asleep so I'm going to sign out.

Goodnight and sweet dreams to Summer, Moonie and Ros.

*night owls* I cannot believe the time! I just don't know where the day has gone, and I haven't even had my bath/shower yet

Sweet dreams yogi I hope you've had a nice day

I agree about reading for pleasure, not just for education. Reading really is a joy for me

I love that the new moon is called Peggy, I had no idea that Saturn already has 62 other moons!

Goodnight Yogi. Sleep well. Sweet dreams

Hi Sweet

Hi moonie
What ya been up to?

Iron man is on

Hi Sweet
I have mostly been doing nothing because of the the cold dank weather
How has your day been?

 

That's not a bad thing moonie, unless there was a shortage of good sport on though

I had a hectic day, but it was good fun and I'm off tomorrow

Hot cross buns tomorrow

Nope, plenty of sport on Sweet

I'm glad your day turned out fun even though hectic

yeah hot cross buns

night lovely yogi summer moons

Goodnight Ros. Sleep well. Sweet dreams

 

 Good morning, everyone. The sun is shining.

Hot cross buns for everyone on Good Friday.

Pics don't work on my ipad so I've done a link instead.

http://uk.images.search.yahoo....q..l/ceQ&fr=ipad

Have a good day, everyone.

Good Friday morning to everyone

 

It's blue sky here today

 

Thanks Yogi for the hot cross buns

 

Good morning blue skies & sunshine here too

Thanks yogi I looooove hot cross buns! I like them either toasted or as they come, m&s are my favourites

Summer, these Co-op truly irrestible hot cross buns are on a par with the M&S ones:

Good morning everyone, lovely hot cross buns, thank you Yogi, Summer and EL.  It's a brighter morning than yesterday and the wind seems to have dropped a little, it was a very cold wind yesterday.  We are promised a lovely day tomorrow and then it all goes downhill

 

Have a great day, whatever you're up to today, a blessed peaceful day

 

We've been invited out for fish supper tonight- why do we eat fish instead of meat on Good Friday?

I've done lots of housework and have a load of washing on the line

Fasting is quite common in various religions as a form of self discipline. Fasting isn't just not eating, it can also be to abstain from eating meat in this case. In Christianity, that's to signify Jesus sacrificing himeself on the cross to save us all. It is believed that this took place on a Friday. In the Roman Catholic church, catholics would not eat meat on any Friday. Although that is the preferred practice amongst catholics, it's only mandatory on Good Friday. Anglicans also generally abstain from eating meat on Good Friday though I don't think it's mandatory.

 

It's almost time for me to have my lunch.

 

Fish and chips

Thank you El I think my MIL didn't used to eat meat on all Fridays, and most definitely not on Good Friday

I hope you enjoyed your fish & chips

Enjoy your fish tea tonight, Summer.

We are also having fish for dinner tonight.

I did loads of housework while hubby cut the back lawn and power washed the patio and path. Then I went to the garden centre to get some grass seed - there are a couple of large bald patches due to the bad weather and the two dogs plodding over it. I also bought four new fish for the tank, they are rummynoses.

 

Summer, I always enjoy my fish and chips

I hope you enjoy your fish supper tonight, and Yogi, I hope you have a nice fish dinner as well.

 

Trivia facts relating to Easter.

 

According to the Met Office weather forecaster on television yesterday it's more likely to snow at Easter than at Christmas (not that there's any chance this year). I don't know if that's true or not but that's what he said.

 

Easter Day falls on the Sunday following what is called the Paschal New Moon. The Paschal New Moon is based on the ecclesiastical lunar calendar and is the first ecclesiastical full moon after the spring equinox (March 21st). The ecclesiastical lunar calendar is based on rather complicated calculations formulated hundreds of years ago as an attempt by the Christian church to work out when full moons would be. The ecclesiastical full moon cycle is only an approximation to the actual moon cycle and can be up to 2 days out. This year the first actual full moon after March 21st was Tuesday April 15th and  that's why Easter Sunday is this coming Sunday.

 

The Chinese New year starts on the first new moon between January 21 and February 21. So there is a vague mathematical link between the start of the Chinese new year and Easter Sunday. The number of days between the two averages out at 49 days when Easter is early and 77 days when Easter is late.

Watching a repeat of Lewis - I need my fix of Lewis and Hathaway.

I hope you have had a good evening. Goodnight all, sweet dreams.

Night owl hugs for Summer, Moonie and Ros.

Hoot hoot! *night owls*



Fish & chips were delicious, and the ISS was almost passing over as we dropped SIL & BIL off back at their house so we stayed to show them

El, thank you for the Easter trivia, I've often wondered how Easter is calculated.
Are you feeling better now?

I hope you've all had a lovely day and a nice evening sweet dreams to you all xxxx

we never EVER ate meat on Good Friday in our house and I have kept it up - easy for me a s a veggie I suppose - but it makes me feel better anyway

night yogi  - you spend far too much time with bazzy

 

EL thank you for that - I didn't really know how Easter was calculated - I LOVE Easter

summer adore that owl

Good morning everyone

 

Some blue sky here but cloudier than yesterday.

 

Summer, I'm better now than I was, thank you

And now the big news - there's a new series of Lewis currently being made. Hathaway is now an inspector, he's struggling with cases and coaxes Lewis, now retired, to help him. Clare Holman and Rebecca Front return as well.

The format of this series is 3 stories each told in 2 one hour episodes rather than 3 two hour episodes.

http://www.itv.com/presscentre...s-lewis#.U1IiZ1fq9nE

 

Good morning, everyone. Weather is dry and bright.

The rummynose fish have survived the night, so fingers crossed that they will be okay. 

I need to get some extra compost for the raised bed today, so another trip to the garden centre is required. I should have bought it yesterday but I forgot.

Have a good day, everyone.

 

 

 YAY!!!!* runs round the forum like an excited 3 year old*

El, you have made my day!

 

I'm glad to hear that, El.

Moin xx apropos your Good Friday comments, I can confirm that m'wife's family did not eat any meat on any Friday. My family belonged to the opposite camp but would not eat meat on Good Friday. My great aunt who died in the late sixties, belonged to a generation who didn't believe in moving and she would have had a fit if she knew about sport occurring and betting shops, or any shop opening.
Great news about Lewis. The last couple of times we went to Oxford we bumped into Ms Holman in Jericho eating establishments. Oxford really isn't as violent as portrayed.

 I bet that's a relief for the locals.

Good morning everyone.  EL I am so glad you're feeling better, it's just such rotten luck that the timing prevented you and your brother enjoying the Easter weekend together   Have you re-scheduled yet?

 

Making the most of this beautiful weather before the rain starts again tomorrow afternoon.

 

Enjoy your day everyone

 

         

The murders in Lewis can be outside Oxford itself. The real murder rate in Oxfordshire is an average of 7 a year. As a typical series of Lewis might consist of 3 stories a year, that would work out at 2 murders per story if Lewis was the only inspector dealing with murders.

Midsomer Murders murder rate is a different matter but the deadlist fictional place could be Cabot Cove (Murder She Wrote).

Morning everyone

Have a great Easter 

Squiggle, I think my brother may come here late May. We'll exchange Easter Eggs then.I'm treating myself to a M&S extremely chocolatey curl cake which I'll start tomorrow. I can't find any images but it's very chocolatey with white chocolate curls on top.

 

Moonie, I wish you a happy Easter as well for when it starts tomorrow

Sounds yummy, El.