I had other fish to fry Joyron the doorbell rang this afternoon and when I opened the door there were guys from BT Openreach here to change my bracket with a cherry picker reversing down my driveway putting all my shrubs in severe peril.  Shortly after that my internet connection packed up and I have just got back, trauma , first badgers, now cherry pickers, I may have to go and lie down with cold compresses on my eyes (shades of Ben!!)

Good morning everyone. Wet and windy weather today.
Squiggle, if the badger is a regular problem in the garden, there are some humane products you can try to repel them. Just google badger deterrents and you'll find a range of products from sprays to ultrasonic devices.

Good morning everyone

It's damp here as well, but it's already less cold than at any time over the past few days. Maybe, just maybe, winter is coming to an end.

Good morning EL Loro.
I have checked the weather forecast in my area, for the next 10 days, and it's showers/heavy rain all the way.

Good morning everyone, we can't win, either its cold or wet or both I have a heady mixture of the two this morning, plus another nighttime saunter by my friendly local badger.  I wish he would seek pastures new. 

Yogi I really don't think there's anything I can do to stop him.  My garden backs on to farmland and there's usually sheep and always horses in it, plus my garden has all sorts of birds from pheasants down visiting it so no chemicals or sonic devices, I wouldn't know what sort of effect they would have on other wildlife.  No I think its just the old backfilling for me, if I can get the flap of grass put back in place it grows again.  Thank you for trying to help though

Good morning Yogi

For you

Thanks El, I'm sure it will come in very handy.

That makes it a very difficult to deal with.

And for your dog Yogi

Squiggle, she'd look very fetching in that, thank you.

Hopefully, I have got 2 new clients, one on Sunday - the husband of someone at church, and one a few minutes ago

That's good news, El.

El Loro that is really good news, congratulations.

Weather update, it's still a bit breezy but the sun is now shining.

Oh me too Yogi, its not too cold and the sky is pale blue, its a little misty over the sea, you can't see Wales at all, but not too bad.

Perhaps spring is on its way, after all.

Yes, the weather this afternoon has been very pleasant. I decided to go and collect the church magazine money for the road I deliver to. I was going to do it yesterday but thought that I'd leave it until today as I knew it would be warmer than then.

Good evening everyone.    Sorry I've not been about today.  Busy, busy, busy that's all my time seems to be at present!!!

Sorry to hear about all your problems Sqiuggle.  Quite a lot to contend with at one time.  Great to hear the news of your new clients El Loro.

It's been dull, wet and miserable here most of the day.  I SO want spring to arrive. 

Joyron how are you doing with Roman Holiday, have you got your copy yet?

Not yet Squiggle.  It is safely recorded, or so No.1 son tells me.  He just needs to transfer it onto DVD for me.  I reminded him about it this evening but you know what children are like!!  He will do it in his own time 

Good morning everyone

The sale of my parents' house is now progressing at a much faster rate than anticipated. Good news, but it means that I will have to speed up my looking through their books etc. Luckily the buyers who I know are happy to deal with the general clearance themselves. More importantly, they will pass the books I leave behind to charity shops - my fear was that they would have just thrown them away which would be the last thing my parents would want.

Good morning everyone.
Good news on the house sale, El.
I have loved books all of my life and can never bear to throw them away.  Any books I no longer want are either passed on to friends and family, or handed in to the charity shops. I'm glad your parents books aren't going to be thrown away.

It's pouring down here, so that umbrella you gave me will be very useful today.

Good morning everyone, yes I feel the same way about books, I save my favourites and try to make sure that the rest are circulated, I am in a book swap club.  Where would we be without books to enjoy and to instruct us?

Good afternoon

I've been doing some more book sorting and found something interesting. More elsewhere.

Afternoon everyone.
El Loro, I am intrigued now.

Yogi, have a look elsewhere

Okay.

Good evening everyone.    Sorry I've not been about.  It's been another busy, busy day.

All I can say El Loro is what a wonderful find.   (can't find an emotion that taps the side of the nose!!!).

Probably won't be back tonight but will try and catch up with you all tomorrow. 

Having written what I've just written it occurs to me that the Secret Police might wonder what we are talking about.  I HOPE that don't have "access all areas", if you know what I mean (where is that emotion for tapping the side of the nose when you want it!!!) 

Looks as if it is going to be very windy on Friday, Saturday & Sunday, and very wet during the weekend where I am

Joyron, we need a nudge nudge wink wink say no more emotion. is the closest here.

Okay El Loro I will go with that and hope everyone understands what we mean!!! 

Hi everyone  Not been on, been working and by the time i get home i am good for nothing!  Hope you are all well x

Take it easy Skylark, and relax else you'll work yourself into a frizzle (an invented word of my mother I think )

Great word!  Yes i feel frizzled today

Good morning everyone.
It is very windy and there's a fine layer of snow on the ground.
Skylark, sorry I missed you last night, I was visiting my mum and dad. When we were driving home, it was really windy and there were big hailstones, then sleet and snow.
At one point, visibility was so bad, I thought I was going to have to pull over.

Good morning everyone

It sounds nasty in Scotland, Yogi, very windy today and tomorrow , then it seems to move south and we then get the wind, though rain rather than snow from Friday, Saturday, and Sunday

Good morning everyone.    It's not a bad morning here.  The forecast for Scotland looks pretty bad for the next couple of days.  Stay safe Yogi and Skylark. 

Good morning everyone, the traffic news on Radio 2 sounded as if some parts of Scotland have got it bad.  Hope it doesn't linger, rain is a nuisance but easier to deal with.

Good morning  everyone A lovely crisp sunny day here, sorry you having a bad time of it Yogi