Garage Joe posted:

Yogi19 posted:

Afternoon all 

Weather was dry and bright this morning and is clouding over now.

Thanks everyone, I slept better last night.

Enjoy your bike ride to Whitby, Joe. Will you have fish and chips while you're there?

I hope you have a lovely weekend with your friend, Summer.

El, what a palaver with HMRC. The right hand doesn't seem to know what the left hand is doing!

Thank you for the Poldark link.

I'm carp at explaining things 

we went out for a long bike ride and then set off by car for Whitby at about mid-day. It would take me several hours to cycle there. Oddly enough we had a small plate of fish and chips each - normally we eat Turkish. At the end of our visit we bought a Chinese meal and ate it 80 mins later back home.

 

I think it was my fault for misreading your post, Joe.

Hello everyone.

Squiggle, what a shame the little one missed out on his first visit to the pool. I hope his sister can be persuaded to go into the water next time - Summer's suggestion of The Little Mermaid might do the trick.

Summer, are you on the hunt for more snowdogs today?

El, very nice musical clip.

Velvet, I love Bakewell Tart.

Moonie, hope you are feeling better?

velvet donkey posted:

Evening Yogi      

 

Trust and hope all is well. Quiet weekend here but still pleasant.

Hi Velvet.

Thanks to the weather, our weekend has been quiet too.

*night owls* evening all, I hope you've each had a lovely day  

yogi, how well you know me- yes I have been on the snowdog trail again, and with a car load of friends this time too I'll upload some pics shortly  

night yogi summer and velvet

Night Ros  

This beauty is decorated with glass and is at the national glass centre in Sunderland. It was my favourite one of the day, and it's called "Frostbite"  

This is my favourite painted one of the day 

This one's inspired by the stories of CS Lewis. I particularly like the hot air ballons  

Good morning everyone

Fairly cloudy and showers forecast here.

Summer, I love your snow dog pics and Bramble making an appearance

I hope everyone has a good day

Moin! A good day for housework and car cleaning day methinks!

Good morning everyone  

Weather forecast is for rain for most of the day here. It's made a good start to that forecast 

Fankoo for all your inquires as to my health situation. I'm not feeling to bad ta muchly  

Sweet, I love your snow dogs. They are beautiful 

But the little one in the last piccie is the loveliest of all 

I look forward to the next batch of snow dogs 

Have a super day everyone. See you all again soon 

Good morning everyone,  very dreary this morning and set in for the week I think.  I am glad you are feeling better now Moonie.

Thank you for the lovely snow dog pictures Summer they brighten up the thread a treat

Enjoy your day everyone

Ohh forgot something really important 

Five of the cygnets flew off Friday evening and I was there. They looked so majestic

Sadly I didn't get any piccies and my camera battery was flat and my mobile was on charge at home

At least I was there though 

I had been feeding and videoing them when they was in and out of the water. Was on my way home then all of a sudden five took off and flew like the wind
Bitter/sweet moment. Really sad to see them leave their family but just so lovely they had made it. Still three with their parents. That just swam over to the other side of the pool to be fed by people over there

How could I have forgotten that 

Moonie, I'm glad you aren't too bad

That's good news about your cygnets and at least you have that image of them leaving in your mind

Squiggle, the weather here is much the same as yours though it may be brighter by the end of the week

Good noon all

a bright but autumnal morning here, I'm glad you've all enjoyed the snowdog pics. 

Moonie, I'm glad you're feeling a bit better and I'm thrilled for you about the cygnets! That's magical  

Squiggle, Amazon are showing Syberia 3 as being released on December 2.
There's the basic package:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/pqube...p;keywords=syberia+3
and a much more expensive collectors edition:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Syber...p;keywords=syberia+3

The collectors edition has the earlier games and other things such as a Kate Walker figure.

Amazon has it as Windows 8. However on Steam it has 7,8 and 10. Steam has the basic package at the same price as Amazon but the collectors edition a lot cheaper than Amazon (though of course some of the extras couldn't be included).

I suspect that Amazon packages will include a requirement for most of the game to be downloaded from Steam rather than being wholly on DVD.

Good evening I hope everyone's had a lovely day  

over the weekend, some national newspapers ran articles on a Danish concept/way of life called "Hygge", which I found fascinating. There's no actual translation, but it can be described as a way of life. It's all about getting cosy, spending time with loved ones, enjoying good food etc, and it all helps to beat those winter blues. 

Denmark has up to 17 hours of darkness during winter, and yet they are known as the "happiest" nation in Europe. 

When i looked in to it some more, I do already Hygge a lot! But it's nice to expand on it, and today I bought a nice glass dish from the charity shop and filled it full of pine cones. It's now the centre piece on my dining table. I also picked acorns tonight and filled 2 jars with them, they are sitting beautifully on my window sill  

Evening all 

Squiggle, the weather up here has been dreary today too. 

Summer, I love the snowdogs, they are fabulous! My youngest son would love the penguin one.

Moonie, I'm glad you got to see the cygnets spread their wings and move on. You have watched them grow up and take their next step.

El and Velvet, I hope you've had a good day, and I hope Joe managed to clean his car and do his housework.

~Sweet Sizzling Samba!~ posted:

Good evening I hope everyone's had a lovely day  

 

over the weekend, some national newspapers ran articles on a Danish concept/way of life called "Hygge", which I found fascinating. There's no actual translation, but it can be described as a way of life. It's all about getting cosy, spending time with loved ones, enjoying good food etc, and it all helps to beat those winter blues. 

Denmark has up to 17 hours of darkness during winter, and yet they are known as the "happiest" nation in Europe. 

 

When i looked in to it some more, I do already Hygge a lot! But it's nice to expand on it, and today I bought a nice glass dish from the charity shop and filled it full of pine cones. It's now the centre piece on my dining table. I also picked acorns tonight and filled 2 jars with them, they are sitting beautifully on my window sill  

 

Summer, I got an email from a company today which are stocking Hygge stuff. I'll go check which company it was.

Edit: it was Notonthehighstreet and apparently it is pronounced Hooga

I bet your pine cones and acorns look lovely.

Yogi19 posted:

~Sweet Sizzling Samba!~ posted:

Good evening I hope everyone's had a lovely day  

 

over the weekend, some national newspapers ran articles on a Danish concept/way of life called "Hygge", which I found fascinating. There's no actual translation, but it can be described as a way of life. It's all about getting cosy, spending time with loved ones, enjoying good food etc, and it all helps to beat those winter blues. 

Denmark has up to 17 hours of darkness during winter, and yet they are known as the "happiest" nation in Europe. 

 

When i looked in to it some more, I do already Hygge a lot! But it's nice to expand on it, and today I bought a nice glass dish from the charity shop and filled it full of pine cones. It's now the centre piece on my dining table. I also picked acorns tonight and filled 2 jars with them, they are sitting beautifully on my window sill  

 

Summer, I got an email from a company today which are stocking Hygge stuff. I'll go check which company it was.

Edit: it was Notonthehighstreet and apparently it is pronounced Hooga

 

I bet your pine cones and acorns look lovely.

Hi yogi isn't that funny! I've just been googling it some more; Danes are actually the happiest people in the world! Not just Europe  

i should have been Danish  

how was your day? 

I've just had a brainwave!!!!!!! 

I've just decided to do all my Xmas shopping this year with Hygge in mind  

~Sweet Sizzling Samba!~ posted:

Yogi19 posted:

~Sweet Sizzling Samba!~ posted:

Good evening I hope everyone's had a lovely day  

 

over the weekend, some national newspapers ran articles on a Danish concept/way of life called "Hygge", which I found fascinating. There's no actual translation, but it can be described as a way of life. It's all about getting cosy, spending time with loved ones, enjoying good food etc, and it all helps to beat those winter blues. 

Denmark has up to 17 hours of darkness during winter, and yet they are known as the "happiest" nation in Europe. 

 

When i looked in to it some more, I do already Hygge a lot! But it's nice to expand on it, and today I bought a nice glass dish from the charity shop and filled it full of pine cones. It's now the centre piece on my dining table. I also picked acorns tonight and filled 2 jars with them, they are sitting beautifully on my window sill  

 

Summer, I got an email from a company today which are stocking Hygge stuff. I'll go check which company it was.

Edit: it was Notonthehighstreet and apparently it is pronounced Hooga

 

I bet your pine cones and acorns look lovely.

Hi yogi isn't that funny! I've just been googling it some more; Danes are actually the happiest people in the world! Not just Europe  

i should have been Danish  

 

how was your day? 

lol You must have some Danish ancestry.

~Sweet Sizzling Samba!~ posted:

I've just had a brainwave!!!!!!! 

I've just decided to do all my Xmas shopping this year with Hygge in mind  

Brilliant idea.

Yogi19 posted:

~Sweet Sizzling Samba!~ posted:

Yogi19 posted:

~Sweet Sizzling Samba!~ posted:

Good evening I hope everyone's had a lovely day  

 

over the weekend, some national newspapers ran articles on a Danish concept/way of life called "Hygge", which I found fascinating. There's no actual translation, but it can be described as a way of life. It's all about getting cosy, spending time with loved ones, enjoying good food etc, and it all helps to beat those winter blues. 

Denmark has up to 17 hours of darkness during winter, and yet they are known as the "happiest" nation in Europe. 

 

When i looked in to it some more, I do already Hygge a lot! But it's nice to expand on it, and today I bought a nice glass dish from the charity shop and filled it full of pine cones. It's now the centre piece on my dining table. I also picked acorns tonight and filled 2 jars with them, they are sitting beautifully on my window sill  

 

Summer, I got an email from a company today which are stocking Hygge stuff. I'll go check which company it was.

Edit: it was Notonthehighstreet and apparently it is pronounced Hooga

 

I bet your pine cones and acorns look lovely.

Hi yogi isn't that funny! I've just been googling it some more; Danes are actually the happiest people in the world! Not just Europe  

i should have been Danish  

 

how was your day? 

lol You must have some Danish ancestry.

Oooooh- I wonder!!! 

Did the Danish have any connection to Anglo Saxons...? 

~Sweet Sizzling Samba!~ posted:

Yogi19 posted:

~Sweet Sizzling Samba!~ posted:

Yogi19 posted:

~Sweet Sizzling Samba!~ posted:

Good evening I hope everyone's had a lovely day  

 

over the weekend, some national newspapers ran articles on a Danish concept/way of life called "Hygge", which I found fascinating. There's no actual translation, but it can be described as a way of life. It's all about getting cosy, spending time with loved ones, enjoying good food etc, and it all helps to beat those winter blues. 

Denmark has up to 17 hours of darkness during winter, and yet they are known as the "happiest" nation in Europe. 

 

When i looked in to it some more, I do already Hygge a lot! But it's nice to expand on it, and today I bought a nice glass dish from the charity shop and filled it full of pine cones. It's now the centre piece on my dining table. I also picked acorns tonight and filled 2 jars with them, they are sitting beautifully on my window sill  

 

Summer, I got an email from a company today which are stocking Hygge stuff. I'll go check which company it was.

Edit: it was Notonthehighstreet and apparently it is pronounced Hooga

 

I bet your pine cones and acorns look lovely.

Hi yogi isn't that funny! I've just been googling it some more; Danes are actually the happiest people in the world! Not just Europe  

i should have been Danish  

 

how was your day? 

lol You must have some Danish ancestry.

Oooooh- I wonder!!! 

Did the Danish have any connection to Anglo Saxons...? 

 We'll need to check it out. Those rampaging Vikings were from Norway, weren't they? Maybe some Danes came too.

That's what I thought... well there must have been some Danish/Nords that came over here

i've just remembered that my mum knotted me a lovely blanky and it's in my cupboard! I'm going to go get it out right now  

i have a wicker basket full of walking socks by my back door! Maybe I should get a little one for the living room and fill it with knitted cosy socks too. 

How are you tonight btw?  

~Sweet Sizzling Samba!~ posted:

That's what I thought... well there must have been some Danish/Nords that came over here

i've just remembered that my mum knotted me a lovely blanky and it's in my cupboard! I'm going to go get it out right now  

i have a wicker basket full of walking socks by my back door! Maybe I should get a little one for the living room and fill it with knitted cosy socks too. 

 

How are you tonight btw?  

I checked, there were Danes involved.

That all sounds lovely and cosy.

Talking of blankets, I need to send you a pic.

Brilliant! I'm going to declare myself part Danish then blonde, fair skinned, Anglo Saxon, happy... yep, deffo Danish  

*goes to check messages* 

~Sweet Sizzling Samba!~ posted:

Brilliant! I'm going to declare myself part Danish then blonde, fair skinned, Anglo Saxon, happy... yep, deffo Danish  

 

*goes to check messages* 

 Definitely Danish.

I'm going to turn in yogi, I've got a few chores to do before bed because I've been lazing about eating olives & cheese tonight, instead of tidying up  

sweet dreams  

~Sweet Sizzling Samba!~ posted:

I'm going to turn in yogi, I've got a few chores to do before bed because I've been lazing about eating olives & cheese tonight, instead of tidying up  

 

sweet dreams  

No problem, Summer, I'm heading off too. 

Godnight and sweet dreams.

Night owl hugs

night yogi summer velvet

Good mornng everyone

A cloudy dampish morning here.

The Jutes, Angles and Saxons were from the Jutland peninsula before they emigrated to this country. And the Danish mainland forms much of that peninsula. So Summer, it's very possible that you have some Danish blood in you.

I hope everyone has a good day and hygges for you

Moin! We don't expect any change to the dull weather until 3pm.

Apropos Denmark, a couple of m'German friends have for want of a better term a weekend Cottage and spend as much time there as they can. I haven't been north of Lübeck for over forty years but it still sounds the same liberal laid back society it was back then!

Good morning I hope you all slept well. I dreamt of a cosy cottage with a very pretty garden  

El, I knew you would know! Yes, I'm Danish, definitely  

I'm back from my annual check up for blood tests etc and will get the result in just over a week. Also had an ECG (they do that every few years) and was also given my flu jab (first time). All seems reasonably normal

Good morning everyone, still drizzly but a bit brighter than yesterday morning.  The Danes are lovely people, similar sense of humour to us.  We went on a holiday with a school group when I was young and there were Danes and Germans too.   The Germans spoke better English than us!  And the Danes were the loveliest people, I have had a great affection for them ever since.  They are very proud of their Viking ancestors.  We visited a museum full of medieval homes - it was an outdoor museum - and these buildings had been moved there to form what an ancient settlement would have looked like.  I remember I bought a little carved amber heart from a guy who said he was one of the last who could carve amber.

That sounds a lovely dream Summer, I am still wandering around Ren Dullem trying to piece the puzzle together.

Enjoy your day everyone

Good morning everyone  

Dull and overcast here. Hopefully better later 

Yogi, I was indeed lucky to see five of the eight cygnets fly off 

Still three to go. I may pop up the park after, weather permitting and see how the others are. Maybe they have gone now too 

Sweet, I just love those snow dogs. Really quite beautifully decorated 

squiggle, am I right in assuming Ren Dullem is a book? 

Have a super day everyone