Diary summary week ending 16th March

[Roobarb]

Just starting off the new diary before any complaints about overrunning! 

Viktoria, hope you're okay after bifffing your head, at least no-one said Take more water with it. 
MH, hope you're okay too, good to hear you're progressing.

Rootschatters in Australia and those who have family or friends there must be very relieved that things are turning out better than expected.

Went into town yesterday for lunch, the mist was rolling in off the sea and got progressively worse, by early evening I couldn't see the field at the end of my road, it's only a few yards away. Cold and miserable today, what a difference from Saturday. I agree that the sunshine is a mood enhancer, there's a little bit forecast during the week. Hoping for an upward trend.

[Gillg]

It really feels as though Spring is round the corner here today.  It's quite warm, the biting wind has dropped and the sun is peeping out now and then.  Most importantly there are daffodils and primroses everywhere, bringing brightness and cheerfulness, and of course there are those £1 bunches of daffs in the supermarkets.  How many years now have they been on sale for £1 a bunch?  My cynical husband suspects that there may be fewer blooms in a bunch these days! Magnolia trees are in bloom and cherry blossom is beginning to show.  I'm talking about Devon, by the way, where the temperature today is about 14 degrees (though I've just read that the temperature is about to drop considerably tomorrow! . 

Hope all are well and recovering from their various illnesses and problems.

Choir practice tonight - we are practising for a Concert with Cake in April.  (Did I tell you that any occasion in the village has to be accompanied by cake?) Five groups will be singing, ranging from a large choir and a shanty choir to trios and quartets.  It's in aid of a girls' school in Africa.

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[Roobarb]

I bought three bunches of daffodils last week, priced at £1 per bunch but was only charged £2. I wondered if they were perhaps past their best but they've opened up into all their yellow loveliness.  I don't think there are any fewer but the stalks were too short for my vases so had to find an alternative.

Re the tankers that collided in the North sea near Humberside, all crew have been brought ashore, one in hospital. There are concerns locally that the fuel spilt might reach us. The pollution issue is certainly a worry, whichever part of the sea it's in.

[BumbleB]

I bought three bunches of daffodils last week, priced at £1 per bunch but was only charged £2. I wondered if they were perhaps past their best but they've opened up into all their yellow loveliness.  I don't think there are any fewer but the stalks were too short for my vases so had to find an alternative.

I have stocks of shredded glass and also other chippings that I can use in the bottom of a vase, so that shorter stems don't disappear.  The glass ones are better as they don't show too much in a glass vase.

[louisa maud]

It has been quite a dull day today,  had about an hour of sun and that is about all, so, no washing out today, I fear today's weather is more like March than the last few days were,   although enjoyable .

I decided to go a little way yesterday to a catherdral   by bus, a special service involving the priest in charge at my church, never again by public transport on a Sunday, when I got back to the nearest town almost  dark I felt quite uneasy, had to wait 15 mins for the bus, only 1 an hour, never again  on a Sunday, I did have the chance to go by mini bus but at the time joked I would  give my seat up to the old folk, what a laugh?, so missed an opportunity, I will not do it again by public transport, 2 of us used  the bus, it was an enjoyable service which made up for it.

LM.

[Mowsehowse]

It seems I misheard the news report earlier today; currently bulletins are agreed the ships collision took place in open sea water, close to East Yorks. Thankfully not within the estuary. Some casualties were hospitalised, I believe no fatalities have been reported.

[Caw1]

Thanks for starting the new week Roobarb..
Miserable day here today, spattering of rain every so often quite unlike yesterday and Saturday..
As I looked out of the conservatory window at all the snow drops, mini daffs and iris they hadn’t got quite the sparkle they had in the sunshine… ah well we can just hope for improvements.
Good to see you on her MH and hope you’re getting on well with the support classes…
LM - pity your day out was not enhanced by public transport, never makes one feel easy hanging around at dusk.. come to think of it we’ve not hear from River Tyne Lass for a while hope she’s ok.
Great idea BumbleB for long vases and short flowers.. will have to remember that one.
Well hoping tomorrows spent the afternoon rehanging our pics now the hall stairs and landing have been repainted..
it reminded me of exactly 5 years ago when first covid lock down was just about to start and we were hanging the same pictures in different places .. quite a de ja vue experience…
Was it really 5 years ago when we all started posting our daily thoughts on here.. and we’re still going strong!
Well hoping tomorrows going to be a better day for a new walk a friend and I are trying..
Take care all and hope all those who are suffering are feeling better.

Caroline

[ThrelfallYorky]

I have loads of clearish glass marbles - yes, I did mislay them for a while, gusts of laughter when I innocently asked if anyone had seen my marbles! - for boosting things in vases, clear and otherwise.
Our grapevine in the greenhouse is either having a very good lie in this year, after last year's late and inexpert ( by me) pruning and tidying, or it's died. My magnolias are in bud, and the prunus with dark foliage and pretty shell pink flowers has bloomed overnight! Not bad.
TY

[KGarrad]

It seems I misheard the news report earlier today; currently bulletins are agreed the ships collision took place in open sea water, close to East Yorks. Thankfully not within the estuary. Some casualties were hospitalised, I believe no fatalities have been reported.

Latest: 1 fatality; Container Ship captain arrested; and Owners of the cargo ship say it was not carrying sodium cyanide, as previously reported, but had four empty containers that had once held the toxic chemical