Home Again!

Home again, home again, Jiggety Jig!
Took K up to Uni for her exam. Her University is in one of the areas affected by the torrential rain we have been having and all the flood barriers where up!

This first pic was taken whilst travelling at speed up the M5 motorway (I was not driving)this was the River Severn , more like lake now!


then as we drove around the ring road into Worcester you got this






The next pics are in Worcester Centre taken by K

Showing the flood barrier doing whats it is supposed to! Looking across the River at the Rowing club which normally has about 20+ steps down the the Rivers edge!



Now looking back at the barrier


In this pic you can just about see the tops of the trees (about 20ft out)which edge the path we walked along last year!


The Race course where the New Worcester University Library is supposed to be being built?????



Then on the journey home yesterday K took these




now this looked fun!

Hubbies Birthday

This pic of him always makes me laugh! The big disadvantage to today is I will be 50 in 1 year and 3 weeks!!!!.

I have been very erratic in my posting since just before Christmas.The reason being, my girls! How do they stop me posting, well, they are around and whilst they are here I take every opportunity to spend time with them, listen to them, laugh (alot) with them and generally chat!

The older they get the closer they are to leaving home, so I want to make sure I soak in every tiny moment. Be there when they need me and just generally enjoy their company.

I get the feeling though that we have a very special relationship and that when they do fly the nest, they will flutter back.................

alot!

Off to visit my mum this week so won't be around much!

No Rain Today!

The first day for ages we havn't had rain, and we actually saw the sun and blue sky!
So we went out for a walk!



It was bitterley cold, but very enjoyable!

Then I thought a quick trot down the garden and round the greenhouses would be in order, ready?
My baby Tetrapanex Rex has been plodding along slowly but surely in the greenhouse.


The stupid gingers have not died back as I expected they would?


The right side of the big greenhouse


The left


and the large brug in the middle


the rest of the garden is soaking wet, oh! did I tell you we think we solved the lack of eggs problem?

Rats!!!!! Ugh horrible things, they had made a nest at the bottom of a compost right opposite the chickens and it was full of egg shells!!!!!
They have now been dealt with!!!

Mud, mud, glorious mud!

I just thought I would show you the mess the electicity company made of our road.


Because they had their lorries parked at varying places down the road all the other traffic had to go around them. This made tractors horseboxes etc etc cut huge grooves into our verges.


So what, you may think, well, when this drys out and because there will be no grass left people consider this the road, so the road widens and the verge gets smaller. Which is fairly obvious in the picture just above.You can see where the new grooves have been cut and how hard a flat it is by the red car (mine). When we first moved here we could park with the front door in line with the telegraph pole, now as you see we can't!!!

A few wet days and the cats go stir crazy and start being very mischievious!



But hopefully with lighter mornings and eventually warmer days spring is just around the corner, well the crocus think it is!


Now what do you think I have planned for this?


If it works I will show you!

I'm All Alone!

I have a day to myself, everyone is out! Its the first time on my own since well before Christmas. I thought I would be lost but to be honest its been quite nice. I did a ton of housework, now don't fall over in shock, I know 'housework' and 'me' are two words that don't go together. But it was nice to clear, dust, hoover, wipe, bleach and generally find the floor, without it being covered again 10 mins later.
I have stopped now, well can't spoil to much of a good thing!!!!!
I intend to catch up with everyone here, then craft, or buy seeds or veg and watch a movie or whatever.
But first, I shall decorate the blog!
Oh by the way I still have the Red car as the garage haven't been able to get a door yet and will let us know as soon as they have one.