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Heavy rain this morning, so I delayed going up the road till the afternoon. It stayed dry all afternoon, but it was exceptionally windy, but mild. Spotted a bin lorry - yes we do say "ooh there's a bin lorry!". It's like bird spotting.Mild overnight at 10c and this temp stays all day tomorrow,...

Can I just say these Xmas jokes are brilliant. I don't know where you all manage to keep finding them, but please don't stop.

Thank you, @Michael Hewett. I got it in one of the few little independent shops left round here.

Afternoon everyone. It’s a horrible weather day here so I’ve been hibernating under a sofa blanket since coming back from seeing my Sister. I took a lovely Christmas jigsaw (charity shop find from last year) for her and my niece to do on a rainy afternoon and I took up some Portmeirion pottery...

I have been poring over this too.

But why should charity be confined to causes close to home? Plenty of "ordinary blokes in the street" care sufficiently about the horrendous suffering in Gaza, for instance, to try to do something to relieve it. These are human beings just like us - except that we have the benefit of living in...

Got to the Allotments today, managed to cut back the Asparagus fronds and get them on a bonfire, unfortunately in spite of covering the the pile with heavy black plastic, most of the rest was too wet to burn properly. I cleared up under the fruit trees, and put some heavy cardboard down...

An amazing acacia dealbata in Richmond Some alpines at Kew alpine house Jamesbritennia Gorgeous cyclamen rohlfsianum foliage And outside, some little anemone

If you like the Shipping Forecast on Radio Four, tune in to this morning’s version in the style of Jane Austen. 7.26 to 7.28, the time.

Studland, Poole Harbour. Red Breasted Mergansers.Sanderlings.Turnstone.

Goodness, @shiney, that's a big extra expense ... especially unwelcome at this time of yr. Still ... should all be ready for you in time for the spring rush.