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I daresay I'm not the first to post something along these lines, but I've just returned from our local Sainsburys where there was a lovely display of hot cross buns and a sign wishing me a happy Easter. Fgs .Added to which you can buy hot cross buns all year round these days, so they're no...

Good nearly afternoon to you all!!Very mild here - 10°C and will maybe get to 13 or 14°C. A weak and watery sun as the sky is grey.I pointed out to my nice friend last week a positive point (he was feeling glum after having been "tied" to the couch). At 6pm it was not dark any more -...

Good morning all, rain-dark and dismal high of 7c.

Well the ground is very wet so not much. However on the way to the car I noticed that the first crocuses are coming into flower, more snowdrops have popped up and a saw the first Anemone nemorosa flower about to open. On the staging on the decking the gladioli are in full leaf and, note to self,...

@strongylodon As always fabulous sightings and so early or not.

Watched a handsome Green Woodpecker seeking grubs and worms in the Communal lawn yesterday. Stayed around for a good 15 minutes... A very timid bird though - will fly off if he catches sight of you moving.. jenny namaste

@Fof ours aren't even showing buds! Lovely to see yours in such gorgeous colour.

Thirty plus years ago one October I took the train from Baden Baden changed once (I think) and went along the Rhine to Cologne where the train went along the Ruhr Valley towards Hamburg and I got off at Herford. The whole journey was fascinating, but especially along the Rhine with vineyards on...

A young priest is asked to stand in and take Mass at the local nunnery as he walks through the town a young lady calls out and asks if he'd like a quickie, he doesn't know what she means and just carries on. The Mass goes well and the Mother Superior invites him to have a sherry in her study....

Jim says not to give tinned tuna to them either. For all these years I gave all my cats the tuna water maybe once every week or two with no problems.Here was Munchkin earlier snoozing on the sofa arm ...

I was looking idly at the rain out of an upper floor window an hour ago when I saw two beautiful foxes cross the garden from right to left in single file. They seemed unhurried but businesslike - straight across the garden with no hesitation or diversions.