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The wind was very strong again yesterday as it has been for the last few days. At least it is drying the mud up. Mud is the main reason we like to decamp to Spain in the winter. It was one of the main reasons we sold our horses off as the chore of pushing barrows through mud was taking all the shine away from owning them

Bright and sunny this morning. We are clearing the sheds out ready for putting the house on the market and offered a load of kitchen cabinets to anyone who wanted them on the local facebook page. A lady wants some for her garage but it has been too windy to be carrying them out to the trailer and transporting them to her. Had thoughts of both of us at each end of a long worktop flying through the air!!

 

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Blue skies and sunshine today. So welcome. Windows for new bungalow are supposed to arrive today so hope it holds. Forecast is good

 

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Yes please, Jan!

Glad you are enjoying some sunshine, Jean.

Another saying is February Fill **** and that was certainly true. Now we have March Winds. April might be April Showers but we know not whether they will be rain or snow. Eeeek!

 

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Primroses have made a bit of a, human assisted, comeback around here. We live next to Primrose Farm and have, therefore, called our new bungalow "Primrose Lodge". I must get planting some primroses along the access treack that we share with the farm.

Cowslips are quite rare here now too. We have had to odd one in the garden which we have done our best to protect but none so far this year. Forsythia has gone out of fashion It is a bit of a thug for an ordinary garden but we have plenty of room so I must try to remember to plant some.

Magnolia will be out soon I expect?

 

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More wind and rain here today, mixed in with sunny periods.

 

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Ray! All those women falling at your feet!

Glad you slept well, Jan. Was that a sleeping pill? I never understand why people worry about being addicted to sleeping pills. Especially us older folk. What is wrong with being addicted to a good night's sleep. It is very restorative and good for our health.

I took my own advice and took a magnesium with B6 tablet. I slept right through to 5.30, got up for a pee, went back to bed more in hope than expectation and went back to sleep! I have tried magnesium before and it hasn't worked but since I have been reading Kev's Liz's forum I am learning more about optimum levels of vitamins and minerals.

 

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Dry but overcast here today. I saw on last night's weather forecast that there is tornado brewing in the States.

 

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Sunny! Don't care about the rest

 

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High cloud here. Bit windy. Willows have new leaves unfurling. Ducks are coming out of the woodwork. Where do they go to in the winter?

 

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Sunny start but clouded over a bit now. Was down to 1.2 C when I got up but up to 11 C now.

 

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Bright morning but due to cloud over I think. Temperature due to reach double figures.

 

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Very strong and cold winds here this morning. Blue skies and sunshine though. I have to sow some grass seed today where we have moved the van and where they have dug to connect us to the sewers. I might find it grows in the next county!

 

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Grey skies and windy.

 

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I have one that is motion activated. That means that the batteries are not being used unless it is filming. Not action - no filming. I have only used it, so far, to film a stray cat that I was fostering to see if his body language was more relaxed when no humans were around (it was ). I must get it set up in the garden to see what is going on in the dark

Someone lent us one when we took on a couple of rescued hedgehogs and set up a release site in a nearby wood. We did catch them on camera and it was so rewarding to see that I asked for one for last Christmas.

 

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Ha, ha! I said I have one but I did not say I made it work. I left that to Chris. I got very frustrated with it the last couple of uses and have put it to one side. It will not be set up again until Chris has a look at it.

 

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I can post pictures from Chris's ipad to facebook. Most pictures we take, now, are on the ipad. If I try to log on here from the ipad I am not allowed to do it. I am only able to log on here by answering a thread that comes into my email box. As for the wildlife camera I was able to use it and watch the video on my computer but it stopped working and I don't know why

 

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It is very common, Jan. Lots of people do not bother any more. A little while ago someone re registered under another user name. Nightmare.

 

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Reached 20 here today but I wish that wind would beggar off.

 

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Beautiful morning and I do believe the wind has dropped Funny that is should be nice because the kids are on holiday and that usually scuppers any nice weather.

 

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@penguin Dave - off topic but did you chat to that solar panel chap about your system?