Thursday, 27 February 2025

27-02-25

Good morning again, everyone.  Welcome to the last but one day of February.  In a couple of days, Spring officially starts (unless you go with the astronomical date rather than the meteorological date, in which case it is not until March 20th).

It was a funny old mix yesterday - cold (boo) and with spells of sunshine punctuated by heavy downpours that, thankfully, didn't last long.  Definitely not a day for line drying so I got out my rack and dried my sheets that way.  A shame, because they are so much nicer when dried in the fresh air but it won't be long now.

I got downstairs all cleaned and dusted, changed my sheets (thank goodness) and generally had quite a busy morning.  I think I might have done around ten minutes of weed scraping but down came the rain so in went I!  And I dealt with ten items of clutter.  Yay!

The sourdough starter (now officially named Bubbles because real sourdough bakers seem to name their starters and I can pretend), is still alive - one past attempt resulted in a horrible mouldy mess around five days in - and smells healthy.  Not many bubbles yet but it seems that the early days can be quite quiet.
My fingers are crossed and my confidence not very high yet.  :-)

Today is busy but nice-busy.
I'm doing just one section of SET this morning, the Strike part which is very energising and warming.  Then I need to make sure everything is in order for lunch as Val is coming over, after which I am over at Chris' for out usual coffee and chat - lovely.
Then I'm home and finishing lunch, Val will arrive and we can have a good old catch up.

Should be a very pleasant day indeed.  I hope yours is too.  xx



14 comments:

  1. Yesterday really was a funny weather day wasn't it. We took Mavis to the vets in glorious sunshine, drove to Manchester under dark grey skies and then came home through a torrential rain storm. This morning is glorious though and I've quickly stripped the bed to make full use of the washing line.
    Thanks for your Facebook comment. ❤️

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    1. It wasn't great, for sure. The sun was lovely but . . .
      Lots of love to you. xx

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  2. Woke up to frost this morning and the car had to be scraped before DH could go to the Shed. Washing machine going and now it’s cold and sunny-yeah! Catriona

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    1. It does seem to have turned colder again - it won't last long, I am sure. xx

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  3. It's blimmin cold here but blue skies and sunshine..... I'll take that over warm grey miserable days. I love that you named the starter bubbles.

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    1. It made me smile when I thought of it so I had to really!
      Hopefully, before long, we will have both sun and warmth. That will be lovely. xx

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  4. Your life is busy, sociable and enjoyable, an example to us all.

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    1. Hmm - maybe, sometimes. I can also be outrageously lazy at times. I suppose we all can really!
      Thanks, Janice, and I hope you are well. xx

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  5. It has been sunny and warmish here over the last while, snow is melting and we have water build up. I hope you enjoyed your visits with Val and Chris.

    God bless.

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    1. I know snow melts into much less water but you've had so much! OI must be nice to feel the warmth of the sun.
      It was a lovely day, thank you. xx

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  6. Hope you do well with the sourdough starter.

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    1. Well - it's not doing much at the moment, to be honest, but I live in hopes. I can always start another one but not until after Potters now. I have moved it into the living room because it's a fair bit warmer in there.
      Fingers are crossed. :-) xx

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  7. My Spring always has a meteorological start because my birthday is at the start of the month and I refuse to be a Winter baby :-)

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    1. That sounds like a very good idea to me - and belated Happy Birthday to you! xx

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