‘Sunny January’ continues unabated in Beetley. Unusually bright weather for the time of year, accompanied by frosty mornings, and foggy evenings. The sun is so low in the sky, and so unbelievably bright, we have to keep the curtains closed until it moves around after midday.
Not complaining, as it hasn’t rained for days!
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Ollie’s recent trip to the Vet seems to have kick-started some recovery. Going back on the steroids and ear drops has stopped him shaking his head, and his fur is starting to regrow, albeit far too slowly for my liking.
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Julie has been ‘decluttering’ with a vengeance. Seven bags of ‘stuff’ taken to the charity shops last week, and six more to go in the car to be dropped off next week. Most of it was clothes that no longer fit her, as she has lost weight with a change of Diabetes medication. Much of ‘the stuff’ was brand new with tags, so never worn.
There’s a lesson there, somewhere.
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After shifting some storage boxes that have remained untouched in the main bedroom, we were horrified to discover that tiny carpet beetle larvae have eaten away large areas of the bedroom carpet. Okay, so it is very old, (long before we moved in, probably laid in the 1990s) and is the only flooring we haven’t changed since we moved into the house. But now we have to face spraying the area, to stop the larvae spreading onto the good carpet in other rooms. Then we will have to replace the carpet as soon as is practical to do so.
It never ends.
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Cutrently, it seems that our Prime Minister may well survive the recent scandals around his leadership. Conversely, I actually think that might be a good thing, as it will give him time to act the clown and upset the electorate even more before the next general election. If someone who knows what they are doing succeeds him now, I might well be stuck with a repulsive right-wing government until my dying day.
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Have a wonderful Sunday, everyone. The sun is still shining in Beetley!
(A bit, through this morning’s cloud.)
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Sorry, i am once again late in revisiting, Pete! But this sounds you had a good Sunday, and will actually also have a nice weekend! Great to hear about the changes on Ollie. He is not really prepared for retiring. 😉 xx Michael
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He is not ready to give up yet. Thanks, Michael.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Hi Pete, I am glad Ollie is doing better. With regards to your government, all I can say is that the whole world seems to have poor leadership right now.
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I have to agree about that, Robbie.
Best wishes, Pete.
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As for that lesson learned, somewhere, it is bet to avoid even raising the issue. Warmest regards. Theo
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I didn’t mention it at the time of course. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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I have been doing some spring cleaning as well, and it’s a great “weight off” for many reasons!
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It might have been better for us to leave this until the Spring, but who knows how much more clutter we might have created by then? 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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(1) January Jones has a sunny personality, and it’s not Unknown to the locals that she lives in a Glass House and is often seen Full Frontal as she goes about her day. Residents of Beetley often shout things at the house. But that’s not because they hate her. It’s Love Actually. They shout, “We love you, Jan!” Yes, everyone supports January Jones. She’s brought Unity to Beetley!
(2) To inspire Ollie to accelerate his fur growth, buy him a Chia Pet.
(3) I can almost hear Julie’s clitter-clatter about what to declutter.
(4) Carpet beetles are known for carpet bombing. Had you put your ear to the floor, you would have heard the explosions.
(5) Parliament: “If he acts the clown, Boris won’t bore us.”
(6) I woke up this morning to singing carpet beetles. They were singing, “Here comes the sun!” And that’s alright with me.
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I expected a Beatles song reference, but had to look up a Chia Pet. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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Really cloudy here, so lucky you with the sun, Pete!
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It clouded over after I wrote this, but stayed dry. Very cold wind from the east though.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Beast from the East….
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I hope not. I don’t want any snow! 🙂
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Well, yes
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That Beast From The East caused us no end of problems last time. 🙂
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I’m sure it did
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You are right…it never ends…my heating bill seems to have doubled and with such cold weather lately, it is through the roof. Then we have the washer that doesn’t wash and the dryer that doesn’t dry…..but here too the sun is out.
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My washer still washes, and my drier stil dries. But the cost of 500 litres of heating oil jumped from £223 last time, to £360 when delivered on the 30th of December.
And now we have the cost of the new carpet to consider. That might have to wait until the Spring, once we have sprayed the bug larvae next week!
Best wishes, Pete.
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It is a beautiful sunny morning here. I hope your good weather continues. Home repairs are never ending.
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Thanks, Maggie. It has clouded over now, but no rain! 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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Better no rain for those long walks with Ollie.
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It´s even chilly here in Spain and I am no longer used to it!! Hope you get rid of those nasty beetles!!
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We only had the tiny wihite larvae, no beetles. Julie got rid of all the visible ones, and we will spray the room when the stuff is deivered tomorrow.
Best wishes, Pete.
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most of this, good news at least )
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Yes, except the carpet. But that would have had to go anyway, larvae or not. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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We’ve had some nice cool weather, but it’s been damp and overcast. (You know me though, I’ll take cooler weather no matter how it comes).
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It has been pretty cold here, GP. Today we have a maximum of 6C (42F) so that feels relatively warm by comparison. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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I would take that gladly. 51 years of mostly hot, hot, hot will do that to a person.
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Agreed. 51 years of too hot would be unbearable to me too.
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Enjoy your Sunday, Pete…
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Thanks, Rich. looks like I am going to be tackling more ‘decluttering’, once I get back from Ollie’s walk. 😦
Best wishes, Pete.
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This is from Diamond Geezers blog:
Having been in power for precisely 2½ years (technically 2 years, 183 days) Boris is the 38th longest-serving of our 55 Prime Ministers. He’s already outpaced such heavyweights as Sir Anthony Eden (1 year, 279 days), Sir Alec Douglas-Home (363 days) and Andrew Bonar Law (211 days). He has to survive another 20 weeks to overtake Gordon Brown, 24 weeks to overtake Neville Chamberlain, 28 weeks to overtake Theresa May and until February 2031 to overtake Margaret Thatcher.
That should cheer you up this Sunday Pete!
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I hope he hangs around long enough to tell more lies and make an even bigger balls-up. That might be what is needed to get rid of the Tories next time. (But I’m not holding my breath.)
Cheers, David.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Beetle larvae in Beetley! Of course! 🥴 hope you get that sorted soon, I’d be freaking out! Glad to hear Ollie is feeling better. Cloudy here after a sunny 2 days.
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Tiny white things in areas of the carpet. Julie spent ages removing each one with tweezers yesterday, dropping them into a dish of raw bleach to kill them. We have ordered a special spray that arrives on Monday, but the carpet will have to go soon, as it is too badly damaged now. Serve us right for leaving storage boxes in place, and not moving them around!
Best wishes, Pete.
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Every day’s a school day!
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Wow, what an amazing collection of news. Good to know Ollie seems better. Bravo to Julie for losing weight.
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They took her off one tablet that was causing her to gain weight, and she has been losing weight steadily since, with no need to diet.
Best wishes, Pete.
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No sun here this morning, but at least there’s no frost.
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It was out when I was typing this earlier, but just cloudy now. Not raining at least! 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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The sun has just started to shine here, 10cm on snow on the ground, drifts of half a meter, I have already taken to tractor up the road to clear a path for the car so we can go and visit family on ‘Grandparents Day’ going to be -17c tonight so I hope we get back early 🙂
Good to hear that Ollie is on the mend now, enjoy your walk in the sun today 🙂
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-17C is harsh! They said on the news that Eastern Europe was blanketed in snow, so I’m hoping none of it makes it as far as Beetley.
Cheers, Pete.
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Only -13c in the end 🙂 But 9 days of snow ahead, should be fun!
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5C here this morning. Cloudy and dull. No rain at least. So far.
Cheers, Pete.
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