cheers

Mummy, hows the weather your way? Its like a spring day here and I was out in the garden and had to start watering because its been too long without rain. I also cut the lawn.

Cheers ducks

Mummy in the foothills

Yes Spring like fog in the mornings and sun in the afternoon. I've still got the wood stove burning as it's cold 52 this afternoon (cold if you've been here a while)
Dd has been playing outside a lot , bouncing on the trampoline and bothering the cat. No watering needed yet. We have some rain coming our way according to the weather man. Dh cut the grass one time and has broken the lawn tractor twice now, the parts came this morning so we'll see short grass again sometime this week.

Beedubya

I still have my married name on my British passport as I was too stingy to spend over $300 for a new one, when I travel I have to take my birth cert. marriage cert and divorce papers just in case..............though I have never been asked for them and obviously I have to buy my airline ticket in my married name......

My name now is the one I was born with and I consider that to be my REAL name, I like it very much and it feels like ME. I was married for almost 30 years and yet the funny thing is I have never once signed my name in my married name, my REAL name just seems to flow effortlessly..........

cheers

U 2 young to have married that long.
cheers

Beedubya

Oh you flatterer you.

Celticspirit

Ours in Texas was 75F today with a pure blue sky. I hear there will be big changes for much colder weather and snow next week.

cheers

Celtic Spirit, Don, Windsong and Eastern, (the dog lovers)

Have you seen this clip called 'Breakfast with Ginger'

http://www.youtube.com/results?searc...th+ginger&aq=0

I think it is hilarious

Cheers

Celticspirit

That was hilarious. I sent it to the grandkids!

Beedubya

Hi Cheers, well that was quite funny BUT the American canned laughter is something I can't abide IMHO it is too distracting and sooo fake, sorry !!!

I posted this on another thread but it seems to have been missed by all except a few.......... VERY clever British subtle humoUr............


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaPep...63F5654A7B6C91

there are about 20 other clips in the same vein.........


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIDp0...eature=channel

fulwood

Digressing - forewarning.. Gosh am I lucky bugger or what? I am visiting a friend I haven't seen in over 20 years - she lives in Buxton and from links she has sent me for B&B (dont' want to sleep on couch) it's bloody lovely.. Chatsworth House is nearby and deserves a visit from me.. I'm lucky..

2aT

A favorite place to visit when I go back, Derbyshire is a great county. Don't forget to visit Haddon Hall which is a stones throw (almost) from Chatsworth a much older building with almost a medieval feeling about it and well worth a visit.

islandwoman120

Hi - will anyone who is in Australia please bring me up to speed about the hurricane due to hit Queensland soon? I have a brother in Cairns, and he wrote an impassioned plea to the family all over the world as he is scared - it is said to be a Category 4 moving up to a Category 5 storm - think Katrina in New Orleans.

Thanks, Rosie

rebs

You must be very worried - your brother is OK. There are a few threads running in the Australia forum about the floods and cyclones - http://britishexpats.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=152. Check them out for details.

Beedubya

I had ALWAYS wanted to go to Chatsworth House, my nan went there when I was a kid and I remember the brochure.

Another for the bucket list, thanks fulwood I had forgotten about it..........

Beedubya

Hi Rosie

It is not looking good.

You should PM Pollyanna the moderator on here, she actually works for the government body Emergency Management Queensland in charge of warnings for all this kind of thing. There are whole threads on the Aussie forum about this coming cyclone.

Hope your brother stays safe.