CoTT 2 House of Cards

[Marty]

Happy Sunday, everyone!

A dampish sort of day here. Overcast and drizzle at the moment, with the temperature at about 8°C/46°F, but a real feel of several degrees less...

Spent about half an hour earlier out in the garden tidying up an approximately metre-and-a-half (5 foot) wide strip where I grew garden peas in the summer. I have some winter onion sets I intend to plant there, that should give me some early onions next year, to fill the gap until the maincrop (storable over the winter) ones are ready. It started to drizzle whilst I was forking the soil over and removing the inevitable weed roots. We're promised more of the same sort of weather for much of the coming week, but I really must get these onion sets planted as soon as possible. I'm back in the house at the moment trying to warm myself up with a mug of coffee and a slice of banana cake. I'll check outside again in half an hour or so and decide whether to continue gardening today or not. There's a brand new teak back door sitting on trestles in the store area still needing varnishing before it's hung. If the weather stays wet, I may make a start on that instead of trying to plant onion sets in wet, sticky soil...

Edited November 15, 2020 by Marty
Tidying up

[Albert1434]

Aloha All

[Marty]

1 minute ago, Albert1434 said:

Aloha All

Hey, Albert!

Hope all's well with you, today.  And that any movements of the earth you feel are caused just by you and Steve's activities,this time.

[Albert1434]

The Virus is like a forest fire right now so were hiding out 

[Marty]

16 minutes ago, Albert1434 said:

The Virus is like a forest fire right now so were hiding out 

Yes... The outbreaks in the US are making news this side of The Pond, as well.

Here in Ireland we're about half-way through a "Level 5" lockdown (the highest level available, short of putting everyone under curfew), due to end on Dec 1st, and designed to stop a worrying rise in infections seen in September and October. Positive cases, hospitalisations, and numbers in intensive care units, are all slowly falling, making the possibility of a semi-normal Christmas look a bit more likely... 

Spoiler

 

Edited November 15, 2020 by Marty
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[Headstall]

Happy Sunday, all!  Cold and rainy day here.

[Albert1434]

Aloha Gary

[Headstall]

2 minutes ago, Albert1434 said:

Aloha Gary

Hi, Albert.    

[Albert1434]

Aloha Marty

[Drew Espinosa]

On 11/10/2020 at 7:47 PM, Page Scrawler said:

Anything new going on? I'm currently shopping Amazon for Christmas prezzies. 

It should be illegal to talk about Christmas before Thanksgiving, lol. Speaking of, my family don't usually invite distant relatives for Thanksgiving, so this year it won't be any different from prior years, even with Covid going on.

On 11/10/2020 at 9:14 PM, Albert1434 said:

Drews snowmen

How is that in my likeness?!  Anyways, Gorgeous, you FAILED!  

On 11/10/2020 at 9:16 PM, Page Scrawler said:

From "Drew Devil" to "Snow Devil". 

Thank god his building material wasn't dust, or I'd never hear the end of it!  

On 11/11/2020 at 5:09 AM, clochette said:

Innocent is my middle name

 

[Drew Espinosa]

Howdy y'all!  

[Marty]

24 minutes ago, Drew Espinosa said:

Howdy y'all!  

Hey, Drew! 

[Page Scrawler]

25 minutes ago, Drew Espinosa said:

How is that in my likeness?!  Anyways, Gorgeous, you FAILED!  

I agree. You're much cuter than that. 

[Valkyrie]

3 hours ago, Headstall said:

Happy Sunday, all!  Cold and rainy day here.

 

[Valkyrie]

Wowee... it's really nasty out right now.  We've had high winds all day, along with dark skies and drizzle.  Now we've got a line of intense storms coming through, with higher winds, downpours, and really dark skies.    

[Drew Espinosa]

16 minutes ago, Marty said:

Hey, Drew! 

Hey, Marty!  

[Marty]

6 minutes ago, Valkyrie said:

Wowee... it's really nasty out right now.  We've had high winds all day, along with dark skies and drizzle.  Now we've got a line of intense storms coming through, with higher winds, downpours, and really dark skies.    

Time to cuddle up with a good book, methinks, Val. and maybe a glass of your favourite wine (or hot drink). 

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[Valkyrie]

2 minutes ago, Marty said:

Time to cuddle up with a good book, methinks, Val. and maybe a glass of your favourite wine (or hot drink). 

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  I'm curled up with the cats and working on a prompt response.    I have soup for dinner, but some hot tea sounds like a lovely idea.  

[Headstall]

1 hour ago, Drew Espinosa said:

Howdy y'all!  

Howdy, gorgeous.  

[Headstall]

33 minutes ago, Valkyrie said:

Wowee... it's really nasty out right now.  We've had high winds all day, along with dark skies and drizzle.  Now we've got a line of intense storms coming through, with higher winds, downpours, and really dark skies.    

Same here. The wind is really strong, and the rain is driving... 

[clochette]

31 minutes ago, Valkyrie said:

Wowee... it's really nasty out right now.  We've had high winds all day, along with dark skies and drizzle.  Now we've got a line of intense storms coming through, with higher winds, downpours, and really dark skies.    

Same here. Seems like Marty's dumped his shitty weather down there  downpours with 90-100km/hour wind

[Marty]

22 minutes ago, clochette said:

Same here. Seems like Marty's dumped his shitty weather down there  downpours with 90-100km/hour wind

If I'd truly dumped it down your way, how come I'm still suffering it up my way?

[dughlas]

22 hours ago, Valkyrie said:

When you're as fabulous as your hooman   

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I'm thinking we now know what Gary's Friday lad was cuddling ... a camel hump.

[dughlas]

4 hours ago, Headstall said:

Happy Sunday, all!  Cold and rainy day here.

Perhaps you could coax him into bed to cuddle for warmth ...

[dughlas]

1 hour ago, Drew Espinosa said:

Howdy y'all!  

Howdy Texy.