Ravendale House

I think I’m in danger of becoming a meteorological bore, apart from the odd sojourn into refrigeration, I seem to be obsessed with the weather. I’m even boring myself. Perhaps it’s because we’re not having any weather, or at least none of the right kind.

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By the time I went to bed on Monday night I was sick to death of the sight of fridge/freezers, measurements and cubic capacities were running round my head, but I couldn’t ignore the fact we still didn’t have one and time was running out.

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I’ve often worried, during the power cuts we get here from time to time, about the food in the freezer and how long it would last, should the power not return within a reasonable time scale, say 12 hours or so.  Well not any more.

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Here we go again. Not for the first time I’ve been caught out by early May frosts.

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The weather is at it again, it just can’t seem to get going. One good day is followed by two or more bad ones.

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As much as I love all living creatures, furry,  feathered or otherwise, starlings have never been one of my favourite birds. They always seem aggressive and argumentative, and perfectly able to look after themselves with their sharp beaks.

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Well April really has been a wash-out. Apart from planting out my peas and broad beans, I’ve done no gardening. In an attempt to stave off the boredom, I’ve been adding to my limited HTML code writing skills by learning how to do tables.

Here you will find a selection of my favourite things in table form. How cool is that? Just mouse over the pictures for full details.

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‘Every day’s a school day’ is one of Peter’s favourite sayings. He mostly uses it when trying to understand the many foibles of his computer, but to be honest you can use it in just about any area of life. Basically, you might be old, you might think you know it all and have seen it all, but the truth is you don’t and haven’t, and almost everyday there are new opportunities, some voluntary, some by force of circumstance, to learn more.

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Well, the weather really is playing tricks with us this year. I’ve been desperate for about 2 weeks now to get my peas and broad beans planted out, but it’s just been so cold, not to mention windy.

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At the end of March I was struggling to keep my seedlings watered and protected from the sun. A week later I was struggling to keep them warm and protected from frost!

Although it has warmed up slightly and the sun is shining from time to time, there is a wickedly cold wind, so whilst I’m waiting for some warm weather to return, my thoughts have turned to indoor pursuits.

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