WTF-Beta

Woke up to heavy snow falling and minus 1 temperatures, so it'll be helibores only till spring. Winter came early!

@wtg
Same here really, just a few patches of colour. And the rain, you wouldn't recognise Aysgarth Falls this last weekend.

Hydrangea when dying back into plum & claret colours are often nicer than the flowers.

Here's my Christmas cactus this morning

Yes, very nice to listen to

A few things still brightening the garden

What's this?

Yarrow

Fuchsia

Verbena

Helibore

Prickly Bush planted as deterrent...

It seems Trump(CF) may be conflicted about necessary talents

Fairisle on steroids! Are the patterns difficult to get exact, they certainly look it?

But it's nice to have the real thing in your hands

Do you folk keep a pile of books 'on the go', to dip into as the mood takes?

Bedside table has these:

I'm actually reading the chimney sweep and samurai spirit books. The other humour & poetry as my mood takes.

Meanwhile downstairs on the arm of a sofa is another pile of mostly recently bought books that I'm looking at rather than reading:

Nice,love the stone colours, home knitted are the best.
When I went off to do my degree I asked my Mum to knit me a couple of jumpers. One was of a snow tiger, the other a chunky cable-cardie with wooden buttons I took ages to decide on.
Forty five years on...

She added a few rows to ensure it covered my lower back, it's super warm.

BBC news just showed a clip of a football match in Canada (Ottawa?) heavy snow falling on the pitch at minus 8 🤪 and a terrific goal scored by team in red and black stripes.

Weather here in the N.E. has turned cold too, but it's rainy too. Relative humidity outside is above 70 so our dehumidifiers are running hard to keep the piano at 50-55%.

That last photo is worthy of publication. Contrasting trees, beautiful.

Corporate Trump I'm afraid. His taste appears to be extreme 'new money'.

Looks like it's on paper, perhaps waiting for a signwriter to attend?
Whether you like the script or not, some things are unnecessary.

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNdw92M3S/

Is it because I'm old or foreign that I was expecting 3 women singing political satire?

She chose well, presume she's working etc. so time or money restricted.
It's a huge effort taking on an older, larger house that hasn't been upgraded for decades.

He's been given the Order of the Boot