Monday 26 February 2018

THE BEASTLY EASTERLY WIND MAY BE UPON US BUT IN WALES.. THEY'RE PICKING STRAWBERRIES!

No, I am not telling porky pies.. aka gross fibs. 

In Wales some industrious strawberry growers are using very advanced growing techniques in their greenhouses.

That and the fact that they've had a fairly mild couple of months, means that Aldi are selling them in their store in Bridgend and had planned to roll them out throughout the rest of the UK in the next couple of weeks.

Now.. that may well change because you would have to be living without any communication from the outside world not to know that the Eastern block and Europe are being subjected to severe weather conditions which are extending Winter by a couple of weeks.. at least.

So it's not 'The temperature's rising, it isn't surprising.. she certainly can cancan!' It's a case of face freezing cold temperatures.

Of duvet diving wearing a cotton nighty, leggings and bed socks or wearing thermal underwear under her cotton and wool clothes when she goes outside.  

Don't rely upon nylon clothing to keep you warm! It's a job for  fibres.. cotton, silk and wool and, of course, fleece made out of plastic bottles!

That always makes her laugh but when she was sorting out clothes, giving away things that were either too small or the wrong colour, she didn't get rid of a beige fleece she bought the last time she was skiing. Blackcomb, Whistler.. Easter 1998!
How can clothing be the wrong colour you ask?

Because having changed the colour from brown to blonde, then allowing her silver hair to grow through means that wearing camel, beige or mid brown on top makes her look like a washed out rag.

The best colours for her now are all the shades of blue, red, green, black and dark grey can be worn if she wears another vibrant colour, as well a 'good' red lipstick!

Yes, a red lippy.. the colour of a ripe strawberry or.. my tail!

Chirp.. she has to call Ann. Who is lucky enough to be escaping to Turkey and Cyprus for a week. She's also a gardener of flowers, fruits and vegetables and going to Cyprus means she could bring back seeds of those heavenly delights aka 'Turkish Cucumbers'! 

Gardeners, especially these two, spend a lot of time planning aka dreaming about what they're going to grow and eat!

How about these two dreams.. Crisp crunchy little green cucumbers with eaten with home grown tomatoes with labneh and stuffed courgettes with minced lamb with zatarr.

Newsflash.. more about snow!

Rome is covered in it and Roman Vilfand, the chief of the Russian Meteorological Office told the Interfax news agency that Muscovites should brace themselves for frosty weather in March and could only "count on the warmth of the soul", not higher temperatures outside.

Blimey and shiver my timbers.. that sounds dire, doesn't it!

Now, I wonder if I could persuade her to come back to bed so I can get in underneath the bed clothes? Well, it's certainly worth a try, isn't it.

GeeGee Parrot.
February 26th, 2018.

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