Good morning everyone - Autumn is well and truly with us ....lovely !! Nights are getting nippy, very good for sleeping well, after all the humid and sticky ones, we've had some lovely soaking rain,...
Hi, im trying to complete a cryptic islands quiz for a competition im taking part in and im struggling to find the correct answers for the following two questions, if anyone can please help me out...
36, corn straw used for thatching ,ale 37,in a hurry,anagram slapery 68, not heavy,dress & finish after tanned 107,put more than 2 items together ,water or sundew 113 jacket tatie ,insects on plants +...
Good morning everyone - so far the long weekend has proved uneventful ....quiet and relaxing, and also no great inroads into chocolate ...that comes tomorrow !! With all the family away doing touristy...
Good morning everyone - lovely sunny day again, but we could be headed for some damp days leading up to Easter ... maybe we'll have our first fires over the long weekend. The links today are throwing...
Good morning everyone - Looking much more like Autumn here today, and after a couple of very cool nights, it's beginning to feel that way too .....lovely, my best time of the year !! Now for the links...
Good morning everyone - Summer has done a U-turn and returned with rain and stickiness ...not nice ....hopefully it will all come right shortly ....a drive in the hills yesterday showed the trees...
Good morning everyone - lovely here today, sun is shining, a slight breeze and after a nippy night, I'm beginning to think Summer has left for this year and the mellow season is about to make life...
Good morning everyone - well as expected the heat has dropped off a bit, and the humidity has rolled in ....very nasty indeed !! There's talk of rain sometime over the weekend which is just what we...
2 word answers both begin with c quiz 162
1 collection of writtings for Agatha
2 routine reason
3 looked after in the area
4 moneyed milk producer
5 20th century fiction writer...
Good morning everyone - breezy here, sun's shining but it's not really going to warm up for a day or so, then we're going to get (hopefully) a last blast of Summer weather before Autumn...
4d Brightly plumed flier (11) L??????????
13d Fighters of the old west (11) no letters
18a Part of the EM stectrum (11) ????A?????T
9a Noble Ranks (8) T???D???
2d More densely forested (6) T????E?...
Here is the final jest from 'The Court Jester'. This lovely frivolous game has now been running for 5 years, or some 60-odd months, so almost all of the regular players must have had a chance to set...
Good morning everyone - anyone for hot and sticky ?? that's what we've got today and it's not nice !! while the days are hot and clear and the nights cool down, I can manage, but when the tropical...
Once again this is 'The Court Jester'. As I sit here making preparations for the entertainments to mark the beginning of the Chinese Year of the Dragon, I am reminded of a Chinese proverb. ‘Be...
Good morning again - warm and sunny here and getting warmer too. The garden is needing plenty of attention in the evenings so an early start again today so I can go sit in a chair and wave a hose...
This is The Court Jester back to tease you once again. Phew! Well it seems that the Court is now taking it easy for a week or two. I was on duty over Christmas and New Year and for the visit of the 3...
Good morning everyone - and an early start today I know, but I've a few things to do before the weather heats up again so any spare time is spent watering etc, hoping the poor plants will have a...