Good morning everyone - still cool and damp here but then for the beginning of June, what could one really expect !! But suddenly, all the things I haven't done outside have come back to haunt me...
Good morning all - Ummm. its overcast and rather damp today, I guess the Winter stuff is on it's way, but having been stuck inside with 'streaming head syndrome' all week, I'd have liked to see a...
Here are today's shaded clues for you - 1d Gourd fruit often paired with cured meat such as Parma ham and used in dishes such as sorbet and granita [5] 23d Malleable metal, symbol Pb [4] 33d A basic...
Good morning everyone - well the summer's gone and we have much needed rain and I have a head cold !!! something I haven't had in ages and it's making up for lost time...,grrr !! Much better news on...
Good morning everyone - our Indian Summer is continuing way beyond all expectations and we're certainly saving on wood ..I guess when Winter finally arrives it will come with a vengeance !! Now which...
Here are today's shaded clues for you - 52a ----- hyacinth; easy-to-cultivate spring-flowering perennial bulb, genus Muscari [5] 9d U2 single on their album Zooropa [5] 38d Item collected by a...
Good morning everyone - nice unexpected drop of rain here today as it's been sticky for the past few, quite tropical in fact and not the weather for 'slaving' over the stove....well that's all done...
Good morning everyone - grey and rather sticky here today and I'm up to my ears in green tomatoes [pickling time] so I guess Summer's really over. Four goodies for us...which one might be the 'odd one...
Here are today's shaded clues for you - 16a ------ Hind; the galleon in which Sir Francis Drake circumnavigated the globe between 1577 - 80 [6] 34a Michelin ----; hallmark or status of fine-dining...
Good morning everyone - the start of a lovely week of autumn weather here; with all the food and wine tastings going on around the place, it's amazing we aren't all legless !! I see points were very...
Good morning everyone - another week come and gone, and we're at the weekend again, and time to exercise the little grey cells, so wiffle your mustachios [if you have them !] and get busy with these -...
Here are today's shaded clues for you - 17a A meteorological condition studied by an hydrologist [4] 47a ------ argus, butterfly with dark brown velvety wings, genus Erebia [6] 12d Atomic number of...
Good morning everyone - a bit damp and dreary here today, after quite a good weekend, I managed to get some long overdue re-potting done and they're all out getting a lovely drink ! Did I say four...
Good morning everyone - lovely day here, after a very chilly night, it seems to have settled a bit following very heavy rain - don't like the chances for my sweet peas, I've already squashed a fair...
Here are today's shaded clues for you - 18a Aromatic herb used to flavour some Moroccan teas, juleps, etc [4] 3d ---- without a thorn; name given by Henry VIII to Catherine Howard [4] 10d ----- the...