Hmph
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♥Apr. 3rd, 2014 // 11:09 am♥
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I bought a dress in the Ghost sale, and it arrived yesterday. I just tried it on, and it's a good half a foot too long. Even if I stand on tippie toes to pretend I'm wearing enormous heels, like wot I don't, there's still a couple of inches of fabric on the floor at the front.
So, that's going back. I'm in Chelsea on Sunday, and I'm pondering going up to the shop for a look, but I shan't bother if they've re-cut everything on the assumption that you have to wear six inch platform heels. Does anyone know if they have? |
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A harrowing experience....
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♥Apr. 3rd, 2014 // 04:36 pm♥
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Finally managed to get the farmer pinned down, and this afternoon he came and harrowed the field for us. He also did Next Door's field, which we watched while the back lady was checking the boys (all good, although she agrees with my feeling that GB's getting annoyed about his saddle; as the saddler's coming next week, this is not a problem! It's always gratifying when she turns up and says something like "Wow, doesn't he look wonderful for his age?"). Next Door's field is, in places, much steeper than ours, and there were a couple of times when we all held our breath as he turned the tractor around! No accidents, though, and we've much less moss now. Next time we have a bit of rain forecast, I'll go and throw some seed around (I've been saving the seed that falls out of the hay, and I've got three sacks tucked away in the barn for just this time of year).
Not terribly exciting video of the shiny red tractor:
(I was *somewhat* irritated to learn, via Next Door, that TWWOTV had phoned up the farmer and informed him that he wasn't to harrow either field, because they didn't need doing and we were just being silly. It's one thing -- although incredibly rude -- to do that about Next Door's rented field, it's another to do it about ours!)
After all that excitement, I took Jo out for her walk. Even though I'd had a look at the weather radar before going out (mostly because I didn't believe the Met Office's suggestion of showers at tea time), there were several times when it got quite dark and windy and I thought I was about to get soaked: not ideal, as I was only wearing jeans and a thin, pale t-shirt....
The bluebells are looking very fine, and did have a noticeably scent a couple of times when the wind was in the right direction:
 
The wood anemones are also still being very pretty:
Yesterday was quite blergy with the smog, bit it is a bit better today. We've been having some misty mornings:
(That's still uploading. It should turn up eventually....) |
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