Articles by Mickey fez

Yesterday with the morning sun on my back (yep I did say sun) I got the second mow and strim on the front grass. I broke for lunch intending to do the same out the back afterwards. Then the heavens opened and wwe had an hour of rain.That put paid to anymore work in the garden. This morning I had a nice trip to mothers and spent the morning with her. On my return I grabbed a quick lunch and attacked the righthand side of the rear garden,it's still scruffybut short and scruffy. A good break an…

After the first late attempt at taming the widerness the rain has returned everyday since. So while I await fir a break in the weather I am on house sorting duty. In an ideal world I need new windows and doors and the walls rendering but money puts this out of the question, With the help of very good friends I have the repairs from the storm damage the insurance company refused to pay up on just about done. A pal came round this morning and tested the wall by the rear window and declared it…

Any chance of progress in the garden was brought to a shuddering halt last night. As I sat on my massage chair easing a tired back I heard the ominous rubble of approching thunder and between 8:10 and 8:45 we had a real wowser of a storm the best in many a long year. It was maybe as well because I might have been tempted to push my dodgy back over the edge and the cost would have been very painful. At least the storm brought some entertainment from the cats who sat outside on the window sill…

Yesterday I started on the bavk grass and with a lot of hard work managed to chop the larger part down by strimming and grass raking on both the top and bottom sections today I got the mower over the top half raked the grass up,had a break and didi it a second time' The bottom section was no where near being able to mow so I strimmed and raked twice on that section $ hours graft with a couple of bteaks was enough bor mu back which gave the order to stop which I obeyed, The grass still loks as…

Today I awoke to a clear blue sky.a promising start to the day. After sorting the cats and having breakfst I checked on the front garden. Still scruffy but short and scruffy so it was time to try the mower. The first job was to rake yesterday strimmer grass cuttings and then weed the border. this all took an hour such was the state of things. Next after a coffee I mowed the larger section,a 5 minute break then back to the smaller section. another hour gone and with a tiring back I took a lon…

Today I tackled the mess that prentends to be a lawn out front. With rain in the forecast I took advantage of the brief dry spell and set about it with the strimmer,the grass is much too long and messy to tackle with the mower. In 3 half our shifts with back rest breaks in between I managed to get te first cut done. My back was strarting to complain so I never got around to raking the cuttings up. I cleaned the strimmer,went inside kicked my boots off,clicked the kettle on for a coffee,put m…

It's like a merry-go-round without the merry. Saturday I got my shopping done in dry weather later on the rain came. Sunday A pleasant sunny day.The garden is still soggy but I managed to rescue my planters.They were roughed up but surprisingly the plants all seem to have survived. The cats spent the day Sunbathing. Monday Another fine spring day and I had a nice visit with my mother. Warmer weather and more sunshine at last.Nightime and another change,the rain returned. Today I woke up…

We expect showers in April but we are into the third day of solid rain with my garden under water yet again. Some shower!

After anothr spell of bad weather coming to a head with very heavy rain for much of Monday I got a pleasant surprise on Tuesday.I awoke to a calm day ans a promise of sunshine. After sorting the cats and munching on breakfast I set out on a trip to mother's.aborted on Moday. I picked up some flowers from the local shop and caught a bus which took me to within a mile of her house. From there is was a pleasnt stroll to her place.She was in fine fettle and we spent some time exchanging news and g…

After a week of weather fit for walking in if not for a leisurely stroll today all changed. With a wind chill warning of -12c it is not the day for outdoors,snuggly tucked up inside is the order of the day. Large areas of the country have been hit by snow and in some places blizzards but here it has been clear. That was until last night when after talking to Jenny I went to but the Wheelie bin out for collection today Snow was falling and it was bone chillingly cold. By the time I went to b…

I have managed a few walks of late plus getting the garden tidy and pruning the Buddleia,Rose,Gooseberry and Blackcurrant bushes. This however isn't going to last.There is a cold weather front heading our way,at the moment it is dropping into Russia from the Arctic from where it will sweep westwards on a collision course with us. OH goody. I spied this last night while letting the cats out.

This morning a rose at around 6:30 to a cold grey morning. By the time a had sorted the cats and myself out a lttle snow started to fall,the first for 8 or 9years. I took this snap of the front. This is my neighbour Allan's garden. and this the much bleaker view fron a rear upstairs window. Knowing the snow doesn't stay around long with us only yards from the sea I decided to head to the little wilderness as soon as it stopped which wa shortly before 10.Alas the melt was…

I awoke to clear skies and sunshine,the first time in a while. After sorting the cats out a grabbed a coffee and layered up for a brisk stroll.The wind was bitingly cold but I didn't care,this was fun, As I walked along people were coming from their homes blinking in the sunlight like animals emerging from hibernation. With the weather set to get colder with a strong chance of snow by Tuesday the window is short so tomorrow hopefully a trip to see mother is on the cards. I am snug inside noe…

After another day of rain and gales just after minight last night the wind atopped and the clouds cleared I got a glimpse of the super moon but only for a minute or so> I had time to Take one quick snap,not the best but all I could get

The lousy weather continues here and spring is still a long way off. Trips out of the house have only been taken for shopping and trips to my mothers. Yesterday was typical of how the days have been starting with heavy rain hammering down.I managed to get my shopping trip in without getting really dreenched then settled down to another day indoors. A strange thing happened in late afternoon just as I was dishing dinner up this happened. By the time I finished dinner I the sky was like this…

Today I wish a very Happy Birthday to my dear friend Jenny,the best pal a fella could have

Well the festivite season has ended again. Our last family gathering was at my sons Stephens on New years day,now things return to normal. My hopes for this year are the dsame as last,to get out more doing more walking and seeing places. Back trouble and the wettest summer I can remember thwarted those plans.I hope for better luck this year The new year barreled in the same as the old one left with heavy rain and strong winds. Tonight we have an Amber Warning for heavy rain and 70 to 80 mph…

I have been spending time with the family over the last few days,it's the only yime of the year we all get together aklthough we see each other seperatly of course. Times were good food and drink aplenty. New years day at Stephens is the last meet of the Season,should be fun Take are and have a lovely Christmas season and a happpy new year