And We Shall Have Snow!
What a weird week this has been! After days of beautiful almost summer-like weather it snowed! Temperatures plummeted and Wednesday morning saw a good covering in the valley and the hills were well and truly ‘white over’! And, what’s worse, after sitting outside last week in the warm sunshine, it was cold! I know the sun emits all sorts of rays which aren’t good for me, but its warmth and brightness also makes the person within feel much happier.
Apply Olive Oil and Sit Back!
Years ago, when I was young (yes I know it was a long time ago) it was common among sun-worshippers to apply olive oil to the parts to be ‘sun-tanned’ and sit or lie in the direct heat of old Sol. Then we just sizzled like a chip in the fryer! The sun didn’t seem as fierce in those days. Yeh, I know, it’s all to do with ‘global warming’! But, hasn’t Earth warmed up and cooled down alternatively ever since the ‘big bang’? Isn’t it all part of the ‘bigger picture’? In these enlightened days people don the Factor 50 for protection and to be honest I can’t tolerate as much heat as when I was young! It’s a case of sitting under the buddleias and watching the butterflies flutter in to feed. Can’t wait!
Flattened Flowers!
My daffodils, after months in coming to the flowering stage, have been flattened by the snow. It’s usually the March winds which put an end to the long awaited display! March winds have been absent this year. Swings and roundabouts!
Spud Planting
Yesterday was Good Friday! The day to plant your potatoes, or spuds, or if you’re a Proud Salopian, taters! King Edward used to be the preferred variety to plant by my dear old dad! A good ‘all-rounder’! Chips, mash, new, roasties, the old King Ed’ards couldn’t be beaten. There are still King Edwards available, but I suspect foul play somewhere along the development line, as they don’t induce the correct childhood memories of creamy mash!! Although they are still preferable to many.
The introduction of the King Edward potato coincided with the coronation of King Edward VII in 1902. It is a ‘floury’ variety easily recognisable by the reddish splodges on the white skin.
Cadbury’s Easter Egg with Buttons!
Easter weekend brings childhood memories of a Cadbury’s Easter Egg, usually containing Cadbury’s Buttons. The meagre egg covered in purple foil and packaged in a cardboard outer casing (for ‘bigger’ effect!) had to last me for what seemed like forever! I can remember tiptoeing to the round oak table where the desired chocolate object sat amongst mother’s ornaments and as carefully and quietly as possible breaking a tiny bit off and replacing the paper. Trouble was, as all chocaholics know, one nibble isn’t enough and before long the egg was greatly reduced in volume. Then it was case of enduring mother’s wrath! Today kids have so many eggs! I was a chocaholic born too soon!
Thanks for your time!
The Bumpkin Rambler xx
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