it's all in the plan

[pensnest]

I'm not interested in today's Snowflake Challenge at all, so I'll be skipping it.

Quite a busy day today. Beast woke me with the reminder that I had to take Boy to UEA's medical centre for a blood test, which I had completely forgotten. That accomplished, we were trotting about a bit for various reasons this morning. The plumbers were plumbing and the insulators, outside with the scaffolding, were stapling slabs of insulation to the wall. It looks very smart, in fact.

Both groups finished mid afternoon and went home. The plumbers had run out of radiators and the insulators have to wait for slightly warmer weather before they can go on to the next step. So the house is now quiet, and still warm!

We had a couple of chaps over on Saturday to see about taking away the frame of the hideous polycarbonate greenhouse, and they have basically dismantled it; among other contents was a large rosemary bush, which I have pruned considerably and replanted in the herb bed next to the house. It'll thrive, or it won't. This is my philosophy of gardening.

On which subject, I've had the first draft of a garden design plan back (only three weeks later than promised)... not enough flowers and too much gravel, but I have sent copious feedback and we'll see.

Made Toad in the Hole for lunch.

Comments

[author_by_night]

I'm just not in that many fandoms. I honestly have no idea how people even have the time to be in 500 fandoms. I technically don't have time to be in the one I'm currently part of! :P (I'm the sort of person who, when super busy, will decompress by doing things that are not the other things. Like writing 500 fanfics. Which just makes me busier, but at least it's a break.)

[frausorge]

Yay for the construction (and deconstruction) progress! I hope the rosemary will manage to do well in its new location. And that the garden design gets worked out just how you like!

[pensnest]

I've never been a multifandom person either. Also, for me, being part of a fandom means 'I write in it', and at the moment that isn't happening for me—if ever I see a prompt and think, I could do that, I then think, but I'd have to do a fair bit of research first! But in any case, making a list of how much time I've spent on stuff strikes me as unrewarding to do and boring to read.

[pensnest]

If the rosemary thrives, it may yet be uprooted again. But there is another giant bush of rosemary at the far end of the garden, plus, some of my little cuttings have actually rooted! One way or another, there shall be rosemary.

It will be interesting to see how the garden design progresses.

[author_by_night]

But in any case, making a list of how much time I've spent on stuff strikes me as unrewarding to do and boring to read.


Yeah, same here.

[wenchpixie]

I'm feeling much the same about the challenge, it's not terribly useful if you're relatively monofannish and not at all if you've been in a quiet space. Ah well.

It'll thrive, or it won't. This is my philosophy of gardening. I like this philosophy immensely, it seems low stress and sensible

[turps]

So the house is now quiet, and still warm!

That sounds like a good combination.

I like your gardening philosophy, it makes a lot of sense.

[turlough]

Hooray for a warm and quiet house!

That is an excellent philosophy for a gardener! I hope the rosemary thrives. It will be exciting to see what the final plan for your garden will look like.

I've never had Toad in the Hole but I would like to try it. Maybe we could have it at Camp one day.

[pensnest]

I sometimes think life would be prettier if I were multifannish, but I'm not, so, there we are. And I've definitely been in a quiet space too!

It is exciting when something grows! At least one of my rosemary cuttings has rooted, because I pulled it up to check(!). And the avocado which began life in our compost heap is doing very nicely. But I don't expect these things, particularly.

[pensnest]

It is definitely better than "full of plumbers and bloody cold!" Tho the chaps applying external insulation showed up again this afternoon to do the next layer, which was nice.

I find it best not to have high expectations of my plants. That way, it stays exciting when I can harvest something, or have flowers!

[pensnest]

The only annoying thing about the warm and quiet house is that it was supposed to be otherwise, and Beast at least is fretting about getting all the work done in time to get a government grant for it.

Toad in the Hole may not be very good for you, as it's essentially a floury batter with added fat and sausages. I wonder if it would work with GF flour.

[turlough]

I did a brief search and yes, it looks like GF flour would work. I found many recipes for GF Toad in the Hole online.