Thoughts of the day every day in 2014

[Piling]

Well it is a fair sharing because we have the same here.

[Anthea]

28 February

Soon the start of a new month

It will probably snow

One newspaper forecast 100 days of SNOW



It will look lovely

But feel very cold

And I will be cut off from the outside world AGAIN

[Anthea]

1 March

Complete change in the weather - bright sunny day - though we had a cold breeze

Sunday and Monday are going to be wet and VERY windy again - the ground will NEVER dry out enough for planting at this rate

Actually the flooding in England is a very serious matter - much of our farmland is still waterlogged - where I live I see great pools of water sitting on fields

The food prices are bound to rise

[Piling]

Here it is fresh and sunny also. I wonder where we sent wind and rain, may be in Maghreb ?

[Anthea]

Here it is fresh and sunny also. I wonder where we sent wind and rain, may be in Maghreb ?

I KNOW exactly where you sent the wind and the rain

[Anthea]

2 March

In 3 weeks time Kurds will be celebrating Nawroz

Or will they ?

How many Kurds will have the opportunity to celebrate ?

NOW would be an excellent time for Kurds to UNITE especially in Turkey where the government is almost on the point of collapse

While the government is in such turmoil Kurds should stand up for themselves and demand self-rule - instead of meekly following as brain-dead sheep

Syria is still almost news-worthy though has now been over-shadowed by events in the Ukraine - and Turkey is also news-worthy due to the corruption charges against erDOGan - now is the time for Kurds to stand up for themselves - soon the events in Syria and Turkey will be forgotten

If Kurds in NK fail to take the opportunity that Nawroz affords them to stand up for themselves - then they deserve to continue living beneath the oppressive Turkish regime

[Anthea]

Heavy rain - flood warnings - strong winds YEUCK !

Tomorrow we in South England are expecting hail and thunderstorms

Think I will remain indoors all day

[Anthea]

3 March

We had rain - hail - rain - hail - rain - hail - rain almost all day

But my friend further north had warm spring sunshine

Tuesday might actually be dry sunny day

[Anthea]

4 March

it was a lovely day on Tuesday

An English runner won the 65th annual Shrove Tuesday pancake race, which pits two towns in the U.S. and England against each other.

Devon Byrne, 20, of Olney, England, covered the 415-yard (meter) course in 55.61 seconds to defeat Summer Parsons, who won the U.S. leg of the race in Liberal, Kansas. It was Byrne's third win in a row, The Leader and Times in Kansas reported.

Olney and Liberal women in aprons and head scarves run the course with a pancake in their pan. Race rules require the contestants to flip their pancake at the beginning and end of the race.

Shrove Tuesday is traditionally the last day before the start of the 40 days of Lent that lead to Easter. According to legend, the Olney race started in 1445 when a harried housewife arrived at church on Shrove Tuesday still clutching her frying pan with a pancake in it.

Liberal challenged Olney in 1950 after seeing photos of the race in a magazine.

Liberal leads the competition with 36 wins to Olney's 28. One year's score was disqualified.



Even MPs joined in the fun

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-26436452

[Anthea]

[Anthea]

5 March

It was a lovely spring day today

Probably rain tomorrow

Hopefully the ground will start to dry out now - though it will probably take another month before any work can be done on most of the farms

£3 loaf of bread is on it's way - probably accompanied by the £2 pint of milk

BBC revisits Boston three months on from first storms

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-26450495

Somerset village blighted after the floods have gone

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-26446645

[Anthea]

6 March

Brilliant way to wake someone up



A little cat who does not want to wake up



You will be surprised at the ending of this

[Anthea]

Just for fun

[Anthea]

7 March

Spring in Cardiff

[Anthea]

Below is a skateboard babywalker and I think it is a brilliant idea