A stay at home street party could work if you live in a street, but it will be a bit strange at the end of the lane on my own. I like being "detached" and quiet but it doesn't make for much of a party!
From my front door I don't see a soul unless they are walking the public footpath down my meadow.
This is the suggested time-table to follow that's been put on various villages Facebook pages.
The 2 minutes silence on the doorstep should be easy!
But I do have some Union Jack bunting that I found in a charity shop when we were living in Ipswich to put on the field gate
and maybe bake a cake and put it out on a table so that walkers can help themselves and if no one walks by because they are all at home in their front gardens then I'll have a treat for the weekend!
Hope your VE day 75th Anniversary Celebration goes well.
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So...........why on the 8th of May am I writing about preparing for cold weather?
Have you ever watched the disaster film "The Day After Tomorrow"?
DRAMATIC CHANGES, ARCTIC WEATHER COMING FROM THE NORTH!!
And this is what a weather person said is going to happen on Sunday.......
DRAMATIC CHANGES, ARCTIC WEATHER COMING FROM THE NORTH!!
I don't think we are going to get snow as far south as Suffolk, but I will be wrapping up the greenhouse plants overnight and the poor little tomato plants in the baskets on the garage wall plus the Climbing French Bean plants outside.
My wood-burner hasn't been used for several weeks but it's laid and ready to put a match to and a basket of wood is still indoors.
With any luck we won't see wolves roaming the streets and I won't need to burn all my books to keep warm!
Back Tomorrow
Sue
I'm very glad I resisted planting out the baby veg!! I doubt we'll get snow here either but cold isn't nice in the middle of May.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed The Day After Tomorrow but I don't think I'd much enjoy a reality! :-)
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I'm waiting for a while too - lots of things to go out , should pick up after Tuesday
DeleteI have often said to husband as we watched the virus, it feels like a movie, we are doing the same, watching it get closer to us, until it's too late and we can't out run it. So please one movie script per year please. We will do the 11am, 3pm and 4pm,and 8pm, The Queen on TV, our street looks good with loads of bunting and flags.
ReplyDeleteI've biked 6 miles round the parts of the village this morning to see all the bunting - it cheers things up.
DeleteIt did seem like a science fiction film at the beginning but I'm worried that it's turning into normality
We’re nearly the same as you Sue living in a tiny street, last night we were the only ones out clapping for the NHS.
ReplyDeleteI will put fleece over my climbing french beans, thanks for putting the idea in my head. I am usually a bit remiss about frost protection.
Enjoy your cake, be well, keep safe there at the end of the lane.
LX
The roll of fleece we bought umpteen years ago and brought with us through 2 house moves was one of our best ideas.
DeleteI'm afraid I don't do the clapping and haven't heard any around either
There was an old person on our allotment who always maintained that he never put any bedding plants out until the end of May and he was right. So many times on our allotment we were fooled by nice weather at the beginning of may and lots small plants.
ReplyDeleteHave a good weekend.
Briony
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Yes you are right - frosts are still possible right into May
DeleteThere's a certain irony in a celebration meant to bring people together and advice how to do this observing social distancing.
ReplyDeleteOf course, just because my seeds got sown this week, here comes the cold again. My Great Grandfather was a gardener by trade. He would never have put anything out until May was over.
Your Grandfather was very right
DeleteI know it sounds weird, but 'socialising at a distance' is contradictory, surely. Anyway, the situation can't be helped and someone has thought up a good plan to accomplish it. Well done to them.
ReplyDelete'Never cast a clout 'til May is out'. There may be some truth in that old saying.
Socialising at a distance sounds like shouting at each other!
DeleteI am the only one in the close that has an bunting out, my D abd GD are coming to tea this afternoon in the garden which will be nice. Enjoy your day Sue. 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
ReplyDeleteHave a lovely time with family
DeleteMy neighbours across the road have put Union Flags on their gate, like you. I haven't heard that anyone is planning to go out this evening for any celebration. Like you, I live on a road with houses quite far apart. Thursday evening has become the highlight of my week, going out to wave at the neighbours and shout greetings. It's almost the only time I see anybody!
ReplyDeleteNo one goes out on a Thursday clapping in the lane - it's always quiet
DeleteWhat a lovely idea to put cake out for passers-by. Just a quiet day planned here - no change there then! Take care.xx
ReplyDeleteThe cake never happened - it was too hot and not a soul about!
DeleteFive uf us (neighbours ) are having a sandwich each and a drink ar 2pm - observing social distancing of course.
ReplyDeleteHope you enjoyed your at a distance party
DeleteI'm preparing to rug our seeds up too. I was about to plant the runner beans but will put them in the cart shed overnight (probably along with the tubs of Mange Tout peas and French beans. Stuff in the ground will get covered (that's you, peas).
ReplyDeleteNo celebrations here today - like you, no audience (apart from cows and dairy hands) but will catch some of the tv presentations.
Not even cows here! and the cat's not bovvered either
DeleteAs soon as you said 'DRAMATIC CHANGES, ARCTIC WEATHER COMING FROM THE NORTH!!
ReplyDelete' I thought of wolves roaming the streets and book burning ... I do hope it's not THAT cold. But I will be double cloching all the plants, even the ones in the polytunnel at night just in case.
We've decorated our gate in a similar way and the boards at the end of the driveway, and I'll be watching a couple of wartime films in between being quiet and listening to Winston and Her Majesty.
While we haven't seen any wolves as yet - the coyotes (yes, ben in a city of 3 million) have been getting a lot bolder! We have a lot of conservation areas, ravines and huge parks throughout the city so lots of wildlife. A section of the boardwalk along the lake has had to be fenced off to protect a family of foxes that have taken up residence since so few people have been out and about!
DeleteGoodness coyotes roaming about sounds worrying.
DeleteMy brother has just been sharing some of his memories over the phone with me (he was born during the war) and we were remembering local Home Guard stories passed on by Father, most of them could have been straight out of Dad's Army. I have the bunting out in spirit.
ReplyDeleteMy Step Dad was born in '25 so just a teenager and Mum in '26 so the same - they never spoke about anything in the war. Grandfather on one side of the family was farming and on the other side factory/fire service so at home through the whole thing- never talked about either
DeleteHope we don't have snow like that film!
ReplyDeleteMe too!
DeleteWe'll be taking part in the VE Day itinerary but it will be quiet celebrations for us as well. I hope the cold weather doesn't come. My clematis is just starting to flower and has the most buds on it ever. I'd be really upset if anything happened to it. xx
ReplyDeleteI'm worried about the apple blossom - don't want another crop fail like last year
Deleteoh crikey, I've got a bit used to being outside now it's going to turn cold?
ReplyDeleteQuiet celebrations here too, I shall watch the speech this p.m, but there is no way I am singing tonight at 9, and I think I'll keep my widows firmly shut too!!
Not quite as cold as that film but many degrees less - a shock to the system for a few days
DeleteThey are going to show some of the speeches over here on the CBC and I've already watched the Red Arrows fly pasts on the early news.
ReplyDeleteGarden Centres have just been allowed to open up here and people will start to get ready - but general rule of thumb is not to plant before the end of May. Our weather at this time of year is very unpredictable - last Sunday it went up to 20C and people were out in t-shirts - tomorrow we might get snow flurries!
Safer not to plant out too soon here as well.
DeleteI'd like libraries to open first!
I've sorted plants now so don't need garden centres and it will be a long time before car boot sales or swimming pools are allowed I think. Hope I can see family soon.
No street party here either, our houses are too far apart on the only road through the village. However, we have just had a virtual tea with the family, which was fun.
ReplyDeleteDisaster movies always unsettle me a bit - but I always watch them!
ReplyDeleteStay warm :)
We are supposed to get rain tonight turning to snow by tomorrow morning. The snow is supposed to continue off and on for the next couple of days. I sometimes thing spring has forgotten us.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
The Day After Tomorrow is my go to movie when I am tired of the long Hot, hot, hot Summer in Australia. For a while my brain can focus on some cold experience.
ReplyDeleteI have seen snow in photos from a blogger friend that lives in Ontario, Canada. 2 inches of snow! Warmer the other few days, then snow! Oh hopefully it won't snow too much if any at all. We have warm temps here in OR. 85 degrees F for 3 days! Got a few mosquito bites from a walk last evening. Ouch! Have a good weekend!
ReplyDeleteHi Sue, Just to say how much I enjoy reading your blog, I found it some months ago and now look at it regularly. There are so many blogs! But there is something about yours that makes me want to read it. I am about the same age as you, I am married and am retired. I have a grown up family -three sons, and the dearest little granddaughter. They all live at the other end of the country though so I don’t see them as much as I would like.
ReplyDeleteIn 2014, after forty years of nursing, my back gave out and I had to have spinal surgery: it helped, but I was left with chronic pain which I manage with medication, yoga and mindfulness. I am often housebound due to the pain and reading blogs such as yours helps me feel connected to others. I am ahead of the curve when it comes to self-isolating! I do limit the time I spend on the internet though-well, you have to, don’t you. So I hope you will take it as a compliment when I tell you that yours is one of the blogs that I DO spend time on and that the time and effort you spend on it has helped me - perfect stranger to you -to cope and to enjoy life. Thank you so much.
The gate looks very inviting with the bunting on. I hope you had walkers take advantage of your VE day celebration cake.
ReplyDeleteI blogged about our day.
It is rather cold here today and so windy in the East Midlands but no snow. DH has plans to tuck his plants up this evening too.