Time for some good weather

Well, with the children going back to school surely that usually starts a run of good weather.

The apples are starting to ripen and we are getting another good crop of raspberries.

This year we are cooking and pureeing the apples for freezing and also freezing the raspberries. 

A gusty time

 It has been windy but not as bad as forecast, yet. 

Here is a weather forecast, the weather this week is likely to be changeable and we may have rain with some sunny periods, there is still a degree of uncertainty though. I mean what is the point?

An update to the previous blog re TV licence etc. I forgot to add that we have done away with our TiVo box from Virgin Media too. I have disconnected all the TV aerials etc. 

So it's only Catch Up TV or DVD's etc. from now on. But although it's only been a few weeks we don't actually watch even those, it's either audio books from the library, the radio including internet radio or... books!

Scam again

After we cancelled our direct debit for a TV licence, we received a letter (actually before the next actual payment was due!).

But what was creepy was that we received an email from 'TV Licensing' 

 

I have erased our email address from the above screengrab.

Things to note that this is a scam. The sender address ends .co.uk.a - the extra .a is not valid uk email address.

The letter begins Dear our email address. The TV licensing already know our name, so again this is incorrect.

The TVL No. is not our TV Licence number and all the other numbers are bogus too.

The date is in an American format - why would the British Biased Company use that?

BUT the insidious part is the final bit although the web link looks official the actual address is nothing like it and takes you to a totally different site and whilst I have not clicked on it obviously, I can guess that it looks official and will ask you to enter your details and bank details so that they can process your missed payment. Oh and take every penny out of your bank account at the same time.

Please if you get one of these emails, do not open it but forward it to your internet fraud department.

Something

What is everyone doing to keep going?

Biggest excitement for us was our first online supermarket delivery. More slots are becoming available now so we were able to get one with Asda.

we chose Asda as for me they make by far and away the best gluten free bread and unlike Genius gluten free, it isn't packed with Xanthan gum. Xanthan gum is an awful product originally derived from the bacteria that makes cabbages go mouldy, black and slimy - poisonous. But despite that it's not that which puts me off as Xanthan gum is just like glue to me or rather plaster of Paris, I would be better off eating wheat!

Anyway they delivered almost everything we requested and it all had a good long date and even the bananas were very green, which we like.

Bye Bye Communist TV Station

 Does anyone else feel that the world has actually stopped and is simply on repeat?

We had a delivery of phlox plants, I hope to use them as ground cover - in place of weeds! Any advice is most welcome.

Well, we finally took the decision to cancel our TV licence and stop watching live TV. I honestly don't know why it has taken us so long. The biased news reporting, which has been going on for a very long time was one reason. The huge salaries paid to underwhelming (lack of) talent was another. The scrapping of the free licence for the over 75s another. Ridiculous diversity programming, useless dead brained local radio stations, the list goes on and on.

But we hardly watched anything at all on the BBC, the output is dreadful.

So after looking around for help I came upon ChilliJonCarne who has a website and YouTube videos. No BBC. No IPlayer. No Live TV. 

Zooooooommmmmm

 Well, we joined in the rest of the world and had a Zoom meeting this afternoon.

I think that we can still show the young techies a thing or two as everyone managed to get online.

Although it was great to chat, the limitations of Zoom and online meetings that only one person can talk at once, whereas when we are in a normal group meeting separate people can chat amongst themselves.

What is this liquid sunshine?

Another fortnight has gone by so quickly and the weather has changed a lot too.

Cool and wet, the garden has been needing a good steady amount of rain as has the pond. We have had a lot of tiny frogs around the garden though.

We are just starting to get some raspberries and the tomato plants in the greenhouse are beginning to flower.