Overstrand Life
Wednesday 25th January 2023 - Fleece Layers and Glassy Sea
I like to check on the overwintering plants in the greenhouse, once a week. Dead leaves and blooms are removed from the geraniums and if...
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Overstrand Life
- Jan 22
- 2 min
Saturday 21st January 2023 - This & That
I almost forgot that I should be writing a blog today. In view of this I am going to make it a short one. Weather wise we have woken to...
Overstrand Life
- Jan 14
- 2 min
Friday 13th January 2023 - Unlucky, Spongy, Repairs and Deep History Coast Topper
It wasn’t until later this morning I realised what today is – Friday 13th – a date when for those who are superstitious, is unlucky. Its...
Overstrand Life
- Dec 20, 2022
- 3 min
Monday 19th December 2022 - Come to an End and Sliced Bread
The cold snap appears to have come to an end. Saturday morning the conditions were not too bad so, in the morning, we ventured down for...
Overstrand Life
- Dec 16, 2022
- 2 min
Thursday 15th December 2022 – Keeping in Touch and Freezing
Since yesterday evening, I have been keeping in touch, via WhatsApp, with our youngest son as he travels to New Zealand for a holiday and...
Overstrand Life
- Dec 12, 2022
- 2 min
Sunday 11th December 2022 - Log Fire, First Frost and Strikes
A change this month for us Ex-WI’s. Instead of our monthly meet in a café in the village (either at the Potting Shed in the Garden...
Overstrand Life
- Dec 8, 2022
- 2 min
Wednesday 7th December 2022 - Sauce Mix-up, Brrrrr and Media Release
Going back to last week, we purchased two large plaice fillets for our Friday evening dinner. This was accompanied by peas (well it has...
Overstrand Life
- Dec 4, 2022
- 2 min
Saturday 3rd December 2022 - Less is More
I have developed an interest in the areas in and around the Himalayas. This all started after watching the film, based on Heinrich...
Overstrand Life
- Jan 16, 2022
- 2 min
Saturday 15th January 2022 - Pruning, Accomplishments and Basking Foxes
There are some things I have difficulty in understanding the concepts; pruning is one. I have listened to talks at the Gardening Club...
Overstrand Life
- Jan 8, 2022
- 2 min
Friday 7th January 2022 - Weather Change and High Tides
So much for me saying about it being a relatively mild winter because this week it has been; all change. We have had a visit from Jack...
Overstrand Life
- Dec 31, 2021
- 2 min
Thursday 30th December 2021 - Not a Complete Disaster and No Great Loss
Christmas in our home was very enjoyable and with family staying, it all passed very quickly. We don’t tend to overindulge over the...
Overstrand Life
- Dec 14, 2021
- 2 min
Monday 13th December 2021 - Possible Closure of the Cliff Top Path and Late This Year
Although, since Covid, we no longer attend the monthly Parish Council meetings, we do still look at the agendas and following the...
Overstrand Life
- Feb 18, 2021
- 2 min
Wednesday 17th February 2021 - An Unpleasant Period and Several Degrees
We’re just back from a walk on the beach, our first since the snow cleared on Monday. What a relief it was when the thaw started on...
Overstrand Life
- Feb 14, 2021
- 3 min
Saturday 13th February 2021 - Snow on Snow, No Shows and Drifting
Just as one layer of snow packed on the pavements and roads then another layer fell, until yesterday when there was just a few fluttering...
Overstrand Life
- Feb 10, 2021
- 2 min
Tuesday 9th February 2021 - Storm Darcy
Well, we knew it would hit us. I’m talking about the forecast storm. Storm Darcy arrived during Saturday night, and for the first time in...
Overstrand Life
- Jan 25, 2021
- 2 min
Sunday 24th January 2021 - Now That's Cold, The Kitchen Cabinet and Fig Jam
This morning, while our family in Bucks have been watching the falling snow, gradually covering their gardens, here in Overstrand we had...
Overstrand Life
- Jan 17, 2021
- 2 min
Saturday 16th January 2021 - First for Four Years and Fines
We woke this morning to a light sprinkling of snow. The layers continued building through the morning before an increase in temperatures...
Overstrand Life
- Jan 9, 2021
- 2 min
Friday 8th January 2021 - A Better Year and Sorting Delay
As we progressed through towards the end of 2020, there was a general thought that 2021 would be better BUT will it be? With the country...
Overstrand Life
- Jan 5, 2021
- 2 min
Monday 4th January 2021 - Sorting and When Was The Last Time?
With no more books in the pipeline and with the weather hardly being conducive to being in the garden, I have been able to start sorting...
Overstrand Life
- Dec 12, 2020
- 1 min
Friday 11th December 2020 - The Coming Week's Weather
'I wonder what the coming week’s weather will have in store for us', was the question I posed at the end of my last blog. The short...
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