Waves of relief are beginning to wash over me, as the scent of a weekend wafts tantalisingly in the air. The forecast doesn't look too bad, either - temps in the low 60s F and, importantly, no rain! - so there's every chance I might be able to embark on "phase 1" of clearing autumnal clag off the extensive gardens here at Dolores Delargo Towers ["phase 2" will be once the bastard weed trees shed all their leaves in a few weeks' time]...
Meanwhile, let's plan the party! How about a House ("yeah, you know House!") classic to warm us up nicely? Until it was on BBC Radio 2's Dance Sounds of the 90s recently, I hadn't heard this one in years...
Thank Disco Jack It's Friday!
Have a good one, peeps!
But what is a weekend?
ReplyDeleteThank you Violet, Countess of Grantham. Jx
DeleteI finally made it out into the garden after work. Much had to be cut down or back after the cold temps and deluge of rains we had. But other things are still blooming for a few weeks uet anyhow. But the garden is definitely fading.
ReplyDeleteAnd today? Rain.
The Season of Death creeps ever onwards. Dammit! Jx
Delete"temps in the low 60s C" ?! The Season of Death, indeed!
ReplyDeleteAh yes - spotted my (ahem) deliberate meteorological error! Changed now, for fear of speculation that Wood Green in October is indeed hotter than Death Valley... Jx
Deletethis was my least favorite time of year for a garden, a ton of work and everything still looking shaggy.
ReplyDeleteIt is indeed a dreadful time for gardeners. All the dead and gone over stems need to be chopped back - except the plucky few plants still flowering, like salvias and fuchsias - there's more yellow than green leaves on everything, the bastard squirrels are digging into pots here, there and everywhere to bury their nuts, and there's a thick carpet of detritus from the evil weed trees, which will be a continuous battle to clear from now until December!
DeleteAt least it's also bulb-planting season, so that always gives some glimmer of hope for Spring... Jx
I don't like this time of year either, especially when the clocks go back an hour, October 27th! It's been so mild here my Brugmansia is thriving I plucked 30+ flower buds off it the other day to try and force it into dormancy. The man in the GIF is he doing the funky chicken dance, that everybody was doing in the 60s?
ReplyDeleteWe've started taking vitamin D supplements again to try and make our bodies pretend it's not the beginning of the long, dark season - although it was quite pleasant weather today, you can't get away from the fact that the sun is really getting lower in the sky. And we, too dread the clocks going back...
DeleteWhatever crappy 60s dance anyone in that gif is doing, it works surprisingly well with the N-Joi video! Jx
Cha-cha heels time !!!!
ReplyDelete:-)
Isn't it always? Jx
DeleteWow I love this track. The 90s produced some of the best dance music ever !
ReplyDeleteOh, heavens, yes! "The Decade of Dance", and no mistake... Jx
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