27^th November 2022

 

Dear All,

Christmas has come early to Over as Santa appeared on The Green last night for the switching on of the lights and carol singing. A large crowd turned out and the chapel were heavily involved with the choir.

 

 

Santa

 

 

Carol Singers

 

 

Amazing Grace

 

The Swimming Pool was back to normal on Monday but my “Next Question” class was suspended for the second week. On Tuesday we called in at Coton Garden Centre for aquarium plants and slight Christmas shopping before our “Napoleon” class. This week was his family – “No one is more unfortunate in his family than I am” so he made most of the kings of countries he had conquered! And “The Spanish Ulcer” - how his campaign in Spain and Portugal went badly wrong due to harassment from civilians giving rise to the term “Guerrilla War” literally “little wars”

As we had to call in at Barnwell on the way home to collect industrial strength dishwasher powder for the chapel we stopped off at Horningsea Garden centre for lunch.

In the afternoon Kate decided to make Red Currant jelly to create space in the freezer, unfortunately when she tested the temperature the bottom of the thermometer broke off so resulting in an interesting new recipe for “Red Currant and Mercury jelly!”

I have recorded 11 days running with rain this month and the bottom of the garden duly flooded, however the annual total is still only 440mm (17.3”). Norman Ingle came for lunch again on Wednesday before church group discussion.

 

 

First Flood of Winter

 

Happily Thursday was a better day and we completed our walk in the dry starting at great Chishall and taking in Chrishall, Duddenhoe Grange and Building End. The crops all look well and we spotted a few deer on the horizon.

 

 

 

Near Chrishall Common

 

Building End

 

 

Deer Silhouettes!

 

“Biographies” subject this week was “Sir James Jeans” 1877- 1946, once the most famous scientist of his day now largely forgotten mainly because his discoveries have been overtaken. He was an English physicist, astronomer and mathematician and founder of Cosmology – the study of the origins of the universe and despite being shy was acknowledged as the best lecturer of his day.

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 Sir James Jeans

 

I removed the last of the Tomatoes yesterday and mucked and dug the greenhouse before watching Over lose 3 v 2 to Foxton thanks to a hotly disputed penalty – where is VAR when you need it?! Yes, I have watched a few of the World Cup games – not more than 2 a day!

The Cambridge News feature this week was “Green” and I submitted a green lizard photographed in Moldova.

 

 

European Green Lizard

 

I harvested the remaining two Sweet Potato plants while clearing the greenhouse and the weather certainly seems to have suited them!

 

 

Sweet Potatoes 2022

 

Love

Mike & Kate