A new TV box to help colour blind viewers better able to distinguish colours:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-30313735

(and I'm not colour blind though the test shown in very limited)

a more thorough test:

http://enchroma.com/test/instructions/

 

Summer, I hope you're having a nice evening.

Goodnight and sweet dreams everyone. Hugs for the night owls.

aww night yogi - lovely to see you back not enjoyed IAC this year -all the good ones have gone

Thanks yogi goodnight too, and you Ros

The music was lovely thank you, and I enjoyed catching up with everyone

El, lol not my cuppa tea either, give me a cute doggy any day

Good morning everyone.

 

Weather is dry and quite chilly atm.

 

Ros, I agree with you about this year's IAC. Tinchy is the last of the nice ones and I reckon he'll go tonight.

 

I'm glad you enjoyed your evening, Summer.

 

Re the Gangnam Style video - youngest son's GF has a little nephew who was 3 years old when it was released and one of the cutest videos I've seen was of him doing his "Gangnam Style" moves.

 

Have a good day everyone.

Good morning everyone

 

Still quite dark here. I think it's cloudy, dry at present, may be a bit of rain this morning, but the afternnon should be sunny.

 

 

Good morning all I hope everyone slept well

What are you up to this weekend?

I've got the day off today, and am using a gift voucher to get my nails done
I'm colouring SIL's hair before that though, and giving her her xmas wreath.
I may also treat myself to my first sweet mince pie of the season

Good morning El and Summer.

 

I haven't had any mince pies this year.... Yet!

 

I'm not sure what's happening at the weekend. If middle son and DiL are coming for dinner on Saturday, I might put up my Christmas tree and decs, as son is brilliant at doing my tree lights. Otherwise, I'll do it on Sunday. Still got some gift shopping to do, too - why are men so difficult to buy for?!

 

I'm sure your SiL will love her wreath.

Are you opting for Christmas red when you get your nails done?

I haven't had any mince pies yet either

Oddy enough I've never had ny nails done and certainly never painted them, and have never coloured my hair

No comment on why are men difficult to buy for

 

 

It's snowing up here!

Good morning everyone, really threatening grey clouds and miserably drizzling and cold our there, I have plans to stay in

 

I don't like mince pies, although I used to bake 140 odd every year - well we all mucked in and had a little production line going, it was great.  I made the pastry and cut out the circles, hubby greased and lined the tins, daughter popped the filling in and put the lids on and egg washed them, sprinkled the sugar on and we all took turns putting them in the oven and taking them out again.  My hubby adored them, we used to freeze them and they lasted him until March.

 

I don't know who went from Jungle last night but I agree about horrible ones being left.  Michael was my winner sadly and Mel has been a real surprise.  I thought she was a sweetheart until she went in the jungle, I was sooo wrong!

 

I am glad you have a day off Summer, what colour will your SIL go for?  Would you believe I've never had a manicure, I'd love to have one, I just keep them trimmed and filed myself.  I am sure SIL will love her wreath.

 

You must post a picture of your Christmas tree when you get it up Yogi, so exciting for the little ones.

 

Hugs for Skylark, moonie and also velvet and pirate, MIA a bit lately and not forgetting lovely Ros too

 

Enjoy your day everyone

when I and my brother were children my mother baked a mincemeat tart at Christmas time. She made it using shortcrust pastry. Although she was not a great baker, the one thing she was good at was shortcrust pastry and the mincemeat tart was exceptionally nice. I've never had a mince pie since which matches what she was able to bake.

 

Squiggle, I love the idea of the family production line for mince pies.

Some years I make my own and other years I buy them. I do enjoy eating them.

 

I've never had a manicure either. I'm quite clumsy and I'm always breaking nails so I doubt any lovely manicure would last long on me.

 

I would have liked to see Michael crowned winner of IAC, too.

I don't understand what is going on with the voting this year, we are going to end up with a nasty as the winner. Tbh, I never liked Mel and haven't been surprised that she is nasty and snippy with everyone.

 

El, your mum's mincemeat tart sounds delicious and I'm not surprised that shop bought ones don't measure up.

 

I never wear gloves for washing up, although I should but I do long for lovely manicured nails, don't suppose I'll ever achieve it.

 

I have to say you were spot on about Mel, I only ever saw her now and then and she seemed so sweet HUH!

 

Mincemeat is dead easy to make and great fun too, and the smell of it wafting through the house gets your Christmas off to a great start.

Yogi, I may try these mince pies which I am able to get ay my local Co-op. Emma's Country Cakes are based in Gloucesteshire so I don't know if non-local shops will have them.

http://themincepiespy.blogspot...handmande-mince.html

 

They sound delicious EL, and certainly the closest to home made

Sounds like a good choice, El.

Yogi, looks as if you could get snow on Sunday and Monday Weather warning out for much of the western half of Scotland.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNqNnUJVcVs

Next week, the Moon is made of cheese.

 

 I better look out my scarves and gloves!

It is definitely a lot colder today. The snow we had earlier didn't settle, thank goodness!

I gave up watching after two minutes, El.

Oh my goodness- snow, mince pies, Christmas trees... I love it!

Baking as a family must have been so much fun, real precious. My dad baked a lot when I was young, I used to like helping, especially with icing

 Baking is a lovely activity to do with children.

It is, I have lovely memories of my hubby making fairy cakes, first of all with our daughter and then with her sons.  He loved it, it is virtually fool proof with a sponge mixture, and of course the children are so proud at their masterpieces, which can then be decorated with lots of squidgy icing and jelly things or hundreds and thousands

I made it to 1 minute 15 seconds, and trying to imagine running up a hill on a completely flat surface my mind went boing and I gave up!

 That makes me feel better.

When I was young I would help my mother make fairy cakes, iced ones rather than jelly things

 I used to make fairy cakes with my boys too.

Goodnight and sweet dreams, everyone. Hugs for the night owls.

night yogi

*night owls* just getting in to bed after a lovely festive evening at Beamish, it's so cold that I had to quickly have a bath to warm up when I got home!

1 more night out tomorrow and then I should be free for a lazy day *crosses fingers*

Dare I ask why the moon is made of cheese??

Sweet dreams my lovely friends

Good morning everyone

 

Sunny but frosty here.

 

Summer, trailer to "A Grand Day Out":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ablYsAGtuSM

 

for Skylark and moonie

 

Good morning everyone.

 

A frosty morning!

 

I love Wallace and Gromit.

 

Where is Moonie, I thought he said he would be back on Thursday?

Has Velvet been around, I haven't seen him since I came back?

Skylark, sending you a big hug.

Good morning everyone, I have been wondering where moonie was Yogi.  I did see one post from velvet in a thread yesterday, can't remember which one, I am a little worried about Skylark, I hope the tablets have helped and pirate doesn't seem to have popped in for ages

 

I did love A Grand Day Out but on balance I think The Wrong Trousers was maybe my favourite Wallace and Gromit - which one was it with Sean the Sheep and Wendolene?

 

Enjoy your day everyone and perhaps a nice bit of Wensleydale

 

PS Doesn't it drive you mad when you can't think where you've put something? I am trimming a cardigan at the moment in red and gold and so I bought red thread and gold thread. Can I find them? Can I 'eck! I don't know where else to look

Squiggle, I hope you find those threads. I think we all put things somewhere safe and when we need them we can't find them,

 

The one with Shaun the Sheep and Wendolene was A Close Shave. The Wrong Trousers is the one with Feathers, the master criminal penguin.

Some snow photos posted on my local news website. These are from previous years, not now.

The last on is at Birdland at Bourton on the Water.

 

Pirate was on the forum last night, Squiggle, and I notice that Velvet posted in Sprout's thread last night.

I hope you've managed to track down your red and gold threads by now. The cardigan sounds very festive with its red and gold trimmings.

 

Love the penguin pic.

Yogi, I love your Christmassy avi

Thanks El. Scotty made it for me last year and I saved it.