I'm eating green soup. It's lovely, but the colour of it makes me feel queasy

One of my favourite soups is Pea and Ham

This is spinach and potato

I don't think I've ever had pea and ham soup...

I did a broccoli and sweat potato soup last year (it had a little bit of carrot and normal potato in it as well). It tasted really good, but the colour was not very appealing.

Pea and Ham is a bit like having a pork pie (a 'growler' in Leeds) with mushy peas (except it's liquid).
You make a pea soup and add some bones/shanks from ham joints from which the ham has been carved off. Butchers sometimes have them.

I can't imagine orange and green mixing too well

Unfortunately, that all too realistically resembles the after-effects!

I had odd dreams about clones of my ex-girlfriend trying to kill me last night.... I woke up a bit confused.

After months, 9 at least, of being completely overloaded at work and with a to-do list a mile-long, suddenly its gone quiet and I don't know what to do with myself! I'm sure it won't last for long, so I'll have to try and make the most of it. I have a day working from home tomorrow - last time I did that it was so I could fit more into the day and I was in front of the computer from 7.30am to at least 7pm. Tomorrow I'm hoping will be a little different and may even have some sax practice sneaked in!

I've had a lot of strange dreams lately too. I've been shot in four separate dreams in the last 2 or 3 weeks!

Whereas, I woke up to recall that I'd been watching Ermintrude (the cow from Magic Roundabout) break-dancing!

(The only reason I can think of that might go some way to explain, was that Emma Thompson had that morning played as one of her Desert Island Discs her father singing a song when narrating a feature film version of the show.)

I don't usually remember dreams; so why that one?

I had a strange dream too, about a guy I know, who I think I'm arguing with

I had a dream last night which had Babybird2 in it, but I can't remember what it was now.

Were we cutting hair, playing flute, talking about PhDs and watching Boro?

Doing all four at once would indeed be impressive

There was something about hair in it. There was also lots of white/cream gauzy fabric draped over and around everything, and we had scissors with orange handles, and there were lots of cream ribbons as well. I can't remember what we were doing though.

Reading a previous post, I was reminded that I was once paid to watch paint dry. I was a young bank clerk, and sat in as security with some contractors overnight whilst they painted the ceiling of the listed building which was the branch I worked at. A nice little earner of 12 hours overtime and a day off in lieu!

My wedding hair?

I'm not sure. We did have some of those pretend silver and gold flower/leaves things that you use for decorations. I can't remember what we were actually doing though.

Not going to happen

You never know... remember having to go out covered in stickers..........

Thanks for the reminder

What's a banana clip?

Also, I have an eyelash in my eye.

*would like some progression in her flute playing, please?*

What are you doing flute wise at the moment, Nicki?

Failing to improve my breathing and little finger dexterity.

Not quite what I was thinking (though knowing nicki_flute, I bet it's a lot closer to OK than you think! )

I was thinking of what piece(s) you're working on

It's not!

Ummmmm, well, I want to look at the CPE Bach 'Hamburger' Sonata.

Oh, I know the one

Glad you've kept the flute going well in your time at Durham. I can't believe you've almost got to the end of your course. Seems like yesterday you started there...

It rather suffered last term...I didn't really practise.

I know - the end is nigh. Argh.

No, not argh. Nicki with letters after her name. This is good

Big Wide World. No job. Friends spread even further around the country.

You'll be OK Nicki. It is a little scary just after graduation : I've been there. But I'm sure you'll settle down. And in these days of social networking (and forums ) you shouldn't lose touch with too many people at all.

What a beautiful, beautiful day it's been

Chatting with a friend on Facebook who has the same first name as me. Slightly confusing this early in the morning!

Is it my imagination, or is the forum a little slow this morning?

It's all that talk of the Great Crash elsewhere, I bet

Is it?

I bet you got your 30 posts in before breakfast!

Gone 3am here and can't get to sleep. Bloomin' sciatica!

What better than to trawl the Forum...

I have arrived at work about 25 minutes behind schedule. Most of which was spent in a queue of traffic, at an odd place, wondering just what the heck was going on.
Got the the roundabout, could see flashing blue lights.
Could see the link down to the big main road was shut, so two lanes squeezing in to one and going my way, instead of most going off to the main road.
Started on my way around the roundabout. Could see a tractor in the area with the many police cars.
Got a bit further round the roundabout...to see about three dozen chickens milling about amiable on the closed bit of the road and the roundabout.

Turns out a tractor had had its trailer full of chooks overturn, so now one of the main roundabouts is close until the move the tractor, the fallen-over-trailer, and round up the chickens

I think I've only posted 5 or 6 times this morning - did post quite a bit last night though...



Hope you're able to get some sleep, katica...

I'll ask my daughter if she saw anything, she usually goes in early (leaving Sawbridgeworth about 7.30)

Later ...... she missed it, but just said there as some extra traffic, those who saw said it was fun watching the cops trying to catch the chickens.

In my local Newsagent/Post Office they've moved the large carbon-fibre post-box into the far corner, so that now you have to sidle past the queue for the counter, explaining that you're not pushing in but merely wishing to post a letter!

Admittedly, people do move aside quite readily, but maybe because, as a colleague at work put it,"Dave, you're a mobile chicane!"

Oh dear that's a rather funny image! Hope everybody involved was okay though.

Miss F#m missed it, she just said there was some extra traffic, but her colleagues said they had a lot of fun watching the cops try to catch the chickens.

Did they call for the Flying Squad?!

Is this it?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/essex/8617959.stm

That's it! It certainly wasn't a thousand chickens at the time I passed by...

Maybe there were fewer, then they hatched a plan!

My jar of XO Marmite seems to be getting stronger the further down the jar I go...

So when you buy the next one, start by turning it upside-down!

Looks like you spent the day in the knife box, clavicembalo!