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Good morning, Elle!
Turning into a nice day here, though we had snow and sleet overnight.
The cars fornent my house have an inch of snow on the roofs.
I'd say Summer's gone.
Ikea's delivery costs seem dear to me.
Well, I have finished my book and finished today's puzzle and cleaned inside my car. (Always seem to pick up mud at the cemetery!)
A coffee?
Why ever not. Me too!

Hi, Rusty!
Wow, you had snow!
Is this the first lot of snow that has lain?
(We only ran to frost!)
I am guessing that "fornent" means "in front of"?
Another word for my little black book!
I have finished the 15 x15, too.
And all parsed today!
I had to look up "ana" though - a new word to me.
My favourites were "stoic", "logistical" and "dachshund".
What will you read next?
I have just started rereading an Ian Rankin novel.
The coffee was good
(I had a chocolate eclair, too!)

Hello, Elle!
The snow has not amounted to anything, really.
Just a light covering.
Oh, sorry, you did not know "fornent"?
Yes, in front of.
Wonder if Chambers knows it?
I have came across "ana" before, but not too long ago.
Well done on your puzzle!
I am presuming Prospero was a Duke of Milan?
Quite a good puzzle today!

Hi, Rusty!
Yes. .Prospero is the main character in Shakespeare's play "The Tempest"
He is the rightful Duke of Milan - temporarily usurped by his brother (Antonio?)
I have just checked........and Chambers has "fornent" as a Scottish adverb and preposition, meaning "right opposite to"?
My Scottish vocabulary is advancing in leaps and bounds!
Even if my fateful Chambers 13th edition does not boast "taghairm"!
Now.....I forgot to tell you that my daughter dealt with my computer's problems whilst she was here yesterday.
Seemingly, the problems were caused by the computer's failure to "update".........
I do not understand why this happened because it is set to update automatically.....?
Anyway, it has now been updating all night and so far all seems well today!

Hello, Elle!
I have heard of an "Orsino" but no idea what play he was in.
He could have been a Duke, too?
Your daughter done well with your computer!
I am trying out a new browser just now.
Apus browser.
Just for a change.
Maybe Chambers has dropped "taghairm"?
It is a wonderful word, though!
My favourite!
I have been having a friendly dig at my Norn Iron buddies today.
Our local ice hockey team beat the Belfast Giants last night!

Hi, Rusty!
"Taghairm" was one of the "missing 500 words" from the 13th edition!
It was eventually included in the addendum available to print out.
( Chambers' way of compensating for their huge gaffe... a few sheets of paper to stick in the back of the dictionary!)
Orsino is the Duke of Illyria (I think I have that right) and is a character in "Twelfth Night".
He thinks he is in love with Olivia who is herself in love with Cesario
( who is really Viola dressed as a youth).
Viola is in love with Orsino, but he of course thinks she is a young man.
He does eventually find out that she isn't - and he and Viola live happily ever after.
While Olivia marries Viola's identical twin brother Sebastian (who had been supposedly lost at sea)
There...how about that then?
Shakespeare's play all condensed / explained in a few lines!
Did you watch the local ice hockey team? Was the match televised?

Hello, Elle!
Your play seems to have a very convoluted plot!
I'll stick to Bill and Ben, the Flowerpot Men!
I can follow that, well enough!
My grandson was at the game.
Not on TV, no.
The rink is just over a mile away from me.
Breaking News!
BGT has been to Donegal talent hunting!
They were doing auditions in Letterkenny.

Hi, Rusty!
I didn't think that I did badly in my reconstruction of Shakespeare's plot, considering I last read Shakespeare when at secondary school!
Bill and Ben - and Little Weed - I have, of course, heard of, but have never seen!
We didn't have a television until I was about eleven.
Letterkenny would be the base, I suppose, for the BGT talent hunters?
Auditionees could come from anywhere?
From whereabouts in Donegal do your family hail?
Brrrh...it is cold out....I am glad to be home in the warm again.
We didn't stay out long.......
I have just had a cup of hot bovril to warm me up!

Hello, Elle!
They are/were auditioning in Belfast, Letterkenny, and Dublin, that I know of.
There are people from all over Europe on the shoe regularly, but....
there were viewers complaints about that, and some of the very best acts from Europe were punted from the show, and no reason given.
My clan is from The Rosses ("Ros" is the Irish word for "headland").
It is cold here too.
The sky looks threatening!

Hi, Rusty!
Regarding BGT, yes, we did wonder why some acts disappeared from the show, didn't we?
I particularly remember a troupe of excellent Russian dancers vanishing.
They had specified that they had flown over here specifically to appear on BGT.
But I had always wondered, though, why there were "foreign" acts participating, as the show is called "BRITAIN's Got Talent"?
I can understand different nationalities taking part if they live here, but not just "jetting in" for the performance?
When one thinks about it, that doesn't seem fair?
Or descriptive of the show?
What are your thoughts on folk just arriving in Britain "to perform"?