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Well, we have been sitting in pitch dark for the past 15 minutes as we have a power cut, and it's pouring with rain. The foxes are still coming for their chicken but it does look eerie without the streetlights on. I've noticed the streetlights in my road are slowly being replaced by these almost daylight flourescent bulbs, the birds are going to get mightily confused when they are all replaced! I prefer the warm orange lights, at least they don't simulate daylight.
Pamela ever since I was at Uni if I felt a cold coming on I would always take 1000mg of Vitamin C each day for just a few days and this really seems to ward it off. I haven't had a cold for a few years now, and because you would need to have 17 oranges each day to have this effect the tablets are well worth trying.
Angie, easy on the star anise, just a corner as it's quite overpowering, the lemon peel gives it a nice freshness and the cinnamon a hint of spice. Cat's staff, these ingredients are all steeped together; split the sloes, add to the bottle and pop a cinammon stick, lemon rind, and bit of star anise in a nice bottle, then leave it in the cupboard until you are ready to use it or until it tastes to your liking.
Cat's staff there's some truth in a hot toddy being of benefit to a cold, no, really! Although alcohol depletes vitamin c, the hot alcoholic drink helps sweat it out of you during the night. ..can't wait for my next cold! Echinacea's very good Angie, the liquid kind in hot water's the best.
Edit: Just realised as I tried to post this, no power to my router so just got this message off after typing it half an hour ago!
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