General Chat

Iv'e been the same Mandy. I shall have to go and see these new pics of Anng's.

Lovely photo's of your garden AnnG that's a pretty Poppy ,well all the flowers are pretty and look nice and healthy and what a nice idea of using the photo's of the garden flowers for your cards too.

It's been cloudy all afternoon and still quite windy ,i did get the coffee sponge made but haven't really done much else it's been one of those days where i just can't get motivated

Mel i take Lansoprazole for the indigestion ,i have to take one about an hour before i take my other tablets .
How lovely having a little Robbie feeding from your hand again .

Going to have a look at AnnG's photo's on the blog now .

Island I have pm'd you.

Mandy do you take Omeprazole? if not ask the doc if you can have them as they stop indigestion. Oh and I are both on them.

NOOOO!!!!

I could weep!

I just typed up a chatty comment, clicked 'submit', connection lost, reconnected and &^%$£ GR said 'an error occurred'! My comment lost. Blatheration!

I think I'll stick to a few words until our connection is sorted. :-(

Had a bit of trouble opening the pics and videas Frank but love the horse one and it brought a tear to my eye. That bird is amazing sewing the leaves together to make its nest.

oH RANK THAT IS SO INTERESTING AND i HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT BEFORE.

Sorry did'nt mean to shout!

Must tell you this before I forget. We have one baby Robin that is feeding from my hand. Yesterday he only came a took one worm and flew off. He did that a few times while I was down the hsed by the bantam house. I fed him this morning on the patio in the same way but when I went out with oh and told him I put worms on my hand and held it out while Robby was on the back of our garden seat and he came in front of oh and stayed on my hand and ate about 7 worms. It was so good to feel those little feet on me again after so long since I lost my second Robby who would come to my hand. I stand a good chance of this one coming for a few years if he survives.

Two lots of photos on the photo blog. one of cards recently made using my photos and one of the garden last week.

Island and Flappergirl, if you want the blog address please PM me. I keep it fairly private to people I give permission to view.

Flapper girl, nice to have something to look forward to.
And I bet it is nice in Weston when the holiday makers and day visitors have all gone home. Close though it is to us we never go to Weston. Have been way in the past but not for years. you are sort of midway geographically between Mel and myself.

Annx Hopefully with all the extra police it will stop people going outside of the lockdown area. I did see that they stopped somebody from hiring a coach to take a busload to Nottingham.

Island, both Jude and I had blogs back then. Mine was craft hers was more nature/animals and birds etc. I still have the craft blog but rarely go on it as there was little interest. I still keep the photo blog going as that was the main one I used. My main hobby will always be photography. And I still add photos for people to see.
I really need OH to go back to golf so I can have a good go at the painting. It is so difficult now he is home all the time as I can be right in the middle of something when he want me to do something with/for him. But I will 'dip the brush in' as you say. I admire you if you sketch as I just can't draw.

Gill no gardening today then?
So we have another Lowry amongst us. We look forward to your masterpieces.

Mandy, veg trough sounds good, don't forget to take photos of the veg as it grows.

that reminds me I must put some photos on the blog soon.

Frank, hope all goes well with your trip (No don't take that word seriously) and that you both stay safe. Hope you enjoy it and have good weather.

Afternoon all

Very windy here today and we had a few spots of rain mid morning but not enough to wet my washing so that's now all dry and folded.

Hi to Island and Flapper Girl nice to see you popping in for a chat .

We have been busy helping son and DIL with their front garden ,they wanted to put some weed barrier down and mulch so we went to help ,out came two chairs for us to sit and have coffee so we could keep away from them ,son does make me laugh if you start to walk over to him he says woo 2 metres mother :-D and I'm no where near him .
Frank I think the weather for next week should be a little better than this week so you should be OK to sit out ,I hope you both have a nice rest and come back feeling more like your old selves .

Mel I hope this next lot of antibiotics do the trick if you can take them ,you talking of Statins I must ring the doctor as my statin has given me terrible indigestion, I've left it off and then tried again but its no better ,I had trouble with finding an arthritis tablet that didn't give me indigestion too ,each time I've tried the doctors there's been a problem their end ,surgery was closed back use of staff problems then they had a flood so I must ring next week perhaps there another statin I can try.

Oh Ann cramp can leave you feeling bruised for days I hope it's a bit easier now ,so you never did find out what the car was doing so early in the morning .

The veg trough is coming along nicely ,he's varnished the inside and started to paint the out side ,we had some slate grey paint so rather than go to the shops in a queue that will have to do for now .
He made it three foot long ,two foot wide and twelve inches deep so I hope it will be OK for the veg plants I bought .
We now have tiny runner beans forming ,there seems to be loads of flowers this year so hopefully it will be a good year for them.

Right time for a cuppa and then I'm going to make a nice coffee sponge .

Hi Island what do you do in textiles? I am into poly clay at the mo. If you would like to be sent our pics of what we make please send me your email address by pm.

Where abouts are you in the country Island please?

Frank good you have had some well earned sleep at last and are now ready and packed and don't forget to pop that laptop in so we can keep in touch. There must be room in the car for that. Safe journey for Sunday.

We have grey skies today and its quite cold out there and windy.

Oh is watching the qualifiers for the race on Sunday.

Oh has his lunch but I have to wait till 3.20pm for mine. I have prepared it so I only have to eat it at the right time. No I hav'nt rung the doc yet to see if I have to stop the statins while on these pills.

Hi all
Thank you for the lovely welcomes yesterday. Sorry I didn't reply 'in sinc' but our internet connection keeps dropping out rather too often :-0 I think it may need a man up the pole across the road.

Ann, yes, I remember your card making. Was it you or Jude (or both) who had an art/craft blog? You know you should be dipping the brush in the water when painting and not your toes lol. Keep at it and never throw work away, you will see progress when you look back.

I like to vary what I do - my way of rotating the parts prone to aches and pains :-D
Painting, sketching, crochet, textiles.... I don't follow instructions I prefer to dive in and see what happens. Fauve?

Hi Frank :-) I don't think I've seen you in chat before.

Afternoon all

Dull here today and not as warm as it has been.

I didn't think of Lowry Ann, maybe I could be the next Lowry LOL. Pleased to see you had a good nights sleep, it makes such a difference doesn't it? I see you've sorted your driving licence and insurance out. We found Age UK have good prices on Insurance, if you remember I saved us almost £1000 switching to them. I'm thinking of seeing what they can do for our house and buildings insurance as we've been with the same people for years. It sounds like it's going to be chaos in Leicester over the weekend if people don't stick to the rules. Do you think people might try to go out of Leicester to pubs that are open elsewhere, surely the police will stop them if they try.

So you're all packed and ready for the off then Frank. I hope the weather is nice so you can go outside, just be careful and remember social distancing around other people in the street. Will you be able to go home if Bedford goes into lockdown.

Have you spoke to the doc about your meds yet Mel, good job you read the leaflet. How is your arm now, are the antibiotics working?

I hope you got your meds okay today Vera, it's easily done to forget something. I've even forgot things when I've had a list, gawd knows how that happened LOL.

How nice to get away Flappergirl and around a special day to. I hope the weather is nice and you have a lovely time. I used to live up a hill by the coast years ago, we could see the beach from our window and like you said not many people would park by the house because of the climb back to the car.

Afternoon to you all, Not the best July day out there. Very windy, and clouds everywhere.

Ros has popped to pick up some medicine from the Drs, then to Towcester, to cancel her hair appointment, as she can't get through on the phone. Then pick up a few bits from Tesco.

I had a good nights sleep last night, only got out once. Was up at 8.00 am. The nurse rang at 9.00 am regarding my Testosterone injections. At the moment I an rubbing in Testrogel each day. Small packets of the stuff, which I think I will continue with, rather than the injections, which HURT for a couple of days after.

We are all packed and ready to load into Jo's car on Sunday. I just hope the weather is better than here, so at least I can sit outside.

Barry is here this afternoon to trim the bushes (WEATHER PERMITTING) Rain and Electric don't mix well. lol lol He would be in for a right old SHOCK. ;-) ;-) ;-)

Haircut tomorrow afternoon. Boy do I need it. :-D :-D :-D We will then pop into one of our eateries, which will be open, just up the road from the hairdressers. So no need for a Takeaway in the evening.

I hope the LOCKDOWN in Leicester isn't going to affect you too much Ann. I believe Bedford is going into LOCKDOWN soon also.

I trust you are all safe and sound,and getting things done, that you need to. I'm back to my book and a coffee now, so will see you later. xxxx

Ann I am just about to take the first one now!! I only just collected them from the shop.

I had a look at the leaflet before taking one (4 times a day) and it said if I take any of the following and statins are on there so I will have to ring the doc to make sure its ok to take them. I take the statin at night before bed so better ask to be on the safe side as it was'nt my doctor I spolke to by he should have looked at what I am taking.

Nice to see Flappergirl posting and looking forward to her visit. We all like to know where people live as its interesting to others and good too that your not to close to the sea and get people parking outside your house.

Morning All,

Slept really well and feel much brighter today. The leg is still a bit sore from the cramp. I must get my order finished this morning, OH keeps adding to it. I broke a plate and he broke a glass yesterday so I might see if I can find some plain white plates on line as we need some.

That's a bonus being a little way from the beach Flapper girl. You avoid the crowds but the beach is handy for you.

We had some rain earlier but I can hear a mower so it must have stopped. I have something to look at for the hospital and the zoom meeting later so better get showered.

I see the city will have more police than on New Year's Eve this weekend and extra Transport Police at the railway station. I noticed 3 cars at the Asian house yesterday which seemed a lot for lockdown, but maybe something needed repairing?

Mel how is your tum on the new antis? I find I am getting easily distracted and faff about now so must try and continue using this time to do a bit more sorting and shredding etc each day as there's plenty still to do, It does help if you get a good sleep.

Just a PS! Talked to daughter last night and we have arranged a one night stay on the 18th! This coincides with a family birthday, well, nearly, so we are chuffed! something to look forward to, unless we go back into lockdown! these days you can't be certain of anything!!!
Annx, we live quite a way back from the beach,at the top of a steep hill! so we can't see or hear the wretched people who seem incapable of staying away! Not many people park here either as it is a steep climb back to the car from the front which seems to keep the hordes away!!

Morning all,

Another Friday has hit us again and it only seems like I was wathcing Monty a day or so ago.

Alan Titchmarsh's program was quite good over the last 6 weeks but can you imagine how much they all spent on doing their gardens especially the girl who bought the wall planters and the metal planters and all those plants. Even Alan sent them each a growing trough and they cost around £109 each. Yes some good ideas but most people could'nt spend what they have on their gardens.

Hope you all had some sleep last night.

Sending love to Jane. <3 <3

Good morning, a very grey day here so far and can't seem to make up its mind if it will rain or not. Not cold 16 degrees. doesn't encourage you to do things though.