General Chat

:-D :-D :-D :-D :-D Mel

he always makes sure it is securely fastened AnnG and a dead bird dos'nt fall out of the nest!!!!

AnnG you say your goosegog is loaded this year, have you noticed that everything is loaded either with fruit or flowers. The only thing that is'nt so prolific here are the apple trees. The roses are flowering their heads off the ones on the wall, the lantern tree was covered earlier and still has flowers on now, the fig has a lot of fruit on too. The pyracanter is covered in white flowers so that will be baring masses of fruit for the birds unless oh takes it into his head to cut it back as he hates it its so prickley and catches him when he mows the west wall. The only goosegogs I have now is a sort of wild one that grows in the east hedge boundry. I shall have to go and have a look now and see if there are any fruits on it this year as I have never seen any on it before.

Ann you'd have thought that funeral directors would have enough business at the moment without having to advertise for business. I hav'nt had any emails.

No, not had the emails re funeral plans lately. did have quite a few a few years ago so maybe that is just a sign that you are catching me up in age.

Last year we had some Jersey Royals and they were absolutely tasteless. we did grow Jazzy a couple of years ago and they were very nice.

A dressing gown could fly open Annx if not securely fastened!! :-D :-D

I haven't tried Jazzy before Mel. The potatoes I do have sometimes are Vivaldi as they are lower in carbohydrate and calories than many other varieties. Nothing beats the jersey royals though so they were very tasty AnnG The bath robe is ideal Mel.....no risk of slippage even if you have no waist! lol.

My knees have been worse today after lunging up the waterfall sides planting some bits yesterday so I am sorting the house insurance this afternoon and then may do more of my painting or crafts. I have a load of washing on the line so I hope the forecast is right about no rain today. Hubby has notes and other connected stuff to reply to and a meeting later, so I won't be interrupted.

Has anyone else suddenly started getting lots of emails about funeral plans! I hope they aren't fortune tellers as well. :-0

we did'nt get our Jersey Royals again, we got small pots Jazzy. Hav'nt read Anng's post but must get lunch now will BBL.

Ann oh dos'nt have a waist!!!!!!!!! He just had his toweling robe on.

I am going to write this on word as, for some reason, my PC seems to have a mind of its own today. Good afternoon all. I have been around all morning but was doing the washing, writing an email out to the gardening interests group with photos, listening to the song by the Gloucestershire children (Every rainbow Drawn), wiping the few bits that Cynth bought for us and didn’t seem to get on here to write anything here

Jane lovely to see you calling in. So next week, Monday and Wednesday? We, as usual, will be thinking of you then. But right now I hope the sun is shining where you are and you can get some of it in your lovely garden

Mel, Good job OH didn’t get to the truck to find a lady driver delivering!! Hope you are all wiped down now

Oh dear Frank another post lost, you must be clicking on something instead of the submit button.

Vera, my night was like yours, I kept waking up too, for no reason and went back to sleep but it leaves you feeling a bit droopy doesn’t it?

I have now been given an extender to wear with my face mask, it is the type the nurses wore to stop their ears getting sore, a strip of material with two buttons on so the elastic attaches to the buttons not over your ears.

Annx, as I said in my reply to your email, that meal looked good, not sure I could have finished it all but it looked well cooked and tasty. And loved the butterflies
Sounds like you met the one awkward one this morning then, there is always one.

Still you got what you wanted which was good. Did you enjoy your Jersey Royals?

Gill it really is not good for you to stay in all the time, you should maybe make time to go for a short walk. The more you stay in the more you won’t want to go out

Does anyone else grow gooseberries? We have one bush in the garden and it is absolutely loaded with fruit. The raspberries have some fruit on this year, only their second year so hopefully it will get better each year.

Better go and get some lunch now.

Ha ha, how did I miss you there Vera?

That was good to have a trim of your OH's hair Gill. If you just cut a bit off at a time there's usually no harm done and it soon grows back anyway. I hope you trace some more relatives today.

Oh I got your chemo date wrong then Jane. Is it next Tuesday with the assessment the day before?

Frank it is really annoying how easy it is to lose a post. Have a break and try later.

Oh Mel, it's a good job your OH wasn't on his way to the hot tub when the lorry arrived!! Maybe he goes roman style with a towel round his waist though. :-) I expect you have finished the wiping now and that's good you got the ham bake this time.

They seemed well organised again at this garden centre, but we got a silly woman just in front of us (no-one else around!) who just stood dithering in front of the trolleys deciding what she wanted. Then she stood in the way of us getting one and started rooting through her bag! She eventually looked up and gestured us to walk by her to go in the store, which was impossible anyway if we kept 2 metres away. The trolley girl who was disinfecting pointed out to her that she was blocking us from getting a trolley so she moved towards the store entrance and was blocking that once we'd got a trolley. She then saw us and turned the big 2 decker trolley she had round, realised we still couldn't get by, so parked it under the hand sanitiser we wanted to use next and disappeared towards the cars to fetch something! :-S We found a couple of alpine pinks, two other alpines, one was a lithodora. I already have a really pretty one with yellow foliage against the blue flowers but I think it is dying and this one will do for the other island bed once I have rebuit my slate steps on it! I also got a pack of Salvias to get a bit more red in the garden.

Better check if the jersey royals are cooked now to go with our salad for lunch. It is warmer and sunny now so we can eat outside again which will be nice.

Morning Vera Ann and Jane and all others,

Oh woke me at 9.30am amnd as I was making the bed after a visit to the loo I heard a motar and said to oh is that him to which he answered yes!!!! stay where you are. He had just come out of the shower so only had his dressing gown on. I came out when the lorry had gone and am about a third of the way through the wiping down. Oh is in the hot tub out of the way.

Nice to see Jane on here this morning and to know when the new chemo starts. Is it next Monday the first assessment?

Hope Ann and G enjoy their outing. Ann I got my Wiltlshire ham hock bake this week.

BBL off to wipe more down now. I am still in my jim jams!!.

I GIVE UP. TWICE I HAVE POSTED and lost the lot. UP COMES A PAGE OF WIDGETS. HOW I DO NOT KNOW. Perhaps I will try later.

Morning All
It is not this week I start the new Chemo.That will be a week tomorrow on the 17th.I have to have a pre chemo assessment first which is on Monday.
I am still in bed and haven’t looked out the window yet so have no idea what the weather is like.Hopefully dry as there is a ton of washing that needs doing.

Not quite the first. I beat you to it this morning Ann :-D. Enjoy your garden centre trip

Morning All,

It's not often I am the first to post but I need to get showered if we are to get to the garden centre early.

Mel I was a bit dubious about having a delivered lunch but did wipe down the containers. I have been reading that any risk is low but advice to minimise it is to remove the food with a spoon after wiping the containers, dispose of the containers and wash hands and microwave the food for a couple of minutes if it isn' t hot and to use a knife and fork not fingers to eat.

I think we grew up with very waste conscious parents and grandparents with them living through the war and just not having the money young folk are used to these days. I re-use a lot of plastic containers for keeping my craft stuff in and for the fridge and freezer and still have a button box and keep rubber bands. Mum would never dream of throwing the giblets away from the chicken and would make stock from them and give us the liver with our meal. As a child we would go blackberry or bilberry picking and find mushrooms, all free food. I'd better get showered now!

Good morning all

Hope you all had a good night. Mine was so-so; I seemed to wake every hour on the half hour but went back to sleep quickly and at least I stayed in one bed all night :-D

It’s bright and sunny at the moment but it looks chilly out. I might try and do a few garden jobs today.

Wow Ann dinner did look good and I can see why you will have it again. The butterflies were lovely. I don't know how yo manage to stand so still to take your pics and why do mine always fly away just as I get them in focus?

Sending love to Jane and good luck with the new treatment. Thinkin gof you and sending special hugs and xxx. <3

I did'nt tell him about the Electric Chair!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!but after rereadiing my post I should have put mobility scooter should'nt I ? Silly me but sometimes I do wish I had one for him :-0 :-0

I do think that our generations do like to not waste food. Some of you lived in the war years but I was born after but lived with mum and dad and nan and grandad and I think with them cooking and saving stuff it has rubbed on on me. When I first married back in 1969 my nan had given me a food box, mostly tinned stuff for the store cupboard and I think I have always carried that with me which is why I buy so much to keep by incase I need it. It must have been so hard back then and I suppose this lock down is a bit like those years but we are luckier than back then as we have so much more food at our disposal now and cleaning products.

Vera I have never been to Hampton Court flower show but my SIL goes every year.

I am now going to have my strawberries with some double cream.........mmmmm

I can see why G laughed Ann.

Just seen your email Ann. That looks a good plateful for your lunch. Love your photos of the tortoiseshell butterflies. They are almost glowing.

Good to see you popping in Jane <3

We went to Chelsea Flower Show about five years ago. Son & dil bought us tickets for one of our birthdays. I was warned that it gets very crowded later on so we left home at the crack of dawn and were there when it opened. I was really glad we did because we got a couple of hours to look round comfortably before the real crowds arrived. We didn’t see everything. It was a hot day and once the crowds arrived it was difficult to get near some of the gardens and marquees. I’m glad I experienced it once but I wouldn’t rush to go again.

I’ve been to Hampton Court a couple of times by train but it’s a long journey and also been to Sandringham Show by coach. I liked that one. It’s a bit smaller but still plenty to see and do.

I was trying to find a garden centre with Alpines we could go to on line last night and have earmarked a Dobies one about 6 miles away. We could got tomorrow but it depends on whether we can get up erly enough though. Like you we have some gaps, especially after redoing the waterfall sides. This one has wide apart entrance and exit too. You seemed to have found a few good purchases to add to your lovely garden!

Glad you are okay Jane. I wondered if it was today you started the new chemo and whether it would be okay. <3 <3xx.

It is the birthday of my friend who was at her husband's funeral last Friday. It must be very thought provoking, the first birthday without your partner, so I just sent her Best wishes rather than wish her Happy Birthday as it can hardly be that.

I'm glad the Quiz went well Vera. We got extra time on our first meeting, but I was surprised we got it on the second too, so it may be the same for you. :-) Your neighbours are acting as if it is all over aren't they! OH said they are still working at the asian house and there were 8-9 people including the workmen and a neighbour all standing close together when he went to put the bins out. The elderly asian coulple must both be in their 80s and the man was in hospital a few months ago.

I have always wanted to go to Chelsea, but have never made it! It sounds like you had some great times on your trips there and those Delphiniums must have looked magnificent. I always watch it on tv though. I did go to Hampton Court Flower Show with OH once and that was good. It sounds like your OH was in good humour today! Have you told him he had a lucky escape from the electric chair yet! OH laughed like mad when I told him! :-D Oh home grown strawberries.....yum yum! We had the leek and ham gratin today and it was very tasty but there isn't much meat in it and I am used to not having much meat. I will order it again though.

I'm like Vera Frank and try not to waste anything so it is a good idea to freeze the pork. With meat I can't help but think how callous it seems to throw it away when a creature died in order for us to have it to eat.

Evening All
Just popping in to let you know I am ok and to say thankyou for all your hugs and wishes.It means a lot <3

Yes I must watch those Chelsea programs too on catch up. I miss Chelsea when its not on as its always around my sons birthday.

Have any of you ever been to the Chelsea Flower show? I have been three times in different years. The first time I went and mum paid for me to go and take her dad, My grandad. He was amazed at all the flowers and copuld'nt get over the size of the delphiums. The individual flowers were as big as the palm of my hand. We took a nice packed lunch and througherly enjoyed our day. minicab there and back all paided by mum. The second time I went was with mum and we did the same minicab there and back and thats the year we bought loungers for the garden and I still have mine but it a bit rusty now and needs restringing which I have never got around to doing. They are the most comfortable garden chairs I have ever sat in and go in lots of postions. That must have been in the 70's as I was living in Redbridge just near mum at the time. The third time I went with a group from the village in Suffolk. Once again a great day and this time we went by coach.