General Chat

Just in time for lunch Mel well done.

We have just been to the garden centre, hardly anyone there which was good, got three plants for a pot that had a lavender in that died and some compost. we were looking for a new parasol but the ones they have are all too big for what we want. It is tiring though, like having a large child with me, reminding him to put sanitizer on, don't touch what we are not buying, then when we get home, wash your hands. He knows but he forgets. And this morning he brought the bins in, the two bins kept out the front are back to back so have to be moved each week so the one for collection is at the front. OK fair enough they were in the right order, but the one at the back was the wrong way round so the handle was not where it should be to be pulled out, ok when empty but difficult when full. I said 'sometimes I think it is better if you don't help' which made him laugh and nod his head. :-D :-D

Was more cross you hurt yourself so badly Frank. <3

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good morning Mel and Frank.

Mel, I hope your shopping arrives on time so it doesn't interfere with your meal.

Frank, I think we were concerned about both of you and also the extra pressure on the NHS. I am actually surprised that neither of you are Shielded, particularly as Ros has had heart problems which makes her much more vulnerable. and if she were shielded you would both be still staying at home all the time. One rule that has not changed is not going in to anyone else's house so it was unfortunate that you would have broken that rule as well as the not staying over rule (Unavoidable in the circumstances but still not allowed which is why we should not travel that far at our ages). seeing the events at Weston Super mare hospital with all the staff positive, I am sure you were lucky that the hospital you went to (Torbay?) was OK.
Anyway, it sounds as if you are still suffering so I hope that you can get some more painkillers and you should stay resting by the sounds of it. Hope it all heals soon.

Good morning to you all,

I do think you were a bit harsh with me Mel, we did the correct distancing while we visited Conrad, and would have been fine, if I hadn't had the fall.

I have had a couple of beautiful BLACK EYES and bruising on my face, A very badly grazed right knee, which Ros has kept dressed. It's now drying up, so leaving it uncovered.My headache and neck and shoulder are giving me a lot of pain.

I am waiting for a call from the Dr. as I am almost out of the painkillers the hospital gave me, and feel I need some more.

With the shutdown, Ros's roots needed doing, so she bought some hair treatment, which I applied to the roots. THE HAIR TURNED GINGER. She has now bought the one that "HOLLY" advertises. She has just applied it, and awaiting results.

We have a pair of Blackbirds who are getting very tame, and come down whenever we go onto the patio. We have been feeding them meal worms, and bird seed, which they seem to like.I can't see if they are nesting in the garden, but they certainly keep their eyes on us.

I hope the Flower Delivery people, deliver the flowers, I have ordered for Ros, for our anniversary tomorrow. (42 years) THREE LIFE SENTENCES. lol lol.

The forecast is for rain tomorrow. Nice sunny day here again, so will enjoy it with a sit outside.

Take care all,See you soon. xxxx

Morning all,

Nice and sunny here and if the weather turns I will be sorry to see it go. Its been so nice to wake to sunshine every day.

I hope G has more luck with this interview Gill and gets something permanant soon.

Its my wipe down day today and I have a lot of subs on this order which is a nuisance.
I know its going to take me all morning to clean it all up and I am not looking forward to it.

I do hope the face to face meeting goes ok today for our Jane and the results are better than expected. Thinking of you Jane and sending love and wishes. <3 <3 <3

Morning all

Good luck with your scan today Jane, I'm thinking of you <3 <3 <3

Another sunny day but not as warm as it has been.

I've just watered the tomatoes and strawberries in the greenhouse. You were right Mel, the compost doesn't keep the water for long, so I'm watering the plants twice a day to keep the moisture in. I don't suppose it helps with the sun on the greenhouse all day, but the tomatoes are really growing so I must be doing something right LOL. OH nipped to the home who asked for the references yesterday and the boss said she would be in touch sometime this week if he's lucky enough to get an interview. Not sure if the interview will be over the phone or face to face though. I hope he gets that job as none of the other's have even asked for references and his old boss doesn't look like she's going to give him many shifts and certainly not enough to pay the bills and buy food with.

OH's taken the last of the rubbish to the tip, but after he left I noticed a couple of pots that still had cut back plants in, that I was going to throw away. Never mind, the car was full so no room for them anyway and they're not in the way where they are hidden behind the tall conifers at the bottom of the garden, so they can stay there for now as they can't be seen and they're not in the way of anything.

I do hear off Sandra occasionally Mandy, but not very often. She did say she didn't like lockdown and wants to go out but can't at the moment, but that was ages ago so she might be going out a bit more now. Like I said I haven't heard from her for a while, apart from a text at 2.26am letting me know about a programme she thought I might like to watch, I only noticed the text this morning when I turned my phone on.

I heard on the weather earlier than Scotland will be getting some sleet and snow on the higher ground, who'd of thought it in June. I think OH might cut our lawn later before the rain that's due tomorrow. I'm hoping we have a good downpour of rain to get rid of the last of the dust still hanging around from cutting the plants up, plus the grass could do with more water, it's starting to go white even though it's watered every night.

good morning, if weather reports are right it will be the last nice day for a while so make the most of it. Sunny here with pale blue sky and a few fluffy clouds.
Slept well last night. Fancy a bacon sandwich now wonder if I can persuade the bacon chef? :-D

Oh has cleaned out the hot tub and has now filled it ready to start heating it up a bit. Not too much though or it will be just as bad in it as out of it.

I have done his feet after a nice soak and he's more comfortable now. Washed his slippersand not done any dinner so we are going to have toasted cheese and onion sandwiches. Well I will do them for him and find something for myself we had cheese and biccies for tea last night and I find it a bit too salty for me now as I get so dry at night.

I may just have bread and jam..........I really fancy that now. :-D

You've been busy again and its good oh has one shift next week and thats better than nothing as you say. Hope he gets more response from the other job he applied for.

My turn for the big wipe down tomorrow. A waste of a day I always think. Need to make sure all the work surfaces are clear and do those first. I hope he is not too late with our delivery tomorrow as he has been later the last couple of times and it comes just before lunch which is a right pain if I don't get it all done before.

Annx have you seen 7pm on BBC4 is a programme called the joy of painting. Not sure what it will be like but might be something you would like.

Evening all,

All shopping done and wiping down done thank goodness , we also called at the garden centre for more compost and they was a sign saying fresh crabs so that was our lunch for today .

Jane all the best for tomorrow ,you know we'll all be thinking of you all day and i do so hope the news is good for you .
Hope you had a nice week end with the family .

Oh Mel that was nasty getting the old tick at least OH got it out ok for you .
That ham hock and leek bake sounds nice and tasty .

So both Ann's have had the window cleaner today i looked at my windows my goodness they are so dusty and so is the car it must have been all the wind we had the other week .

Goodness Gill it sounds as f you could fill a skip with all your garden rubbish :-D
I hope your OH soon hears some thing about the job .
That nice you've still got Sandra's garden ging with the lights ,have you heard from Sandra lately ? how is she doing having to keep in ?

Sorry Ann i thought i had said what a pretty little card you made for your friend but reading through the posts i see i didn't ,old age creeping in i think :-D

My Kik i use on my tablet has gone haywire so son is going to set me up some time with Face book but just keep it private so i only talk to them on it .

It's been a lovely sunny day we sat out and had our cuppa this afternoon ,didn't hear many if any children go past from school at three ,son and DIL decided to keep Lewis safe with all the others and not send him back ,they said they had kept them all safe this long so didn't want to risk sending him back to soon
Yesterday was the first day that they had gone out for a walk ,they have been so good with them keeping the in the garden and finding lots to do with them ,i can't tell you all the different cakes and biscuits they have cooked with them helping and they help to get meals too .

Frank i hope your ok after your fall and you to Vera.

Most of my plants are either cuttings, presents, or plants that have been left to us after people have passed away Ann. We have a lovely large Rhododendron which was OH's dad's, his mum doesn't like gardening and only wanted grass, so she gave us some plants including the Rhododendron after OH's dad passed away, it's about four and half foot tall and is just coming into flower, so we should have lots of red flowers soon.

Most of the plants we have given us I try and take cuttings from, so over time I've managed to fill my border. My mum had lots of grass's she didn't want a few years ago and they are great for bulking out a border. With having everything in pots they're also good for hiding the pots behind them. The climbing Fatsia has grown as one long stalk, but the leaves are quite big, hopefully over time each one of those will produce further branches, but for now it's just big enough to put in the planter we made, even if the plant isn't very bushy at the moment. I just need to buy some more compost and find a pot the right size to fit the planter we made.

I had two small pots of succulents and managed to split them into 23 plants, the ones on the kitchen window sill are doing great and the other's in the side room aren't far behind, so we'll have lots of new ones soon. The only problem with those is they don't like being out doors in the winter, so they'll have to go into the greenhouse until next spring once they're big enough to go outside. I took a Penstemon cutting last winter and kept it on my kitchen window sill and although it's not very big it has flowers on it and is now in the border in the back garden, it's a lovely purple/pink one.

It sounds like you've been busy with all your planting, I hope the 3 new ones are okay in this dry weather. We're suppose to be having some rain on Wednesday, but as a rule we water every day, even if it rains, just to make sure they get some water as some of the plants have a big canopy, so there's no guarantee the rain makes it into the pots.

I've done a bit of dusting today and of course washed the bedding, but apart from that I've not done anything, so I've been a bit bored. Not sure what I'm going to do tomorrow now everything is done. I'll have to put my thinking cap on lol ;-)

I hope all goes well for you tomorrow Jane. I will be thinking of you <3

Yes I have planted French Marigolds, Nasturtiums and the tomato, squash seeds and 2 of the self set pansies from that pretty yellow one I had through the winter. Sadly it was overcome by all the heat recently and had to be taken out, but the 3 new ones from it might flower just as well..

My word Gill that was quite a job with the Red Robins and I can see how you filled all those bags! Best to wait till it is quieter at the tip though. That is why we are giving it a bit longer before starting to take our rubbish. I hope it is good news coming about the job for your OH and that was a nice gesture from where he has been working. You do very well with your cuttings and it does give you some spare plants till you go to the garden centre. Tomorrow I want to transplant some more of the seedling Snapdragons that are self set. It's nice having plants for free and I think I have some with greener foliage that may be from the yellow ones. No telling what the flowers from the crossbreeds could be really like though so it should be interesting!! :-D

OH is in the middle of a virtual meeting so I think I will see if the funeral has been loaded yet.

Jane, hope you have found plenty to do today to occupy your mind. All the best for tomorrow, I will be thinking of you. <3 <3

Hope you got your tomatoes planted. Yes Ann, we've still got the little garden down the side of the bungalow and the lights are still in it. We lost the grass's so need to add a few plants to bulk it up again. I took a climbing Fatsia cutting about six months ago and that's about 4 foot high now, so I'm going to pot that up into a bigger pot and add it to the little garden, then I'll have a look around the garden centre's and buy a few more, once I know it's safe to go out.

OH decided not to go back to the tip today with it being so hot and having to sit in a hot car for ages in the queue, he'll take some more tomorrow early in the morning. The fella at the tip said the queue started at 6.30am and the tip doesn't open until 8pm, so it'll be a very early morning for OH tomorrow. The two Red Robins filled around 15 large bags and we already had quite a few bags already from all the leaves that had fallen off over the last few months, not to mention the grass cuttings, so I should imagine it's going to take OH most of this week to get rid of it all, if he can only take one load a day.

OH got a phone call off his old boss earlier and she's given him one shift next week, not enough to pay the bills, but better than nothing. He's gone to one of the places he applied to this afternoon as he knows they asked for references. When he called in last week he was told the boss was on holiday until today, so he's going to see how that's going. Hopefully he'll get the job as he hasn't heard anything back from all the rest and there were around 10 to 12 application forms sent off.

OH got some beer the other day at the leaving do at work for everyone the boss had to lay off, that was nice wasn't it, he got a little card to.

Going to finish making the bed now all the bedding's been washed and dried. I've done most of it but left the quilt cover until last as I was getting hot.

Good luck with your scan tomorrow Jane, I'll be thinking of you <3

Ohh the ham hock and leek bake sounds nice Mel......I must put that deal on my list to look for later in the week. We don't eat any kind of burgers so they wouldn't be an option or any curry or spicy things. Today I baked some haddock with a squirt of lemon and pinch of pepper. I did a cheese sauce with it and mash for OH and peas, leeks and baby courgettes.

Gill you must have done a lot in the garden yesterday to end up so tired and with so much rubbish. It was a shame about the red robins but the conifer will do the same job. Have you kept Sandra's little garden you made with all the lights?

AnnG I think my shopping will be a lot less this time, but it is a good idea to get other things you don't need as often. I shall make sure I spend enough to get a free delivery. I hope you manage to finish your card.......will will want to see it! :-)

I think it is tomorrow that Jane has her scan results face to face at the hospital. It must be awful having to wait and worry.

I have something else to look at from the hospital research and I must chase up why we haven't had the new remote yet for the Wi.

Afternoon all

Lovely and sunny so I've washing my bedding and it's now on the line.

Sorry to hear about your fall Frank, it sounded quite bad, I hope you're feeling a little better now and not to sore. Take it easy and relax until you're better.

Sorry to hear about your fall Vera, I hope you are starting to feeling a little better to and not so sore. Keep the graze clean the last thing you need is an infection.
Your neighbours sound like ours, having people around. I felt bad having OH's friend around the other week to fix the toilet, but because it wouldn't flush and we hadn't had a toilet for a few days I counted that as essential and we all kept our social distance like the rules say. I even gave him a drink out of a mug we don't use, but some people just don't care do they? I'm listening to the news and they are saying that people who are shielding can now go out and visit another household. Not sure I'd want to just yet, if it was me though. I'd rather stay put and see what happens over the next few weeks first.

How awful to have a tick Mel, that was nice of your OH to get it out for you, good idea to put some antiseptic on it. I hope it's not to sore. Hope your OH is okay after his fall and isn't to sore either.

Love your roses Mandy, the white one is massive, I can imagine how lovely the scene is off it.

Love the card you made Ann, very pretty. I hope your side is starting to feel a little better now.

It sounds like you've had a couple of nice days with Janice and Larry then Hannah and Gareth Jane. Happy belated Wedding Anniversary, you certainly had the weather for a BBQ.

They say it's going to rain on Wednesday, I think the gardens could do with a good down pour after all the sun we've had lately. So long as the rain doesn't last for weeks on end though. They've just said on the news all the sun we've had lately is "Very Un-British" LOL :-D :-D :-D They also said it's about to end then it'll start to cool down a bit with more rain, but the rain will be hit and miss.

Yes the Red Robins were still in the pots we bought them in AnnG, the pots were 160 Litre ones, so very big, it was a job and a half to get the plants out of them and when we did it was just solid clay like concrete. Like it's been said on here when we watered them the water must of just run off around the sides of the pots and not getting near the roots, which would explain why they were dying. We won't be buying anymore plants from that garden centre again as they weren't cheap, £600 in total. I wouldn't mind but we told them we were leaving them in their pots and they never said they needed to be planted in the ground. Needless to say we're very disappointed. It's a pity we couldn't re-pot them like Ann said but it was just a solid ball of clay, so no way we could of done anything with them other than break them up and throw them away.

Has anyone seen the goings on in the USA, lots of protests over an unarmed black man who has died after a policeman knelt on his throat and neck?

My washing's wrapped itself around the line, so I'd better go and untangle it.

Ann I have one dinner thats coming thats ham hock and leek bake which sounds nice so I hope it comes. We ordered them on the two mains, one side and one dessert for £8. Don't know what oh chose for his but we doubled it up so two lots of dinners for two days. They do a medley of green veg or Mac sheese and I can't remember what else. We also ordered on that deal one profiterols and one choc dessert as the lemon cheese cake was sold out.

Hope the toms were ok Ann after leaving them when the window cleaner arrived. If you mena the top of the toms was orange give them a good tom feed. I use Maxi crop and tomato fertilizer and sometimes miricle grow.

I'm coming to yours Anng for the gin and sherry. I hav'nt had a glass of sherry for yonks and now I fancy one with you talking about it.

Thinking of Jane and hope she had a lovely weekend with the family calling in at a distance. Its so good they have a huge garden. Her scan results should be soon. xx