General Chat

Well I have seen the photos, worrying that I could have gone on not knowing what was happening up there And hopefully they can do it this week by shifting some jobs around.

Good morning Ann and all

It’s bright but not very warm yet. That’s strange you were dreaming about an exam Ann as I have a recurring dream that I am panicking because I haven’t prepared for an exam and can’t answer anything. It must mean something I suppose but I’m not sure what.

I’ve got to shower and hair wash before going to the chiropodist this morning and I’ve got a Ladies Club meeting this evening. This afternoon I must do a few jobs as we are out for the whole of tomorrow. We are going on a coach trip to Polesden Lacey. We have been there before but some years ago.

I’ve been awake since 5.30 and up since 7 am so I had better have breakfast and shower. Have a good day. everyone.

Morning Anng and all,

Grey morning here and its 11 degrees and pc says partly sunny so we can only hope they're right and we do get some sun today.

I have two subs on the shopping today my square crumpets and my coffee and walnut cake, they have sent me two iced maderia coffee loaf cakes instead which will be going back.

Hope you others slept well and that was a strange dream Anng. I wonder what brought that on?

Good morning all. I slept OK but kept dreaming a lot. one dream I was preparing for and sitting an exam. No idea what for but it was so difficult I couldn't even answer the first question. Then I woke up.

7 degrees white sky but quite bright.

I have Jake and Rory coming round today to check the remaining parts of my rook. (They only did the widest bits now have the two 'Pointed sides to do. or at least to look at and estimate.

That'll be nice Annx. Em called in with my Plenty rolls as I can't get them in Asda now and I like those as if one gets up my sleeve and I miss it and it goes in the wash they don't come apart and as they are washed they geet used for my plaster work cleaning out the mixing bowl.

I did have a go at the thistles as I have two kind well three with the ordinary thistles but these others are thugs. One came from over the field behind me and they are all in the back lawn but managable when its mowed but if they come up other places they can be 5 foot high if I miss them. The other one is like the Scotish Thistle which I leant the other day you can eat the roots of but I would'nt try it.It has beautiful big mauve flowers but loads of floating fairy seeds. Did a bit of weeding along the side of the sunflower garage and I have a double grannies bonnets coming up there self sown and some calendulars loads of foxgloves and a small shrubby thing so its looking quite good and I want to put some ox eyed daisies there too. A proper little wild garden.

Had something in the rabbit trap but it was'nt a rabbit it was a rat so I went and shot it tipped it out and the next thing was the Raven was eating it.....yuk. :-S

Just looked up the garden and there's two of them up there now so it won't be around long.

Afternoon All,

Yes it's been quite dull here too and cooler with a breeze. We popped out for a Costa coffee and egg bap first, then across to Sainsbury's opposite to collect OH's suit from Timsons, but they were shut, so we did a bit of shopping as I needed shampoo, cottage cheese and coleslaw. As we were heading out OH noticed Timsons were now open, so went and collected his suit, so that was lucky he'd noticed them having opened. After we'd come home and put things away we went to the little spinney near where I used to live and walked through and across the old railway (now a walking/cycling track) and to the canal and locks a few minutes further. It was lovely to see the bright greens and white Hawthorn blossom and hear the birdsong, but it was a bit uphill coming back, so my knees needed a good rest after.

We saw the two bunnies in the garden again when we got home and OH said he thought he'd seen rabbit droppings in our sagging, old shed the other day, so I went to look. It was rat droppings, so we must get the shed cleared soon and see where they've been getting in. The neighbour that side has gone over the top feeding the birds with a bird table and years ago George, the neighbour that was the other side of us then, soon stopped using a bird table after seeing rats on his. The shed has been undisturbed for ages and we plan to replace it as part of redoing the back garden.

It sounds like everything's ok with your ex grandaughter in law AnnG and it was good to speak to her. I bet you feel better today for a good sleep and that the garden side is tidier with your efforts today. I was too tired to do any gardening so the bin has gone out for collection half full this week. It is a bigger bin though, so still plenty of twigs and weeds gone.

Yes I seem back to normal and feeling better now thank you Mandy so expect it was one of the bugs going round like you have heard too. Well done getting your runners planted. They will be up the poles before you know it! I'm in two minds about planting any now till we can shut out Bugs Bunney and his pal! :-D It sounds like you are almost ready for summer with the canopy in place now and benches ordered. That was good your son found a better deal on some for you. That £40 is better in your pocket for something else.

Mel we have some of those prickly thistles in the front garden to dig out. The ones we have make deep roots, so I ought to tackle them soon. I know the big Poppies don't last long but they really give a pop of colour don't they. I think some things are flowering early here this year. I noticed the purple Verbascums were flowering this morning and wondered whether you had had any luck with the seeds I sent you?

We are the same as you about going out on Bank Holidays Vera unless it is somewhere few would want to go. Neither of us enjoy crawling in traffic or queuing to go in places or for toilets and it's worse with the extra people these days. I hope you got a few tasks completed and enjoyed some rest too.

I'll see if I can send a few pics of our little walk now.

No rain here still dry so no weeding done ,its turned quite chilly and I had a cardi on too .
Won't be about tomorrow as we say our farewells to Anna at 12 oclock, we can't go as Colin's legs are not vety good and theres quite a bit of standing which he can't do for long now but we will be watching on line ,

Ah the sun is coming through at last, just faintly. I have just picked some roses for a vase, it is not often I can do that but they are all coming into flower at once.

It is so dull and dark here, 12 degrees but feels less than that and I have a sweater on over my light long sleeved Tee shirt. I spent about 20 minutes in the garden pulling up weeds as the ground has had a soaking to make it easier, I also managed to clear away a lot of the bulb leaves that have died right down. Unfortunately the later floering bulbs have a long way to go before dying down. I also cut back a bit of wandering clematis and some winter flowering jasmine as well so that right hand border is starting to look a bit tidier.

Runners all planted and watered in ,few spots of rain but that was all ,sounds as if the rain is lower down with Vera .

Mel it sounds as if your on a misson with those thistles :-D

On the way to feed the chcikens there were two big thistles type weeds growing by the garage very low to the ground as iof they were trying to hide. After the rain they are now 18 inches high so the spade came out and cuct them down. They are only annual thistlesy type thing but very visious with their prickles. So a job for today is to walk around the garden with my trusty spade to irradicate the blighters.

Morning girls,

Up at 6.11 for thebathroom and went back to bed for a lie in and woke again at 10am. So you could say I had a good sleep last night.

May do a bit of clearing in the garden today round the house. Up on the border the big red poppies are out and even a rose has put in an appearance the Clematis is flowering and the bearded iris. I thought it was a bit early for all of those. Must get up there at some point and cut the Penstemon down. I usually do it in April. Theres also brimbles to cut down in the border too.

Morning all

Very grey, wet and chilly today. What a change from the last couple of days. Bank holidays don’t mean much since retiring. We prefer to stay home and go out on less busy days so I think it will be h/w today. One load of washing is done and a second is in the machine. Have a nice day whatever you are doing.

Morning Anng ,morning all,

Very cloudy here too ,we hope to get the runners in today ,yesterday son and dil came to put the canopy on the gazebo so another job done and son also ordered our new garden benches ,we had found some but it was forty pound delivery so son looked and found the same rwo seater benches with another company with no delivery charge so they should come in the next week or two .
I have some washing to go out but it's not looking very good now so I'll hang on a bit ,I washed my fleece and Ialso need to get our winter jackets washed and put away sometime .

Ann I hope your feeling better now ,there's lots of these bugs about ,dil had a day off school the other week and some others were away in the school too , you could have had a reaction to the covid jab .

good morning all. 10 degreesA white/light cloud sky, no sun yet. Bedding in the washing machine and I am about to have a shower and wash my hair, bank holiday monday but I am not going anywhere. Maybe a bit of gardening if it stays dry. I will see.

I meant to say we had a really strange rain storm ealier. It was great big spot of rain making a noise on the patio roof which I why I went out to see what was going on. When I looked at the big pond it was like someone was dropping stones in it all apaced out. I tried to get a pic of it. It was like little explosions in the water, great splashes comeing up.

I am so please Annx has postedd as I was a bit worried. Hope you feel better soon and don't forget to show us any new paintings please. I still want lily of the valley if any comes up Annx please.

My grandmother would have been 131 today.

Ann I hope you continue to feel better now. Maybe just do some painting to relax.

Vera the thing is I have been in touch all along with ex granddaughter in law, we get on fine. They have lived in the bungalow they have bought together for about a year and we often talk about their garden which she does, and how the fruit trees bought with money in memory of T are doing now transplanted. It was obvious they would eventually get married that is why I found it strange. She is a bit scatty so probably forgot who she should tell.

Your OH does see. To increase your work maybe doubles it

Frustrated now one of my hearing aids has stopped working. The two month old aids.

I hope you are beginning to feel a little better now Annx Take it easy for a day or two and don't do anything you don't feel like doing.

Anng, I think when couples divorce they often find it difficult to tell their ex's family about a new marriage. They are not sure how the news will be received but you have broken the ice with your grandson's ex. and she has responded so I am sure all will be well. Btw, like Mel OH uses Roundup for weeds.

I slept badly again and I'm feeling a bit heavy headed and tired at the moment but pleased I've managed to get a few jobs done today. I did a bit of hand pulling of weeds and some pot washing, cut down some more penstemon and planted up two troughs of begonias. While doing this OH interrupted me 3 times. First he couldn't find which towel to use for his shower. They are in the same place they have been for the last 12 years. He only had to put his hand in the cupboard and take one out. Then he had to wash some bird muck of an outside wall just where I was planting the begonias. The final straw was when I had to leave everything to go round the front of the house and discuss exactly where we are going to put a lizard wall sculpture. We are going to ask the handyman who is coming on 12th to put it up on the wall for us so we've plenty of time to sort out exactly where we want it, but, no, it had to be done then. In between all this I was in and out of the kitchen cooking the full roast dinner that OH enjoys so I feel I've done quite well this morning.

I am now going to get on and sort some more of my brother's books and photos that came home with me after our friend's funeral. In fact the lizard sculpture mentioned above also came home then. That had belonged to our friend and was on the wall of his conservatory. I always liked it and when friend's sister asked me if there was anything in the house I would like as a memento I chose that. It reminds me of times when we would visit him and he'd bring home made cake and coffee into the conservatory and we'd chat away. Happy memories.

I did message my ex Granddaughter in law and she replied very apologetic saying she had not realised anyone would post so quickly. she said she didn't know if I would want to know about the wedding and she felt embarassed about it so didn't tell us. I think she realises it would have been the thing to do and she has promised to keep in touch with anything else we would be interested in.