General Chat

Good morning all, no sun here at the moment, grey sky 11 degrees and looking very autumnal. Weather forecast promised some sun so I hope they are right. I have plants to put in.
I slept well last night from 11pm until around 6am and didn't get up for the loo. Probably because I had a bad night Friday night.
Ankle is still not right so I will have to go easy with it today. Not easy when gardening.

Sorry you have been in pain Island, so inconvenient the lack of foresight about the blood test tubes.

I mowed the lawn and did the edges, pulled up a few seeds and generally tidied around, noticed lots more that needed doing but was too tired and back was playing up. Also I managed to hurt my left foot//ankle so it was hurting me to walk. So I watered the pots, picked more tomatoes and came indoors.

Sorry to hear you've not been to good Island ,those big hooks I think came from the Pound shop but it was a few years ago now, they are brilliant for hanging the garden tools on .
You've been busy Mel you've earned your G&T :-D

Lovely sunny evening here but just that bit to chilly to sit out

Sorry to hear you've not been too good this week Island. I think they blame everything on corvid lately its the easy way out for soemone forgetting to order things. Glad you liked the spooky moon. Oh told me it was there and to get the camera.

Done a bit more up the border just deadheading and I did manage to get one wire up for the climbing rose so that was good. Another barrow load to go over the bonfire but I left it up the border as oh told me to come down for a G & T so I did.

Hi all

I haven't posted this week as I have been in a lot of pain and drowsy from codeine and ibuprofen. I was due to have a blood test on next Wednesday re my ra and finally coming off steroids (which needs weekly bloods initially) but now there is a 'global' blood bottle shortage so that's set back again. How could they not have known stocks were so so low!!! Blaming covid of course. This is going to badly affect a lot of people.

Actually, I just wanted to say how fab Mandy's scarecrow pair are, what a lot of creative art.
I noticed the tidy garden tools too and wonder where those great hooks come from?

Lovely veg and little bird painting Annx. I looked up the teacher and have to say I think your work is much better.

Mel's day moon is spookily lovely.

O Mandy mr and mrs crow are wonderful I love both of them and good luck in the competion you deserve to win with all the work you have put in.

Just been up and picked some blackberries and they are now in the freezer. Now I am going up the border again.

I'm pleased with them ,the girls liked the mice going up his leg and the caterpillar.
I think I like the snails I've put them so the last one is going the wrong way and the one in front is looking back to see where he's going lol :-D
I had trouble holding the nest on withe the eggs and bird in it made it a bit heavy but its glued and stitched so fingers crossed it holds on .
I liked all the butterflies too.

He has a spider hanging from his arm ,on the left as you look at him .

Oh I've just seen them Mandy and think they are so good, brilliant! Mrs Crow is so glam in her outfit with butterflies and pearls and sparkly earrings. I love Mr Crow in his braces with stuffing poking from his shirt. The faces are great and I think you will do well fingers crossed, so good luck!! The children and judges will love spotting all the detail on them. :-D :-D.

Yes, mind your back Mel, you don't want any more problems holding you up in the garden.

Thank you Mandy and I love your snails!! The eyes and horns are brilliant and I like the coloured shells too. :-) :-)

I thought the hairdresser had forgotten to give me the skin patch test for my next colour appointment that is due and rang to ask if they'd send me one. No they aren't using that kind now and an extra trip to the salon 2 days before your appointment is needed so they can put drops on the skin behind your ear instead. That means an extra covid risk going twice and I have to walk quite a way from the end of the carpark anyway which my knees don't like, so having to go twice is a pain! OH would drop me near the salon door, which is inside the carpark, but you have to punch a code in to get the carpark barrier to lift to get out, so OH would have to find somewhere to park and go into reception to get the code before he could leave again! Isn't modern life complicated!! I think I will leave having a colour this time, it's not as if I go anywhere much at the moment. I did look online to see if I could buy a test and was surprised to see all hairdressers being encouraged to do the tests as there have been a few cases of people who have had not had any problem with dyes for many years suddenly getting allergic reactions after they have had covid.

Well me thinking I would go out and take photos has sent the sunshine packing again! :-S

Mandy, He/she is wonderful, so very clecer. Well done you and good luck in the competition.

Scarecrow phots sent ,Mr crow one side Mrs crow the other :-D
You need to zoom in to see all the bits on them.

Your snails are just perfect Mandy and I love the coloured shells.

Not been to the shop yet but must get a move on.

Oh Ann I meant to say I love your bird painting ,you do paint some lovely things .

Morning all

Just hung washing out and we had a short sharp shower ,brightened up again now.

EOS I hope you have a nice weekend too

Mel have an easier day today there's always tomorrow to do a bit more .
What a brilliant idea with the fish tank you can see the fish when you sit out for drinks now , love your moon photos .

Hope OH enjoys his match Ann before you know it he will be in his thermals again .

Oh dear Vera you do have some rough nights trying to sleep I hope you can manage a better night's sleep tonight ,glad OH managed to have a better night and the pain has eased a bit for him.

Oh coffee time ,I'm being waited on Colin has just made it .

BBL

Morning all,

Another nice bright morning here with sunshine at the moment and I hope it stays like that.

Bit of backache this morning after yesterday time up the border but hoping it will work off a bit as the day goes on. Shop to do this morning for the paper and some ham and a few yogs for oh as Asda don't have the cherry ones he likes.

Thank you EOS for your kind wishes and I hope you have a lovely peaceful weekend too whatever you are doing.

Morning All,

Oh Vera, you have had a sleepless night too now then. Good idea to get some things done before your energy runs out. I was in bed well before 9.00pm as I was shattered doing nothing much yesterday. I don't think we bounce back after losing sleep like we did when young. It's good your OH had a better night though.

Thank you Elizabeth. I hope you have a nice weekend too.

I see there is some concern that feeding birds is helping some types but some doing better and increasing numbers means others don't. I suppose it happens in nature anyway.

OH is off to a match later and I have no plans as yet other than poached eggs on toast after my shower. The sun is shining now so I'd better get moving!

Morning AnnG and all

Grey and cool here this morning as well. I had a very bad night again and was up by 6 am, having only slept for about 2 hours, but couldn’t get on with much as I didn’t want to wake OH with any noise. He’s up now so I’m starting to get on with a couple of jobs in case I collapse in a heap later on. Thankfully OH said he had a much better night.

I had a very big order from Sainsbury’s yesterday and decided that I would only wipe down the things I would be using in the next couple of days. Up till now I have done everything. It still seemed to take forever.

Thank you for your good weekend wishes Elizabeth. I hope you have a happy and peaceful weekend too.

Enjoy your day everyone whatever you are doing :-)

Thank you Elizabeth I hope your weekend is good as well.

Good morning all dry here and only 10 degrees and looking a bit grey again.
it is so quiet and empty now Lyn and Joe have gone home. They left at 0700. Worse because it is a weekend they have gone back but they have to look after Inara tomorrow as J & J are doing a buffet so will be in the shop all day. I am disappointed that Joe didn’t offer to cut the lawn for me, probably because he was busy a lot of the time doing J’s accounts. Anyway their bedding all in the washing machine by 0715 and I will need to cut the lawn later. I hope the traffic is not too heavy for them with it being bank holiday Monday.

Dear All

Hello

Hope your weekend and bank holiday are contented and peaceful.

Take gentle care of each other
Love Elizabeth, EOS
xx

What a clever idea with the fishtank Mel!