General Chat

I've been outside secaturing a shrub, and have had to come indoors, it is so cold, and turn the heating on. The rain has stopped for now, but it does not look promising.
So, off to B&Q for some paint charts for outdoors, and living in hope it warms up by the end of the week, so I can buy and use the paint. Wednesday is pensioners discount day. Youv'e still a way to go yet Muffy, before you qualifyLOLOL
Julia in Derbyshire

T. Shirt weather here on the south coast.

its freezing in the boro,

im off to get me CV updated and book on some courses today woop woop,
xxx

everything is on target in my garden now to julia
all my lights are put up so it looks like a fair garden on a night
just the decking to re stain as we do everyyear
and my hanging baskets to do
the plants are doing nicely in the green houses
just a few more weeks and they will be big enough to go in

and they will be to high for Benson to dig out lol

Beautiful here, sunny and warm. Just been for a 2-3 mile walk around the village admiring all the gardens.

sunny in Cornwall but a nip in the breeze.

Stray Babes, what courses are you looking for, and what will you get at the end.

Joy,my greenhouse is heaving with plants. I do not make my hanging baskets up until about next week, and let them have about 6 weeks to 'make root', before I put them out about the end of Mat, be. June. OH is hoping to jet-spray the patio this afternoon, and everything else is just about hunky dory. Have put up my laterns and coloured wasp jars in my Sambucca tree, and my windchimes are where ever there is a vacant space.
Kept falling about on the decking, well you do when you have had plenty of Vimto, so got rid of that.
I have a summerhouse, and when we bought it, it was fashionable to have them stained in Ceder. Now I fancy it painted an off white colour, with green trimmings, to brighten up the garden. Well I will have these ideas, won't I.

Ann, I like to look at other peoples gardens, but from the car as we travel by. Not very good at walking these days. But having said that, I picked up the new brochure from the garden centre the other day for Derbys & Notts NGS open gardens for charity. The Yellow Book, as it is refered to. I see that there are some new ones this year, and not too far away. I am looking forward to visiting these on Sunday afternoons, for a cuppa and piece of home made cake. Very satisfying pastime for a Sunday afternoon when I have been in my garden, and OH has been on the allotment. Then home to a light Sunday evening meal.

Take care all

Julia in Derbyshire

Strange Julia, OH is jet spray cleaning our paths and patio as I speak. I hate it because it makes all the conservatory and front door etc windows filthy with splashes. He'll clean them but not immediately!

Afternoon Ladies
Beautiful day here in West Wales ...OH out in the garden mowing the lawns ..have to have them looking top notch for my wedding Anniversary in July ,,We are having a garden party so praying for nice weather but have 4 gazebos
on standby if weather not so good .. have bouncy castle ordered for the children and caterers for the food ... have about 40 friends and family coming so should be a very jolly day...
Now all that is left to do is get the garden in order ... so please OH likes gardening ,,,lol
Jenxx

Thought it was me Julia, have just come back from town and my fingers are nearly blue with cold!

It must be an Easterly wind here in North Wales........very cold indeed!

Jen...........you must be in SOUTH West Wales! lol

Annx

Hi Ann
I'm in New Quay West Wales right on the coast
and sun shining washing drying
lovely day lol
Jenxx

hi julia, just updating me health n safety, food hygeine an first aid, mine have ran out lol, and iv put meself on some customer service and retail courses to, just for fun,

im hoping to go back to childcare, once littleman goes full time in september.
xxx

Stray Babes, Good Luck to you. I Hope it works out for you.
Julia in Derbyshire

thanks hun, xxx

Good luck Stray ...always good to have other interest s
Niece started her own child care business when her son went to school

Jenxx

thanks Jen, it will be nice to have somthing to do other than cooking and cleaning haha, obv ill stil have to do those mind haha x

Julia there is a chill in the air here now and the sun disappeared this afternoon.

Ann in Glos, usually, when we have had a bad weather day like today, it brightens up by about 4.30, and I can get back out for another hour or so before preparing the evening meal.
Not so today. Although it stopped raining by lunchtime, it has remained cold, and never brightenened up. So, I am having some crocheting time instead.
Hope tomorrow is going to be better, as OH is out all day, which means I can crack on with things, without being interupted for silly nothings. Just heared the weather girl say that Wednesday is going to be good, so I am keeping my fingers crossed.
PS. Perhaps you should have a visit to the garden centre, whilst you are abit immobile, for a 'Micro' book. Any excuse for a visit there, is good enough for me.
Julia in Derbyshire