General Chat

Thank you AnnG. I have never been to any of those places and didn't realise the subject of the picture was so true to life! Those places must be so pretty if they look like that though. Your roof has had a testing then and your carpet has done good service if it's been down all those years. We have a long mat down over tiles in our conservatory that is threadbare now with the sun and needs replacing. We can't decide whether to extend at the back so have been hanging on with it for now. We have misted panes too that are waiting for us to decide what to do. :-S

Annx as I said in my email response I loved both pictures in fact it is the first time I found it difficult to choose a favourite. I love bluebells and tou have the colours just right and the shadows picture is reminiscent of both Spain and Lanzarote/Tenerife.

They didn't get all the marks out completely in fact I knew they wouldn't it was like oil or paint. the carpet is 25 years old so it has done well being in the place that takes all the dirt from the garden. We had rain yesterday and no leaks, I am very pleased with the roof.

Hope you manage to get your plants tomorrow, I must try and get myself to a garden centre but having these stitches has grounded me this week and last'

Afternoon Everyone,

We had a good lie in this morning and got up with just time to shower before lunch. We just had a quick beans on toast with poached eggs. While we ate it in the conservatory, OH commented that it must be like having a baby bird to feed having him to feed all the time. I replied that I must have got the nest with the Cuckoo in it!! He had to laugh!

That's a good idea to get your scooter charged ready Frank. A little trip round the block the first time will get you used to the controls. I see you have a trip down to Conrad's in May too so that's something to look forward too. It will be 2 years in May since we went anywhere but we are looking forward to our holiday now and some nice sea breeze.

I hope Charles managed to get all the marks off the conservatory carpet AnnG. How is the new roof looking? We are due rain here so if it is the same with you it will be nice there are no leaks now.

We are hoping to be up early tomorrow to go and get some more plants, particularly Geraniums so I can plant up the back wall pots and some other pots. I plant big flowerpots that fit in the ceramic ones and can keep them in the greenhouse while it's frosty in the mornings for now.

Back to my latest watercolour picture now. I will send the pastel one, but it is the first actual picture we have done and I found it difficult!

Just went to go down to my shed and looked up the orchard and there was the fox laying behind one lot of daffs. I had left the camera in the shed so went down there and it did'nt even move a muscleand I got a couple of pics that arn't very clear as they were taken through the shed window.

Will send them later when I find where I have now left the camera!!

Oh's part for the mower came and he just showed me it and it different!! but he thinks it will be better because it sits higher than the old one and he can get to the alternater without taking the muffler off. He will have to fashion a couple of brackets for it as one part dos'nt line up. Bit cheeper than getting one from America at £400 plus carriage though.

Morning Frank nice to hear from you. Hope you can get your scooter out today. Will htis be the first time you have driven it or have you already had a go?

Been sweeping down by the shed and knocked the bee hotel down and out cake a leave sutter bees nest from last year I think but I shall put it back just incase there's something going to hatch. I'll take a pic of it first as its so beautiful.

Good morning fair maidens. lol. How the morning has flown by. I didn't have the best of nights last night.Laid awake for hours. Got up feeling tired.

I have showered and shaved, got clean shirt and slacks on. All dressed up with nowhere to go.

I have suggested to Ros that this afternoon we go for a ride out And stop somewhere for a drink and a meal. It will get us out of the four walls, and save one of us from cooking tonight. She doesn't seem too keen, so will see how the day goes.

We were all JAB UP WEEKS AGO. So hope it won't belong before you are all done.
We should count ourselves LUCKY having our wonderful NHS.These poor third world countries are having it so bad.

Conrad is coming back from Spain in June for his 2nd jab.They don't seem to have any treatment in hand out there.

I'm going to put my scooter on charge today. Hopefully if this weather holds, I will try to get out for a trip round the block. All being well, we will be going to Devon on 17th May for a few days. I think Jan, Jo and Ella are coming up to see Kerry that following weekend for Alexanders 6th Birthday.

Nice bright sunny morning here, Hope it's the same for everyone of you. Take care and I will see you later. xxxx

Oh yes I see. The freezer is in the corner is.nt it?

Not the whole carpet Mel just the spots of stuff that melted onto the carpet when they did the work. I really want tochange the carpet )it has been there 27 years) for lino which will be easier to clean but it is an awkward job because of the freezwe and tumble drier.

Morning Anng and all,

Was tired again last night so did'nt post anything, sorry.

Nice top have the carpet cleaned in the conservatory then it will all be ready for use in the summer.

Bit cloudy here this morning but it is quite bright at times with it.

Nearly through all my plants yesterday but oh stopped me to do something else and then he wanted me to look at the muffler on the zero turn mower. It has a huge hole in it but nothing he can fix so he found one on ebay £150 but offered a cheeky £70. They settled in the end for £100 which oh thought was a good price.

Good morning all, a clear sky but 0 degrees out there. Slept untul 0530 then couldn't get back to sleep again so decided to get dressed as Charles is hopefully coming at 0930 to clean the carpet in the conservatory.

No I don’t think she has said she has.
I managed to find the details on google re the new infections, it sounded as they were adults who have all been self isolating and they have been tracking their contacts so hope they have caught it in time.

Those that have it could have children who are asymptomatic at the school AnnG. I thought they should have stopped travel each way sooner too. Too much was at stake to leave it as long as they have.

No, I shan't be continuing with pastels after the course. You even need special picture frames for them so that the paper doesn't touch the glass. There are sprays you can use to 'set' the pastel but the teacher said those can change the colours which isn't ideal.

I'm looking forward to the Great British Sewing Bee tonight. Another early night as I feel quite weary despite doing little today. We were going early to look at some tvs tomorrow, but can't face another early start, so will either go just before closing tomorrow night or go Friday morning instead.

Has Gill said whether she's had her jab yet?

Wrens have a sweet song don’t they I love them no flamboyant colouring but just cute. I often see one on the patio by the house searching the pots.

I don’t think I am encouraged to try pastels then it seems there are too many pitfalls.

That is bad news about the Indian variant. I do wish we had stopped them coming in or back before they did.. Let us hope the blitz of testing stops the spread but I wonder why the school does that mean it is children who have it.I wonder.

It's proving to be interesting about deeds. I remember years ago that Land registry started to digitally register new homes and any older homes had to be registered then when they changed ownership. Some that have been in the same ownership for decades still haven't been registered yet. I hadn't had a mortgage since my early 50s, but we had a mortgage for the first year we lived here, by which time we had paid it off. The Building Society advised us not to close the mortgage in case we ever wanted to start one up again and in which case they could store our deeds for free and that has been the position ever since. Our deeds contain various covenants so how would people know about those without the deeds? Ones I remember are that we can't keep poultry, we aren't supposed to keep a caravan on the property (nextdoor do!), we have to keep our garden tidy and mustn't do anything that causes a nuisance to our neighbours. I think there was something about not being able to have fences on the front till the 4 bungalows were all sold.and that the 4 bungalows are responsible for the maintenance of the private road.

AnnG I found the pastels better yesterday with using non pastel paper! The dust still affected me a little but not as much. I don't find it easy to work with them as are like big chalks and not easy to draw fine detail with. The colour rubs onto your fingers which you have to keep wiping as well as the end of the pastels as they clog up with other colours you use. Also you have to make sure your arm and wrist don't touch the paper or you get smudges where you don't want them.

OH read today that 3 recent travellers in the city are struck down with the new Indian variant of the virus and they have launched a blitz of testing at one of the schools. It hasn't been specified where they travelled but 28% of the city population is Indian.

We had a sweet little Wren singing his heart out on the bottom fence earlier. I'm always surprised how loud they are and I wish I could get a photo but they flit around so fast.

Yes it is quite common for the solicitor to hold deeds but you no doubt pay for that, ours were held by our mortgage people but when we paid the mortgage of 30 years ago we decided to take the deeds ourselves as we have a fireproof safe. However, as Vera says deeds are not required these days with everything digitilised.

I think my solicitor has my deeds to the bungalow.

Its quite chilly outthere today but I may go out in a min and do a bit more.

Had to get my deeds out this morning to add the new registration to them. Noticed that the first sale of this house on the deeds (so new) was April 1981. So it is exactly 40 years old.

Colin is all jabbed ,I haven't had my second one yet AnnG, I had my first on the 10th of March so I have a few weeks to go before I get the next one .

We hold our deeds too and they are quite interesting to look at,the path by our house was called Becclesgste Lane but now its just the foot path.

Still nice and sunny but chilly in the wind so we're not going out to do jobs in the garden today ,yesterday I put some sunflower seeds in pots thought the children might like to grow them .

ah yes Vera, I forgot the law changed. Such a shame as the deeds are lovely to keep. I also have a registration form and letter putting the house into my name only.

I’ve dusted and hoovered the downstairs and I’m just having a drink before I tackle the stairs themselves. I think the upstairs rooms can wait till tomorrow. After that I’ll get tonight’s dinner prepared and then it will be lunchtime. There’s still a bit of Sunday’s roast ham left so I think lunch will be a ham and pickle sandwich.

Some of you have mentioned Gill’s boundaries should be in her deeds. She may not have any deeds. Hopefully you have them Gill as I believe yours is an older house but with modern house sales you don’t get deeds. We bought this house in September 2013. All we have is a small Land Registry document which just shows the date the title passed to us (ie the date we bought the house) and the price we paid. It also talks about a couple of restrictive covenants but our solicitor had already found out about those. There is no plan with the document.

We know where our boundary is as the builder who built the 6 properties in our Close built our house for himself and put the fence on his boundary line. The whole of the fencing round our house is ours, which is an expense when it comes to replacing panels or painting the fence.

Anyway Gill, try the Land Registry. We found them very helpful.