General Chat

There is a very cold wind here. I have just taken tqo carrier bags of shirts and odds and ends down to the charity lady's house and the wind was bitter.

Suns shining brightly now but itd still extremly cold outside int he wind.

We had homemade soup for lunch and I am so full I can hardly move.

Iv'e got washing in but oh has been prssure washing his filter shed and the mess the blackbird made on what he had already cleaned.

redid my red roses but I think they are really over now and they did'nt open.
Tidyed round and fed the wild birds and chickens and picked up a load of dead branches that had fallen off the BIG oak tree on the side of the back field by the chickkens run.

Now I have to clear all the plants off the front of my shed so oh can wash that all down as we have paint coming for it. It has'nt been done since he built it for me years ago and is now looking a bit sad.

The wind out there is bitter and cuts right through you buit the suns out now so thats good. 7.4 degrees now.

Just done a load of washing and half is in the dryer. Not very warm outside although it says it is 5 degrees. I have been out and cleaned out the main water feature and also pulle a few dead grasses.

Morning Ang and all,

You beat me Anng I hav'nt done anything yet just having a cuppa.

Weathers dry here but grey and mostly windless. Not been out so don't know what its like yet the weather thingy says its 3 degrees out thereand nearly 15 in here.

Do need to sort my new lights out onthe patio netting and do some ironing and maybe a bit more family tree.

Hope others have slept well and got enough ZZZZZZZ's in.

Good morning, looks nice and bright and dry and no wind out there, might get a few garden jobs done I think.
slept well from 11 to 0530 then lay awake but still had a good sleep. Tesco shop this morning so I had better get on. I have had a shower, washed my hair and cleaned the bathroom so a good start.

Sorry I hav'nt been on since this morning but I was doing family search on my tree. Added a few people on my grandmothers side. Someone has a tree on Ancestry and has pinched my 3xgg father and then has different children in the family to mine. Hers from Ham Surrey and mine from Stoke Newington and she has their marriage in Hackney which is my one.

I am not a fan of the radio as if it is talking I can’t hear it properly.
I did have it on for a while and also had the Tv on for a while. When I am less sensitive I will play CDs but I was mostly ok this afternoon. Hoping the weather will be ok tomorrow so I can maybe do a bit in the garden after the shopping arrives.

Ann, your paintings just get better and better. I just showed your latest one to OH who commented “she’s b....y good isn’t she”. That really is praise as usually if he likes something he just says it’s alright.

AnnG I was going to say the same as Mandy - have a radio or TV on in the background. I do feel for you. It will take time to adjust so be kind to yourself.

Did you get to the library van Mel? We can order books from our library and then go and collect them but there’s no browsing at the moment. I haven’t been in the library for a good year now but I’ve got the Libby app on my iPad so I can borrow ebooks on that.

It’s been a grey and cold day with rain on and off. Pretty miserable really. Between us we dusted and vacced right through this morning. This afternoon I decided to have a bath as a change from showering but I’m wondering how much longer I’ll be able to do that. Our bath is deep and it’s getting harder to get out of it these days. Poor old lady. We had a shepherd’s pie tonight but I’m already wondering what we can have tomorrow.

Just seen your latest painting Ann ,ohhh another lovely one love the trees and the reflection in the water .

Oh AnnG i do feel for you ,would it help a little to have the radio on just for a bit of background noise ,my friend use to do that and found it help just to break the silence in the house .

Frank what ever is in the treatment that would turn your shoes orange ,good job its not summer and your not waling over he grass in bare feet ,it would look like your feet have been tangoed :-D
Roll on the better weather so you can try the scooter out .

Ann there was a time when you had to keep in because a parcel was coming now it doesn't matter because we never go out , i don't think we have ever had so any parcels delivered ,when we want some thing i just send son a message and he soon sorts it for us ,last week i had elastic, little mini clips for my sewing and a couple of big tins of coffee that we like ,son likes it to so we gave him one .

Well i haven't been as lazy as i said ,i dusted the bedrooms and had a good hoover through up stairs so not to bad ,no sewing done today .

Mel did you get to the library van .

Oh i see EOS is on another thread so she must be ok ,now we just need to know how Gill is .

Morning Mel and AnnG,

I slept well once I got off to sleep and was up earlier today as OH is attending an online seminar. We are expecting a parcel of socks and pants for OH to arrive from M&S today, so I may need to answer the door!

It is very dark here too Mel and looks like it may rain. I think we are due frosts at the weekend too. I need to put the washer on once OH has finished and Cod Mornay ready meals with extra veg will do us today as OH has more meetings later. How are your bites now? Don't forget the Library!

I see you have done a few jobs already AnnG. I have started a new 'to do' list, things I must do like OH's car insurance and change my bank account. Today I need to order some more watercolour paint. The greens and browns are getting a bit thin with all the landscapes we've been doing. I am getting it in tubes I think as I read a tip that said if you squeeze the tubes into the hole that comes where you use it in your palette it will set hard like the rest. I like that idea as tubes can be wasteful otherwise. I also need anothe size brush as I have been managing with just three. Then I want to see if I can find a couple of new tops to order. I remember finding the house very quiet when my first OH and I parted company. I was working full time, but there were some weekends when I didn't see anyone at all.

Well, better get on with something or it will be a day wasted!! :-) I know what you mean about feeling lazy Mandy! lol. I seem to do less HW now than when I was out most days. It's more satisfying to make something instead!

Good morning all,

Sorry I didn't post yesterday, just didn't feel like it. Not much better today.

Ros just went to get something from the Freezer in the kitchen and it seems as though it's packing up.I will check the fuse, and if it's not that, then we must think of getting another Freezer. Come to think of it. We have a CHEST FREEZER in the garage, so do we need another in the kitchen, other than for convenience. I will see what madam says.

Green thumb have been this morning. They have put down a new treatment, that you can't walk on the lawn for two hours, as it will turn your shoes BRIGHT ORANGE.

I am getting so bored being indoors all the time. I think I will get Ros to take me out for a ride around the Countryside.

Stay safe all. xxxx

I am struggling a bit, missing my company, the house seems so empty. Mainly it is daughter I am missing to chat to as she is good company. I have stripped their bed and it is in the wash, also tidied out a shelf in T's office, mainly to find a temporary home for his ashes on a shelf. and I have swept the lounge floor of crumbs, need to get the cleaner out later maybe but it is clean for now. I have also done the Tesco order and remembered to do a bank transfer for grandson's birthday so I have done a bit.

Shame the weather is not nice it is sort of drizzling but more like heavy damp in the air, not conducive to getting out in the garden unfortunately

Morning all,

Very cloudy here with drizzle and really cold .

AnnG it sounds like you have a busy day ahead when your daughter and sil have gone home ,lovely photo's of your garden it nice to see colour in the garden again isn't it.

Mel library today don't forget :-D

Not a lot happening here I feel quite lazy today so I might just do some sewing instead of house work ,naughty naughty :-)

Toad in the hole for us tonight with some of those nice butchers sausages and plenty of veg .

Morning Anng and all,

You're going to be busy today I see with that lot to do. So dark here I have had to turn the light on. Mistyish outside too and very grey. Looks like there's no wind again today which is good.

I think the library are coming today so I must gather up my books ready to go back.

Good morning all. Up early as I know daughter and SiL want to get off home early.
didn't sleep that well.
Dry here so far, hope it stays that way. got quite a lot to do once they leave to get the house back straight again, wash their bedding and towels, do the Tesco order, a bit of gardening and get back to sorting stuff for charity. Oh yes, have to get to the pharmacy to get a prescription. BBL

I think thats a good place to put T's ashes in his study Anng. He would have liked that. Yes ti was me that bought two Primulas down the shop on Saturday. They are so cheery little flowers I can't resist them. I have proper primroses in the little wood at the end of our little field so I should go round there and see if they are flowering yet. I know the mauve ones at the edge of the wood are flowering as I saw them when I took the chickens mess round to put on the bonfire.

My meat pie has turned into stewed steak, carrots, onions, mushrroms and parsnip with dough boys as I could'nt be bothered to make the pastry and dumplings are so easy to do and not much washing up. We will have it with sprouts and mash.

Glad you all had a better night last night and fancy Vera waking up next to hubby for a change. <3 <3 I bet it was nice and cosy being together too.

Ann you saying about G singing his songs reminded me of when my son was down here and mowing with his headphones on and the funny sound as he drove past all out of key.

Yes that Hellebore T’s favourite, it is lovely., so pleased with the garden and mixed feelings as he would have loved it too.

Oh Annx that would be very irritating, to have him bursting into song. Tell him you will confiscate his CDs if he continues :-D


Must check the conservatory, I noticed I might have lost a small fuschis that was over wintering in there.

Daughter has helped me change the duvet cover today so much easier with two of us.

Afternoon All,

It looks like we all slept quite well last night, me included. Another dull day with no sunshine!

OH has been irritating today! With not eating out now he washes up the steamer, mixing bowls etc after lunch and plays his CDs while he does it which is fine. We have very different tastes in music, but it doesn't matter as I'm at the other end of the bungalow and he keeps the volume down. Now he has taken to wandering around and bursting into one line of songs!! Sometimes it interrupts me as I think he is talking to me or wants me and I have to go and check. I'm not encouraging him as it was a habit his dad had. I shall never forget sitting in a theatre in London watching Phantom of the Opera and wandering, as did other members of the audience who were discreetly turning their heads, where the strange noise was coming from! I think MIL noticed after a while and poked him in the ribs.

Vera, you seem to be more motivated than me. I think I have lost some geraniums I put in the greenhouse, unless they sprout from the stems soon. If it warms up a bit I'll get OH to set the jet washer up for me. He would do it only he leaves patches everywhere as he's too impatient. He's done quite a bit of the weeding though and cleared up twigs and stalks. I must see if I can get a couple of largish plastic pots for the courgettes this year. I think 2 instead of the 3 we grew last year will be enough for us and we want to clear the old raised beds this year so can't use those again.

The Primulas will look pretty AnnG. I think Mel got some recently didn't she. I must check if my little purple Alpine ones have put in an appearance yet. That is a good place to put T's ashes. He would like that I think. Have you decided yet where they will be scattered? OH used to say he wanted his scattering on the footie ground of his local club. I used to laugh and say it would be houses there by then and he could be in a garden.......guess what, it is all houses now!

Edit, just seen your garden pics and it looks so lovely and uplifting! As I replied to you I love the colour of that Hellebore!