General Chat

Evening all,

Had a couple of busy days sorting out the cupboards and getting the Christmas bits put away ,today we went out and cut up the Christmas tree ready to take to the tip next week ,we have traffic lights in the town and the roads were gridlocked the past few days it was taking an hour just to get through the town .

I'm afraid my Geraniums will have had it as they weren't taken out of the pots .

We had two jigsaws for Christmas, one is a snowy scene with phone box,post box old car etc and the other is a swirl of flowers in blocks of colours looks a hard one so I'm not sure which one we'll start first we usually start one after Christmas.

Its been a drizzly day we were lucky it started just as we finished cutting up the tree but this afternoon the sky was that yellowish colour it did look strange .
Talking of cutting trees there was a chap in the churchyard yesterday cutting a tree not sure if it's being completely taken down but he cut lots of the thinner branches off and shredded them ,I expect he might be back on Monday to finish off as the tree does look dead we've been saying for ages that poor tree has had it , it's an elm.
It was quite fascinating watching him climb the tree ,he was just swinging by the rope at one point and the chain saw was swinging by another rope .

Sorry you had a few rough nights Vera do you think you have your hospital eye appointment on your mind ,hot an eady appointment to have to go too.

Mel I take it your shopping did turn up in the end ,did the driver say why it was so late in coming .

Anng hope your daughter and sil got home safely and didn't get any hold ups with the traffic.

I wondered about cutting them back a bit.

Mine got hit buy the frost in my shed and even the plant in the little plastic greenhouse in there. I brought mine in and put them in the lounge by my sewing machine in the west facing window and am hoping they shoot in the spring when I cut them down. Oh's money tree , big one that we usually bring in the lounge in the winter was put in my shed by BIL but thats had it and I had covered it up with some netting stuff too.

Just give them a chance and move them away from the windows and they may shoot once the better weather comes. I don't think Vera's that were in the poly greenhouse will be any good but you could tryng moving them to the conservatory and cut them back a bit.

Interesting about your geraniums Vera as that is how mine look, never seen that before and two of them were plants at least three years old and big plants too. I have left them for now I will have the garden group here next Thursday so will see if anyone has any ideas. This happened when I was away so not sure if there was a hard frost, strangely though there is a trough on the shelf by the window with three bedding geraniums in and they have survived. And also some cuttings have survived.

I seem to have been on the go all day today. I went to the hsop after doing a wash as it was sunny but then at 12.23pm the heavens opened and it poured with rain just as I was going up the shop. Did that in the rain and then dropped off Em's eggs and had a litle natter. Came home and had some toast and marmalade so I xcould take my pills. O I had put the slow cooker on this morning too with some mince and veg so I have something to put in the freezer for quick dinners. Then I opened a parcel that was given to me by the postman while I was in Em's. It was some things I ordered on ebay thinking they were dolls house size and when I realised I could'nt retract my bid so I had to pay for it and they are Dolly size so I think they will be going to SIL for her little sort of grandchild. She's really Eyla's aunt but she calls her gran. SIL's sister died and she more or less brought up her daughter who lived with them and then she met her hubby and they had Eyla so SIL is now gran.

Then I did some ironing which I am still doing but had to stop to corn the girls and I had to put some clean sawdust in the nest box and house. Then I have sat here and read your posts.

Hope you get a better night tonight Vera as you need some good sleep. Well I better get on with the ironing now and get that out of the way.

It's grey, wet and windy. Apparently it's 9 degrees but feels a lot colder to me.

For the last few weeks I've been generally sleeping better but now I seem to be going through one of my periodic not sleeping sessions. I've had very little sleep over the last 3 nights so now my head is aching all the time and, although I am wearing plenty of clothes, I can't stop shivering which I think is down to tiredness. I'm a right grump at the moment :-(

I am interested in your geranium problem AnnG as I discovered yesterday that I have lost all my geraniums in the mini-greenhouse. The cuttings in the unheated conservatory seem to be fine and look green and healthy but it's a couple of dozen mother plants in the little plastic greenhouse that have given up. I looked at them a couple of weeks ago and they looked OK but the soil in the pots seemed very wet. I normally keep them dry so I asked OH if he had watered them and he said he hadn't touched them. On days when it has been a bit warmer we have opened up the front of the greenhouse to let in some air but we have closed it again late afternoon. Yesterday I found all the plants brown and wilted and it looked as though they had some form of mould or mildew. Good job I've got a few cuttings.

I can't understand why the plants were so wet. They haven't been watered since they were lifted in November. There doesn't appear to be any water or even condensation getting in the greenhouse - the inside walls are bone dry. I've never had a problem with geraniums before. It's a complete puzzle.

Lunch now and then I'm going to stay off the screen for a few hours as it's not doing my head or eyes any good at the moment.

It is a fairly unusual name, at the moment I can't recall where in the tree it appears but I think it is other half's tree so would be somerset, Dorset or Devon I think. Yes it would be a coincidence.

Checking the geraniums in the conservatory which is not heated at all, several of the larger scented ones have been hit by frost even inside there, not sure whether to leave them or throw them out.

howling gale and pouring rain here. 12 degrees.

Anng I have just spotted the names you are reserching and see you have a surname Tamblyn. Thats my neighbours name the ones that live up the top who took me out with them to the garden centre. Would'nt it be funny if they were related to you.

Morning Anng and all,

We have sunshine here at present but how long it will last goodness only knows. We had lashing rain and high winds last night and it was a wonder the things were'nt blown all over the garden. Well they may have been as I hav'nt ventured out yet. Not been up long and I went to bed earlier last night.

Not sure if BIL is coming today but I think not as he will want to go over Exmoor to take pictures. Suits me as I may be able to do some craft stuff.

We,ve not heard from Mandy for a while now so I hope all is ok and she's just busy with the children and her knitting.

good morning all. up at 0630 this morning to see daughter and SiL off back to the LD. Pouring with rain here and still very dark. And now I have to start to put the decs away.

All the people and cottages and snow stuff are back in their boxes and in the cupboard. It took about an hour all together. tomorrow the rest will be put away it will give me something to do to keep my mind off the empty house. I don't look forward to it, yet it will be good to get back to normal.

Morning anng and all,

Its quite bright at the moment here and pc says rain afternoon and 9 degrees. The sky has long whispy thin white clouds but I can see a little blue and plenty to make a sailor a pair of trouser,

Eye are a bit swollen today so I hope its not the telly which BIL changed yesterday. He changed the settings as I had had a go and messed it up. Had a very strange dream too about my new neighbour up the top and her two sons were curly haired and ginger but they are not they are both dark haired!!

Don't envy you having to put all those cottages and people away Anng.

Good morning all, grey but dry here and 7 degrees. daughter and SiL still in bed so I have put a load in the washing machine. another two loads at least to go, the only down side of being away for two weeks.

I will start to put the cottages away today then all the decs tomorrow can't really do it while they are here but it will help to have them assisting with putting the cottages in the cupboard.

Gosh I had'nt refreshed the page!!!

Not done any crafting today as BIL came and he sorted iout the telly for me. I had had a go at it and had a terrible picture so he and me found out how to change it all and now its not too bad.

I have also made another bid on ebay and won it and there's another coming up later early evening in about an hour.

Not had the heating on since this morning as I hav'nt needed it.

Em rang to see if the shopping had arrived so that was good.

Fancy having all those cards to open Anng and read the letters within them. All takes time. Glad you had a good journey home.

So nobody posted today yet?

Had BIL here. He came while I was in the library.

Good afternoon all. We had a very good uneventful trip home, left Lake District at 0800 in drizzly rain drove over Sharp on the M6 in mist/fog. It was then dull with some drizzle all the way home. We stopped once for the loo and for Joe to stretch his legs then had a longish stop at Webb’s garden centre where we had lunch, so a stop of about an hour and a l Alf and got home just after two.
I had 42 cards to open, several of which had letters in so it was a long session.

Vera, You've had a very busy and active day. Nice to get ship-shape again, but I hope your aches and pains don't cause another uncomfortable night.

Mel, glad to hear there is some improvement, but I hope that cold soon goes too.

I hope AnnG's journey is clear and uneventful.
She will have another mini Christmas opening all the late cards.

A mild overcast day here. Forsythia is still doing well and there are lovely large trees full of pussy willow over in the school grounds.

Good that you are stocked up with books now Mel. Has your shopping arrived yet?

OH took down some outside lights and the door wreath this morning and I took down the inside decorations and tree and rehung some pictures in the hall that we had taken down to use the space for card holders. We ended up with over 60 cards though we were missing a few we usually get. I think some people decided not to bother this year. Everything got boxed up and put away in the garage and then I hoovered through downstairs and got lunch. I’ve since prepared our meal for tonight and I’m now waiting for Sainsbury’s to deliver, so there will be 3 weeks of shopping to put away. They should be here in the next 45 minutes.

I didn’t sleep well last night so I feel shattered now and my back is aching from stretching and reaching over furniture to take down decorations. I hope you are all ache and pain free. OH has gone for a walk and the sky has come over very black. I reckon it’s going to pour at any minute.

I had an Amazon voucher for Christmas so I’m going online now to see what I can spend it on.

Done the library and got a nice klot of books to keep me going.

Been to Hazel's and gave her her Chirstmas present whioch she was delighted with. I put all the marzipan fruits I made them in a royal worcester dish with herbs on it. She said once the boys have gone she is going to ask me down for lunch and next time they go to the garden centre they will let me know so I can go with them again.

Morning all,

brightish morning here and 12 degrees and pc says cloudy.

My shopping should come today so we will see???

It is also library day so I hope it dos'nt come when the library gets here as its only here for half an hour.

What are you all up to today?

Still got this cold but not coughing quite so much and still blowing my nose a lot.