General Chat

Good morning all.
Vera not sure when you are going but have a good journey and a lovely break.

Mandy. How nice to have Katy call in on her way home from school. How is son's mouth?

Ann I think those exam parties were the cause of the recent rise in cases. No doubt in two weeks there will be another rise. Hope the poorly teacher is getting better Little girl over the road appears to be better as the family is out and about again and I think the 2 girls are back at school
Those fruit flies are so tiny how on earth do they use them for research. I have not noticed them in previous years in such numbers. I hate having to keep tomatoes in the fridge as they don't taste as nice but can't leave them out because of those flies. We in this borough all have small food bins for cooked food, it makes sense for them to be in the kitchen but those little devils get in there even though the lid is closed.

Island, I don't touch type either and it is often a surprise when I look up at the screen after writing a long screed. Even worse on the Ipad as I can touch all sorts of things when touching the keys. :-D :-D

Island that should have been :-D :-D Not sure what happened there.

Evening All,

Slept well again but thought it was quite muggy when I got up so the windows and doors were flung open. OH worked all morning while I did the veg for lunch and neither of us did much this afternoon apart from me doing the food order for Sunday.

At last we have had more rain, but not much. Things are really looking sorry and some things are dying off in the garden. We haven't watered because they have been saying every day that we will get rain the past few days. :-S

I hate those fruit flies and keep our fruit and veg in the uti as it's much cooler than the kitchen and if something goes off they soon appear. Sometimes it is the compost in a plant pot that attracts them too. There are soon lots of them as they have a fast breeding cycle. It's why they use them in research as there are a lot of generations in a short time.

It sounds like you had a nice time and have also recruited a new friend to the U3A AnnG.

Hubby tells me a teacher is very poorly with covid, likely caught from a pupil with covid who got it from an 'exam party'. Another member of staff caught it as well but is better now. The poorly young teacher hadn't been vaccinated. Guess the reason.......they thought it would make them infertile!!

I read today that only just over half who bought a 'pandemic puppy' had considered what would happen about it's care when they returned to work and that young dogs are inundating rescue centres or being abandoned. Why are people so shortsighted and stupid. The prices rocketed too and it surprised me that people who must have been unsure of the outcome of their jobs were happy to spend so much. :-S

Evening all,

:-D Island.

Mel how nice to get a find like that on hints it spurs you on again to see if there's more
Oh no I see OH has been at it again :-D

Safe journey Vera hope the weathers good for you is it a week your going for ,did you manage to get the kitchen sink in :-D

We've taken the greenhouse down today as the cues and toms were just about over ,washed all the pots and got them away and as the weather was nice we sat and had our coffee in the sunshine.

Katie called in this afternoon after school she looked so grown up in her uniform so that was a nice surprise she stayed for over an hour and then walked over the school to get a lift home with her dad .

Posting this now as it's the second time I've typed a post and lost it .

Yes?

I think she will rejoin Mel..

I try not to buy pringles I have to eat them all myself now.

Island ??

Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana...


I have pics to download :-D

Meant to say I keep the tops of the Pringles to put over our drink glasses. I have even had flys in my glass of water I keep in the hall at night so I have to cover that too.

Glad you enjoyed yorself Anng. Perhaps she will join the U3a meeting.

Just picked a huge bunch of long beans for dinner tonight. There's still loads coming.

I don't think fruit flies bite but they fall in my drink and I an't have that. They are after the lemong. Drowning in G&T way to go!!

Had a lovely afternoon, it was the person I thought it would be we were quite friendly with her some time back and then she got involved with volunteering for Age UK and we didn't see her around. She too is on her own so I think we have persuaded her to go to the U3a meeting.

I hate that when a fly lands on yur hand when you are typing, its so annoying. Not had actual fruit flies this year (famous last words I suppose) but we get midges because the ponds are near the house. they also are annoying and land on you and bite.

Been dull and raining here nost of today.

Anng, yes, my eyes are a bit misty for the laptop lately but my keyboard is also awry - some of the keys either don't register or they duplicate and seeing red squiggle lines when I look up (I can't touch type) drives me bonkers as I can't clearly see what the error is. Right clicking for the correction doesn't always work

and YES....... fruit flies! Not in the kitchen where there is fruit but in the front room so they must be attracted to the pepper plants. I keep getting 'tickles' on the backs of my hands :-|

Island, same as you no storm but several heavy short showers. Are your eyes playing up - re the sentence about the key board. Sounds very unpleasant and frustrating.
20 degrees here now. Hope the rain is going to hold off for an hour or two.

Has anyone else got yjere tiny little 'fruit flies' horrid things seem impervious to fly spray and get everywhere.

Afternoon all

Wednesday/Thursday night, awake at 4am as it was too darn hot, went on a wander to find cool air but there wasn't any :-(

Thursday/Friday night, woke at 3.17, 4.39, 7.15 (by which time I was exhausted) - too hot again! Got up after 9.
I think we shut the loft hatch too soon so the hot air couldn't escape :-(

My keyboard seems to be part time these days, all I'm seeing is red squuiggles and it's very annoying LOL

Mandy, thanks for the scarecrow pic, what a lovely family :-D

I managed some sewing yesterday but as my craft room is upstairs...... i was too hot so didn't enjoy it other than it's another tick off the 'to do' list.

Enjoy whatever you are doing and have a safe journey Vera.

Just remembered a couple of things........
Did anyone get the much heralded thunder storms? We didn't but we did have a heavy brief downpour which was noisy on the porch roof :-0

Mel, I thought your fellas art installation was very good, especially with Vincent in the background.

There was a thatch fire in a village near us yesterday. The lovely cottage is completely destroyed. 60 firefighters were there at the cottage from all over Devon and cornwall.

It was a hot, sticky night and I got very little sleep so I’m a bit of a grumpy-head today. It’s currently 20 degrees and very “heavy” and the forecast is for thunderstorms this afternoon. I spoke too soon yesterday - I got bitten last night. It’s only on a couple of fingers but it’s itching like mad.

We’re just having a cuppa before I get on sorting out the packing. We seem to be taking everything bar the kitchen sink and I am wondering if I can fit that in too :-)

Enjoy your garden trip AnnG

It is a local garden Mel, one is walking and two of us going together.

Morning Anng and all,

We are one degree lower than yu today at 16 degrees. Grey sky with that fine rain in the air.Hope it stays nice for your trip out to see the garden. Are you alll going together or all making your own way there?

Nothing planned for us today. Oh was waiting in all that dry weather for a drive belt for the newest mower it was suppose to be an over night delivery but it took about five days and now its raining it won't get put on yet.

Good morning all. Cooler this morning although still17 degrees. Quite bright but a grey/white sky. No plans for this morning but this afternoon going with two gardening group friends to see a garden in the village so hoping it doesn't rain.