General Chat

Oh Ann I meant to say I love your bird painting ,you do paint some lovely things .

Morning all

Just hung washing out and we had a short sharp shower ,brightened up again now.

EOS I hope you have a nice weekend too

Mel have an easier day today there's always tomorrow to do a bit more .
What a brilliant idea with the fish tank you can see the fish when you sit out for drinks now , love your moon photos .

Hope OH enjoys his match Ann before you know it he will be in his thermals again .

Oh dear Vera you do have some rough nights trying to sleep I hope you can manage a better night's sleep tonight ,glad OH managed to have a better night and the pain has eased a bit for him.

Oh coffee time ,I'm being waited on Colin has just made it .

BBL

Morning all,

Another nice bright morning here with sunshine at the moment and I hope it stays like that.

Bit of backache this morning after yesterday time up the border but hoping it will work off a bit as the day goes on. Shop to do this morning for the paper and some ham and a few yogs for oh as Asda don't have the cherry ones he likes.

Thank you EOS for your kind wishes and I hope you have a lovely peaceful weekend too whatever you are doing.

Morning All,

Oh Vera, you have had a sleepless night too now then. Good idea to get some things done before your energy runs out. I was in bed well before 9.00pm as I was shattered doing nothing much yesterday. I don't think we bounce back after losing sleep like we did when young. It's good your OH had a better night though.

Thank you Elizabeth. I hope you have a nice weekend too.

I see there is some concern that feeding birds is helping some types but some doing better and increasing numbers means others don't. I suppose it happens in nature anyway.

OH is off to a match later and I have no plans as yet other than poached eggs on toast after my shower. The sun is shining now so I'd better get moving!

Morning AnnG and all

Grey and cool here this morning as well. I had a very bad night again and was up by 6 am, having only slept for about 2 hours, but couldn’t get on with much as I didn’t want to wake OH with any noise. He’s up now so I’m starting to get on with a couple of jobs in case I collapse in a heap later on. Thankfully OH said he had a much better night.

I had a very big order from Sainsbury’s yesterday and decided that I would only wipe down the things I would be using in the next couple of days. Up till now I have done everything. It still seemed to take forever.

Thank you for your good weekend wishes Elizabeth. I hope you have a happy and peaceful weekend too.

Enjoy your day everyone whatever you are doing :-)

Thank you Elizabeth I hope your weekend is good as well.

Good morning all dry here and only 10 degrees and looking a bit grey again.
it is so quiet and empty now Lyn and Joe have gone home. They left at 0700. Worse because it is a weekend they have gone back but they have to look after Inara tomorrow as J & J are doing a buffet so will be in the shop all day. I am disappointed that Joe didn’t offer to cut the lawn for me, probably because he was busy a lot of the time doing J’s accounts. Anyway their bedding all in the washing machine by 0715 and I will need to cut the lawn later. I hope the traffic is not too heavy for them with it being bank holiday Monday.

Dear All

Hello

Hope your weekend and bank holiday are contented and peaceful.

Take gentle care of each other
Love Elizabeth, EOS
xx

What a clever idea with the fishtank Mel!

I did'nt explain the fish tank in the pond right. It is upside down and he put the air pump in it and sucked all the air out so the tank is full of water thats why the fish can't jump out.

I loved the little bird and it looks a bit like a Jay.

I have been up the border for a couple of hours this afternoon and cut back the old New Dawn rose which was hanging all over the the other plants. I need to get some wire up and train it a bit better as when oh did it years agoo he put the wires up in a fan shape and I want them horizontal.

Vera its good these new pills seem to be working for your oh and he is'nt in so much pain. I hope he continues to improve.

Afternoon All,

The dull weather has reached here and we've had no sunshine today. I was awake till gone 4.00am so feel like a zombie today. OH has been really busy in the garden this morning. The beans are down and poles put away, He's done more weeding and cut back some dead wood on the Choisya. All I have done is get the Asdaa order up to date from my list.

OH said no-one was wearing masks at last night's meeting but all the windows were open and they were well spaced apart with sanitiser everywhere. Our local paper says today that the surge in cases we have again here is due to children's exam parties! Goodness we managed without these things and now doesn't seem a good time. I hadn't realised there were graduation ceremonies for preschool tots when they leave to go to primary till I saw a picture of one in cap and gown with a graduation sash and holding a rolled up certificate tied with a blue ribbon.

Your scarecrow sounds as if it will be really good Mandy. I can't believe all the good ideas you have had for it and all the things you have made. Those finishing touches will really make it stand out. Looking forward to seeing a pic when you have finished it.

Mel your little goldfish look lovely in the tank. Is there a top on it to stop them jumping out. You can see them better when you sit outside now. That moon pic is great and looks like a thin piece of film moving acoss the sky. Can you not seperate out the egg pecker(s) from the others as it is a shame you are losing so many lovely eggs.

Vera I'm glad your OH is in less pain today. It does wear you down. Hopefully the results will be back in a week. They usually are at our surgery. Thank you and glad you liked the little bird!

OH has fetched my artificial berries down from the loft so I can sort out what I want for the replacement vase. I might have less in this replacement vase as I'm very conscious of it getting knocked over again. I'm ordering some blutak to help hold it in place.

I have not heard of Blue Diamond garden centres AnnG, so they must be a chain that isn't around here. I like Heucheras too, the foliage can be very striking. Your new bit of garden is going to look good next year with the additions you are making.
Glad you liked the little bird. I wish I'd made a note of what it was now!

It's a much better day here today. It was a bit grey and windy first thing but it brightened up after a while and is quite sunny at the moment. I did an hour in the garden first thing, then spent the rest of the morning cleaning bathrooms. Now I am waiting for a Sainsbury delivery that should be here any moment. Apparently I have 4 subs which is more than usual but they are all acceptable subs.

You've had a nice spend up in the garden centre AnnG. I was thinking of you today and you are doing just the right thing by concentrating on all those happy years together.

Mandy, your scarecrow sounds wonderful. Don't forget to send us photos when it is finished.

I love your little bird Ann. I've always thought you are superb at painting feathers and his beak is perfect.

Your photographs of the moon are great Mel. How many baby fish have you got? Your fish must be very happy where they are to breed like that.

OH doesn't seem to be in much pain today. I wonder if these extra strong anti-inflammatories have got a grip at last. He hasn't been dozing off every 2 minutes today.The blood tests he had for possible arthritis were marked "routine" and I've just checked our surgery website and apparently blood test results are taking at least 7 working days to reach them and sometimes longer, so he'll have to wait till Tuesday at least to ring if the doctor doesn't phone us first.

Sainsbury are here so must go

another nice spend up then Anng. What colour Heuchera did you get? I love those but so do the blimmin vine weevils as I have them on the patio.

Very sunny here and I cleaned out the big girls this morning. I am still getting broken eggs one this morning but at least I did have a whole one too. Cleaned them out and just went round to give them some poultry drink in their cleaned out water bowls one chicken in the nest box pretending to lay and egg and one broken one on the nice cloean shavings. Oh said I should get rid of them all and start again.

Good afternoon all. 61 years ago we were halfway through our marriage service. Can remember it like it was last week. Sad day for me today, yet a good day too remembering how happy we made each other.

We went to one of the bigger garden centres this morning (A Blue diamond). I had a birthday voucher to spend and a blue diamond voucher as well so got a few bits, a pack of tulip bulbs and some allium bulbs, a heachera and another alpine plant for the front bed where the tree was removed.

Daughter goes home tomorrow leaving at 0700.

Morning all,

Nice and bright this morning so far. Plenty of the yel;low stuff and not much breeze to talk about.If its not too hot I may try to get up the border today as oh had a project yesterday he wanted me to watch. He put a fish tank in m,y pond and pumped water into it so it was above the pond surface.

Scarecrow sounds great Mandy I can't wait to see some pics of your unisex scarecrow. You've had some good ideas. They have had scarecrows out in Torrington when we went to the dentist. Do you remember when I made one wehn we had a compitition and I made him a smock out of an old sheet. Made gaters out of the sleeves of first hubbies swede jacket and took the buttons off and put them up the gaters. I bought a shirt in the charity shop and a pair of trousers and stuffed those to make the body. tights for his head and cut a curly wig up for a beard with my old straw hat on him. Then he migrated to next door in a pair of oh's old overalls and my old wellies and sat in their garden for a couple of years. Don't know if they still have him or not.

Evening all,

It's been a dull day here and we had a little light rain first thing but it brightened up so I hung my washing out and got it all dry .

Ann your Tomatoes look so good what a nice lot you have hanging there mine are nearly over It's been a poor year for us with cues and toms .
The children don't go back to school here until the 6th September and they will have to have windows open again like last term ,son said he has to unlock each room and open a window although all the windows don't open far for safety reasons.

Lovely to hear from you Gill but sorry to read OH still has trouble with his shoulder, hope he can get his sick note sorted .
How is Sandra ,I bet she's loving having her own little place .
Hope you have a good lot of dusters :-D sounds as if you need them .

Oh dear Frank do be careful over the next few days you don't want to be travelling all bruised and battered ,hope you enjoy your time away ,safe journey down to Devon.

Vera hope all went well today for OH and he soon gets his problems sorted.

Funny you should mention wasps Anng we were only saying at the weekend that we had hardly seen any wasps this summer .
Lovely to get the flowers.

Don't do to much and set yourself back Mel and leave those charity bags alone :-D

I have been working on the scarecrow ,I'm quite pleased with it but the faces are not so good but hayho it's a scarecrow , I've added the mice running up the man's leg a lady bird and I have the birds nest with black bird and eggs to go on ,I'm crocheting some butterflies to go on the lady side ,oh and I've made a black spider to hang from the man's arm was going to hang it from his cap but it didn't look right, added some flowered bias binding for his braces with bright red buttons .
I got a pink feather boa so I've added that round the bottom of her skirt and some of round her hat and at the ends of her sleeves I've crocheted some ringlets for her hair ,got a chunky pearl necklace and made some glitter ball earrings :-D
I'll get some photos when it's finished.

I’m glad you had nice weather AnnG and enjoyed your lunch. That was thoughtful of your son and dil to send you flowers. It’s good that you won’t be alone tomorrow.

Not another fall Frank. I hope you are not too sore now. Be extra careful as you don’t want to risk having to cancel your trips to Devon and Spain.

I know I shouldn’t laugh Ann, but the story of the mouse and the pan scourer makes me smile. It reminds me of my ex son-in-law when he and my daughter had a mouse. They located the hole it was coming through and blocked it with all sorts of stuff to no avail. In desperation he cemented the hole right up. I bet you’re ahead of me here. Next morning they got up to find a neatly chewed hole in the cement and the mouse sitting in the kitchen grinning at them :-)

It’s been really wintry here today; grey with fine rain in the air and a bitter wind. When we went to the hospital I put a thick fleece over my long sleeved jumper. The appointment went well. There was no waiting and he was out again in about half an hour. We don’t know what’s wrong yet but things are getting eliminated. The consultant couldn’t see much wrong with his bladder so he is now ordering a CT scan of his kidneys. I have a feeling it will turn out to be one of those unexplained body blips that rights itself. I hope so anyway.

Better get the veg on now as the rest of our meal is nearly ready.

Good afternoon all

today we have been to the Aviator for lunch, It is a lovely sunny day, yesterday was dull and misty, We usually sit outside there but there were a lot of wasps around so we went inside and all had beautiful (large) fish and chips. (Tony's favourite). Then when we got back daughter and I went round to the local garden centre as I had a birthday voucher of £5 to spend. -- Spent a bit more than that on a few plants for the front garden where I had the tree taken down.

Before we went out the postman delivered a lovely bouquet of flowersson and daughter in law with a 'thinking of you' card for tomorrow.

Afternoon Everyone,

Nice and sunny and warm here.

Sorry to hear you've had another fall Frank. It's lucky you managed to get to the phone and that neighbours could get you up into a chair. If you have one try and keep a mobile in your pocket, just in case. Try to avoid any more falls if you can before you go away as it would be a shame if you couldn't go now it is this close. I hope you take your laptop to Devon so you can make us all envious! Enjoy your meal later!

OH has weeded one side of the garden at the front, but it made his calves ache with bending and brought his tennis elbow on again so he called it a day and will do more tomorrow. Apart from having a shower and hairwash and getting lunch all I have done is some paperwork and order some more white paint and a steel pan scourer to block the mousehole up again!! OH is at a school meeting and they are looking at covid measures so I hope they will keep most in place to keep visitors safe as well as the children. We were pleased to see the school up the road had windows open yesterday.

Gill, good to hear from you and that things are progressing with your bungalow. These renovation jobs always take longer than expected when you are relying on other people, but you are getting there bit by bit. That is poor service your OH is getting from the surgery so I hope they sort him out properly on Wednesday. That fine dust hangs in the air for ages! You are doing well with the garden though, but don't hurt yourself as you say. Now you can see how big the front garden is too! Keep in touch when you can as we like to hear how you are getting on with things.

Another spell at the Hospital then Vera. I hope they will have some answers today and it is good you managed to dash off for your hair appointment yesterday.

It's funny you should mention wasps Mel as a friend who had them last year has another nest now! I aught to fetch some new plants for the front wall pots.