General Chat

Morning All,

Slept like a top last night and feel quite refreshed. Sorry you didn't though Vera......maybe tonight will be better.

Suffolk Punches are lovely aren't they and not such big feet to crush your toes with as the Shires and Clydesdales. I wouldn't think it wise to breed from any that have difficulty giving birth, although it may just be the fact this foal was so big as she had had a foal before. It is sad these working breeds that have served us so well in the past are declining. When we visited a heavy horse farm in Cornwall years ago I was surprised at how strong the foals are and nearly got knocked over! When we were at a show for heavy horses years ago I asked an old boy if their nature was so placid. 'Not all of em' was his knowing reply and he said they had one they just couldn't catch! Starting training when they are young is the key.

OH is working away writing notes up and I need to see if my little cue seedlings need water, then phone up about one of my ISAs. Easy lunch today, OH will sort himself with lasagne to hot up and I have a pizza with some salad before my course starts this afternoon.

AnnG, we don't want 'torrential' do we! My little plants will get dashed down. I'd better make sure my sweet peas are tied up securely!

They said it was very expensive to do disn't they so maybe wait a while. I would imagine Adam would be looking for a small male, I can't remember the female suffolk punche's name but she is quite small I think for the breed and the foal was large.

I have just cut the lawn, thank goodness dor electric mowers wouldn't want to push one of the old mowers around.
It is 22 degrees here now and very humid.

Morning Anng, Vera and all,

Promisses to be another hot one today oh is out doing the pond filters and there's a buzzy fly in the kitchen. Something I hate!!!!

Slept well but got up late so lost half the morning already and hate myself for that when its a nice day.

I wonder if Adam will mate the SP again as her first foal died and this second one had a bit of trouble coming into the world. Thank goodness they managed to get it out ok but he is a whopper. Shame it ws'nt a filly though. I wonder how they will get on with this sexed seamen they are talking about?

Morning AnnG and all

It’s going to be another scorcher. 19 degrees already and it’s supposed to get to 27 degs this afternoon. OH is already outside doing some jobs before it gets too hot.

I had another bad night and gave up and got up at 3 am. I sat in the kitchen catching up on the weekend papers and reading till 4.30 when I came back to bed. Eventually I fell asleep but was up again at 7.30. I feel tired but otherwise OK.

You are right about the Suffolk Punch being a lovely colour AnnG. Here’s a bit of trivia for you - did you know that the colour of the SP is described as “chesnut”? No, I haven’t made a typo. That’s how it’s spelt. I imagine sometime in the distant past some clerk wrote down what he heard and it’s stuck. It’s good that people like Adam Henson do their bit to keep these rare breeds going. I think there’s only about 300 of them left in this country and only 700 or so in the world. You can tell they’re a favourite of mine can’t you :-D?

I hope all goes well with the nurse today AnnG.

I’d better get dressed and put some washing on before it gets too hot to do anything. Have a good day folks.

Good morning all. 16 deg. already and quite humid again. Nurse at 11.50.

I had some scholls, they were OK but I was not keen, too 'clumpy' for me, I think they were supposed to be good for your feet.

Vera yes I watched Countrtfile. Wasn't that little foal gorgeous and big too. Looks like he will need a bit of training as he seemed very independent, adam might have a big job on his hands with that one. such a pretty colour but a bit sad it was not a filly.

Annx it seems no matter what time we water the plants the water just gets quickly soaked up so I am just hoping for the best. Last night was just watering cans on the pots. Hopefully the rain at the end of the week will revive it all and not batter it down as the forecast was for storms and torrential rain!!!

I had Scholls too and mine were a lovely pale blue uppers. Glad you all liked the fawns they were so lovely but I shall be cursing htem when they get bigger. They came right down to about 5 yards of the patio and did'nt seem to mind oh's sprayer or the mower attachments.

Hope you all get some sleep tonight so saying night night now and see you all in the morning.

As I said in my email to Mel those baby deer have the Ahhh factor. There's something about baby animals that make you go all gooey. Did anyone see Countryfile with the newborn Suffolk Punch foal? They are an endangered species and it seems there are lots more male than female foals being born and they really do need the females to keep the birth rate up and try and increase the numbers.

I had a pair of those Scholls Ann. I think it would have been early to mid 1970s. They had a wooden sole and a leather piece across the front . My leather piece was red. I got on OK with them but they weren't special enough to make me want to buy another pair.

I think you are right about the weather forecast AnnG. We have warnings locally of possible storms and torrential rain from Wednesday afternoon till Friday evening. OH did get the hose out earlier for the first time this year as we have only been watering pots and troughs and stuff in the garden that is newly planted this year.

It's really hot and heavy at the moment so I'll be having the fan going in the bedroom tonight. I hope you all sleep well.

They are the sweetest babies Mel! I didn't know you could get twins in deer. Such a shame about your plants though. Could you hang noisy wind chimes round the Clematis or make some with metal bits or hang metal bells up that make a noise? It might work or a soapy spray on them might help.....well at least till it rains!

OH has just watered the garden and is boiling he says. I need to do the front wallpots before I go to bed.

I hope you are feeling a bit less tired now Mandy. Mind you this weather is so draining it might be hard to tell. I bet it was nice seeing the family while it was cool. Were those sandal things called Scholls? I remember seeing a lot of them around once but I never had any.

Lunch was very nice but we think you get the same size lunch except for the size of the yorkshire pud whether it is small or medium! They use the same size box and fill it just as much for a small lunch! We struggled to eat it all today so I think we might have to save some for the next day another time! I have cooked a panful of rhubarb and will freeze some and have the rest tomorrow.

I've finished a painting and will email it. Tomorrow we are doing a picture with people in so that will be a tester for me! lol.

Off to water those pots and go to bed now. I hope everyone manages to sleep well.

Looking at the forecast for the week I don’ think we will be worrying about watering on Thursday, Friday.

Mandy I watched all of Time on Iplayer. It was very violent in parts but still a good story.

Just come in from watering my plants as they have dried out so much over the last two days and I did'nt do it yesterday.

Yes the deer are twins and so sweet in their spotted jackets. I think I took about 65 pitures of them but I did miss them in some of them by the time I had the camera zoomed in they had moved.

Sorry I don't know why it got so spaced out between words its this blooming tablet .

Evening all ,

Phew it's a hot one today, we sat out this morning under the gazebo when family came it was lovely and cool then but it's been far to hot this afternoon to sit out .

Oh Vera your poor feet and ankles ,you need some flip flops but they are no good for walking to far ,I keep trying to think what those sandals were called that were wooden soles with leather tops they had those adjustable tops ,had them back In the seventies boy did they give me blisters .
I suppose all this heat doesn't help the swelling either, I hope it soon goes down so you can walk a bit easier.

Oh Mel what little Deers they are but naughty little deers ,they look like




twins .

Time on tonight I think you said you were watching it Mel ,it's a bit violent at times but I find i want to keep watching I suppose all that sort of thing does go on in prison.


Hope we hear how things are going at Gills, perhaps she's still in the bath enjoying all the warm water :-D

I know but it makes my blood boil when they eat my plants. This is whats puts me off of doing my border in past years. I just give up and the weeds take over and the flowers disappear down thier gullets. If thats not enough they tell thier mates and they all come in too.

As I said in my email Mel. Poor clematis but aren’t they cute, so sweet you can’t be cross with them

Sent some pics.

they have just gone

Just looked out the window and a deer came across the garden with TWO babies.

I deleted it Anng It said something about news and it did say you had to fill something out so I thought put it on here and delete it.

But maybe worth checking with Lidl customer services

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see this Mel from Lidl on line.
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2:56 PM · May 29, 2020

So maybe it is the same again.