General Chat

Love the pics Mel, your lawn is lovely and your plants and bungalow. I'd love to live in a place like your's. The journal looks good, it didn't look as if there was a problem. You've made a lovely job of it. How wonderful to see those chicks walking across the orchard.

Thanks for the photos Mel. Love your bungalow, lawn and the Rhodos.

Sent a pick of th ejournal and the rhodo before the sun got to it.

No I had the error page and thought I would post again to see if the first one came out.

I counted 10 chicks as she went across the orchard. She did'nt come down to the house for corn just went off behind my shed.

2 pheasants Mel :-D :-D

Just seen a pheasent walkk across the top of the garden towards the box hedge with about 9 chicks but she has'nt come out of the hedge. I have put corn down and been waiting outside in the mizzle.

Just seen a pheasent walkk across the top of the garden towards the box hedge with about 9 chicks but she has'nt come out of the hedge. I have put corn down and been waiting outside in the mizzle.

glad you got home with no trouble Annx I am surprised that you didn't get gridlocked around Gloucester as it is the Tall Ships Festival which the world and his wife seems attracted to. did you stop at Gloucester services for lunch? We sometimes go there just to buy meat as their butchers is great.

Good afternoon Gill and all. Gill it is raining very light showers here so OH is in and out of the rain doing jobs. I am not gardening today, trying to rest my foot. pleased your back is better.

Frank, I am envying you the sea food lunch at the beach. Your barbecue sounds nice. We had a barbecue as well but just chicken thighs, sausages and salad. It was very nice though and the first of the year.

Mel, what a shame your journal didn't turn out as well as you hoped, it was a lot of work as well. Will you try again?

Mel, I slept like a log last night, I was in bed and settled down long before Ros came in, and I didn't feel her get into bed. It was 8.30 before I woke this morning.

Just heard that my sister is back inHospital. She was taken last Wednesday very dehydrated. She has been on a drip since. Paul was just going into the hospital, and will leave a message on his FB page when he comes out.

Ros is all showered and dressed sitting in the sunshine. I am now going to have my shower and get dressed. Just shorts and short sleeve shirt, with a light pair of canvas shoes.

See you later.

We've seen two baby bobs under the bird feeder this morning. They must be from the hedge robin and his wife. Shed Robin has'nt been taking more than one worm at a time to his wife so I don't knowif they have made another nest or not or if she has laid and more eggs.

Glad you'r ehaving a great time Frank and enjoying the food and DRINK. Are you still sleeping well?

Good morning to you all, AND GREAT NEWS JANE <3 <3 <3

The little bu@@er had us all worried. I bet he was being nosey somewhere and either the door shut on it's own or by the owner, without knowing was in there. Can you still get away for a few days?? I expect the cattery will still be able to have him.

Mel, there is talk of Conrad keeping Lola. and one of the three pups. The big white one is always hungry, and oncexed, lays on his back with his legs in the air. All of them are quiet mobile, staggering around their little BEDROOM.We all take turns in giving them a cuddle, while Lola looks on. What a great little dog she is. Conrad keeps winding Ros up, by saying he will get a PASSPORT for one of the puppies and have it flown over and delivered to our home address. Eos is very insistent that she does not want another DOG. !!!

Had an Email from Kerry this morning with a photo of Alexander siting with the trein set that we bought him. We also spoke to him on Whatsap last night.

We had our BBQ last night. Conrad cooked Prawns, Octopus, burgers, Asparagus spears in butter, cold new potato's, coleslaw . He even bought me pack of "OLD SPECKLED HEN" saying because I had been good boy, he had treated me. I'm always a good boy lol lol

Glad to see you arrived home safely Ann. I suppose the traffic was busy south bound because of the bank holiday.

We are going out later for lunch. Conrad is again winding Ros up by saying, he will have a job finding a restaurant that do "SUNDAY ROASTS" She doesn't want a roast anyway. I Expect we will find a nice place on a beech somewhere, where we can have a good selection of Sea Foods, piallia (sp) Steaks etc.

I haven't heard anything regarding my sister. So I can only think. "That no news is good news" I will send the boys another message on their FB pages and wait for a reply.

Lovely bright sunny day here. with just a very light breeze. Should be good for a stroll along the promenade either before or after lunch.

Did G & H get away alright for their weekend break. And I hope they are coming to terms with their loss. xxxx

Have a good day all of you and no over eating and drinking. YOU can leave that to ME !!!!

Morning Mel, morning all

As predicted the rain is here so the plants are happy. I see you have some rain to Mel.

What a shame about the journal Mel are you going to make another one, or see if you can fix the one you've already made, if it's possible?

How is everyone today Jane? Is Thomas okay now and not so clingy, it must of been frightening for him, hopefully he'll be back to his usual self soon. Are you still going away, I would if I was you, you both need the break and didn't you say James was home on Monday so he can look after Thomas. He can always ring you if you're needed back home, which I'm sure won't be the case.

I see you got home safe and sound Ann, I can't wait to see all the pictures you've taken, I bet they're lovely, as they always are <3 Now you've just got all the washing to get through, that's the down side to coming home isn't it? :-( Hope all your plants survived like AnnG's did.

Nothing planned for today, it's to wet to do any gardening. My back seems okay this morning so I thought I'd have another restful day again just to make sure it's better. The last thing I want is to over do things and make it bad again.

What is everyone else up to today?

Morning all,

Glad everybody is home safe and sound without too much hassle.

This morning we have light rain and a bit of a wind so no border for me today unless it stops. I was so hot in bed last night and thats not like me. I may do a bit of craft work and I know I hav'nt sent the pics of the journal yet but I was'nt very pleased how it turned out. I did'nt make the side gussets big enough and when I put the corner bits on I pressed too hard on the plyers so it dented them a bit.

Evening Everyone,

Home now and just popped in to see if Thomas had returned. What great news Jane! I bet you could hardly believe your ears when you heard the miaowing. I was going to suggest pictures on lamposts next and offer to do some you could print off, but no need now. It does sound as if he was shut in somewhere with being hungry. Maybe that's why he wouldn't come in......a bit wary of doors closing behind him? Are you packing again now?? Or did you have to cancel?

We got home mid afternoon and had a good journey with little traffic. (6 and a half hours with a drinks stop and then for lunch at Gloucester) The traffic was horrendous and at a standstill for mile after mile coming the other way down to the West Country though!

Off to bed now.......we should sleep like logs!

Iv'e been walking around with a smile on my face ever since I read Jane's post.

Oh Jane, I'm so glad Thomas is home, it sounds like he was shut in somewhere and glad to be home where he'll feel safe again, he must of been so frightened, good job you didn't go away in the end as it sounds like he needs you both right now. It must of been such a relief to hear him last night, now you can relax and enjoy having him back. No doubt though he'll soon be hunting bunnies and back to his old self again. I bet you wish he could talk to let you know what happened to him.

We've been watching the birds coming and going today to Mandy. How nice to see the babies, they do make a lot of noise those starlings, that's how we know they're on our feeder, all the racket they make pushing each other out of the way to get to the food.

2 months is a long time for a cat to go missing AnnG, I bet there were lots of cuddles for a while when he was finally found. Like you said though, he soon got back into the habit of wandering, as most cats do.

We've just started watching the F1, I didn't know Niki Lauda had passed away five days ago, what a shock that was to see on the TV.

Oh brilliant news Jane ,so pleased he's home, he's definitely been shut in if he's hungry as he's a hunter and would have caught some thing .

We're sitting out watching the birds on the feeder ,lots of squarking going on as the starlings have babies they are feeding ,there were four babies the other day then we saw them with six !!

I love all the puppies Frank they are just so cute .

That is good news Jane. When daughter's cat Lucas went missing (for about 2 months) we found him not far from home but not where he would have known where he was. He ran, we think, in a thunder storm and got disorientented. He yowled when he saw us and for three or four days would insist on sitting on our laps and the first night he even came and laid in bed with us laying on me.. Strangely we had been staying there when he disappeared and were staying again when he came back. I have to say he soon got back into the habit of wandering.

O Jane what splendid news. It does sound as though he was shut in somewhere and at least he's not injured. What a silly boy making us all so worried about where he was. I bet you cried with relief when you heard him meowing. So all fed to the brim now and getting plenty of love and cuddles. <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

He is back!!. Gawd knows what has happened but he has not left our sides or the garden .We heard him meowing loudly outside last night but he wouldn't come in .I had to carry him in and he did settle with me in bed.He was almost on my pillow.
I think he might have been shut in somewhere .He was pretty hungry.
He is just not behaving like his normal self and seems to be just needing to be home .

Love the pics of the Puppies :-D :-D OMG they are so cute.

Will catch up with the thread in a bit.