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evening all

We didn't have bad weather today although it was forecasted all we had was a slight rain shower about 3 pm. Ruby had her monthly check up with the nurse at the vets today she was given her flee and tick tablet and a clean bill of health.

Jane it sounds as if the black rabbits could have come from a pet rabbit originally hope you have a good weekend with Hannah & Gareth.

Had some sad news from my youngest SIL when my MIL died she adopted her two cats one of them Mimi decided to move in with one of her neighbours she was 21 years old , they had new neighbours with a rescue greyhound who sadly killed her last week. When ever we visited MIL She used to make a big fuss of Amy even sharing her bed with her during the day

Hope AnnG has a good holiday in Dorset with safe journeys both ways.

Still not feeling 100% but a lot better then I was, the main problem is the feeling tired all the time but at least I'm sleeping well at night.

I am here now Frank. Had a busy day cleaning and clearing all my detritus that I tend to leave all over the place. H*G will be here sometme between 8 and 9 . The place is fit for a King and Queen LOL
The sky is beginning to look a funny colour now .We haven't had any rain at all so far today. Frank why to do you struggle to do your Lawns when Barry can do them for you at a really good price??? Chris did ours this morning .I dont think there will be another chance for a couple of days if the weather is going to be rough. STORM HANNAH...thats my girl :-D :-D.

Anne ,I am sorry you have felt so poorly.The combination with a bug and horrible Hayfever must have been grim. I think the Birch Pollen has been particularly bad this year.We get puffs of Pollen from the Yew Hedge when it is that time and it looks just like smoke . The same from the big Pine Tree. I am glad you are feeling so much better now.
I saw Thomas this morning coming up the garden with a Black Baby Rabbit dangling from his mouth . He went straight under the Yew hedge with it. We have seen Black Rabbits around here for years (not in out garden though) .They are not in big numbers like the brown ones. But I have never seen him with a black one before .I think he has a stash of deheaded bodies under that hedge :-S.I am glad I can't actually see what is there.

Gill it sounds like you can breath at last with all the men gone ,rubbish cleared. Just the sealing of the drive to do. You will get your lives back again :-D :-D.

Frank, I think having a self contained flatlet is ideal for your breaks down with Jan. But it woudn't work if you moved in permanently . You like your own space,love where you live,plus you know no-one else down there. I have always said to Hannah and James we would never move in with them(not that they would want us :-S ) . I think back to when my Nana moved in with Mum and Dad .She did have her own bedroom and little sitting room upstairs looking out over the sea. But after so many years my Mum was a wreck and she just could not cope.Not that Nana was ill or had dementia or anything like that but she could be quite critical of Mum (for no good reason) .It came to the point when it was up to me to put it to Nana that maybe she might like it move into residential care. I felt dreadful ,but she was up for it and it was good for her and my Mum and Dad.Mum and Dad had their lives back and Nana was waited on hand and foot in the home :-D :-D Problem sorted :-D Everyone was happy.

I watched the programme Pubs, Ponds and Power Story of the Village . It was really interesting although the chap who presented it irritated me a bit. . Did anyone else see it?

That's good you are settled in now AnnG. Having said we would never want to go back to the same place year after year, we now do it with where we stay in Cornwall. We know the owners well too, know what to expect and know where everything goes, so there's a nice familiarity. Fortunately there are still new places we haven't seen as well as revisiting the ones we love. Your cottage sounds very close to the sea which is nice. Do you have a view of the sea from it? I hope you have a lovely week and that the weather is kind to you.

After Charmouth next stop was Morrison’s for provisions. We did bring non perishables with us but needed milk, butter, cheeses etc. We were in the at
Rea by 1 pm so a bit early so we bought sausage rolls and drove down to look out over the beach and sea while we ate them. The sun came out then and is still out now at 2.30 we drove the few hundred yards back up to our cottage and met Linda and Tom the owners again. We have benn coming here quite a few years now so they are good friends. It was, as always tiring unpacking and settling in but it helps knowing where everything goes.

Evening all.So, I had just written a very long post when the IPad dipped and it all disappeared, a bit later the same thing happened to OH.
So I might as well break my posts into two short ones. We had heavy rain on the M5 on our way here, we only go a few miles on the motorway so it was not too bad. We left the rain behind when we came into Dorset. We stopped for coffee at Charmluth then sat a while watching the very rough sea.

Where is everyone. ?? No posting since Gill at NOON.

Have had a quiet afternoon watching David Attenborough, on NAT.GEO. all about spider silk, and how they have made a beautiful designed sheet. They harvested 1,650,000 spiders, and MILKED THEM every twenty five days until they had enough silk. The spiders were all returned to the wild unharmed. Fascinating or what. !!!

Sirloin steaks, chips, mushrooms, fried onions, grilled tomatoes and peppered sauce, for dinner tonight, so we won't be going hungry.

You have had one GREAT experience with the alterations to next door Gill. Not something you would want again. Have you thought anymore about moving.?? When we go to Paignton, we pass an area of bungalows, that have wonderful views across the roof tops to the sea. No idea what sort of price they are, but I did see 5 for sale, but on the wrong side of the road, if you know what I mean.Not that we are thinking of selling up and moving down there. Jan did mention, that we should sell up and move in with her. We have a virtually self contained flatlet, they we stay in when down there. BUT there is no way I could be in that close to her. Anyway, there is talk that Conrad, may never return to live in the U.K. So they would sell up and move permanently to Spain. If and when that happens, TIME WILL TELL. !!!!

Started raining earlier, and the wind is getting up. The weekend is forecast to be high winds and LOTS of rain, so batten down the hatches.

I won't be going anywhere tonight, so it can do what it likes, weather wise. ;-) ;-) ;-)

Morning all

Raining here and the wind is getting up, so we've only been in the back garden for an hour dodging the rain. I've moved a lot of forget me knots to the back border so I now have them all along there and they look lovely. OH brushed up all the leaves that have blown around so they don't go under the wooden base under the shed. We had one put there to level the ground and there are gaps so we don't want rubbish blowing under it.

I was looking at your problem with your post about your side panels of fencing Mandy. If next door have got taller ones could you not just take your shorter ones out and you'll then be left with their fence to look at rather than two different size ones, it would save you a lot of money, then if the post are wooden on your side and they haven't attached their fence to them you could cut them off at ground level. If the posts have been used you could trail some nice plants up them. Just a thought but it would save you so much money and hard work. That's what I'd do if it was me, plus you would gain some more garden for free. Good that Colin got his phone back, pity about the weather though. Hope the physio works well for him.

I thought you had someone come and cut your lawns for you Frank, at least you had the nice weather to sort them out and I bet they look much better now. Pleased to see you had a good nights sleep, I slept for 10 hours last night which is unusual for me. Mind you I didn't feel very well yesterday had a bit of a sickness bug. My mum called around yesterday to give Sandra her birthday card and told me there was a 24 hour bug doing the rounds so I must of had it as I feel back to normal today. Enjoy your book, what are you reading now?

I didn't do any of OH's tree yesterday so I'm going to take another look at it today. The weather is to bad to go out anywhere so it'll keep me busy for a few hours. The workmen have left next door now and I noticed all the rubbish has gone from the front garden so maybe everything is finished inside now, so just the drive to be sealed next week, unless the new owners go ahead with their plans for two gates, but if they are looking at selling they may not bother with those now......time will tell.

Good you had a nice nights sleep Frank. Now after all that mowing I think you deserve a good sit down with your book.

Mandy I love the doll you made for lacey. I think its nicer than the unicorn dolls. Just love the colour combinations. All my favorites. She so cute. You should m ake some and sell them.

Good morning Ann and Mel, and to all my other FRIENDS,


Nice morning here apart from the cold breeze, Slept well last night and was in the garden by 9.00 am trimming round the lawn edges. Then out came thew mower. Front first then the back. I have just come in. I did have a few sit downs while I was out there, but now I feel completely whacked. !!!

Hope you enjoyed your stay in Devon Ann. Brixham is a place I could easerly live. such a lot seem to be going on there, and beautiful surroundings. Hope you enjoy your week in Dorset also.

Mel, It seems we left the drizzle behind us. It did rain for a while Wednesday evening, but I noticed this morning, that the garden is as hard as rock, so if we don't get any rain, I will have to get the new sprinkler out. ;-) ;-) ;-) Another new toy I bought. !!!

Naughty boy again, I came straight to the current page, and din't look back to see what you all have been up to. NOTHING NAUGHTY I HOPE. lol lol.

Simon rang yesterday, he and Sally managed to use the Narrow boat over Easter, even though there is a seal that has come loose and is leaking water slightly. So the Engineer chap is coming back to fix it. He said how HOT it was around here over Easter. So it seems we were all lucky weather wise.

I'm now going to stretch out for an hour with my book. My body doesn't feel as though it belongs to me. If this is getting old, I DON'T LIKE IT. :-P :-P :-P

Enjoy what ever you are doing today Girls. xxxx

Safe journey Ann.

Morning all,

Dull here and its been raining and still is that light stuff that gets everywhere. Don't think there's much in the way of wind but I hav'nt been out yet.

It was quite chilly yesterday evening and I had the heating on for a bit as I was so cold.

On our way to Dorset today. A grey but dry start to the day here.

I'm glad your feeling better now Anne. Hopefully its all over now and you can get back to normal. Has Ruby been good lately? I hope she looked after you while you were off colour.

Good evening all

I have been feeling much better today so have been catching up with the housework, ironing etc. I must have had one of the bugs that have been doing the rounds plus my hay fever has been really bad this last couple of weeks. you could actually see the pollen coming off the silver birch .It's better today now it's been raining and turned colder.

I will see if I can catch up on the posts tomorrow but I have seen all the lovely photos on the e-mails

Oh you were lucky then today AnnG with the weather .It is not looking so clever for the weekend .Maybe Dorset will miss any rain :-D Fingers crossed.
That was a pain having to go back to get OH's phone Mandy :-S Does he keep the phone in his back pocket? I often see phones poking out of peoples back pockets and think how easy it is for them to be nicked.
I hope the excercises will help him .Does he just lean forward when walking rather than bent?I lean forward (I remind myself of my Mum :-S :-S) I should do my exercises .They do help.It is just remembering to do the blooming things!

Next door have been away for a couple of days but are back now. They have just put the recycling bins out, but the Bin Men came today. They must think it is Wednesday today :-S. Maybe in the morning they will realise nobody elses bins are out :-D

Time to eat now :-D

We have thunder. Its been rolling around for a while now.

We've had lots of rain but the sun is out now. OH has just said we're in for stormy weather on Saturday, typical as we were hoping to take Sandra out for her birthday, so we're going to wait and take her out the following week if the weather improves. We'd like to take her back to Chester Zoo but no animals will be out in a storm so we'd rather wait until it's sunny again.

Pleased to see you made it home okay Frank, the journey sounded horrendous with all that rain, Ros did well to get you both home safely. Be careful sorting out the shower, you don't want to have any accidents.

You card must of been the brown envelope then Jane as that had a snowman stamp on it. Sorry to hear you're in pain with your back now, I hope you feel better soon so you can enjoy your time with Hannah and Gareth.

I love the photo's Ann, I noticed you had sent it first time around to my old email address, but I have it now and they were fascinating to see. It sounds like you have lots yet to do in your garden. My mum said it was a lovely sea of blue as she came through the side gate earlier. We have moved the Tulips out now as they had gone over and replaced them with lots of pots of bluebells and that's what she was commenting on.

Love the photo of the doll Mandy, you are very clever especially making it without a pattern.

The problem we'll have is the skips being delivered over the road, the road is narrow and their wall was hit when the skip was delivered next door, so there's a chance our post could be hit again if it's the same driver. Apart from that there shouldn't be to much else to worry about apart from the noise and vans everywhere. We're hoping to put them off having the boss from next door if we can, we shouldn't be to hard once we tell them what's been going on.

Evening all. We have been very lucky today. One shower when at breakfast and then a mixture of cloud and very warm sunshine although very breezy. We went to Brixham and Paignton on the buses and only walked three miles today. All packed now for moving to Dorset tomorrow.

Evening all,

We've had sun shine and showers ,Colin had his appointment to see the Physio at our little hospital in town ,he has trouble walking very far and is quite bent over when he does walk, he knows after having his scan that he has general wear and tear on his spine and he now has some exercises to do and has to go back in May ,she's hoping she can get him walking more upright which should help the pain he has when he walks .
We got home and he remembered he had left his phone at the hospital ,it had slipped out of his pocket and the lady laid it on the side so back we went by that time the rain was coming down .
I did hang my bedding out after lunch ,i had to keep an eye on it but in did get it all dry with the lovely blow .

Glad you got home safely Frank ,Ros does well to drive all that way and driving in the rain can be very draining with all the spray coming off those big lorries that come sailing past .

As Ann said Gill maybe when people move in the properties over the road from you they will have their own builders and it is over the road so shouldn't be as bad as all the trouble you've had from next door .
I think i used a snowman stamp on the card i sent Sandra :-D we must have all had them left over from Christmas . :-D

That's a lot of bags for the tip Ann it's surprising how the bags soon fill up .
So you need new panels in the garden ,we need some new ones down the side as we had short ones up and then next door put taller ones up so we see all the backs of their panels .
That's good you have an earlier appointment to see the surgeon but i bet you will be wondering now if it will affect your holiday ,they might have you in after seeing him .

Suns out now .

Well ,would you believe it. After waiting for rain and then deciding it wasn't coming I just went out to hang 3 bits on the line and as soon as I got the first thing up down it came :-S :-S.It's only Hannahs dressing gown .I am not sure she even uses it but it has been hanging on the back of the door for so long so will have been very dusty.

Ann ,will this mean that you might have your op just after your hols now if you are seeing the surgeon so much earlier? Get on that bike :-D :-D. No Puddings :-D :-D
I am still waiting for my date .I am assuming it will still be around June 20th as that is when the lady said it was likely.But who knows.
You seem to have a lot planned for making your garden easier for you which makes sense now.Would it upset you if you felt you had to move? I am sure we will one day.
The thought of all the upheaval and sorting out all the stuff in the house is quite daunting.We have so much :-S

What you said about being tied to a chair and having gaffer tape stuck over your mouth and not being able to breath through your nose made me feel a bit claustrophobic LOLOL

Frank ,you be careful now in that shower fixing the new one.You always seem to have bumps and falls in there :-S
You are a softy like me when it comes to the birds :-D. I got more food this morning for them. Tescos have packs of Sunflower Hearts 2 for £2 .One pack £1.75. I mix the sunflower hearts with those suet pellets. I dont use Bird Seed in the window feeder .

Cordon Bleu Dinner tonight (NOT :-D)...... I am having Eggs on Toast with Baked Beans, Chris a ready Cottage Pie and James Burgers and Sweet Potao Wedges .
We seem to have so many eggs (3 boxes) . I know that a lot will be used when H&G are here as Gareth does cooked breakfasts.His Poached eggs are great.
On Saturday morning Chris and James are booked for a Clay Pigeon Shooting session somewhere near Bedford.It is James's Birthday Present for his Dad (which was in Jan). Hannah is going to try and get in touch with the place to see if it is possible to add Gareth .It would be nice if the 3 'boys' could all go together.

I am looking out the window now and it looks like wall to wall sunshine..I think there might be some clouds though looming again.

Don't know about that Ann as oh deals with the water bill, leccy and telephone so I never see those bills. Have you not put anymore of MIL stuff in the garage up for sale lately?

I do hope our Anne is ok as you lot mentioning it has made me worried now.

Oh has been pressure washing the decking outside his filter shed and got soaked and cold so he came in and had a nice shower. I thought we were going for petrol today but with it keep pouring we hav'nt bothered. I cook a pork loin last night but it was a bit late so I did toasted cheese sandwiches and we have the pork cold tonihgt with chips and peas so nice and easy.