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AnninGlos

AnninGlos Report 24 Sep 2023 08:10

Good morning all, a very dull one at the moment but I know we are expecting rain. It is supposed to be this morning clearing about 1pm in Tewkesbury which is where I am going. Lunch first the at 2pm a guided walk through the alleyways of Tewkesbury. there are a lot of small alleys in the town with histories.
It is 15 degrees here this morning, a change from yesterday. Although yesterday was a beautiful day with clear blue skies all day until early evening.

AnninGlos

AnninGlos Report 23 Sep 2023 14:51

Mandy yes winter pansies, just 6 for one large tub. But I also planted two crysanths in large pots, one rust and one yellow and an Autumn fern, if there is not too hard a frost they should all last a couple of months. I checked the pots on the gravel and they are all doing ok at the moment.

Vera you will be going stir crazy if they keep the car as long as they said they would. I am sure it will be frustrating for you. I hope that you can get a lift with a friend. I am sure that you should be able to. There must be more than one that owes you a favour.

Ann. Good to have a laugh with a neighbour. Wonder if she will tell him what you were laughing about.
Daughter had both jabs yesterday. I thought she would only get one but apparently now they are saying, if the jabs are an inch apart they can both be in the same arm. she has not complained today so I assume her arm is OK.
I also read on line yesterday that they think the efficacy of the vaccination can last 8 months, although it does deteriorate a bit. It also insinuated that having Covid plus injections gave some lasting immunity.

MillymollyAmanda

MillymollyAmanda Report 23 Sep 2023 13:41

Afternoon all,

Sunny here with fluffy clouds but it was very chilly first thing .

I picked twelve mini cucumbers yesterday and a good bowl of tomatoes the runners are slowing up but there's still quite a few to come .

Vera you will feel lost without the car I know when ours goes in for the mot etc its surprising how you miss it .
Very sad about your friends sister ,I expect they really appreciated a listening ear after having to cope with her passing .

Mel hope your arms are not to tender after the jabs a little bit of crafting will be easier for them than gardening .

Ann your neighbours brave taking on the wild water swimming ,I wonder if he'll continue with it in the winter months even with the wet suit I bet it will still be a bit chilly .

Anng are they winter pansies your planting ,I see they had some on the market also cyclamen too.
Is the cat still calling in .

Better get some jobs done now I need to wash the kitchen and conservatory floor but I'd better give then a hoover first as Max's hair gets every where .

AnninGlos

AnninGlos Report 23 Sep 2023 13:05

I suppose the ornamental ones would only be of use to flower arrangers etc. I used to love corn on the cob dripping with butter but these days my teeth can't tackle them Still like sweetcorn though. It is the only veg my daughter doesn't like.

Oh no go on with the smileys, they brighten the thread. Sorry I misunderstood. :-)

Island

Island Report 23 Sep 2023 11:55

Ann, nooo... it was intended as a big smile to each of you. I'll desist from using them if they are taken the wrong way. The corn cobs will be yellow but 'ornamental' cobs can be grown which are multi coloured - I prefer to grow ones that are edible.

AnninGlos

AnninGlos Report 23 Sep 2023 11:44

Glad they arrived ok Mel, I thought there were some pretty pink ones there.

Island, because you put the two lauging emojis I thought you were insinuating that we had not replies, sorry brain got skewed. Anyway, they were interesting and colourful, especially the corn cob fringe, I assume the corn will still be yellow? Or will it?

Mel Fairy Godmother

Mel Fairy Godmother Report 23 Sep 2023 11:24

Anng Shells arrived safely this morning and thank you very much. I am sure I can use a lot of these. X

Island

Island Report 23 Sep 2023 10:25

You did reply Ann - that's what I said :-D Perhaps my words read completely different to others? Very confusing, could be why princess tippy toes got the hump? :-S

AnninGlos

AnninGlos Report 23 Sep 2023 10:14

Island I did like your photos. I am sure I replied on the email to say I liked the colours. :-)

Mel Fairy Godmother

Mel Fairy Godmother Report 23 Sep 2023 08:57

Morning girls,

It only seems to happen on GR. Anyway its a nice bright but chilly morning here 9 degrees. There was either a little rain in the night or a very heavy dew. I just hope it was'nt a frost as I have a couple of gerainium cutting out on the patio.

I don't know why my typing won't come out and by the morning I have forgotten what I was going to say. I put new batteries in my mouse the other day but they were new but very old if you see what I mean. Perhaps I should try putting new batteries in the keyboard, good ones.

Another thing went on Ebay yesterday so it will be a trip to the post van on Monday.

Just the shop to do today and then perhaps I can get stuck in to some more miniture painting.

This Martian is signing out for the time being.

Island

Island Report 23 Sep 2023 08:55

I think Mel's typing with her mouth full. :-D

Morning Ann and Vera, I'm glad you liked the photos. Good of you to reply :-D :-D

SuffolkVera

SuffolkVera Report 23 Sep 2023 08:30

Morning AnnG and all

I wondered if you had taken a course in Martian and were practising on us Mel :-D. AnnG is right, you need to get someone to sort it out for you. Perhaps you need a different sort of keyboard. Does the problem just happen on Genes or with other sites or emails?

It’s cool but bright this morning. I notice OH has put an extra layer on and it is definitely colder at night.

I haven’t any plans for the day. I’ll try and get a bit more done in the garden.but I can only manage a short spell at a time before my back starts giving me problems. Still, every little helps, as the man from Tesco says.

Have a good day everyone

AnninGlos

AnninGlos Report 23 Sep 2023 08:10

good morning all, the sun is shining first day of autumn and 7 degrees out there at the moment.
Tesco this morning otherwise nothing else on today. I do have a few plants waiting to be planted in a container so I ought to do that.


:-D You have a whole new language Mel. But I get the gist. You do need to get somebody to look at either your keyboard or your PC.

Mel Fairy Godmother

Mel Fairy Godmother Report 22 Sep 2023 22:29

M itwtype agin

Annx

Annx Report 22 Sep 2023 20:20

Evening All,

What an upsetting time for your friends with the seriously ill sister Vera. They will appreciate your kindness and sympathy listening to them at this time as talking can help, as does having a little normality for a while. I see what you mean about our getting older and the effect of hiring and car insurance. All too soon it will start affecting us too,although I hadn'treally thought about it. So unfair if you are fit and well and have had few accidents, that the more experienced have to pay more. I'm not sure I fancy the electric bike suggestion on our main roads that OH made! I hope you can sort out the travel you need to do and manage till you get the car back.

So a jab in each arm as well now Mel. It's our turn a week on Wednesday. OH said when he called for our meds yesterday, that it was chaos at the pharmacy with people wanting jabs. He said some where sitting on the wall outside filling forms in. Isn't it a pain when you can't find something you know is SOMEWHERE. We found lots of FIL's spanners clearing one side of the garage, some huge ones we would never use, so they and some other old tools will be going to the auction in the next few weeks, as we will never use them and I don't fancy the effort of a car boot sale any more. What are the UV lights for......to kill the algae?

What was the subject for your photography this week AnnG? We found it really chilly tonight and so like you 'tested out' out our heating for ten minutes to take the chill off. Like you say, we wanted to be sure it would work ok before it gets colder. I've seen 3 Squirrels in the last couple of days, so it looks like they are stocking their larders now there's a chill in the air.

I had a chuckle with a neighbour last night after OH had gone out. He had agreed that we would fetch a parcel off their doorstep as they needed to go out earlier and she had now come to fetch it. I handed the parcel over and she told me it was a wet suit for her husband. He is a quiet man and she said she had been getting him interested in different hobbies as she was concerned what he would do if anything happened to her. They have already joined the bowls club in one of the villages and like it and her son had decided to take his dad to try out swimming at the local diving centre at one of our disused quarries. I asked 'is he wild swimming then?' and she said he was with a giggle and that he had enjoyed it. So the wet suit was for the colder weather, but she said she thought his waist might now be too big for a wet suit. I told her it would most likely be good and hold it in well and that it being too tight in other important places might be more of a problem and we both had a good laugh. :-D She's going to let me know how he gets on with it. :-)

SuffolkVera

SuffolkVera Report 22 Sep 2023 16:05

Good afternoon all

How are the arms today Mel? I hope they are not too sore. With bil’s help you are getting your pond sorted but sn’t it strange how you can never find the tool you want for a job even though you know you’ve got one somewhere?

The weather is strange today. It was really chilly for a while this morning, then the sun came out and it got quite warm, now it’s overcast and breezy and looks as though it might rain at any minute but there’s no rain forecast. The weather app is telling me that it’s 17 degrees but it doesn’t feel that warm.

I had a bad night and it took me a while to get going this morning but once I got my act together I gave my en-suite and the bathroom a thorough clean and disinfect. I didn’t wash the floors but that can wait until I have the cleaner out for the downstairs tiles. I cleaned some other sinks as well and after lunch managed to do a bit in the garden. Mostly I was clearing pots and troughs of annuals that were near enough dead. They suffered badly with the extreme heat and no watering while we were away. The neighbour and I will have to get together and make sure we don’t go away at the same time again.

Now I am going to check my diary and see what I have on in the next couple of weeks and work out how to get there. I know I have a hair appointment that I can manage by walking there and getting a bus back, but I also have a birthday lunch in an out of the way pub so I shall have to ring around and see if I can cadge a lift to that.

Mel Fairy Godmother

Mel Fairy Godmother Report 22 Sep 2023 14:57

Had Em here for eggs and we talked for quite a while then BIL turned up with two new UV lights for the big pond. He fitted one but needed an adjustabele spaner to get something off. Of all the tools oh had do you think we could find one or a paair of swan necked pliers and I know he had two of three pairs of those as I bought them forr him. No luck there either so we could'nt get the end off to clean the glass tube the lights fit in. So I have one new buld thing in there and an old one. He could'nt stay for lunch as he had to go shopping so off he went. So now I am £45 lighter and had to raid the chickens egg money and my float to pay him.

I did a wash before they all arrived and still had to drain the machine again twice before it would rinse and spin.

Mel Fairy Godmother

Mel Fairy Godmother Report 22 Sep 2023 09:28

Morning Anng and all,

11 degrees here and pc says partly sunny. The suns out at the mo and the deer was lying against the fence out the back when I got up. I had three in here yesterday and BIL took loads of pics. It seem I have a young one with no mum and mum and baby. I have seen them all in the garden twice now.

This morning I have two sore arms so I am going to stay off the pc again today.

BIL said he may come again today but he would see how it goes.

Did'nt wake up till 9.15am this morning which is late for me lately. I did take the extra two paprs last night though and my arms did'nt hurt a bit in the night.

AnninGlos

AnninGlos Report 22 Sep 2023 08:56

Good morning all, a lovely bright sunny morning but still only 7 degrees and the windows are all misted on the outside. autumn is here it seems and goodbye to whatever short bursts of summer we had. I actually tried out my heating yesterday evening, only on very low but I have been caught before in October by a boiler not working.
That reminds me I had better get the boiler serviced sometime soon.

Nothing planned for this morning but photography meeting this afternoon.

AnninGlos

AnninGlos Report 21 Sep 2023 17:21

You are welcome Mel I hope they survive the zroyal Mailnwithout being crushed. And that they are the sort you can use. I will be interested to see what you do with them.