General Chat

Now we have hailstones which won't do the new leaves on the plants much good. :-(

we had a thunderstorm at 11pm last night but it did'nt last too long.

Morning all,

I was awoken at 7am with a call from my pond man to say he was coming tomorrow and not this morning. I had just woken and was gathering myself together and was surprised when the phone rang and it was'nt behaving great.Once I had rung voicemail it would'nt let me hang up but I managed it in the end. So up really early for nothing and have to do it all again tomorrow now.

So pleased to hear from Vera as we were getting worried. Hope you slept well last night and feel better today. Sending love and wishes. <3

Morning all,

Bit early but when we went to bed last night Colin looked out the window and said why have we put the black bin out and everyone else has the green ones out , we'd put the wrong bin out so as I woke at six I nipped out and swapped them over as the bin men come at half past six .
Now having a nice cuppa .

Thank you for your concern AnnG. I've had a few "off" days but I am OKish. I only got 2 hours sleep Sunday night again and couldn't settle to anything all day yesterday though I did manage to get washing done. Last night was better. I was still awake at 2.30 am but then must have dropped off as the next thing I knew it was 8 o'clock. However, I have had 2 sessions of ocular migraine today, 1 this morning and 1 this afternoon. They don't last long, anything from 20 minutes to an hour, but I do have to stop whatever I am doing and sit with my eyes closed until it passes and I can see properly again. They also tend to leave me with a headache.

Yesterday's washing was all clothing so today I got the bedding washed and did a load of towels. No chance of hanging anything out as we'd had a lot of rain during the night and it carried on for most of the morning. Since then there have been a couple of showers. Needless to say, there has been nothing done in the garden for a couple of days

I have just read all the posts and taken in what you have been saying but I won't comment as I don't want to risk my eyes going funny again with looking at the screen too much. I wish you all a good night.

When OH went for a walk this morning he was well wrapped up and got hot. He even changed into a T shirt and shorts when he got home! An hour later when he cooled down he was soon changing into his joggers and put a fleece on!! It was warm in the conservatory where we had lunch, but we put the heating on later. It's raining gently here now, so I'm glad you and Mandy have sent some my way! That's a nuisance about the light, but hopefully it's the fuse. I think a rest today after all you've been doing lately will have done you good.

No Vera again so I hope she is just busy and is ok and not suffering with a migraine.

It has rained here most of the day not too heavy so the garden has liked it but its a bit windy now.

I have felt cold all day today and turned the heating on before my shower. I was going to have it first thign this morning but when I looked at the asda delivery he was only 5 stops away. Now that could be miles away or local so I put it off till this afternoon and then forgot so I eventually had it about 20 mins ago. Not done anything today just sat around doing this and that. Don't feel I have achieved anything though.

My little tom plants have just got their proper leaves so its time to pot them up I think maybe tomorrow.

I have the pond man coming tomorrow to see about the UV light for the big pond. I thought it was looking a touch greenish and I had left the light off when I last did the filter in the week. Switched it on and nothing no light at all. Nick seems to think it may be a fuse and I am hoping thats all it is. He's coming very early in the morning to take a look so I have to be up really early to be ready.

Evening All,

No rain here today, but it was a bit blowy and chilly this morning.

I can't seem to get hold of the local skip people to book a skip for when the fitter comes. I tried the mobile, which said temporarily unavailable at first, but the voicemail worked on Friday so I left a message. I've tried the home number and sent an email, so I hope they get back to me soon. OH thinks they may be on holiday. It's sod's law the bathroom shop have brought out another catalogue and the wash basin I wanted isn't in it! lol. Two steps forward and one back at the moment, so it's a good job the work couldn't be done straightaway.

Yesterday we did a bit more pruning and weeding in the garden and the bin is almost full now. The back garden is beginning to look better, but still a way to go and then the front garden needs the same. Someone has put posts and barbed wire along the back of the bottom fence and ditch so I expect there will be cattle in there soon. The nest in the Blackthorn tree is a Magpie's nest as I've seen one go in there a couple of times. I expect those chicks will be noisy when they want food.

Today I managed to sort through yet more clothes and now have two charity bags full for the shop. Some nearly fit me again but I've decided that peachy colours don't suit my pasty complexion and mostly white hair now. I kept one top with peachy flowers on a navy background as that looked ok. I had to do it in two stints so had a break for lunch.

Happy Birthday to your BIL Mel. I was looking at one of his photos last night! It sounds much easier to see someone at your surgery. Even if we ring on the dot at opening time we can be in a phone queue of over 20. Those ticks seem to be wherever there are deer. The deer park here with the lovely old trees has warning signs about ticks now.

I see you had a successful shopping trip AnnG. I miss the Bon Marche we used to have at the retail park near here. It's Primark now, but the Bon Marche clothes are a better quality. I have woken with a tickly cough once or twice during the night lately and thought it might be hay fever.

I see you have been busy doing jobs Mandy and had a nice, tasty chicken. I should cook a whole one as there is much more flavour. What a lot of sunflowers you grew last year. I planted some last year where they were to grow, but I think the mice must have dug them up to eat. My Marigold seeds have sprouted now though and seem ok in the cold greenhouse. We should get some of your rain tonight and could do with it now, so send it this way please. I think it's the chapel prog again tonight so I wonder what surprises there will be for us! :-D

Had lunch then popped out into the garden and planted another couple of the plants bought at the garden centre last week. Just a few hanging around in the conservatory now. I don't think I mentioned that yesterday I potted on the tomato seedlings. They are now taking their chances in the conservatory, just hope we don't get too many colder nights.

NoVera for a couple of days. I know she was not feeling too good when she last posted so do hope all is OK. <3

Had a nice coffee and chat at sons traffic was a bit clogged up going as there was temporary traffic lights in place someone had crashed yesterday into the control box of the traffic lights ,we called at Aldi on the way home as the traffic had eased a bit by then .

Anng I like the crops in Bon Marche, I need some new ones for this year ,I had a nice pair from there last year in a crinkle material in a nice teal colour they are so comfortable to wear .

Rain stopped at lunch time and the sun tried to peep through but there to much cloud ,it seems a lot colder too .

Went into town had coffee in M&S then bought myself a Tee shirt and a sleeveless tee shirt top then to Bon Marche and bought a pair of crops, all in sage green so, please with that. It kept coming over dark but it didn't rain.

Morning all,

Raining here ,nice steady rain so it will be better for the garden than a heavy rain that runs off and doesn't soak in .
We're off to sons later for coffee and I need a few bits from the shop and the we'll see how the day goes .
We have a load of wood coming on Friday so son and family wil help with bringing that round .

Good morning all. bright and 8 degrees here this morning garden looks damp, but more as if we have had a shower rather than consistent rain. Still every little helps.
Can't really say I slept well. I slept okish, in patches. two hours here, two there then at 0745 woke with a start coughing, something must have caught my throat, like when you are eating and something goes the wrong way. went on for almost 10 minutes.

Morning all,

Looks wet outside so it must have rained in the night. It was steady rain in the evening so I think it may have done the garden a bit of good this time.

BIL's birthday today so I must send him a message.

Shopping day too and I have one of my favorite drivers again this week, its Dan and Iv'e had him do the delivery for the last two weeks so this will be three in a row.

Hope you all slept well.

The roast went down a treat Mel ,we had a busy day got a lot of jobs done ,Colin cut some more wood and i pricked out thirty sunflower plants ,last year I gave dil some and she also took some into the school .
I topped the compost up in the pots where the runner beans are coming up as the compost had sunk down a bit ,I got all the bedding on the line and it all got dry ,I also remade the bed ,got the veg all done for the roast, cleaned the upstairs bathroom but never got round to hoovering up.

That's good the tic came out OK Mel ,you'll have to be careful when your working in the long grass .

I rang the docs first thing and they told me to come down at 9am to see the nurse so thats what I did. She had to use tweezers as it was so small the tick lifter was too big. she did it and told me if I get a rash or flu like symtoms to go back to the docs.

Its just rained here quite hard but only for a little while.

Enjoy your roast today Mandy.

Well I have no idea why Genes could not take my card. Said it was possibly because the number they had was an old card. But the card I am using dates from 2023??? Still all legal again for another year.

Morning all,

Nice and sunny here ,we had a little rain yesterday and I had to push the canopy up on the gazebo to get the rain off this morning ,don't want that coming down on us as we're walking past it.
Got the bedding in the wash so hope I can get that dry and I'm doing the roast today .

Mel ,hope you can get sorted out at the doctors with the tic .

Morning girls,

Quite a bright morning here and its 9 degrees but pc says to expect rain by 3pm. I don't like it whe it says that.

Not stopping to write more as I need to get in the shower and ring the docs to see if they can get this tic off my arm the redness is now getitng bigger.