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Fence painter rang to say tomorrow should be dry until midday. If it is he’ll come tomorrow morning. Very wet here now. Daughter is on her way and should arrive in about 10 minutes.

Morning girls,

Woke at 6.15 for the loo and went back to bed and dropped off again till 9.30am so you could say I had a good sleep.

Its 15 degrees and to expect 6 rainy days later. The sun is out at the mo and the skies are blue with big white clouds.

When I came out to the kitchen this morning to turn the kettle on there was a siskin otside the back door eyeing up the box of mealworms and then as I came and sat down at the pc there is a lovely stag lying in the sun up at the top wall. Yesterday morning I saw a doe and her fawn outside the bedroom window going along the edge by the chickens run. I did'nt take a pic of those just watched and enjoyed them.

BIL should come today and fit the new UV tubes in the big pond filter system he did say about getting osme new seals too so I hope he's not forgotten.

Morning all,

16 degrees and its just started raining ,we were going to walk up and get our tablets and a crab as its market day but rains stopped play and we should have rain all day getting heavier later ,tomorrow should be a drier day so we'll just swap days .

This morning I want to lay all my squares out on the bed as they are all done and see what goes where ,I think I'll take a photo so I can look back ,i might draw a grid with the colour of the square in ,it will help with the making up of it .
Yesterday i bought three of the colours ready for Laceys blanket ,just need to find another shade of pink .

Good morning all. 15 degrees and it has rained although the sun was shining earlier so I don't think we had much rain. Still better than none. Nothing planned just going to get my breakfast, BBL.

Good morning all

No fence painting today; it’s been rained off. I’m pleased to see the rain as the garden needs it but I wish it could have waited another day or two till my fence is finished.

Have a good day whatever the weather where you are.

ann whether I remember this the next time I do it. when I resized mine, the original stayed in my pictures and the changed one was saved elsewhere (and it told me where it was saved. But that may be to do with my Libra instead of microsoft.

It doesn't seem to be cooling down much at all tonight and it's very muggy. We've only had a couple of very light showers today but there is more rain promised for tomorrow. I think our fence painter was hoping to finish tomorrow but I don't think that's going to happen. He's done the fence all up one side of the house and has also done all along the back of the garden but still has to come all the way down the other, longer side.

You're right about prices shooting up again Mandy. I did a bit of shopping in Sainsbury today and I couldn't believe some of the prices. A small, crusty wholemeal loaf that not long ago was 80p and then went up to £1 was £1.30 today. If prices rise much more we'll all be reduced to eating gruel.

Trying to retract your bid on Ebay sounds a bit of a performance Mel. Everything seems to get some complicated now. OH has spent half the day on the phone to BT trying to sort out why our answering machine isn't working properly. It seems to have been something they have done that caused the BT answering system to override our own one. We have ours back now but the only way they could reinstate it was to set it to ring 10 times before the answerphone clicks in. If it rings that many times callers will assume we don't have an answer machine and will ring off before leaving a message. None of this makes sense to me asnd seems unnecessarily complicated. Goodness only knows what will happen when they eveentually put us on the digital system.

Annx, I hope your knee isn't giving you too much trouble after twisting it getting in your shower. What a lot of old crocks we are. My back is much better, just a bit achy, but I haven't tried doing any gardening yet. I've got a good excuse at the moment as I don't want to get in the painter's way ;-) I don't think I can cope with driverless cars - I'll be a nervous wreck. I'll be shouting to the non-existent driver to slow down and watch that bike! I wonder how a driverless car would react to a situation I was in today. Our little cul-de-sac turns out of a very narrow road that leads to the community centre. I turned into this narrow road and there was an ambulance parked near the end of our cul-de-sac but I could get round it to turn in, except as I went to turn I could then see the postman had backed in to our cul-de-sac, blocking the entrance,, and gone off on foot to deliver his letters. I couldn't go anywhere so had to sit there to wait for him to come back, hoping the ambulance wouldn't need to move. Then a car came down the narrow road to get to the community centre. The road isn't wide enough for him to pass so I had to drive down to the community centre, go round the car park there and back up the road. By this time the postman was back and driving away so I could get up to our house. How would the AI in a driverless car be programmed to know what to do in that situation? It makes you think, doesn't it?

Daughter texted a short while ago to say she'll drive up to see us tomorrow if we are going to be in. It will be nice to see her, she's usually good company. I must go and check out the freezer and see what I can give her for lunch. I've got plenty of salad stuff and I think I've got a couple of veggie quiches and some sausage rolls in the freezer still but need to make sure that we haven't already eaten the quiches.

The weather seems to be getting heavier and heavier and I see we now have a yellow warning of rain. It would be good if we had plenty of rain overnight to give the garden a good soaking and then it dries up so the painter can get on and finish.

Mandy, I'm getting muddled with which of the children asked first for the blankets made of the squares. Yes Chelsea might want one when she sees the other two. I can't believe she is nearly 18. Does she have any idea what kind of work she fancies? I had no real idea at her age except jobs my parents shook their heads at.

I just looked and this is what Gov.UK says.

Self-driving vehicles set to be on roads by 2026 as Automated Vehicles Act becomes law.

People will be wary of getting them to start with and goodness knows what they will cost at first. Will the car earn the no claims bonus? Imagine the traffic on the roads if everyone who can't drive could have one as well. China already has battery hubs where electric cars are remotely reversed and lifted while a robot swaps a battery that needs charging for one that's fully charged and you drive away after 5 minutes. The world is changing in ways we never imagined years ago.

Oh yes you certainly have sussed it AnnG so thank you for saying. I've now found that resize option as you describe on mine too and hadn't noticed before. I just need to remember to do a copy of a photo to resize so I still have the original. Your photos are lovely and isn't the meadow colourful and pretty.

Mel I have spent an afternoon sorting something out too, To do with maturing savings I wanted save part to another place. They cocked it up by doing things in the wrong order so it was rejected and will lose me a bit of interest. I've had to write a long letter, fill forms in and put a message on a website so they know what to do now. It took me ages to explain to a helpful young man on the phone, but he finally got it and has had to do some adjustments to allow it to work if I do it again now. It all takes time out of the day though.

I'm late for bed now and need to be up early tomorrow to go to the garden centre for another ball of wool and I might have poached eggs on toast while I'm there. OH has a meeting at the coffee place on the land that was the Hospital's near that old Chapel and my hairdresser.

It has taken me hours to get this bid Iput up retracted. In the end I spoke to a lady and she guided me through it. I was just going around in circles on the Ebay site . Ebay told me to get in touch with the seller but she just did'nt want to know. I told her I had'nt seen that the item was Buyer collects and with no car now I wanted to retract the bid and she told me I had to do it my end. She also said the listing was just the same and if I win to get a courier to collect the parcel.

I have done the bed washing plus a lot more pillowcases and turned a drawer out and chucked a lot of old pillow cases I shall give them toBIL for rags. Managed to change the bed. It seems to get harder each time I do it and I think Em may be away as I hav'nt heard the boys and their football out in the garden. Em will always come and give me a hand with the quilt cover and dit takes no time at all with twoo of you.

I think I have sussed it Ann I will try sending a couple later. It is within the editing programme I (and I think you) already use. along the top left where it says edit there are 5 small icons then three dots. Click on the dots and it gives a re-size option.

Shopping all done and things seem to go up in price each week .

Ann this blanket is for Katie and the next one is for Lacey ,I'm hoping Chelsea won't want one.
If it is a driverless car would it be classed as driving as you'd be a passenger ,might be that in the future no one will need a driving licence or have to pass a test ,I wonder what the insurance will cost .
Jake is still having the odd driving lesson ,his test is November and he said if he doesn't pass it could be another six months before he gets another ,got to feel sorry for those that take several goes at passing as after two years you have to do the theory test again .

Chelsea has now got her provisional licence, mainly for identification I think ,she will be 18 next month , she's job hunting.

Vera hope it stays dry for your painter so he can crack on ,so far its dry here a lovely sunny warm day .

Morning All,

Sunny and not too hot as yet. OH walked up to the village to see if the little Morrisons that have replaced one of the two Co-op stores have any of their nut and seed mix he has now. It's just about the same distance as Vera's is to her little Morrisons! I've been to the shop and it was bedlam driving in as it is the Air Show this weekend and all sorts of historic army vehicles were arriving and a few airplanes were arriving as well as caravanners. I went home the other way past my parent's house and risked being held up at the level crossing.

Yesterday I drove up the M1 to Loughborough to go to the Armstrong Mill Store. Boy those huge lorries accelerate fast now and it was busy. Also new lanes added at the junction exit I wanted but at least I know for another time. I didn't fid any black sandals that I hoped to get. One pair were mule type ones I wanted but were a bit too narrow.

I must do some more nasty weed spraying today as well as some weeding as I think rain is due tomorrow. We had a short downpour yesterday so I hope the weeds will come out a bit easier. I had to rest my left knee yesterday afternoon as I caught it sharply twisting it getting in the bath to have a shower.

Mandy our surgery doesn't open till 8.00am either, so they must be opening early just to do the jabs. My goodness you have an order for more squares now and just as you have nearly finished one. Let's hope Katie doesn't decide she'd like one too or you really will have square eyes! :-)

Mel, it's a pity you weren't warned about your car rust before now so it could have been welded. I even get told how much tread is left on my tyres at the village garage when they do an MOT.

Lovely photos of you among the sunflowers AnnG on that swing big enough for two. I manage to resize photos on a very old student package I bought years ago and still use that. I was just looking online and there are some free resizing sites you can use. I'll have a try myself when I have time as I would like something that is easier to use. The pink Potentlla sounds nice. I have 2 red ones , a large flowered yellow one and an orange one that fades to a peachy colour.

I hope your handyman is progressing well with your jobs Vera and that your back has eased a lot now. Yes we dread the day we won't have a car too. Maybe we'll be ok though as we won't need to drive a driverless car!

Good morning all. sunny and bright here and 16 degrees, we still have not had any rain worth speaking about. I did buy one plant yesterday, Mandy, this time to go in the garden not a pot so I badly need the rain so I can dig a hole for it. A pale pink Potentilla.

Morning Mel ,morning all,

Nice sunny start but we should have showers later ,shopping day so we're just having our cup of tea then we're off .

Morning girls,

15 degrees here and pc is telling me 7 rainy days ahead.

Slept well but woke up hot seeking for a nice cold bit of the bed.

I wonder if I will hear from Stu today as he is due to come to me for dinner tonight.

Mandy there were only the two photos as I can’t work out how to resize the others they are too big to send.

sent pics just two.

Iv'e just fed the fish and had a look in the filter shed and the swallow was sitting but flew out so I popped the mirror on a stick up there and thing I have two eggs and two chicks.

I got two pics of you on the swing with the sunflowers behind you. Thats a hefty swing!

Not done anything much today as I feel so flat................................ Keep thinking I'll go up and get the recycling box back asnd then remembered I hav'nt got the car and it would take me about half an hour at least to get up there by walking. I have done a bit of painting on minitures. I have put lines on a butter maker and it looks much better now.

I am now going to cook the meat for a pie tomorrow and get in the shower. BIL ordered something for the pond and I'm not sure which day its coming so don't want to be in there when the delivery comes.

Lovely photos of you with the sun flowers Anng but I didn't get the others .

It's been a funny day ,sunny one minute then really black clouds as if its going to tip down but its been dry all day .
We had a good hour or more out in the front garden did a bit of dead heading and a bit of weeding but it's so dry ,a nice shower of steady rain would be lovely ,might get some tomorrow.
Did another tomato pick and gave a neighbour some with a cucumber so thats now 75 cucumbers .