General Chat

Morning all,

Think it rained a bit in the night as theres water in my wheelbarrow.

Its 16 degrees and pc says mostly sunny so we'll see.

Car goes in this morning so I want to get there ealy because the shopping comes today.

Hope you all slept well or got enough to take you through the day.

I have no idea what is happening. If anyone can give me a clue I'll try to stop getting these long blank spaces. It only happens on the iPad. You now have the original post without the blank bit but out of order so you appear to be telling me about it before I've posted it.

I am definitely going to bed now.

Evening all

It has been very hot here but with a stiff breeze which has cooled things down a bit. When I couldn't even lay down Friday night I thought I was in for a bad session with my back but it's improving all the time. As the weather was OK I contemplated trying to do a bit more plant tidying and dead heading but then decided that probably wasn't a good idea. I'll wait for a few more days till I am sure I won't set things off again.

I don't like all this talk of h/w. It's making me feel guilty as I'm not doing much. Imho, h/w is for looking at, not for doing. I have done a lot of washing today; all our clothes and bedding for the last week and some dirty old working clothes that OH never seems to think need washing. Just for hygiene reasons I think they ought to occasionally get together with some soap and water.

Those mice in our garage got in to just about every box, bag and container possible. As he is clearing the garage OH is coming across more and more. Today he discovered they had got into a large box of Christmas decorations, wrapping paper etc. They don't seem to have done too much damage there and thank goodness they haven't had a chew of my lovely wreath that goes on the front door at Christmas but I've got to find something else to pack it all away in. They also got into another large box that contained all sorts of souvenirs, momentoes etc. and had a good feed of the stuff. I sat outside at a table shaded by our large parasol and sorted it all out. I've kept very little. Most of it is now in the bin. I felt like I was throwing half my life away but who is going to want things like a pile of silver wedding anniversary cards when we are gone? I did have a bit of a qualm disposing of all my old school reports which my Dad had kept as they really seemed like a bit of family history but the mice had really had a go at them and they were barely legible and did not smell very good. I did keep a packet of cards made by our son and daughter and our grandchildren when they were little but not much else.

I'm now going to look through the desk drawers and see if I can find a couple of reasonably masculine birthday cards. I have to send 2 cards to men, one for Thursday and one for Friday and I have left it very late so they will have to go first class. I keep forgetting that deliveries are so intermittent now and nothing much happens at weekends. If you want to send a card second class and hope to have it arrive on time you have to post it well in advance of the birthday. I did manage to remember to send a good luck card to granddaughter no.3 in good time. She flies to Hong Kong on Saturday for her 6 months with Disney.

I've been awake since 3 am and have managed to keep going all day but I am beginning to droop now and sitting at the computer is also pulling on my dodgy back muscle so I am going to look for these cards and then get myself to bed for an early night. Sleep well everyone

O dear not another long blank page after Vera's post. I wonder what she does that causes that? I expect she will right it in the morning.

Saying night night now as I am worn out tonight and I have to be up early to get my car round to Stu's for its MOT and get back before the shopping arrives.

See you all in the morning sleep tight. :-)

Vera, whatever you did before you seem to have done again. Or your IPad has done it :-D

The only gardening job I have done today was to start on cutting down the peony. I put the stakes away that was holding it up. Only did half as it was too hot.

Yes that is a good idea re pizza I suspect it would depend on how it tasted as to how much of each ingredient was put in. I modified it from one I saw on Facebook which also had basil in it and I haven’t got any basil. I used wine in mine but water or veg stock would be ok. I think it is something that can be played with I had olive oil to roast it in.

Thanks AnnG. I hadn't thought to do that. I wouldn't be able to email many at a time but it would certainly be useful to transfer a few that I want to send elsewhere quickly.

Yes, that sounds like a very healthy sauce and one we would both like. It would be good to top a pizza with instead of a plain tomato sauce too or with pasta or lasagne.

YOu can keep your prawn curry but I would'nt mind a bit of te sauce.

Had something to eat and don't want to do anything now. Just fed the fish and fished a few leaves out of the pond.

Ann with photos from my Iphone and Ipad I just email them to myself. They then appear in downloads and I can transfer them to my Pictures.

I have just roasted a very large tomato (Mel's with some sungold plus a small amount of red onion and a bout half a red pepper. Then I added some red wine and liquidised the lot so I have a concentrated sauce. One half will be used tonight in my prawn curry and the other half I will freeze.

Afternoon All,

It's crept up to 27 degrees now so I'm keeping out of the garden too as the bit of breeze has dropped and it's far too hot. OH has gone to a match about an hour away and taken water, cobs and a banana. This morning I went to the shop while OH did a short walk to pay the papers, too hot to go far. Then we went to Sainsbury's garage to fill my car up and we both did a short stint in the garden when we got back, OH cutting back some brambles coming over and under the fence and me filling two big humpers with self set foxgloves growing on the soil mound that was the raised beds.That topped up the garden bin almost to the top. We both showered and then sorted out a load of old batteries to leave for the bin collection tomorrow. Since OH went I have cleaned the kitchen hob and microwave. I also did a wash of a few bamboo tops I have that can only have a cool wash, as I want to wear one to the hairdresser's tomorrow. So that's me done with chores for today. I've had some soup with yesterday's left over veg added for lunch.

AnnG you did really well getting all that HW done and I see Mel's got the HW bug today too! That does sound a fiddle to do with your photos. I still have a picturecard slot on this PC so it's easy to just transfer the picturecard as you say. My old phone had a microcard, but I just bought a full size picturecard that you slotted the microcard into so that was easy too. My new phone doesn't have a card though and the only way I can download the photos is with a great long cable. As there aren't enough slots to plug it into my PC with everything else I had to buy a hub with several outlets to do it. Similar to you, I keep thinking there should be an easier way but don't know it.

I've given the hoovering and dusting a miss Mandy! You must be near the finish line with the squares. What an achievement doing all those squares. I asked OH if his trainers were covered in cow pat and he assured me that he managed to carefully avoid them all. I hope he's right.

I wonder if Vera managed to have a good night with her back and whether it's a bit better today. It can seem just a twinge sometimes then stiffens up before it starts to ease.

Better do some paperwork now and tidy in here.

Mandy well, if you look back you will note it is quite a while since I last did any HW. I don't know what Mel's excuse is I think she is just copying me :-D :-D

Afternoon all,
Lovely sunny day with a little breeze and 26 degrees.

Here here what's with all this dusting and hoovering :-D I'm afraid I've been quite lazy ,just watered first thing and then enjoyed the sunshine sitting out having coffee and doing another square .

Hope Vera's back is a bit easier today.

26 here now and I have cut the lower leaves off the tom plants and watered what needed watering this mroing while it was still cool.Done the washing up and hoovered the kitchen and diner and am now going to dust the bedroom and hoover that.

Having a rest now and feeling virtuous. I cleaned the bathroom and cloakroom, dusted my bedroom, then cleaned the cooker hob. And finished by vacuuming the lounge dining room, hall and kitchen floors then dusting. I did take several breaks to rest my legs but I am pleased to get it all done. It is too hot (25 degrees) outside to do any gardening. Feels very warm in here as well. Not sure what to do after lunch, maybe just read a book. Although I do have a few letters to catch up with.

Good morning all. 16 degrees and sunny here. Nothing planned today so I will see how it goes. (Looking at the calendar there are several days like that this week.
Slept well again so hoping that will continue now for a while.
Vera hope you are feeling better today.

Ann my problem with photos now is when I download from the camera it is very different. I used to have a slot on the computer for the SD card so put the card in and the photos were immediately in 'my pictures'. Now I have a special USB (more money) with a slot in it. this then goes into the USB slot on the PC which opens up the photos on it. these photos now have to be down loaded into 'my picture' and at the same time put into a folder. The only way I can see to do it is time consuming. sliding the photos from the USB file into the 'My Picture' folder. There may be an easier, less time consuming way but I have not found it yet.

I have just had the Raven knock on the front door twice!

Morning all,

Feels a lot cooler in the morning now and its 15 degrees so far today. Pc says rain for 6 days starting tomorrow.

Nothing planned for today so will just go with the flow.

Hope you all slept well.

Evening all,

It's been 22 degrees here today a nice comfortable temperature,,bit cloudy at times but we did see a little sun.
We are both full we've just had a nice roast chicken meal .

Oh Vera I hope your poor back soon feels better ,its so easy to pull something in the garden ,rest up and don't try to do things to soon .

Oh no Ann not cow pat on his trainers, I think if there is you'll soon know ,I can see them being left outside in the air .

I meant to say that the big tomatoe in the photo was like heart shape ,not sure it showed up in the photo very well , I have several of the big ones coming along now .

I was going to say I've had a lazy day but I did cook the roast and cut the front grass so not to lazy .

Nearly done two more squares ,5 more to go ......I hope , if I've counted right :-0

Mel actually I said there were two big tomatoes then some smaller ones on one plant. Two plants grew the second plant has medium sized tomatoes.

Vera it is so easy to cause problems to your back gardening. Just reaching too far and it is too late. Take it easy now until it is better. Frustrating isn’t it?