General Chat

Morning girls,

Bright sunny morning so far and pc says 8 degrees and mostly sunny so another lovely day I think. Arn't we lucky with the weather at the mo?

Nothing planned for today just muddle along and do whatever I wish. I have a little parcel to post and shall try online again which sves my diesel.

Emm came for eggs as I said yesterday and she told me the boys have broken up for the Easter Holidays so I may hear some noise. The only noisse I really hear from them is the football being used between them.

Glad DIL had a lovely birthday and many flowers Mandy. I always remember one Mothers Day present my son bought me. It was a packet of cooured primrose seed and I sowed them and had hundreds come up.

Morning all,

Frost here this morning I could see the car roof was white when we got up but the suns soon melted it .

Ann thanks for dil's birthday wishes it was like a florists shop in their lounge as she still had her mother's day flowers as well as birthday flowers she had to hunt for a vase for tye flowers we took ,I had given her some of my vases when I had a sort through my cupboard.

Not sure what we're doing today, might have a go at the greenhouse but son and dil did say they would do it ,they are coming either tomorrow or Wednesday to put the canopy on the gazebo .

Anng it might be busy in town if the schools have broken up for Easter like they have here ,they finished Friday for two and a half weeks .

Good morning all. 0 degree here but clear and sunny. I can't see any signs of a frost but I guess there might have been one earlier. The only young plants I have out are half a dozen lettuce and I did cover them last night so hopefully will be ok.

Mel at least by not gardening you got ahead with your other hobby, sounds like you got a lot done there.

Ann, good idea for your OH to put the ring away until his weight stabilises
I am different, I have always liked rings and have 7 on at the moment, would normally be eight but one gets a bit tight when it is hot so it is on my dressing table. I wear them all the time. I can't see the point in having them these days and not wearing them if they give me pleasure. None of them are big heavy rings though

Vera. That was a pity that the pot had to break but at least you have managed to repot it.

I was thinking about going in to town but The past couple of days the roads have been gridlocked as a large water main needed repairing on a busy main road into the town and there were other road closures elsewhere. It took people 3 hours to get out of the B&Q car park in town. the store were giving car drivers free bottles of water. So, as I don't actually need to go, I shall stay here.

Not done anything much today I've had a day off gardening s my hips and knees have been a bit painful so maybe tomorrow I will do a bit more. I have a nice empty big trailer BIL emptied for me so I am going to bring it round by my pond and clear along the side so I can see the paving slabs again. I also need to cut the rose back at the end of the decking where the new plastic greenhouse will go when I can get someone to put it up for me and screw it down.

Did a bit of painting this morning of bread and 5 trenchers and a stoneware bottle and a raised tudor pie with colour on the top. I also have had a request for some tiny clay pipes and I have had a go but don't think they are any good. I cooked them this morning and hav'nt looked at them yet.

I missed you there Vera! It's a shame about your pot breaking, but I have had two break this winter and both had been fine outside for years. I found my Phygelius was a bit too vigorous in the garden and started spreading and I dug it out in the end, so keep an eye on yours if you plant it in the garden so you can curb it's enthusiasm if necessary.. They do have lovely flowers though.

I've suggested he waits a while to see what weight he is before he gets his ring made smaller AnnG. He has given up the fattening extras the was having and is able to manage walks now so hopefully his weight will stabilise soon. Like me he doesn't wear it in the house for the same reason as your OH didn't with the risk of doing a job where it could be a risk. He said he feels lost without it when he's out, but I hardly ever wear my rings unless I'm going for a special meal. I never have.

I decided to stay in after lunch so didn't get anymore weeding done. I found the same where the garden was in the sun, the weeds were harder to get out without the trowel helping. They are all growing fast now though!

It’s a lovely day again and is reasonably warm in the sun but quite chilly in the shade. There’s an east wind blowing and that always makes it feel cold. It’s supposed to be cold overnight for the next few nights so I’m dithering whether to put fleece back over my agapanthus plants.

I’ve got a phygellus plant in a terracotta pot that I’ve been overwintering in the conservatory. As it’s been getting warmer I’ve been putting it out in the morning and bringing it back in at night but it is so heavy I’ve been struggling to lift it. The pot was starting to break up round the rim so I decided to transfer it to a plastic pot. I found a slightly larger, terracotta coloured pot that was ideal. I put the trowel in the clay pot to ease the plant out and a great chunk of the pot broke off. I had earth and broken pieces of pot everywhere. The rootball was filling the pot. I’ve managed to repot it and can at least manage to lift it now it’s in plastic. I reckon next year it might have to go into the garden.

I’m glad your OH found his wedding ring Annx. Like AnnG’s T. my OH never had one either. It might be wise for G. to put it away safely somewhere until his weight is stable and then get it adjusted.

We had a nice roast chicken today with roast pots and a variety of veg. Usually I do sage and onion stuffing with it but ages ago I made some cranberry and orange relish and I found the last pot still lurking in the freezer so I put that on the table and it was very tasty.

i remade the bed and the bedding is all washed and dry. I also walked down to Irene's to take a couple of books for the stall and a couple of tops for charity. When I came back I had coffee then did half an hour weeding in the garden. Where I was then the weeds came out easily. After lunch I had another go at weeding but the type of weeds (they look like geum leaves) are strong rooted and we really need some rain befor I can get them out. I had my covid jab in my right arm as I sleep on my left. And the covid arm was not happy with pulling tough weeds so I gave up. I then sat under the arbour just about in shade for half an hour reading.

Pleased that your OH found his ring. It sounds like a good idea not to wear it until he has it made smaller. However, how likely is he to stay slimmer? Is it too big for his middle finger? T never had a wedding ring, it was not done so much when we got married. But he would not have worn one anyway as it was too dangerous to wear a ring to work. There was a story of somebody who got a ring stuck when working on an engine and lost his finger. He later had a signet rimg but hardly wore that. Son has ir now.

Just lost the lot.............................................Not doing it agian as I hav't eaten yet and my tm is rumbling. Em's been for eggs and we chatted for ages just as I was about to start lunch.

Afternoon All,

Sunny and warm today so after a short weeding stint on the waterfall flower bed yesterday I did another today while lunch finished cooking and OH went for a short walk. I also went and got another tray of Violas yesterday and finished planting the pots either side of the arbour by the patio. A delivery driver commented on the wall pots by the front door yesterday.

We spent ages looking for OH's wedding ring again that had slipped off when he took me for my covid jab. He doesn't wear it in the bungalow. He didn't get out of the car at the surgery so it had to be at home, in the drive or on the road at home if it rolled down the drive or in the nearly full recycling bin! I'd looked in the drive and on the road, moved furniture in the lounge to look and checked the other rooms and was about to start on the recycling bin when he decided to double check the car again...........and there it was on the driver's seat! He doesn't know how he missed seeing it, but I was glad he spotted it before my marigolds were plunging among the recycling! This time he's taking notice of me and not wearing it till the size has been reduced.

Anng my covid jab I had on Friday is making my arm feel bruised if I catch it now. Other than that I'd forgotten I'd had it. It's nice out in the garden today. I've decided to get a couple of courgette plants to grow in my tomato pots that I can put outside. I can move them around regardless of what alterations we make in the garden then and they need little looking after.

Happy Birthday to your DIL Mandy. You will be seeing her with wrapping presents so will some of your fruit cake be eaten? :-D What a coincidence to see a horse called Maximus, but a shame he didn't run just a bit faster!

I see you have a busy day planned Mel. Don't overdo it will you and careful where you are jabbing that two pronged fork!

I'm just making final decisions on the wall and floor covering for the ensuite so need to pop to the bathroom place in the morning to see if the catalogue colours match their samples which are a bit heavy for me to carry. Then I can carry on to the village with the flooring place to see if the colours in the catalogue look ok with their flooring I fancy.

Morning all,

Bright and sunny again here this morning and its 10 degrees. Pc says high [pollen count today.

Up[ at 6.23am for the loo then fall asleep agin till 10.23am its becoming a habit I think. Probably all the gardening Iv'e been doing and knbees are letting me know today.

I have to empty the garden vac of leaves and deal with a couple mmore brimbles in the wrong places and cut back the shrubs around my pond and find the path along the edge. Strim the corn at Prickly Bottom and thats it.

Good morning all. It is a chilly one again 3 degrees. But the sun is shining and I think it is going to be a nice day again. Slept OK but woke from a dream where T and I were visiting the area from where we moved to here (1992), and meeting all the friends we made there. Waking I realised I am the only one left out of the large group we socialized with. (Used to go to a quite larfe dance once a month for those ten years. I was always the youngest in the group. One of the more sad aspects of growing old.

I don't have plans for today so I will see how it goes.
Vera you asked what I did yesterday. Not a lot, I think the exercise the day before plus the covid jab, slowed me down. I just did jobs around the house, washing, tidying this room a bit preparing for the boys coming next weekend, and I did a much needed job on a pair of pull on indoor trousers that the waist band over the wide elastic had come unravelled so I re-sewed that all round. Not easy, black on black and quite a hard material. I din't do any gardening so maybe I need to get out there today. Still some tidying needing doing. It depends how hot it gets I think.

I have already stripped the bed and got the bedding in the wash. Next thing is shower and hair wash.

What are you like Mel? First you jab a fork through a pipe and then you get stuck!! Good job bil was there to repair the pipe and good that you managed to get up again but please be careful. You don’t want to end up in the pond next time. It’s nice that you can pass your mum’s painting box on to Stu’s daughter as it will be going to someone who will appreciate it and make good use of it.

Shame your horse came second Mandy. I forgot it was the Grand National today. I’ve never had a bet in my life but I usually pick a horse for fun.

Your trip out yesterday sounds very interesting AnnG. What have you been up to today? Is it next weekend your grandson comes?

How did OH get on with the physio Annx? You were kind enough to ask about my daughter. As you might expect she has good days and bad days but is generally managing OK. She finds the best thing for her is to keep busy. Yes, she is now a trustee of the gardens near her home. I’m not sure of all the ins and outs but there were 8 original trustees who resigned at the AGM. I think they were just there temporarily to keep the gardens functioning till they could get people with some knowledge to take over. There has been a bit of vandalism there from teenagers and it was felt that if they could get an education programme going among nursery and primary age children then as they grew up they would view the gardens differently. Daughter worked for an Academy Trust of 15 schools and not only taught but was the lead for child safeguarding and mental health, so she was elected. There was another lady that she already knew who had been doing the same job in other schools and a chap who had been involved in primary school education so they are also trustees now, plus a couple of other people. I won’t bore you with everything she is doing at the moment but I wonder she has time to breathe.

It has been another beautiful sunny day again, though there has been more of a nip in the wind. When our local B & Q closed down it was taken over by B & M. As we knew nothing about them we went out this morning to have a look around and I managed to get a little round stool for £8. I’ve been looking for something like that for a while. OH goes for a walk most mornings and will come in the back door and walk right through the utility, kitchen and hall to sit on the stairs and take his shoes off, dropping bits of earth, dead leaves etc as he goes. Well, now he has a little stool in the uti, right by the back door, and he can sit there to take them off. I spent the rest of the morning doing odd jobs such as watering the indoor plants and then after lunch I did a bit more tidying in the garden. Later I had a delivery from Sainsbury and there was nothing missing and no subs which was good.

The computer is making a strange whirring noise so I think I’m going to close it down now. I slept reasonably well last night so am hoping for the same tonight. I hope you all have a good night as well.

Iv'e just come in from the garden. Dug out a couple of brimbles and got stuck sitting on the edge of my pond. I was determined to get up on my own before ringing someone for help and I did manage it so that was good. Iv'e sucked up lots of dry dead leaves but before I could use the garden vac I charged the battery and then I cold'nt get the battery off the charger so drove up to Janine's and Simon's and he did it for me.

Think I may do myself an omlett with tomato and anice roll and then fruit and cream.

No nothing for second :-(

Second is better thasn last Mandy!!Do you win aything for second?

Good luck Mandy or am I too late.

BIL has been here and I only saw him when I went up the shop as he keeps his new mower at Phil's so drives there and comes down with the mower then when he puts it away he goes off in the car.

I was digging brimbles out of the Hosta bed by my pond and shoved the fork in to give me some stability while climbing on there and I put the two pronged fork right through the pond pipe and it spurted all up my leg!! Just wondering what to do to stop the leak when BIL appeared to say goodbye so he had another job to do for me, mend the pipe. He cut it off and connected back to the pond pump as there was just enough pipe to do it. Thank goodness for BIL's he rescued me again from a silly mistake. Then he came indoors and backed up my pc pictures and some files cos I did'nt know how to do that. Good jobs done but it has'nt helped me with the gardening I was hoping to get done today.

Oh we came second :-(

We were just looking at the names of ths horses in the grand national and thought we'd pick one just for fun not to bet on.
Looking at the runners the first one to come up was I am Maximus and he's 9 same age as Max and I call him Maximus sometimes
Asked son if he had picked any and he said I'll put a bet on I am Maximus for you , never had a bet on a horse before but this was strange that that was the first name I read out .

Morning all,

Nice morning, suns shining but it's very nippy out .

Mel I have all eight of your tom seed come through ,I only planted the sun gold yesterday .

Not sure what we're doing today, j have a pile of ironing to do and I might make a fruit cake , I have dil's presents to wrap up as its her birthday tomorrow.