General Chat

Morning all

12 degrees, dull as ditchwater and with rain on the way. I guess summer is really over now. Forecast is not looking good for the next few days. It looks as though son will be driving to his meetings and then on to us tomorrow night in the wet and then driving us up to Yorkshire in heavy rain on Friday. I hate the motorways and roads like the A1 when it's wet as they take so many heavy lorries and you can't see a thing for all the spray that gets thrown up.

I've just been making up a bed for son for tomorrow night. All our spare duvets etc are kept in a big but low cupboard. It just goes up to where our steep sloping roof starts so you have to get down on the floor to get stuff in and out. Why is it that the thing you want is always bottom of the pile? I had to pull out all the duvets etc to get to the one I wanted and then shove it all back in again. It hasn't done my back any good at all.

I want to get some geraniums lifted today if I can. So far I've only got up 3 and I have lots. I also want to sort out what I'm taking to Yorkshire and pack it as we are quite busy tomorrow. We're only going for 2 or 3 days but we still need all the washing gear, meds, and some clothes, plus a few bits I've got for the family and a couple of books that one of the granddaughters lent me about a year ago.

I had hoped for a little bit of help from OH but he has decided that all the hinges on the doors have got to be changed and he must make a start today! Why? All the doors have been opening and closing perfectly normally for the 10 years we have lived here so I am sure they will be OK for a few more days, but that's men for you.

Well, as I have got to do everything today, including providing my lord and master with regular top ups of tea and a couple of meals, I had better get on. Have a nice day.

Morning girls on this dark, dull, dreary, damp, dismal, dire, and drizzley day.

14 degrees and heavy rain forcast for me here so I shall be staying in as much as possible today.

Good morning all. 11 degrees and very dark/dull out there, dry so far, supposed to get the storm later. Friend taking me with three large bags of plastic pots, trays and cells for recycling at a small local garden centre. I have discovered the side of the shed against a fence has two slats missing. I don't think rain with get in but I need to look in the garage for something to block the holes. And I think the lawn mower can be moved into the garage for the winter to protect it. A new shed is needed but that means finding somebody to demolish the existing one and erect a new one. Oh and the old one will have to be cleared. And the greenhouse which is a small one attached to the shed.

Sounds like you really enjoyed it and came away with lots of information.

The winds been very strong here most of the day but its been dry up till now when it started to rain a bit.

I don't feel hungry tonight and don't know what to get to eat. Perhaps I will just have bread and jam I like that and its no cooking. Followed by manderin oranges I think.

Hello again. It has been another beautiful sunny day 16 degrees at the moment but the wind is strong and cold. The visit was really interesting and was mostly not cold as we spent a lot of time in the large greenhouses following plants from tiny cuttings to full plants. Goodness knows if I will remember what we were told. We had a very enthusiastic young man speaking to us. It is a small garden centre, a very large nursery and a college of up to 100 horticultural students. They are the Main nursery for growing and protecting Penstemons and have the national collection but also grow lots of other plants such as geraniums and they supply Garden centres, Local councils, hotels etc with plants.

They do have a garden as well which at the moment is still bursting with colour of all sorts of shrubs. They have a large bed of many types of Forsythia as this is an endangered plant. they are working on the preservation of the plant with a lady in Dorset who over the past 2-3 years has taken many cuttings and is growing the national collection.

One interesting piece of information was that when you grow a plant from a cutting it should not be allowed to grow 'up'. Before it is ready to plant out it should have been reduced by cutting back up to 10 times, this will make a really strong bushy plant. When buying plants we should look for a specimen that has obviously been cut back many times.

we went to a very nice pub in Pershore called the Angel for lunch. It was extemely busy and we had a fairly long wait but we were all happy chatting so it didn't matter. I went out at 0930 and got in at 3.45.

O so you know what I meant by Dirty McSquirty Vera.. Thought that would make someone laugh. Yes oh got his brother with it when we first had it over my pond. My pond seems to be quite safe as it has netting all around and over the top but the Heron still stands on the wooden supports over the top to support the fine netting.

I have just turned my heating on as it is bitter here today with a very strong wind blowing all the leaves in oh's pond. I have given up netting them off as there are so many and I am hoping the wind will drop later on and I can do it then.

O gosh what on earth is that yellow thing in the sky out back????? Its not out the front.

Good afternoon all

I had a very busy day yesterday so didn't find time to post and today is going the same way so I thought I'd do a post while I have got a moment.

I hope you enjoyed yourself at the Pershore Nurseries AnnG and it wasn't too cold.

Mel I laughed at your Dirty McSwirty. We had a water squirter that had a motion censor and would squirt the heron if it landed on the wall round our pond. The trouble is I regularly got squirted as well. OH had fixed up a switch nearby so that we could switch it off if we were going to be passing by the squirter but I kept forgetting. In the end we took it down and put a fine black thread about 6 inches above the top of the wall the heron would land on. The bird wouldn't step over it so couldn't get to OH's prize fish. Btw, has the waterboard been to sort out your low pressure yet?

We had our Club AGM last night followed by a quiz which we did in tables of 4. It was good fun with lots of laughter and I won a raffle prize.

Now I must get on and make some phone calls. I have to rebook my choiropody appointment that I cancelled last week, phone the pharmacy at the surgery about reissuing my repeat prescription and phone the hospital about my overdue eye appointment. I am not too worried about that as my eye isn't too bad at the moment but I need to remind them that the doc wanted to see me in 6 weeks and we are now at 10 weeks. I can make these appointments now as WE HAVE A CAR. At last.

It has been so cold here that OH put our heating on this morning. I was hoping to hang it out till after our weekend in Yorkshire but we were both so chilled yesterday that we gave in and put in on. It will be on till next spring now. I expect the bills will start to climb sky high again.

Now I really must get on.

Just went out for a ciggy and there on the decking between the two ponds was a heron.

I shooed it away but it came back and I think it will be back again. I shall have to try and fix up Dirty McSwirty. It may not work with low water pressure but it worth giving it a try.

Morning all,

Pc says rain starting in the next 3 hours and 10 degrees. Its cloudy out there and cold too.

Shopping comes today and my driver is Jamie and I don't have ANY subs which ius surprising as I have been having a couple recently.

May do the ironing today and run the hoover round arm permitting.

Enjoy your time out Anng.

good morning all Just taken ages to get into the PC must have been doing updates over night. don't you just love technology?

slept okish up early as being picked up at 0930 to visit Pershore nurseries. (They are to do with the agricultural college)
5 degrees, very dull and dark but so far dry. tomorrow is not looking good though.

https://pershoregardencentre.co.uk/page/344/home

Yes I wondered about Vera’s car. They will be really cross if it is still not ready.
It doesn’t hurt Mel to have a day doing nothing.

Hope Mandy and Vera are ok.

Wonder if Vera has had any news on the car?

Bet your feet feel nice now Anng.

Not done anything today. Hav'nt felt like it only fed the chickens and fish and fished a few leaves out of the pond.

Think I have a cold as over the weekend I was sneezing nd blowing my nose a lot and had a bit of a sore throat.

Shingles jab is better today but still hurts a bit.

Better get some spuds on for dinner and some broccoli to go with my mince carrots and onions.

Morning girls,

Its quite bright here this morning and we had a frost last night. Its 5 degrees asnd pc says strong winds by 22.00 the sky is blue grey and white and the sun is out the back of the house.

I am going to ring the waterboard again this morning to see when they are coming to put my pressure up as thsi dribble is getting on my nerves having to ages to fill the water jug.

Good morning all 1 degree here and very grey, no sun this morning but dry so far. I have a chiropodist appointment today so will be going into town.

Well I actually ended up having a lovely day. Anne picked me up at 11.45 and took me to the big Tesco. I bought £40 worth of the stuff from my current shopping list which is transferred to tomorrow. I was going to cancel it but I might, instead not have a delivery next weekend.

We had a toastie and a coffee in Tesco then brought the shopping home and then drove down to Slimbridge. It was absolutely beautiful there clear blue skies and brilliant sun and it didn't feel that cold. I really enjoyed it. Loved seeing the flamingoes and two very young otters. As well as all the birds. It was a great afternoon. Lovely to see all the young children enjoying the birds too. And they stood or sat very quietly while the otters were fed and then the girl gave an interesting talk about them

Now I must go and put the rest of the shopping away and find my door keys. I let myself in with them when we came home with the shopping but put them down somewhere and couldn't find them when we went back out. So used another set. they are in here somewhere

edit: Found them, I had dropped them into my bag but into a different compartment to where they usually live. Got to charge up my camera now.

Ah but it was booked for today Mandy so no suety that it won't be cancelled again, although it wasn't last week. I think I will change the time next time

Morning girls,

Its 7 degrees here and sunny blue skies with this wispy cloud to the north and not a breath of wind at the moment.

I had a lie in this morning as I knew nobody was coming. The washing I put out yesterday fared well during the night and shouuld dry today if it stays fine. I do hope Mandy is getting better now with her back and its is'nt giving her so much pain.

My necks a bit stiff today but bearable it should go off as I move about as I think I lay funny last night. I had a dream but cannot for the life of me remember anything about it just that I did'nt like it and was glad it was only a dream.

Morning all,

Lovely sunshine here but boy was it chilly when I woke up ,we haven't had the heating on yet but we have had a couple fires that take the chill off .
My back seemed OK yesterday so I did manage to get all my Geraniums out of the boxes and tubs so that was good as I think there was a bit of frost I could see a little white on next doors summerhouse roof, but this morning it's a bit niggly again so no gardening today.

I had my letter to book my covid jab so got that sorted for next Thursday.

Hope your arm is less painful today Mel

Vera hope you hear about your car tomorrow you don't half miss them when they are in the garage and yours has been in a while now.

I wonder what the problem was with your delivery this week Anng perhaps it might be better having it a different day at least you got it booked for tomorrow so not to bad .

good morning all. I think there was a slight frost last night it is still only 0 degrees, but it is bright and sunny so that is a plus. I do now have my heating on very low but that is taking the chill off.
I also didn't have the shingles jab Mel like Vera. But I did have a mild case of shingles and it was very painful. Daughter also had shingles, hers was more painful than mine and a friend had it in her head and neck and she was really poorly so I am not surprised the vaccination against it is painful.

My arms were not too bad last night, just woke me a few times if I laid on the covid arm. Although the flu arm was a bit painful yesterday evening that seemed fine overnight and is the least achey now. both are just a bit stiff.

I am, for the second week running, very cross with Tesco as they have cancelled my delivery again. According to the delivery lad last week it was a van problem. I am thinking, if it is the same this week why did they accept orders for the same time this week. Luckily Cynth took me to the local Tesco on our way back from the vaccinations and I bought all fresh veg and one lot of meat. I do, of course have food in the freezer and will not run out of anything but if they are going to start being unreliable I will have to have a re-think. Can't email them any more you can only contact by phone or what's app. I used what's app last week for a refund I needed and that worked ok but it was talking to a 'bot', not a human. I have done the same as last week and re-ordered for tomorrow.