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22 years!!

I hope you know your log in.

I think regularly logging in helps memory And surely it is a safety feature

OK if I rember I will. I have never logged out in22 years and only logged in when I have done a security update

I was about to say the same as Names. Log out when you have finished tonight and log back on in the morning and see what happens. I don’t see why it would make any difference but it does seem odd that those of us who log out seem able to get back in with no problems.

Ann, try logging out this evening and then logging in tomorrow to see if there is any difference.

On the odd occasion when I couldn’t sleeping would not have any problems logging in in the middle of the night.

Well done Sylvia It does seem to be hit and miss. I was up really early, just after 61m this morning and I have tried every fifteen minutes since then and just got in now at 0740. I just kept getting the error message, sometimes I had five or six goes at trying. I think something must be powrered down over night and they don't worry as much now as there are not many overseas members and not many UK either so it is probably cost cutting, I suppose better than not having GR at all.

I managed to get in!!!

I've had continuous problems with this site.

We have changeable weather ............. sun, temperatures up to 18C or so for 3 or 4 days, then cloudy, temperature down in the low teens, and rainy. There's even been snow on the higher ground.

Otherwise, life goes on its merry way. My daughter was here for 5 days from the 9th to the 14th of May. It was great to see her, she talked a lot to her father, and did some little jobs for me. Her next visit will probably not be until November.

I wish she didn't live so far away! She also wishes we were closer and could see each other more often.

I managed to get in!!!

I've had continuous problems with this site.

We have changeable weather ............. sun, temperatures up to 18C or so for 3 or 4 days, then cloudy, temperature down in the low teens, and rainy. There's even been snow on the higher ground.

Otherwise, life goes on its merry way. My daughter was here for 5 days from the 9th to the 14th of May. It was great to see her, she talked a lot to her father, and did some little jobs for me. Her next visit will probably not be until November.

I wish she didn't live so far away! She also wishes we were closer and could see each other more often.

We have had another cold dreary day, but the sun is out now, far too late to do anything.
The builder turned up yesterday and worked all day. He got over half the steps done, the more difficult ones , but then ran out of cement. He says he is coming back one night this week to finish it. He has all the preparation done and hopefully it won’t take long. I am sure he will come back as he doesn’t get his money until he has finished. They are looking good, but I hoped that he would have got it all finished as I have a lot of plants in the greenhouse which need to go out before we go away next weekend. If he turns up at the start of the week, that should be fine, but if it is later in the week, OH won’t have time to do what he needs to do so I can get the plants in.

Not the nicest of days today, no sun all day just cold & windy, I thought it might rain but it hasn't yet, haven't had any rain for such a long time.

I have had avery lazy day, other than making my meals I haven't done anything else, hope it's a better day tomorrow as I need to get on with the garden work.

The 2 stray cows didn't get into my garden Florence thanks to daughter managing to get them back into the field they had escaped from.
The cows are still quite young & a bit flighty so it's possible they actually jumped the fencing which they can do if they are spooked & start cgarging round the field, ?

Joan.

Afternoon all looking in.

change in the weather today as much cooler and a stiff NE breeze but at least it keeps the beasties away!

decided to water the plants just now and not later as we were busy all yesterday and out for a birthday meal so was far too late when we got back. the plants were oh so dry earlier and def needed lots of water.

My courgette plant is enormous with one flower opened and several more on the way. i never realised how big it would grow. Lots of pea pods now swelling so wont be long until we can eat them.

So glad the cows didnt ruin your garden Joan, what a nuisance they can get out!! The farmer should stockproof them better.

Making chinese chicken wings for tea and have just put them in the oven in a huge dish. Lots of mushrooms and onions too. been awhile since I made this so looking forward to eating later on.

Hope everyone is well today

Florence in the hebrides

:-D

After a cool start first thing it's another lovely sunny day here, a bit of wind but nothing serious.
I am managing to get outside for 1/2 hour bursts throughout the days,so things are beginning to look much better, done quite a lot of trimming here and there, & dealt with a LOT of weeds, not tried the new weed burner yet !!
I'm just a little nervous but once I have tried it out I should be ok, it's a bit smaller than I was expecting so not at all heavy so I should be ok using it !!

Did the weekly shop yesterday, we had to go in the afternoon this time as daughter has to be elsewhere in the morning, I'm not keen at changing my usual shopping time having always done the shop on Thursday morning for very many years.
The checkout staff are different & the shelves are well picked over by late afternoon.

I'm about to venture outside once again & do some more trimming etc, daughter came over on Weds & cut the 2 areas of grass, she has made a lovely job, just wish it would stay short, it takes such a long time to do all the grassed areas, after she had done that she spent some time getting 2 cows back into the field they had escaped from !
Thankfully she managed to get them sorted, if they had stayed in the wrong field they could have then got into my garden !!

Right girls, time to do some work, have a lovley day.

Joan.

You have been lucky with your weather Florence. It has been a horrible day here , grey, cloudy and cold. It is supposed to be sunny again tomorrow, so fingers crossed it happens.

I have had a busy day, it was my slimming class this morning then I had to go shopping for my daughter, answering her “Mum are you busy? “ plea. This afternoon, I had a dental hygienist appointment in Harrogate, so OH came on the bus with me as he wanted to buy some new gardening shoes. The old ones he currently wears are absolutely falling to bits. He looked around while I went to the dentist, but couldn’t find anything suitable. He then for some odd reason looked in Primark and found just what he wanted, reduced to £10. That pleased the Yorkshire man in him :-D

We got back home in plenty of time to collect Eve from her school bus and take her to her piano lesson as we usually do on Thursday, but she phoned to say that she had missed the bus. The choir she is in had been practicing for speech day on Saturday. The rehearsal was supposed to finish at 4 pm, but the teacher wouldn’t let them go until twenty past because she wanted it to be perfect. By the time she got to the coach park, all the buses had left. She wasn’t the only one left behind. That meant we had to do a twenty minute drive to collect her and twenty minutes back, of course :-|

It is an exciting day for them tomorrow because they are going to see the Wiggles show. Esme has a met and greet with them first thing, then they are watching the show about 11am. Despite her teenage years, Eve is actually looking forward to it as well. When the booking opened, they knew that the tickets would be snapped up in seconds. There are two shows in the day, so my daughter was on one ,laptop trying to get tickets for the morning show and son in law on another laptop trying for the afternoon one. Amazingly they both got tickets. They were going to return the afternoon ones, knowing they would be snapped up, but they decided to keep them. SIL will take Eve back to school after the first show and Esme and mum will go to the second one. As they had spare tickets, they have invited Esme’s best friend and her grandma, so they are delighted to be able to go. I am jealous as I would quite liked to have seen them :-)

Good morning all
Another fabulous sunny day here. Our summer has def arrived!

No beach trips today as Tesco coming this morning then after lunch off to visit a friend who was recently widowed and as if that wasnt enough, she slipped last week in her house and broke her ankle!! My poor dear friend.

So taking flowers and some goodies to help cheer her up.

Hope everyone else has this good weather and long may it last.

Florence in the hebrides

Evening all looking in.

Hot & sunny day here so we took a trip to a far flung beach with a picnic. i managed to paddle in the sea for the first time in years!!

We sat on a blanket admiring the view of the beautiful turquoise sea and white sandy beach which stretched for ages.

We decided late afternoon to pack up, drive the long way round home and stopped to get fish suppers for tea.

Lovely end to a beautiful day out :-D

Linda, so hope you get good weather for the half term.

Off out at 9pm to do the mammoth watering task!

Florence in the hebrides

Well, after some lovely days, it is noticeably cooler this morning. I got up early because we are having our annual boiler service this morning. Anytime from 8 am onwards. They said that they would call when they are on the way and at 7.45, thehbdid. He said that he would be here between 8.15 and 8.30. Then he called to say that he had just told that he was going to be audited on this job, so he was having to wait for the auditor, so now it will be more like 9am. At least we know he will do a good job if he is being watched.

I did my school reading on Monday afternoon, but have decided to split in so that I do one class on Monday afternoons, then the second class on Wednesday afternoon. That way, I can get through them all every week.

I did my volunteering at the memory cafe yesterday. It was a games afternoon which everyone enjoyed. It is heartbreaking when you see what dementia can do. There is one really nice couple, probably not much older than me. The husband has really bad dementia, we were playing bagatelle, like a mini pinball. His wife had to put his hand on the knob you pull back to launch the marble. He liked watching it to see if it scored, but then twenty seconds later, he had forgotten what to do to the next marble and so on. He is always happy and smiling and is physically very fit, but he doesn’t seem to remember anything and you can’t hold a conversation with him. While it must be hard for him, I feel so sorry for his wife who has to look after him all day long.

Yesterday, we booked a six night break in a holiday cottage near Seahouses in Northumberland. It will be half term, so my daughter, son in law, and the girls are coming as well. OH and I have been to Northumberland lots of times, but my daughter hasn’t been since she was a teenager, so she is keen to go. Unfortunately the weather looks like it is breaking then, which will be a shame.

Hello to everyone,

Another lovely day here and I have just order some plants from YouGarden. I have used this site many times and not been disappointed so hope it will be the same this time. I have ordered 2 Fuchsia and 3 Acers, small pot ones. We don't have a garden centre near enough for us to go to as we don't drive. We do have a couple of local shops that sell veg plants and bedding plants etc. but I wanted something for my big pots.
The veg part of our garden is coming on nicely as well.

Joan I have an electric weed burner which I have used but OH won't as he says it is too slow. He does like to do things quickly which isn't always the best way. lol. Hope you find it ok to use.

Hope you all enjoy the good weather whatever you are doing.

Morning all
Rather grey and overcast here which was not our forecast grrrr as we had planned a trip out today to some lovely beaches.

Anyway we shall still go for the drive out.

Its quite windy so i hope my newly planted tubs/pots dont get ruined.

Linda, it will take time to get your garden sorted but im sure it will all come together eventually.

Ann hope there are no thunderstorms here! I think i saw it was for the south west of England including Wales and surrounds so hope they are not bad with you.

Better get organised with the picnic etc as supposed to be going at 10.30

Joan hope your new toy does the job but be careful with it.

Have a good day all

Florence in the hebrides

PS, Linda, not had the Pimms yet but hopefully when the sun comes back!

Good morning all 14 degrees here at 0800 so looks like being a warm day. Thunder storms are forecast for later which is what the pot plants don't need. They need gentle rain to penetrate noy hard storms to bounce off. But it will be what it is I suppose.
Linda your garden and greenhouse are all coming together nicely, you have some good fardening years to look forward to. I expect you will go on locating useful stuff until everything is finally sorted out. good that you found it all in the garage before you bought new though.

It has been a lovely day here as well Joan, so I have been pottering away in the garden and greenhouse. I ventured into the garage to look for a new pair of gardening gloves which I remembered buying. I found a couple of boxes of things which really belonged in the greenhouse, so I pinched a couple of wooden trays from the garage and moved the things I wanted into the greenhouse, so now everything is at hand when I want it.
When we first moved in, I gave away some rickety plastic staging from the greenhouse, but now regret it, so OH has set about building a nice long bench from more of the old fence planks. It will be rustic, but sturdy and will give me more surface for all the small pots.

Good afternoon to you all.
It's a lovely sunny day here but we have a bit of a chilly wind which is spoiling things, it has put me off going outside but I have been busy indoors this morning.

I have made Lentil & Bacon soup which doesn't take very long to make, I am going to have some after writing this,there's enough for 2 portions so I will finish it today, not keen on 2nd day soup so I haven't made "too" much.

My new toy arrived on Saturday & I was surprised to see the size of it, it's much smaller than I was expecting so definately not too heavy for me, it does need fixing together so a job for our daughter.

I have done a lot of tidying in the garden &dealt with more of the stubborn weeds manually, i have found quite a few self seeded Primroses dotted about, I have had to leave them where they are as they are too well fixed in the gravel.

Linda, I hope the new chap turns up & does the job re the steps, so annoying when arrangements are made & the person lets you down.

Right I'm offf to have my dinner, the soup smells yummy.

Joan.