General Chat

Morning all,

Raining here and windy so nothing will be done in the garden today ,I have stripped the bed so thats in the machine and I have some ironing to do then I'll find another job no doubt I really need to turn out a few more draws upstairs and a couple of wardrobes and fill a bag or to to take to the clothing bank when we go out .

Morning all,

13 degrees andmostly sunny by the pc . It raned last night before I went to bed and in the night when I got up for the loo in the early hours trouble is when you get rian like that in June it makes the weeds grow even faster.

Just a lazy day today for me as my knee is a bit tight this morning but I may do a bit in the garden if it stays dry. I'll see.

Good morning AnnG and all

What happened to flaming June? It’s 9 degrees, windy and very wet here. The weather app has just told me it’s going to stop raining in 6 minutes and start again 10 minutes later. I was planning to do a bit more in the garden but that won’t be happening now. I’ll do the washing as usual but it will have to go in the drier or be hung around the house and I really need do a bit of shopping and go into the chemist but I don’t feel much like traipsing around in the rain.

I’ve been up quite a while but haven’t dressed or had breakfast yet so that had better be my first job.

Good morning sunny with cloud and 9 degrees. feels cold indoors, not much like June.
Nothing planned, might trim a few bits to fill the bin as it is garden bin collection tomorrow.
I have the PC man coming to give my PC a health check around 12.

It has been cold today but I have not been outside much. Went to New Dawn for lunch , roast beef, and then to Roses Theatre to see Armadaus. It was a local Amdram society production. Very well done and very long two and a half hours plus twenty minute interval. Main character on stage the whole time. Goodness knows how he managed to learn and remember all his lines. Fortunately I read the synopsis on google before I went, but I could actually hear every word of his. Some of the females had soft voices.

Ann I just don't manage the garden now but just do bits here and there and I am hoping they will all join up before they need doing again.

I hav'nt done any gardening today as my knees are complaining too. The hen is still broody and I am only getting two eggs from the new hens. I chuck her out of the nest box in the morning and shut the house pop hole so she can't get back in and I am hoping this will cure her. I had just cleaned out the water bowl this morning and when she came out she had a bit to eat and then went to the water bowl and put her feet in it to scrape and made it all muddy again. She's a blessed nuisance. I just have to remember to open the pop hole when I corn them or none of them will get in the house.

Not done much at all today but it is Sunday a day of rest. Had my big breakfast and ow I am peckish again so I think a salmon and cuecumber roll is on the cards.

Evening All,

It's been cooler and dull a lot of today. What a shame Dr Michael Moseley has been found dead now. I watched his programmes and liked him as he made things easy to understand. The post mortem will find the cause of death but those temperatures were fierce and walking in that rocky terrain when he took a wrong path must have been exhausting.

My knees were sore this morning so I had to hang onto the doorframe to get down our doorstep. I didn't try anything in the garden today, but they stiffened up with sitting for long so I've been getting up and down all day! I must ease up on the garden jobs that involve bending for a day or two. OH dug up a fuschia and pretty bright pink geranium out of the borfer where the neighbour's builder will be starting on her wall tomorrow. He's left them in a humper for me to put in big pots for now. He says a lot of the chionodoxa bulbs came up too so he's saved those for me to replant.

I hope you enjoy your outing and at least you will have had a nice meal and chat AnnG.

The food delivery came this afternoon and the subs were ok so that was good. OH always finds fault with something I've ordered lately and this time it was toilet rolls I'd ordered, when we already had some. What does it matter, they will keep I thought, so he got told 'If you can do better', lol. It's a job I'd be happy to hand over. He did help me by putting most things away including in the garage freezers, even if I won't be able to find what I want! lol. It was still a help.

Vera I wish OH would help clean out cupboards, but I agree it can be frustrating how our bodies complain and ache and hold us up with jobs we would have whizzed through when we were younger.

Window cleaner tomorrow, so an early shower in case he might come. Then I need to swap a top I bought the other day. OH will take me as there is a Works there for him to browse in.

Mel I don't know how you manage such a big garden. I know I couldn't. Is the hen you thought was broody still sitting in the nestbox and does Phil2 still visit?

I hope you are feeling a lot better now Mandy and that the lower dose of iron tablets aren't causing any problems. Did you get your lights all put up?

I've just counted 11 spam emails this weekend.

Good morning

Sun was shining so brightly at 6 am that it hurt my eyes just looking out of the window. Now it’s all cloudy again.

I haven’t got any plans for the day, just take it as it comes.

I hope you enjoy your lunch and theatre trip AnnG. You might like the play more than you think, provided they speak clearly. I saw it yonks ago (1990s?) and really enjoyed it.

13 degrees now but clouded right over, no sun at all and feels quite cold indoors.
Difficult to know what to wear to go out really.

Morning all,

Nice sunny morning here but it's very nippy out ,

Anng hope you enjoy your time out with your friends even if it's not quite your thing its a trip out and a nice lunch out to can't be bad .

Mel I heard the pollen count was going to be very high so have taken a tablet this morning .

Family should be here later for coffee so better just have a hoover round before they get here.

Morning all,

12 degrees and sunny here and pc says high pollen count. We've blue sky wiithh big white clouds and a tiny breeze.

Have a nice lunch and outing Anng I am sure you will enjoy it with your friends.

Bit achey this morning from yesterdays gardening but I shall throw myself into it again today if I can. Every little bit counts in this garden with it being so big you don't notice it though. BIL did notice I had cleaned the decking by my pond and the filter shed so that was good.

I didn't see this until now. How sad Ann, I am so sorry to read your news. It is always so hard to lose a friend. I do remember you mentioning her being a friend from beading. you will miss her.

Good morning all bright and sunny so far but only 8 degrees. apparently it was only going to be 5 degrees over night I quickly nipped out and lifted a small tomato in a pot into the conservatory for overnight. the others are larger so hope they will survive these weird June temperatures we are getting.

I am out for lunch to a pub that none of the 6 of us have been to before. But it has had good comments. then we are going to a production of the play Armadeus in Tewkesbury. I am not sure it is my scene, or if I will be able to hear but it is a trip out. Being picked up at 1215.

O Ann how sad I too remember you knitting her the gloves and how pleased she was with them. Lots of people she helped will miss her greatly.

I'm so sorry to hear of the loss of your friend Annx and send my condolences <3. She sounds a very special lady and I am sure she will be missed by many.

Oh Ann I'm so sorry to hear about your friend passing away ,I remember you knitting her the gloves and you saying she was really pleased with them, she sounds as if she was quite a lady and lived life to the full .

Evening All,

I lost a post on thursday an gave up then! Yesterday I had some upsetting news, as a good friend that I made at a beading course years ago and aged 71, passed away on Wednesday. She was out riding on Saturday and was feeling well and positive when she went into hospital for the operation on Sunday. I didn't know she was having an operation, as she never used to mention things like that, but I knew she had scans from time to time and was being monitored after having lung cancer about 3 years ago. I don't know if it was connected to the operation this time though. She was lucky they found it at that time as a scan after a DVT in her thigh picked it up early and it was operated on and she didn't even need chemo or radiaton afterwards. At the time I knitted her some of the fingerless owl gloves from a pattern of Mandy's and she was over the moon with them and wore them round the house when she came out of hospital. She was a lovely lady, kind in word and deed and always helping people. She had an allotment, but gave most of what she grew away. She lived on her own and never complained or said anything unkind. She did circle dancing, african drumming, sang and played guitar with other musicians, morris dancing. I could fill a page with the things she did to help others. I will really miss her.

Did a bit more cutting down in the garden today. Tired now and going to dive down the freezer for something to eat. Knees a bit sore.

Afternoon all,

Yes just busy Mel we've been out in the garden getting the boarding on the wall ,we were out for most of the day yesterday and it was lovely and warm now today the weather is back to cloud and its quite chilly ,I had just made a coffee about eleven this morning when it started to rain so we had to come in ,Colin did get the brackets up on the boarding and I was hoping to get the little light strings up, I might see if it's stopped now and go out to do them.
I got my tomatoes potted up into the bigger pots and got the plants we bought the other day planted in the pots too .

Oh suns trying shine I'd better get outside and do the lights .

I was about to say Good Morning but I see it's afternoon already. Where has the day gone? Time does seem to rush by when you're busy.

I was awake for part of the night yesterday but did get some sleep so I feel a bit livelier this morning and we've both carried on with kitchen cupboard cleaning. The trouble is these days we can only do a couple before we are aching and tired, particularly if we have to get down on the floor. Pathetic, isn't it. OH cleaned a single cupboard that has some crockery in it and a big double cupboard that holds pots and pans and I cleaned out two sets of 3 drawers. I put a couple of bits out for the tip as each time we clean I put them back but I never use them. I've also put aside a couple of better quality things for the bric-a-brac stall that the ladies club run at the local fete. We also organise the books and plants stalls and run the refreshment room so I think our group do their share for the neighbourhood..

I understand what you are saying about incorporating important anniversaries into general school life somehow AnnG, and I mostly agree with you. It would be easier if there were still a daily whole school (or even part school) assembly. At my school special news or announcements were given out at assembly, sometimes with a brief explanation, and usually followed by a relevant hymn or prayer. Something like that could still work I think if the school were assembled together.

I occasionally make Frittata Mel. It makes a change and can be useful for using up oddments of veg.

It's come over very black and windy and looks as though it's going to rain at any minute. The computer says it's 14 degrees and cloudy, one weather app says it's 15 degrees with light rain and the other says it's 16 degrees and mostly cloudy. I'm not sure how they can all differ like that but I think I'll just stick to looking out of the window to check on the weather.

I can hear movement in the kitchen so I think OH is starting to get lunch. He usually gets our lunchtime snack for about 1 pm and I'm quite peckish today. Enjoy whatever you're doing for the rest of the day. I hope the weather is kind to you - it's getting blacker and blacker here. I might need a light on to see what I am eating.

I meant to say we did'nt hear from Annx yesterday or Mandy I hope they was just busy and nothing is wrong. <3