General Chat

Its 14 here and the suns out and we have had a small shower of rain but I was inside and missed it. I did turn the heating n for a whie as the air inside felt really cold and I was cold so on it went. Its the brightest its been all day now.

Daffodil Gnome is great I love his hat and his buttons on his trousers.

I don't envy you that meeting Vera. Keep your hands down.

We just went somewhere local Vera, five minutes walk a pub restaurant, not posh at all, very basic but the food id good (and cheap) and so is the wine. so just scampi chips and mushi peas for me and son in law and fish and chips, mushy peas and curry sauce for daughter. then she and I shared a chocolate brownie and cream.

Iis 13 degrees here but feel solder and I am just about to put the heating back on.

Hallo from a cold, grey, slightly wet Suffolk. There hasn't been a gleam of sun all day. It's not so wet or windy as yesterday but it feels very cold although the weather apps are saying it's 13 degrees.

I hope you enjoyed your lunch out AnnG. Did you go somewhere nice? I hope your daughter and sil have a good journey back tomorrow.

You've been very busy today Mandy. If you have a bit of spare time I have plenty of garden tidying and pot washing to be done. I don't know how you find time to knit your lovely gnomes. You put me to shame.

I can't believe your door people have to make yet another visit Annx. Let's hope the next visit will be the last one needed.

I've done several odd jobs today plus 4 loads of washing. I did the towels but didn't have any bedding to do apart a couple of pillow cases so where on earth does it all come from? None of it would have dried outside so half has been in the tumble dryer and the rest is hanging around the house. I've also sorted out a Tesco order for delivery on Wednesday. Tonight should be interesting as we have the AGM of the club we both go to. The chairman has already said she is resigning and no-one else is prepared to take it on. I was asked but I did it for a number of years and before that OH did it for 11 years so I think we've done our share. I think it will end up with the 3 remaining committee members trying to run the club BUT one will only take the minutes of meetings (she won't even be called the Secretary), one will only be treasurer which leaves the other one to do all the booking of speakers and any other organising that's needed. She's a lovely lady but, unfortunately, she isn't very good at the job. It could be a very interesting evening!!

Afternoon all,

It's been a dry morning with the odd glimpse of the sun ,I got the bedding on the line first thing and have just got it in as the sky looks a bit iffy but it was all dry ,I cut the last of the green tomatoes off the plants and got a big bowl full and i emptied all the pots ,sprayed the greenhouse with the hose inside and then tomorrow we can get that down and stored away , I washed all the pots and the trays so they are all stored for the winter ,cut the sunflowers down and we now have four tubs to go to the tip

I've finished Daffodil gnome so I'll send a photo .

Just cleaned the girls out as there's no wind today its 13 degrees now and still grey and cloudy.

Morning all,

Dull and dreary damp and dismal but its NOT raining. Pc says 13 degrees and temps drop on Friday.

Just have to check my Asda order today for tomorrows delivery and put together the garden vac and blower BIL bought me for Christmas.

good morning all. only me up so far, showered and hair washed. Better get downstairs now and get myself going. out for lunch today. BBL.

Hi all
Yes home now and my stuff unpacked. No washing done though as no tumble drier and daughter and SiL here until Tuesday so can’t have washing around the house.

Hoping drier will be looked at again Tuesday.

We saw baby great grandson yesterday, five weeks old and he is so cute. Had a long cuddle. Also saw eldest grandson’s house. Such tiny rooms,two up two downs and a fair size kitchen and downstairs bath and shower off the kitchen. Victorian terraced straight on the pavement suits him on his own. He had the boys there when we popped in. But today we, grandson, ex granddaughter in law and the two great grandsons (8 and 11) met up at a garden centre to exchange Christmas presents which daughter will take back on Tuesday. It rained hard down there but when we got as far as Swindon the sun came out and is just going down.

We had a lovely week with good weather, it only rained overnight and today so can’t complain.

Afternoon All,

Wet and windy here too! Some quite heavy rain in the night, so I'll see tomorrow if it was enough to bring the floods back. We've had the heating on for a few 10 minute bursts today. That's enough to get the radiators red hot and then it stays warm enough for a couple of hours.

I hadn't thought about the Squirrels expecting a bad winter with them being so busy filling their cupboards Mandy! I hope they aren't as well. Yes, what picture is your jigsaw that you are starting?

I hope the cake defrosted nicely Vera. Cakes freeze very well don't they and it should be fine after a gentle defrost!

Mel thanks for the photos which are very good. I wish I'd made more effort to see the Northern Lights now as some locals got some good shots that were in the local paper. A lie in is a nice treat when there's no-one coming.

I expect AnnG is home now and probably has a wash done already! I hope the weather for travel was better than here, although the rain has been less than last night.

We had an easy bought chicken and bacon pie today with cauli, carrots, green beans, parsnips, red onions, peas and gravy. Otherwise a lazy day, but I need to pay a bill now and gather together the beads for this pendant as I want to make a start while we watch the 'All Creatures' we recorded.

Mandy sent the pics.

Morning all had a good lie in this morning as there was nothing to get up for. Just sitting here with my coffee on this very wet and windy morning.

Pc is telling temps may reach a high of 20 degrees today and its 15 at the mo. I knew I should have clean the girls out yesterday and I did'nt. It was'nt windy or wet now it will have to wait again.

Enjoy your coffee and cake hope it defrosts ok Vera.

What jig saw did you pick Mandy?

Grey and wet again. It’s quite windy as well today. Friends are arriving at 11 am for coffee and cake which hasn’t defrosted yet so I need to finish off the defrosting in the microwave. We’ll have an early evening dinner today but I want to get the veg done before friends arrive so need to get on.

Safe journey home AnnG.

Morning all,

Bit dull here this morning but dry ,we had a bit of drizzly rain late afternoon yesterday.
Just a lazy day for us today ,we did get a jigsaw out so might start that .

Anng I hope you have /had a lovely day with your great grandson not sure if it was yesterday or today you were meeting him .

Ann the squirrels are busy hiding the nuts this year ,hope it doesn't mean a bad winter .
What a nuisance the company have to come back again to do the door , nothing is organised properly these days, it must be covered in ths guarantee though so they should have to put it right .

Mel bil might not have looked at the mowers but he helped with the ponds so he did get something done for you ,I suppose he's thinking the mowers won't be needed much now so he can sort them in his own time .
I'd like to see his photos of the buzzard and northern lights.

I had written that ages ago.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ann oh had a net over the big pond but I think he used it to cover the top of my pond.

No I had'nt ridden Little Red when I bought him. I had had a dream of what my pony would be like and when I saw him he was just like in my dream. He was £100. He used to come to the PDSA's Christmas party for the animals as his stable was about 200 yards down the road from there where I worked when I left school.

I too had a headache after my jabs and I don'y usually get them but I have felt much better today and the suns been out all day but now its getting cold. Still not eaten yet since two slices of toast this morning so I better raid the freezer.

Afternoon All,

It poured with rain during the night, but it's been lovely spells of sunshine today. I did think about going to Swinford with my camera as there are some lovely trees there that would be looking good with the leaves turning, but decided by the time I got there it would probably be dull again.

A man and 2 youths turned up after lunch yesterday to do the door, but only fixed a new door strip as no-one had told them about the door sill needing replacing and they hadn't got one on the van. :-S They are going to look into it and will get the company to arrange another appointment, but confirmed the door will have to come out. So another day of thumbtwiddling to look forward to from 8.00am in the morning. No-one rang beforehand like we were told they would either. I just hope they don't refuse to do it as we were told it had been agreed to do the work over the phone and I have nothing in writing.

I was off my food and woke with a headache on Thursday and yesterday Mel and put it down to a bug. My jabs were a week and a half ago. I hope you soon feel better. Can't you cover the pond with some fine mesh or plain net curtain when the leaves are coming down? How is your smaller pond doing and have many of your baby fish in there survived? You must have quite a few now if they have bred the last few years. Did you ride the pony before he eventually became yours then Mel? I still miss mine. He was always pleased to see me or the titbit I would have and was a great comfort as well as a means of escape for a sad teenager. Yes I would like to see the pics please. :-)

Mandy there were two Squirrels at the same tree yesterday. One was burying the nuts in the flowerbed in the grass verge so they will get fetched out when the council whip the plants out soon. I used to find buried peanuts when we first moved here.

How interesting to see a great grandson AnnG and seeing the generations unfold. You have managed to do a lot in the past week. I hope it's fine for your trip home again.

I hope your head is better now Vera and that you got all your shopping at Sainsbury's. Fancy your OH digging up your Sea Holly you carefully nurtured! They don't learn do they and I'm not surprised 'words' were said.

BIL has sent me pics of a Buzzard and the Northan Light from Barnstable if you would like to see them let me know.

BIL turned up and did'nt do anything with the mower but he helped me sweep leaves off the decking up to the pond filter shed and we did te filter and he got the top filter out and cleaned that. then I started to get the big net into the pond to fish out lots of leaves it was so heavy he had to take over and empty it on the lawn we did it a couple more times so at least some of the leaves are out of the pond now ready for tomorrows big wind which will blow more down and into the pond. He also took off the roll of wire that was hanging outside the filter shed which I keep banging my head on when doing the scimmer. I swept all the leaves off the back shelf up towards the end where he swept them onto the decking and then on the grass. So quite a bit done outside today I just have to pick up all the leaves off the grass and dump them in the leaf mould bag. He also took away two huge pc boxes to go to the dump and a petrol can to get new fuel for the mower. I think he added and addative to old petrol and had been using that in the mower so when he gets the fresh petrol I am hoping the mower will work ok.

Suns still out here and we had a sit on the long bench by the pond with our coffee soaking up some vitamin D. I do feel better today and I had painted a barrel before he came . I had some toast for breakfast and think its about time I had something else to eat and take my pills. I will say this though if I don't take my pills at lunch time I seem to get more done. I do take one in the morning with my coffee.

Good morning

It's not too cold but is very grey and very wet so nothing will be done in the garden today. OH did quite a bit yesterday and the garden bin, which was emptied on Wednesday, is nearly full again. I did discover later in the day that, without saying anything to me, he had pulled up and binned some sea holly that I had nursed along from a couple of tiny cuttings I was given and which had done well this year. Words were said!!

I developed a migraine so didn't get my shopping yesterday which means I'll have to go out today. I was going into town but I've decided it'll be a quick trip to our nearest shop which is Sainsbury's. You are right about the veg sometimes looking past its best Mandy. There is a family business that have 2 big stalls of fruit and veg in our local market and the stuff is usually very fresh and good quality, though expensive. The market is there on a Saturday but I really don't feel like driving to town, trying to park and then traipsing round the market in the rain, particularly as I will still have to stop at Sainsbury's to get milk.

I hope you are feeling a bit better today Mel.

t will be lovely to meet your great grandson for the first time AnnG. I hope you have a good journey to Portsmouth and don't get caught up in the possible crowds that Gwyn mentioned. I didn't know there was a Great South Run. It doesn't seem to be as well publicised as the Great North Run which we usually have on the TV.

Right, better get on or I won't get to the shops today either.

Morning all,

Suns coming up and burning the mist away its 12 degrees and pc says mmostly cloudy. This date is the first day I had my pony all those years ago and I still remember it. He was MINE at last I had my dream.

I wonder if BIL will turn up today? and try and do something with the mowers. We'll see. I hate having to wait to see if he's going to come and he never ever leets me know what day or even if he's coming and I have asked and asked him to text or ring but no he just turns up when he wants to.