General Chat

I,m sweeping stuff up where the cars usually parked while its out of the way hav'nt heard anything yet and don't think I will now its past 5pm.

Raining here now quite a steady rain so I hope it fills the water butts up well ,no watering tonight only the greenhouse .

The shopping cvame with one of the drivers I like it was Carl. He pulled some of the brimbles out of the box hedge for me after I had cut through them while he held the hedge back for me to see. He's a good lad and takes my plastic bags back to the shop for me. He and Dan are the only drivers that will do it nobody will be bothered to walk round the corner and put them in the cage.

Done two lots of washing, one a clothes wash and the next one was all my knee blankets which are mohair and one poly something one which sticks to me fingers so not a favorite. Having a tidy up now so I am ready for if SIL comes.

Afternoon all,

Cloudy at times here with a little sun trying to peep through but its very muggy especially indoors .
Fingers crossed for a dry day for both the weddings on Saturday .

Been shopping this morning just to tescos for a few bits and bobs and QD for a few balls of wool and some more garden twine, going into tescos with their air conditioning oh my goodness when you come out the heat hits you .

Oh that was good you saw your glasses on the floor before your foot did Ann ,that would have more expense and you might have cut your foot .
You did well with your walk ,handy to have the seats there to have a rest as you go round .

Didn't the flowers in Vera's garden look lovely, all the dead heading must take a while though , enjoy the strawberry tea this afternoon.

Mel that was a better water bill you must be relieved it's been sorted out after all that time .

Anng hope you've enjoy your walk by the sea , a bit of sea air will give you an appetite for your meal out tonight .

Good morning all. Like Mel it is bright here, sunny with a lot less wind and 15 degrees. The only forecast dry day so we are going to Siloth. That will be a walk by the sea which is nice. Back here for lunch and a meal out this evening
It seems that the South East has had the best of the weather in recent weeks.

Morning girls,

Quite bright here this morning and there is blue sky and white clouds but its only 15 degrees.

Shopping comes today and there are two subs tonic with a lime twist instead of plain tonic and I ordered some Border biscits that Em like when I bought them for her at Christmas and they have sent shortbreads instead. Its so annoyin g when you buy something a bit different and they hav'nt got it. The biscuits will probably go back.

Iv'e a bit of hand washing to do and I want to wash my hair today so its not so unruley for Saturday.

Good morning all

It’s either 18 or 20 degrees now and will rain this afternoon or it will stay dry depending on which weather app you believe. They both agree it will be 24 this afternoon but one says it will feel like 29 or 30. I haven’t looked at the PC as that will probably say something different. I’m sorry it’s so cool and wet where you are AnnG. I hope it’s nice for the wedding and that goes for Mel too.

I’m glad you found your glasses before you trod on them Annx. Someone I used to work with lost her glasses and turned her house upside down looking for them. Eventually she had to pay out for new ones. Several months later she found them in the bottom of her big chest freezer. How on earth did they get there? I’ve lost an earring and a toe prop in my bedroom and they have never come to light even though everything was moved when I had the carpets cleaned a little while ago. I reckon we’ve all got gremlins in our houses.

I’d better get moving. This morning I’ve got some jobs to do in town, including having my hair cut and this afternoon the Ladies Club has its annual strawberry tea in someone’s garden. I hope it doesn’t rain for that!

The forcast is not much better here for the Saturday wedding either but I do hope it stays dry and dos'nt rain.

I have been pressure washing the car as it goes in for its MOT tomorrow so I have to get it there early to be back for the shopping delivery. I always feel stranded without the car sitting outside. I also did the windows up to the front door as the washer would'nt reach any further.

Now I am soaked so going in the shower now.

First thing this morning it rained here but was sunny near Carlisle at Dobbies, then has rained all afternoon and is absolutely bucketing down. We were supposed to be going out for a meal but have just changed the booking to tomorrow so are staying in now. We would have got soaked getting to the restaurant from where the car was parked, Tomorrow looks like the only dry day up here this week including Saturday the wedding day.

We did enjoy the coffee and coffee and walnut cake. Son in law and I had free lattes and a slice of cake each with the voucher. Daughter had a large black coffee using one of her free coffees for August but paid 30p to increase it to a large one and she had a tiny piece of SiL’s cake. I think my voucher and her free one saved us about £15 so well worth having. I had to use it by 31 August so god to have the opportunity here. With hospital appointments (2) and blood test appointment at the surgery and recovering from the op there may not be the opportunity to use the voucher and I would lose it. Didn’t buy much and can’t buy plants while up here as there is not enough room in the car going home.

Afternoon All,

It's cooler here, 22 degrees at the moment and a gentle breeze blowing. I told OH last night that I was doing a short walk where the ice house is this morning so after his phone appt with the doc he came with me. Following his bone scan his osteoporosis hasn't progressed which is good. Off we went with me intending to walk a third of the way, sit at a picnic table then walk back. We'd just set off when we met an elderly lady with a black spaniel (her friend's dog ) and her own cute little snowy white, Bichon Poodle cross. We had a good natter and then moved on as my knees were beginning to ache. There are 5 seats spaced along the path around the edge and by having a 5 minute sit at each one I managed to walk the full circuit which surprised and pleased me. OH said his hip was beginning to ache as well by then too. Like you Vera, we need to do more walking and intend to start with twice a week for a few weeks and then more often if we can. Then we went to Aldi for some chicken, bacon pasta salads as Asda's subs yesterday were chilli versions and went back along with the mackerel sub that was in a thai green curry sauce! While we were there their black cherries and nectarines looked good, also the mushrooms so we got those and a few other bits. They had a poor selection of laundry stuff and only the plastic pods and bio liquid wash, so I gave those a miss.

I spoke too soon this morning when I said to OH that it made a change to be driving past our Drs surgery instead of turning in. They rang me since lunchtime to book me in for the 3rd tetanus jab, but couldn't book the 2nd MMR one yet as it's too far ahead for their system.

A Buzzard was back perched in the same hedge top last night, but with his back to me again!

As I said in my email Vera, those Heleniums are beautiful, and your big clump reminded me of those clumps you see in stately home borders!

I hope ypu find some nice plants at the garden centre and enjoy using your coupon. It's nice to be able to use these perks we get.

I need to do more HW too Mel and get a wash on to put out tomorrow. It never ends does it! Crikey that's a low water bill! I think ours is about £200 or more a year. What a relief for you though after them asking for so much.

Do any of you do this? I woke this morning and suddenly daren't move in bed as I noticed my glasses weren't at the bedside. One move and I could squash and break them I thought, so gingerly felt around me and on top of the bedclothes......nothing! I then hotched to the side of the bed and peered over at the floor, then spotted them about 6 feet away on the floor near the bottom of the bed. How did they get there?? Good job I didn't stumble across them in the usual semi darkness heading for the toilet.

Enjoy your coffee and cakes Anng and have a lovely day whatever the weather.

Not done much this morning but I have finaly had a water bill and they took the £2000 odd off and now my bill is £22. 54. Thats a bit better is'nt it?

Good morning all, well it says it is 18 degrees here but sitting looking out it has rained so is damp, and dark. And there is a very strong wind coming off the sea. The fruit trees are sometimes almost horizontal. I have gone from one or two layers to two thin ish plus a sweater. It really is more like October. We are going to a Dobbies as I have my birthday offer if two free coffee and cakes.

Morning girls,

A bit dull and dreary here this morning with a very pale grey sky and a bit of wind pc says 18 degrees and partly sunny so I may not be going out there today. Will seehow I feel. Iv'e some washing to do and the house to tidy up and dust and hoover so that should keep my quiet for a while.

Still very warm here, 21 degrees and sunny though the PC says 16 degrees with light rain, but the PC can't quite place where I am so tends to pick a spot in Suffolk or Essex at random. At the moment it still thinks I am at Stansted.

I started out this morning to post a birthday card and then go for a walk. I told OH I wouldn't be much longer than half an hour. However, at the post box I met one of the neighbours from our Close and 40 minutes later we were still chatting. I thought I would ring OH and let him know I would be somewhat longer than I said but he didn't answer either the landline or mobile. So I muttered a few choice words and started out anyway. Then Mr Worryguts wormed his way into my brain and it was, "Suppose he's unwell", "Maybe he's gone into the garden and tripped over" "Perhaps he's fallen on the stairs", so of course I turned round and rushed home. Needless to say, he was right as rain. He'd been in the bathroom when the landline rang and he didn't even hear his mobile. I hadn't left a message on the landline as I was sure I'd get him on his mobile and it didn't occur to him to do 1471 to see who had rung. By this time I needed to start cooking dinner so the walk got abandoned.

I have had a short walk this evening but it was quite warm and muggy. I just did 1.5 miles but I was really dragging my feet for the last bit. I am so unfit these days. I must try and get back to walking more regularly.

Mel, I was going to say the same as Annx. Take some water or a drink of some sort into the garden with you and try to have regular mouthfuls. You do need to keep hydrated.

I haven't done any deadheading yet today and I am getting a bit tired now. I did take a few pics of our helenium but I couldn't get the right angle to really show them off and I'm hopeless as a photographer anyway as I can't see very well and my hands sometimes shake. Anyway, fwiw, I'll send them to you. It might give you an idea of what they look like. It fascinates me that apparently no two flowers have exactly the same colourings and markings. I keep looking but I haven't found two exactly the same yet.

I'm hoping to sleep better tonight as it is supposed to be a bit cooler, then tomorrow it's back to 27 degrees. Hope you all sleep well.

Afternoon All,

Same weather here. It was quite sunny earlier but is just mostly a white sky now. The PC says 'rain stopping soon' but it isn't raining and the ground is dry. There's a bit of breeze which is nice and we have a few windows open and the back door.

Thanks for mentioning youtube Mandy as I hadn't thought of that. I did see a video on a health site that explained to grab the heel inside and pull them inside out to the heel before putting them on your foot. The plastic bag sounds good for sliding them on, but I wonder how you remove the bag then? I'll have to have a look.

Vera that does sound a prolific Helenium! I remember planting I think it might have been a Rudbeckia that was a tall one, when we first moved here and it grew taller than described and got very wide, It flowered over and over like you describe your Helenium and was taller than me.

Try and take a bottle of water out in the garden with you on these hot days Mel. You did a lot yesterday so don't overdo it today.

The dinger just went so I'd better serve lunch. The food delivery is this afternoon so I need to wipe out the fridge and make some space in there.

I hope you have a nice trip to Cockermouth AnnG. I remember dad had a customer in Cockermouth and I used to post parcels to them. You sparked a memory!

A few spots of rain but not enough to wet the ground ,we could do with a little as the ground is so dry plus I would have a night off from the watering .

Morning all,

Cloudy here this morning with bright spells and its 17 degrees. Iv'e nothing planned either Mandy just see how the day takes me. May do a bit more to the thug rose may not. I need to waater my beans, toms and sweet peas and feed the girls of course.

Morning Mandy and all

Our weather is much like Mandy’s. The weather app on my iPad tells me it is raining but will stop in 7 mins but there’s no rain here as far as I can see.

I didn’t get out to the garden till 7.45 last night but I managed half an hour of deadheading. We have a large clump of helenium which gets bigger and bigger even though we divide it up every spring and only plant back about half. It blooms all through the summer and into autumn provided it is deadheaded. It is really prolific so I set myself a target of taking off 100 dead blooms each day. Last night I took off more than that and there were still masses to do.

I’ve no plans for the day. If it doesn’t rain I might try and have a walk as I do need the exercise and I’ve got a couple of phone calls to make but I expect I’ll just potter about for the rest of the day.

Good morning all 14 degrees here and complete cloud cover so far. Off to Cockermouth in a minute. Just for coffee and a look round. Hopefully not likely to be as many visitors there.