General Chat

Afternoon All,

Sunny and breezy here........I've come in for a fizzy drink with ice!! OH didn't go for the chippings in the end yesterday, but we went to the builder's merchant up the road and got some this morning......cheaper too, on special offer!!

I like the sound of all those veg Kim,.....purple veg are supposed to be very good for you, but I haven't tried purple carrots....yet.

Just been and done more watering........OH never seems to give things enough, but keeps telling me they have had plenty!! I know they haven't.....he's far too quick!! lol Picked some, landcress, tiny beetroot leaves, rocket, radishes and purple lettuce for later. The tomatoes are doing well and should be turning colour soon.

Better go and do a bit of HW now and then back to looking at the cataogues to decide which slabs to have??

Mel I burnt the surface on some canes to make stripes on them one year. They were for sweet peas in a pot and looked very effective. We have the tiny red spiders all over the white window frames at the moment. They are there for about 3 weeks, then they vanish.

I have sent photos, or at least tried to.

The Wind! The Wind! is so strong.But it's a very warm one.Strappy top and shorts for me.
Hannah and her pals are having a BBQ later and pitching the tent (trial run) so they know how to put it up before they go to Glastonbury.It says it should take 30 minutes !!.I said to time themselves lol

Chris has just pulled the first 2 garlic up.They look good.I think we have Pea Weavil on a couple of the Pea plants,so they will be sprayed later.I think everything will have to have a really good watering today as some of the veg is beginning to look a bit tired with a few leafs starting to look yellow.

Your poor neighbour Kim,having to miss his Mum's funeral and being so ill himself.It doesn't really sound very good for him does it.I just hope he is pain free and comfortable for whatever time he has.

Sorry I haven't commented on all your posts now ,but I have read them all.I need to get on with some things.BBL

Anne the pics are lovely...thank you. That place looks so tranquil and restful......I like the lily sculpture thingy in the water. Yes a hosepipe will make things a lot easier, watering the pots. We have decided to get another water butt for behind the greenhouse......we will have 5 then, 2 behind the greenhouse and 3 behind the shed!! The greenhouse roof is bigger than the shed roof and I have a pipe come through the corner of the greenhouse to water direct from the butt, and that gets used quite quickly, so it will last longer with 2 butts.

I've cleaned the kitchen and boiled some eggs to go with our salad.......now I need to sort the house insurance........OH watching the darts now!!

Me again.
I was just thinking our Shirl still hasn't been back.Has anyone heard from her?
And Sheila hasn't been about for a while either.Maybe she is in Wales with Jessica and April and little Matt.

I have had to come in as the wind is just making my eyes run,even with sun glasses on

Ann ,I thought you were going away for the night(or did I get it wrong)?
Anne,I hope you enjoy your Italian meal and the Concert tonight.

Mandy,I was looking at my cropped trousers ,but they all seem so wide.Maybe I have got used to my slim legged jeans.I like the word Slim lol

Frank I will come to you tomorrow for lunch but if you don't mind will give the Broad Beans a miss
I'm not doing a roast this weekend.Tonight it is Pork Steaks,with a mushroom whole grain mustard and creme fraiche sauce(not sure how well that will turn out),saute Charlotte Potatoes,Asparagus,baby carrots,and flipping spinach (again)I'm getting fed up with it already lol

I had my dress arrive yesterday for the wedding in July.I think it will be fine,but it is longer than I was hoping.It's only because I am such a short a***.I said to Hannah I thought I should have it shortened .But she says it looks nice just as it is,and to leave it.I'm not sure really

Have I missed some pics? will check my emails

Thanks Anne.What a beautiful place that is.Lovely photos.It looks so peaceful there.
Ann,how do you set a pipe up on the greenhouse.Do you have some kind of guttering for the water to go in the pipe and then into the Butt.We haven't got any Butts.Mind you at the moment they would remain empty lol.Where is some rain????I think we are all desperate.

Good to know that photos received. have spent afternoon doing some research but still get lots of error notices. have contacted genes but not much help, so frustrating.
It is getting colder and colder, hubby now in trousers and muttering.
Going to get ready for the evening now

Thanks Anne for the lovely photo's,

Still dull here we have had no sun but a good breeze so have got my washing dry. OH managed to cut the lawns today and do some weeding, I ironed work shirts and sorted out some clothes for the charity bag that came through the door.
we certainly feel we getting on top of our list of Jobs, still no cupboard for the fish tank , OH has had no e-mail to say when it will arrive,

Well i was right ,hubby wanted the money for some flowers , i have a lovely vase of Yellow/orange Roses !! two boxes of chocolates !! a bar of Dark chocolate ,oh and a bag of Salted Peanuts!!! because i know you love them he said LOL

Lovely photo's Anne, thank you , it does look a nice place to walk round ,i like the lily thing too.

So there fun and games round your place then Jane ,with trying to put a tent up in the wind LOL i think you can get tents now that you just inflate !! no poles to cope with .
What colour is your dress Jane ? i'am sure it must look nice as Hannah would soon say if it didn't wouldn't she ?

Ann, you will have a long way to go to catch up with a chap on the television the other night, he had loads of water butts in his garden , i think it was Thirty some thing !!! they were everywhere ,but it was a big place .
We don't have any butts , but we are thinking about having one behind the shed .
Dad use to collect the water from his green house roof , i think he had a piece of small guttering rigged up some how , he always had a full butt of water so it must have worked .

Just ordered the Chinese for later , we'll collect it as we come home from sisters about eight thirty .

I have sent you an EM Jane.

That is what I must do Fiona, sort some clothes out for a charity bag. It is breezier still here now, the house doors are rattling!!

There is a hungry man on the prowl in the kitchen!! I'd better get some tea I think........simple salad and cold meats.

Hope you have a nice evening Anne.

Evening all

The sun has finely come out and it's 8.15 would you believe it,
still its nice to see it anyway.
We had lasagne for dinner which was great. followed by fruit and ice cream.
only thing is the mess it leaves in the casserole, I will have to steep it for an hour or so before I put it in the dishwasher,

what a lot of goodies you got Mandy, bet those chocolates don't last long, I know they wouldn't in my house. Not keen on dark chocolate and I can't eat nuts so they would be safe lol

Is it your wedding anniversary Mandy?? If so, I hope you have had a lovely time today. All those choccies are making me drool, I'll pass on the peanuts though, OH would love them!!. The roses sound gorgeous in those colours. I remember a neglected tangerine coloured rose when I moved in my previous house. It was ancient but so gorgeous I kept it and pruned and fed it and it had beautiful big flowers after that. I never did find out the name of it.

Crikey.....that's a lot of water butts!! Mine are out of sight.....you'd need a big shed to hide 31!!! I bet he doesn't run out very quickly.

If Hannah says the dress is ok Jane, I think I'd leave it as it is. Is that the whole outfit sorted now??

Last night OH asked me how canals got filled with water?? I haven't a clue if there wasn't a river close by.......anyone know? I'm sure it can't have been just rainwater.........would take ages!! lol

Our Chinese was lovely , all full up now .

Ann, tomorrow is our Anniversary , 35 years !! i was pleased with the roses they are pretty.

The Rose people found out the name of the other old rose we have in the garden , it's a Victorian Bourbon Queen Rose ,another one with a really heavy perfume .

Don't know how canals were filled , they must have filled them some how , maybe from rivers ?

Thanks Maureen for your pics
Harry is lovely.
Your decking looks great. like the steps from the garden leading up to the decking.

I'm off to bed now
catch up tomorrow
night night,
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Maureen , your decking looks really good , its made a lovely area to sit and chill out , do i see a puss on the chair ? the planters made out of the decking look nice on the steps , good idea to use up the left over bits like that .

Little Harry is a dear little boy , all the dark hair he has !! and fast asleep bless him .

Will say Night Night now ,see you all tomorrow xx

It is fantastic Maureen! Baby Harry looks content and well away without a care in the world!! lol

How nice that they found out what the rose was Mandy. The roses must smell lovely in your garden just now.

I'm off to bed now.......cooler tonight so I hope I sleep well......night night xxxx

Morning , I'm first on too.

Going to church at 10.30, almost ready, 3 more weeks to go and our Minister of 30 years retires, we are having a presentation celebration on the 26th June and everybody who has known our Minister or has been to our church are welcome to come. we will be having a light lunch after the service.
There is no other minister at the moment to take over so there will be someone else to do the pastrol (sp)l duties during the summer, then our old minister will do Sunday morning services from August only, but some other person will have to do the Christenings, Weddings and funerals and any other church appointments.
So we won't miss our minister to much lol

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Anyway I had said about the pics from Anne. I have always wanted one of those viburnum Maresii in one of the pics. Our friends had one and it was really beautiful in the spring with all the flowers in sort of layers. I did have one once but oh mowed over it!! as it was only small!!

Very warm here yesterday but the sun went in later after the wedding. Friends came round to see how oh had got on with the new build and brought two cans of beer and an alcaholic ginger beer for oh to try. He liked it!!

Had spag bol for dinner last night.

Morning All
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO YOU MANDY AND YOUR HUBBY
Have a great day.Those roses sound beautiful!I can just imagine the perfume!

I haven't seen Maureens pics yet so will do that now.I think they just started to come through last night as I was off to bed.

Mandy I will send you a pic of my dress,as it's not easy to describe.
I need to hoover the lounge in a moment while Chris is out with Chester.
So will be back in a wee while