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MillymollyAmanda

MillymollyAmanda Report 9 May 2025 08:45

Morning Anng ,morning all,

Much brighter this morning so hope we can do a bit in ths garden .
We watched the concert too ,I thought the same Anng having The Darkness on was really out of place they didn't really fit in with all the other performers who were very good but those people sitting in ths audience must have been chilly ,I expect those in the royal box had blankets and hot water bottles provided like they had for the parade the other day , I did notice some had blankets round their shoulders.

Ann it sounds as if OH is really doing well now , hope your knee is better .
I am hobbling about a bit as I pulled the back of my right knee ths day before yesterday and it seems to have stiffened up ,I just reached in for something in the greenhouse and I felt something pull behind my knee .
I had a really good night's sleep last night ,I can't remember the last time I didn't get out for the loo in the night and was really surprised when I woke this morning about six ,Max was barking and I came down and the carbon monoxide monitor was pipping so it needs new batteries but looking on the back it says to change them every seven years so we must get a new one as the date was 2014 .

AnninGlos

AnninGlos Report 9 May 2025 08:26

God morning all it is nice and bright here this morning and 7 degrees with clear pale blue sky and sunshine. there was a lovely clear moon last night but I don't think it went cold enough for frost.

we had a very good lively meeting yesterday, there were seven of us so plenty of chat, and most of it garden related. although there was quite a bit related to VE day as three of us could remember 1945, but all could remember post war.
As far as I know there were no street parties in my area but there were one or two in the town.

I recorded and watched the VE performance on Horse Guards parade. I think they said there were 10000 people seated there. The atmosphere looked to be great. I am not sure what I think of the actual show. Loved the dancing by the Strictly professionals and the military bands, especially the royal Marine drummers. Can't imagine what made them have The Darkness, a very loud rock band as it seemed totally out of place and I actually didn't recognise the names of some of the soloists. I think most of the usual acts would be already performing in their own shows elsewhere. Pity they could not have got Michael Ball or alfie boe. I suspect they will either have not been paid or a very low fee. A couple of the singers had good voices and it was good to hear the old songs. The young female singing We'' meet again is apparently almost 9 months pregnant. I think it must have over ran its time though as my recording stopped just short of the end.

One thing that I found amazing was the number of Veterans there and also there on Monday, who were 100 or over and still very alert and active. And it can't have been warm there, although in a shelter with the royal Family it was a cold night.
I thought the King gave a very good speech as well.

SuffolkVera

SuffolkVera Report 8 May 2025 20:29

It’s been a can’t-make-up-its-mind day, sunny one minute, cloudy the next and with a wind that went from a gentle breeze to a gusty wind and back again. Now it’s a lovely calm evening with a clear sky and the sun just dipping behind the trees. We often get lovely evenings here.

I hope your meeting this afternoon went well AnnG. Fancy little Cassian having his first dental appointment. That made me smile but it is a good idea to get little ones used to visiting the dentist so it becomes nothing out of the ordinary. I bet you made a lovely little fairy at the street party. I was 3 years and 3 months at VE day and can’t remember it. I don’t even know whether we were still in Oxfordshire as we had been evacuated there or whether we had moved back to London. I know that just before the end of the war my mother found a flat in South London where we came from but I can’t remember whether we had actually moved into it at that stage.

OH’s eye seems to be doing well, thank you Mandy. He was told he could drive as soon as he was sure he would pass the test of reading a number plate at a certain distance (I’ve forgotten how far). Yesterday he walked way back in the field at the bottom of our Close and could clearly see the number plate on a neighbour’s car. We have to go next Wednesday for his post-op check up.

It sounds as though you did well with your shopping in Holsworthy Mel and got lots of bits and pieces. I’m glad your hip was feeling a little better this morning but take it easy and if you are gardening try and have plenty of breaks.

It seems as though OH is getting along better without the statins, Annx, and it sounds as though he is doing very well, which will be reassuring for both of you. I am sure the liver cysts are nothing to worry about. 5 or 6 years ago it was discovered that OH has a cyst on his pancreas but it has never given him any bother and the hospital don’t even monitor it now. Re: 3 cornered leek – it is confusing as in some parts of the country it is known as wild garlic but I think they are different plants. Wild garlic has a much stronger smell. We’re only a few miles from Arger Fen and occasionally have a walk through there and the wild garlic smell can be overwhelming. I believe both plants are edible.

I did a couple of small jobs first thing and then went to our Thursday coffee meet. I knew neither of the other 2 men would be there so gave OH the choice of sitting with the ladies or staying home and he thought his book would be more fascinating than the ladies’ conversation so I left him behind. After lunch I potted up another 8 tomatoes and also potted the 5 biggest seedlings of dwarf antirrhinum from the seed tray into one pot to grow on a bit before planting them out. The other seedlings aren’t big enough yet. Everything seems very slow growing this year.

I’m now going to have a read of the local paper which I pay to read online as it’s only about a quarter of the price of buying a paper copy. I slept fairly well last night so I’m hoping tonight will be the same.


Annx

Annx Report 8 May 2025 19:06

Afternoon All,

The sun has stayed in here today and the sky has been cloudy but no rain. This morning OH saw the diabetic nurse first thing who asked him a lot of questions and told him he is certainly a success story with his last blood test result and said to carry on with the same diet and exercise. We popped to Morrisons for their poached eggs on toast after which are really good with deep yellow runny yolks and much cheaper than the garden centre. Would you believe it they offered us a free donut each and we turned them down! lol. :-0 This afternoon he saw the GP about his liver scan results and he has some cysts but nothing sinister, but he has to have yet more blood tests to send off for advice. I remembered his mother saying she had them as well and was told they were nothing to worry about, so I checked online too and it said much the same with just a few rare causes that need treatment, so hopefully he will be ok. Since stopping the statins his blood results have returned to what they were before he started them. She didn't say they were the cause but did tell him not to start them again! It was a nurse practitioner who said they wouldn't be the cause when OH asked if they might be at his last appointment, then after discussing later with a colleague sent a text telling him to stop them!

The Buzzard has been back sitting in the same tree for ages. I think he is waiting his chance with the poor baby Magpies, probably when they leave the nest. The parents have been whizzing in and out of the nest with food all day and we can hear the chicks now.

Mandy got me checking out the three cornered leeks too and I don't think I would be able to tell them from wild garlic or are they the same? I think I would add them to stews or try them in a salad. Our thug plants are the grape hyacinths and lilies of the valley coming under the fence from next door. I've tried a bit of weedkiller on the virginia creeper growing up our back fence this morning, also originating from nextdoor when they grew it up their side of our fence. It's also growing up the tree with the Magpie nest. Barbed wire keeps the cows well away the other side of the ditch so they can't reach it.

Yes I just about managed with my knee by being careful yesterday Mandy and Vera so didn't have to cancel the appointment. I did take my pole with me after testing it in the porch and finding it helped leaning on it a bit, but didn't need it in the end. They had a few high seats in the waiting room so that was a help too. I've got a few more pots to plant up but still need some compost, but don't know what to buy??

Vera it sounds like you had a lovely time with the family and your outings. Thank you for giving me the name of your plant I liked. It sounds like something that might go well in my garden especially as it doesn't sound too hard to control!

I'm glad your hip is a bit better today Mel and I was surprised how much better my knee was today after resting it. Those plastic baskets in different sizes are handy aren't they and easy to pick up. I keep my beads in some of them on shelves and they look nice too. I'm guessing your flower pallette is for mixing paints and I find I often use more than one at once. It was a bargain at that price.

AnnG I bet you were an excited little girl to have been dressed as a fairy for the celebrations! The earliest celebration party I went to was a coronation party but we just had fancy hats. I hope you had a nice meeting with the group today and that they liked your garden.

Mel Fairy Godmother

Mel Fairy Godmother Report 8 May 2025 10:58

Annx another thing I bought in the factory shop was a plastic flower pallet. I have a porcelain one and use it a lot so thought I would treat myself to another. It was only £1.60 which I thought was very good.

AnninGlos

AnninGlos Report 8 May 2025 10:41

Shoulr mention VE day really. Although I think I am the only one on this thread that can remember it (just). I do remember the large street party. I was dressed as a fairy so I guess it was fancy dress for children. I was 4 years and nine months.

Mel Fairy Godmother

Mel Fairy Godmother Report 8 May 2025 10:31

Have a lovely time at your meeting today Anng lots to see in your garden now things are growing well. Lots of interesting chat and good company.

Vera your little visit sounds like you both had a great time and plenty of laughter which is alway good and lifts the spirts no end. I will have a go at my account and see if I can change the time of my deliveries in there. I was thinking it may have been because of the bank holiday weekends we've had lately they've been so close together.

Mandy how's the bunny coming along? We'd love to see a pic when its finished please.

Annx hope the knee is better today. My hip seems to be a bit better today so will see how it goes if I do do a bit in the garden today. I think it could be pushing the wheelbarrow that affects it.

Mel Fairy Godmother

Mel Fairy Godmother Report 8 May 2025 09:53

Morning girls,

Just had to read all te post from yesterday afternoon.

Its 11 degrees here and sunny with big white clouds again.

I took a day off gardening yesterday and went into Holsworthy for my chicken food and a litt retail therapy for some bits to take some orchid cuttings if I can. I bought two nice plastic baskets in the facory shop in a lovely soft green which will be handy for putting my things in I am working on at the time instead of leaving them on trays etc. Like the little figures I do and the leatherwork for the tudor figures. The factory shop did'nt have the plastic drinks tumblers I wanted but sent me across the road to the newish hardware shop I have never been in before. It was like an Aladins cave. So many products and I bought two sizes of the plastic throw away beakers, two key fobs, and my oasis I wanted too. When I got to Mole Valley their oasis was a lot dearer than what I paid in town.

BBL

MillymollyAmanda

MillymollyAmanda Report 8 May 2025 08:36

Morning Anng ,morning all,

Cloudy here but bright so fingers crossed for some sun later ,shopping day today so just having a cuppa then we'll go early.

Ann hope your knee was OK so you could get to your appointment yesterday.

Gwyn, I'd never heard of the three cornered leek so I had a Google it looks a pretty plant shame its a bit of a garden thug .

Anng I know what you mean about resisting plants ,we went to Roys yesterday for some more compost and they had some pretty begonias ,four in a pack for 4.99 but I've already planted my baskets, I did get a couple of Hardy Fuschias though to go in the garden.

Mel hope your hip is a little easier just take it easy in the garden today .

Vera it sounds as if you had a really lovely weekend with lots of laughing which is the best tonic ,how is OH's eye after his op ,hope it's healing well.

Better have my cuppa before it gets cold .

AnninGlos

AnninGlos Report 8 May 2025 07:33

Good morning all. 8 degrees and fairly bright, looks like just a sloght breeze.

Meeting this afternoon so a tidy round this morning and get the chairs and cups sorted. Only 7 of us expected today.

AnninGlos

AnninGlos Report 7 May 2025 19:25

Granddaughter in law has just said Cassian has his first dentist appointment tomorrow.. even before he has teeth. So good to get them used to going.

AnninGlos

AnninGlos Report 7 May 2025 18:35

Yes Vera I saw that, looking forward to it coming out.

SuffolkVera

SuffolkVera Report 7 May 2025 17:16

This one's for AnnG: I've just read that a film has been made of The Salt Path and is being released on 30th May. I wonder what it will be like. It stars Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs.

(In case anyone's curious The Salt Path and it's sequel are books by Raynor Winn and are based on a particular period in the life of her and her husband. They came up on the old Book Thread and I know AnnG and I both read them.)

SuffolkVera

SuffolkVera Report 7 May 2025 17:01

Mostly cloudy today. We haven’t seen much sun. It hasn’t felt as cold as yesterday but the wind seems to be picking up again so I expect it will start to feel cooler soon.

I hope your knee is feeling a lot easier now Annx and you got to your appointment OK. Wonderful to see the buzzards. It would be great if you could get a photo. Btw, the plant you mentioned in my wild tulip photos showing the reddish tinged leaves is Epimedium. I can’t remember which variety ours is but it’s evergreen or semi-evergreen with yellow flowers in spring. It’s good ground cover and, although it spreads, it’s fairly easy to control.

Mandy, it’s good that Colin’s glaucoma test was OK. I hope that your son has managed to fix your cistern so it’s not running all the time. It’s great that he lives close and is able and willing to help – it’s payback for all those lovely cakes you make the family.

Mel, be careful with your hip and back and try not to overdo the time you spend gardening. I know you have a big area to deal with but better to do it in small doses than put your hip completely out of action and not be able to do it at all. With your Asda deliveries, can you not go into your account and specify the time you want?

Best of luck with the 3-cornered leeks Gwyn. I can’t recall ever having them in the garden and I’d like to keep it that way.

You’ve been busy in the garden again AnnG. I’m sure it will look tidy for your garden interests group and with more plants potted up I expect it’s looking quite colourful. I need to get out and buy some annuals as I’ve got pleny of troughs to fill.

Well, yesterday was a very busy day for me but I managed to get done everything that I planned to do except for some food shopping. I needed fresh stuff so went out and got that this morning. Since lunch I’ve watered some pots, done a bit of tidying in the garage and done a bi of cooking. I’ve still got some birthday money to spend and while I was out I saw a really nice blouse top with a neckline that I’m comfortable wearing, a sleeve length I like and just the right colour. Did they have my size? Of course not. The smallest they had was a 16. Grrr!

The talk at the Ladies Club last night was interesting and fun. It was Tales of Suffolk Smugglers.

I haven’t told you everything we did while at son’s and I won’t bore you with all of it but Sunday was very nice. It was dull and chilly but we had a leisurely start to the day and dil put a large leg of lamb in to cook very slowly while we were out. We went to something called The Cotswold Distillery where they were distilling and selling whisky at eye-watering prices. However we went for breakfast. Most of us had a breakfast in a brioche bun and it was huge. A very large bun stuffed full of mushrooms, topped with several rashers of crispy bacon and then an egg. I had a smoked salmon bagel which was also large and filled with a lemony cream cheese, an enormous mount of smoked salmon and lots of pea shoots. It was yummy.

From there we went on to Stratford on Avon. Of course it was very busy and full of tourists but we found a super market full of quirky craft and food stalls and that was fun to wander around for a while. Then it was back for our roast lamb. Just after that 2 of our granddaughters separately face-timed so we got to speak to them as well. We finished the evening with a game of Farkle (I think that’s what it was called). It’s a dice game that’s a combination of luck and strategy. In the last year or two OH has become a bit slower at remembering and catching on and kept saying he hadn’t got a clue what he was doing but he laughed so much he was nearly crying. Would you believe in the last throw of the game he had an amazing piece of luck and ended up the winner which made him laugh even more. It was good to see him so happy and enjoying family time so much.

I’ve gone on a bit again so I’d better stop before you all get a headache. Fingers crossed for a good night’s sleep for all of us and a nice, warm, sunny day tomorrow.

AnninGlos

AnninGlos Report 7 May 2025 12:56

Just spent an hour out in the garden filling pots and planting up the 3 plants I bought yesterday. Had to be very strong and resist buying any of the colourful plants we saw at the G Centre.

Mel Fairy Godmother

Mel Fairy Godmother Report 7 May 2025 12:18

Think I need new runner bean seed and dwarf bean seed as there's nothing coming up so I think the seed is too old.

Mel Fairy Godmother

Mel Fairy Godmother Report 7 May 2025 10:11

Morning girls,

Nice bright morning here today and it says partly sunny on the pc and 13 degrees. Dos'nt look like much breeze at the mo but that could change later on.

Have to find out if its today or tomorrow at Stu's this week.

My back or side, left, is playing up I don't think it like this gardening lark after a winter of rest. I shall carry on though when I can.

Going back to sticks I have one Iv'e had for years, since 1973 when I moved into our bungalow. It was there and its very plain wood with a very comfortable flattish knob on the top. OH also bought me a walker like his one but mine dos'nt have breaks you can put on only like a byke you can use the brakes to slow you down or stop. They are great and you have so much confidence with them. I use it round the houise too when its needed. I still have oh's outside and go up the garden with it. YOu can walk so much better with a walker chair and if you need to sit its there in front of you. I always think of mum when we used to go shopping saying she would push the trolly because she could walk better with that but she would'nt have a walker at home only one supplied by the age concern people when she had a bad leg.

Side of my back still giving me pain so see how I get on today may give gardening a rest don't know yet.

Annx

Annx Report 7 May 2025 09:13

Morning All,

You are an early bird AnnG. I slept well last night and OH was up sooner than me and came to fetch me to see a Buzzard on top of the tall hedge in the field. He said it had been chasing a Heron a few minutes earlier which may have picked a frog or something out of the overgrown pond the other side of the hedge. I managed to get a photo or two but it was hard to keep the camera steady enough at that distance. It's a good idea to have a stick handy when you go out AnnG and I think people are more careful not to bump into you if they see a stick which is good if you think you might be a bit unsteady. It can also take a bit of weight off a leg you feel is unreliable at the time!

A shower next being careful of the knee. Hopefully I will manage to go to the solicitors appointment with the gel rubbed in as I don't want to have to cancel it. A pile of post came yesterday, so I will be sitting doing admin this morning. The sky is looking very overcast.

AnninGlos

AnninGlos Report 7 May 2025 07:24

Good morning all only 4 degrees here but it was a chilly start yesterday and ended up being a lovely sunny day. Trouble was, there was a very cold wind until it dropped later in the afternoon. It is bright this morning (still only 0715) and there doesn't seem to be much wind so fingers crossed I can just get some more tidying jobs in the garden. I always like to get it tidy the day before the garden interests meeting which is tomorrow.

Ann I keep one of my sticks by the front door so I can grab it before I go out if I think I am going to need it. I still sometimes think it necessary when I walk down to Irene's. And still sometimes I take my folding stick in my bag when I go shopping. It gives me confidence to know it is there if I need it. My legs seem ok one day and then may be achy the next. I assume that is down to age.

Mel is the time of your order already in there or do you have to enter it every time as I do with my Tesco order? Could be a glitch or a computer update changed it in error. Have you managed to get it sorted?

Annx

Annx Report 6 May 2025 21:46

Yes Gwyn the field with all the May blossom out looks lovely at the moment. It is an old ridge and furrow field and we fear it could be built on before much longer. The next field to it at our right will be the start of where they are to build some huge, very tall depots. Once they are built, the remaining field at the back of us will be vulnerable. I've never seen three cornered leeks, but they sound a bit invasive.

There's nothing worse than waiting around for someone to call Mel as you can't do much till they do. Our Asda delivery is usually at the earliest time of the slot, but it has been late a few times. It sounds like you need the mower and trailer to cart away your efforts with the brambles! It sounds as if you are making some impact on them though, but the barrow can't be easy to push with a flat tyre. I hope your hip is improving a bit now.

OH went to his second school meeting since January tonight and had a very warm welcome and the Head got him a comfy seat to help his back.

Mandy I thought about using one of my Nordic walking poles if needs be. I don't have a stick, but one of the poles collapsed down a bit would help if the knee starts to give way. It is a bit better now with resting it and if I walk slowly and carefully round the house, so fingers crossed I may be ok to walk into the solicitors as we can park on their front outside the door usually. I did one of the balance games on the Wii at the weekend, as they are supposed to strengthen your knees, but I think it may have been a bit too much for mine at the moment while they were still recovering and made them worse. It's a good idea to have a stick though, as you never know when you might need one, so I think I'll get one of those folding ones.

It's a nuisance when toilets keep running but it sounds like your clever son will have it fixed soon. I bet you were both glad Colin's test was ok, but the next appointment is a long one isn't it, so a good idea to make good use of waiting for him by taking your crochet with you.