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:-D Island, yeh that will be it!

make the split toms into a sauce and freeze it, just being split won't spoil them.

Gosh you were busy early. How are your ribs?

morning Mel and Anng

I wasn't far behind you Ann - awake at 5.30, lay there half dozing. I was in the garden by 7.30 harvesting the gardeners delight and crimson crush toms before the sun came round to blind me. I'm not sure how many will be edible as some have split and don't look too appetising. I fed the green bin with the tom vines and will be adding bean vines later so I should have a full bin for this week. It was quite fresh out so I was ready for my first cuppa.

I'd love and Indian meal Anng but no one's offering - not even a light lunch :-|
It'll be the leprosy :-\

we posted exactly the same time Mel.

Morning all,

Another bright morning here in deepest Devon. I think this must be St. Luke's little summer. Pc says humidand 10 degrees with a pic of the sun with a cloud over it.
Sorry got lost in the three d map of the weather. Never seen it before.

May do a bit in the garden today, may not.

good morning. 6 degrees here but looks bright. when I was awake at about 5am there was a beautiful moon.

Garden centre this morning then Tesco to pick up some food for tonight. Last night we had a take away Indian and it was really nice. Daughter goes home tomorrow.

Afternoon all. We got home at 1pm after an uneventful but bust journey. we left Mawnan smith at 0815, the slowest bit of the journey was from there to Truro which too half an hour. We stopped for half an hour for coffee and loo so we made good time even if the traffic was heavy. I have already unpacked and we have had lunch. the garden looks fine there has obviously been some rain so it all looks healthy. Like you Vera there is till a bit to do before winter sets in. Today has been beautiful, all the way home and it lis still lovely now,

sorry you are still suffering from bad nights Mandy, maybe that will improve when the casts are off and hopefully the pain will ease soon

Sorry you too are still suffering Island Hope your pain eases soon too.

My Jabs are next Friday will be glad to get them out of the way, Unusual for me to be the last to have mine, should have been last week. be just my luck for them to run out.

Thats ok Mandy we all quite understand. I think you are doing very well to get a post on here anyway but we do like to hear from you. The splints will be like a fingerless glove with a metal plate underneath to support the wrist probably in that old fashioned pinky flesh colour. I found one in oh's study from when he had a carpol tunnel done.

Arms not too bad during the day but hanging the washing on the line was a bit painful as its a kingsize quilt cover and its cotton so quite heavy.

BIL came before I was dressed and is fiddleing with the digger and mower.

Sorry to hear you had a bad night again Mandy. You must feel shattered. Get some shut-eye whenever you can. Don't worry about not commenting on posts; I'm amazed you are managing to type at all. I think you will probably find the splints a bit easier than the plaster casts.

We are now all jabbed up. Our local surgery has been used as a vaccination hub since the beginning of the pandemic and have got it down to a fine art now. We were only out for 40 minutes and that included a walk in each direction of 12-15 minutes, going through all our details and giving us both 2 injections.

My flu arm is fine but my Covid arm feels heavy and achy already. It's good gardening weather but I don't think I'll be doing anything much in the garden today. My back just aches a bit and I don't want to set it off again and the arm ache isn't helping. I must get out there again soon as there are troughs and pots to clear of annuals, quite a bit of cutting back to do and all the geraniums to lift and pot up or take cuttings from, and loads of bulbs to plant up once I've got enough pots and containers free. I suppose it'll all get done eventually.

Bad night waking seems like every hour ,restless with leg and knee and finding a position for arms to rest with these slings
Bottoms getting sore too but I do try and walk every hour during the day .
Booster jab Wednesday suppose they will do it after an op
Plaster off wednesday at the Norwich hospital in the afternoon and splints on so what they are like I don't know
Left wrist still painful like cramp right wrist a bit easier.
Sorry not commenting on posts but I have a job to type

Morning Mel, Island and all

Sunshine here as well. Hope your ribs don’t give you too much trouble today Island and hoping Mandy is coping with her poor plastered arms.

Your aches will ease in a day or two Mel. I generally just get a very heavy feeling in the arm but nothing worse, except my booster in April was done by a cack-handed nurse and I ended up bruised from shoulder to elbow. We’re shortly off to the surgery to get our jabs done so I’m hoping I don’t get the same nurse again.

Safe journey back AnnG

Morning Mel

My ribs had me up early, woke about 5.45, couldn't lie there any longer, much easier sitting up. Cheesed off! :-| Perhaps I need knock out drops.

Mandy must be fed up with her plaster casts, hopefully she has found ways of coping but must be so uncomfortable.

I hope your arms are aching less now Mel. I seem to get away without jab after affects except for lying on them sometimes. I think it's down to how the jabber does it and where.

Bright sunshine here.

Morning all,

Dry sunny moisty morning here and Autumn has definately arrived. Leaves are turning colours if they hav'nt already fallen off and there's a chill in the air.

Usual this mornig eggs for Em and the shop for the paperand bits.

Hope Anng has a safe journey home if she's coming home today and that Mandy is feeling better and getting some sleep.

Island hope your pain is easing too, you feel every movement when its your ribs.

Both arms are achey thismorning and I nearly could'nt get out of bed in the night for a trip to the loo.

Arms are both a bit achey now. Hope I can sleep tonight as I only lay on my right side.

Sending love to Mandy and hope as each day passes she feels a bit better.

Evening all

You're brave having 2 jabs at once Mel. Lack of information had me booking two different dates at two different places but in any case I would have been concerned about which side I could lie on. As it happened, I had no discomfort at all from the covid one.

Oh Vera, I wish I could busy myself with h/w if only to keep myself warm lol

Anng, I was surprised to find myself in the Lost Gardens on google earth. I was even more surprised when I was trying to locate somewhere local on google earth and found myself in an estate agents back office :-0

Still sore, still not showered or hair washed - anyone want to visit me? LOL

Island that is interesting. I will have a look after we get homrpd tomorrow. Where did that week go?

Ooh try not to hiccup then or the pain will be on repeat.

Well the weather has been good again today for walking around another garden. Glendurgan today. I had forgotten that this was one of the smaller gardens with no shop or restaurant, only a small tea house outside the garden. Still it was a very pleasant walk round, a few hydrangeuas but no other flowers really. But there is the added advantage of the small beach where we sat on rocks for a while the sun was in and out from the clouds. After that we drove to a pub in Mabe Burnthouse and had fish and chips for lunch. Then back to pack.

Here I am all stabbed and jabbed and I was in and out and ordered my scripts in about 8 mins. The nurse was waiting for me and she did the flu jab and then a young man came in from outside the out door and he did my covid jab in the other arm.

Its been a nice sunny and quite warm morning here but its let itself down as its just rained and the wind blowing a hooley. All the leaves are nearly off the big ash tree and lots blowing into the pond. I have to keep going out and play at fishing which reminds me I hav'nt fed the fish today yet!!

You'll feel nice after that hair cut Vera. All tidy for the next few weeks.

I thought BIL was coming today but perhaps he will come tomorrow instead if his wife is working.

Afternoon all

It's quite a nice day today, a mix of sunshine and cloud, 16 degrees and just a little bit breezy.

It sounds as though you need to rest up for a while yet Island. Rest and pain relief seem to be the only treatment given for ribs these days. I'd say try not to laugh but there doesn't seem to be much to laugh about in the news and most of the people who used to come on here for a bit of a banter seem to have gone now.

Hope your aches have eased now Mel and you are all jabbed. I hope you're finding it easier as well Mandy. Each day you're going through is one day closer to getting the plaster removed.

I've had a boring h/w morning. I did a few tidying up jobs and then cleaned 4 loos, 4 wash basins and 2 kitchen sinks. Now my back aches and I'm feeling quite tired, even though I had a good night. OH is just getting us a sandwich as I have to go out in a while. I need to go to the bank and then I've got a haircut booked.

Morning all,

I think it may be nice today as the skies blue with grey and white clouds and the suns up so I hope it stays that way. 14 degrees and cloudy by the pc and it says they are having trouble to connecting to the local one.

Punctured in both arms today I have to be there for 12.30pm. BIL coming to fix the mower today. At least its down here now and not right up the top.

I did a bit of strimming yesterday, bad move shoulder hurt last night and my left hand had the shakes. It is done though on the corners of the lawn where the mower dos'nt seem to reach anymore.

Hope you all slept well and those under the weather are feeling a little better today. <3

Yes Anng but only momentarily.*

I've just logged in to say some of The Lost Gardens of Heligan can be toured on google earth :-D

*edit. and when I get hiccups :-0