General Chat

Thought it was supposed to get cooler as the day wore on. but it is now 26 degrees. so hot and now I can't sit down the garden as the umbrella winding handle has gone wrong. Only the thisrd time it has been used but bought was back end of April and I didn't keep the receipt.

I am absolutely wacked. Just back from hairdresser and hair looking ten times better but it is 23 degrees here, full sun hardly a breeze at all. 15 minute walk each way.

I failed though because I came back with a donut. eat that in a minute and ice cream later. I like the mini magnums.

I wonder why they always give too many chips with F&C take aways, always some wasted.

that little blue flower seems to be a bulb or at least the two leaves I can find are like thin bulb leves. It may well be an alpine Ann but I can't thik why it is where it is. Maybe dropped by a bird.

Afternoon All,

It's 22 degrees here now and sunny but no breeze. OH soon decided that thin shorts and a loose T shirt were the order of the day and a nice relax watching footie with a glass of beer in hand was a better idea than the side of a footie pitch in the heat! I slept like a log under a sheet last night so feel more awake today. I have shorts on too and it's cooler in here as I hoped it would be with the blackout blinds.

Yes OH was regretting his F&C later AnnG! He had a big fish instead of small like we usually have and it was huge! I didn't even put a third of my chips on my plate there were that many. He did draw the line at adding a fishcake which he usually does and there were mushy peas as well. I didn't know what the Linaria plant was and only saw the email today. The flowers are very similar to the Scutellaria Texas Rose I am trying to find more of. I'm going to look at the village garden centre early on Monday as they have a good alpine selection. The schools here broke up for the summer holiday earlier this week so it will be less busy after the weekend cafe trade.

We've had an email telling us to have our bins out an hour earlier at 6.30am on Tuesday due to the heat for the binmen. We put ours out the night before anyway, but I know some people can't so they will have to get up early.

I'm going to start my final picture next and might do a bit of dusting. I did clean the ensuite earlier.

Vera I hope it isn't too hot for you today. Try and find some shade if you can and splash your face with some water during trips to the bathroom to cool off. Hopefully there will be plenty of cool drinks for you all.

Thank you Anng.

Its 21 here now with a clear blue sky.

I think it must be very technical to get the moulds just right Mel, too fiddly for me I think. All the little things are very realistic.

Morning all,

Bright and sunny again her ethis morning and 17 degrees at the mo.

Just the shop to do tthis morning and I must ask if they have te extra scripts for me. They are supposed to have a nasal spray and some antihystamins (sp) I wonder if they will be there?

More gardening today I think as long as its not too hot out there.

Enjoy yur family meet Vera it won't be as hot as you think and as Ann said take a nice wide brimmed hat with you to shade yourself. It will be lovely to see family again.

I don't know if you all realise but I make the moulds that the models come out of and then paint them so its a long process.

Good morning Vera and everyone. After I put the message on to Mel I couldn't get back on for some reason. Still it was not for long and I was writing an email anyway. It was a hot night here too. I didn't sleep too badly mostly just under a sheet but I did wake up several times. Unfortunately I have to go out to the hairdresser at the hottest time today as my appointment is 2pm. The is a bit of shade walking round but mostly it will be in full sun. although if it is like yesterday it will be cloudy this afternoon so not too bad. I will be glad to get it cut anyway.

Vera as it is a family day I am sure that you will enjoy it, don't forget your hat if the garden is likely to be in full sun. Or you could have an umbrella in the car if that would help. Have a lovely day.

Good morning all

Another sleepless night because of the heat. I hope you all managed to get some rest. My back is still playing up and I do not feel a bit like the drive to Norwich, then sitting in a garden chair all afternoon and evening before a late night drive home. I’m sure I’ll enjoy it once I get there. It will be good to see family again and one consolation is that Norwich is supposed to be very slightly cooler than here.

Have a nice day and don’t get overheated..

As I have said in my reply Mel, yes it worked as a temporary measure for you sending to me. But, as the group message is on gmail that still needs sorting.

I have emailed you Anng and a message.

Vera stupid iPad yes Linaria is what I put.

I hav'nt seen the flowers

Thanks AnnG. I knew it looked familiar but had forgotten the name. I know it as Linaria.

Apparently it is purple toadflax. (Linearise)

Oh I don't think I could have eaten fish and chips lunch time in the heat Ann but hopefully you enjoyed it.

Vera I sent an email to Mel today and it has not been returned 'undeliverable' Strange isn't it. Your idea about deleting me and adding me again is a good one.

I have remembered that my son has an app that identifies plants so I have sent photos to him. I can't see the leaf of the small blue flower, It seems to be growing up from a geum which is probably the leaf you can see, the geum is orange. That may have come up with the wild flowers though as that is where they were sewn.

It is cloudy now and 27 degrees, not very pleasant.

Grr.......I was halfway through a post, stopped to answer the phone, came back and the post has gone. I shouldn’t have tried to put it straight on the thread instead of typing it separately and doing a c & p as usual (sigh). Start again....

You are very clever getting so much detail on your miniatures Mel. What will you do with them? I think I like the cows best. The problem with emails between you and AnnG is very odd. Have you tried clearing Ann from your contact list and then re-entering her details? Sometimes the simplest action will get rid of a glitch on a computer. Do the emails you send Ann bounce back as undeliverable or do they just disappear into the ether? Eliminating possible problems might help to narrow it down a bit and help you to find what’s gone wrong. I’ll have another think about it. Perhaps all the computer literate people on the thread could do the same and maybe we can solve it between us.

I don’t think I can be much help identifying your flowers AnnG. The mauve one looks familiar but I can’t put a name to it. I did wonder about Perovskia but I don’t really think it is, particularly as that doesn’t start flowering until about July and yours seem to be going over now. As for the pretty blue/white plant it’s a bit like chiondoxia but much too late blooming. If the leaf I can see belongs to the plant I wondered if it could be some form of geranium. Could you email the photos to a local garden centre and ask them what the plants are? Please let us know if you find out.

OH has just come back from a walk looking very hot and bothered and has downed a large glass of cold water. He usually has a walk early in the morning, usually back by 9.30 but today he left it till mid-afternoon. When I suggested it wasn’t a good time to go and perhaps it would be a bit cooler in a couple of hours he was very snappy, and when I suggested he took a hat I got very short shrift. He won’t admit it but I think he is now wishing he had taken a hat.

I’m pleased with the amount of h/w and other jobs I got through this morning but my back is telling me it’s had enough so I’m now going to rest on the bed for an hour with a couple of pillows behind me.

OH nipped out and got F&C in the end as his session finished early. Now I feel quite full and not like doing anything! I did try and sort out my WEA membership as I can't log into it today. They are still working at home though, so the chap I spoke to is having to contact the office to get them to sort things out. Why do they still need to be working from home? It's just putting another obstacle in the way of customer service.

The other Ted sounds good Mel and I look forward to seeing him! :-) You've been doing a lot of hard work in the garden this week in this heat. I get so hot I don't know how you do it.

AnnG you soon get on top of your jobs unlike me. I have some HW to catch up on, but paperwork is my priority today. I had to check my credit card this morning as Asda missed delivering one item and hadn't emailed me to say it was refunded. It was though when I checked.

I had a new bus pass come this morning. The letter mentions my recent application for a new one (the old one had expired) but if I did apply it would be before the pandemic! It's not something I use, but handy to have in case the car is out of action and I need to go somewhere, also for ID if I need it.

Its sweltering here and only just a tiny beeze occasionaly. I have just cut down all the brimbles from down by banty and the beans and pulled out a lot of bindweed. I now have another barrowful which will go in oh's trailer whenI have cooled down a bit and its nearly lunchtime.

Wait till you see the other little ted Ann. He's so cute and I used to sell a lot of him. I made him in plastercine in the 70's 80's.

I will check the email address Anng but haave you got another one I coud use?

Thank you Ann I got it and they are very good models.

I really don't understand this email business with Mel's computer because even if I was blocked from her receiving emails she should still be able to send to me. I can only assume that I have somehow been deleted from her contacts list.

22 degrees here now, I did sit out in the shade with my coffee and it was pleasant, it is actually a bit cloudy here occasionally. Clouds seem to come over then melt away. still too hot for gardening so I have just been doing things on the PC like the next shopping list. Bathroom and claokroom have already been cleaned this week and bed changed and bedding washed. and a load of washing done yesterday and lawn mowed so just a bit of dusting probably needs doing if I can find the will to d0 it.

What can I say! Clap, clap, clap Mel. They are so good and so tiny! As I said in my reply, I love Ted, well I love everything!!!! :-D

I have forwarded the enail to AnnG in case she hasn't got it.