General Chat

Good morning all. sunny here at the moment but only 3 degrees. Hope you all put your clocks forward. Nothing planned for today although I am sure I should be doing something in the garden and don't even mention the B jigsaw!!

Don't forget. CLOCKS FORWARD TONIGHT

Thank you for that Ann I will have a think around that idea.

Done it again and lost my post! I wish they'd put the CTRL key at the top somewhere.

OH has gone to a match and I just have a small window to do now. I've put slug bait in the Hosta pots and given the ericaceous plants their feed and planted more seeds. A load of washing is dried and put away too.

Done the food order and thank you Mel as I hadn't even thought about Easter Sunday. I flipped forward through my diary and luckily with us only have a fortnightly delivery it falls each side of Easter this year. Phew!

It's good to have smaller baskets you can manage better AnnG. I must see if I can get some basket plants for our wall pots next week. I could nip out early on Monday now the blind man isn't coming till lunchtime. I see what you mean about hobby and interest photos. I'm sure your head is buzzing with ideas, but a still life of a little table set out with gardening things would look interesting. You could have a seed catalogue/magazine/ gardening book, also some seed packets on it, gardening gloves, a trowel and plantpot with soil in and a plant label pushed in and with others lying on the table. It could look quite colourful.

17 degrees here, no wind and too hot out in the garden working.


I have planted up all my baskets and that included the tumblers (two plants in one pot hope they both take as that means they were half price). I have also planted on another plant I bought into a bigger pot and emptied out the final old geranium basket of T's and put the basket in the bin. so now I have three smaller baskets of ivy geraniums.
sieved a lot of my home made compost and used that and filled a bowl ready to sieve the next lot. Greenhouse is pretty full now but I can make space by hanging some of the baskets up at the moment only one is hanging. friend is calling in at 3ish for a cup of tea. She is gardening as well

Also done a load of washing

Ann don't forget there's no delivery from Asda on Easter Sunday.

The winds picked up here and it makes it a bit chilly out there. Hav'nt done the shop yet!

Well hobbies and interests sounds an interesting subject Ann but it is deciding what sort of photos to take. It is actually a wide subject and being so can be confusing.

Morning All,

I seem to be waking earlier and earlier, probably with my early bedtime lately. I was awake from 5.30 this morning and it was already quite light.

We both did the 1 lap walk yesterday and OH was surprised he was a bit out of puff. Mind you he talks all the time and I would be puffing if I did that as well. We only went slowly so as to help my knees but it is quite a slope up to the ice house.

I have now cleaned inside 2 of the 4 windows where new blinds will be fitted on Monday, but will do the others when the sun has moved around the back of the bungalow. I want to finish them today as the food drop is tomorrow and I need to be fresh for that. lol

Thank you Island and Mandy for reminding me about the good value seeds on line. I can't believe how many seeds are in some of the packets!

Have you any plans for what you will be doing when Lacey comes Mandy and is the Elephant in progress or do you still need wool?

Vera your shrub, Hellebores and Chionodoxa look lovely. I didn't know you could get white Chionodoxa, but I have a nice clump of the pink ones I brought from my last house. There were blue ones in all the front garden borders but for some reason I never thought to bring any of those.

Your photography group photos sounded interesting AnnG and the next one for hobbies will be good and you will have some subjects for that one!

Were you stiff this morning after your efforts yesterday Mel? I don't know how you manage to keep your garden so nice considering the size. One of my friends on zoom yesterday, who lost her husband 2 years ago and has a big garden, has found herself a gardener to mow the lawns and help with the weeding. She did most of it herself, even when her husband was alive as he still suffered the effects of a stroke from when he was aged 45. She is in her 80s now.

Well I'd better get the Asda order finished next!

Morning Anng Vera and all,

Bright and sunny again here this mroning and its 13 degrees now.

Just the shop to do this morning and then the rest of the day I can do what I like.

Hope you get the bus pass sorted Anng as with no car now your stuck if you hav'nt got it. How is Cynth getting on?

good morning all, you were just here before me Vera. It is beautiful out there again and 4 degrees. I think our weather is ok into the fist couple of days of next week. The trouble is, when it reverts to normal this time of year it is quite a shock I am in two minds whether to go to the library or not to see about my bus pass. I don't think I will actually as it is bound to be busy with children.

Good morning all

Another sunny day. We’d better make the most of it as it’s supposed to change from tomorrow. I have no plans for today so I’ll just take it as it comes.

Don’t forget to put the clocks forward tonight.

Well photography was good, lots of interesting mono and sepia photos to look at. Next month it is hobbies and interests.

Well photography was good, lots of interesting mono and sepia photos to look at. Next month it is hobbies and interests.

Vera my sister is only about five minutes away ,we're one side of the town and she's the other ,we had a good catch up over coffee as we hadn't been together since there wedding anniversary party .
So the gas man cometh and has to come again sounds hopeful that there will be no cost fingers crossed.

Ann was it a fat moth had he been having a good old chomp on something
Yes I thought the programme looked good when I saw it advertised.

We sat out this afternoon and had a rest as Lacey is coming tomorrow and she will want to do things and we always feel tired after the children have been .

Yikes! just touched the ctrl key and lost a post!

Good news about your boiler Vera, hopefully it will be a quick job on Monday.

We nearly gave up on our hearing tests after 25 mins past our appointment time and were just going to let them know when we were called in........computer glitches apparently and they did apologise. We both had normal hearing in our right ears, but mild loss in high tones in our left ears.......how odd we were both the same! Nowhere near needing hearing aids, but they will see us every year now instead of every 2 years.

The retail park building work means some new big stores have been added like T K Max, Waterstones and Flannels that I could see. While our immune systems have had the boost we intend to go early one morning and have a look around. The new stores have been built on the old Everards Brewery and HQ land.

I rang the Drs then to see if they had the results of my thyroid blood test as I hadn't heard after 3 weeks and they had and no need to change my medication.

I hope you enjoy your meeting AnnG and good that the windows got done before you went out.

Thanks for mentioning that programme Mandy. I enjoy things like that and will make sure I record it. I found a deceased moth on the bedroom carpet so I am hoping it was the only one! The knees are much better today after the rest yesterday thanks and we are shortly going to do the short walk! I hope you have a nice time at your sisters and have some nice cake!

Mel you are getting stuck in in the garden. Must go for the walk now....OH is waiting!

Mandy I saw that program advertised and thought I would li,ke to have a look at that. Thanks for reminding me.

18 degrees here now. Been in the garden all morning clearing the road down to the bantam and past my shed and cut down the chinese anemonie old stalk. Lots of new growth coming on those and the magnolia is in full bloom up onthe south facing wall on the border.

Oh has been pressure washing the decking and has taken my little greenhouse down and cleaned all the tray that sits in the bottom. Loads of flowers on the blueberries just about to burst.

Hair done, windows cleaned now to have lunch to catch lift at 2pm for u3a Oh and daffs dead headed.

Great minds Vera, waiting for window cleaner and knowing I leave here at 11.15 to walk to hairdressers. I was just thinking I should go and dead head the Tete a Tete dafs. I have dusted downstairs then wandered aimlessly around. Trying to think of other small jobs I can do.

Everyone is about early this morning. Good luck with your hearing tests Ann. I expect your sister will enjoy a visit from you on her birthday Mandy. Does she live locally?

Gas man found a failed valve head and of course didn’t have one on his van so he will be back Monday. He thinks there may be no charge but it won’t be too horrendous if we have to pay, so that’s a relief.

I feel a bit aimless today, just can’t seem to get on with anything. OH has gone for a walk so I might go and deadhead all my daffs that have gone over now. They have been beautiful this year and have been in full bloom for a good month or more.