General Chat

Mel that is strange. Has this only happened since you had your new keyboard. It sounds as if you are hitting a key that deletes part of the message which seems odd. Do you touch type. I don't and don't watch the message as I type. Sometimes I realise I have hit a key which means although I think I am typing a message nothing is being printed on the screen. So I try and check every so often.

Annx nice to have sun, forecast was for rain across Devon and Cornwall but it seemed to miss us leaving us only with cloud which we have got.

Another gloomy day here, but hopeful of some sun later... It seems such a long time since those lovely bright days earlier this month.
I did go for a short walk around local roads yesterday... and Yes Ann, there were several narcissus out, - lovely bright yellow star-like multi headed ones with orange centres, so that brightened a dull afternoon.

Hope your headache eases during this morning, Vera.
Take it easy and enjoy your gammon meal.

Time to restock the store cupboard soon. We have been trying to use up some of the older items, but recipes for our now limited supplies are getting harder :-S

Morning All,

We have bright sun and the PC says 9 degrees so I should really do something in the garden. I was up much earlier this morning and we have an easy lunch so that's good. I have had to hide my walnuts as that is one of the things I can't have for 3 days now and I eat a couple of them most mornings.. Tomatoes is another and that will be hard as I often have those and they are in baked beans and soups too. Still it's only for 3 days.

Once OH finishes his online meeting we'll walk to the post box at the end of the close to post a birthday card. It is for my piano playing friend in London.

I quite agree about it being quite depressing about the people we lose as we are getting older Vera and the wider our circle of friends, the more bad news we hear. I hope your poor head doesn't get worse today and that your back is on the mend now.

OH said his meeting would be half an hour at the most and it is over an hour now so I'd better show my face and see if he is nearly done.

dache. It must have been all the excitment yesterday seeing your cousin and all tha catching up and laughter that gave it too you.

First part of the post has disappeared again so I am giving up .

Morning Vera Anng and all,

Miserable here again this morning and it raining quite steadily. Dull and dreay and I don't think we will see the sun at all today. Pc says 8 and mostly cloudy so its in for the day.

good morning all, slept well but was dreaming a lot, I don't remember what about though. dreary here again today, at least we did see the sun for a short while yesterday. Oh Vera, that is the trouble with us getting older, our friends are too and life seems to be full of bad news from our peer groups. I am sorry to hear about your friend and hope she can find some comfort and stability with her family. Take it easy today and get rid of that headache. <3

I had better go and pull up my kitchen blind so that Cunth knows I am still alive.

Good morning.all

I haven’t put my nose outside the door yet but the forecast is for it to be another grey day but quite a bit warmer.

Just before I went to bed last night I had a phone call from my friend M telling me more worrying news. Without going into details, our mutual friend who has just lost her husband is not at all well physically or mentally. Thankfully she has a good family and one of her sons has taken her to his house for the time being. It’s a bit upsetting how our old “gang” are getting depleted but I suppose it’s to be expected at our age.

This news didn’t help my bad headache at all and it was fast turning into a full blown migraine so I took the highest dose allowed of my prescribed painkillers and went to bed. I got some sleep during the night and feel a lot better this morning but will take it easy today as I still have the pain across one eye and it won’t take much to bring it back.

Luckily all I’ve got to do today is pick up my meds and finish off my Tesco order which is being delivered tomorrow. I haven’t even got to cook much as we still have some gammon left and I’ve always got salad stuff in the fridge.

I got up ages ago, made myself a cup of tea and brought it back to bed but I can hear OH moving around downstairs so I had better get up. Enjoy your day everyone.

Chimneys are another great subject too AnnG. I take pictures of the fancy ones and of course some are used as plant pots. That's good that Cynth can organise the funeral now. It's a sad task so it's good when it's one less thing to be done.

I do like the fingerless glove with the owl on Mandy and the button eyes look great. Will they be for you?

It sounds like you had a good time with your cousin and wife Vera and that your lunch was very enjoyable. I think there are still things I could learn on the art front though. This teacher was very perceptive with his advice and tips and it was useful as he discussed our paintings one by one and you could learn from what he said about the work of the others too. I'm on his waiting list for his next 2 courses which are fully booked so might get another chance. I was on his waiting list for this one I missed and they usually send you an alert but for some reason didn't this time. Sorry to hear you have a headache and I hope it goes off once you are away from screens.

I must nip and cut the flowers off my geraniums tomorrow then, but will take a photo first so I know what colour each one is.

Sorry I should have said coroner has released the body so the funeral can be held.

Bridges were great to photograph but it would have been better at a different time of year. Nect month is chimneys.

Yes, I take the flowers off my geraniums as soon as I see buds forming. My mother plants look fine but some of my cuttings aren’t doing as well as usual.

It’s good Cynth has at least got interim certs. She must feel as though she’s been in limbo up till now. She’ll be able to get on with a few things now.

I hope taking your statin at a different time helps with the nausea Mandy. Neither of us take statins so I’ve no experience of them. That’s a natty fingerless glove you made.

What a shame you couldn’t get on your painting course Ann, but you are so good that I’m not sure the leader could teach you much.

You’re right about the cost of bird food Mel. The last big bag of sunflower hearts we bought was almost £30. Maybe I’ll try mixing them with something else. OH doesn’t like me putting out wild bird seed because he spends all his time pulling up the wheat that germinates when the birds drop it. I’ll have to have a look at the price of the wheat free packs.

My cousin and wife arrived about 12.45 and left about 5. It was good to see them and the lunch went down very well. There was lots of chatting and laughter.

We’ve just finished off the lunchtime soup and are now going to have a cup of tea, then I might be going early to bed as I’ve got quite a bad headache now. I won’t sleep yet but will stop using the iPad and will get away from the television.

Cynth will feel better now she can get on with some of the list of tasks to do. It sounds like the funeral will be delayed quite a while though till they have finished their investigations. The photos of bridges sounds interesting and gives plenty of choices. I would enjoy seeing those.

That would be no good then with your tablets if they are that tiny Mandy! lol. I bet you are careful not to drop those on the floor or they would be really hard to find.

I must put a note in the kitchen for tomorrow so OH doesn't get me a morning cuppa as I can't have tea or coffee for 3 days now.

I sorted some tiny drawers and another few shelves in the ensuite cupboard this afternoon and there were lots of creams and medicines out of date. It set OH off going through some of his he keeps in a bedside drawer and we have a full bag to take to the chemist now and another bagful of those that weren't harmful have gone in the dustbin.

I noticed last night that a place had become available on the landscape painting course I did last time. I was tired though and thought I'd decide whether to join this morning and blow me someone had beat me to it. I was so sure no-one else would join as it started today.

Yes take the flowers off the geraniums girls and don't water too much yet. Mine in the shed is dust dry.

Cold chicken and chips tonight.

Yes the new toy and pc are for work up there. We've had the net out nearly all afternoon its been so annoying. He p[lugged something in in the van and put the leccy out. Its on again now or I would'nt be able to post.

Glad you enjoyed your friends company today Anng and something to look forward to with the U3a group later.

Oh thats good Cynth has the certificates so she can get things organised but two to three months is a long wait .

Ann I hope they don't suggest halving my tablet as they are the tiniest tablets I've ever seen ,they are the size of a pin head so tiny and I'm never sure if I have swallowed them as you can't feel them go down .
I noticed my Geraniums are flowering ,do we need to take them off Mel ?

Suns still shining, night's are pulling out now .

Afternoon Ann. Yes had a good chat with my friend. We were going to go to the community centre coffee shop but there was a vaccination clinic on there, they are not usually there on Wednesdays. anyway we just went to her house for coffee, I shall see her again on Friday as it is U3a photographic group meeting. Phots of bridges to be presented this week.

Afternoon All,

I slept well again, but still wasn't up till 9.00am. It's been really sunny all morning, 7 degrees here, and I had a look in the greenhouse to see if my geraniums were ok. Some are still flowering and I gave them all a trickle of water.

I've run out of fat balls the little birds like. The neighbour one side puts all kinds of feeders out, but every day the birds still clear my seeded bread I put out that's gone dry. The Magpies are very clever and take pieces of bread onto next door's roof and dunk it in the wet in the gutter or take it to the little waterlily pot feature and soften it in there. The Blackbirds tend to wait in the bushes and dash and grab what drops from the tray of bread when the big birds flick it out.

OH still hasn't got his new laptop out and didn't fancy doing it today.....so maybe tomorrow Mandy? I think a lot of schools are struggling with all the covid cases in staff and children. Your son sounds like he has a long day and may have to don the dinner lady outfit if more catch covid. :-D OH said at least his online meetings haven't been affected as people can still attend them if symptoms are mild. I hope taking the new statins at night will be better for you. I found splitting my beta blocker with half in the morning and half at night like the doctor suggested stopped me getting indigestion so you might want to ask your doc about that if the night dose is no better. At least it is good there are other options for you though.

I might go out and do a short stint outside now I have seen you have been clearing up outside Mel. It sounds like your OH is making himself very comfortable in the caravan. Is the new toy? and pc to use in there? If they are you might need to get a gong to get him in for meals! :-)

I hope you had a nice chat and coffee with your friend AnnG and I hope Cynth is ok.

I hope your cousin and wife turned up Vera. I was very much fancying your lunch you were going to do. :-)

Vera hope you enjoyed lunch with your cousin.

Mandy, The coroner has not reached a final concusion yet but has released intermediate certificates as they can't really find a cause so there has to be more tests and it could take two or three months. She is ok, or will be now she has the certificates to let her get on with things.
I take my statins at night and T did too.

I have put a few more pieces in the puzzle. :-) :-) :-)

Afternoon all,

We have beautiful sunshine here today ,it did cloud over a while ago and I thought that's the sun gone for the day but it's lovely again now .

Been shopping so thats all put away ,I was chatting to son and he said the same school has so many teachers and staff away they might have to close the school ,he said he might have to do a dinner time slot as a dinner lady :-D
He has to go in in the morning early and then go on a day course and then back into school again in the evening he thinks it will be eight o'clock before he'll be finished

Boots rang a while ago to see how I'm getting on with the new statins, I told her I'm still getting the sick feeling with these new lot but I'm persevering as it's not as bad this time ,she suggested I take one at night instead of in the morning so I'll try that tomorrow, she said if I can't take them there are other things they can give me instead.

Vera hope your cousin and wife have arrived now ,your sure you've got the right day .

Keep ploding on with the puzzle Anng don't let it beat you .
How is Cynth doing do they know the cause of death of the poor chap .

Ann did you get an early night sounds as if you will be busy today helping to get OH's new lap top up and running.

Mel what's OH's new toy .

And they are not cheap are they Vera? I have stopped put them out in a feeder as they go through them so quickly I just add them to the bird seed thye go further then.

Thats another thing I have done this morning fill all the feeders up and boiled mash for the big girls and hoovered the kitchen.

Been in the garden picked up lots of branches that come offd the old ash tree. Rebagged some rubish a cat pulled out of the bin bag and pulled old leaves off the hellibore.

Then I had all the things outdside the back door out and swept all the door mats and now I am going to wash the back door down.

Oh is up the caravan assembling his new toy. Parcel just arrive a refurbished pc to run with the new toy.

Will get lunch in a mo after I have had a sit down to recooperate.

Can you send some sun this way please Mel. I’m getting fed up with looking out on grey skies.

I’m just waiting for my cousin and his wife to arrive. We stupidly didn’t arrange a time, he just said they would come for lunch. Now I’m twiddling my thumbs wondering whether to start heating the soup or put the potatoes on. Oh well, they’ll arrive sometime I expect.

OH has just filled the bird feeders again. Sometimes I think the birds eat better than we do, lol. We seem to be getting a lot of blackbirds lately and they aren’t just feeding from the ground but they hang on to the feeder with the sunflower hearts. All the birds seem to like those and we get through them very fast.