General Chat

Well thats put the biggest smile on my face I have had in a very very long while!!!!!!
Frank its so good to hear from you please poop in whenever you can as we are getting a bit thin on the ground now. Sending many XXXXXXXX's to you Frank and give my love to Ros and keep as well as can be expected. We've all really missed you and often say we wish Frank would come back.

How nice to have both our boys write on the thread in one day.

Well the suns been out all day and I hav'nt done a thing in the garden but I have done some washing of velvet and fabric I want for another project. I am going to dress some Tudor dolls house dolls.

Mandy naughty Max chewing the connecters. Hope they are the right angle and size when they come.

Afternoon all,

Well blow me down look who's popped in our Frank :-D we've all been wondering how you are ,have your ears been burning .
Nice to know your both OK, don't leave if so long before you pop in again xx

Nice to see William popping in too .

Hope Anng has a nice day and the weather is kind for a walk round the clouds are now building here and some arequirs black .

We've been putting the walking greenhouse up this morning ,got to the roof bit and one of the connectors had got a bit chewed by Max last year by the looks of it ,I didn't help take it down as that was when my wrists were broken so I've looked on Amazon and ordered a couple of new ones just hope they are the right angle and they fit .

BLAST FROM THE PAST> How are you all???

We are still plodding on, I"m 84 now and Ros 77. Both in reasonable health, apart from me having SENIAL DEMENTURE (can't spell) I am under the hospital for that.

Doing nothing with my life, apart from reading lots of books, and generally pottering around the house/garden.

Ros is the main stay of the family now, doing all the gardening, washing and cooking. I don't know what I will do, if she wasn't here.

Still hear from Harvey and Conrad. Haven't heard from Simon since before CHRISTMAS. I'll send him s B;DAY CARD for the 19th JULY. and invite him out for a PINT.

Will try to pop in now and again, take care of yourselves.

Love Frank
xxxxxx

O I had'nt seen you pop in Gwyn. Have you seen the swans lately?

Yes my swallows are going in and out of the filter shed but they hav'nt started building on to their nest yet. It usually takes them a while to settle in. There are three nest in there and they used two of them last year.

Shopping all put away.

I hope Vera is ok as we did'nt hear from her yesterday but I can't remember if she said they were going somewhere or not. My head is like a sive lately!!

Shopping been and I have fed the chickens and cleaned out banties water drinker.

Missed a call from the pond man as I left the phone in the bathroom and was at the door with the shopping when it rang. It was the [ond man (Nick) I wanted to speak to about the air pump for the big pond.

Good morning all,

How lovely to have a baby robin... The adults know where to build near a tasty food source ;-)
Have you got swallows nesting too this year?

Ann will be well on her way by now and I hope they all have a fine day.
I went with my daughters last summer and although we spent ages there, there were still parts that we didn't investigate fully. We listened to a talk about prisoners of war in the Far East, which was very thought provoking.
The grounds are vast, so there will be plenty of walking, although I recall there was a sort of land-train transporting people who couldn't cope with the distant parts.
I hadn't realised that it wasn't solely military memorials. There were beautiful memorials for others too. I particulaly remember a colourful butterfly in memory of stillborn babies.
I'm sure Ann's group will find it interesting.

Morning all,

So nice to see Will drop in and give us feedback on Carmel. Its always nice to hear from you will when you get the time, sending love to you both and hope your appointment goes well for your poor back.

Its 9 degrees here and pc says mostly sunny and the sun is shining at the moment and the sky is blue so I think I will change the bed today. Shoppings coming too and its Carl one of the nice drivers.

I woke at 6.36am for the loo and went back to bed for a little lie in and woke again at 9.02am hot cos the heating had come on.

Enjoy your day out Anng.

Just popping in to say 'Hello' to you all and let you know that we are still in the land of the living. Well, just anyway. I notice AnninGlos was going to the National Memorial Arboretum and am wondering how she got on, at least the weather seemed good. We don't live too far from Lichfield, about 45 mins drive. It's one place I want to go but due to being Carmel's carer now the opportunity doesn't seem to arise. As an ex RAF veteran, I would love to pay a visit sometime and look at all the gardens and memorials. Carmel is a wheelchair now when we do go out and though we have the car trips out depend on the following. 1. If Carmel has a good day - 2. If the weather is suitable. and 3. Going not to far ie, up to an hours drive. Anyway folks, I'm still writing my poetry, just finishing my 235th, all since lockdown, and posting them on my Facebook page which has around 80 - 90 followers now. My agenda today is to see my osteopath at 3.30 and sort my backaches out. Enjoy your day.

good morning all hope everyone slept well last night. I slept quite well despite knowing I needed to be up early as being picked up at 0850. Anyway I am up early so that is ok. On a trip today with U3a to the National Memorial Arboretum near Lichfield, so won't be on here all day. Have a good day everyone. sunny here but only 4 degrees.

Oh that is lovely Mel. Hope it stays safe.

Back from the audiology so aids now have new tubes. Good job I went actually as apparently both moulds are starting to have little cracks in them so they will order new ones for me. probably about three weeks. I had a student today and he was over seen by an experienced audiologist so he was very precise playing it by the book. I was in and out quite quickly and then walked up to town and posted letters and bought a few bits I wanted. Must have walked 2 miles as th hospital is a fair walk at the moment as the short cut we could take to town is closed for renovations.

Iv'e seen my first baby Robin flutter past mne today.

Morning Anng and all,

Hope it all goes well with the hearing aids Anng and safe journey there and back.

Its brightish this morning but theres big clouds of white and grey and blue in between and pc says 9 degrees and mostly sunny so I think I will take it as it comes today.

Just having my COC and then I must get on as I have a lot of ironing to do.

Good morning all. sunny and 8 degrees here. check up for hearing aids today at glos Royal hospital, friend dropping me off and I will bus back. Hopefully BBL

Done more in the garden this afternoon and then it came overall cloudy but I caried on and got all the strawberry soak trays washed and put back on the barrow and most of the plants put back too. Came in late again and did myself a burger for tea and went back out to shut banty in and it was raining so I am pleased with what I did today.

Just come in for a rest. washed the bedding but not made up the bed yet. Also put the shopping away. And in the garden for 45 minutes I cut the lawn and started on the edges, hope to get that done after lunch. I have also cut back the winter flowering clematis which is a bit of a thug and hung out five hanging baskets I hope they can withstand the cold nights but it is too hot for them inside and they are too heavy to keep shifting in and out.

Just come in from the garden as I have been sorting out dead pots and I had a lot. I have put the compost in an old sack and that can go up the border. I have red roses out on the wall and one Mascarade (sp ?)

I have been bitten by a midgey thing just under my right eye and it itches like anything. Its on the soft skin under the eye so I don't want to keep rubbing it as they are baggy eno9ugh already.!!!!

Morning AnnG, Mel and all

I’ve decided the best weather forecast is the one you get when you step outside the door. This morning my phone app says 9 degrees and fog and my iPad says 13 degrees and sunny spells. There’s been no sign of sun or fog, not even a slight mist, just grey and overcast. The temperature feels as though it might be about 11 degrees but that’s a guess. The iPad is telling me from about 2-6 pm there is going to be full sun and a temperature going up to 20 degrees. I won’t hold my breath.

I’ve done a few odd jobs this morning, including washing out flower pots. How come that’s always my job? I’m sitting in the conservatory at the moment surrounded by antirrhinums and sweet peas. In March I sprinkled a few antirrhinum seeds on one seed tray . I’ve recently pricked them out and potted them up and I have 52 plants! A few will go in our garden and the rest can go to the two clubs we belong to as one has a plant stall at a fund raiser coffee morning and the other one has a plant stall at the local fete.

In March I also sowed 14 sweet pea seeds in individual pots. 2 didn’t germinate but the other 12 are going mad. They are now about 3 foot tall but we are still getting some cold nights so I don’t want to plant them out yet.

I want to have our roast dinner a bit earlier today so I had better get the oven on. Enjoy your Sunday everyone

Morning Anng and all,

when I got up for the loo at 6.53am it was all misty moisty out there but I went back to bed and woke at 9.12am. the sky is a bit overcast now and pc says mostly cloudy and 13 degrees. It also says tomorrows temps at record low.

Still ache a bit and no its was'nt dark when I came in last night it dos'nt get dark till about 9pm here now. I will have to look tonight and see what time it get really dark.

Good morning all. Sunny here but only 5 degrees so a bit 'cool'. Hopefully today is a gardening day, although it is also Tesco delivery and change the bed day. Bedding in the washing machine. Tesco due 11-12. Trouble is last two week it has been quarter to eleven but you can't just assume that so the gape of 'waiting' is longer.

It must have been almost dark when you came in last night Mel, I bet you slept well last night. I didn't actually sleep badly but I wish I didn't keep waking up as broken sleep is almost as bad as no sleep.

Been in from the garden aboujt 20 mins. Hands hurt now so I am calling it a day for now. I have been cutting brimbles out of the box hedge they have been annoying me for ages. I cut back the rose thatr always gets BIL when he comes through the bottom arch down by Prickley Bottom. A few bits need tying in so I'll do that tomorrow and pick up all the brimble bits I pulled out after cutting them off. The m,idges started to get me soNow I have to find something to eat although I am not that hungry. May just have a sandwich. and a couple of pears.