General Chat

How did we get through life without knowing about fronted adverbials? and when did they become 'a thing'?

The film on Pissarro was excellent, a lot of information that I am sure I will soon forget. Hopefully some things will stick. I really had not known his work and it was interesting to hear his life, he died at 71 in 1903 and he was a leading member of the artists we know as the impressionists such as Money Degas Gauguin etc Some of his paintings I liked a lot. The film centred mainly on the exhibition of his work at The Ashmolean, a gallery in Basil and another in France.
The next film is on Vermeer some time in June.

BIL has just turned up so I am now going back out inthe garden.

Good afternoon all

Gwyn, please send some sunshine this way. I checked the forecast this morning and it said dry with sunny spells and a moderate breeze so I washed a load of bedding that has been waiting around for a good drying day. Well, it is still dry out but there has been no sun at all and hardly any breeze so the bedding is just hanging there. I hope your swans hatch their cygnets OK. I haven't been able to get down to the river to see how ours are doing. Well done with the cholesterol levels. Neither of us take statins though OH has so much cheese that I'm surprised he doesn't start mooing. Fronted adverbials! Good grief! I had to google to find out what they were. There are so many new names and terms for things now that I am well out of touch. I'm stumped by a primary school maths paper, not because I can't do the maths but because I can't understand the questions.

Mel, your bil is good to give you so much help at the moment. It must be tempting to keep going when the weather is good but be careful or you will end up in pain and unable to do much anyway. If you have a busy day outside try and rest up a bit the next day.

Enjoy your film AnnG. It does sound interesting. You're probably right about age being the main factor with me forgetting things. I get frustrated because I always had such a good memory. I do make lists but sometimes forget to take them out of my bag and look at them. If I forget anything we just have to do without until we are next going to town. Because of my eye problems I am not driving at the moment and the bus service round here is not very good so I have to rely on OH to drive me. It's only about 1.5 miles into town and I used to happily walk there and back but I find that too much of a struggle now, particularly if I am in a hurry and have anything heavy to carry back.

Mandy, the carbon monoxide alarms that British Gas provided to us just have a non-replaceable long life battery, but as it lasts about 10 years it's not really a problem.

Tesco are coming late afternoon. There's only 1 sub but 3 things missing and they are all things I said I didn't want subbed. Two of them are books and I really didn't want the picker to choose books for me.

I have had a thorough dust and vac upstairs this morning but my back is sore now so I'll be sitting with a pillow behind it for an hour or two this afternoon. I've just heard the kettle going on so OH is probably getting our snack lunch ready, which is his only job today. I'm getting a bit peckish so I'm off downstairs to eat.

Morning all, ... Brilliant sunshine here, but quite a breeze.

Mel,
Did you remember to pick up your scripts this week?
Can't have you running out of required tablets .
Sounds like you are getting on well in your garden, but don't do too much that it makes you ache for days.

Ann
I hope you enjoy the film.
You do seem to find lots of things of interest to visit and keep you busy. The gardens you visited must have been a riot of colour at this time of year.

I was pleased this week, that my efforts to bring down my cholesterol levels by eating more of the right sort of food had paid off, so the surgery has decided that I don't need medication for that.. I would love to eat more cheese,which I much prefer to meat, but know that I have to limit that in particular.

News on the swans is troubling. Last I heard, the mother was still leaving the eggs alone for long periods of time, but I haven't been round to see them this week, so I don't know the latest. Last week, when I was there,the mother was standing up right by the nest, which had 9 eggs in it. She looked as if she was still looking after them and had just stood up to stretch her legs and do a bit of preening... so who knows?

One more week at school then they break up for the May holiday. I think they have 2 weeks this time.
I was asked to help in the classroom this week, while the teaching assistants were helping with the SATS . I usually listen to readers just outside their room.
I'm not used to all the terms used for various processes, eg. 'Fronted adverbials' but I know what we are trying to achieve, so that's OK ;-)

Morning Anng and all,

Another lovely bright morning here today and pc says 12 degrees adn mostly sunny so thats good.

Will do a bit more in the garden today but must be careful as I ache a bit this morning after holding that heavy lopper.

BIL is coming again today but I think he has cut all the grass so perhaps he'll help with the cutting down of things. I still hav'nt cut the budlia down and I want ivy off the wall. O well we'll see what gets done later I expect, anything will be a great help.

I did a lot of walking aroun the garden yesterday too and my toes ache and fingers and hip.

Good morning all. a bit grey bright at the moment and 8 degrees. Off out later to see a film on the father of impressionism. (Pissaro)

Vera, I am sure that it is likely to be an age thing. our brains are tired with all that it clogged up in there. I make lists of things I have though needed doing every day now. actually there is the sense of achievement when I have ticked it all off. But also these days I have a habit of starting one job, remembering another halfway through and going on to do that then remembering before finishing the first job. that adds to the brain confusion as well. eventually no problem it all gets done. But annoying when you forget things when you are out. with me that would involve another bus journey. Which is why I usually take lists with me. (OK if I remember to check them........ while I am out).

Mel you had a busy day and got lots done yesterday.

BIL came and he mowed and brought the big trailer to the front of the bungalow so I could cut down the big Hydranga which I did. he emptied the trailer for me and brought it back to the Forsythia and left it there for me as I wanted to cut that down. I took some branches off the apple trees and cl.eared those away and then tackled the Forsythia which I have cut back quite hard and there was a lot of dead old trunks in it. The trailer is full again now but he's coming tomorrow and will empty it for me. Had a fiddle about out there and have now come in to have something to eat but I don't know what!!! Mum always used to say if you don't know what you want your not hungry.

Good afternoon folks

The day started grey and then about 10 am the wet stuff just fell out of the sky. It poured down for a couple of hours. It’s eased off a lot now but I think it’s going to rain on and off all day. It’s 11 degrees but there’s a wind from the north which makes it feel a lot colder.

My back is slowly improving and I am trying to get back to normal while still being careful. So we’ve had a h/w morning. OH cleaned all the bathrooms while I had a good dust and vac downstairs. At the moment I can’t manage to push our heavy vac around but I can manage with the cordless one. I had thought I might get round the whole house but I did everything thoroughly and I’d had enough by the time I’d finished downstairs.

Yesterday, we met friends in town for coffee and took the opportunity to take more stuff to a charity shop. There’s still a load of stuff cluttering up a spare bedroom but it’s a case of “out of sight, out of mind”. I keep forgetting it. I am beginning to wonder if Covid, which we had last October, affected me more than I realised. Since then my brain has been made of cotton wool. Yesterday I made a list and I wanted to go to Waitrose for a couple of bits, Roys for some horticultural grit and the pet store for a sack of sunflower hearts for the birds. What did I do? I forgot what I planned to do and forgot to look at the list! So we only went to Waitrose and now have to go back to town for the stuff I didn’t get. I used to be so well organised that I find it very frustrating to have all this brain fog. Maybe it’s just old age.

Oh has just called out that lunch is ready so I’d better stir my stumps and get downstairs.

Morning all,

Dry and cloudy when we got up so I nipped to town for a few bits nearly finished what I wanted to do and then down came the rain ,got a little wet but now it's coming down quite hard so nothing will get done outside today as I think it should rain off and on all day and it's chilly with the wind.
Got some ironing to do just having a coffee first.

You were late on parade Anng. I wondered if you were ok.

Fed the birds and chickens and fiddled a bit in the garden and thats all so far.

Good morning all. I was up later than usual then did some family tree stuff on my computer before showering and washing my hair and getting dressed. 12 degrees here but cloudy bright. Better go and get some breakfast

Morning all,

Quite bright this morning but still lots of cloud in the sky and pc says 8 degrees and mostly sunny so it could look promissing for a nice day ahead. I may the windows cleaned. I noticed the [atio door were very dirty yesterday on the outside where the rain splashes up off the decking so I may get the pressusre washer out and do the patio and windows if it stays nice.

Should smell nice Mel.

Mandy, yes the garden group. had a good natter. It is never just about gardening and plants but a lot of general natter but we enjoy it. It went well and they were able to get out and wander round the garden and offer helpful comments and commiserations (plants lost0. It seems I was not the only one to lose plants.

I can remember spring cleaning myself when first married. That was in the days of T smoking indoors and coal fires which made the curtains filthy. so washed curtains and nets and washed all the paintwork down. Haven't spring cleaned since we had central heating and T gave up smoking indoors first, then completely.

I have just bought some on ebay and its lavender antique wax.

Not done any HW today so far. I cleaned all the windowsills in the kitchen yesterday and the midges are about and this morning they were covered in live and dead bodies. I have now put fly pen round the windows in the hope I don't get many mo9re in. I think the pond attracks them.

I have done some casting and a bit of painting though.

I used to love it when my and nan used lavender polish and its one of the things that I can use now if I go steady on it. Not the sprays though. I am not too bad with the antique wax either which is what I normaly used. I shall have to see if they still sell lavender real polish.

Afternoon all,

It's been a nice sunny warm morning here so we've got a few outside jobs done ,I sorted my boxes I have on the wall and dug the garden bit where the runner beans go,got some throws dry that we use on the sofa and chairs for max to lay on and now its raining so rain has stopped play .

So a bit of cleaning for you today then Mel ,you don't hear so much about people having a spring clean ,I can remember mum having a good spring clean ,rugs were given a good beating and everything washed and polished ,oh it did smell nice after the Lavender furniture polish was used .

Anng hope your meeting went OK was it the gardening group today ?

Hope your back is a bit easier today Vera .

Morning anng and all,

Once again its dull and miserable here this morning so think your self lucky you have some sun Anng. Enjoy your meeting and have a good chat.

Its 11 degrees here and pc says mostly cloudy and it right and I don't think we are going to even get a glimps of the yellow stuff today.

Shall carry on with my HW today as I did'nt get the windows done yesterday after all. I did wash down all the back door inside and out and the paintwork round the skirting boards so I have those to do and hoover the rest of the hall and clean the big bathroom. That lot will keep me occupied for the day I am sure.

good morning all sun is shining so far and 9 degrees I will just be getting ready for the meeting this morning. expecting ten I think so need to get chairs sorted, cups etc out ready and the two tea pots. won't take long just need to keep my brain working. BBL

I think its because I have to have the small tanker and they don't want to send it all the way from Cullumpton for one delivery so I may have to wait till the next order goes in but it may not go with the same company as Keith rings round all the companies to see which will give him the best price.

Had a huge salad tonight with tuna and boiled egg and homemade coleslaw and cottage cheese.

The next bank holiday is the end of the month ,I think I was wondering if it was this weekend again as the bin goes out a day later again next week .

Few rumbles of thunder and its now napping down with rain again .

You still waiting for your oil Mel ,maybe you need to give them a ring to see where it's got too