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We all have those senior moments Mel, but you certainly wouldn't want heating on today. Did you get your quiche cooked?

It is a lovely day here and is now 21 degrees. It is supposed to get hotter next week but I hope it doesn't get too hot, particularly at night. I did get in the garden first thing before it got too warm and did a bit of weeding and deadheading but constantly bending was making my head swim so I didn't stay out there long. I am getting better but I still have the pain over one eye and down one side of my face and head.

I haven't done any h/w today though there's plenty that needs doing. However I have replied to emails that have come over the last couple of days. I also seem to have been on the phone half the morning. I now have a telephone consultation with a clinical pharmacist at our GP surgery for the annual review of my meds. That's for Tuesday, I have a hair appointment booked for Wednesday and our next Covid jab and flu jab booked for 9th November. I had just put the phone down from these calls when son and dil rang from their car. They are on the way to the Isle of Rum where they are camping and foraging for their food etc. I think it is some sort of short course. They must be mad! They've recently done a weekend course in blacksmithing and made knives.

Well, our tyre is still a mystery. I don't think we'll ever find out what happened for it to lose air but it certainly isn't a puncture. It's been pumped up since last Friday night now and has been driven and it's still fully inflated. AnnG's suggestion of some idiot letting the tyre down seems the only logical answer but we don't think that could have happened. We don't get much of that type of vandalism round here and our friends live in a quiet cul-de-sac off a quiet road. But the main thing is that our friends have a very short drive and the car was parked right by the front door and window of the living room. It was the front nearside tyre that was flat and that would have been right by the front window. Anyone fiddling with the valve would have been in full view of the men who were in that room. I know men aren't always very observant but I think even they would have seen someone bobbing about the car right in front of their eyes.

My eyes have had enough now so I think I'll close the computer down for a while. I hope you have all got good weather too and are enjoying the day.

I decided this morning to stop trying to not do anything involving walking as I was beginning to feel I was treating myself like an invalid. so I took my folding stick and caught the bus in to town. took the folding one as I thought I might try going around without it. It was quite busy in town, a lot of teenagers around, as usual for this time of year with some exams finished and some having study time off etc (How it helps being in Primark I am not sure!!). I didn't feel confident enough with so many youngsters zooming around to stop using the stick. Any way my leg behaved well and my balance seemed fine too. Coming home before I got on the bus, I folded my stick and put it away in my bag (sticks are a real nuisance on the bus and in cars). I then walked from the bus stop round to home without the stick and I was fine.
Leg is a bit sore/tired but really not too bad so hopefully it is on the mend.

Gosh its hot Em's been for eggs and BIL is mowing so I have had a natter with both.

I was trying to get a couple of quiches done but I hav'nt started yet!!! I turned on the hot water this morning and thought its going on for a long while and I had turned the heating on instead and I don't need that on today as it is so warm and I found out just in time and the rads were'nt that hot. Thats my senion moment for the day I hope.

Now lets see if I can manage not to burn the quiche.

Morning girls,

Another bright sunny morning but it was'nt at 6am when i got up for the loo. Went back to bed and slept till 9.33am.

Wonder what time BIL will arrive to mow? I better get dressed and ready and tidy the table.

I too googled the poppies and thought they looked so lovely. All that work the ladies have put in it must have taken ages and all for the lost souls of our lovely country. Bless. <3

I too hope Vera and G feel much better today after their migraines. I went through a time of them but hav'nt had one for years now, touch wood. Aunt Joy suffers with them though.

Good morning all. Looks like it is going to be a hopefully nice day. It is 12 degrees now at 0730. I slept well last night I got up once early in the night, then leg woke me early this morning. I think it had stayed in one position for too long.

I hope your migraine is now clear Vera and Ann's OH's is too.
Glad that you have bumble bees Mel. Early on this year when they first emerged there were quite a few but I did keep seeing dead ones laying around so I wondered if there was a disease getting them.

I googled the poppies as well, how lovely Gwynne, so many of them.

Ive got lots of bumble bees. The bees love the bunny rabbits all self seeded on the patio.

Got red stripes in the sky at the moment so I hope we get a nice day again tomorrow as BIL is coming to mow as he has wifes grandson coming for the weekend with his girlfriend. Think I have that right. It may be wifes son and girlfriend.

Phew, it’s like an oven in the study here. The room is under the eaves and my desk is under a sloping roof section so any air coming in through the open window misses me altogether. It’s apparently 14 degrees but it feels a lot warmer and I think it is going to be another hot night.

I googled the poppies on the railings in Fokestone Gwyn. They make a lovely display. Since 2018, the centenary of the WW1 armistice, we have had a cargo net of poppies cascading down from the tower of a local redundant church. I think it’s put up by the fire brigade around the end of October. I don’t think it was put up during lockdown but I think it was there last year. I believe it contains something like 23,000 knitted and crocheted poppies. If it goes up this year I’ll try to remember to get a photo of it.

You’ve done well passing on so much of the contents of your shed Mandy. I expect local people will be popping by your house for days to come to see what bargains they can find and I bet it won’t take you long to fill all the extra space in your shed.

I did have a giggle at your OH picking the gel off the dishwasher tabs Annx. He might prefer the ones I buy which are in the old fashioned paper that you take off. I get them because FarmFoods sell 2 very large boxes for about £20. They are made by Finish and clean the dishes very well but work out quite a lot cheaper. Another reason your story made me laugh as that it brought back a memory of my father. Dad was taken ill while visiting me one time and ended up in hospital for 8 months so I often took him in little treats. One day I took him a pack of 6 coconut macaroons. The next day when I visited he told me not to bring him those cakes again as he couldn’t get the paper off them and so had to throw them away. He had been trying with his badly deformed fingers to peel the edible rice paper off the bottom! I do feel for your OH with his migraines and hope they can get to the bottom of them. Does he find paracetamol work? They don’t even take the edge off my pain so I have a strong co-codamol prescribed, though I am very careful not to take more than absolutely necessary.

I have been out of action a bit myself yesterday and today because of a migraine which started Monday night with my eyes going blurry and out of focus with colours merging into each other. After about 30 minutes the eyes cleared and the pain started. At least I don’t get the terrible sickness these days. Yesterday I just kept laying down for a while, then getting up and just sitting in a chair, then going back to bed. Today I had to go to the pharmacy but still wasn’t safe to drive so OH took me. Apart from that and getting some food ready I have done nothing all day again so I am all behind now.

Mel, it's a good job you noticed that tick and the nurse could get it out for you. Horrid things. You’ve been busy with your h/w today on top of all the garden work you do. I wish I had your energy.

You did well with walking to the dentist and back today AnnG. I can’t believe your gt-granddaughter is 8 already. Where have those years gone? 19th June is obviously a good day to be born. My eldest granddaughter and one of my step-grandsons both have their birthdays today.

I think my eyes and my head have had enough of looking at a screen so I think it’s time to wish you all goodnight and sweet dreams.

Just walking round the garden an there are quite a few honey bees around but normally this time of year there are also lots of bumble bees but there are hardly any this year.

Been busy doing HW. Arn't I a good girl? I have swept down all the cobwebs in the kitchen off the light and all round the edges and througherly hoover kitchen and diner and a bit of the hall.

The sun came out mid morning and its now 20 degrees. I have washed down the doors in the hall and wiped the skirtings. Also had a go at a bit of mold in the bedroom on the wallpaper and in the spare room where the drainpipe goes down the wall on the outside and it had come away from its fixing and the water was running down the outside of the down pipe so the wall got a bit damp. BIL fitted it back on for me a couple of weeks ago.

I shall have to go and have a look at those poppies as they sound lovely. Its a great idea and I think more places should do it.

High to Gwyn nice to see you popping in. Are you all keeping well?

I bet you're glad the dentist is over Anng. Nice weather for a walk there and back but I hope the leg is ok tonight. Are you still doing the wheat bag?

Its good G has'nt tried to take the coating off the new dish washer tablets if they are liquid. You'll have to get those in the future. Its a bit off the builder leaving the cement untidy your side I would have thought you could have mentioned it to your neighbour and he could have made him come back and do something about it. as he did'nt do the pointing your side. Its a bit off leaving a mess but you seem please the walls a little higher now.

Afternoon all,

Gwyn those railing look lovely with all the poppies attached .
I think the link seems to have widened our pages again ,I wonder why it does that , oh thats better Gwyn I see you've removed it , I just manged to see the poppies before it went .

Been shopping and bought two balls of red wool ,only went in qd for wool but also came home with Miracle feed,a tray ,more outside lights and a new plastic container to hold some of my fat quarters .
Went into Aldi for our weekly shop and I bought a nice pot in there that I'm going to plant one of my Hostas in and that was the morning gone
Suns out and it's really warm again so I'm going to sit out this afternoon and do some poppies .

Afternoon everyone.

Just been deleting my previous post, which had s t r e t c h e d the screen so it was hard to view :-|
Well done Ann. I know you like to walk if you are able, so I hope your leg doesn't pain you after your exercise.

Mandy
You are doing well with your clear out of the shed and now are starting on your crochet project.
In Folkestone, the war memorial is set at the top of a fairly steep hill, where the troups marched down to the docks to embark for the First World War, many never to return.
Later, in their memory, the road was renamed The Road of Remembrance and the railings alongside have an ever-growing collection of knitted and crochet poppies.

Morning All,

Sunny here and 15 degrees but it feels warmer. I saw something I'd never seen before on my way back from the shop. The cars in front seemed to have slowed down and then I saw a Kite being chased by some Crows. Then to my left another Kite was flying quite low and swooping to try and catch a little bird in a flock that were trying to escape. Luckily they all did.

I was still smiling at OH and the dishwasher tablets this morning Mel. The new ones are like little dissolvable cushions with liquid inside you can see instead of powder, also dissolvable but with a thicker dissolvable bit so he hadn't thought he needed to take that off those with having liquid inside. That was lucky spotting the Barn Owl. I haven't seen one for many years now.

After his two migraines yesterday, OH woke with one of his bad headaches on one side of his head this morning and took some paracetamol. They often seem to happen in bed and he thinks the way he lies might be one cause as the doc told him it could be his osteoporosis. The latest doc seems to think they may be connected with the iritis he had a few months ago. The scan should show if it's that. He lay in this morning and seems much brighter now. He'd fetched the washing in while I was out and put it away.

Silly me I hadn't thought to hose the car down AnnG, so that's a good idea! I hope your leg will be ok when you go out. I think some things just take time to get better. My knees feel a little better each day, but it's taking longer than I would like. It's really hard getting in and out of my low car at the moment as it's the right knee that's worst and the one you use to straighten with your weight on it. I just have to take my time and be careful. Yes, OH thinks the builder was a bit of a 'bodger.' It was just him and his wife who mixed the cement and clened up the old copings and bricks for him. He hasn't even smoothed the cement between all the joints between the bricks our side of the wall and left some of them with rough cement hanging out as he'd left it too long and it had set. At least it's done now though and looks much better than it did and is a bit higher.

I don't fancy any of the jobs I should get on with and have just cooked a brunch for us. I sprinkled a little grated sheese on some large open mushrooms to have with it and they were really tasty. I know, I'd better sort the house insurance next.

Back from the dentist. managed the walk round and back OK, I will see how my leg is later. but it feels ok at the moment. Not completely pain free but a lot better than it was. Just got to wait while my mouth unfreezes so I can have some lunch now.
Beautiful day here at the moment sun shining and 17 degrees.

Morning girls,

Dull and grey here today but its 15 degrees. Pc says mostly cloudy. You get used to having nice sunny bright days and then this and it makes you feel down. Got up at 6am for the loo and then slept till 9.15am !!

Eight years old Anng. I can't beleive it its like Mandy's Jake first he was alittle boy now he is at work. The years go by so quickly.

I must get on as I have to get up the post van before it leaves at 11am.

Good morning all 12 degrees already so it is getting warmer. Hopefully we will get a bit of summer.
Dentist at 11.30. This time I am more concerned by having to walk there and back than the actual treatment. :-)
Mandy well done on getting rid of all the stuff from the shed. No doubt you will soon start to fill it up again.
It seemed strange to me when I gave the barbecue away as we were still having barbecues well into the Covid year. T liked to do them, it was the only cooking he did. I am used to the space now where it stood and have utilised it.
Ann, that was not a good builder then who built the wall, not very thoughtful. No way should you have bits of cement/concrete left on your garden. Not very thoughtful of your neighbour either, they could have warned you re the dust. Have you thought of turning the hose on the car to get rid of the gritty dust?
It is my Great Granddaughters 8th birthday today. don't the years go so quickly? Seems only a couple of years since she was born.
Mel glad you have got rid of the tick. It must be the deer that have brought them in. You need to cover up when going into the longer grass area.

Gosh I had to laugh at that Ann but never having a dish washer I would'nt have known they had a coating on them. Do these new ones not have a coating that you can see? or is he still taking it off? Another man who dos'nt read instructions I suppose.

Its been a beautiful day here again and I went and had my tiny tick off and I asked the nurse if she had got the head out and she said yes and opened up the piece of lint stuff she had and said O its still alive , pressed here fingers togther and said Its not now!

Vera your slabs are looking great. My patio is in those same slabs and oh used to pressure wash it for me but I shall have to do it myself now. I did do half the decking and BIL did the rest for me. I still have the top decking to do too but am a bit frightened as to whether it will go right through it the way its rotting.

Mandy what a lovely idea to cover the pill box in poppies it will look great. It will also keep you busy for ages. Good you got rid of another scooter today and the BBQ to your son you'll soon have so much room in the shed you won't know what to put in it but you can always put wood in it for the winter. I agree about the blimmin football. We hav'nt had Doctors all last week and this.

As I went out the back door just as it was getting dark I saw a flash of white behind the big beech tree down Prickerly Bottom and looked and the Barn Owl flew right past me on the edge of the decking where it goes down to the back field. Its the first time I have seen it this year. I used to shut the chickens in at twilight and thats when I used to see it but I don't do that now.

Evening All,

Got another wash dried overnight and OH has just put another out so I hope it stays dry. It’s been sunny here today and the builder came back at last and appears to have finished the wall. I wish I hadn’t said it didn’t matter about him trampling on our border now, as he obviously chose to do that rather than tread on the neighbour’s own garden! All the soil is as flat as a pancake with lumps of cement everywhere for us to clean up. I’d left my car close to the garage door but in the driveway and only realised he was here when I heard him using a grinder to clean the old coping stones and saw a cloud of gritty dust heading for my car! I was doing my course online so couldn’t move it and OH was laying down with the aftermath of a second migraine. Later I took the car for a spin to the shop and it has blown most of the dust off, as the screen looks clear again now. After a few more trips to be sure all the grit has blown away I’ll take it to the carwash. I don’t want them rubbing the grit and scratching it with their big chamois leather mitts.

Mandy that’s really good that you are finding good homes for your shed items. People will be detouring past your front garden to see what you have next if word gets around. What a good idea to crochet some poppies to help the lady making them. It’s a nice feeling to know you are helping. I have a bead pattern somewhere for a poppy, yet another project for me to do!

Vera and AnnG, thanks for reminding me to cut and paste in Word which I am now doing. I have done it that way before but keep forgetting. It’s the new layout of this browser. You could open different sites, one on top of the other, then close them one at a time by clicking the cross top right hand of the screen. Now there is a bar at the left hand side with an icon for each screen and where you click to close each one. Clicking at the top right, which I can’t get out of the habit of doing, just closes everything!!

Mel there have been warnings put at the big park with the old trees I used to go to to check for ticks because of the Deer there, as they are apparently attracted to large animals. It’s good it is where you could see it and must be good to have got rid of it.

Vera your slabs are cleaning up really well. It makes such a difference to the look of the garden when they are all clean. You must have been glad that the talk turned out to be interesting so you enjoyed the evening.

I reported so many scam emails last night (2 days worth) I reached some sort of limit and had to send the rest today. I also got one of those scam phone calls in the morning saying they were my bank, unusual activity blah blah. No asking who I was or saying which bank they were, so clearly a recorded scam. It’s the first one of those I’ve ever had.

OH made me chuckle tonight. He deals with the dishwasher, does most of the loading, runs it when full and empties it. He noticed some dishwasher tablets I’d recently bought and wanted to know whether they were the same as the last ones I got as they were much better than the ones he was using before. ‘What was wrong with the old ones’ I asked and noticed they were ones I’d used before with no problems. ‘They’re awful’ he said. ‘In what way?’ I asked. ‘Oh they fall to bits as you put them in the dishwasher compartment and the cellophane takes ages to get off’.’ Cellophane?.....the penny dropped! He’d only been peeling off the clear, gel coat on them that holds the contents together and that dissolves during the wash!! lol. :-D

Evening all,

Oh Ann I'm glad I'm not the only one to loose a post but it's so annoying as I seem to lose it right at the end of all the typing ,hope you manage to post OK today.

Oh Mel I expect you got the tick from all the weeding you've been doing ,you said the other day you had a thistle taller than you ,hope the nurse has got it out for you .

Vera the slabs will look so much better when they are done it's surprising how bad they get ours were quite green in places where they don't see the sun.

Colin has cut the legs off the two troughs he made that we tried to grow veg in with not much success and he's going to put some trellis on the back of them and I thought I would have a couple of honeysuckle in each one with something else in the front but I haven't decided what yet ,I want something that will come each year and something about two foot high .

Son came this morning and took our barbecue and gas bottle so thats some else out of the shed, we haven't used it for a few years now and they needed another one so we said have ours it saves them buying another one .
Another scooter went that I put out the front so I'm pleased that we haven't had to take these things to the tip and that someone will be able to use them .

The blooming football seems to throw everything out of the way on the tv channels ,I noticed eastenders is on bbc 2 and the sewing bee tonight.

I've started on crocheting some poppies ,on fb the British Legion were asking if anyone could help make poppies to cover over a pill box they have in a reflective garden near the railway station ,the lady said it would take her quite a while to make and tie all the poppies on a net to go over the pill box so that's why they were asking if people could help make some ,I had to hunt for red wool and all I had was a small ball so I've only made three so far until I can buy some more red , it gives me something to do and will be nice if I can see mine in withe all the several hundreds I should think they would need to cover it .
It's been really warm out today let's hope it lasts.

Just had my shower and I noticed a little black spot on my chest. I think I have another tick!!! Got an appointment this afternoon with the nurse to remove it. I thought I had an itch and just scratched it and did'nt think anymore about it till I saw it today. Its only tiny.