General Chat

Good morning all, just come in for a coffee. We are now out in the garden for the rest of the day I have the baskets to plant up and OH has some planting out he wants to do.

gill, enjoy your peace. I wonder if the builders are a group of travellers. They (or at least the boss) don't seem to have understood the law very well if they were trying to avoid what was on the written estimate. I wonder if they will return after Easter. Anyway, enjoy the peace and quiet and relax.

Mel, Aaw poor chooks are ready to draw their pension.

Frank whereabouts in Devon are you? chuckled at the seagull, ros won't leave her brekkie out there again!! Enjoy the sea air.

I did laugh at the gulls pinching Ros's breakfast!! If the weather is anything likke ours you should have a lovely day.

Gill I put Chuchy back in the run before I let the others out so she can have a feed before the fray. I still had a broken egg this morning so they must be breaking them when they get out of the nest box. I think I am going to take the bowls out and just make the two nests. Oh dos'nt agree with me. I want him to put a divider in the middle but I doubt if he will.

Well, the girls have gone out, peace and quiet here now. Jan's gardeners have been and cut the lawns. They have just left.

We are in PAINGTON,(sp) Their house looks straight to the sea, down the road between two hotels. At night the sea front is all lite up, and looks lovely, looking out of the lounge window. The property was built in the 1800 hundreds. It is very large, and they have spent THOUSANDS doing it all up. The previous owner was an old LADY who only lived in one room. They started by having to replace the roof, and gradually have had each room repaired and decorated to their liking. All the windows have been replaced. The only job left now is the KITCHEN. I wouldn't like to put a value on the property, but I would expect it to be in excess of a million. I do think that is far to big for Jan, with Conrad in Spain most of the time.

I am not feeling quite myself this morning, so didn't feel like risking walking along the sea front. I would hate to have a fall, and end up in Torquay hospital. ;-) ;-) ;-) So I am sitting quietly in the lounge reading my book.

The sun is really warm, but sitting outside, I can't read my tablet. Perhaps I should start reading Vera LLYNN then I could sit outside.

Lovely area to live Frank except maybe at holiday time when it gets very busy. My OH was born at brought up in Buckfastleigh, went to school in Totnes before joining the RN and going as an apprentice to Fisguard.

From Monday early evening to next Friday we will be in Torquay so save some sunshine for us please.

Afternoon Everyone
I have the plumber here at the moment .He is just doing the service on the hot cylinder.

What a beautiful day.It is so hot in the sun. I am very jealous of you Frank,being right down by the sea now.How I would just love to be there and AnnG ,you are going too!!,and then to Dorset. This is the same place you often stay if I remember correctly.I think we were staying near Dorchester and you were at West Bay one year,

Oh the Seagulls have been up to their naughty tricks then Frank,pinching Ros's toast :-D :-D. They will pinch anything these days. I am glad though that Ros wasn't actually eating it when the gull swooped.

Poor Big Bum Mel ! I hope you haven't given her a complex LOL . Is Chucky better in herself now that you are keepting her apart from the Bullies?

Gill, I wondered just the same as AnnG about the Boss maybe being from the travelling community. At least now your neighbour is not responsible for the cost of the drive.

The Plumber has gone.He is such a lovely chap but has had several health scares.He is just out of hospital after havig 2 cancerous lumps removed from his head. He needs a new hip too just like me. We waddled along together :-D

I am now in the garden with a nice chilled glass of wine :-D. Fish and chips tonight(from the freezer. I was thinking if I went out to get F&Cs now with all the extra miles I would have to do it would be cold by the time I got it home.
We are going tomorrow now instead of Sunday. The venue for lunch has changed and it is in Evesham now. I haven't been to Evesham for years.

Thomas has been gone since 2am last night.So nearly 15hours. He hasnt done this for a while ,and i do get my knickers in a knot worrying :-S

Chris is reading his book now as his back is hurting . He has done so much in the garden.It's looking lovely.

Mandy I hope the easter eggs dont melt :-D. Did you find out where the little bags were?

I shall enjoy my wine now and think of Frank by the Sea.Lucky beggar.

It must be the sea air Frank why you slept like a log, I bet you feel great today. I recorded Earth from Space, as like you, I thought it looked good. I haven't watched it yet as I've been doing OH's side of the tree. Ancestry have their records open for free the whole weekend, so that was lucky as I didn't know until I went onto the site this morning. Vera Lynn's book about her war time memories sound just your thing, what a lovely Easter present, you'll enjoy reading it while everyone is at the garden centre. Oh dear poor Ros, I doubt she'll leave her toast outside with the seagulls again.

I hope your OH makes the divider you want Mel, it sounds like it's needed. We have lovely sun today and it's really warm. OH and I have just been sitting in the garden and the peace and quiet it lovely, all we can hear are the birds singing and the gentle sound of water from our water feature.......bliss :-)

We think the same as you AnnG that the drive people are travellers. I wouldn't want to get on the bad side of them. The boss of the jobs next door isn't a traveller, her just gets the workmen in and I don't think each of the workmen know each other, the travellers as we think they are, are separate from all the rest of the workers. I think they will come back and finish the job as there's only a small amount to do, but I for one, will be glad when they've finished and gone away. The drive looks lovely but they have only put the bricks on a bit of sand so it'll probably sink like the neighbour further down the road who had them, so no doubt they'll be back at some point to fix it, but for now we're just glad no one is there over the weekend and we will enjoy no stress. Enjoy you time in Torquay. It sounds like you'll be going as Frank is coming back.

I might have a glass of something outside later Jane. Don't worry about Thomas, I know it's easier said than done, but if I remember correctly he does this when the weather is nice. I'm sure he'll be back before you know it. Enjoy your wine and relax in this lovely weather.

Going to get something to eat now, I'm feeling quite hungry.

Evening all,

What a beautiful day it's been and should be for the next few days , we've been out in the garden getting all the garden furniture out .
This morning it was Messy Church and Lewis and Lacey had a fine old time they made several bits and pieces and had Hot cross buns, fruit and a drink and were then given an Easter Egg each as we left .

Oh Frank i had to laugh at poor Ros losing her breakfast ,it could have been worse though as it could have taken the plate as well as the toast ;-) :-D :-D
You were best not to go out walking if you din't feel that great but you can still get a bit of sea air if you sit out .

What a price for a drive Gill no wonder the boss didn't want to pay ,if it's brick weave they are doing they are not that expensive ,it does sound as if they are being ripped off to me .
I posted Sandra's card yesterday as i thought i might not get out to post it before the middle of the week and i wanted to make sure she got it ok.

No i haven't found the Easter egg bags Jane and i forget to ask DIL this morning but we'll she her tomorrow so still time to find them .
Is it a family meet up tomorrow for your lunch ?

Oh naughty Mel i hope you don't call her Big Bum to her face :-D :-D
Are the new nest boxes a little deeper so they have to push them selves up more and that's how they break the eggs ?

Poor Jan, While out this morning/afternoon. She bought a LEG OF LAMB. £25.00 from the butcher where we buy the xmas meat and turkey. He told her to cook it for one hour fifteen minutes and it should be perfect. Was it HELL. She called me to carve it, it was like leather. She put it back in the oven when carved. It came out of the oven no better. She had done Jersey Royals, Roasts and Parsnip, Cauli and Broch in a sauce, Peas carrots. The whole meal looked wonderful. BUT when we tried the meat it was a tough as old boots. She is talking about taking it back tomorrow. But knowing Jan, I doubt she will.

Jo, Ella and her friend have gone to the fair along the sea front. I have given the girls some money to spend on what they want. We have both the dogs with us. JJ and LENNY, they have put on so much weight, since we last saw them. Jo said she doesn't over fed them, they don't have tit bits, and get plenty of exercise. So it might just be the breed. King Charles Cocker Spaniels.

Lovely evening sitting outside looking over the sea, with nice cold can of beer. What more can a man want. ??? No I don't need a nice bit of fluff !!!!.

Enjoy your evening, whatever you are doing. Tomorrow I will either walk, or get one of the girls to take me to the pub. Man. City play Spurs at 12.30 pm. Would like to see that.

What a shame about the Lamb Frank. Not a cheap bit of meat !!! . I think she should complain even if she doesn't actually take the meat back. The rest of the meal sounded good :-D Bit of Fluff LOLOL is that your testerone talking :-D That is an expression I have not heard since probably the 60's or 70's :-D You just behave yourself ;-)

Our meal tomorrow Mandy is Us ,H&G,and his Mum and Dad ,maybe Gareths Sister and her partner (but he may be working)

Fish and Chips nearly ready here :-D Still no Thomas 18hours now :-S

Evening All,

What a lovely spring day today with lots of sunshine! It makes you feel good. :-)

That's good news to get the all clear on your mammogram Jane. I hadn't realised you were going out this Easter. Judging by your venue at Evesham I expect you are meeting up with family, so I hope you have a nice time. I expect there will be plenty of 'baby talk'. :-)

Gill that does sound expensive for the block drive next door. Is it a long drive? I hope they put plenty of hardcore down under the sand. The builder didn't put enough under ours and now you can see where the weight of our wheels have made a dented track across the blocks. Good of your neighbour to have got the written quote showing the drive was included though. I hope you have a peaceful Easter now and can relax. At least they are nearly done now by the sounds of it which is good.

Frank, I had to smile at the Seagull pinching Ros's toast!! lol She won't leave that out again will she! Pity about the Lamb as it should have been so tasty. I hope the sea air gives you another good night's sleep. The house sounds wonderful and worth all the hard work they've done.

I bet the children are looking forward to your Easter Egg Hunt Mandy. I hope you manage to get the bags.

Mel it does sound like you needed a few more chickens with a few going downhill. I suppose you will have to wait till she has some more now. Just when they have 5 star living quarters too!!

AnnG I liked your photos. Those dark red tulips were beautiful.

Better go now.........his lordship beckons to watch some recordings!

Jane I Hope Thomas comes home soon. We do go to Evesham but just to The Valley outlet centre, the garden centre and the Country Park. A very long time since we visited the town. Hope you have an enjoyable meal anyway.

Frank it is such a disappointment when meat turns out to be tough. We had the same thing last Sunday with a beef topside joint, tasty but very hard for our old teeth to chew. Monday I chopped it up and cooked it in the slow cooker and it was lovely.

Annx yes the tulips were beautiful and so many of them. We spent all day in the garden and it was beautiful here too. I made up 13 hanging baskets mostly with Surfinia Petunias.

Mandy hope you find the bags, I bet they are somewhere obvious and you will stumble on them.

Gill have you enjoyed your peaceful day? I hope the drive people are not travellers Gill as they tend to use sub standard materials.

Hope Thomas turns up soon Jane ,you carn't say he'll come home when he's hungry as he fills his tummy with wildlife .
Have a lovely day tomorrow with all the family .

That's a lot of hanging baskets AnnG ,do you have some one to keep them nicely watered while your away ?

What a shame about the meat being tough Frank ,i think she should take it back or at least tell the butcher .

I meant to say my friends bungalow has now sold ,the people who were buying it and pulled out have now come back and decided they want it .
But listen to this the day after it was sold some one broke in !!! they got the key safe off the wall and some how the blighters managed to get the key out and in they went ,they must have been a bit cheesed off to find every room empty ,but i suppose it was better to go in with the key than have them do lots of damage to the doors trying to break in .

O Mandy how horrible for them to have the break in. Silly fools nothing inthere to inch serves them right.

Frank what a shame about the lamb. Our tonight was lovely and tasty and just right. We had it with a nice bottle of red and new pos and purple brocc.I am just finishing off the bottle of red as oh has gone to bed.

Anning enjoy yor stay in Torquay and safe journey down. Hope you have a lovely time.

You too Jane enjoy your day away and I hope Thomas comes in ok. At least you hav'nt the road to worry about if its now closed off. I expect he is full of bunny's .

I shot one tonight . There were three of them out on the back field and I got the nearest one but missed the two further away.

Enjoy your quiet time Gill and relax til lthe weekends over.I am just hoing I have some eggs tomorrow as I just have a dozen for Em tomorrow. I have the boys presents ready for tomorrow too.

O frank it is so disappointing when the meats tough when you pay so much for it. I hope you have another good nights sleep tonight.

Do you remember me telling you that Robby was building a nest in my shed and I could'nt find it. Well I found it today. I will take a pic tomorrow as its a beautiful nest right on top of the rubbish bin under a basket I had thrown away. I lifted the basket to put something in the bin and there it was all finished and ready to lay eggs in. I hope they have built another somewhere as he is still feeding her.

Mandy hoe you find the bags in time for Sunday. Its so annoying when that happens and I do it with the boys stockings next door. Emm gives them back to me and I can never remember where I have put them.

Going to watch Gardeners World now and then bed.

Hope anne is feeling better today and love to her and Ruby for Easter.

See you all tomorrow.

Morning all,

Suns out and the birds are singing their heads off. The skys blue with some white fluffy clouds but I think we are in for a nice day.

Depending on the eggs I get today I may have enough for a delivery to Em. If not I have some bantams eggs for her and then up the shop for the paper. Nothing else planned so will see how the day progresses as to what I want to do.

Hope Frank had another good nights sleep and everyone else.

Must make something in the way of flowers for the church too. Think I will make a moss Easter Egg perhaps with flowers around it, not sure yet.

Good morning Mel. and all,

Not a good nights sleep unfortunately, I kept waking from dreams,and Ros was coughing throughout the night, and getting up for the loo. SODS LAW, when it came time to get up, we both wanted to sleep.!!!!

I started this a while ago, when Jan called me for Breakfast. Eggs, bacon, sausages and toast. with fresh orange. Now full to bursting. I won't have space for my beer at lunch time. lol lol.

Jan wants us to go to the beech for an Ice Cream, then I will go and watch football, while they take the lamb back. They had better get their A@@@'s into gear, or it will be too late.

Wall to wall sunshine here, and very warm with it. I should have bought some shorts with me, but it would scare people to death seeing me walking around in them. lol lol.

AinG. plenty of sunshine to share around for when you come. We are now staying until Wednesday, to be sure we won't get caught up in the weekend traffic, on Monday/Tuesday. Going back up north.

Jan's Daughter Kerry's partner makes spice mix's that are sold in many garden centre outlets. Beckwith. where Jane goes sells it. Jan has a mix for tonight for a Chicken Curry. It's suppose be be very mild, so will suit both Jan and Ros. I can always add a little more curry powder to heat mine up a bit.

Hope you all enjoy your day today. I will try to get back later. xxxx

Morning Mel,morning all

Lovely and sunny here today and sooooo peaceful :-D Like you Mel, the bird are singing.

Sorry to hear about the lamb Frank and it wasn't cheap either, I would definitely take it back and have a refund. Another bad night, lets hope the sea air helps and you both have a better nights sleep tonight. Also hope a refund is given for the lamb, I'll keep my fingers crossed.

That was a lot of hanging baskets AnnG, they're going to look so pretty.

No they didn't put plenty of hardcore down Ann so we're expecting the drive to sink under the weight of the car. I believe weeds grow through as well, according to another neighbour down the street who had the same people.

Sorry to hear Thomas is still out Jane, at least the road is quiet so that must ease some of the worry. I hope he returns home soon. Enjoy your time with the family today.

Thanks Mandy, I'll keep an eye out for the card. I hope you find the bags before tomorrow. That's the problem with empty properties they are a target for burglars, at least all the rooms were empty so they couldn't take anything and using the key saved a lot of damage to. Not very nice to discover though.

I'm pleased you've found Robbies nest Mel, looking forward to seeing the photo.

Well, I'd better go, I decided to colour my hair today and now it needs rinsing off and the conditioner putting on.

Afternoon all,

Another lovely sunny day here again , we popped out to get some grow bags, compost ,and a couple of new hanging baskets which i've now planted up , the grow bags were Levingtons £4.49 each but i noticed she had charged me for the cheap ones which were £1.49 ,they were there on the trolley for her to see and twice i told her what they were so thats up to them if they want to loose out .

I had a look at the site Mel there's some nice little things to make on there ,i liked the little bunnies with the big ears .

I hope this little Robbies nest is in a safe place so it doesn't collapse like the other one did ,did the other Robbins carry on nesting there Mel ?
I'd like to see what you make for the church .

I take it no breakfast went missing this morning then Frank :-D
Bit of sea air and a nice ice cream carn't be bad ,i bet there's lots of people about on the front with all this lovely weather .

Enjoy a nice stress free day Gill you've had several weeks of worry so enjoy the weekend .

Well here I am THREE PINTS OF SPECKETED HEN LATER. Mn Ciry won 1=0 so puts them top od the Prem. Liverpool play later.

Came home to an empty house, so I expect they are out enjoying themselves.. I am going to get my book and have a read till my eyes tell me different. ;-) ;-) ;-)

SEE YOU LATER.

good afternoon all, you certainly sound relaxed Frank I am sure the break is doing you good. Are there many people around at the beach?

Mel, you never stop, now a decoration for the church. did you get one made?
You said about shooting a rabbit. A proper country Gal then. I can't ever imagine being capable either mentally or physically of shooting a rabbit.

Mandy that was a good bargain then wasn't it?
We have really good neighbours who always look after the garden when we go away, as we do theirs. They will water the baskets which are in the greenhouse for this coming holiday. They will be brought out when we come home.

gill it is good to seeing you sounding more relaxed as well.

Afternoon All,

What a lovely one it is! OH is at a match so I'm Billy no mates just now but will be going out soon.

You seem to be having a nice time Frank so make the most of it! I wish I was there!! lol.

AnnG I don't think I could shoot a Rabbit either, not after having them as pets, but I know they have to be controlled as they are pests when they can get into your garden. We used to have them in the field at the back of us, but I think they have shot every one now as we haven't seen any for a few years. Since they have had cattle instead of a hay meadow at the back of us, we have lost most of the hedges, no Kestrels any more or Hedgehogs, it's so different.

Did you make an egg Mel? I hope Robbie's nest soon has some eggs in it. :-) I noticed on line some cute things for Easter made with pompoms and thought of you.

Gill I'm glad you are making the most of the peace and quiet........enjoy it while you can! I expect you have been doing some of the garden though. :-) Did you manage to finish Sandra's cushions and did she like them?

I expect you are laying your trail of easter eggs for the hunt Mandy. I bet the children are talking about it and can't wait till tomorrow. Better not let Max help though as he would wolf them down and they aren't good for him! :-)

When OH got home from footie on Thursday at about 10.00pm he said there was an unmarked police 4x4 with headlights on parked in front of the new gate across the end of the close with 2 policemen standing outside it. We did some curtain twitching as you do to see what was going on and noticed Mrs O opposite doing the same! lol. Then the neighbour next to the gate the other side.There are no street lights where we are but we saw one of the policemen making phone calls. Nothing happened for over half an hour and then both policemen went into the bungalow next door to us where the caravan is. They were there for nearly an hour before they went and we were surprised the neighbour hadn't gone outside to them as they were parked where his 'keep clear' sign was. We still don't know what it was all about as we haven't seen anyone to ask.