General Chat

Good morning Gill and all. I doubt the blackbird would attack you Gill hr might have screeched at you though. Baby blackbirds are huge aren't they.

I have put a photo of the robin collecting food on the photo blog, plus a few of the garden.

Good morning Gill and All,

Belated best wishes Jane and Chris. Ours is on Monday FOURTY ONE YEARS. Would you Adam and Eve it. Jan has booked them both into a SPA day, on Monday so with Conrad at work and them out. I will be left on my dear old JACK JONES. ;-) ;-) ;-)

Lovely sunny morning here, even though I had a terrible night, and laid awake for hours and hours. I still feel full of SPRING.!!!!

We went to a Chinese Restaurant, where you eat as much as you like. Everything s Fresh, you choose what you want and take it to the counter where the chef bloke cooks everything,endplates it up. There is a big salad counter, with everything you could think of. Unusual for me I got a large plate of salad, and started on that while my PRAWNS, CRAB, MUSSELS,SQUID,CLAMS cooked. When I had eaten that lot I went back for seconds. Then came the sweets (AFTERS) Ice creams of every flavour, profiteer rolls, chocolate sauce, lemon sponge, Roly polly type pudding, I could only manage one trip to the sweet counter. ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) All washed down with a couple of pints of cold larger. Eos, Conrad and Jan, tucked into all manor of things, and we all came home stuffed and satisfied.

Jan and Conrad went straight to bed 9.15 pm Ros and I sat and watched a bit of BGT, then I went in to read around 10.00 pm.

When the girls are showered and dressed, Conrad will pop back and take them to a large Shopping Centre, where they will while away their day. I will stay at home and BABY SIT. Talking of that. They (the pups) are growing so fast. Jan is going to the vets later, to see if they should be starting on some sort of puppy food. Poor LOLA. as soon as she hops into their bed, they are after her for food. I'm sure is getting fed up with it. They are five weeks old now.

So the HOT TUB is playing up Mel, Can't you contact the Manufacturers ,for advise why the ERROR notice keeps popping up.?? I know Simon and Sally have a solid one in the shed/sun lounge outside. The one he had, when married to his first wife, was lifted over the roof of the house, by crane and taken away to his old wives new home. I expect that was part of the marriage settlement. I would hate to think what that might have cost to do. !!!!

I am pleased you are feeling a bit better Vera, just take things easy, and I am sure you will be back to normal soon.

I see your weather is getting warmer, for the weekend. Have any of you got any plans for going out to nice gardens, ??

Gill I think you should insist, that whoever puts up the gate. That they do not FIX IT to your fence. There is no reason they can't dig a hole and cement it in on their side of the driveway. JUST KEEP AN EYE ON THEM, as I am sure you will.

The girls have rung Conrad so he will be here soon, I will get myself a bit of breakfast when they are gone, and settle down in the sun for an hour, then come in and read. That is the only trouble with either the KINDLE OR TABLET, you can't read them in the full sunlight. :-P :-P :-P

Have a sake day all, see you later. xxxx

Morning all,

Overcast today with a bit of wind but still quite warm out there.

We had a very tatty fox walk across the the garden this morning just now and it looked like it had mange. the two rabbit disappeared. One yesterday and the other half eaten but today its gone so I expect the fox had both after the crows had their pic the first day.

Thats the bit I don't like about nature that all animals feed each other. Same as when we get the baby birds and the sparrow hawk comes along and take sthe babies. The magpies take the baby pheasents as we have witnessed this many times in the garden. Woodpeckers take chicks out of their nest too. Such a shame for something so young to have their lives cut short in this way.

I don't watch the programs where lions kill things either.

Morning all,

Belated Anniversary wishes to you both Jane like the others I thought it was today too as your off out for a lunch , hope you enjoy the meal.

Oh dear Mel trouble with the hot tub, have you got a reset button ? If you have you need to reset it each time you turn the electric on to it , you'll also get e02 if you have any kinks in any of the pipes or you leave any caps on , I hope you can get it sorted as it should help OH'S aches and pain's ,if it's to low to sit in you can get little seats to fit in.

You had a nice feast last night Frank :-D sounds as if your enjoying yourself out there in the sun.

Bit cloudy here today and getting a bit muggy .

It's muggy here to Mandy and still cloudy, lots of birds in our garden today so that's nice to see. The new neighbours have gone out again, they're never in, which is good as it's nice and quiet for the birds.

You had a lot to eat Frank, it sounds a lovely place, will you be going again? Yes, I'll be keeping an eye on the fence when the gate goes up after all the breakages on our other fence. I'll be glad when it's finished and they've painted it then everything connected to us will be done and we can finally relax.

I'm the same as you Mel and don't like seeing one animal/bird kill another one, but I suppose it's the way it is in nature. I wish there was something I could do sometimes though when I see the Magpies attacking the smaller birds, but they are so high up in the trees I can't get to them.

I wasn't sure about the Blackbird AnnG, so thought it best to come in and leave it alone. I know they screech a lot at the Magpies when they are around the nests and it's very loud, but this one was only about a foot away from me so I didn't want to encourage it to come any closer.

Mum's just been to visit and brought some lamp shades around she said I could have, so I'm thinking of recovering them, then I can put them up in my living room and hall, she has a table lamp to match which she's also giving to me when she gets her new one. So that'll keep me busy for a while recovering them all, I also need to buy some cushion infills so I can make Sandra's cushion covers, I was going to take one apart that I bought, but it's a set of 4 and I want to keep them as they're all the same size and to big for Sandra anyway. She's been ever so good waiting for me to do them.....bless her.

I've just shown Sandra the video's Jane and she loved them, she thought the squirrel was cute :-) :-) She said to say thank you <3

ITS GOING.

Oh talked to someone this morning and they said they would email him in 5 mins. We are still waiting but oh took the lid off the pump and there was a wire not conected. It had a little black clip each end and when he showed me and said could I see anything wrong and I spotted the connectors diconnected he said yes! He put them together put the lid back on and pressed the button and it is now heating up.

Brilliant Mel, so has your OH had a dip now?

Well that was badness Mel ,what make is it ,i'd get in touch with the supplier and complain ,glad you got it sorted out once you get it heated up and you have a dip you won't want to get out :-D

Gill what are you covering the lampshades with ,it's funny you should say your covering one as i was only looking at a magazine the other day and there was one in there that had been covered in ribbon and it looked really pretty .

Oh Jane having to sleep on your back ,i remember Colin having to do that and he hated it as he always lays on his side so he found it very hard ,also he had to have a wedge between his legs too so he didn't cross his legs and put the hip out .
Hope you enjoyed your lunch did you have some thing nice today ?

We are putting the swimming pool up tomorrow ,son and DIL are coming to help we find it quite a job to do on our own now as the poles take some fitting together .

Evening All,

Plenty of sun and a nice breeze here today so not so tiring.

Frank that was a meal and a half wasn't it! I expect you will be going back there again. :-) I bet the pups are getting stronger now and have their eyes open. Poor Lola, at least she only has 3 to cope with now and not 5! How are the bumps on your head now, going down I hope.

Jane do you know if you can you get pillowcases for those 'V' pillows? They sound a good idea for stopping you turn on your side at night. I think I would find it hard sleeping on my back too as I toss and turn from one side to the other a lot!! What did you have for your meal out today?

What a nuisance with the hot tub Mel, but you did well to spot the problem connection. I expect you have been in it by now, soaking all your aches away. :-D Mandy's suggestion of seats sounds good. Do they blow up too Mandy? Those little Pheasant chicks are so tiny and cute. I saw the ducklings in the next village again today and she still seems to have most of them. I got a few pics as OH stopped to post a letter.

Vera that was a scary ride in the mist! I bet you didn't relax till you got home. I hope your and your hubby's aches and pains are easing now. No-one liked riding with my dad in his car as his foot was to the floorboards whenever he could. Every time he came home from work with me, he did the ton down the lane from the village to where we lived midway between 2 villages. It was before the 70mph limit or seatbelts and if the car didn't manage 100mph, he would have the bonnet up next to see what was wrong!! I went with him to test drive a Jaguar once and the salesman just bundled me into the back as men would with women in those days. I was inwardly grinning as I knew he didn't know what he'd let himself in for!! Once dad took the wheel, he tested the car's capabilities and within minutes the salesman went quiet and I watched his hands slide down each side of the seat to grip the underside. They never moved and he never spoke a word more till we got back. I don't know how dad would have coped with today's speed limits. He passed his test in the army and taught people to drive tanks in India in the war.

The last time we had a Robin's nest it was only a couple of feet off the ground in a conifer. What a daft place as as soon as there were chicks a cat got them.

Oh Mandy, I expect the children will be wanting to come round as soon as the pool is up! Is Lewis ok with it now? I remember you saying he wasn't wanting to go in before but that was a while ago.

AnnG I took a few pics at the Botanic Garden, mostly the cacti, so will sort a few to send.

Gill, that was good your mum bringing you the lampshades. What will you cover them with? My bedroom one is looking a bit dingy now, but it just has a wire ring at the top and the bottom with a stiff plastic covered in material between.

I am getting the Error Page.

It takes a long while to heat up from cold so we hav'nt been in it yet. Too late now so oh will probably go in it in the morning.

Morning all

Another cloudy day here but not cold.

You'll be able to go in the hot tub today Mel, that'll help your OH's aches and pains, I'm surprised there was a loose wire though, surely that shouldn't of happened. At least your OH has fixed it now so you can both use it.

So the swimming pool is being put up today Mandy, I do envy you, especially last year when we had the heat wave, I wonder if it'll be as hot again this year.

I've never covered a lampshade before so would be interested in how they covered it in ribbon Mandy, did they wrap the ribbon around the frame from top to bottom all the way around, I think I've seen someone do that before, but I can't remember if that's how they did it?

My concern is putting fabric on the inside with the heat of the bulb. The lining on the lampshades my mum gave me is breaking away so will have to come off and I don't know whether just putting fabric back on without the lining is safe. I'm always a bit wary of looking online as I've had people trying to hack into my laptop when I've done that, so if anyone know's the answer I'd be very grateful.

I was just going to use some pretty cotton Ann and wrap that over the fabric that's already on the shade stitching it at the top and bottom, but I don't know if that'll work, what do you think?

I'm going to have a bath now and get ready incase the fella's turn up to to the gate, OH has had to nip out for a few hours and I don't want him coming back to a broken fence.

I am green with envy with all this talk of hot tubs and swimming pools !. I bought a tiny baby pool this morning just to stick my feet in if I can sit out after the op .I keep hearing of a heatwave !!.

Ann, I am sure they sell the cover for the V shaped pillow .I bought one years ago .They are a bit of a devil to get on if I remember .

Gill when I was in Canada I stayed in several relatives houses and in every house all the table lampshades had the plastic wrapping stuff on!!!!. I dont know why..I wish I had asked now .They looked as though someone had forgotten to take off the wrapping.Maybe to keep the dust off the shades? I dont know .It just looked a bit odd to me.

That was some feast you had Frank !!!. ,and you said you didnt have much appetite !!!!!. You are missing some hot weather here right now. I have my legs out :-0 :-0. Not a good look really but hey no one is going to see them in the garden .
Chris has just called me to the phone.I think it might be my friend in Cornwall . BBL

It's very quiet on here today, where is everyone?

OH has just got the date for his operation, it's the 26th June. He was surprised it was so soon. Thankfully it's the week after mum goes away so we can still decorate her place for her.

I hope everyone is okay, I'm the only one who's been on here today, which is very strange :-S :-S

I missed your post Jane, I was beginning to think I was talking to myself lol :-D :-D :-D

Fancy leaving the plastic wrapping on all the table lamps, I'd of been tempted to take them off. Maybe you're right and they wanted to keep them clean....a bit strange though. Half your luck with the sun.

It's been raining here so no going outside for me today. I'm having to dry the washing in the dryer but that is playing up, so it's a bit hit and miss on whether I'll be able to dry it all. I'll have to give them a ring as it's still under guarantee. The drum keeps sticking and won't go around, we've had this problem before and called them out, but it worked fine when they turned up, which is typical, but now it's starting to happen more often so they'll have to come out again by the looks of it.

Gill, so OH's op is the day before mine and the same day as Fitz!!!!!. How long will he have to be in hospital? I think I am 3-5 days. You haven't got something stuck somewhere in the drum of the dryer have you Gill,like a sock or something ?
Sorry you have rain. I am just about to hang out more washing :-D. There is no breeze so I dont know how well it will dry.
There are so many bug things about ,like green fly .I think it is the humid weather .

Afternoon all,

Little bit overcast here at times but it's really warm out there today ,when we were putting the pool up it was really hot in the sun poor son was sweating so we had lots of cold drink from the fridge.
It's now filling up and usually takes a couple of days to fill ,we only fill up during the day as we don't like leaving the water going during the night ,we bought the salt to go in a few days ago ,i'm sure the children will want to go in next weekend if not before but the salt needs to go through the machine to make the chlorine fist .

Gill i don't now what magazine i was reading when i saw the lamp shade covering it might have been one at the hospital when Colin was having his physio ,they wrapped the ribbon from top to bottom all the way round it did look nice ,you could always use strips of lace ,i should think you would have t be careful not to have to high a watt bulb in though .
Not to long for OH to wait for his op then and it's worked out just right for him to do your mum's decorating before he goes in .

Jane i bet the wrapping was left on so they didn't get dusty but it must have looked very odd ,perhaps they were never turned on .

Ann you can get those v shaped pillow cases in Argos .

Oh got to go and see how the pools doing .

BBL

Quite a lot of high cloud here but sunny too and very warm. We went to the larger garden centre this morning after calling in to Tesco for a shared sausage bap and a coffee (I know we do know how to live. Bought quite a few more plants but a bit too hot to plant them at the moment. OH has somebody round trying to sort a PC problem so I am staying out of the way. Spent twenty minutes reading in the garden but it was a bit warm so came in.

Good afternoon all,

Sorry I did'nt come on this mroning but I don't know where the morning went. when I got up oh was in the tub. After a while he got out and I got in and had a good soak in the sunshine. It was delightfull.

Its really hot here today and I have been to Em's with the eggs but they were all out and then went down the shop for my paper.

Came home and had lunch and I am now sitting here at the pc talking to you without doing the washing up.

As to the V pillow pillow cases I have about four of them. The best one I have is the one mum bought years and years ago for my nan. I still have that pillow too. I bought one for oh some time ago and two covers for it from Damart I think but they were awfull. They were not cotton and had pop studs on them to do them up with. Nans one is like a normal housemaids pillow case with a flap at one end which is much more comfortable. So don't buy the ones with pop studs on them. I think it is much better to make them out of cotton sheets and very easy to sew up with the flap but make sure you make them big enough. I'll see if I can find mine and take a pic to show you what I mean.

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The pool sounds a good idea Jane to keep you cool after your op. Fancy all these op's coming at about the dame time. It will be good for Jane and Fitz to have them about the same time as they will know exactly how the other feels.

Had no trouble at all with the scripts this week as they were there on Thursday but I picked them up yesterday.

I now have at least two big rabbits coming in the main garden and up the border. Oh says he is going to make me a big rabbit trap out of wire so I can catch them.

It sounds like everyone has nice weather but us, it's still cloudy but at least the rain has stopped now.

How lovely to sit in the hot tub Mel, I bet you feel great now?

OH will only be in hospital for about half a day Jane, I think he has to be there around 12.30pm and he was told he should be home by 7pm, so not to bad, the only problem is he can't drive for a few weeks or lift anything heavy, so no doubt he'll be really bored stuck indoors not being able to do much. He's an active man, so it'll probably drive him nuts. I mentioned something being stuck in the drum to OH but he said he thinks the belt has stretched so it's not holding the drum properly. I'll give the guarantee people a ring and get them out to look at it. At the moment it seems to be playing nicely, so hopefully all my washing will be dried today. It's a bit to warm to put the heating on, otherwise I would of put the washing on the radiators. How nice ton have a little paddling pool, that'll feel nice to pop your toes in.

Not long now then Mandy before you can all get into your pool, it sounds like you have the weather for it, hope it's stays sunny for you all.

How is your OH's PC now AnnG, is it fixed yet? What plants did you buy? I'm going to take a look for a couple of plants for the front garden when we finally get around to a garden centre. I've got two Euphorbia's but they both look brown and dead, so need taking out and replacing with something else. I'm not sure what I'm going to buy yet, I'll see what takes my fancy when I'm there.