General Chat

Hello to Jane.

I have been asleep this afternoon. Oh wen t aftr lunch and I just could'nt keep my eyes open so I joined him. I was woken by thunder and that was about 5pm and I got up and the rain started and it teemed down for a while. It has taken the temp. down though.

<3 <3 <3 Happy Birthday to Lacey <3 <3 <3
the little scones and cakes sound just the ticket and I hope we get some pics of them and the cake. Sound like she had good pressies too. She'll enjoy those for a while to come and won't forget her tea party.

Is'nt coriander an annual? I hate it and Rocket too as Ann said they both taste like soap to me and I hate the smell of rocket. We used to grow both when we had the veg barrow out the front yeaars ago and it was my pet hate picking the rocket. I must admit to not liking peppers either. When I get a ready meal with peppers in I have to pass them all over to oh as he loves them. I used to have green peppers in a salad but they give me indigestion.

My two tom plants are Gardeners Delight which has always been a favorite of mine since I was first married and started to grow my own back in 1969. In the early 70's I shared an allotment with dad and had a nice patch in the corner and used to grow G D toms on that outside. I think thats why Monty did them outside so people without a greenhouse could have a go at growing a variety that would take our English weather. I remember a few years ago we had a terrible blight that wiped out all my tom plants outside and they had lovely toms on them too. I have never grown them outside without cover since only in one of those plastic tom houses and then the last ones got blight in that. My tow are in my shed by the door which is'nt ideal for them as they get a bit leggy but I may bring them out and see what happens.

I am sitting here with the fan on me as its still hot but must venture out to corn the chickens. The suns gone now and we have grey cloudy skys.

Pity it's to hot to sit outside Mandy, but it sounds like Lacey is going to have a lovely birthday tea party. She did well for presents didn't she? I've never heard of girls Lego, it was just plain old Lego when I was a child. I spent hours playing with it though and thought it was great, I'm sure she'll have hours of fun with her's to.

Nice to see you on here Jane, I hope you're not so tired now and Thomas has come home. It's forecast for thunder storms tomorrow with plenty of heavy rain, so I'm sure he'll back to shelter from that weather if he's not home yet.

I'm the same as Mandy, Ann, I used to have tinned fruit and cream on a Sunday to. It sounds like your OH enjoyed his meal if he mopped up the gravy, I must admit I do that sometimes, so we can be uncouth together LOL ;-) ;-) ;-)

Funny the things your think about now with all the crowd, going to toilet would be impossible to do social distancing. I saw the photo's and thought it was rediculas how many people there were all together to.

I've just fixed our back door lock, I'm quite chuffed with myself now. I tried to lock it before bed last night but it wasn't having it, so went to bed with it unlocked. It was something to do with the spring inside the door handle, there's a bit of metal at the bottom that the bolt thing goes through to enable the handle to be lifted up to lock the door, with that being broken it wouldn't grip the bolt, so the door wouldn't lock. It's all fixed now, so that's good. I did cheat a bit though when I fix it as I watched OH take it apart, so I just reversed what he did adding the new part and another new lock.

Going to sort something out to eat now. Hope everyone can sleep okay tonight with all this heat, it's hotter now than ever, I think I'll be thankful of some cooler weather that's been promised tomorrow.

It sounds as if Lacey had some nice gifts there and a lovely birthday tea too.Yes we had tinned cream with fruit for Sunday tea too! I decided to get a couple of tins in as they don't need fridge room. My first in laws had bread and butter with theirs which never appealed to me at all. I can be uncouth as well Gill as I have licked a plate to get a bit of chocolate off! :-D

I like rocket and will have it on a sandwich or in a salad, but when I grow it it gets little holes in the leaves. I know Jane doesn't like it from having meals out with her. :-)

Well done on fixing your lock Gill. It makes you feel chuffed when you can manage to do something like that doesn't it. With door and both windows open it is showing 28 degrees here so it won't be a comfortable night. Just a top sheet again I think.

I see Bournemouth has been declared a major incident now with traffic gridlock. Where is people's sense!

It's cooled down a lot here now, so I sat outside to have my drink and cool down a bit, with a bit of luck it'll be cool enough to sleep. I have a fan in our bedroom which I've left switched on all day, so it's a bit cooler in there now the sun has gone around the back.

I don't blame you for licking the chocolate off the plate, who wouldn't LOL :-D :-D :-D, I'm with you Ann, bread and butter, no thanks. I can't see how they go together at all.

Yes, I was quite chuffed with myself for working out what the problem was, we thought it was the lock but it tuned out to be the bit with the spring on that turns the metal bar which holds the two handles together and the fella give us that part for free, in fact he gave us two, so we ended up paying for a lock we didn't need in the end. I couldn't be bothered to take the new lock off again, so we've kept the old lock, which is only about six months old, as a spare and the second spring part.

I can see us going back into total lockdown if people aren't going to be sensible, which isn't fair on those of us who are abiding by the rules. They'll regret it if they catch the virus.

Now I have five minutes to myself I'm going to catch up with a few programmes on the planner, it's starting to fill up again. OH is watering the garden.

I hope everyone sleeps well tonight and it's not to hot for you all.

Well done Gill for fixing the lock. I have just been outside and it is quite pleasant but still hot and is 28 degrees.

Not over keen on rocket Ann but I will eat it if it is on the plate.


Well the crumble was very nice Oh said it could not have been better. The gooseberries are lovely. A bit sharp for me but he likes them like that. Just enough left for tomorrow.

Morning all,

Just started to rain here but it's very muggy ,we might be in for some thunder and lightning so hopefully that will clear the air a bit , I didn't sleep to bad woke a couple of times but soon went off again .

Gill you did well mending the lock that's a few pennies saved you must have felt chuffed with yourself.

Don't know what we'll be doing today as rain has stopped us doing any outside jobs might just have a lazy day after the heat .

Nice to see you Jane hope this heat isn't to much for you <3

Morning Mandy and all,

Cloudy this morning but very muggy. The thunder rumbled around for a while yesterday after it stopped raining and it did cool dowwn outside which was nice but when you came in it seemed hot. We had the little fan on just the 12 inch one so I think today is the time to get the big ones out.

Had another funny dream about Di having four young children and her hubby was a game keeper with a beard and nothing like Tim her hubby. She had this rose growing in her garden that had long point buds in pale pink. I wanted one so I knocked on the door. It was my dads birthday and I wanted one to give him. She was out and I was told to come back later when she would be in after work. When I went back in her garden were men selling antiques displayed on tables that were burning un nderneath. I spoke to them and had a look at what they were offering but nothing I was interested in so went to the cottage again to pic up the rose. I told her she should sell them and make herself some money and she replied that she did and they sold them for her in the co-op. Then I woke up.

Good morning Mandy and Mel and everyone. still sunny and hot here and we have had no rain at all so far so the first lot looks as though it missed us. OH is cleaning off the barbecue and sorting that out. Not sure what I am doing must be something needing attention! BBL :-D

There's always something needs doing Anng. We now have that fine rain in the air that makes everything damp but its still muggy.

Sending love to Jane and Frank and hope Ros is doing ok now after a few days rest. <3 <3 <3 <3

Hi all. A BIG THANKS for asking after Ros. The arm is BLACK from the wrist to the elbow, and very tender to touch. She can't drive for two weeks. We will be reliant on Martine/Carolyn and Tracy for anything we need
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I'm not in a good place at the moment, lots of aches and lack of sleep.

Look after yourselves. xxxx

Poor Ros, do hope the bruising will soon go down and that she has something for the pain. I expect it is not helping her sleep either plus the heat at night so no doubt that will be why you are not sleeping Frank. Just both of you take it very easy and try not to let it get either of you down. I am sure your friends are happy to help out after all the running around ros does for everyone. time to accept payback. :-) :-) <3

O dear Frank have you been in touch with the doctor? I think it needs to be seen to if it all black and sore. Sounds like she really went through it with the op. Please give her my love and wishes for it to get better soon. <3 <3 <3 <3 Has it cooled down where you are as I expect thats why you hav'nt been sleeping well and with the worry of Ros. We know you will look after her well but look after yourself too.

Its quite cold out today and such a change from the begining of the week.

Had a little fiddle in the shed and tied up the tom plants again. The little toms are getting bigger and its feeding Friday today so thats a job for after lunch.

Most of the ground is nice and damp from the downpour the other day so I may go up the border again this afternoon.

Lamb chops for dinner tonight so I only have to grill them and do some Jersey Royals and tenderstream brocc with them.

Still waiting to see this bag Mandy?????? :-D :-) :-D :-) :-D :-) :-D

Definitely not cold here although the temp has dropped since this morning. Instead of the 28 it was it is now 23 so is quite pleasant and I have just spent half an hour dead heading. OH is painting some trellis he rplaced as he got a bargain tin of dark oak in B&Q earlier in the week.

Afternoon Folks,

No rain here yet so I'm glad we made the effort to water last night. We needed a cooling shower after and went straight to bed. It's so hot again and is now showing 28 degrees in here so the cooler temperatures haven't reached the Midlands yet. OH has some of his Independent Person Council work to do and then notes from his school work to do so it should be a peaceful afternoon. I have a zoom meet with my beading friends later this afternoon so better see if I can tidy my hair up a bit! I might stick the black and white spotted band thing on I found the other day.

Oh poor Ros and her poor arm Frank. I hope she is managing to rest it on something soft. You must be having to help her with everything at the moment and she must be fed up she can't do much as well. Time will pass quickly though and you will be back to your old selves before long. Just let your good friends help and try and rest. We will understand if you won't have time or inclination to post at times, but keep in touch. <3

OH is in the random selection of people to be tested to see if he has Covid-19 antibodies, so I have to do his blood sample to send off tomorrow. That should be interesting as he doesn't like needles or the sight of blood!! I've warned him I will turn into Hattie Jacques as Matron with a big hypodermic if there's any drama from him! lol. :-) I slept with nothing but a sheet over me again and OH said when he brought me a cuppa that I'd better put something on to chat with my friends later or I could end up on 'Youtube! 'No' I said, I think you mean 'Boobtube'. :-D

That made me laugh Ann!!! I like it. Love to see a pic of how long your hair is now??

Enjoy your Zoom meeting with your beading friend this afternoon.

still 23 degrees here, sunny with a strong breeze and quite pleasant. Might take my book out in the garden to read later.
We have got a hair appointmnet, our hairdresser just rang. Wednesday 8 July at 12 o'clock. so we are pleased about that.

Thanks all, for your kind thoughts and love.

Still VERY WARM HERE. I am indoors reading. Ros is pottering around the garden. I have told her to come in, but I might as well talk to myself.

Barry is here to do the lawns, and trim the ornamental bushes, in the front boarder. He's outside talking to Ros. They are like a couple of old washer women. lol lol

Steak, mushroom, fried onions,baby new potatoes in garlic and herb rapeseed oil. I have also made her Peppered sauce, from a PACKET.

I have a feeling we are going to get one almighty storm, sooner or later. You can hardly get a breath of air outside. Barry had better get his AR@E into gear, otherwise the rain will be here, and nothing will be done. I can hear the mower, so he must be doing something. !!!!

I had a bargain yesterday. A chap from I think Leicester was offering cases of 24 soft drinks for £7.00 each. I ask if he had VIMTO (Ros;s favourite he had some and delivered them this morning. each can is marked at 55 pence each. So almost half price. The cans look exactly like they normally do, so I wonder if they have come off the back of a lorry. ?? Not my problem.

Better see if Barry wants a COLD DRINK. See you later. xxxx

Frank make sure you look at the sell by date on those cans. They may be stock that had been in a shop and the only way to get rid of them was to sell them at a very cut price.

I expect Ros was telling Barry what she wants cut back in the bushes and shrubs. He sounds a nice man.

Suns out here now and its turned quite hot suddenly.

Still very warm here. 29 degrees in the study with both windows and the door open. There is a breeze getting up though so hopefully it may soon be cooler. I feel like a limp lettuce and will be off to bed early again. :-S

That's good Barry is getting the garden jobs done Frank. It will stop Ros being tempted to do too much herself hopefully! Vimto is a favourite of mine too. I can remember when I was about 6 years old occasionally being sat outside a pub in the summer with mum and dad with a bottle of Vimto and bag of crisps with the little blue bag of salt in.

I don't think I can face watering tonight so may do a rain dance instead and leave it till in the morning. :-)

Still very muggy ,the rain didn't last long this morning not enough to water the plants so they have just had a good soaking .

Poor Ros with her arm all black ,it was a good job Barry turned up today or she might have been tempted to do a little in the garden,I hope it's not to painfull and she soon feels better .

Mel I have finished the bag in fact Lacey took it the other day but I did take a photo of it so will send it tomorrow when I'm on the lap top ,at the moment we're out side enjoying the breeze when there is any and trying to cool down before bed ,when you go in the rooms seem so stuffy even with fans going , I think it's going to be
uncomfortable trying to sleep tonight .

Hope Vera's ok and her migraine has been to bad this heat wouldn't have helped

Ann I use to have a Vimto and crips too sitting outside a pub with mum and dad on a summer evening ,dad would go in and bring the drinks out on a tray and we would sit and watch all the traffic coming home from the coast .

It would have been a busy evening last night with all those people at the beach ,I just can't understand why they would put them selves at risk sitting so close to one another like that.
They gave out no end of parking tickets ,the poor people that lived there couldn't even get out their drives .