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Hope you have a lovely day

Morning all,,

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Have a lovely day Ann hopefully you'll be able to have lunch outside with waiter service :-D
Love your little mouse I think he just needs some little wire glasses :-D

Family just gone ,we have been sitting out in the garden just chatting and the morninghas flown by .
This afternoon I hope to sit out with my book.

Ah, I forgot to wish Ann a happy birthday. Hope that it is a good one and that you are spoiled by your OH.

Lovely here and 18 degrees. We had 6 Peacock butterflies on the Buddleia this morning. Last year we did n't see any, not seen quite so many red Admirals this year but there are some and also some small tortoiseshelll.

OH is continuing the job he started yesterday, well actually he dismantled that job and is re-doing it as he didn't like what he had done.

Just looking at English Heritage as they have an offer on. anyone a member? We belong to NT but don't know if EH is worth the money.

Good morning to you all, and "A HAPPY BIRTHDAY" to Ann. Hope you have a great day.

Iffy sort of night again, but did drop off around 7.00 till 9.00 after a loo trip.

Would you believe my breakfast this morning was a CREAM DOUGHNUT. Ros bought it Friday, so needed eating. Went down well with two COT. lol lol

Nice bright morning here, so after lunch,I might get Ros to drive around the Country lanes for a while. Will see what she thinks.

I see you are all busy with your crafts, and flower planting. What a good idea of sending each other seeds in the post. Much nicer that digging them up to throw away.
Nice to see you posting Jane, even only to let us know how you are. We all worry about you, when you are not around. KEEP YOUR PECKER UP. xxx

For a change I have got a light suit from the wardrobe to wear today. I get so used to slacks and open neck shirt, this will make a nice change. I expect I will stand out in the crowd, dressed in a suit. lol lol

The bathoom is empty, so I will get a shower and shave,and see about getting dressed. Then I can finish reding the paper, before going out. xxxx

A couple of hours is better than none at all Frank. Enjoy your ride out and the scenery.

Have potted a lot of seedlings from my pink iris this morning and some other things too. I don't know if the seed will come true or revert back to mauvey blue???? Its Iris Rose Queen. and I have it in the pond. It came with me from Suffolk and was in a flower bed for years until oh want to do away with that bed on the lawn. That bed was alway damp too. I have six or seven pots, one lot in a 2.5 lte and the ret in 3" pots.

Going to do BLT for lunch as requested by oh and I never say no to those with a nice drop of garlic mayo.

Oh tried to take pictures of me with Robby feeding from my handbut he wanted to take them by his pond and down the garden but no luck as two other Robins were attacking each other and frightening him off. I waited till oh had gone back to the workshop and took some more myself.

Having the children round must have been really nice Mandy its so good to see them after all this time with the lockdown. Ann's mouse would look good with a pair of specs would'nt he?

<3 <3 <3 HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANN <3 <3 <3
Have a nice day and enjoy your cake. Love the picture of the felt mouse you made, you're very clever.

Did anyone see Mars and Venus this morning, I noticed it just as dawn was breaking, for once there were no clouds around.

We've finally finished the kitchen draw fronts, it only took us three and half years LOL.

Just watching the F1 Qualifying I recorded last night, ready for the race, later.

Afternoon Everyone,

What a lovely day too! Thank you all very much for your birthday wishes and for such lovely cards. I keep going and looking at them again. AnnG you certainly have a talent for cardmaking. That is very clever how you made that one stand up. I love it!

OH did our F&C lunch I asked for courtesy of Asda and had to ask a few questions as I knew he would, but I was very patient when he nearly broke a plate and I think he was quite chuffed and he served it up too which was nice. I had a nice glass of non alcoholic Schloer and then we had a meringue roulade with lemon and cream in it which was nice. I had a few books from him, not surprising, including 'Unnatural Causes' by a top forensic psychologist which is right up my street! lol. He apparently found a jigsaw he bought me a few years ago and had forgotten about when sorting through his wardrobe, so I had that as well. It is 1000 piece one and strangely made of foam and locks together that well you can pick it up and carry it around, even if it is only partly done. He will be getting me a new mobile phone once things are more 'normal'

Frank I hope you got to have a ride round the villages. It's what we have always done and is very enjoyable and it is surprising what nice places and gardens there are to see.

It's a nice day for work on your borders Mel. As you say that needs to be the priority when it's fine and you can always do some craft when it isn't. It will be interesting to see how your iris seeds turn out with the colours. OH would love your BLT sarnies!

Mandy OH and I think it is a cracking idea to give the mouse some specs, so I might try that as I have some wire I could use. How nice to sit outside with the family on such a nice day and then have a read of a book. Does Max get excited when they come? I bet he has missed playing with the children.

A neighbour round the front told him this morning that someone who lives a few miles away went to clean up his caravan at Hunstanton, ready for letting and, as they knew he was from the Leicester area, they reported him to the police not realising most of the county isn't under lockdown! He must have wondered what was the matter when the police turned up!

FG I have never thought of growing runners in pots, but I think one of my friends does that too. It is true you don't need much space to grow at least something and toms in baskets are a good idea and look nice too.

Well done getting your drawer fronts finished Gill. I bet they all look good now they are done. I keep forgetting about the planets!!

The Buzzards are enjoying the thermals in the back field and we have a hen blackbird finding no end of crawlies at the edges of the waterfall. She must be feeding young as she keeps coming back.

We went for a short walk around the estate and through the park and back, almost two miles, there was one family with young children playing cricket, three teenage girls In a group (not socially distant but maybe they were sisters, who knows. We also pased three couples going in the opposite dorestion but not near us and that is all. Not even many cars out. When we came back we sat in the garden with an icecream and oh then came in to continue fiddling with the CCTV (it is never ending). And I went down the garden for a read in the shaded blue arbour. Still lots of Peacock butterflies around, also a small brown one which is a Gatekeeper and a tiny blue one. Also saw a lot of flying ants getting ready for their journey. When I looked again they had gone.

It sounds like you've had a lovely birthday Ann and just the right weather.

That's a lot of grass in the background of your pics Mel. Is that the new house for your girls your OH made?

Love the pic of the butterflies AnnG, what lovely colours.

F1 race has just started so I'm going to watch it now.

So glad you had a nice birthday Ann , you've certainly had a lovely sunny one!
Apart from cooking lunch, we've had a very lazy day reading and sunbathing! Tomorrow Mr Fg will do some early shopping and I must do some h.work. We have high ceilings and its easy to ignore cobwebs! tomorrow they will be tackled!
I think I should really call the R.bean pots, tubs! We have three big wooden caskets which we use, making an individual wigwam for each tub for the beans to climb! It works well.
Must take Abby, then a light supper, maybe a bit of tv or maybe not! We don't watch it that much particularly in the summer.

We haven't seen any Peacock butterflies or Red Admirals this year AnnG.

Yes OH says he really enjoyed today as well Gill.

I tune in to Terry Miles Livestream on Youtube. He was playing every day since the lockdown till about a fortnight ago and now does a Sunday Service music and wednesday and friday. Anyway I asked him to play something and said it was my birthday today. This is the link if you want to hear. I am Ann Tickettyboo on there so that is what you will hear. It starts 6.32 minutes in if you want to miss the start..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEFSe3xEMfk

He's a right character Ann. He played a lot for you did'nt he.

Not been down here long and I did get up the border but the chickens suffered as I did'nt clean them out. I need the shavings and it was a bit awkward with oh doing the roof on the workshop. Its dos'nt look any different to me and I still think there is'nt enough drop on it.

I cut the New Dawn rose right back. Its supposed to be resistant to black spot but it was covered so its right back to the wall now but it does look bare up there now. I have dug a lot and got out creeping grass from my London Pride and its looking like a border now and not a weed patch, well one part is anyway. I think I may lose the old plum tree on the wall up there as its not looking very happy this year at all. It must have been up there 70 odd years or more. It was a cordon but was never looked after properly and is gradulary dying back from the top plus some big insects have eaten out of it and left big grooves in the dead trunk.

Next job is to dig up the bearded iris and get rid of the old dead stuff and plant them further back as one is creeping onto the lawn.

He is Mel and I didn't think he would play that much so it was nice.. Poor old Kitsy the cat who is about 16 was a stray and has been poorly with a urine infection, but is doing well on salmon and tuna now and won't touch cat food.

You got a lot done on the border today and it is a shame about the old plum tree. I have a rather plain Acer that needs to come out in the next year or two as the trunk is really getting thick and is near an electric box and it puts on a lot of growth now. The Acer isn't very attractive either and is quite drab but I must think of what to put in it's place, maybe another Camellia as they are evergreen and easy to manage with pruning.

Sounds a goo d idea Ann. Nice flowers too in the spring. My one at the end of the border has been taken over by a cleatis and brimbles. I was cutting some of the dead out when oh drove down and gave me a ride back on the trailer to save me walking down. Onl;y brought the hand tools down with me and left the barrow and forks up there and my kneeler stool thing.

Just seen a fox in the orchard.

My runner beans are in a half plastic juice barrel with sheep netting to climb up. Flowering well and I amy have seen a very short bean yesterday. I wind them around the wire so as I can pick them easily.

Ann it was only today that the Peacocks suddenly appeared it was a surprised to see them but lovely too it was as if they were really pleased to be out in the sun as they flew fast all over the garden. I also identifies a little brown butterfly in the garden as a Gatekeeper. And while sitting down the garden with a cup of tea there was a very small blue butterfly which we have
Be seen quite a lot previous years. So a good day for butterflies but where have the Red Admirals disappeared to now?

FIRST ON, Good morning dear folks,

I just don't know whats happened to my sleep patten. I was in bed by 10.00 pm last night and still awake, and really AWAKE at 4.30 am. I did manage a couple of hours, but feel as though I have been dragged through a hedge backwards. (Where did that saying come from) ??

Ros was lucky to get a hair appointment for 10.00 am this morning.So she's there now. After our two attempts to do her roots, and them turning GINGER. She will be glad to have her hair right again.

We had an excellent lunch yesterday. Chicken liver pate to start, followed by a full Roast BEEF Dinner. which was far to much for both of us. We couldn't manage a sweet, and Ros only wanted to get home afterwards, so no ride round the villages.

She went in the bedroom and changed, and was down the garden again, clearing the weeds from the borders, and doing the lawn edges. (BARRY didn't do them) ran over his hour. We would have pad the extra, but he had others to do.

Ros has just walked in, the hairdresser hadn't booked her in, even though she rang Ros with the appointment. She is now fully booked until the 29th July. but has promised to ring if she gets a cancellation. I think I would have blown my TOP. as it was her who made the appointment.

Well I had better go and get Ros a coffee, and calm her down. !!!! xxx

Morning Frank and all,

What a disappointment for Ros not getting her hair done and after the hairdresser made the appointment. Something wrong there if you ask me. So now does she have to wait until the 29th?

Cloudy here this morning but dry then again oh said it is going to rain this afternoon.

I went to bed early for me at 1.10am and fell asleep right away, woke at 7.26am and went back to bed and slept on and off till 1015am. Must have needed it after being up the border yesterday.

Good afternoon. We are just back from an almost 2 mile walk along the side of the 9 hole golf course and back. We know there is a Kingfisher pair in the stream that runs by the path but they are very elusive and we didn't see them Still I am sure the walk will have done us good with all the fresh air. Pity it is not a peaceful walk as it is under the flight path of Gloucester airport where there is a helicopter training school.

Frank how annoying for Ros. I would be thinking about finding another hairdresser if she is as disorganised as that. Really bad customer relations.

Mel that was a long sleep. you won't sleep tonight now.

O I will Ann. We had a short sharp shower just as I was at the bantams pen but it only lasted about 20 seconds but they were quite big drops. Not enough to wet the ground.
Glad you enjoyed your walk it makes a difference to get out for a while and take in some fresh air.

Rang the shop to see if our scripts were there and got told off by Keith. He had told me not to ring about scripts as he was too busy. I rang the surgery as Keith said mine were there but not oh's so I have to go to the shop for mine and Black Torrington to the surgery for his as they were left behind in the basket apparently so an eight mile trip all round. I think I may just go to the surgery in future not sure as if I go to the shop every Saturday it would be better. I would leave it till tomorrow but oh is out of most of his pills.

Afternoon All,

I had a good night once I nodded off about 2.00am. I was woken at 8.30am by rattling in the gutters outside and thought it was the Magpies. OH looked outside and said a flock of young Starlings were on the front garden. He was right and they were into everything looking for food and squabbling with each other.

I thought I had a clear day to get on today, but OH's first meeting was abandoned because of the internet system they use breaking down (not zoom). I had already had to fetch the washing in because it had started to rain while he was on line, then he wanted poached eggs on toast so I haven't got started yet really! Next job is to come up with something for the mixed media art thingy tomorrow.

Surely Ros must have been given a colour patch test to use by her hairdresser Frank so how come she didn't know Ros was coming. I thought they were obligatory to do before having colour on your hair these days because of allergies. Mine sent me a test patch by post a few weeks ago. You'd think they could have fitted her in being a regular customer too. My hairdresser has extended their hours and is opening on Sundays too to fit everyone in. Could she try somewhere else? It sounds like Barry has plenty of work which is good. Have you started picking your runners yet.

That's a good idea with your runners Mel. How wide is your barrel that they are in? I like the idea of growing even more things in tubs etc like you and FG, especially now we have dismantled the raised beds.

Glad you had a nice walk AnnG. I do miss our walks we used to have, I used to do at least a 3 mile circuit around the village up to 5 times a week when I first retired. You do feel better for it too.