General Chat

The old digger is The Work Horse Ann. Its not only a pipe but a flange somewhere???? Its a dvd he has ordered as the handbook is very expensive.

We have that fine rain and the winds blowing hard. My beans were over again this morning so I picked it up and found a handful of eatable beans on them. Most I have let go to seed for next year as some of them have been in the big tub for three years now and I just let them grow and add a few more new ones. The old ones were Benchmaster which have huge long beans.

Just getting ready to go up the shop for a few bits and the paper.

The female pheasent has been a right pain this morning waiting for food outside the backdoor on the patio and pooping everywhere. She's had two pieces of bread to get her off and then after those she followed me to the workshop for corn when I went for the chickens food. Had 6 eggs today and none broken!!!!!!

Wishes to Jane if she looks in. <3 <3 <3

Vera hope DiL is free of Covid, good she has tested negative once anyway.

Just settled OH in th dining room with his bowl of heinze vegetable soup. No bread with it though.

The lillies are out in the conservatory, shame as they are lovely but their perfume was overpowering.

hope it is not too wet for your OH's footie match Annx

Mel that is the trouble with feeding birds they seem to think they should leave you a present for doing it.

<3 <3 <3 Jane

Afternoon all

Grey and quite windy today but no rain so far. According to the forecast it’s not supposed to rain till this evening but yesterday they said it would be dry all day and we had a huge cloudburst in the afternoon.

I know what you all mean about muddling up the days. Up until March we used to go into town on Thursday and Saturday, market days, and meet up with all our friends for coffee so that split the week up a bit more, but now one day is just like another so I have to keep checking the paper to see what day it is.

I’m not looking forward to the clocks going back and it starting to get dark earlier. I think the time will start to drag a bit.

I am glad OH is feeling brighter today AnnG. I’m sure you’d like to see him with a better appetite but it will return eventually. In the meantime, little and often is the way to go.You’ve done well this morning getting all those jobs done. I don’t seem to have done anything much.

I had an email from dil saying that she’s fine at the moment and doesn’t have to be tested again unless she starts showing symptoms. She can resume “normal” life next Friday, except it’s not very normal anyway as they come under the Leeds restrictions.

We have had a chap come to show us some wood flooring samples and to measure up ready to give us a quote to lay a wood floor in our lounge. We can’t have solid wood because it doesn’t work well with the underfloor heating, so it has to be engineered wood. The sample we chose has shading in the colour and knots and had a bit of character to it. We know it’s going to be pretty expensive but we won’t decide whether to go for that or get another carpet till we see just how pricey it will be.

I am surprised how much my “shoe” relieves the pain in my foot. In fact I hardly felt any pain yesterday evening until I took it off. I suppose it’s because it’s taking all the weight off the broken bones. You’re right Ann about being careful on the stairs. I very carefully went up 3 stairs but it was awkward and I didn’t feel very safe, so I’ll be taking the shoe off at the bottom and putting it back on at the top.

Our neighbour arranged her slot to visit her OH to fit in with my appointment yesterday so she came to the hospital with us but OH told her he couldn’t take her over the weekend. We want to be neighbourly and helpful but he is getting nothing done. He bought a new bathroom cabinet for our en-suite, took the old one down on Monday but the new one is still in bits in the bedroom waiting to be put up. He’s just gone to make a start on filling in some holes in the tiles where the old one came off the wall and do a bit more preparation.

I hope Frank is OK and posts again soon.

Thinking of Jane, as always <3

Afternoon all .

I don't know if you have all had an email from Hannah but i will send it to you all .

That sounds ominous. Please send the email Mandy.

Sent

Thank you for sending it Mandy. Not unexpected but such sad news. What a lovely email from Hannah though she sounds a lovely person just like I had the impression of her from Jane.

So very much missed Jane and always in my thoughts. No more horrible pain you rest in peace now.

Thinking of Chris, Hannah, James, Gareth, Janice and Larry and family at this time they must all be devastated at their loss.
<3 <3

I think we have all been expecting this sad news but it still comes as a shock and will take time to digest. I feel I have known Jane for so long as we chatted on the bird thread long before I came on here and I feel so sad that she didn’t get to meet her little grandchild. A lovely lady, taken far too soon. In a day or two I will send a little note of sympathy to the family but in the meantime they will all be in my thoughts.

Yes it's very very sad news and I can't really take it in ,even though we never met I have spoken to Jane on the phone .

<3 RIP our dear Jane we will all miss you <3

Thanks for forwarding the email from Hannah Mandy.

Oh my goodness. that was a shock, but even though it was inevitable, I thought she had more time. I hoped and thought she would at least get to see her baby grandson when he arrived. How sad, but at least she is out of pain now.

I met Hannah briefly when I first called at Jane's when I was researching Fitz's family about 10 years ago and she struck me as a nice, friendly girl then.. Her email is lovely and hits just the right note as I would expect her to do. Poor Fitz has lost a good, supportive friend too.

She was quite a driving force was our Jane, so the family will feel her loss dreadfully and she will always be in our memories, our cheerful, upbeat Jane RIP. xxx <3 <3 <3

Annx yes she was a driving force wasn't she I guess Hannah takes after her. And yes, cheerful and upbeat, hardly ever complained about that awful illness. R.I.P our lovely lady <3

Thank you for forwarding Hannahs email Mandy.

A shock and so very sad but a comfort to know she was at home with her family.
Like all of you, I hoped she would meet and cuddle her grandson in a few weeks.

I met Jane at two London meets in 2011 and 2012 - she was lovely and fun. Hannah came with her to the second one, they made quite a bubbly pair.
I didn't know Jane was ill until I joined you all on this thread in the summer so was saddened to learn how poorly she was.
Rest in peace lovely Jane <3

Sorry I hav'nt posted as I am still in tears. She was such a good friend to me and will be missed for a long time to come.

I have met Jane when she and her sister came down to Devon for her aunts funeral I think. WE clicked straight away and became very close over the years. She was one of the first on the thread too.

She always gave good advice to us all on the thread with her nursing career and knowledge of life in general and I am sure that Hannah is just like her in a lot of ways.

Would'nt it be lovely if Hannah joined the thread to let us all know the news from their end.

So sadly missed my lovely friend forver in our thoughts. <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

Thanks Mandy for sending the email.

Jane was a good friend, always there for everyone and very funny. Such a shame she never met her grandson, we all know how much she was looking forward to being a nan. I will always remember her. Sadly missed RIP Jane <3 <3 Thinking of Chris, Hannah, James, Janice and Larry, you are all in my thoughts.

I hope Frank's ok as we hav'nt heard from him since the 21st.

Good morning all bright and dry so far but then it is really just after 0900. I do hate it when the clocks go back. Slept ok for about 4 hours then couldn't sleep much at all, so much for an extra hour. OH wandered into me at 0630 and got into bed because he was cold, dozed for half an hour then went back to 'his' bed. Seems to be asleep now.

Good morning AnnG and all

Sorry you didn’t have a very good night AnnG. I wonder if your OH would stay a bit warmer if he could manage to eat a little more. Food does act as fuel.

I didn’t sleep too badly though I woke several times and each time I woke my thoughts went to Jane I do wish I had met her face to face but I am so glad we were “cyber friends”.

It rained very heavily again during the night though it seems to have stopped for the moment. Now it’s just dull. We have no plans for today; I think it might be a blob about sort of day. Take care and stay safe.

Morning Anng Vera and all,

We have lovely sunshine at the moment but |I think they said rain this afternoon.

Dreamt strange dreams last night about some polish people stealing logs fromoutside the village hall. Where that came from I don't know.

I hope we hear from Frank today. He has a docs appointment tomorrow.

Oh what terrible news about our DEAR JANE. She will be sorely missed by all those who knew her.

My thoughts are with the family, at this time.

I can't bring myself to post today. Perhaps tomorrow, after I have been to the doctors.

Please take care of yourselves and your loved ones. xxxx

Vera he has always been cold in bed, always, I think, had bad circulation since he got older. Like me he has low BP don't know if that has anything to do with it. He would dearly like to be able to eat more and he really does try, he has actually the last two nights eaten a banana during his night prowling. He seems to get to a point when he just can't swallow any more. I do remember way back in the 70s I had a phase of being like that (Nope can't remember why), and I also remember our daughter when first widowed was exactly the same so I am sure it is stress. Not helped by the long wait for the scan results.

Mel, what a strange dream.

Frank hope all goes well at the docs, don't worry about posting. I think you and my OH should be sharing a room, both of you stressed and in pain.

I have just cut the lawn, it was just about dry enough although a bit muddy in a couple of places, still at least it has been cut. I also cut down some long branches on a jasmine on a trellis which was annoying and started to cut down the Michaelmas daisies but that is a longer job so have left it for now, didn't want to make my arm bad.