General Chat

Afternoon All,

I woke at 7.30am to a car revving that seemed very close, so I looked out of the window and someone was reversing up our drive very close to the back of my car. I heard a thud of something through the letterbox so assumed it was a local paper we pay a prescription for so not delivered by the shop. It drove off then. If it happens again I'll take the number and ring the deliverers. I think it must be someone new as the delivery is often before 6.00am. They only need to reverse one bungalow length to be able to turn round in the old end of the close so no need to use our driveway.

I was wide awake by then and so was OH so we got up and went to a local garden centre that has a Works inside and had a brekkie. We noticed lots of Daffodils in flower now on the way. The Works there is a big one (some in our smaller garden centres have closed since the pandemic) and OH found himself two books! They were selling some paintbrushes loose in a pot cheaply and I think they had thought some that had thin bristles at the edge were damaged, so I snapped a couple of those up as they are usually more expensive and are special brushes for painting things like grasses! :-D I also had a look at the shoes and was shocked how expensive they are now as I haven't needed any more since before the pandemic.

I've done a wash and filled the bin ready for tomorrow and am now updating some of my family tree. I keep jotting things I find on the backs of old envelopes and seem to have a pile now! I hope I can make sense of them. :-)

Morning all,

Woke at 8am and went back for a warm up after turning the heating on for a while just to warm the house up, woke up at 10am.

We have quite a bright morning with a little sun now and then but its grey out the front now. Its 11 degrees. Like Ann nothing planned for today but I was hoping to get my willows cut up the top, we'll see if it starts raining it won't get done again. The front field may just be too wet to walk on.

good morning all. 10 degrees and a bit grey looking so far. Still nothing planned today, maybe a bit more tidying in the garden. I think this is the only day this week that I have nothing planned.

Ann I was a bit annoyed about the snowdrops because it could have been avoided. However, it had been very wet during the past couple of days/nights and I thought it might not have been so pleasant walking around so, in the end a cup of coffee and a natter was fine. I have just seen from somebody on line that they had a good number the previous weekend so not everyone saw the wrong advert.

That was a pity AnnG. I had been keeping an eye on the Deene Park snowdrops in Northampton that were to open today, but I noticed that they had had to close off some of the walks and had moved the carpark 200metres to higher ground because of the rain causing boggy ground. I haven't been anywhere today, but I expect the the fields are flooded again after all the rain.

I noticed one or two small clumps of twitch grass in the neglected border at the side of the drive yesterday when I drove up, so must get those out as a priority as once they take hold it will be a much bigger job! I had to empty a border round the back years ago and keep blasting it all with weedkiller for a few months to get rid of some that took hold in there!

Your lamb sounded lovely Vera. Lamb is one of my favourites. Our Waitrose moved out of the next village a few years ago to be replaced by Iceland. We had had a Waitrose there since I was a teenager as well. Parking was free then as well.

What a shame Anng but my snowdrops are over now and nearly all gone. I miss my little Fair Maids of February when they finish flowering.

Still you had a look round the garden centre and had a coffee.

Not done a lot today I fiddle with my little Tudor man and got the back of his clothes on and then got sidetracked by a video.

Are the bulbs exactly the same number Mel. When I searched Amazon I couldn't find them.

That was  a wasted journey. Boddington Manor snowdrops. the advert said 2-4.30 pm Sunday 18th February We got there at ten to two The gates were shut so we waited and waited. By 2.20 there were 12 cars and a large number of people who walked in. Somebody looked at their phone and said it looked like it was last weekend so we went to the garden centre for tea/coffee . But all those people couldn't be wrong. when I checked when I got home the advert we saw was still on there but there was another one we had not seen for the 11th. So they lost a lot of money. It looks like they realised somebody had put the wrong date so put another advert up and didn't remove the wrong one.

Just got the light bulbs from Amazon and they came in a thick brown paper envelope. Never seen one like that before.

We all posted with minuets of each other!

Thanks for the comments on BIL's pics. He loves his photography. He goes over Exmoor to get pics of the stags. I'll have to see if he will send me some of those are they are great.

Still no sun today and it feels cold indoors so I have just turned the heating on for a while to cheer myself up.

Another memory.... When I was little mum sometimes bought very tiny Hovis loaves for me. She would cut them into little slices and butter them for me to eat with my dolls tea set. When oh bought me the bread maker I bought a tin to make the tiny Hovis loaves but I did'nt use it. I came across it in the uti room the other day.

Good afternoon all

It was a wet night and it rained most of the morning but we’ve had a couple of hours of sun. Now it’s just cloudy. Clouds at the front are looking a bit black so I expect there’s more rain to come.

We’ve had our roast lamb dinner which was delicious; very tender and with a good flavour. It came from Waitrose so I’d buy lamb there again.

I wasn’t too well yesterday. I’m better today but feeling very tired and droopy so I haven’t done anything very energetic but I must get myself moving in the next couple of days as we’ve got quite a busy week.

Later we are going in to the arts centre for the light show I got tickets for. I’ve no idea what to expect but it only lasts 45 minutes so I won’t have time to get bored with it. I just hope there isn’t a lot of loud music.

Here comes OH with a cuppa. I hope you are enjoying your Sunday and haven’t been washed away with the rain.

Afternoon All,

It poured with rain last night and I was awake from 4.00am so heard it lashing against the window. I feel quite leaden today so all I have done is get lunch and sort some papers. I found one thing I was looking for, but not my blue handled scissors......yet. The food drop is later and I forgot to order my bread!

Thank you for sending BIL's photos Mel, they are lovely and you get so much variety of birds in your garden. I find the Wrens are usually too quick for a photo. Hopefully he'll be able to find a bulb for you. I find it quite confusing with all the types and fittings there are now.

I hope it stays fine and not too muddy for your visit to see the snowdrops AnnG. It's 13 degrees and the sun is out here now.

OH wants me to go to Lincoln with him on Tuesday. It's nice where he goes with the river running through but his meeting could last 3 hours. I would have taken my camera, enjoyed pottering round the shops and calling in a cafe for refreshments once, but my knees stop much of that now and 3 hours is a long time to fill, so I think I'll get on with things here instead. It could be very rainy as well.

Thank you for sharing the photos Mel. They are great.
I haven't seen a woodpecker in the garden for years, although at one time we must have had a nest nearby, as they brought the growing youngsters to feed.
So hard to catch a photo of a wren. Our garden visitor usually flits about quickly on the ivy-covered fence.
Robby looks well in his photo. He is thriving on his good food ;-)

I forgot to say the photos are great Mel (although I did respond on the email.

I am hoping to go and see snowdrops not far from here, hopefully we won't get more rain.

Morning all,

It rain like anythin g last night ansd I have a river running alongside the chickens run again. pc says 10 degrees and cloudy and the sky is very grey.

Hiop and back still aching so think I will start on the paracetamol again today.
Want to have another go at the Tudor men today as I know BIL is'nt coming so I should'nt be disturbed.

Hope you all slept well BBL.

Morning all,

Raining here and very dark so we need the lights on .

Mel the photos are lovely and yes I did get them twice ,I love the Jenny Wrens they just flit about so quickly .

Not sure what we're up to today it certainly won't be anything outside ,may do some more on the jigsaw .

good morning all. rain drops on the windows but it is not raining now there is a weak sun and 11 degrees.

Now I can't get the song 'raindrops are falling' out of my head.

I did'nt but thank you for reminding me.

I have just sent you an email with todays pics BIL took.

The first one I forgot to put the pics on and it would'nt take Mandy's address so I sent her seperately but somehow it would'nt accept her address so I had to add her to the contacts again so she will get it twice I think.

Yes I'm here ,get those fingers washed or you'll glue up your keyboard :-D

Ahh Mandy popped in. I cleaned the bathroom htis morning and wshed out a big plastic box so when it dried out completely I can put some stuff in it. The trouble with my rubber moulds is that if you leave them touching sometime they stick together

My fingers feel strange as I have got glue on them, yuk.

Evening all,

It's been a very cloudy day here with the odd bit of drizzle ,Colin did go out and do a few jobs but I stayed in and had a good hoover through ,cleaned the downstairs bathroom and mopped the floor ,did the veg for the roast we have just had and put a load of washing in .

Hope your bil can find the right bulb for you Mel those daylight bulbs are good I use to use one in my light I have for my cross stitch.

Ann hope you both had a better night's sleep last night and OH's head is better and your tummy too .
Goodness that's a lot of lorries to have moving about all hours of the day and night .

Vera your tray bake sounds nice ,I remember having a lovely meal of Lemon Chicken when we were on holiday ,you set me off looking at recipes and I found one for Chicken Francese so I will have a go at that next week as I haven't got any Lemons .

Anng hope you had a nice trip out today to the retail shops ,I use to like Matalan haven't been to ours for a few years now .

Half term here next week I don't suppose we will see the children now they are older they like to be with their friends .