General Chat

Suns still out here but its only 4 degrees unless you're in the sun and then you can feel its warmth.Cleaned out the hoover filter and hoover the kitchen well so I emptied it again and did the filter again. Just going to have something to eat and I may do some windows. Hazel is comking at some time this afternoon as she said she has something for me. I hope its a card for Wednesday. I did get another card this morning so now have 4 sitting on the side.

Ooh Vera some of us have no cake at all please send a food parcel :-D

No change with my eyesight which is pretty good after 20 months. So no new glasses at the moment. I am happy with the ones I have. If I feel like a change later I can still get them.

Friend coming round later so might pop out to the garden centre.

Good afternoon all

It was frosty, cold and dull first thing but the sun came out an hour or so ago and now it's 8 degrees. I've done all the clothes washing and the towels are in the machine now so just the bedding to do and that can wait till tomorrow.

I reckon between us all we are keeping the optical industry afloat. We've all been getting new glasses. OH has his annual eye test next Monday so that will probably mean 2 new pairs of glasses on top of the 3 pairs that I have recently had to pay for. At this rate there won't be much of an inheritance left for the kids, lol.

I'm not sure what I am going to do this afternoon. There is always plenty of h/w but I'm not in the mood for cleaning. I have had a general tidy up, changed both beds and done a lot of washing so I haven't been idle all day.

I'm off to the chiropodists in the morning so that's goodbye to another £39 but it's worth it.

I can hear OH making noises in the kitchen so I expect he is getting lunch. I'll just go and check on him as he is a bit prone to use anything he sees in the fridge without checking whether I'm planning to use it for anything else. He is also forgetful at times. Yesterday he forgot I had made a large fruit cake and took another big cake out of the freezer. It had defrosted before I realised so we now have 2 cakes to eat up before they go stale. Better go and see what he is up to.

Morning all ,
Bright sunny morning bit of cloud but its lovely to see ths sun ,had a good clear out of old shopping recipts and lots of old papers so they can be burnt on the fire ,need to hoover next but just having a coffee first .
The key in the padlock on the woodshed wouldn't turn this morning so Colin had to cut the padlock off with his grinder so we need a new padlock ,I think the water had rusted it up .

Morning all,

Beautiful morning with plenty of sunshine and blue sky although there are some huge whitye clouds on the horizon. The deer are sitting in the sun in the garden warming themselves and its 4 degrees out there now. The car is still frosted so we did have one last night.

Need to get myself into gear and get on today.

Good morning everyone.
A lovely bright and sunny morning here, although rather chilly ..4 degrees.
It is going to get milder, but wetter as the week moves on.

Opticians for me tomorrow. I really hope there is no change, as although my eye test was about a year ago, I didn't actually buy new glasses..and sunglasses ...until later, when my daughters were able to come with me to give their opinions.
The glasses I wear daily, but the sunglasses have only had a few outings.

good morning all only 2 degrees this morning but no frost and it is sunny.

My turn for opticians appointment today so no doubt 'more expense',

BIL did'nt come today as he has had to put his car in the garage to have something done before its MOT. He has ordered me more fast pellets as my birds are gong through them like wildfire. I fill the feeders twice a day and they eat it all.

No we did'nt get anything for second place he did say that the two top tables only had four people on them but after saying David's table had won he did'nt bother to say we were second. David is the man who renewed my decking for me, he's the local builder and his wife makes soap and sells it on Ebay. She has a job so only in her spare time.

Its good you had a nice lot of pressies Mandy and birthday cake too with coffee sounds lovely.

Your really ahead with your garden weeding Anng. Yes I noticed it still being light at 5.30pm too. We've had a nice sunny day with showers and its felt cold out.

Great it is still light here at 5.30pm. Getting better.

I did manage another 45 minutes so most of the garden has been weeded. Still some visible but that is in the border adjacent to the new gravel area and there is some cement overflow that needs tidying up before I can get the weeds out so I have to ask Jake when I can do it. Very tired now so no more gardening today.

Well that's the big meal of the day done! We just had a puff pastry topped chicken and bacon pie between us today with leeks, green beans, cauli and cabbage. The washer is on and when OH has washed the bits that don't go in the dishwasher I'll set the oven to clean itself. OH has a busy week so I think I need to catch up with some HW while he is out as I will get it done quicker then and it won't seem such a chore hopefully.

That was good coming second in the quiz Mel and a nice change of scene for a few hours. I hope your BIL's knee improves with the rest today.

Vera you do well with your cuttings. I think all but maybe 2 of my geraniums have had it, but I will leave them for now in case some new shoots appear. Isn't it annoying when yiou want to do things but our bodies make it wise to stop. We haven't touched our garden this year yet.

A bill to pay next and some paperwork to sort. Doesn't it pile up quickly!

Afternoon all,

Thank you all for the birthday wishes and cards ,I've had lots of nice things and we went to see son and family for coffee and birthday cake which was lovely.

Another dull day here Gwyn no sun but it's not really cold out .

It's odd how some of these links widen the page .

Oh well done Mel coming second in the quiz ,did you get anything for second place .

I had already deleted the link Vera before I read your post so back to normal now. Ann My bricks were obviously from what I found, not Bayco, they were Lotts and looking on line, if I had some in original box they would be worth something. Gwyn that sounds as if we both had the same set. Wonder if that was a local firm at the time to us?

I have done two lots of gardening adding up to over an hour but came in to rest and will now get lunch, it looks like it is going to rain, if it doesn't I will go back out again. It is hard work weeding as the soil is claggy but I have cleared quite a lot on my what is now, worst border.

I think the only way to get back to normal sizing now is for AnnG to remove that link. I know that you can shorten long links by using tinyURL but I’ve never tried it so don’t know how it works.

It’s lovely weather at the moment and quite warm. I did 30 minutes in the garden tidying up my big pots of agapanthus and topping up the compost. I’m letting them get a bit of air and sun at the moment then I’ll cover them with fleece again. After that I individually potted up my geranium cuttings. When I took the cuttings I popped 3 or 4 in each pot and I thought they could do with a bit more room. I took 8 cuttings of our yellow argyranthemum and 7 rooted and are doing well. My problem is to stop them growing too leggy. I would have liked to stay in the garden but by then my back was quite painful again so I came in.

While we are talking plants the white trunked trees at Anglesey Abbey ARE silver birches. They are very much a feature, only some showing in the photo I sent. Their trunks are given a good wash from time to time (once a year?) and they look sensational in December when the plants are all lit up for Christmas.

I’ve nothing else planned for today, apart from cooking our roast dinner. Loin of pork is in the oven so I’d better get the roast potatoes parboiled.

EDIT I see you are ahead of meAnnG and have removed the link already.

Afternoon All,

<3 <3 HAPPY BIRTHDAY MANDY! <3 <3 I hope you have a nice day with some goodies to eat. :-)

Your Bayco set in the link looks very similar AnnG so perhaps the one I played with was stone too, unless the one Gwyn played with with a friend was plastic?

Lunch has dinged so I'd better go.

Happy Birthday, Mandy.
I hope the sun shines for you and that you have a lovely day <3

Ann,
I remember playing with stone building blocks, probably a hand-me-down from my brother. I particularly remember little window stone blocks with green lattice patterning.
My primary school friend, Ann had a Bako set and we loved creating houses together.

Mel
That sounds a fun evening. Well done !
My daughters and I sometimes go to quizs. Depending on the location, it's tricky knowing when to play the joker...... some places we play before the round. ...some places after. and yes it can be the deciding feature when it comes to the final score.

The avatars have all shrunk because you put that link up to the building bricks you had.

I too had the ones with the metal rods that you slid the bricks and things on.

Suns out again here now after a good rain shower. Must get on incase BIL comes today and I am in a mess.

Why have all the avatars shrunk?

Happy birthday Mandy have a lovely day.

It is my great grandson's 8th birthday today as well.

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<3 <3 <3 HAPPY BIRTHDAY MANDY <3 <3 <3 Hope you have a lovely day.

Morning all,

Not caught up with yesterdays posts yet as the screen has gone all strange all over to one side when I go back and our pictures are all squashed up. Late on parsade as I went to the wine and wisdom last night at the village hall and had a smashing time. There were tables of six but only four on our tabel and we came second, how good was that? We played the joker on the wrong lot of questions and should have saved it till the last lot as that was one liners of songs with extra points. If we had done that we would have won. Anyway a good laugh was had by all, good cheese and wine.

Happy Birthday Mandy :-D <3 :-D. I hope you have a lovely day.

Just going to do a few minutes work in the garden while it’s dry and bright outside. BBL