General Chat

Morning all,

Bright and sunny again today and we have wall to wal blue sky pc says 10 and sunny.

Fell asleep at the table last night so got myself off to bed. I was watching the Chelsea Flower Show. I washed half the decking and the west wall of the bungalow yesterday and got myself soaked my trousers were so heavy they were taking themselves down so I came in took them off and hung them on the line to dry out.

I also did some moulding and some casting so you couild say I had a good day at everything.

Mandy take care today then protect that back.

Morning all,

Dull day here lots of cloud not sure if we should have sun today I can't remember seeing the weather forecast yesterday .
My backs not to good today I think its all the potting up I did yesterday, I just bent over to pick up the laundry basket and boy did it shoot a pain in my back so I'm having an easy day ,no going for the wood over the school or going to the tip with the garden rubbish .

Yes its odd how the swans are behaving and I heard on television that the bees are swarming earlier this year and they didn't know why , perhaps these things know something we don't.

Anng enjoy your trip to town ,don't spend too much .

Vera sorry you had a bad night ,have a easy day and hopefully you'll have a better night tonight.

Good morning all. I had a reasonable night but woke early so on here early.
I wonder if the strange weather is affecting the Swans, it has been unseasonably warm when maybe they are used to cooler spring weather but that high number of eggs is strange Gwyn.
Yes I remember the Forts on the hill, can't remember which was/is Dryad and which Nelson though and I had not realised that Nelson was being used again but what a good idea and how appropriate the use is. Before we were married we once walked from The George inn on top of the road running up the hill from Cosham across the top of the hill and down into Portchester. I don't think I could do that today.
I envy you your visit to Portchester castle.
Mandy you had a busy day as did your son and DiL. I bet it is nice to see the gazebo up again.
All being well I am catching the bus in to town this morning, I have done a lot in the the garden so feel I am, for the moment, on top of it. :-) :-)

Good morning all

I had a bad night and gave up trying to sleep a while ago. I feel very tired and lethargic this morning.

I have no plans for the day. It looks as though it’s going to be like yesterday - a few sunny intervals and quite breezy but it should stay dry.

Your swans are behaving strangely Gwyn. I haven’t been down to the river to check but OH saw a pair with some cygnets further down the river than the usual spot we see them. They might have been “ours”.

Evening all,

We've had another day in the garden , this morning son and dil came and put the gazebo up for us they can do it so much quicker than we can it would have taken us all morning to do but within 40 minutes it was all done ,I just have the little lights to go round ,they also put the brackets on the gazebo for the hanging baskets to go up ,I planted them all in yesterday so they hung them up too.
This afternoon I potted up my cucumbers and some tomatoes and got them in the greenhouse now I feel really tired
It's been a bit cooler here today we have had a little sun this afternoon after a cloudy morning and we even had a little drizzle first thing .

Gwyn I think its a swans nest of multiple occupancy :-D it will be interesting to see how many hatch .
Half term here too so dil is off school this week ,she is now on a contract with the school so is giving up her evening job at the doctors ,it will be much better she won't have to be turning out in the dark to go to work in the winter .

In the morning we have to take the garden rubbish to the tip and call at the school as son is in grass cutting and he has lots of wood for Colin to cut up for the wood burner , there's pallets there that can be cut up the school have all their paper come in bulk on the pallets .

Mel, You were asking about the swans.......
I really don't know what is going on this year. It was some time ago, that I saw 7 eggs in the nest and that number stayed steady for a while, then suddenly there were more eggs, - in total 9 eggs, but they were often left for long periods of time with the eggs totally uncovered and sometimes no parent swan in sight.
I was last near the nest last Friday, when a friend and I walked that way. The female was sitting on the nest with the other swan swimming a short distance away. When we returned on our way home, both adults were standing up close to the nest and we could see 12 eggs!
Your guess is as good as mine as to whether any of the eggs are viable and will hatch this year :-S

It's a lovely sunny day here, but with a very strong easterly wind blowing, it's quite chilly, if one is out for any length of time.
We've had some lovely weather, while the children are on their half term break. Our local primary are off this coming week too, so I have another week to myself, before I go back volunteering.
This weekend was busy. On Saturday, my elder daughter took me to Hampshire to Fort Nelson, which is on the hill ridge north of Portsmouth. Ann, like myself will remember this building as derelict, but it now houses items for the Royal Armouries and at the moment, an art installation, - Standing with Giants, in remembrance of 255 Service personnel and 3 civilians lost in the Falklands conflict. This takes the form of lifesize metal silhouettes standing all over the parade ground and on the outer ramparts overlooking that. Many ships sailed out to war in 1982 from nearby Portsmouth, so there has been a lot of local interest.
Afterwards we went to nearby Portchester Castle to tend family graves in the churchyard there.
It was such a warm day, the first this year when I could walk in short sleeved top all afternoon.

I am just thinking about lunch myself as I have been pressure washing the sid eof the bungalow and the decking.

Its only one degree higher here at 16 Anng.

You've got a nice lot done this morning. I have put a coup;le of coats on some moulds this morning, done the chickens and wild birds.

It is really windy here, very gusty, the temp has just crept up to 15 degrees but it was very cloudy and quite cold earlier. I decided to sort out my T shirts and sweaters etc and move the T shirts to where the thick sweaters were. So there is a nice tidy cupboard now as I went on to sort the long sleeved T shirts and tops and the camisoles (all in the same wardrobe type cupboard. and them I walked down with a large carrier bag full for charity and to post a card. when I got back I spotted some weeds needing pulling up in my jungle front birder so pulled those for the garden bin. I have also changed and washed the bedding. And now I shall start to think about lunch.

I wonder if Gwyn has seen the swans lately as we hav'nt had a report about them for a while now.

Morning Anng and all,

Beautiful morning here and its nice and sunny with a clear blue sky as far as the eye can see. Pc says 12 degrees and sunny and as its a holiday I expect all the kids will be down the beach.

I should do gardening today too Anng but will see how it goes as HW needs doing too.

good morning all. sunny here and 9 degrees, bedding in the wash. Strange night of sleeping and waking, can't get back again to sleeping for at least six hours without waking. I suppose added up it was enough sleep.
Nothing planned for today so probably more gardening although I should do a bit of housework. Hmm!! Sunny so far out there unusual Bank Holiday weather.

Morning all,

I was up with you two at about 5am something but went back to bed for a lie in as its Sunday and woke up at past 10am. Must have needed the sleep.

Nothing pllanned fro today but do enjoy the gardens Anng.

Good morning Vera, pleased to see somebody else was around early. And good to see that you were able to get some garden jobs done. I have bulbs in pots but I do tend to leave them in their pots and just move the pots to their summer place at the end of the garden, it has always worked for us. but I do have plenty of space to keep the pots out of the way.

Enjoy your face time with your granddaughter.

It is 17 degrees here so looks like being a warm day later, however when I went out to water the baskets it felt cold as there is a chilly breeze. difficult to know what to wear as the village where the gardens are is where the canal is and is open to the River Severn in the distance so if there is a breeze it could be chilly.

Like you AnnG I slept better last night but woke early, just after 5 am. I didn’t get up right away but lay daydreaming and thinking. When I did get up and went to open the blinds I could see my neighbour across the courtyard gardening at the front of her house, so she’s another one who was up early today. She’s a lovely lady with lots of medical issues. She’s very short and as wide as she is high and she looked so funny as she was wearing a heavy winter anorak and a sun hat. I had to smile.

Yesterday was a lovely day again and I managed to do some gardening. I have bulbs by the hundreds. The ones in the garden just stay in the ground but I have loads of pots full of bulbs. I had lifted all the earlier ones and they were drying off so I got those packed away for next year and lifted all the rest to get those dried off. That left me with several large empty pots so I got one of them cleaned up and planted it up with some geraniums. I also did some general tidying up around the garden. Lots more to do but we’ll get there eventually. While I was gardening OH cleaned out all the gutters so that’s another job out of the way.

Enjoy your open gardens event today AnnG. We haven’t been to one for a while now but I used to like nosing round other people’s gardens and picking up ideas and tips.
Sorry to hear about your son’s diabetes. I am sure he’ll get used to managing his food intake with a bit of encouragement.

Youngest granddaughter (17 in a couple of days) is FaceTiming us this afternoon so we’re looking forward to that. She is very funny and always makes me laugh.

I've now been up a couple of hours and I’m still in my dressing gown and not yet had breakfast so I had better get moving. Have a good day everyone and enjoy the sunshine while we can.

Good morning all. slept ok last night but woke up early. 10 degrees here and sunny at the moment. This afternoon going with friends to Frampton on Severn where they have open gardens in the village. The village will bring back memories as it is on part of the walk T and I used to do from the canal, right up until July 2020. They are beautiful memories though.

Did'nt do the washing in the end.

Hope you all sleep better tonight.

Night night see you in the morning.

Been to Hatherleigh for deisel at last. Angela and Adrian called round with the news letter and had 6 eggs off me so that was good.

Not done a thing in the garden today. Its 20 degrees here now so cooling down a bit now. I may go out and pressure wash the decking.

Afternoon all,

Oh its warm out today ,we've had a good tidy up in the front garden and Colin has painted the fence down one side ,ths other side he'll do in ths autumn as the white rose is now so big he can't really get behind it.

Belated birthday wishes to your OH Vera I hope he had a nice day .

We've just had a Fish and chip lunch so all we'll need later is a sandwich or some salad .
Someone asked me the other say was I making any hair scrunchies this year to go on my board outside so I think I'll get a bit of sewing done this afternoon .

Morning Anng and all,

Bright sunny morning here today and pc says 11 degrees and sunny. Woke this morning and saw a big buzzard settle in a tree out the back. Had to put my glasses on to see what it actually was. Don't mind him out there as we are overun with baby bunnies at the mo.

Don't think BIL is coming today as he mowed all the grass yesterday.

May do some gardening later as theres always plenty to do out there.