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What kind of things do you remember from Childhood

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Mel Fairy Godmother

Mel Fairy Godmother Report 15 May 2023 12:54

Iv'e seen my first baby Robin flutter past mne today.

Mel Fairy Godmother

Mel Fairy Godmother Report 15 May 2023 08:38

Morning Anng and all,

Hope it all goes well with the hearing aids Anng and safe journey there and back.

Its brightish this morning but theres big clouds of white and grey and blue in between and pc says 9 degrees and mostly sunny so I think I will take it as it comes today.

Just having my COC and then I must get on as I have a lot of ironing to do.

AnninGlos

AnninGlos Report 15 May 2023 07:51

Good morning all. sunny and 8 degrees here. check up for hearing aids today at glos Royal hospital, friend dropping me off and I will bus back. Hopefully BBL

Mel Fairy Godmother

Mel Fairy Godmother Report 14 May 2023 22:06

Done more in the garden this afternoon and then it came overall cloudy but I caried on and got all the strawberry soak trays washed and put back on the barrow and most of the plants put back too. Came in late again and did myself a burger for tea and went back out to shut banty in and it was raining so I am pleased with what I did today.

AnninGlos

AnninGlos Report 14 May 2023 13:01

Just come in for a rest. washed the bedding but not made up the bed yet. Also put the shopping away. And in the garden for 45 minutes I cut the lawn and started on the edges, hope to get that done after lunch. I have also cut back the winter flowering clematis which is a bit of a thug and hung out five hanging baskets I hope they can withstand the cold nights but it is too hot for them inside and they are too heavy to keep shifting in and out.

Mel Fairy Godmother

Mel Fairy Godmother Report 14 May 2023 12:40

Just come in from the garden as I have been sorting out dead pots and I had a lot. I have put the compost in an old sack and that can go up the border. I have red roses out on the wall and one Mascarade (sp ?)

I have been bitten by a midgey thing just under my right eye and it itches like anything. Its on the soft skin under the eye so I don't want to keep rubbing it as they are baggy eno9ugh already.!!!!

SuffolkVera

SuffolkVera Report 14 May 2023 11:41

Morning AnnG, Mel and all

I’ve decided the best weather forecast is the one you get when you step outside the door. This morning my phone app says 9 degrees and fog and my iPad says 13 degrees and sunny spells. There’s been no sign of sun or fog, not even a slight mist, just grey and overcast. The temperature feels as though it might be about 11 degrees but that’s a guess. The iPad is telling me from about 2-6 pm there is going to be full sun and a temperature going up to 20 degrees. I won’t hold my breath.

I’ve done a few odd jobs this morning, including washing out flower pots. How come that’s always my job? I’m sitting in the conservatory at the moment surrounded by antirrhinums and sweet peas. In March I sprinkled a few antirrhinum seeds on one seed tray . I’ve recently pricked them out and potted them up and I have 52 plants! A few will go in our garden and the rest can go to the two clubs we belong to as one has a plant stall at a fund raiser coffee morning and the other one has a plant stall at the local fete.

In March I also sowed 14 sweet pea seeds in individual pots. 2 didn’t germinate but the other 12 are going mad. They are now about 3 foot tall but we are still getting some cold nights so I don’t want to plant them out yet.

I want to have our roast dinner a bit earlier today so I had better get the oven on. Enjoy your Sunday everyone

Mel Fairy Godmother

Mel Fairy Godmother Report 14 May 2023 09:43

Morning Anng and all,

when I got up for the loo at 6.53am it was all misty moisty out there but I went back to bed and woke at 9.12am. the sky is a bit overcast now and pc says mostly cloudy and 13 degrees. It also says tomorrows temps at record low.

Still ache a bit and no its was'nt dark when I came in last night it dos'nt get dark till about 9pm here now. I will have to look tonight and see what time it get really dark.

AnninGlos

AnninGlos Report 14 May 2023 08:33

Good morning all. Sunny here but only 5 degrees so a bit 'cool'. Hopefully today is a gardening day, although it is also Tesco delivery and change the bed day. Bedding in the washing machine. Tesco due 11-12. Trouble is last two week it has been quarter to eleven but you can't just assume that so the gape of 'waiting' is longer.

It must have been almost dark when you came in last night Mel, I bet you slept well last night. I didn't actually sleep badly but I wish I didn't keep waking up as broken sleep is almost as bad as no sleep.

Mel Fairy Godmother

Mel Fairy Godmother Report 13 May 2023 20:35

Been in from the garden aboujt 20 mins. Hands hurt now so I am calling it a day for now. I have been cutting brimbles out of the box hedge they have been annoying me for ages. I cut back the rose thatr always gets BIL when he comes through the bottom arch down by Prickley Bottom. A few bits need tying in so I'll do that tomorrow and pick up all the brimble bits I pulled out after cutting them off. The m,idges started to get me soNow I have to find something to eat although I am not that hungry. May just have a sandwich. and a couple of pears.

AnninGlos

AnninGlos Report 13 May 2023 16:07

How did we get through life without knowing about fronted adverbials? and when did they become 'a thing'?

The film on Pissarro was excellent, a lot of information that I am sure I will soon forget. Hopefully some things will stick. I really had not known his work and it was interesting to hear his life, he died at 71 in 1903 and he was a leading member of the artists we know as the impressionists such as Money Degas Gauguin etc Some of his paintings I liked a lot. The film centred mainly on the exhibition of his work at The Ashmolean, a gallery in Basil and another in France.
The next film is on Vermeer some time in June.

Mel Fairy Godmother

Mel Fairy Godmother Report 13 May 2023 15:51

BIL has just turned up so I am now going back out inthe garden.

SuffolkVera

SuffolkVera Report 13 May 2023 12:55

Good afternoon all

Gwyn, please send some sunshine this way. I checked the forecast this morning and it said dry with sunny spells and a moderate breeze so I washed a load of bedding that has been waiting around for a good drying day. Well, it is still dry out but there has been no sun at all and hardly any breeze so the bedding is just hanging there. I hope your swans hatch their cygnets OK. I haven't been able to get down to the river to see how ours are doing. Well done with the cholesterol levels. Neither of us take statins though OH has so much cheese that I'm surprised he doesn't start mooing. Fronted adverbials! Good grief! I had to google to find out what they were. There are so many new names and terms for things now that I am well out of touch. I'm stumped by a primary school maths paper, not because I can't do the maths but because I can't understand the questions.

Mel, your bil is good to give you so much help at the moment. It must be tempting to keep going when the weather is good but be careful or you will end up in pain and unable to do much anyway. If you have a busy day outside try and rest up a bit the next day.

Enjoy your film AnnG. It does sound interesting. You're probably right about age being the main factor with me forgetting things. I get frustrated because I always had such a good memory. I do make lists but sometimes forget to take them out of my bag and look at them. If I forget anything we just have to do without until we are next going to town. Because of my eye problems I am not driving at the moment and the bus service round here is not very good so I have to rely on OH to drive me. It's only about 1.5 miles into town and I used to happily walk there and back but I find that too much of a struggle now, particularly if I am in a hurry and have anything heavy to carry back.

Mandy, the carbon monoxide alarms that British Gas provided to us just have a non-replaceable long life battery, but as it lasts about 10 years it's not really a problem.

Tesco are coming late afternoon. There's only 1 sub but 3 things missing and they are all things I said I didn't want subbed. Two of them are books and I really didn't want the picker to choose books for me.

I have had a thorough dust and vac upstairs this morning but my back is sore now so I'll be sitting with a pillow behind it for an hour or two this afternoon. I've just heard the kettle going on so OH is probably getting our snack lunch ready, which is his only job today. I'm getting a bit peckish so I'm off downstairs to eat.





Gwyn in Kent

Gwyn in Kent Report 13 May 2023 11:56

Morning all, ... Brilliant sunshine here, but quite a breeze.

Mel,
Did you remember to pick up your scripts this week?
Can't have you running out of required tablets .
Sounds like you are getting on well in your garden, but don't do too much that it makes you ache for days.

Ann
I hope you enjoy the film.
You do seem to find lots of things of interest to visit and keep you busy. The gardens you visited must have been a riot of colour at this time of year.

I was pleased this week, that my efforts to bring down my cholesterol levels by eating more of the right sort of food had paid off, so the surgery has decided that I don't need medication for that.. I would love to eat more cheese,which I much prefer to meat, but know that I have to limit that in particular.

News on the swans is troubling. Last I heard, the mother was still leaving the eggs alone for long periods of time, but I haven't been round to see them this week, so I don't know the latest. Last week, when I was there,the mother was standing up right by the nest, which had 9 eggs in it. She looked as if she was still looking after them and had just stood up to stretch her legs and do a bit of preening... so who knows?

One more week at school then they break up for the May holiday. I think they have 2 weeks this time.
I was asked to help in the classroom this week, while the teaching assistants were helping with the SATS . I usually listen to readers just outside their room.
I'm not used to all the terms used for various processes, eg. 'Fronted adverbials' but I know what we are trying to achieve, so that's OK ;-)

Mel Fairy Godmother

Mel Fairy Godmother Report 13 May 2023 09:38

Morning Anng and all,

Another lovely bright morning here today and pc says 12 degrees adn mostly sunny so thats good.

Will do a bit more in the garden today but must be careful as I ache a bit this morning after holding that heavy lopper.

BIL is coming again today but I think he has cut all the grass so perhaps he'll help with the cutting down of things. I still hav'nt cut the budlia down and I want ivy off the wall. O well we'll see what gets done later I expect, anything will be a great help.

I did a lot of walking aroun the garden yesterday too and my toes ache and fingers and hip.

AnninGlos

AnninGlos Report 13 May 2023 08:20


Good morning all. a bit grey bright at the moment and 8 degrees. Off out later to see a film on the father of impressionism. (Pissaro)

Vera, I am sure that it is likely to be an age thing. our brains are tired with all that it clogged up in there. I make lists of things I have though needed doing every day now. actually there is the sense of achievement when I have ticked it all off. But also these days I have a habit of starting one job, remembering another halfway through and going on to do that then remembering before finishing the first job. that adds to the brain confusion as well. eventually no problem it all gets done. But annoying when you forget things when you are out. with me that would involve another bus journey. Which is why I usually take lists with me. (OK if I remember to check them........ while I am out).

Mel you had a busy day and got lots done yesterday.


Mel Fairy Godmother

Mel Fairy Godmother Report 12 May 2023 19:49

BIL came and he mowed and brought the big trailer to the front of the bungalow so I could cut down the big Hydranga which I did. he emptied the trailer for me and brought it back to the Forsythia and left it there for me as I wanted to cut that down. I took some branches off the apple trees and cl.eared those away and then tackled the Forsythia which I have cut back quite hard and there was a lot of dead old trunks in it. The trailer is full again now but he's coming tomorrow and will empty it for me. Had a fiddle about out there and have now come in to have something to eat but I don't know what!!! Mum always used to say if you don't know what you want your not hungry.

SuffolkVera

SuffolkVera Report 12 May 2023 12:59

Good afternoon folks

The day started grey and then about 10 am the wet stuff just fell out of the sky. It poured down for a couple of hours. It’s eased off a lot now but I think it’s going to rain on and off all day. It’s 11 degrees but there’s a wind from the north which makes it feel a lot colder.

My back is slowly improving and I am trying to get back to normal while still being careful. So we’ve had a h/w morning. OH cleaned all the bathrooms while I had a good dust and vac downstairs. At the moment I can’t manage to push our heavy vac around but I can manage with the cordless one. I had thought I might get round the whole house but I did everything thoroughly and I’d had enough by the time I’d finished downstairs.

Yesterday, we met friends in town for coffee and took the opportunity to take more stuff to a charity shop. There’s still a load of stuff cluttering up a spare bedroom but it’s a case of “out of sight, out of mind”. I keep forgetting it. I am beginning to wonder if Covid, which we had last October, affected me more than I realised. Since then my brain has been made of cotton wool. Yesterday I made a list and I wanted to go to Waitrose for a couple of bits, Roys for some horticultural grit and the pet store for a sack of sunflower hearts for the birds. What did I do? I forgot what I planned to do and forgot to look at the list! So we only went to Waitrose and now have to go back to town for the stuff I didn’t get. I used to be so well organised that I find it very frustrating to have all this brain fog. Maybe it’s just old age.

Oh has just called out that lunch is ready so I’d better stir my stumps and get downstairs.

MillymollyAmanda

MillymollyAmanda Report 12 May 2023 11:26

Morning all,

Dry and cloudy when we got up so I nipped to town for a few bits nearly finished what I wanted to do and then down came the rain ,got a little wet but now it's coming down quite hard so nothing will get done outside today as I think it should rain off and on all day and it's chilly with the wind.
Got some ironing to do just having a coffee first.

Mel Fairy Godmother

Mel Fairy Godmother Report 12 May 2023 10:27

You were late on parade Anng. I wondered if you were ok.

Fed the birds and chickens and fiddled a bit in the garden and thats all so far.