General Chat

Good morning. Chilly but so far the sun is shining. Hoping to get to Ullswater today and Arrange Force. I have not been there for years.

Sadly we saw very little sun here. We went to Dobbies near Carlisle but most of the way was in mist or fog. We saw a glimmer of sun on the way back but here it was still Misty and not very warm. Hoping for sun tomorrow.

Evening all ,

Mel I hope ths doctor has got back to you now and the nose bleeds have eased up ,have you really blown your nose hard or had a sneezing fit ,it's probably a little vien in the nose and when you bend down it's putting lots of pressure on it and if releases it .

It's been a really beautiful day here really warm in the sunshine ,I went out and washed all the window sills and had a good sweep up by the back door ,got two lots of washing done and also washed Max's blanket .
I got the stairs hoovered and then gave the hoover a good clean out.

Vera put your foot foot down on doing the teas ,that's not fair you doing it nearly every time you go to the meeting .
The Banana bread sounds nice and it's very god of him to share all the baking he does.

I hope your doctor has rung you back by now Mel, but try not to worry too much. Nosebleeds are horrible but are very seldom caused by anything serious. As AnnG says try to avoid bending for the time being.

We have been to a few of those live screenings, AnnG, and they really are very good. They can be a bit long. As well as the actual performance there are usually interviews with various people involved that are sometimes interesting but do take a lot of time. Yesterday's show was 3 1/2 hours but the actual ballet was only a bit over 2 hours. The rest of the time was 2 15-minute intervals and all the interviews.

What a beautiful day it has been. It's been almost like summer with blue skies and wall to wall sunshine. The temperature only reached 14 degrees but it felt a lot warmer. OH spent a good part of the day in the garden and has taken up 20 dead hebes and hand weeded quite a big patch. I did 3 loads of washing, made some phone calls and put into bigger pots the hosta and the agapanthus that came in our plant delivery the other day..

After a sandwich lunch I was just going out to do some jobs in the garden and enjoy the sunshine when our neighbour across the way knocked. Every couple of weeks I give her our newspapers which she passes on to her nephew for starting his open fire going. She is a spinster lady in her 70s and not in the best of health and I always invite her in. Usually she stays on the doorstep but I think she was feeling lonely today and came in. Nearly 2 hours later she left and it was too late for me to do any gardening.

Our "cooking" neighbour has just been with some banana loaf for us, He is still bringing us cakes and goodies every so often. We're so lucky to have such friendly and kind neighbours.

I shall have to cook dinner in a minute. We have to eat early tonight as it is one of our club nights so we need to be out around 7 pm. Apparently we have a talk on Sicily tonight and I am NOT doing the teas - well, not officially. It is the turn of our friends M & V but V can't see well and is a dear man but a bit of a bumbler so I have said I will help M if she needs it. She said she'll see if one of the others can help before she'll ask me to do it again. Nice to see someone has noticed how often I have done it.

We both have a dental appointment tomorrow and have to be at the dentist's for 9 am. It's a half hour drive and we always leave a bit of extra time to allow for hold ups so it will be an early start. It's just our 6-monthly check up and clean so nothing to worry us but I hope she doesn't find anything that needs to be done.

Right, I had better start cooking. Enjoy the rest of your day.

Hope you can get some answers Mel. Try not to bend over for the moment.
I assume you have not knocked your nose at any time?

Just had another one when I bent down to pick up some pot saucers off the patio. They don't last long but its a bit worrying when you see your blood dripping on the ground. I rang the doc and am waiting for them to ring me back so stuck indoors as they ring on the landline. I have fed banty but not the big girls incase the phone rings and I shan't hear it right round there.

Yes it is Mel, nobody to tell you not to worry. But very wise to check it out if it is unusual for you to have nose bleeds. So ring the doc this morning.

Vera, those live films of performances are good I believe. I have not been to one but my friend often goes. They are put on in Gloucester Guildhall where I have seen normal films. A lovely little theatre. Glad you enjoyed it.

Morning all,

Quite a nice bright morning here and pc says humid 10 degrees and now it says partly sunny.

My nose bled a bit in the night so I think I shall ring the doc this morning. Its a bit scarey when you are on your own.

Poor you Mel. You are having a rotten time. I hope tomorrow will be a better day.

It’s not been bad here today. It was misty first thing but then it brightened up though it’s still a bit nippy in the breeze.

I did a bit of potting on this morning. Then we had a very early lunch as we were going to our little local theatre to see a screening of the ballet Cinderella from the Royal Opera House. It started at 2 pm and we left home really early because of the problems with road closures. We had a gift voucher for the tickets plus a bit of money to add and I still had to pay as I booked over the phone. I needed to leave time for that as well. Of course we drove straight there without a problem, paid at the box office straight away and still had half an hour to kill. So we had a short walk along a wooded path by the river. The birds were singing their little hearts out and it was lovely.

The ballet was superb. The lighting, staging, costumes, everything seemed perfect. You don’t think of ballet as being funny but the scenes with the ugly sisters were hilarious. I know seeing it on screen is not quite the same as seeing it in the flesh, but to travel to London and buy the cheapest seats at the Royal Opera House would have cost us well over £200, probably nearer £250. Our two seats this afternoon cost us £32.

OH has just made himself some cheese on toast so I think I might go and get myself something now. I fancy toast with scrambled egg.

I have had another one. I bent down to do a bit of weeding in one of my pots and it went all down my cardy and on the patio.

Is that something that you often get Mel?

Just had a run out for coffee at Maryport. Not nice at all today. Very grey and overcast and cold so we just went to the cafe and then drove home. We did detour round Maryport itself to avoid the traffic coming the usual way because of the diversion for roadworks.

Just had a nose bleed.

Thanks Anng.

Awful, those days Mel and they don’t stop. They do get further apart. It is when you have time to think then keep remembering little things. Just relax and get absorbed in something. Tears help, it will pass.

Morning All,

Pc is saying partly sunny and it was at 7.23am but its ckouded over ow and the sky is grey. I too wish we could have at least two days in a row of nice weather as you feel so much better when its bright and I always seem to get on well on sunnier days.

Nothing planned for today and I know BIL is not coming till next Thursday.

With any luck I could have the other mower back on Tuesday god willing.

Not having a very good morning this morning as I keep getting tearfull.

Good morning all. Yesterday was lovely today so far is grey and feels cold. Wish we could have two nice days in a row..

I see the sheep and lambs are back in the field next to this house.
No plans yet for today, just hope it warms up a bit.

It was fairly sunny this morning but it's raining again now. I hope it was dry for you AnnG and that you enjoyed a walk at Siloth.

I've had a busy morning and feel quite shattered now. On Thursday, thinking it was Friday, I took a large piece of beef brisket out of the freezer to defrost for Sunday. Last night I remembered we will be out a good part of Sunday and I won't have time to cook and eat a full roast dinner. I'm not with it at all this week am I. So first thing I prepared potatoes and broccoli and put my beef in the slow cooker with some other bits of veg and we will have it tonight.

Then I cleaned out the freezer. A couple of days ago OH opened it and some chunks of ice fell out - quite a lot of ice. Everything seemed to be working normally and we haven't seen any ice since but I thought it would be a good idea to get everything out and clean it just in case something had got blocked and it had stopped self defrosting. We have another freezer in the garage so I shoved everything that would start to defrost quickly into that freezer. It was crammed to the gills. I'm surprised I managed to shut the door. Anything that didn't absolutely need to be in the fridge was taken out and that was stuffed full of everything else from the freezer and OH warned not to open the fridge. It took ages to really clean out and check everything and we could find nothing wrong at all so I think whatever caused the ice must have corrected itself. Then the freezer had to drop down to the correct temperature again and all the food be put back I couldn't believe how long it all took but it's another job out of the way for a little while.

AnnG, I don't think I said what plants were delivered the other day. There was a hosta and an agapanthus and they will both go in pots. I love agapanthus and have several pots that I have had for years. This one is quite small so may not bloom for a year or two. Then there is a yellow helenium with a brown centre and a pink salvia. As it happens we had just taken out two grasses so they have been put in those spots. Next was a sedum and I had a handy space right next to a little group of 3 sedums I already had. There was a very dark hollyhock - they call the colour burgundy black. That was the hardest one to find a spot for but we moved a pot that can go anywhere and put it there in a sunny area next to a light willow green coloured fence. A small white dianthus with a pinky red centre has gone where we lost a plant over the winter, in a narrow border between a very low wall and some paving. The last one was tiarella and that has been put where we have recently taken out our tiny pond.

I am very impressed with this company. Their plants arrive beautifully packaged and look really healthy. Everything we had delivered in January is doing well and I am now already looking forward to our July delivery. Of course I have no idea what daughter paid. I suspect they might be quite pricey.

Sun has come out again now and computer is telling me it is raining on and off. Enjoy the rest of your day and sleep well tonight everyone.

The sun shone most of the time that we were at Siloth and we had a pleasant walk along the promenade. There is not a lot to do there, it is just a very unspoiled old fashioned seaside town. We had a pleasant lunch in a cafe we had been in before, daughter and I had all day breakfasts which were really good. Got home after 2pm and spent the afternoon reading.

Still nice and sunny here and 11 degrees now.

Enjoy Siloth and tell us all about it when you get back.

Good morning all, weather yesterday was quite good, dull in the morning but a lovely sunny afternoon. We left my bracelets wupith the jeweller and then had coffee in a large out of town store. Came home for lunch as daughter finds snack lunches difficult being on a no carb diet, very few places have alternatives to sandwiches, panini etc. spent the afternoon reading.
Vera did you say what plants came this time, I expect I missed it.
Don’t these roadworks cause a lot of inconvenience. At home we are almost boxed in by them. And now, here for the next five weeks a road is closed which means all traffic is diverted past daughter’s house. This part of the road is 30mph and none of them stick to that.

Mel you had a bad day didn’t you? Hope today is better.

Probably going to Siloth today to walk by the sea. So far we have clear blue sky no clouds.