General Chat

Morning all,

Woke at 8.04am and lay for a while but must have dropped off again as when I came out to make a COC and turned pc on it was 9.05am so I either read the phone time wrong or fell asleep again. Its put me out as its shopping day today.

Forgot to order my scripts yesterday so have done that this morning and now I am going to get in the shower.

Oh would never let me do the bird watch as he said they would'nt believe how many different birds come to our garden. the sad thing is in that last very cold spell I found a Long Tailed Tit dead under the bird feeder. I cleared it up and poured masses of boiling water around under the feeder. I had seen it the day before and it did'nt look happy and did'nt fly away when I went ot the car for something which was strange.

Hope you slept better last night Anng and everyone else.

Good morning all, feel better this morning an ok to go to the dentist. (mixed feelings about that of course). that means another battle with the new road lay out, double roundabouts and crossings in different places. When we moved here the roads were like country lanes, very quiet. We could not have envisaged the amount of traffic they would eventually take. Or, if it comes to that the loss of the greengrocer, butcher, paper shop, post office and bank. All were within walking distance when we moved here in 1992.

Got your brownie points for HW todayMel.

I just put the heating on here too . It turns cold the mo the sun moves around. I had soup and toast for lunch, homemade soup.

I hoovered the hall and bathroom kitchen and dining area which is part ofthe kitchen really. Washed the bathroom mats and varnished a couple of minitures.

Do tell your OH to be careful. the march before T died our garage door suddenly came down on his head. He seemed OK at the time but who knows what lasting efffect that had on him.

The PC is saying it is 10degrees but I have just been out with the bins and it is freezing.
I still don't feel right I have only had a mug of chicken cup a soup and three small crackers for lunch. anyway I have put the heating on.

So far I have done a load of washing and nothing else!! I keep getting side tracked and I can't find a mould I want so have to make another one which takes at least two days if I keep putting the coats on.

I am now going to take a pill and hoover, yes I must hoover before lunch.

I have been meaning to say my snowdrops have been out for two weeks at least maybe longer and the hellebores are blooming too but are a bit weedy this year.

It’s a bright sunny morning and 8 degrees but feels colder as there is a stiff breeze. I’ve done a couple of loads of washing and that seems to be all I have done this morning. I just don’t know where time disappears to.

Good to see you post Ann. I hope you are enjoying the courses and the work that you have to do for them.

I hope you are feeling less under the weather now and will soon be 100% AnnG. I must take a walk round our little garden and see what’s blooming. Last time I looked the winter aconites were all showing yellow colour but hadn’t opened up and there were a couple of hellebores in bloom. The daffs in a bed are up about 4 inches but are nowhere near blooming. They are an early one called February Gold so they need to start growing a bit quicker or they won’t be flowering in February. I know what you mean about the birds and the bird count. We normally get lots of bluetits but I only saw one when I did the count

Thank you all for your great grandchild congratulations. Of course I am delighted for them but I do have a few concerns, mainly down to the short time they have been together, accommodation and lack of money. However, I’m optimistic for them and hope this is a relationship that lasts a lifetime.

WOULD YOU BELIEVE IT!! We’ve just had a little flock of long tailed tits fly in, plus a wren. Where were they when I was doing the bird count?

Better go and get some lunch ready. That’s usually OH’s job but he is outside trying to do a repair to the mechanism of the up and over garage door.

i swear the birds know when there is a bird count. From memory on Friday when I did the count. I saw two Wood pigeons, 1 magpie, 1 robin, 1 blackbird, 2 great tits, 1 blue tit, 2 house sparrows and 1 wren.

This morning I have just glanced out of the window and in my garden is a song thrush. I have not seen one of those for over a year. Why today when the bird count is finished?

I had a brief walk round the garden to see if it made me feel better as I still feel very much under the weather with nothing specific except the knowledge that I should remember I can't eat seeded bread.
On my brief walk I noted that the snowdrops are about a mm above ground. a couple of daffodils are in flower and I spotted one crocus and a couple of helebores. Not a lot but a brief glimpse of spring.

Morning Anng and all,

Its positively tropical here at 7 degrees with some sun and no wind.

Must do some HW today as I have been a naughty girl doing my miniture and leaving the HW. There is only me to see it but I don't like it when there's bits on the kitchen floor and there is. Leaves and sawdust mainly. Leaves blow in from outside when the winds in the east and I bring in the sawdust from the chickens even though I alway wipe my feet well.

The lady has finerly paid for my things on Ebay so I have a parcel to take up the post van too.

So what are you lot up to today?

Good morning all.4 degrees here and quite bright Hope everyone is well and slept ok last night. I woke before 5am and couldn't get back to sleep so feel a bit off this morning.

O so good to see Ann posting.

Congrats to Vera and hubby for the new great grandchild baby on the way.

I have been doing my minitures all day. Some casting and a little painting and I tried to put another lot of stuff on ebay but they kept changing my prices and I had the same lot up with a starting price of 99p and the same one with the starting price of £4.00 so I took them both off and will try again maybe later or in the morning.

We've had a couple of Ravens in the garden over the past few days. We used to get them but had'nt seen them for a few years. Also the buzzard has been about. I think he is after rabbits as I have lots at the mo.

I had'nt eaten anything till just now when I had a big breakfast so that will do me for today with just a couple of choc biscuits later with a drink of Coco.

Oh Congratulations Vera how lovely to look forward to the arrival of a new baby in the family ,a little twig to add to your tree <3
Not much meat on a hedgehog but I enjoyed the stuffing lol
Holly the Hedgehog is all done and I'm now doing Bella the cat ,its a ginger cat so I suppose it should be a tom really ,can you get female ginger cats , anyway this one is female as she has a skirt and top .

Lovely sunset here tonight .

Spent a pleasant morning with my friend over the road. mostly grey here too Vera although we did have a splash of sun earlier and a nice sunset. Strangely no birds around here at all today only three in my garden this morning a wren, a great tit and a blackbird. And none at all in friends garden. I did the birdwatch for an hour on Friday but even then only saw about 12 birds. (list is downstairs).

Congratulations on the great grandchild expected Vera. How lovely.

Thanks Ann, good to see you popping in. I don't think I could persevere with one on line course let alone two. they must take a fair amount of time.

It’s been very grey all day but no rain so far. I don’t seem to have done much today. I sat for an hour this morning doing the Big Garden Bird Watch and then went to shower and wash my hair. While I was doing that OH washed the kitchen and hall floors which was a nice surprise for me.

Lol Mandy when you said you were going to stuff the hedgehog I thought you were planning roast hedgehog for Sunday dinner :-D

Just been interrupted by a phone call from grandson and what a surprise.........he and his girlfriend are going to make us great grandparents in 6 months or so. I need a bit of time to take it in I think.

Thinking of you Ann. <3 I am still here but busy with two courses so not expecting to post too much but I do occasionally pop in and read.

Good to see you Gill and I will be replying to your message later...........ASDA delivery due anytime now!

Thank you all for your thoughts. <3

Morning all,

Sending love to Anng today and thinking of you. <3

Miserable day here today and its rained a bit as the grounds wet . Did'nt wake till after 10am as I went back to bed after my second visit to the loo. Fatal I should never do it now Iv'e not much left of the morning.

Morning all,

Anng thinking of you today <3 lovely to have the beautiful flowers from your family .

Cloudy here with a little wind but no frost ,not a lit happening here just having a lazy day recovering from wood stacking .

Hope to stuff the hedgehog today ,I've started on Bella the cat already .

Thank you Island <3

Thinking of you Ann <3