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Linda, those girls are so lucky to have you take them to all those lovely places.
Glad they had a lovely time and hope you slept well last night.

How is SIL's father doing now?

I was going to transfer some plants to a larger pot today and although its a sunny day it is extremely windy so have decided to leave it for now. Bad weather is sweeping across the southwest and up to Wales later and then early tomorrow the heavy rain will be up here. Garden will get another good watering.

So may make some gluten free scones for daughter later and I may get the breadmaker out and make a loaf as didn't order any bread with my Tesco order that came yesterday grrr.

Honestly I do write lists, just didn't check in the bread bin!

I have had to shut my lounge window now as the wind is blowing my curtain all over the place so it is pretty windy and getting worse.

Recently when my alyssum plants died, cant help thinking that maybe "Colin the caterpillar" had a feast in them? But the marigolds I rescued have now recovered in their own pot and I have about 20 flowers about to open so all wasn't lost.

Well, better get the chores done, sweep the floors etc and clean the bathroom then a little work on friends family tree. Baking after lunch me thinks.

Hope everyone is well and the storm wont be too bad where you are.

Florence in the hebrides

I am shattered as I took the girls to a theme park called Lightwater Valley for the day. I used to go there every year when I was working with a coach load of school kids. They had the longest wooden roller coaster in the country, or world? called the Ultimate Sadly a few years ago they had a fatal accident on one of the rides, so they have reinvented themselves as a theme park for under elevens and all the big rides have gone. Esme had a great time, Eve was very good with her taking her on the small rides. They have a live stage show twice a day, well if you can call miming to a sound track live. It was just up Esme’s street, we had to sit through it twice. I just want to sit with my feet up now

Good morning all from a very sunny village.

JustGinnie, I'm always up late and sometimes posting. Glad all is well with you. You planter box sounds fab. Yes we can all get carried away when at the garden centre with all the nice things...eh Joan? lol

Well I have some washing to do and it will dry quickly so no tumble today.

Tesco coming at 5-6pm right in middle of teatime grr but always thankful we got a slot.

So once chores are done this morning, we are off to sit in the garden this afternoon and catch some Vit D. Its going to be the same tomorrow so making the most of it as the forecast for the next 7 days isn't very good....so last 2 days of summer.

Hope everyone has some sun today :-D

Florence in the hebrides

Hello all , bit late posting but you will read tomorrow. lol

We have had some lovely days this week and have done lots in the garden . OH built a planter box and I have been sorting out plants to put in it . All done now and I am pleased with it. Due to my back problems I needed a planter that was higher than usual as I can't bend over very well and my knee injury means I can't kneel either. Bit of an old crock really. Hahaha. Anyway I have planted it up and put my Angel lamp on there along with a couple of other little animal ornaments . I have lots of garden ornaments and I keep seeing others I like but put my sensible hat on and just look.

The doc changed the dosage on my BP meds and I had to do 7 days testing and give it in to be checked and glad to say all is ok.

Having my hair cut tomorrow , I don't like it too long so will feel better when it is done.

Well off to get sorted for bed.

Take care all
Ginnie

Afternoon everyone, hope you all are well.

I have been rather busy indoors and out. First job was to get of the caterpillar that was eating my carrots! i got my trusty trowel and flung him over the fence among a feast of weeds and other delicious vegetation that should keep him going. I then dug up the leafless carrots and they have hardly grown grrr.

So emptied that pot and threw in the organic bin.

The other carrots seemed very dry so we gave them and all the plants a jolly good soaking. The pond across the road is low again, the water level has dropped quite a bit which isnt good. All the plants were quite dry in fact.

Stripped my bed, threw the washing machine on and dried the previous load. Some on the line and its lightly raining but leaving it out.

Been busy last few days as started working on a another friends family tree and this is also going to be a big one lol They really bred like rabbits in them days!

Paper work is also building up and have to phone estate agents in a bit as not happy with no feedback and no updates on the marketing plan!

Apart from all that, i have had backache for 2 days and has kept me awake. Seems to be easing today but very sore and made me quite irritable so trying to keep busy to take me mind of. Cant take painkillers so have to grin and bear sadly.

Hope everyone else is ok.

Florence in the hebrides

I just got this

Hi, it’s Northern Powergrid, we recently wrote to you regarding a planned power cut scheduled for today, 15/08/2023. Due to a change in our works program, we no longer need to interrupt your power supply today as we will be connecting a generator during this work. We apologise for any inconvenience that our previous correspondence may have caused and thank you for your understanding.Typical!

Good morning. It is sunny here today, so I have a load of washing which can’t be tumble dyed out on the line.
Our electricity was supposed to be going off between nine and one so they can trim tree branches. So far it hasn’t gone off, so maybe it will just be off for a short time within those hours rather than for the whole time. Last time they said they were doing it, it was cancelled on the morning because it was too windy, but we did get messages then.
I know a few weeks ago, they were supposed to be putting it off in the town centre for the same reason. It never went off and the cafes were furious because they had closed and lost a mornings trade for nothing.

I envy you your sun Joan. It is much better when we can play out in the garden, better than being cooped up indoors

What a shame about your weather today Linda, it has been a lovely day here, too warm for me but there was a bit of a breeze which helped to keep me cool outside, different story inside though, the house is far too hot & I have the back door wide open & all the windows as well.
No rain so I have had to water all the new plants again & refill the brdbaths.

You will be happy to have your new dishwasher doing all the pots again Linda, not the best of jobs when doing them in the sink.

Managed a bit of work in the garden mainly weedkilling, it should work quickly in the heat & sunshine.
We had a very light & simple tea today, sausage sandwiches, really enjoyed them, it was much too hot for a big meal.

Off the tidy round then off to my bed, so I will say goodnight.

Joan..

Well what a horrible rainy day, it hasn’t stopped all day. I have spent lots of time playing with Esme.
I had a go with the dishwasher this morning as you had to run it empty, it seemed to be fine. It has just gone on with the first full load now, so it will be interesting to see how it goes. It is supposed to have a couple of screws going up into the worktop to stop it moving, but we can’t put those in until we get the missing fitting, so I hope it won’t move around now. We managed to get them to send the missing bit, but it will take 5-7 days to arrive.

Oh Happy Birthday AnnG. Glad you had a lovely day out :-D

Still pouring hard here and full of midges so def have not been outside and had to shut all the windows.

Linda, years ago mum got a dishwashwer to help at xmas as she would spend all day in the sink! But noone could ever be bothered to empty it so in the end she sold it for £50 when she moved.

There are only 2 of us so never that many dishes to wash up and only takes me 10 mins so I don't mind.

Joan, the butterfly thing sounds lovely.

Feeling quite tired tonight already as last few nights haven't slept that well, so maybe tonight I will.

Happy birthday Ann, I am pleased that you enjoyed your day.

I can’t use the dishwasher until tomorrow as I need to get salt and rinse aid. I don’t normally use that as modern dishwasher tabs have it built in. This machine has flashing red lights when the rinse aid and salt need filling, so I will be good and get it some. I will be glad when I can use the thing, I am tired of washing up the old fashioned way.

The troops are on their way back home, no doubt the girls will be very tired. They were glamping last night. Eve and the friends she was meeting up with were all in one bell tent for a sleepover, more likely a no sleepover

Hello Ann, & many Happy returns.
It sounds as though you really enjoyed the day.

Joan.

good evening all, glad you now have the new dishwasher in Linda, it is such a performance to change things these days isn't it.

Oh dear Florence, so sorry about your carrots.

It is my birthday today and I have had a very good day. I went out to lunch with five friends and then an outdoor performance of The Mikado, not my type of music but it was fun and good to spend my birthday with friends.

Such jobs are never straightforward are they Lindad, always something to make things difficult.
I hope the missing piece hasn't stopped the dishwasher being used !

I forgot to say yesterday about my trip to the garden centre, whilst we were walking round in the outside section there were 1 or 2 garden "toys" on display, a small solar item of a Butterfly flittering round the plant of the plant pot it was fixed to, it was brilliant & I just HAD to have one, lol.

I'm not a big fan of brightly coloured solar garden decor things but the Butterflies look so prett , I can feel the purchase of another one coming on, there were 3 colours in all, & I reckon the other 2 would look just as nice. LOL.

Joan.

The new dishwasher was delivered this afternoon, they took the old one away as part of the deal. Poor OH had a terrible job getting the old one out yesterday as we didn’t have the original fitting instructions. It was a really snug fit and he didn’t realise for ages that there were two clips on the top front sides with screws going into the sides of the units. Once he got those free he still had a long job to get it out. Since it was put in we had changed the flooring, there was cheap laminate downstairs in the house.We replaced it with much thicker oiled oak flooring.. That meant the he couldn’t just slide the dishwasher out. He needed to alter the height of all four little legs to make it shorter so it could lift over the deeper floor. Of course the legs were all seized up, so it took him ages.
He has just fitted the cabinet door to the new one, thankfully that went on easily. He just has to push it in and connect it up. Except - there seems to be a part missing. It is just some sort of plastic strip which goes across the top out of sight. We rang them, but their spares department closed two minutes before we spoke to customer services, so they are going to sort it out tomorrow. Why isn’t anything ever straightforward these days?

It is annoying about your carrots Florence, but I guess caterpillars have to live on something. We have lots of apples on our tree, but by the time they are ripe, the birds have pecked them all

Afternoon to everyone looking in.

Mixture of sunshine and heavy downpours here, same yesterday. Feel like summer has gone already and we only had a good dose of sunshine back in June!

We have now finished all the card making. Xmas, blank square and 7x5 sizes.

Just waiting on me tassels to finish off bookmarks and that's it all sorted.

Looked at me carrots yesterday and have been wondering why the 3rd box had hardly any growth! All became clear when i suddenly spied a green caterpillar eating away at the leaves!! Oh yes it had had a feast at my expense.

Not much i can do about that now as the others are nearly ready to pull up.
That's the first ever caterpillar I have seen around any of my plants.

I wonder what type of butterfly that will become?

Last night I watched Casino Royale but a remake with Daniel Craig. Must say, it was action packed and I really enjoyed it.

Well not sure what to do for tonight's meal as we had chicken curry last night with all the trimmings, so something like jacket potatoes and salad maybe.

Linda, I hope you got your new dishwasher and all working again ok? What will you do with the old one or will they take it away for you?

Joan, when I have been to the garden centre, I cant help but buy more roses and fuchsias, just love them and like you spend far more than i intend to!

Oh well better clear up the craft mess all over the kitchen table !

Florence in the hebrides

Happy new plants Joan :-D OH cleared out some invasive plants from one bed, so we need to go and get a couple of bushes to fill the space.

I have ordered a new dishwasher and it is coming tomorrow. I toyed with the idea of getting someone to look at it, but it has plenty of water coming in and heating up. Nothing seems to be blocked up, but neither of the two spray arms are turning round when they should be. The water is coming out of them, but they aren’t spinning round. It is probably a problem with the circuit board. If one of them was not turning, it might be something mechanical, but who knows. Anyway, we decided to get a new one, we were going to go out for lunch tomorrow, but it can arrive from 7am to 7pm, so we will have to stay in. I could have paid extra to get a narrower time frame, but it wasn’t worth it.

Linda do you have anyone in the area that can repair kitchen appliances? The reason I ask is that my dishwasher is probably about the same age as yours and it was filling and heating up but not washing. I got somebody to look at it and he sorted it out for me. I was ready to get rid of it and get a new one but it was something to do with a furred up pipe somewhere. Might be worth getting it checked. (Unless you actually want a new one of course.)

Hello to all.
Not a bad day here not very sunny but not cold,a litttle wind but not unpleasant.

Had a lovely day looking round Home Bargains yesterday & as usual spent far too much, I did have a list but bought several other things that I just had to have ! lol.
We also went to the local Garden Centre & I spent even more in there, they had a lot of new plants in stock & as usual I couldn't resist !

I have been busy this morning planting all 8 new plants, they are quite big, well grown & look as though they have been in the borders for ever, lol.
One of the plants was a CROCOSMIA, a yellow one & I was able to split it & so eneded up with 4 plants from it, I love that plant & already have an orange one which has been split several times & so have been spread around everywhere.

Shame about your dishwasher breaking down Linda, but it would seem to have been a good one & has lasted a long time .
My dishwasher is no longer able to wash the pots anymore, he's now confined to his room due to his illness & mobility issues & so I have to wash the pots myself , not a job I enjoy doing at all.

Well I must go & give my new plants a watering, talk again soon.

Joan.


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