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Better day here and I managed outside in the garden. I had bought 2 lovely roses last week and they needed a pot so daughter bought 2 more ceramic pots in a beautiful sea green colour. & now they are both looking good in their new homes against the fence.

My big rose plant in the corner that's 3 years old now has lots of new leaves etc but so far no buds :-S I always get loads of roses on this plant and they are a ruby red so maybe just a bit slow this year because of the cold weather?

So that's all the planting I'm doing this year and just want all the plants to be in full flower now and it will look beautiful in the garden.

Haven't received our postal voting cards yet and the council said they are being sent out tomorrow but it doesn't give much time to get them sent back does it. I wont be back until Saturday so if they do come, daughter will have to go to town on Monday and hand them in to make sure they get to the right place before Thursday.

Any other postal voters received their cards yet?

Right off to heat up my veggie curry and put on the rice with a couple of poppadums yummy.

Hope everyone looking in is well and ok

Florence in the hebrides

Oh Yes!

Bladeless in the living room and another in the bedroom.

I’ve not turned on the downstairs one yet but expect to have the bedroom one on as it is above the living room and gets more of the late sun.
It’s 25.1 in the living room but there is a breeze creeping round the curtains.

Oh gosh names, that's very warm! have you got a fan?

It is 24.4 in or living room and the curtains have been shut all afternoon ( it gets the afternoon sun) and is rising.
The suggested temp for tomorrow is now 28. Must get a comfy chair moved into the kitchen for the afternoon.

:-D :-D :-D :-D what a numpty I am as just realised I posted on another thread about "heat alert" and not this thread doh!!! Senior moment lol off to have coffee.

Afternoon all

I just typed a post and it whooshed :-S :-S

Anyway was saying to all those experiencing a heatwave, take great care and stay hydrated. use good factor sunscreen too.

My grandma always drew the curtains mid summer to keep the rooms cool and also stop the sun from fading her good furniture!

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It's good that you have such a well insulated house, Linda. Is it better than your previous one?

Today we were supposed to have a cloudy morning, which would clear and reach about 21 degrees.
We've had the cloudy morning - but it still hasn't cleared, at almost 3pm, and the temperature is 17.5 according to my car.

However, it is dry, so I'm going out to spray weed killer on my gravel drive.

I hope you enjoyed your mushroom bolognaise, Florence!

I hope that it is hot enough for everyone :-D

It is 25°C here. I am pleasantly surprised with the house as it is staying cool. Only the dining room was in full sun this morning, but with the patio door open and the curtains pulled across, that stayed cool as well Some houses seem to be like greenhouses in the heat, but this one isn’t thank goodness.

It is going to be hot overnight. I do have a few tower fans, but I managed to get one of the bladeless ones a couple of weeks ago while they were an Aldi special. I have just set it up and it seems to be good, so I will give that a try tonight.

:-D :-D :-D what song will it be? " I'm singing in the rain,"

Afternoon all. Well its warmish out of the wind but only 15 degrees but pleasant. I do have washing out and I stripped my bed too so the wind will dry it all :-D

Think it may rise to 18/19 degrees by Wednesday and then when I return on Saturday, its raining and 11 degrees....back to normal!

My first red poppy has bloomed and I'm so chuffed as thought they were all dead. There are several more tucked inside the plants ready to burst open as well. :-D

Im noticing the grass has started to grow again and the daisies are fast appearing so at least the rain helped new growth. It was looking very bare and brown in places.

Was decluttering the fridge trying to use up stuff and realised a whole punnet of mushrooms unopened, So making a huge pan of mushroon bolognaise which will mean plenty to freeze for another time. I'm using a pasta sauce with chunky veg and adding extras to it. Cant wait for that later on.

Well machine is nearly finished, so better get on with hanging out the bedding whilst the sun is shining....yay :-D

Florence in the hebrides

don't you feel a song coming on Linda?? :-D

Monday and Tuesday are supposed to be 25 °C here,but then by Wednesday it starts raining again, so I won’t be complaining about the short heat spell, or composing about it either :-D

Warning! One it two of you are going to need to get your earplugs ready - cos some of us are going to be composing of the heat next week :-D

It is windy here as well Florence, but warm and sunny at the same time.

I have been trying to unpack some of the kitchen things into the new cupboards, but the fitter hasn’t finished putting doors and side panels on some of them, so I am limited to what I can do. I can already tell that it isn’t all going to go in :-( I have a lot less cupboard space here than in the old house. That is because the large fridge and freezer are taking up room in the new kitchen, but they were just through the door from the kitchen into the garage in the last place. I will have to keep shuffling things around until I can find homes for everything
I have just ordered another shelf for the fridge. It has a silver bottle rack which I don’t need as we don’t drink copious amounts of white wine or Champagne :-) It would be far more useful to have another glass shelf. The spares department were rather bemused by the fact that I was ordering a replacement shelf for a brand new fridge.

Afternoon all
Windy and overcast here less said the better!

I agree about the tv, I'm not into footie or the tennis far less golf lol I've been watch ing the older series of Shetland with Jimmy Perez and cant remember some of the episodes so its been great watching them back to back although its on late around 11pm but I'm a night owl anyway.

I've done all me chores for today and sorted out my clothes for going away but we are only away 2 days, so really don't need much plus something for the "just in case" lol

Trying to use up stuff in the fridge especially some carrots that are past their best but would do in a stir fry or something. Might throw something together for a quick tea tonight.

Very quiet around here just now except a constant flow of motorbikes and motor homes!

I do so agree, Ann.
It's all football and frustratingly repetitive politics at the moment!
The politicians just keep trotting out their standard lines, over and over again.

I know what they're going to say before they open their mouths.

A phrase overused by Labour politicians during the run-up to their win in 1964 was "Thirteen years of Tory misrule".
That stuck in my brain then, and still pops up in my thoughts when I hear politicians of any party slagging off the others - and there's far too much of that.

good morning all. 14 degrees here already at 0700. Yesterday was lovely, even though we had been promised rain. It does look as though it has rained a bit overnight but I think I will still need to water the pots this morning.

I too am fed up with the football being on more than one channel. Why can't they have it on BBC2 and Channel 4. Luckily I have a lot of programmes recorded so have been watching them. And reading of course.

I wonder how on earth the Shrews managed to get in the house?

Sorry to telly you that it has been really sunny hear today :-D

We took the car to Kwik Fit and discovered that because we had had it recharged last year by them, that it was under warranty. They checked it out and said that they couldn’t detect a leak, so they recharged it. It didn’t cost us anything which was amazing. It was lovely driving back in the cool. I hope it lasts, we had to have it done a second time last year.

Hello all,
Sorry that some of you are having bad weather still, we have had a few dry days and today has been lovely . We have been able to get out in the garden to potter and tidy up. OH has been out and about with the dog it's lovely not having to deal with a wet dog after they have been for a walk. Hope it lasts a bit longer.

So fed up with all the sport on the tv at the moment so glad I have a supply of books and some dvds I can watch.
OH is enjoying all the football though.
:-) :-)

Take care all.
Gina

Morning all!

Awful. awful weather as was from yesterday afternoon. Its gale force winds, raining and my poor plants are now getting bashed.

ArgyllGran, I just wear the same clothes more or less all year round lol and yes I had to put the heating on too.

When the weatherman talks of a heat wave for the UK, Im laughing my head off looking out the window as no way up here. Its been the worse summer so far i can remember in a few years.

Yesterday was my Aunty's funeral(she passed in April !) A long time coming for various reasons but myself & daughter watched the live stream on that churches website which was lovely. I could see all the family members and cousins, so quite amazing.

Linda, what a nuisance re your laundry as I remember many years ago when my machine broke and I had to trapes down to my MIL every other day with sacks of washing, was tiring! I had to either go home and return an hour later or stay there for ages until it was done.

Oh my, shrews in the house ArgyllGran. i would have screamed. You were brave to catch them alive and put in the recycle, braver than me. Hope you dont get any more!

Hope Joan is ok as we haven't seen her in awhile, so hope she's ok

~~~~~~waves to Joan :-D :-D

I have a lot of paperwork to sort and lots of little unfinished jobs to deal with and then going to sort out my clothes for going away next Thursday, I like to be organised lol

Shall look in later

Have a good day all looking in

Florence in the hebrides

That brings back painful memories from about 30 years ago, Linda.
We were renovating an old house which only had a sort of makeshift scullery , and had to put in a proper kitchen.
While that was going on, we washed dishes in the basin in a downstairs loo - small and awkward.
Bigger items such as pans had to be carried upstairs to the bathroom and washed in the bath - such a nuisance!

Chilly, grey, and wet here today - in other words, no change.
The heating's still on, as are the fleece trousers and warm jumper.

On Tuesday I had an invasion of shrews.
At one point there were three of them running around the living room - lovely wee things, but not what I want in the house!
I caught them alive, and put them into my recycling bin which was due to be emptied the following day.
I trust they survived, and are now living new lives away from here.

Then later that evening another one appeared, which quickly joined its siblings.
There was also a dead one lying beside the back door step.

There haven't been any since, thank goodness, and there had never been any before - at least not indoors..