Evening all - thanks muchly for all the kind remarks and concern about my neck. it's a lot better today
Doc - all been said already, but families can be so complicated. Looking at it from your half brother's side - who knows what he might have been getting told too, as in Dove's story. Easy for everyone to judge. I think you've handled it really well, and if your sisters don't like it, it's not your fault, or his. Hopefully, in time, they'll understand and be more accepting, but I can also see why they don't want their feelings about 'their Dad' to be tarnished in any way.
My two Canadian cousins were adopted - both as babies, and from different families.They were often asked if they wanted to look for their 'real' parents, and both said no. My aunt and uncle were their parents as far as they were concerened, and they felt no need to look for the people who had only created them, but had no further input. The only drawback (similar to Dove's story) was that my cousin Martin was prone to blackouts when he was young, and they were never able to find out if it was hereditary, or caused by something else, as there was no record of the parents' medical history. Fortunately, he outgrew them. We all deal with things in different ways, and there's no right or wrong, just different.
It's so true - that poem. I'm trying very hard not to do it to mine. Not sure if I'll manage it.
Glad you got a good result with the clothes BL. Nice outcome
All extra wonga for the hols Hosta, but - willing horse and all that....
Very wet overnight last night here, but not a bad day. Busy at work still - the usual numpties (polite version) with their 'oh didn't you get me email about my order?' sh**e. Sigh....
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Obelixx, if you are ever feeling very rich, I would recommend Greywacke NZ, SB. It is probably the best I have tasted, certainly better than the very overrated { IMO} Cloudy Bay.
How can you lie there and think of England When you don't even know who's in the team
Being partial to unoaked dry white wines, I was persuaded by a well known wine merchant (the late Bill Baker) to try a petit chablis. I'd always steered clear before, not being a fan of chardonnay on the whole. I couldn't tell you which one it was but it was lovely. I've since tried quite a few and liked most of them. There are some really splendid white riojas as well, if you can find one to your taste
A kiwi friend of mine once convinced me to try a New Zealand made gewurztraminer - that was fabulous. It was in a posh restaurant in London - she was amazed to have found it, having not seen it outside NZ before. Might be a bit 'soft' if you like flinty dry wine, but it wasn't sweet (unlike the European version which is frequently nasty).
Fairy - glad you're feeling better. A one sided 'glitch' usually means a slight displacement of one of your vertebrae. Not that it's easy to find someone to fix that these days. Both sides is more likely to be muscular - sleeping 'funny' or sitting in a cold draught and usually ease on their own with rest
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
I've finally managed to upload my photos from Saturday's visit to the Harrogate flower show on a new thread, if anyone's interested.
The rain has finally stopped lashing down - it went really cold for a bit too, and the heating's come on, much to the cat's approval (there's a shelf above the radiator which she has commandeered).
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
Can't find any NZ wines here at all but I do like their Gewurtz. Really dislike the German/Alsace versions. Petit Chablis is OK but can be expensive. We prefer St Véran and Macon Fuissé, both Chardonnay from neighbouring vineyards and unoaked. Lovely stuff.
A friend of mine who's seen the jungle/sculpture garden photos suggests I take up welding! I rather think I'd have to invest in a fair bit of kit and at the mo I'm busy with furniture renovation and plotting garden progress. Tried weeding but the moisture is superficial and only goes a few cms deep so still hard work. Maybe if I do another wash load tomorrow I'll get some more rain but maybe not as none forecast for 10 days now.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
Have been silly busy since we came back from hols - not least because we go away again at the end of next week (greedy mare ). Have had little time to look at the forum let alone post.
BL - belated Happy Birthday for Saturday. Have sent you a PM
Heaven is ... sitting in the garden with a G&T and a cat while watching the sun go down
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Evening all - thanks muchly for all the kind remarks and concern about my neck. it's a lot better today
Doc - all been said already, but families can be so complicated. Looking at it from your half brother's side - who knows what he might have been getting told too, as in Dove's story. Easy for everyone to judge. I think you've handled it really well, and if your sisters don't like it, it's not your fault, or his. Hopefully, in time, they'll understand and be more accepting, but I can also see why they don't want their feelings about 'their Dad' to be tarnished in any way.
My two Canadian cousins were adopted - both as babies, and from different families.They were often asked if they wanted to look for their 'real' parents, and both said no. My aunt and uncle were their parents as far as they were concerened, and they felt no need to look for the people who had only created them, but had no further input. The only drawback (similar to Dove's story) was that my cousin Martin was prone to blackouts when he was young, and they were never able to find out if it was hereditary, or caused by something else, as there was no record of the parents' medical history. Fortunately, he outgrew them. We all deal with things in different ways, and there's no right or wrong, just different.
It's so true - that poem. I'm trying very hard not to do it to mine. Not sure if I'll manage it.
Glad you got a good result with the clothes BL. Nice outcome
All extra wonga for the hols Hosta, but - willing horse and all that....
Very wet overnight last night here, but not a bad day. Busy at work still - the usual numpties (polite version) with their 'oh didn't you get me email about my order?' sh**e. Sigh....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Obelixx, if you are ever feeling very rich, I would recommend Greywacke NZ, SB. It is probably the best I have tasted, certainly better than the very overrated { IMO} Cloudy Bay.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
Being partial to unoaked dry white wines, I was persuaded by a well known wine merchant (the late Bill Baker) to try a petit chablis. I'd always steered clear before, not being a fan of chardonnay on the whole. I couldn't tell you which one it was but it was lovely. I've since tried quite a few and liked most of them. There are some really splendid white riojas as well, if you can find one to your taste
A kiwi friend of mine once convinced me to try a New Zealand made gewurztraminer - that was fabulous. It was in a posh restaurant in London - she was amazed to have found it, having not seen it outside NZ before. Might be a bit 'soft' if you like flinty dry wine, but it wasn't sweet (unlike the European version which is frequently nasty).
Fairy - glad you're feeling better. A one sided 'glitch' usually means a slight displacement of one of your vertebrae. Not that it's easy to find someone to fix that these days. Both sides is more likely to be muscular - sleeping 'funny' or sitting in a cold draught and usually ease on their own with rest
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
I've finally managed to upload my photos from Saturday's visit to the Harrogate flower show on a new thread, if anyone's interested.
The rain has finally stopped lashing down - it went really cold for a bit too, and the heating's come on, much to the cat's approval (there's a shelf above the radiator which she has commandeered).
Glad the neck is easing, Fairy.
Can't find any NZ wines here at all but I do like their Gewurtz. Really dislike the German/Alsace versions. Petit Chablis is OK but can be expensive. We prefer St Véran and Macon Fuissé, both Chardonnay from neighbouring vineyards and unoaked. Lovely stuff.
A friend of mine who's seen the jungle/sculpture garden photos suggests I take up welding! I rather think I'd have to invest in a fair bit of kit and at the mo I'm busy with furniture renovation and plotting garden progress. Tried weeding but the moisture is superficial and only goes a few cms deep so still hard work. Maybe if I do another wash load tomorrow I'll get some more rain but maybe not as none forecast for 10 days now.
Evening everyone.
Have been silly busy since we came back from hols - not least because we go away again at the end of next week (greedy mare
). Have had little time to look at the forum let alone post.
BL - belated Happy Birthday for Saturday. Have sent you a PM
Fairy ((hugs)) Glad to hear the neck's feeling easier ... don't rush it tho'
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Good to see you Topbird
... we've got St Ives withdrawal symptoms already ... we get a daily Top Up with this http://www.aspects-holidays.co.uk/st-ives-webcam 
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Why do folk start threads then object when folk say what they don't want to hear?
If you read the post properly you would see I returned them as they were rancid. The fat was off. End of problem
Home Bargains have them back.
The message is to check food they give to anything they are helping so as to avoid putting feedstuff out that has gone off.
I would have thought that was obvious in any case. No need for a tribunal.