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HELLO FORKERS šŸ˜Ž August 2019

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  • Pat EPat E Posts: 12,316
    A lovely warmish day today. Been to Aldi - it was Dutch week last week, but this week it’s Italian. Ā Got some nice stuff. Hubby really enjoyed some of the various tastes. šŸ˜›

    hope you got got back to sleep Dove.

    S. E. NSW
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Glad your hubby is enjoying his food again @Pat E 😊 Ā Didn’t get back to sleep, but have been reading and looking at photos. 😊 Now OH is awake so he’s making his cuppa and another coffee for me 😊 

    Gardening in Central NorfolkĀ on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    There’s Ā nothing like several coffees to keep you awake šŸ˜€šŸ˜€
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.Ā 

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    šŸ˜‚ @Lyn ... the first one was a decaf ... now I’m having a proper one ā˜•ļøĀ 

    Gardening in Central NorfolkĀ on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    Morning all.Ā 
    Thanks @Pat E. Warmest wishes to you both.
    Devon.
  • chickychicky Posts: 10,410
    Morning all šŸ˜€. Although for Pauline7 it must feel like afternoon already 😱. Ā And for Pat itĀ is afternoon already. So glad Mr P has got his taste buds back šŸ‘šŸ». Ā Not sure thermals are on littlest Chicklet’s packing list ......only 3 weeks before she flies so hope it warms up soon šŸ˜Ž

    Short day at work today, then a garden club lecture on ā€œexoticsā€ ......not really my thing, but I might learn something new šŸ¤“
  • steephillsteephill Posts: 2,841
    Chicklet might need skis! - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-49327172
    Rain today will stop garden play but plenty more to do inside anyway.
  • LiriodendronLiriodendron Posts: 8,328
    Morning all.Ā Ā  :)Ā  Ā Hi @Pat E - glad it's a bit warmer today, and Mr Pat can enjoy his Italian food...

    We'll be taking a van to Ireland on Sunday night, with camp beds, stepladders, wallpaper, steam cleaner etc in it so we can "camp" in our new house, and do a bit of work in it before moving in.Ā  Hubby can't stay long, because the van needs returning to the hire place, but I'll be there for 10 days.Ā  I like decorating, fortunately...Ā  I'll have to remember how we kept food cool without a fridge, when I was a child.Ā  A bowl containing a little water, milk etc in the bowl, all covered with a damp cloth.Ā  Celery, cucumber, broccoli arranged like flowers in a big jug of water... and buying no more meat than you can eat that day...

    We have a feisty male woodpecker (greater spotted).Ā  His mate and his babies fly away when the jackdaws arrive on the feeder, but Mr W gives as good as he gets, in spite of being only half their size.Ā  The jackdaws threaten to peck him, but his beak is long and sharp and he's not afraid to threaten back!

    And this morning I heard a green woodpecker close by.Ā  Never seen one around here, but it was lovely to hear Professor Yaffle laughing away...Ā  (anyone else remember Bagpuss?Ā Ā  :)Ā  )
    Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Morning all/afties Pat. Lovely that hubby is starting to enjoy his food again. Do you do warming, casserole type meals that we're fond of over here in cold weather?Ā  Easy, and tasty. I miss doing goulash as youngest now can't eat beef. First world problems eh? ;)

    Coffee never stopped me sleeping when I drank it more often. Youngest is the same. I think we're wired differently or something.
    Wonder if @Pauline 7Ā  is having a nap.... :D
    Thermal undies @chicky ;)
    Cool here again, more rain for later. Yesterday was quite frustrating - stop and start with heavy rain. Lovely when the sun was out, with a nice sharp breeze to stop me getting too hot shifting plants for some border re arranging.Ā 
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • Lily PillyLily Pilly Posts: 3,845
    Good morning,

    have tried to read back as much as I can. You are all so busy and gardening enthusiasts making the most. Ā  I have done nothing, breaks my heart. All that fruit just hanging.
    OH too busy with the HW laundry ironing etc. Ā Even the dogs wondering why all is different.
    And so the s... keeps falling on me.
    hospital called gp yesterday and said my heart must have ecg regularly as long q t is significant. Ā Nice to know you can pop off any moment and I have to inform the family to allow them to be tested. Ā As if my daughter hasn’t enough to cope with!
    Then, just to make my day another call to say haematology had thoroughly investigated my allergies. Ā I was to take this very seriously and talk to my local pharmacist- 98 confirmed, many more to be aware of! Geeeeeeez. Ā  Ā No wonder my doc told me it all very quickly and then shot off the line. Ā I must be the preverbal nightmare patient.

    truly confused and a bit fed up toĀ 
    enjoy yiur day it looks another I would be in the garden!
    Weeds are flowers, too, once you get to know them.ā€
    A A Milne
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