Hi folks, Sunny but cold here, we had rain overnight so the plants I've moved should be OK.Â
A lot of the nursing homes have step down beds where the elderly can be discharged to if they don't have adequate care at home. They are paid for by the NHS but I expect there are not enough of them and because of the cost they are usually in the homes that aren't the best. Someone from the home visits the patient first to check they are suitable to go to the home. There seems to be poor coordination between the two sectors though. There must be thousands of elderly people who spend extra days in beds because of how the pharmacies are organised in hospitals. The consultants come round late morning and decide if patients can go home, but it takes the pharmacies until early evening to get any medication ready. Most of the homes have a cut off of 5pm re accepting patients from hospitals which means they have to stay at the hospital en extra night when they could have been discharged.Â
I've been potting on the last of my seedlings in the conservatory this morning. Too cold to do it outside. The winds quite cold unless you are moving around to keep warm. The greenhouse is full (it's only small) and so is the cold frame. The window sills in the conservatory are also crammed with plants. I never learn. Mind you my friend will be pleased to get a delivery on the doorstep of any I can't use.
Well, as weddings have been cancelled for the time being, it looks like there's going to be another one ... let's hope she doesn't let him escape when his concentration lapses.Â
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
 Yes Obelixx I agree.  Itâs now closer to the house, but at least weâre in bed snuggled down with an eiectric blanket, so I donât care whatâs happening out there.Â
Bitterly cold today, so have been showing Moira how to pot on seedlings in the greenhouse. She is much more methodical than me, but I find watching her doing it, makes me very tense. Good job we didn't have children. Little sis is having a terrible time trying to look after mum and we don't seem to be able to get any help. I am on the phone at least twice a day, but she is really struggling, plus she has her own family to think of. Just disturbed a Heron on the pond, as I was walking around writing a list of jobs for tomorrow.
How can you lie there and think of England When you don't even know who's in the team
Love that pic @punkdoc. Sad to hear that times are difficult worrying about your Mum and Sister. Perhaps once this Bank Holiday is over somebody will help them (surely??). I hope there is a re-ablement or home support service they can access. Feel angry for you - nobody should have to struggle.Â
An unexpected sunny afternoon after after a cold and windy morning. Been tidying my messy area by the shed, ready for all the pots of veg.Â
Nobody indeed @AuntyRach, but it's one of those horrible situations where we have increasing numbers of older people, and not enough resources. Perhaps this virus situation will highlight it even more, although whether anything will then improve, is anyone's guess. Sun came out by about midday, so I got more jobs done. I even tidied out my tray that I use for gardening bits and bobs- trowel, secateurs, wire, labels etc. What a lot of cr*p was in it Failed at guessing what the top 'most played songs' were in the last decade. It was on R2 this afternoon. Good fun though, but a very surprising 'no show' in the top 10 by probably the best known male artist of the last decade. An 18 and a 24 on Popmaster this morning though. Simple pleasures. Meatballs for tea. I really can't be bothered cooking at all. Someone else can do the washing up...
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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He seems to have left a number of "single mothers " behind.Â
Well, as weddings have been cancelled for the time being, it looks like there's going to be another one ... let's hope she doesn't let him escape when his concentration lapses.Â
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Bitterly cold today, so have been showing Moira how to pot on seedlings in the greenhouse. She is much more methodical than me, but I find watching her doing it, makes me very tense. Good job we didn't have children.
Little sis is having a terrible time trying to look after mum and we don't seem to be able to get any help. I am on the phone at least twice a day, but she is really struggling, plus she has her own family to think of.
Just disturbed a Heron on the pond, as I was walking around writing a list of jobs for tomorrow.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
Sad to hear that times are difficult worrying about your Mum and Sister. Perhaps once this Bank Holiday is over somebody will help them (surely??). I hope there is a re-ablement or home support service they can access. Feel angry for you - nobody should have to struggle.Â
An unexpected sunny afternoon after after a cold and windy morning. Been tidying my messy area by the shed, ready for all the pots of veg.Â
Sun came out by about midday, so I got more jobs done. I even tidied out my tray that I use for gardening bits and bobs- trowel, secateurs, wire, labels etc. What a lot of cr*p was in itÂ
Failed at guessing what the top 'most played songs' were in the last decade. It was on R2 this afternoon. Good fun though, but a very surprising 'no show' in the top 10 by probably the best known male artist of the last decade.Â
An 18 and a 24 on Popmaster this morning though. Simple pleasures.Â
Meatballs for tea. I really can't be bothered cooking at all. Someone else can do the washing up...
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...