Morning all. Cold and bright today. Hugs for Dove (and anyone else who might need one).
Whenever Gabriel sees a sunset or sunrise Liri he calls it a dragon 🐉 Secondborn is in a bit of a state at the moment. Her fist husband died a couple of days ago. He was an alcoholic and despite everyone’s best efforts he would not accept he had a problem. She eventually left. Unfortunately even that didn’t make a difference and he was found by his social worker after literally drinking himself to death. He was never a nasty drunk and had a lot of good qualities. It has hit us harder than we expected it to. He was only 40.
Hello all. Not so bright today as we have grey stuff floating about but it is warm - 14C expected. Great for sowing my broad beans after lunch. Been to the vet with Cosmos this am. Top of tail shaved, 2 lovely holes from farm cat claws all cleaned out and another hole to fill him full of cortisone. Antibiotics as of tomorrow. That'll be fun.
This vet knows the farm as he visits to do pregnancy tests and so on for the cows and knows the cats are feral - no vaccinations, no flea/tick/worm treatments and no food they don't catch. Cosmos is much loved and loving and expects other cats to want to play, like Minstrel. The vet has given him a pep talk about feral farm cats but I don't expect he listened.
Horrid flies @Pat E but the traps look effective at least. Love the flowers.
@Yviestevie it sounds like you and yours need big hugs. Sorry you're family is taking such a battering @Dovefromabove but pleased your Bro could go home at least for a while. I hope you get your legal stuff sorted @floralies. Good luck with the shed @Busy-Lizzie . Ours is fine but we need to tackle the cave which is getting out of control.
Well done for all the Xmas baking and faking @D0rdogne_Damsel and @tuikowhai34 I'd have thought Limoncello was fine but maybe Cointreau better?
Now to see if I can get Possum up and moving. She's in a slump again and not sleeping well either which doesn't help.
let's hope we all get some good news soon, or at least no more bad stuff.
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"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
Shocking news @Yviestevie, such a shame. Very sad, and of course the reality of the warnings bound to be upsetting. Poor man, and of course your daughter too, she'll be feeling very mixed emotions I am sure.
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Gosh, more bad news, hugs and sympathies to those in need. Very foggy and frosty here but sunshine just breaking through. So much frost dripping off the trees when we walked through the old orchard, it was like being rained on. Just found out we're now in Tier 2 but Sis will be in Tier 3 which puts paid to us meeting up next week I believe. We had wanted to meet up to take flowers to the graveyard and remember our parents. Daughter has been negotiating with her company about another job but they've only given her an insulting offer of 9K less, a salary level less than the two graduates they took on to help her. She's furious and very upset but may just have to grit her teeth and accept in the present climate. Atmosphere very fraught this morning.
@Obelixx Yes, Cointreau would have been good, too. I have Eau-de-Vie de Poire. Home made and probably over 20 years old if not more - but I deemed it too precious as it's great medicine for winter chills!!
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Secondborn is in a bit of a state at the moment. Her fist husband died a couple of days ago. He was an alcoholic and despite everyone’s best efforts he would not accept he had a problem. She eventually left. Unfortunately even that didn’t make a difference and he was found by his social worker after literally drinking himself to death. He was never a nasty drunk and had a lot of good qualities. It has hit us harder than we expected it to. He was only 40.
Do you have a garden?
This vet knows the farm as he visits to do pregnancy tests and so on for the cows and knows the cats are feral - no vaccinations, no flea/tick/worm treatments and no food they don't catch. Cosmos is much loved and loving and expects other cats to want to play, like Minstrel. The vet has given him a pep talk about feral farm cats but I don't expect he listened.
Horrid flies @Pat E but the traps look effective at least. Love the flowers.
@Yviestevie it sounds like you and yours need big hugs. Sorry you're family is taking such a battering @Dovefromabove but pleased your Bro could go home at least for a while. I hope you get your legal stuff sorted @floralies. Good luck with the shed @Busy-Lizzie . Ours is fine but we need to tackle the cave which is getting out of control.
Well done for all the Xmas baking and faking @D0rdogne_Damsel and @tuikowhai34 I'd have thought Limoncello was fine but maybe Cointreau better?
Now to see if I can get Possum up and moving. She's in a slump again and not sleeping well either which doesn't help.
let's hope we all get some good news soon, or at least no more bad stuff.
Very foggy and frosty here but sunshine just breaking through. So much frost dripping off the trees when we walked through the old orchard, it was like being rained on.
Just found out we're now in Tier 2 but Sis will be in Tier 3 which puts paid to us meeting up next week I believe. We had wanted to meet up to take flowers to the graveyard and remember our parents.
Daughter has been negotiating with her company about another job but they've only given her an insulting offer of 9K less, a salary level less than the two graduates they took on to help her. She's furious and very upset but may just have to grit her teeth and accept in the present climate. Atmosphere very fraught this morning.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.