You'll be glad to see the back of that @Busy-Lizzie, but could your sons not have helped with clearing? It's far too much for you to do on your own. Decent walk, and dry - hurrah! The rain's coming in now though. A rude man informed me I should be walking on the left hand side of the road [no pavement] . I informed him he was wrong. I resisted the temptation to say something else.... Make a tiny list @punkdoc. My sister was the same a while ago because her knee was preventing her walking, and the gyms were shut. She felt there was a lot to do in the garden [it was back in April] and she was getting very despondent. I just said to her to make the list of very small, easily achievable things. She found it really beneficial doing it that way. I do it too. I even add things to the list I've already done 'cos I've just seen them, and then cross them off. Makes me feel much better Hope the knee improves @Obelixx. Take it easy. Hopefully it won't be long till you get some resolutions with the roofs etc. As long as they don't faff around with weather delays.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Unless it's for work or an emergency to help someone in distress we're not allowed more than 1km from home @Fairygirl. We have to have a signed paper saying who we are, where we live, why we're out and when we left - even for daily walkies - and there are heavy fines for contraventions, not that I've been stopped yet either in my car or on foot.
Good idea having lists to tick off, even for teeny jobs, or they get forgotten and a tick is a sense of achievement.
My knees are arthritic, left more so than right, and have loose, stretchy ligaments and a fissure in the left patella. I try to carry on regardless and wear a stretchy knee brace for walkies and dancing but there are some moves I just can't do anymore. The throbbing comes on at odd times. Ignorable when I'm busy doing stuff but not when I roll over in bed, can't get it to lie comfortably and it starts throbbing loud and clear. I take turmeric and glucosamine but topical ibuprofen lotions and gels don't help and I don't want to get into a habit of oral painkillers.
We've looked up cat training @Lizzie and it seems the best thing will be to build up the chooks' confidence so they learn to say boo to his goose. We'll see.
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)."
Yes @Obelixx is right, @Fairygirl, we are in lockdown, though son 2 came briefly yesterday to pick up stuff and help a little, he signed the attestation for helping someone vulnerable but he didn't see any gendarmes. Son 1 lives 5 hours drive away. Covid really isn't helping my move. I was going to see my new house again this month and talk to the owners about things like heating and meters and check some measurements, but it's not allowed.
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That is frustrating @Busy-Lizzie. Can you perhaps ask the sellers to do the measuring for you? Maybe not accurate enough to do curtains in advance but should help with planning where furniture will go when you get the movers in. I do hope they relax things for Xmas and NY and maybe you could make an appointment to go and talk about meters and do finer measurements then.
Right, I've done my patch admin for today. The lockdown extension means no meetings at all before Xmas so I'm collecting photos and instructions of projects to keep them going and in contact with each other. Some are completely on their own and one has her 96yr old mum in a home where a member of staff has tested positive so no visits allowed and her middle aged son is in a home for the educationally challenged in La Roche with severe restrictions on visits. Horrendous for her either way as she is in her 70s.
I shall go and entertain the chooks by planting comfrey for a fertiliser crop.
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)."
Busy days all round for you, and a lot of dodgy knees about too - not good. 🙄
I'm a great believer in lists, and little timetables, especially when cooking, gets all the stress out of my head. Rewarding too as the things get ticked off. Often I find once it's written down the tasks don't seem so challenging either. When I was really stressed earlier in the year I kept paper and pen on the bedside table, it helped a bit writing my worries/to do list when I couldn't sleep. Annoyingly though I often lose my shopping list in-between leaving home and arriving at SM. 😅
Been very busy in the garden, there's a patch at the far side of the garden that's overrun with brambles and nettles - I started on it..... and 3 hours later you really couldn't tell if I'd made any progress - it was going dark though. 🙄 Hopefully the progress will be quicker tomorrow, I'm just wondering what's going to stop it all coming back though, it's got a real hold in that area, backs onto the farmers field and he does nothing near the edges. Anyway, easy dinner this evening, sausage and mash with onion gravy.
Have a good evening all. 😘
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Funnily enough @D0rdogne_Damsel our neighbour does nothing about all the brambles and weeds that grow along the fence between him and us so OH was out there hacking it back today. Most of it is behind the ruin and the barns so in spring, we let some brambles grow and wind them along the fence so we can pick the fruits later on but we prefer not to have too many encroaching on our grass or catching on us when mowing or on the dogs' coats when they're fossicking about.
Possum and I went out with the dogs earlier for warm, sunny walkies and then she took them down to the potager for hen training while I planted my comfrey with help from 2 of the hens. Cosmos was in hen herding mode and set the others clucking so we think we need either a water gun or a hosepipe ready set to spray the little rascal.
Sausages here too but baked in the oven with red onions, yellow pepper and tomatoes. maybe some peas or broccoli too. No potatoes for mashing or baking.
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)."
You've probably walked off the egg and chips @AuntyRach and they are of my favourites too with baked beans for a quick and easy supper. Hope tomorrow is less strenuous for you.
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Decent walk, and dry - hurrah! The rain's coming in now though. A rude man informed me I should be walking on the left hand side of the road [no pavement] . I informed him he was wrong. I resisted the temptation to say something else....
Make a tiny list @punkdoc. My sister was the same a while ago because her knee was preventing her walking, and the gyms were shut. She felt there was a lot to do in the garden [it was back in April] and she was getting very despondent. I just said to her to make the list of very small, easily achievable things. She found it really beneficial doing it that way. I do it too. I even add things to the list I've already done 'cos I've just seen them, and then cross them off. Makes me feel much better
Hope the knee improves @Obelixx. Take it easy. Hopefully it won't be long till you get some resolutions with the roofs etc. As long as they don't faff around with weather delays.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Good idea having lists to tick off, even for teeny jobs, or they get forgotten and a tick is a sense of achievement.
My knees are arthritic, left more so than right, and have loose, stretchy ligaments and a fissure in the left patella. I try to carry on regardless and wear a stretchy knee brace for walkies and dancing but there are some moves I just can't do anymore. The throbbing comes on at odd times. Ignorable when I'm busy doing stuff but not when I roll over in bed, can't get it to lie comfortably and it starts throbbing loud and clear. I take turmeric and glucosamine but topical ibuprofen lotions and gels don't help and I don't want to get into a habit of oral painkillers.
We've looked up cat training @Lizzie and it seems the best thing will be to build up the chooks' confidence so they learn to say boo to his goose. We'll see.
Right, I've done my patch admin for today. The lockdown extension means no meetings at all before Xmas so I'm collecting photos and instructions of projects to keep them going and in contact with each other. Some are completely on their own and one has her 96yr old mum in a home where a member of staff has tested positive so no visits allowed and her middle aged son is in a home for the educationally challenged in La Roche with severe restrictions on visits. Horrendous for her either way as she is in her 70s.
I shall go and entertain the chooks by planting comfrey for a fertiliser crop.
Busy days all round for you, and a lot of dodgy knees about too - not good. 🙄
I'm a great believer in lists, and little timetables, especially when cooking, gets all the stress out of my head. Rewarding too as the things get ticked off. Often I find once it's written down the tasks don't seem so challenging either. When I was really stressed earlier in the year I kept paper and pen on the bedside table, it helped a bit writing my worries/to do list when I couldn't sleep. Annoyingly though I often lose my shopping list in-between leaving home and arriving at SM. 😅
Been very busy in the garden, there's a patch at the far side of the garden that's overrun with brambles and nettles - I started on it..... and 3 hours later you really couldn't tell if I'd made any progress - it was going dark though. 🙄 Hopefully the progress will be quicker tomorrow, I'm just wondering what's going to stop it all coming back though, it's got a real hold in that area, backs onto the farmers field and he does nothing near the edges.
Anyway, easy dinner this evening, sausage and mash with onion gravy.
Have a good evening all. 😘
Possum and I went out with the dogs earlier for warm, sunny walkies and then she took them down to the potager for hen training while I planted my comfrey with help from 2 of the hens. Cosmos was in hen herding mode and set the others clucking so we think we need either a water gun or a hosepipe ready set to spray the little rascal.
Sausages here too but baked in the oven with red onions, yellow pepper and tomatoes. maybe some peas or broccoli too. No potatoes for mashing or baking.
That skip is full to the brim Busy! No wonder you are aching. I hope others with pains and bothers are doing ok.
Your travel rules are very strict Obelixx - can’t imagine the Brits doing that!
Just had an ‘emergency’ dinner of egg and chips - did the job though.
Take care folks.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.