Morning all,Ā Quiet here after the bedlam created when the boys visited yesterday.Ā Hubby has gone off to do a supermarket run and I'm watching some tv.Ā Will phone Secondborn later to check she's OK.Ā Not sure what nanna duties I have in the coming week so will need to check on that too.Ā I love visiting and staying in remote places, but don't think I would like to live in one.Ā I like where I live now.Ā A small town to walk to and friends and neighbours close by.
Speaking from experience, if you live in a rural area it helps to have a few friendly farmers in the vicinity. šĀ
Iāve been out and picked a few leaves of chard for the soup and the soup is made. The taster-in-chief is much enamoured of it ... he wants to know if he can have it every day š¤£Ā
Itās very damp out there ... the hedgehogs have eaten all their biscuits and drunk a fair bit of water from their dish ... and good news ... I saw a bluetit on the feeders near the pollarded tree ... the first Iāve seen since it was pollarded šĀ
Gardening in Central NorfolkĀ on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Sorry to hear that Punk. As you know, weekend communication from hospitals can be a bit lame so I hope they are keeping you updated.Ā
Iāve done some reading so having a break now. Going to sew another heart bunting for a colleague who is leaving next week - it will be a little momento of us working together during the pandemic.Ā
Hugs from here to @punkdoc too. Itās so tough being the child of elderly parents anyway, so my heart goes out to you and all who are at that stage in these confusing and worrying times. Never have I been so relieved that mine left us when they did .Ā
Gardening in Central NorfolkĀ on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Grey & damp again here too. Managed a quick trip to Allotment. Sorry to hear about your mum @punkdoc all you can do is stay positive,Ā she pulled through last time, she can do it again.Ā
I'm sorry about your Mum @punkdoc. I hope they are looking after her well. Having unwell parents is hard enough without this wretched virus.
Today I raked leaves, finished clearing out the lean to and dug up and split more plants, leaving some behind for the buyers.Ā Dug up more plants, leaving some of each behind for the buyers. Red and yellow achilleas, hostas, erigeron karvinskianus, Hemerocallis Charles Johnston, variagated ground elder (Daughter 1 wants it, I'll be glad to see the back of it!), low growing campanulas, brunnera Jack Frost, stachys byzantina, purple sage, penstemon and centranthus ruber.
Before and after pics of the lean to, I'd let it get into such a mess. It looks much bigger now. The tools I am taking are neatly in the stable waiting for the move and the broken ones went in the skip.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
That looks like a job and a half @Busy-Lizzie.Ā Well done.
Sorry about your mum @punkdoc.Ā Ā Just make sure you look after yourself and Moira so you can go and visit as soon as it becomes possible.Ā Think positive.
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I am putting off doing some reading for a course I am going on next week. I couldnāt get into it yesterday so will try again today.Ā
Take care all.Ā
Itās very damp out there ... the hedgehogs have eaten all their biscuits and drunk a fair bit of water from their dish ... and good news ... I saw a bluetit on the feeders near the pollarded tree ... the first Iāve seen since it was pollarded šĀ
Gardening in Central NorfolkĀ on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
When you don't even know who's in the team
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Iāve done some reading so having a break now. Going to sew another heart bunting for a colleague who is leaving next week - it will be a little momento of us working together during the pandemic.Ā
Gardening in Central NorfolkĀ on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Sorry to hear about your mum @punkdoc all you can do is stay positive,Ā she pulled through last time, she can do it again.Ā
Today I raked leaves, finished clearing out the lean to and dug up and split more plants, leaving some behind for the buyers.Ā Dug up more plants, leaving some of each behind for the buyers. Red and yellow achilleas, hostas, erigeron karvinskianus, Hemerocallis Charles Johnston, variagated ground elder (Daughter 1 wants it, I'll be glad to see the back of it!), low growing campanulas, brunnera Jack Frost, stachys byzantina, purple sage, penstemon and centranthus ruber.
Before and after pics of the lean to, I'd let it get into such a mess. It looks much bigger now. The tools I am taking are neatly in the stable waiting for the move and the broken ones went in the skip.
Sorry about your mum @punkdoc.Ā Ā Just make sure you look after yourself and Moira so you can go and visit as soon as it becomes possible.Ā Think positive.
I have achieved little of what I set out to do today after realising just how biting was the cold northerly wind that has sprung up.Ā Ā Hen house cleaned - 6 eggs today - and lots of email correspondence done for the patch club and friends.Ā Ā Dinner is in the oven and an apĆ©ro has just arrived so, after a wee slurp, I shall head for the shower.
Possum wants us to start watching the Queen's Gambit after the Strictly results show.Ā Ā
Have a lovely evening everyone, or at least a safe one with no bad news.Ā Ā