Oh @Yviestevie. The only good thing is that getting them as a child is infinitely better, even if it doesn't seem like it. I had them at the age of forty. Not funny at all.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Winter Kills by Richard Condon I enjoyed as well and if you're into humour, or just want to smile during these grim days, any books by Tom Sharpe (especially the initial 3 Wilt books and SA (Constable Els) two book series)
Afternoon all, it's been drizzly and windy here so not very appealing to go outside again. I'm very pleased more of my snowdrop clumps are in bloom. I use them as an aid to sleeping sometimes, mentally walk around my garden and count the number of clumps - nicer than counting sheep! Oh dear @Yviestevie, that's going to be a trying two weeks. I'm with Fairygirl on that one , I had them at 18 and it was grim. My poor mother had the 4 of us at home as one after the other got it, must have lasted months. Myself and my elder brother being the oldest got it the worse though. Are you still allowed to do click and collect @DOrdogne_Damsel, could you do more cakes and/or meals every day? I think we will all be thankful as soon as the weather gets better and we can do some gardening again.
Thanks @Fairygirl, @Busy-Lizzie and @Pat E. No problems moving on Pat as I "lost" my mum decades ago when she was in one of her nastier, aggressive cycles of depression. Just feeling odd. Somewhere out there is a huge extended family whom I haven't seen since my teens as mum offended them all in turn so strange to have a 2nd cousin again after all these years. Possum is bemused.
@Biglad you need to create an answerphone message explaining that you may be contacted for work questions between A and B hours or they can send an email. or esle just turn off the phone.
@Yviestevie as stated, better to have chicken pox now than as an adult. Have you had your shingles jab?
@D0rdogne_Damsel check your PMs. I have a nandina plant and it is currently very happy and a glorious fiery red after being planted out in the silk tree border last year. It had been in a pot for 2 years but is doing better now. See them a lot as municipal planting here on verges and roundabouts and so on usually mixed with ornamental grasses, spring daffs, sedum spectabile etc which can cope with summer droughts. I have mine with red cordylines, red salvias, sedum and one or two other red flowered evergreen shrubs. The ones I tried in Belgium did not like winter cold and wet.
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)."
Hello @Obelixx, thank you for the links, hadn't even noticed the messages,
Your Nandina planting scheme sounds lovely. I am pretty certain it will be a good plant for where I need. It will be next to a Camellia, an Hibiscus, Weigela, Rhododendron, and a small red leafed acer, I am also going to add an Euonymus alatus so hopefully it will be a lovely colourful spot all year.
I hope your little grandson doesn't suffer too much @Yviestevie, calamine lotion time, bless him. Hope you start to feel a bit better too soon, it is an awful time of year, I think a lot of people get fed up, even in a normal year and it's is certainly not normal.
I am getting a nice wishlist together of books now, thank you @steveTu, I'll be wanting lockdown to go on longer at this rate.
I've managed to get my walk in around the lake, although I was surprised to see they had emptied it, seems to be some work going on but I am not quite sure what. They've built a sort of road/track to a small island but I am not sure if it's temporary so they can get to it do do the work or will be for public use later on. A reason to get me to walk around more often if nothing else. Up to 9000 steps on my counter now and I have dinner to make yet - chicken curry this evening with home made Naan bread - no rice.
Btw @Desi_in_London the cod with chimichurri sauce was delicious last night, really good to have something sharp with the white fish. I did mangetout and spinach with it too. Lovely. Thank you for the inspiration.
One other excitement in my day, bearing in mind we're not going out very far or seeing anyone - I bought a new type of wild birdfood yesterday and I have had so many different birds coming up to try it, it's astonishing the difference. Lots of little birds, bluetits, robin, finches, the poor things must have been starving.
Anyway, my dough is risen, have a good evening all.
Thanks again @Obelixx, I'll post a picture of my efforts over the weekend on the bread front.
“Coffee. Garden. Coffee. Does a good morning need anything else?” —Betsy Cañas Garmon
@Obelixx have never had Chickenpox so wont get shingles. Carried it home to my sister when I was 6 and she was 18 don't think she ever quite forgave me for that. In fact I haven't had any childhood diseases and I was immune to TB too so didn't have to have the jab. Unfortunately I don't seem to have passed this immunity on to my grandchildren.
I have a friend who had shingles in her late 30s @Yviestevie and she'd had childhood chicken pox. Having seen how she suffered I made OH pay for us to have that vaccine as soon as it became available.
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, severe shingles is very unpleasant. I got it a couple of months before we moved, in my scalp, forehead and eye. In spite of antivirals I was in a lot of pain - it was around 6 months before my eye was back to normal. But I believe the vaccine only cuts the risk of shingles by a half, if you're over 60 when it's administered.
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
nicer than counting sheep!
Oh dear @Yviestevie, that's going to be a trying two weeks. I'm with Fairygirl on that one , I had them at 18 and it was grim. My poor mother had the 4 of us at home as one after the other got it, must have lasted months. Myself and my elder brother being the oldest got it the worse though.
Are you still allowed to do click and collect @DOrdogne_Damsel, could you do more cakes and/or meals every day? I think we will all be thankful as soon as the weather gets better and we can do some gardening again.
@Biglad you need to create an answerphone message explaining that you may be contacted for work questions between A and B hours or they can send an email. or esle just turn off the phone.
@Yviestevie as stated, better to have chicken pox now than as an adult. Have you had your shingles jab?
@D0rdogne_Damsel check your PMs. I have a nandina plant and it is currently very happy and a glorious fiery red after being planted out in the silk tree border last year. It had been in a pot for 2 years but is doing better now. See them a lot as municipal planting here on verges and roundabouts and so on usually mixed with ornamental grasses, spring daffs, sedum spectabile etc which can cope with summer droughts. I have mine with red cordylines, red salvias, sedum and one or two other red flowered evergreen shrubs. The ones I tried in Belgium did not like winter cold and wet.
Your Nandina planting scheme sounds lovely. I am pretty certain it will be a good plant for where I need. It will be next to a Camellia, an Hibiscus, Weigela, Rhododendron, and a small red leafed acer, I am also going to add an Euonymus alatus so hopefully it will be a lovely colourful spot all year.
I hope your little grandson doesn't suffer too much @Yviestevie, calamine lotion time, bless him. Hope you start to feel a bit better too soon, it is an awful time of year, I think a lot of people get fed up, even in a normal year and it's is certainly not normal.
I am getting a nice wishlist together of books now, thank you @steveTu, I'll be wanting lockdown to go on longer at this rate.
I've managed to get my walk in around the lake, although I was surprised to see they had emptied it, seems to be some work going on but I am not quite sure what. They've built a sort of road/track to a small island but I am not sure if it's temporary so they can get to it do do the work or will be for public use later on. A reason to get me to walk around more often if nothing else. Up to 9000 steps on my counter now and I have dinner to make yet - chicken curry this evening with home made Naan bread - no rice.
Btw @Desi_in_London the cod with chimichurri sauce was delicious last night, really good to have something sharp with the white fish. I did mangetout and spinach with it too. Lovely. Thank you for the inspiration.
One other excitement in my day, bearing in mind we're not going out very far or seeing anyone - I bought a new type of wild birdfood yesterday and I have had so many different birds coming up to try it, it's astonishing the difference. Lots of little birds, bluetits, robin, finches, the poor things must have been starving.
Anyway, my dough is risen, have a good evening all.
Thanks again @Obelixx, I'll post a picture of my efforts over the weekend on the bread front.