Morning all, @Dovefromabove, I have said before, that I regularly wash my hands in water from the butt on the Allotment. Especially between November and April when the stand pipes are off. The difference is I use soap, and I don't do it when I have just smashed my finger open with a sledgehammer. Not being mean @Hostafan1, I took your warning onboard and did what @WonkyWomble did last time I injured myself. 🙂 I have a small first aid kit in my shed, it's on a shelf just inside the door so it's accessible immediately. I never bothered in the past but realized from what happened to Hosta that I needed to play safe for once.
Well done @Nanny Beach ... next time he rings with an order tell him you're happy to get things for him but you need the money up front, so you'll call in for it on your way to the shops .......... see what happens then
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
My slight (compared to yours) finger injury was very sensitive at the tip for a couple of weeks,. It's pretty much back to normal now. So hopefully you'll be ok too @Hostafan1 it will probably take a little longer.
Thanks Dove, unfortunately he isn't on the way to the shops, it's the opposite direction.When we chatted about it at the weekend,I realized there was a lot more stuff, margarine and he always wanted a particular type (I shop in Lidl for my ",big shop) and analgesics I also used to collect his scripts and get the flack from the pharma.I don't think Hubby realizes how much money is involved
@Nanny Beach he's either taking the pee or is beginning to be a bit confused/demanding, as we all know can happen. You can't carry on like this ... either he or his family are exploiting your good nature. I know it's been difficult during Covid times, but there are structures set up to help folk in his situation ... tell him you'll hand it over to them ... either one of the charities who do people's shopping for them or Social Services.
Washing machine is chuntering ... tonight's supper is gammon steaks, roast squash and cauliflower so not a lot of prep to do ... I'll be in the studio in a bit ...
It was thick fog here when we woke up, and then as it cleared a huge heron (bigger than the one the other day) flew past our bedroom window and landed on the roof opposite ... it was a magnificent bird ... a crow kept trying to chase it off but it looked disdainfully at him, stabbed his long beak towards him and then continued to scrutinise the garden which used to have a koi pond in the corner ..... that was about 8 years ago ... herons obviously have long memories and are eternally hopefully that the drought will end and the pond will refill with water and fish ... eventually he decided there were no fish there today and flew off elegantly to the house behind the eucalyptus which still has a fish pond ...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Morning all 😀. Glad wounds are healing. Big Hugs for @WonkyWomble 🤗
Have just spent a happy hour looking at the books I inherited from my Grandad. He was a great reader, and their sitting room was lined with glass fronted bookcases that he had made. Mr C has just made a wonderful set of bookcases for the cupboard we grandly refer to as our “study” ...... so I am now filling them. Some of Grandad’s books are now more than 100 years old - with labels stuck in to say they were Form III prizes. He wrote his name and the date he got them in all of them ..... so treasures really. I also have my Grandma’s thimbles - she was a great crafter, so that sums her up for me. The thimble comes out every Christmas for the obligatory game of hunt the thimble - luckily I have two, so hid one in my Dad’s kitchen when I returned him there on Christmas Day ..... so we managed to keep the tradition going on Boxing Day, even during Covid times, by playing hunt the thimble via Zoom 🤣🤣🤣
Right, enough of the reminiscences.....I have seeds to plant 😀😀😀. Grandad was a great gardener too, but don’t think he ever grew sweet corn or courgettes ......all I remember was lots and lots of peas 🟢🟢🟢
I don't see any sign of confusion,and have spent many years nursing and family with various types of dementia.His son failed to inform me when he returned to hospital and I spent 2 weeks buying and delivering papers.The wife is a social worker!!(they don't get on) he had BD carers,a home help he's known for years,goes in. He did ring once at 9pm, could I get teabags,shop is open till 10, I said yes I will bring them up in the morning with the paper.Am wondering if he will ring,watch this space!
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Washing machine is chuntering ... tonight's supper is gammon steaks, roast squash and cauliflower so not a lot of prep to do ... I'll be in the studio in a bit ...
It was thick fog here when we woke up, and then as it cleared a huge heron (bigger than the one the other day) flew past our bedroom window and landed on the roof opposite ... it was a magnificent bird ... a crow kept trying to chase it off but it looked disdainfully at him, stabbed his long beak towards him and then continued to scrutinise the garden which used to have a koi pond in the corner ..... that was about 8 years ago ... herons obviously have long memories and are eternally hopefully that the drought will end and the pond will refill with water and fish ... eventually he decided there were no fish there today and flew off elegantly to the house behind the eucalyptus which still has a fish pond ...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Another cracker here. It's starting to feel like last May, in that every day is the same - wall to wall sunsheeiiinnne
Shorts are on. I will mostly be digging and sawing this morning. Or maybe painting and lining? Or maybe sowing and weeding?
Have just spent a happy hour looking at the books I inherited from my Grandad. He was a great reader, and their sitting room was lined with glass fronted bookcases that he had made. Mr C has just made a wonderful set of bookcases for the cupboard we grandly refer to as our “study” ...... so I am now filling them. Some of Grandad’s books are now more than 100 years old - with labels stuck in to say they were Form III prizes. He wrote his name and the date he got them in all of them ..... so treasures really. I also have my Grandma’s thimbles - she was a great crafter, so that sums her up for me. The thimble comes out every Christmas for the obligatory game of hunt the thimble - luckily I have two, so hid one in my Dad’s kitchen when I returned him there on Christmas Day ..... so we managed to keep the tradition going on Boxing Day, even during Covid times, by playing hunt the thimble via Zoom 🤣🤣🤣
Right, enough of the reminiscences.....I have seeds to plant 😀😀😀. Grandad was a great gardener too, but don’t think he ever grew sweet corn or courgettes ......all I remember was lots and lots of peas 🟢🟢🟢
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.