Oh @punkdoc, I feel for you all. At least she is bright and unaware of what's going on.
Btw, has anyone heard anything from @Fairygirl, just wanted to be sure she was ok, even if she has decided she has outgrown the forum. I noticed the last few posts she was involved with were a bit unpleasant, can understand why she might have thought 'stuff this'.
“Coffee. Garden. Coffee. Does a good morning need anything else?” —Betsy Cañas Garmon
@obelixx 👍 I’ll ask OH when he comes in shortly. He’s the technical expert re paint (his father lectured in interior decorating techniques and suchlike) and he picked up a lot from him as well as having learned a lot re acrylics at art school .., I’m an oil paint and gouache type bod.
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@D0rdogne_Damsel I’m in touch sporadically with Fairy. She’s fine 😊 ... as you note she sometimes takes time out if things get too tetchy. She’s also had some internet glitches. I’ll pass on your best wishes.
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The Afternoon Tea I did today was for a regular customer/near neighbour. She is lovely. Sadly she told me that her and her husband have split up after countless years, she had finally had enough. The poor woman has had to leave a beautiful house and garden, acres of woodland and her cats, and he is being very difficult about giving her any money. Absolutely won't sell the land or the house. Has said he will fight solicitors until there is no money left. The poor woman, she was very tearful having to tell me, and this all happened in October. Luckily her brother lives nearby and she is staying with him and his wife for now. So sad, and so unfair. I knew he was a drinker, but I hadn't realised how bad the situation had become. Not what you need in your life in your late 60's - or anytime for that matter.
“Coffee. Garden. Coffee. Does a good morning need anything else?” —Betsy Cañas Garmon
Glad your Mum is comfortable and bright @punkdoc - you can’t hope for more in the circumstances. Long may it continue.
@Obelixx - my RHS comment was due to their completely contrasting behaviour. When the news of the Duke’s death broke on Saturday they kicked everyone out of their gardens as a “sign of respect”. That’s 3000 people asked to leave Wisley simultaneously at midday. Caused chaos at the exits (not great in Covid times), and backed up traffic on the A3 and the M25. Not to mention the people who were en route from further afield and denied entry when they arrived. They have upset a lot of people. Can’t help thinking the Duke would have probably rather people remembered him in a beautiful garden. Which is obviously what Windsor Great Park thought too.
@Obelixx OH says he doubts that it would work. With the light reflective paint the reflective elements are incorporated into the paint itself ... he doubts that it is possible to obtain similar elements miniscule enough to become part of the body of the paint. He suspects that any larger elements would either flake off the wall as the paint dried, or be covered over by the body of the paint.
His recommendation for the brightest most light reflective paint effect is to buy the best quality and most highly-pigmented paint you can get. The more everyday paints are full of driers and extenders that 'water down' the impact of the pigment. Farrow & Ball and Designer's Guild are two paints with a high pigment quality that he likes and will have impact and reflect the light well. Hope that's some sort of help.
Don't know if @Hostafan1 's OH has any suggestions ... it's his field as well.
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The contrasting prices for some products between countries has always been beyond comprehension. That paint is £42 for 5 litres in the UK. The difference in pricing pre-dates Brexit and includes things like dishwasher tablets etc. so clearly it is just a case of pricing to what the market will stand. I remember people going to France on booze cruises also bringing back seemingly odd things because they were a fraction of prices back home. I wonder what the duty free allowance for paint is?
Good afternoon all. I hope you’ve had a lovely day so far. I got back from the GC not too long ago and i’m itching to plant what i’ve bought into the rockery however i’m a tad apprehensive due to the recent overnight weather and i don’t want my little plants to freeze. The sun has come out though and it’s now a wonderful afternoon so I might just sit outside and do a bit of knitting.
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Btw, has anyone heard anything from @Fairygirl, just wanted to be sure she was ok, even if she has decided she has outgrown the forum. I noticed the last few posts she was involved with were a bit unpleasant, can understand why she might have thought 'stuff this'.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
@Obelixx - my RHS comment was due to their completely contrasting behaviour. When the news of the Duke’s death broke on Saturday they kicked everyone out of their gardens as a “sign of respect”. That’s 3000 people asked to leave Wisley simultaneously at midday. Caused chaos at the exits (not great in Covid times), and backed up traffic on the A3 and the M25. Not to mention the people who were en route from further afield and denied entry when they arrived. They have upset a lot of people. Can’t help thinking the Duke would have probably rather people remembered him in a beautiful garden. Which is obviously what Windsor Great Park thought too.
His recommendation for the brightest most light reflective paint effect is to buy the best quality and most highly-pigmented paint you can get. The more everyday paints are full of driers and extenders that 'water down' the impact of the pigment. Farrow & Ball and Designer's Guild are two paints with a high pigment quality that he likes and will have impact and reflect the light well. Hope that's some sort of help.
Don't know if @Hostafan1 's OH has any suggestions ... it's his field as well.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I got back from the GC not too long ago and i’m itching to plant what i’ve bought into the rockery however i’m a tad apprehensive due to the recent overnight weather and i don’t want my little plants to freeze.
The sun has come out though and it’s now a wonderful afternoon so I might just sit outside and do a bit of knitting.