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HELLO FORKERS 🌷🌷🌷May ‘21

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  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    edited May 2021
    So do I @Busy-Lizzie but I have always had cold sensitive teeth and, it seems, they're brittle too.   2 more cracked teeth on t'other side to sort out when this first lot's done.

    Glad the tiles have surfaced at last.  I hope you can get them laid before you leave for Norfolk.
    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)."
    Plato
  • YviestevieYviestevie Posts: 7,066
    Hi folks.  Just a quick update.   Hubby's speech is showing signs of improvement.  He can now say the odd word.  He has his phone now and keeps phoning me but I'm finding it quite upsetting as I can't understand what he is saying and he is obviously trying to tell me something.  I run through everything I can think of and tell him all the news I have and how well he is doing but I can feel his frustration down the line.  I'm hopefully going to talk to his Doctor over the phone tomorrow morning but there is still no visiting.
    Managed to get some gardening done today.  Mowed and edged the lawns and did a bit of weeding.  I'm hoping it will tire me out so I can get some sleep.

    Hi from Kingswinford in the West Midlands
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    That must be so frustrating for you both @Yviestevie.    Can you not get him to text you?  At least then you will not misinterpret.

    Haven't done any gardening cos of a bit of throbbing but I did go down to see the chooks and give the their daily corn then let them out to fossick about the main garden.   They come almost up to the house now and potter about in the long grass and weeds between the veg plot and the house.  They get a bit squawky if Bonzo goes sniffing after them tho.  Will just have to get used to that.
    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)."
    Plato
  • YviestevieYviestevie Posts: 7,066
    He hasn't texted so far @Obelixx .  I'm not sure if he can.  If his brain can't translate what he thinks into speech, can it translate what he thinks into hand writing/text?  I have no idea.
    Hi from Kingswinford in the West Midlands
  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494
    Hope you both manage to get some sleep tonight Yviestevie and Obelixx.

    I had a quick walk round the garden at 8pm after dinner, just to get some fresh air whilst it had stopped raining. Went outside the top gate to inspect the grassy verge outside which now has some wild flowers on it and was pleased to see that the Council strimmer today has just tidied the edges and left the long grass. He'd very kindly strimmed a pathway to our big gate as well.
    I need to trim the grass though back from the three bushes I planted last year and re-tie my red Etoile de Hollande rose where it's grown a lot. I've got loads of wild flower plugs to plant out there as soon as the weather allows. I'm not entirely sure why I'm cultivating a bit of waste ground when I've got a large garden of my own to look after - I must be mad.
    North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
  • didywdidyw Posts: 3,573
    That's good news @Yviestevie - it looks promising for him to get his speech back sooner rather than later. And needing to communicate with you is a good incentive.  But it's still early days.  Hugs.
    Gardening in East Suffolk on dry sandy soil.
  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    @Yviestevie, the speed of his speech starting to return is massively encouraging.
    Stay strong.
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • YviestevieYviestevie Posts: 7,066
    Thanks @punkdoc I'm doing my best but it's so upsetting to hear him struggling and not being able to see him is just awful.  I keep thinking about how I couldn't see mum.
    Hi from Kingswinford in the West Midlands
  • D0rdogne_DamselD0rdogne_Damsel Posts: 4,184
    Morning all,

    I do so feel for you @Yviestevie and can see how the current situation would remind you of the awful situation with your mother. Let's hope you're able to see him soon. 

    Weather getting better supposedly, we so need it to buck up. 

    I've been out and filled up the bird feeders again, they seem to like my new seed very much. 

    Bizarrely I'm having to water the hanging baskets everyday as they just don't catch the rain because of the eaves. Anyway, least of my worries.

    Hope you get your floor tiled today @Busy-Lizzie
    And I hope you got a decent night's sleep @Hostafan1

    Catch you all later. Have a good day. 

    • “Coffee. Garden. Coffee. Does a good morning need anything else?” —Betsy Cañas Garmon
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    You just beat me to being first on parade.
    What's " a decent night's sleep"?  ;)
    Yet more rain overnight. So bored with it.
    Devon.
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