My 14th grandchild was born this morning, a boy, so Son 2 and his lovely French wife now have 4 boys and one girl. I was on standby to look after their children if it happened at night but in the end a friend who lived much nearer stayed. I will be going tonight for the night when the nanny goes home so that son can spend the night in hospital with his wife and new baby. They told son that if he leaves he won't be able to go back, Covid rules as no visitors but they can put up a bed in the room. In France Mums stay in until the milk comes in.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Brilliant news @Busy-Lizzie, you must be very relieved. Always a bit of an anxious time for grandmothers. Does that mean that you will now be able to go over to the UK to be with your OH?
Congratulations @Busy-Lizzie 🥂 Very best wishes to them all. Â
Hurrah! Just discovered that a local pharmacy is doing an Ecover refill service ... we love their laundry liquid but the Green Grocers in the city (near where we used to live) which does refills has appalling parking problems ... the pharmacy is only a mile away ... we drive past there regularly and it has good parking.Â
Suddenly realised that OH is back at work tomorrow and we have no home made soup left for his flask ... not even frozen .... fortunately we had the makings of my minestrone, so a big vat of that is chuntering on the hob. I've also made the filling for his requested lunch today of egg mayo with chives sandwiches. Thought I'd better make it now before I get half the veg patch under my fingernails ... I've informed him that unless he wants mud and grit with them he will be assembling the sandwiches Â
Supper is cold gammon from yesterday's baked hock, with salad, baked potatoes and pickles ........ now I'll just finish this coffee and go and play in the garden Â
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Congratulations @Busy-Lizzie! And how lovely to get to be with the other four grandchildren for a while!  @Dovefromabove - I love the Green Grocer and usually find an excuse to visit when in that neck of the woods but probably won't be able to park there in future as it is so tight and I am not confident in the great big Honda I've got now. My old (very old!) Ford Focus was a lot nippier. Luckily our local Little Green Wholefood Shop does refills. OH forgot to take the old washing up liquid bottle the other day - they found an old water bottle and filled that. Right - back to the garden!
Greetings all and congratulations to all concerned @Busy-Lizzie. Â
Have had a quiet morning not doing much at all but will be out planting dahlias after lunch and then anything else I decide is big enough and ready to cope.  Need to do lots of thinking too as I have to decide where a Toona can go and a clerodendron and my magnolia which arrives tomorrow. Am also planning a "prairie" of flowering plants that can take drought but with just one grass - panicum Shenandoah - as I'm not keen on masses of ornamental grasses so need to see how it goes.
Going to get to 29C around 5pm so maybe some quiet seed sowing in the shade around then.  Vegetarian dinner probably but need to think about that too.  For lunch we're finishing off a very successful Coronation chicken pie I made with filo pastry. Luscious.
Good luck with all the studying @chicky. When are the exams?
You had it easy @Hostafan1 - horrendous static traffic queues to get to Noirmoutier - fishermen revolting against a planned wind farm in their fishing grounds around the island so all roads blocked.
I thought sheep were shorn in late spring @Pat E. Â
have a lovely day in your gardens everyone, or whatever else you're up to.
@D0rdogne_Damsel  seems like you are in for good weather all week, so you will be turning away lots more.  As curfew is still 9pm, most of the restaurants can't be bothered to open for an evening meal, but lunch is as usual!  I do hope you have a good season.
@Pat E Â I see that Melbourne is locked down for the fourth time. Â I hope this doesn't affect you.
My swallow couple have completed their nest and are preparing the advent of their little family. Â Such busy chattery birds. Â They don't seem shy at all and sit on the pergola over the kitchen door and give me lots of cheek!
Forgot to say better to be busy than not @D0rdogne_Damsel. Quite a few restaurants in La Roche and other places round here will never re-open.  I expect they're the ones open all year.  Quite a few on the coast are only open from Easter to All Saints so can perhaps bear the lockdown closures more easily.  We'll see.
@Busy-Lizzie   Congratulations Mami!!  Are you still all right to go to UK in June?  Things are looking good there re covid.
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@Dovefromabove  That lunch menu sounds a bit of all right!!  I love egg mayo and chives with bread.  Do you know Eggs Mimosa?  Delicious for a summer light lunch with salads.
@Yviestevie  Glad your hubby is coming home.  Best place for him.
I have a very lovely Under Gardener ......... there I was out in the garden planting the tomatoes when poorly Bro phoned for a chat ....... when I went back out there all 11 tomatoes were planted beautifully and tied to their canes  I think I'll even forgive him for leaving the little patio cucumber plants on the terrace table overnight where a mountaineering snail found them ... fortunately the snail was so exhausted by his exertions that he settled down on the shady side of one of the pots for a snooze before he'd had more than half of two leaves ... and I found him still asleep there this morning
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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Does that mean that you will now be able to go over to the UK to be with your OH?
Hurrah! Just discovered that a local pharmacy is doing an Ecover refill service ... we love their laundry liquid but the Green Grocers in the city (near where we used to live) which does refills has appalling parking problems ... the pharmacy is only a mile away ... we drive past there regularly and it has good parking.Â
Suddenly realised that OH is back at work tomorrow and we have no home made soup left for his flask ... not even frozen .... fortunately we had the makings of my minestrone, so a big vat of that is chuntering on the hob. I've also made the filling for his requested lunch today of egg mayo with chives sandwiches. Thought I'd better make it now before I get half the veg patch under my fingernails ... I've informed him that unless he wants mud and grit with them he will be assembling the sandwichesÂ
Supper is cold gammon from yesterday's baked hock, with salad, baked potatoes and pickles ........ now I'll just finish this coffee and go and play in the gardenÂ
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
@Dovefromabove - I love the Green Grocer and usually find an excuse to visit when in that neck of the woods but probably won't be able to park there in future as it is so tight and I am not confident in the great big Honda I've got now. My old (very old!) Ford Focus was a lot nippier. Luckily our local Little Green Wholefood Shop does refills. OH forgot to take the old washing up liquid bottle the other day - they found an old water bottle and filled that.
Right - back to the garden!
Have had a quiet morning not doing much at all but will be out planting dahlias after lunch and then anything else I decide is big enough and ready to cope.  Need to do lots of thinking too as I have to decide where a Toona can go and a clerodendron and my magnolia which arrives tomorrow. Am also planning a "prairie" of flowering plants that can take drought but with just one grass - panicum Shenandoah - as I'm not keen on masses of ornamental grasses so need to see how it goes.
Going to get to 29C around 5pm so maybe some quiet seed sowing in the shade around then.  Vegetarian dinner probably but need to think about that too.  For lunch we're finishing off a very successful Coronation chicken pie I made with filo pastry. Luscious.
Good luck with all the studying @chicky. When are the exams?
You had it easy @Hostafan1 - horrendous static traffic queues to get to Noirmoutier - fishermen revolting against a planned wind farm in their fishing grounds around the island so all roads blocked.
I thought sheep were shorn in late spring @Pat E. Â
have a lovely day in your gardens everyone, or whatever else you're up to.
Fine day again, but a coolie breeze again.  Went to the café this morning.  Market morning and nice to see the "non-essential" stalls out.  Not everyone is wearing their mask properly (under nose, chin) rather annoying.  Best not to say anything - people get narky.  Nice coffee and walk back home.
@D0rdogne_Damsel  seems like you are in for good weather all week, so you will be turning away lots more.  As curfew is still 9pm, most of the restaurants can't be bothered to open for an evening meal, but lunch is as usual!  I do hope you have a good season.
@Pat E Â I see that Melbourne is locked down for the fourth time. Â I hope this doesn't affect you.
My swallow couple have completed their nest and are preparing the advent of their little family. Â Such busy chattery birds. Â They don't seem shy at all and sit on the pergola over the kitchen door and give me lots of cheek!
Have a good day gardeners.
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I always forget to read to the end of the thread before posting comments.
@Dovefromabove  That lunch menu sounds a bit of all right!!  I love egg mayo and chives with bread.  Do you know Eggs Mimosa?  Delicious for a summer light lunch with salads.
@Yviestevie  Glad your hubby is coming home.  Best place for him.
Exams are 3 weeks today @Obelixx .... Four in one day 😱.  Best get my head down again 😩
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.