Oh yes @didyw .... I love a good storm   It seems ages since we've been into the city to look at art ... I used to work at that venue when it was the King of Hearts Centre for Early Music and the Arts .... had a wonderful time ... I really don't think jobs come any better than that one  Hope the car gets sorted PDQ .... poor @WonkyWomble had car issues yesterday ... she had to take avoiding action and hit a huge pothole which damaged a tyre ... her brother says it's just about legal/safe but they're heading down to Brighton to visit her stepdaughter and her husband tomorrow, for Father's Day weekend, so she's got it booked in for a new tyre tomorrow morning ...Â
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Just had a late Chelsea chop, good to get a breeze round the ears again Cooler today and somebody left a big sprinkler running so no need to carry cans around the garden.
I do hope Wonky will be safe @Dovefromabove. Yes a nice venue - what a great job. I've been looking at my chrysanthemum Paul Boissier @steephill and wondering if it should get a Chelsea chop. It grew enormous last year, and spectacular, before flopping. But it doesn't seem as big this year. Might leave it another few weeks and see what happens.
Afternoon all, Beautiful photo AuntyRach. Hope your tooth sockets soon heal up @didyw, nothing worse I think. I hope my face clears up soon as well, still a bit lumpy and sore. I've just been out cutting armfuls of roses whilst they are still looking good before the forecast storms. Enough for three vases, lovely. Had to prop up a big rose on the wall which is absolutely laden. I had some spare fencing pins in the shed and they were ideal, very strong steel with a point one end and a shepherds crook thingy on the other. Hope Busy-Lizzie's well on her way, don't envy her that journey. We once drove from near La Rochelle up to Calais in the big car but stopped at least twice overnight on the way. That was a trip and a half, 1700 miles in ten days! I don't know how you cope, DD, 29 to cater for sounds a nightmare to me. We had some sad news yesterday, the husband of a Garden Club member lost his fight against pancreatic cancer on Saturday. A lovely chap and only early 50's with young adult children, such a shame. We've only had light rain here so far Dove, so could do with a lot more, minus the thunderstorms which I'm not a fan of. Goes back to my childhood, when my mum would draw all the curtains, cover all the mirrors, shut all the doors and make us sit in the hall in the dark till it went away. She was absolutely terrified of storms, I never knew why. Did anyone watch the programme about the vaccines last night - very, very interesting.
Afternoon all, Much cooler today and we had rain in the night at about 4 a.m. I've been digging up ivy roots, doing a bit of weeding and topping off the runner beans. Drove Hubby to the supermarket and he went in a did a bit of shopping and then back home to a visit from Bestie. Plenty of tea and gossip in the garden. In the sitting room now about to watch the footie.  Love a good storm, Mum was terrified of them but luckily didn't pass it on to me. Sorry to hear about your friend @Lizzie27 @Busy-Lizzie take care on the journey Hope everyone remembers what they ordered @D0rdogne_Damsel
We had a drizzle of rain overnight and a few spots today but that was it. It was decent enough to do some outdoor painting - soffits and fascias, not watercolours.Â
Hedgehog update… I left a bit of cat food and water hidden under an apple crate and it was gone this morning. I’ll try to pop out later to see if any signs.Â
Hope you are all well, whatever the weather is doing with you.Â
Lovely working in the garden today … slightly overcast and occasional very fine drizzle, but still warm, potting on echinacea and Vib. bon. and planting big containers full of Nasturtium Vesuvius … cheap but full of impact when crammed into a container.Â
Really need to get the hoe busy in the veg patch … just a few hours of warm and damp and the chickweed appears again …
The air ambulance just flew over quite low … we often see it … good luck to patient and crew 🤞Â
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I've been looking at my chrysanthemum Paul Boissier @steephill and wondering if it should get a Chelsea chop. It grew enormous last year, and spectacular, before flopping. But it doesn't seem as big this year. Might leave it another few weeks and see what happens.
Beautiful photo AuntyRach.
Hope your tooth sockets soon heal up @didyw, nothing worse I think. I hope my face clears up soon as well, still a bit lumpy and sore.
I've just been out cutting armfuls of roses whilst they are still looking good before the forecast storms. Enough for three vases, lovely. Had to prop up a big rose on the wall which is absolutely laden. I had some spare fencing pins in the shed and they were ideal, very strong steel with a point one end and a shepherds crook thingy on the other.
Hope Busy-Lizzie's well on her way, don't envy her that journey. We once drove from near La Rochelle up to Calais in the big car but stopped at least twice overnight on the way. That was a trip and a half, 1700 miles in ten days!
I don't know how you cope, DD, 29 to cater for sounds a nightmare to me.
We had some sad news yesterday, the husband of a Garden Club member lost his fight against pancreatic cancer on Saturday. A lovely chap and only early 50's with young adult children, such a shame.
We've only had light rain here so far Dove, so could do with a lot more, minus the thunderstorms which I'm not a fan of. Goes back to my childhood, when my mum would draw all the curtains, cover all the mirrors, shut all the doors and make us sit in the hall in the dark till it went away. She was absolutely terrified of storms, I never knew why.Â
Did anyone watch the programme about the vaccines last night - very, very interesting.
Love a good storm, Mum was terrified of them but luckily didn't pass it on to me.
Sorry to hear about your friend @Lizzie27
@Busy-Lizzie take care on the journeyÂ
Hope everyone remembers what they ordered @D0rdogne_Damsel
Very grey all day, but no rain yet, which we really need.
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The air ambulance just flew over quite low … we often see it … good luck to patient and crew 🤞Â
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.