Thank you @Obelixx, lung function tests this afternoon for OH.
That's a very pretty little dog @Nanny Beach, small dogs live longer than big ones, but yours must be very well looked after.
Take care with the tennis @Dovefromabove, I thought you had to give it up because of your shoulder. I still can't play because of my shoulder, years later. Now I have a knee problem too.
OH's daughter rang. They were going to come for the weekend, we'd booked a table for Saturday lunch, but now she is bunged up with a cold so they aren't coming. He was looking forward to seeing his 2 grandchildren. She doesn't want to risk him catching it when he's seeing a lung consultant next week.
The sun is trying to shine.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
That's a brilliant illustration you posted yesterday @Obelixx - I've nicked it for my FB page! Needed that as catching up with the news is just so depressing. Apart from donating we all just feel so powerless.
I must congratulate you on your energy @Dovefromabove! I could do with some exercise after spending days hunched over my laptop on a document that is 70 pages long! Each page had to be carefully positioned, with the spaces between the paragraphs adjusted for fit etc. Just need the others to proofread it now. But I never was very sporty - apart from gardening!
Sorry to hear about your sister @floralies - worrying I'm sure. We often had milk puddings of some kind when I was a child - semolina, tapioca, sago... Not to mention rice pudding, the crust of which was loved by my Dad. For us it was the spoonful of jam or syrup in the middle that was the best bit.
I'm limited to things that are lukewarm at the moment. I seem to have developed a hole in a tooth - the side I eat (no teeth on the other side, except on a plate, which I can't wear with this hurty tooth). Luckily I have been able to get a dentist appt. quite quickly - tomorrow afternoon. In the meantime - ouch, ouch, ouch...
@Busy-Lizzie the calcific tendinitis in my shoulder slowly improved after I stopped taking calcium supplements (I try to have a calcium rich deit instead). The muscles are weak and sore, but the joint pain is a great deal better now, as long as I take it steady. I have to be careful with my snapped ACL ... as we play doubles my partner is aware that I will not turn quickly to my right, as that's when my knee gives way.
What a shame about your OH's family not being able to visit ... but much better safe than sorry, after all the waiting he's had to endure. The sun's trying to come out here too ... and I've got a line of towels flapping in the breeze ... and it actually feels a bit like spring in the garden ... I've got a pot of crocuses flowering on the terrace, and all the other pots of bulbs are full of promise
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Leo is spoilt rotten. My animals are usually long lived. We also have a 6 year old border collie. The last one also a border collie was 17,no arthritis, but kidney failure and dementia.you can't see in the picture,but she has one blue and one brown eye, same as the last blue merl we had.
Afternoon all, It's not been too bad here, a bit damp and grey but I managed my usual walk and some gardening before lunch and other hour afterwards. Box stumps now all removed from one bed with the exception of the three big ones in the middle - ex huge box balls. Not looking forward to trying to get those out. Then to weed, dig it all over and mulch with manure before planning a new border. The two gaura are beginning to sprout so I might move one.
DIL arrived last night after a shortish journey from her new company and is coming back tonight. It was lovely to see her again as the last time was at Xmas. She was very pleased that her daughter had got into her local Grammar school. We all enjoyed dinner of Seabass with a green pesto, lemon and parsley crumb (courtesy of Fish said Fred) followed by fresh fruit and a nice Sauvignon Blanc. Tonight I'm just cooking a Cheese & Broccoli Quiche to go with a salad.
Just enjoyed a homemade fish pie, but quiche also sounds tempting @Lizzie27.
So far this week we've had roast beef, beef stew from leftovers, tuna and pasta bake, home made beef burgers and now fish pie, looking for inspiration for tomorrow.... Perhaps it should be salad based 🤭
Met Charlie's form teacher today, she's called him 'gifted' which is lovely, but I'm also very pleased he is very grounded.
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Thank you @Obelixx, lung function tests this afternoon for OH.
That's a very pretty little dog @Nanny Beach, small dogs live longer than big ones, but yours must be very well looked after.
Take care with the tennis @Dovefromabove, I thought you had to give it up because of your shoulder. I still can't play because of my shoulder, years later. Now I have a knee problem too.
OH's daughter rang. They were going to come for the weekend, we'd booked a table for Saturday lunch, but now she is bunged up with a cold so they aren't coming. He was looking forward to seeing his 2 grandchildren. She doesn't want to risk him catching it when he's seeing a lung consultant next week.
The sun is trying to shine.
I must congratulate you on your energy @Dovefromabove! I could do with some exercise after spending days hunched over my laptop on a document that is 70 pages long! Each page had to be carefully positioned, with the spaces between the paragraphs adjusted for fit etc. Just need the others to proofread it now. But I never was very sporty - apart from gardening!
Sorry to hear about your sister @floralies - worrying I'm sure.
We often had milk puddings of some kind when I was a child - semolina, tapioca, sago... Not to mention rice pudding, the crust of which was loved by my Dad. For us it was the spoonful of jam or syrup in the middle that was the best bit.
I'm limited to things that are lukewarm at the moment. I seem to have developed a hole in a tooth - the side I eat (no teeth on the other side, except on a plate, which I can't wear with this hurty tooth). Luckily I have been able to get a dentist appt. quite quickly - tomorrow afternoon. In the meantime - ouch, ouch, ouch...
What a shame about your OH's family not being able to visit ... but much better safe than sorry, after all the waiting he's had to endure. The sun's trying to come out here too ... and I've got a line of towels flapping in the breeze ... and it actually feels a bit like spring in the garden ... I've got a pot of crocuses flowering on the terrace, and all the other pots of bulbs are full of promise
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
DIL arrived last night after a shortish journey from her new company and is coming back tonight. It was lovely to see her again as the last time was at Xmas. She was very pleased that her daughter had got into her local Grammar school. We all enjoyed dinner of Seabass with a green pesto, lemon and parsley crumb (courtesy of Fish said Fred) followed by fresh fruit and a nice Sauvignon Blanc. Tonight I'm just cooking a Cheese & Broccoli Quiche to go with a salad.
So far this week we've had roast beef, beef stew from leftovers, tuna and pasta bake, home made beef burgers and now fish pie, looking for inspiration for tomorrow.... Perhaps it should be salad based 🤭
Met Charlie's form teacher today, she's called him 'gifted' which is lovely, but I'm also very pleased he is very grounded.
Getting an early night. Sleep tight all 🛌
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.