MEN indeed. As OH was going to the shop the other day I asked him to get me some rocket. He bought broccoli. Cloth ears. Had to improvise for my salad.
Cool again here but dry. @floralies' rain will get up here around midnight which suits me. Suits me as I'm on sanding and painting this pm but want to plant out assorted cabbages and oak leaf lettuce tomorrow.
Have a good trip @Dovefromabove. Hope MIL enjoys her birthday. Chin up @punkdoc. Your garden will recover.
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Hi all. I do sympathise with all the aches and pains, right shoulder is playing up a bit. Weirdly, it’s fine during the day, but during the night, I get stabbing pains in the shoulder blade. Have had to resort to sleeping on my front to get comfortable. Shame about the deer in the garden, @punkdoc We get regular visits from roe deer, but luckily, the only damage we have had has been related to scraping antlers on tree trunks. I’ve just decided to accept that as the price to pay for seeing the wildlife. The bottlebrush and the magnolia have both survived, although not quite their original shapes. Hang in there, @Hostafan1 We had a lovely weekend with daughter, not having seen her for 2 years. All went very well, no one seemed to get bored, and I seemed to have got the food well organised, despite only cooking for two for so long. Sad to see them go, but the bonus is plenty of leftovers and the house is still clean and tidy. I’ll make a start on the laundry backlog this afternoon, then hopefully start filling the green bins. Sunny out, the woodland is full of primroses and the beech leaves are just starting to appear.
You must have needed it @Hostafan1 and anyway sleep is good for you.
Afternoon everybody, the day started out with brilliant sunshine but clouded over by lunchtime, then a bit showery. I wanted to finish yesterday's project of clearing out a narrow gravelled drainage gully between a wall and the paving at the back of the house - got fed up of clearing the daily mess made by blackbirds/magpies looking for worms in it. After nipping up to the GC at lunchime, it's now got smallish Scottish cobbles in it which I'm hoping will deter the birds but still allow rainwater to drain. We shall see.
I've also been successful in re-booking our postponed holiday stay in the Cotswolds and will now be going in June. Pleased to say the hotel has honoured the original cost, a special offer in the Telegraph. Lots of lovely gardens around there and the roses should be in bloom which will be a bonus.
Hope you enjoy your stay with MIL @Dovefromabove, one of my SIL's is 80 on Thursday so we're all gathering for a small 'do' the week after.
Then it was definitely time for a snooze! I'm starting to wake up earlier at 6 ish due to the brighter mornings but am not the jumping out of bed early in the morning type. Besides which the CH isn't on that early.
We are very pleased with the new porch, gives the house more character. It will be even better when it's weathered a bit and doesn't look so new. It's really a canopy.
I've had to water the garden, getting dry and no rain forecast. The water pressure here is pathetic.
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Cool again here but dry. @floralies' rain will get up here around midnight which suits me. Suits me as I'm on sanding and painting this pm but want to plant out assorted cabbages and oak leaf lettuce tomorrow.
Have a good trip @Dovefromabove. Hope MIL enjoys her birthday. Chin up @punkdoc. Your garden will recover.
Shame about the deer in the garden, @punkdoc We get regular visits from roe deer, but luckily, the only damage we have had has been related to scraping antlers on tree trunks. I’ve just decided to accept that as the price to pay for seeing the wildlife. The bottlebrush and the magnolia have both survived, although not quite their original shapes.
Hang in there, @Hostafan1
We had a lovely weekend with daughter, not having seen her for 2 years. All went very well, no one seemed to get bored, and I seemed to have got the food well organised, despite only cooking for two for so long. Sad to see them go, but the bonus is plenty of leftovers and the house is still clean and tidy. I’ll make a start on the laundry backlog this afternoon, then hopefully start filling the green bins.
Sunny out, the woodland is full of primroses and the beech leaves are just starting to appear.
I went for a ten minute snooze and slept for 3 hours.
Afternoon everybody, the day started out with brilliant sunshine but clouded over by lunchtime, then a bit showery. I wanted to finish yesterday's project of clearing out a narrow gravelled drainage gully between a wall and the paving at the back of the house - got fed up of clearing the daily mess made by blackbirds/magpies looking for worms in it. After nipping up to the GC at lunchime, it's now got smallish Scottish cobbles in it which I'm hoping will deter the birds but still allow rainwater to drain. We shall see.
I've also been successful in re-booking our postponed holiday stay in the Cotswolds and will now be going in June. Pleased to say the hotel has honoured the original cost, a special offer in the Telegraph. Lots of lovely gardens around there and the roses should be in bloom which will be a bonus.
Hope you enjoy your stay with MIL @Dovefromabove, one of my SIL's is 80 on Thursday so we're all gathering for a small 'do' the week after.
Besides which the CH isn't on that early.
I've had to water the garden, getting dry and no rain forecast. The water pressure here is pathetic.
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