LB - hope you enjoy Canasta. Can you chat while you play or is it very serious?
Chive - no doubt the little ones will be excited with the prospect of holidays coming up. Hope you have a good week off.
I'm off out to play in the garden for a couple of hours then I need to visit the PO, the pharmacy and the library - all in the same neighbouring village. Would have been good to have done it all first thing but the library doesn't open until 2pm today🤨
LB - you asked about our holiday - 2 weeks today - so much to do - so little time....
Heaven is ... sitting in the garden with a G&T and a cat while watching the sun go down
Been to the shops, got some Shepherd hook garden stakes and also found some solar lanterns that can hang from them. Pleased with those, I've been wanting the Shepherd hooks for a couple of years, but because of lockdown couldn't get any. Also popped in a shoe shop and found a pair shoes half price, they came home with me too ðŸ¤Â  Waiting for the a parcel to arrive in the next couple of days from 'Blanc things' 😉  as they've got 20% off this week, would be rude not too 🤣 Now having a cup of tea in the garden. Its turned out to be a lovely sunny day.......so far🤞 Have fun in the garden @Topbird. Goodness only 2 weeks before your hols, that's come round quick. @Ladybird4 2nd poppet will be 4 end of August and she's starting school too 😢 Our eldest poppet has gone in fancy dress....school is doing an 80s theme, her mummy sent me a photo. Poppet looks the part in her outfit, even has leg warmers! 🤣🤣
Lily I used to wear leg warmers to school.  I’m sure she’ll have fun.  Lucky find for your shoes and good to look at blanc things.  I’ve been to visit and then back to potter.  Plenty of tea.   Top bird enjoy playing in the garden.
It's been autumnal here today but it matters little as my nose is to the grindstone no matter what is going on outside. At least the occasional showers save me from having to water the new back lawn. A brother-in-law kindly came round and cut our front lawn last week as I'm deemed too incapacitated with my knee. It looks like he raked out the moss and the chinese whisper that made its way to me was keep it watered. I presume that means he put some seed down but I'm not sure what kind. Anyway, it's rained every day since so whatever he chucked on it should be happy
Can't wait for my energy company to have another £400 that belongs to me Â
My eldest came home with a gift from work the other day - an orchid with those strange air roots coming over the side of the pot. Haven't a clue how to look after it but responsibility has definitely been passed onto me Any orchid owners out there?
Afternoon everyone, hooray finished for a week 😀 LB Mum had the letter come with an appointment on the 09th June, it’s a consultation so we shall see what the options are 🤔 Bluebells Glad you slept well, hope the sun has stayed out for you, Rubee I hope OH had another good nights rest and you have been enjoying time in the garden today, Topbird Hope you’ve had a nice morning in the garden and all the necessary done this afternoon in the village. Your holiday will soon be here, it’s all to look forward to 😊 SGL The shepherds hooks & solar lanterns sound nice for the garden, a bargain pair of shoes that was too good to miss. I bet eldest poppet had fun at school today, hard to believe 2nd poppet will be starting school, Hazel That was a lovely donation for the charity shop, nice to have your haircut and get some time to spend in the garden too, Biglad Hope your knee is improving, it has really put paid to all your outdoor fun & games. Nice to hear your BIL is helping with the garden, no idea with Orchids I’m afraid, This little chap was enjoying the sun on his face, just looking out of the bee house…
Oooh! @Chivetalking - what a great photo😎 Nice to know the accommodation is being put to good use.
Can't believe how dry the soil is in the back border after all the rain we've had recently. There are several large shrubs and 4 trees in that border so I guess they do a grand job of both sucking out the moisture and providing a very large rain shadow area😬 Too tired to water tonight - I'll do it tomorrow.
Managed to get my repeat prescription to cover my hols. Have to take enough in case I need to use maximum dosage while I'm away plus enough to cover the potential for 2 weeks quarantining if I test positive towards the end of our trip.Â
Our pharmacy is facing a myriad of problems at the moment. I order my meds online when I need them and they're usually available 2 - 3 days later. This time it was a week. Last time I went in the wait (just to pick a bag up from the desk) took nearly 3/4 of an hour. Today it was an hour. The queue was literally snaking up and round the corridors.
Mine is a simple prescription for one common drug and there were no problems. Everyone else seemed to have multiple items on their 'order' and nearly everybody had items which either couldn't be found or weren't available and they received IOU's from the pharmacist to come back when items were in stock.
It all seemed a real shambles. I know there are shortages of some medications due to manufacturing issues, but there seemed to be staff falling over each other and they just couldn't find lots of prescriptions which had already been bagged up ready for collection.Â
Is it like that where you work @debs64? or are you better organised?
I'm really not complaining or moaning (I'm very grateful for the excellent service I get from the NHS) but I am genuinely interested to know if every pharmacy is having these sorts of issues or if our pharmacy needs some reorganisation. It functioned perfectly well before and during the pandemic - the problems have only been this bad since they removed the Covid measures.
Heaven is ... sitting in the garden with a G&T and a cat while watching the sun go down
It sounds like that particular pharmacy has other internal issues @Topbird. We certainly haven't had any queues like that here recently in the Kingdom of East Lancashire Â
I've had to do some watering too @Topbird, even the foxgloves had gone droopy.
It's been quite a nice mild day. I've pruned the Choisya and cut off a load of clematis montana that was draped all over it, by next year it would have been smothered. I've cut down a load of geranium phaeum, done a bit of weeding and staked some plants. The brown bin was emptied this morning, it's nearly full again.
Then we went to a nearby community pub for a beer and have booked Sunday lunch there.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Good afternoon everyone. I hope that you have all had nice days doing whatever took your fancy.
T'Bird, we talk all the time through Canasta. We play for fun (but I always want to win!) and as long as we have a good game I really don't mind. One game was nip and tuck (Ante = very close). My partner and I lost the first game by 85 points (you play to 5000) and won the second by 1250. It just started raining as I put my key in the door having walked up the lane from the bus stop. Phew. Two weeks and counting down I'll bet T'Bird, very exciting.
SGL, well done on your 'shop' today. Sounds as if you got many of the things you were after - and maybe a few 'bits' more.
Biglad, I keep orchids. They don't like direct sunlight. I always water mine with rain water and I keep bottles of rain water in the house so that it is at ambient temperature. Never leave them standing in water. Do not remove the fleshy roots but when you repot (if needed) you can cut off any obviously shrivelled and dead roots. Now and again I mist them over - again with room temperature water. Do not put the pots into fancy opaque pot surrounds - the roots need light. I'm guessing your orchid is a Phalaenopsis or moth orchid. Has it got a flower spike on it?
Cacoethes: An irresistible urge to do something inadvisable
Hazel, glad you are pleased with your hair cut. Tha Charity Shop will be delighted with your 'baby' things I'm sure.
Chive I love, love, love your picture of the bee. For some odd reason it reminds me of Les Dawson when he used to do those over the fence Cissy and Ada sketches with Roy Barraclough. Gosh I loved them.
Going back to Pharmacies and various medications, I don't have to do anything. They just deliver my medication to me every month (ish). I believe, but I'm only guessing that they contact my Doctor, dispense the medications and then, in their van and to me. Its been like this for years now. Hearing other peoples' tales I feel very lucky.
Cacoethes: An irresistible urge to do something inadvisable
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LB - hope you enjoy Canasta. Can you chat while you play or is it very serious?
Chive - no doubt the little ones will be excited with the prospect of holidays coming up. Hope you have a good week off.
I'm off out to play in the garden for a couple of hours then I need to visit the PO, the pharmacy and the library - all in the same neighbouring village. Would have been good to have done it all first thing but the library doesn't open until 2pm today🤨
LB - you asked about our holiday - 2 weeks today - so much to do - so little time....
Waiting for the a parcel to arrive in the next couple of days from 'Blanc things' 😉  as they've got 20% off this week, would be rude not too 🤣
Now having a cup of tea in the garden. Its turned out to be a lovely sunny day.......so far🤞
Have fun in the garden @Topbird. Goodness only 2 weeks before your hols, that's come round quick.Â
@Ladybird4 2nd poppet will be 4 end of August and she's starting school too 😢
Our eldest poppet has gone in fancy dress....school is doing an 80s theme, her mummy sent me a photo. Poppet looks the part in her outfit, even has leg warmers! 🤣🤣
It's been autumnal here today but it matters little as my nose is to the grindstone no matter what is going on outside. At least the occasional showers save me from having to water the new back lawn. A brother-in-law kindly came round and cut our front lawn last week as I'm deemed too incapacitated with my knee. It looks like he raked out the moss and the chinese whisper that made its way to me was keep it watered. I presume that means he put some seed down but I'm not sure what kind. Anyway, it's rained every day since so whatever he chucked on it should be happy
Can't wait for my energy company to have another £400 that belongs to me
My eldest came home with a gift from work the other day - an orchid with those strange air roots coming over the side of the pot. Haven't a clue how to look after it but responsibility has definitely been passed onto me
LB Mum had the letter come with an appointment on the 09th June, it’s a consultation so we shall see what the options are 🤔
Bluebells Glad you slept well, hope the sun has stayed out for you,Â
Rubee I hope OH had another good nights rest and you have been enjoying time in the garden today,Â
Topbird Hope you’ve had a nice morning in the garden and all the necessary done this afternoon in the village. Your holiday will soon be here, it’s all to look forward to 😊
SGL The shepherds hooks & solar lanterns sound nice for the garden, a bargain pair of shoes that was too good to miss. I bet eldest poppet had fun at school today, hard to believe 2nd poppet will be starting school,Â
Hazel That was a lovely donation for the charity shop, nice to have your haircut and get some time to spend in the garden too,
Biglad Hope your knee is improving, it has really put paid to all your outdoor fun & games. Nice to hear your BIL is helping with the garden, no idea with Orchids I’m afraid,Â
This little chap was enjoying the sun on his face, just looking out of the bee house…
Can't believe how dry the soil is in the back border after all the rain we've had recently. There are several large shrubs and 4 trees in that border so I guess they do a grand job of both sucking out the moisture and providing a very large rain shadow area😬 Too tired to water tonight - I'll do it tomorrow.
Managed to get my repeat prescription to cover my hols. Have to take enough in case I need to use maximum dosage while I'm away plus enough to cover the potential for 2 weeks quarantining if I test positive towards the end of our trip.Â
Our pharmacy is facing a myriad of problems at the moment. I order my meds online when I need them and they're usually available 2 - 3 days later. This time it was a week. Last time I went in the wait (just to pick a bag up from the desk) took nearly 3/4 of an hour. Today it was an hour. The queue was literally snaking up and round the corridors.
Mine is a simple prescription for one common drug and there were no problems. Everyone else seemed to have multiple items on their 'order' and nearly everybody had items which either couldn't be found or weren't available and they received IOU's from the pharmacist to come back when items were in stock.
It all seemed a real shambles. I know there are shortages of some medications due to manufacturing issues, but there seemed to be staff falling over each other and they just couldn't find lots of prescriptions which had already been bagged up ready for collection.Â
Is it like that where you work @debs64? or are you better organised?
I'm really not complaining or moaning (I'm very grateful for the excellent service I get from the NHS) but I am genuinely interested to know if every pharmacy is having these sorts of issues or if our pharmacy needs some reorganisation. It functioned perfectly well before and during the pandemic - the problems have only been this bad since they removed the Covid measures.
It's been quite a nice mild day. I've pruned the Choisya and cut off a load of clematis montana that was draped all over it, by next year it would have been smothered. I've cut down a load of geranium phaeum, done a bit of weeding and staked some plants. The brown bin was emptied this morning, it's nearly full again.
Then we went to a nearby community pub for a beer and have booked Sunday lunch there.