It is a lovely little treasure. A relative of Rozanne, but with a more compact habit and a longer flowering season. Torture to propagate though. Takes months for a cutting to root and best part of a yr to throw out a new leaf, in my experience.
My RTBC is, today I had my first ever Christmas hug from a total stranger in Aldi! As I was leaving I noticed an elderly lady leaning on a trolley struggling to breathe. I stopped and commented I knew exactly how she was feeling. We had a chat, exchanged health problems and then she dug in her purse and gave me a slip of paper with a short poem written on it which I assume she will want used at her funeral As I made to leave she asked me for a hug which I willingly gave. It was such a lovely warm, heartfelt hug, I hope she enjoyed my hug in return as much as I enjoyed hers. I positively danced back to the car.
The time has come to say goodbye. Ours not to reason why. I've done my best and now to rest. To sleep in peace in Heaven, blessed. Think of me from time to time And I will be One step behind.
MY RTBT today is that OH's nephew arrived this morning with the stone birdbath bowl he has so kindly mended for me. It had fallen off its plinth (or been pushed) and the bowl had broken in half. He had to drill small holes in each side, insert and glue short metal pieces and wait for those to set. Then he filled in other chipped bits and finally covered the bowl with a layer of concrete to prevent any water/frost from seeping into the stone. It sounds like it wasn't an easy repair job!
Hopefully the birds will come back to use it soon.
I wish that people in supermarkets, not just the staff would realise that they might be the only person that a lonely person communicates with in a week. To be honest, if it wasn't for this forum ,I'd barely speak to anyone myself.
I wish that people in supermarkets, not just the staff would realise that they might be the only person that a lonely person communicates with in a week. To be honest, if it wasn't for this forum ,I'd barely speak to anyone myself.
Another reason for not using self-checkouts for many older people.
@B3 the SM I use most weeks has checkouts with priority for people who enjoy a natter, checkouts reserved for pregnant women and those with reduced mobility so they can get thru faster and they also have one lunchtime a week where the light levels are reduced and the sound system and announcements are turned off so that people with special conditions such as Aspergers or autism and so on can shop in peace.
I think it's brilliant. Just wish they'd still stock Heinz beans and golden syrup but they disappeared after Brexit.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
If they take many more beans out of the tin, they might as well call it soup. There's about 40 checkouts in the local Sainsbury's. There's usually only about 4 manned. There's a load of self service jobs with one staff member run ragged trying to keep them all running smoothly.
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As I was leaving I noticed an elderly lady leaning on a trolley struggling to breathe.
I stopped and commented I knew exactly how she was feeling. We had a chat, exchanged health problems and then she dug in her purse and gave me a slip of paper with a short poem written on it which I assume she will want used at her funeral As I made to leave she asked me for a hug which I willingly gave.
It was such a lovely warm, heartfelt hug, I hope she enjoyed my hug in return as much as I enjoyed hers.
I positively danced back to the car.
The time has come to say goodbye.
Ours not to reason why.
I've done my best and now to rest.
To sleep in peace in Heaven, blessed.
Think of me from time to time
And I will be
One step behind.
MY RTBT today is that OH's nephew arrived this morning with the stone birdbath bowl he has so kindly mended for me. It had fallen off its plinth (or been pushed) and the bowl had broken in half. He had to drill small holes in each side, insert and glue short metal pieces and wait for those to set. Then he filled in other chipped bits and finally covered the bowl with a layer of concrete to prevent any water/frost from seeping into the stone. It sounds like it wasn't an easy repair job!
Hopefully the birds will come back to use it soon.
To be honest, if it wasn't for this forum ,I'd barely speak to anyone myself.
Another reason for not using self-checkouts for many older people.
I think it's brilliant. Just wish they'd still stock Heinz beans and golden syrup but they disappeared after Brexit.
There's about 40 checkouts in the local Sainsbury's. There's usually only about 4 manned. There's a load of self service jobs with one staff member run ragged trying to keep them all running smoothly.