Afternoon all, Glad the spring break is nearly with you @Ante1 My girls finished teaching on Friday, they were both shattered, another challenging term for you teachers. Don't envy you @Biglad I'm a regular polling clerk but wouldn't enjoy trudging round delivering the cards. Not looking forward to all these photo ID's I have a feeling it's going to be chaos. Hope the headaches improve LB they can ruin your day. Glad you are enjoying your travels @Topbird not sure I'd have the energy for so many excursions Your diary sounds a lot like mine at the moment @Songbird-2 Now the memory has failed me, I know someone is suffering from lack of sleep but I can't remember who. Lack of sleep is horrible as it makes the next day so hard. Sometimes when I have a run of bad nights I take a Nightol or a sneaky dose of night nurse as it always makes me sleep. I've been out in the garden this morning clipping pittosporum and box. I've also cut and edged the front lawns. The green bin is nice and full now ready for collection on Tuesday. Enjoy the rest of the weekend folks.
🤞 your car can be repaired and its not too expensive and covered by insurance LB. Cactus are very pretty.
@Yviestevie it might have been me having bad night's sleep, but I know I'm not the only one. Unfortunately I can't take anything to help me sleep as OH isn't well and might need care during the night.
Ive had quite a productive day in the garden this morning, getting the two lawns cut (they’re not very big, fortunately) and the protective fleece off the container plants that needed it. I’m not sure everything has survived though - the fuschias and some daisy type flowers don’t look too good at all, but there’s time yet, I suppose, especially the fuschias.
The grass wasn’t as wet as I’d feared, despite all the rain, but my goodness, it had grown.
Feet up now for a while. It’s supposed to be nice again tomorrow so I’m hoping to get back out and prune off some of the dead branches on plants that I left deliberately as protection for over the winter.
@star gaze lily, we've tried the air fryer for heating up some sausage rolls after initial try and then ansmall piece of frozen chicken in it but I kept having to increase the time as it wasn't done in the middle. Bit of a faff on really. Yes, it does take up quite a chunk of the kitchen too in one corner and son tells me this is a small one.
23 isn't well at the moment. There is a sickness bug going round the school and he keeps being sick, feeling tired, not eating much. He was sick again last night. He's had it for over a week now.😢
Just come in from a 3 to 4 hours session outside - trimming back, clearing leaves, feeding, mulching etc etc. Very pleasant out there now and lots of ladybirds and bumble bees around.
I am slightly concerned by some of the large bare patches in the garden. After several years of splitting and planting I'd developed a lovely large patch of wild primroses under some big spring flowering shrubs. I think about two thirds of them have gone - just didn't survive last year's drought. Also a couple of hardy geraniums look dead (usually pretty bullet proof), astrantia have yet to put in an appearance (fingers crossed they do eventually) and the hostas in one bed don't look so great either. I've even lost some alcoholic mollies which I'm sure must be down to the drought.
Think I'll be doing some dividing and planting of things which have continued to thrive despite the conditions.
SGL - we don't have an air fryer but MIL does and she swears by it. Uses it 4 or 5 days every week. Hers takes up about the same worktop space as a stand mixer.
Heaven is ... sitting in the garden with a G&T and a cat while watching the sun go down
@Yviestevie I think several of us are suffering from lack of sleep. I was in the guest room again last night as OH was snoring and waking up. Less than a week to go when he'll be able to sleep on his side again. Rubee's OH has painful legs, star gaze lily has been sleeping badly and I imagine that LB isn't sleeping well after that person drove into her car.
We walked to the village pub before lunch, 300 - 400 metres away. Longest walk OH has done so far. Some people we knew were there and we had a cider.
I had thought of gardening, it's lovely and sunny, but it's also bitterly cold and I'm tired so I've changed my mind. Just talking to NDN's granddaughter and her OH without my coat on made me start shivering. They came to do some cleaning.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Thank you @Songbird-2 and @Topbird I was wondering about an airfryer after seeing it being demonstrated on a TV programme the other week. Mainly because quite often OH and I are eating different meals now. But I have a feeling it might end up another gadget in the back of the cupboard 🤭 It's turned out to be a beautiful sunny day although still chilly. Didn't stop an icecream van coming down into our close just now though 🍦🍦😂 I wandered round the garden earlier and noticed a few gaps where some plants should be poking through now....hoping they may appear but I've an idea I could have lost some through the very wet winter.
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Glad the spring break is nearly with you @Ante1 My girls finished teaching on Friday, they were both shattered, another challenging term for you teachers.
Don't envy you @Biglad I'm a regular polling clerk but wouldn't enjoy trudging round delivering the cards. Not looking forward to all these photo ID's I have a feeling it's going to be chaos.
Hope the headaches improve LB they can ruin your day.
Glad you are enjoying your travels @Topbird not sure I'd have the energy for so many excursions
Your diary sounds a lot like mine at the moment @Songbird-2
Now the memory has failed me, I know someone is suffering from lack of sleep but I can't remember who. Lack of sleep is horrible as it makes the next day so hard. Sometimes when I have a run of bad nights I take a Nightol or a sneaky dose of night nurse as it always makes me sleep.
I've been out in the garden this morning clipping pittosporum and box. I've also cut and edged the front lawns. The green bin is nice and full now ready for collection on Tuesday.
Enjoy the rest of the weekend folks.
Ive had quite a productive day in the garden this morning, getting the two lawns cut (they’re not very big, fortunately) and the protective fleece off the container plants that needed it. I’m not sure everything has survived though - the fuschias and some daisy type flowers don’t look too good at all, but there’s time yet, I suppose, especially the fuschias.
The grass wasn’t as wet as I’d feared, despite all the rain, but my goodness, it had grown.
Feet up now for a while. It’s supposed to be nice again tomorrow so I’m hoping to get back out and prune off some of the dead branches on plants that I left deliberately as protection for over the winter.
23 isn't well at the moment. There is a sickness bug going round the school and he keeps being sick, feeling tired, not eating much. He was sick again last night. He's had it for over a week now.😢
I am slightly concerned by some of the large bare patches in the garden. After several years of splitting and planting I'd developed a lovely large patch of wild primroses under some big spring flowering shrubs. I think about two thirds of them have gone - just didn't survive last year's drought. Also a couple of hardy geraniums look dead (usually pretty bullet proof), astrantia have yet to put in an appearance (fingers crossed they do eventually) and the hostas in one bed don't look so great either. I've even lost some alcoholic mollies which I'm sure must be down to the drought.
Think I'll be doing some dividing and planting of things which have continued to thrive despite the conditions.
SGL - we don't have an air fryer but MIL does and she swears by it. Uses it 4 or 5 days every week. Hers takes up about the same worktop space as a stand mixer.
@Yviestevie I think several of us are suffering from lack of sleep. I was in the guest room again last night as OH was snoring and waking up. Less than a week to go when he'll be able to sleep on his side again. Rubee's OH has painful legs, star gaze lily has been sleeping badly and I imagine that LB isn't sleeping well after that person drove into her car.
We walked to the village pub before lunch, 300 - 400 metres away. Longest walk OH has done so far. Some people we knew were there and we had a cider.
I had thought of gardening, it's lovely and sunny, but it's also bitterly cold and I'm tired so I've changed my mind. Just talking to NDN's granddaughter and her OH without my coat on made me start shivering. They came to do some cleaning.
It's turned out to be a beautiful sunny day although still chilly. Didn't stop an icecream van coming down into our close just now though 🍦🍦😂
I wandered round the garden earlier and noticed a few gaps where some plants should be poking through now....hoping they may appear but I've an idea I could have lost some through the very wet winter.