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  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,099

    Bette Midler is ...well....divine image

    Won't mention it as such Matty, but....glad you're doing ok image

    Are you sure it's the dog that's eating the leftovers Verd? image

    Had to come in as it's raining a bit now but finally got the last bit of 'stuff' dug, including sawing some large tree roots out  ( why is the last bit always the worst? )  so I'll go and start shovelling gravel in a moment or three. Keeps me off the streets I suppose... image

    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • Dove, I've got those ads, been there for ghe last two days......the ads I mean.

    Saw Bette Midler on loose women the other day, brilliant.

    Best wishes to your mum Verdun.

    Hugs to Matty.

    Have a great evening RB

    Glad your fingers are ok DD.

    Fairy did you pinch my sofa last night image

    Hi yvie good to see you.

    fidget best wishes and hugs to you and your family. Have a lovely time at party.

    Sorry if i've missed anyone, hugs.

  • Just back from my mums after having to replace a TV aerial cable which was routed behind fitted wardrobes.. image  Mum now happy and can watch TV in bed again. image

    There was just enough light left to lift a really thuggish agapanthus and a mass of montbretia which had intermingled with it - a solid 3ftx3ftx1ft of tangled roots now chopped to bits and stuck in pile to hopefully get frosted and rot - and good riddance to both! 

    It took the last of my own compost to fill the hole plus two 70l bags of MPC but I planted 30 rather lovely red tulips at the bottom of the hole first and a layer of winter crocus before placing the final layer of compost on, so looking forward to those. image

    Same again needed tomorrow - I'll be slightly sad to see another agapanthus go but glad when those bloody montbretia are just a dim memory - they are nasty hoodlums in my garden.  The agapanthus are ones I grew from seeds from a Headborne hybrid in the front garden so no great loss.  I think I'll get some of the more delicate types... and keep them in pots! image

     

    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 23,986

    Been for a walk on Beachy Head with OH, sister, 2 brothers and their 3 Border Collies.

    Going to Madame Butterfly tonight in Brighton.

    Yesterday we went to see OH's auntie in her nursing home, bearing cardigans for Christmas presents as the home seemed to have lost hers. But 2 were back in her chest of drawers, didn't smell laundered so don't know what happened to them.

    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,099

    Hope you enjoy 'the Madame' BL. Do you sing along to 'one fine day'...or is that just me....image

    Bob - know the feeling when you get something dug out and replaced with a more suitable specimen. You'll enjoy that burst of colour when it appears image

    Progress made with my paths but the rain and light beat me. Will start to get the proper stuff down tomorrow now that all the prep is done.  Can I borrow your sofa again chicky? Think I may be dozing later  image

    Get the adblocker lily. No more **** image

    Glad I never had to experience what you're going through with your mum Verd. Big old hug from me. 

    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • chickychicky Posts: 10,409

    Glad your Mum is more settled now Verd - but tough for youimage.

    Sofa shopping part ii took place today - far more successfulimage.  Too wet for gardeningimage.

    welcome back Yvie - lovely to keep a surprise from firstborn - love surprisesimage - both giving and receivingimage

    Glad that path is nearly done Fairy - remember the gallery thread when you're done.

    sounds like you are having a lovely time Lizzie - my sister lives near Brighton, and we love those coastal walks too.

    settling down with a cuppa and some Chatto/lloyd lettersimageimageimage

    And so glad things feel a bit better now Matty - did you get in your garden today in the end??

  • Matty2Matty2 Posts: 4,817

    No didn't get outside. Silly really as a very nice day.

    have slowly worked through the washing monster, attempted to mend a sewiing machine someone gave my daughter - now know why they gave it away - think I made it worse - shhh don't tell her yet please.

    have persuaded OH to visit Cheltenham tomorrow, need to get some shopping done as won't be able to in a couple of weeks

    Verdun the dementia from a stroke is not as bad as some other forms - it's what my Mum had - and as she recovered from the stroke so things became easier - then she would have another TIA and back we would go again.  I was grateful though, still am, that there were times when we could converse, she understood on the whole and always recognised her close family.

     

  • Hello all

    Been mild out today was spitting a few times, went bulb planting got most of the tulips done only 3 left for a pot - had to cut and clear a few bits first one hebe needed cutting back and I ended up making them into cuttings in little plant pots 

    Got some alliums planted too, put wallflower on top of the areas where the bulbs were planted, I also planted out lots of wallflower in a border in the front garden and mulched with soil enricher

    So that is most of the bulbs planted still a lot of bulbs to plant at the station yet   

    Feels a bit like spring lots of bulbs starting to pop up even spotted a tulip tip 

    Was thinking you would be over here now Busy-Lizzie  are you staying in Brighton

    Hampshire Gardener
  • Lupin 1Lupin 1 Posts: 8,916

    Sorry that I haven't read back on posts, had a family gathering and now sorting curry out for meal ready to watch the dancing. 

    Best wishes to all image

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