Brrrrrrr! just been outside to fill bird feeders and bring the bins back in - it's flippin' chilly even if the sun is shining
I think hospital food is the same all over the world - it's impossible to provide a wide range of delicious meals on the scale and with the facilities and budget they have. I know that Russian friends take food in to friends who are in hospital - and English friends are doing the same in some cases, or they're ordering takeaways.
We expect so much more nowadays - back in the old days we were grateful for a piece of toast and a bowl of soup of doubtful origin
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
When I was in hospital in 2005 I always ordered the "small" portion ,and whenever it was delivered , I reminded them I'd ordered "small". "this is small" they kept saying. The food was delicious but just too much even for a lardy gutbucket like me.
Fingers crossed for you, Lyn. Good to have distractions over the weekend, as others have said...
Pat, your colchicums are lovely! I like the way bulbs just pop up when you're not expecting them - happens with my hardy cyclamen every autumn, because with advancing years I find it harder to remember what I planted where.
Got to get baking. We're away for the weekend singing in Kettlewell, weather permitting (we have snow forecast for tonight & much of tomorrow). We're all bringing food to share, and there was an enthusiastic response to my offer of treacle flapjack and a large chocolate tart. Oh dear - just thought. Whatever will I do with them if the weather's too bad to travel??
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
I'm glad you like the Colchicums, Lirio. I also get a lot of pleasure out of them just suddenly appearing. I really didn't expect them so soon, especially since we haven't had Autumn weather yet.
what are you singing? We've currently got a tv program that explains some of the more popular operas. I've been getting a lot of pleasure from them.
Which reminds me. My painting friend from Melbourne rang a couple of weeks ago to say she had discovered she has Breast cancer, has had surgery to remove the relevant bits and is about to commence radio therapy and chemo. I told her id ring in a couple of weeks to see how she was handling it, but I tried a couple of times yesterday but no answer, so I'm rather worried. The reason I was reminded is that she is the lead mandolinist in a Mandolin Orchestra in Melbourne and she has decided to pass her role to another. The music they play is all classical or opera and I have several CDs of theirs. I'll try again to get her tomorrow.
Sorry, said Lyn instead of LilyP in my last post. I knew who I meant, but my typing fingers thought otherwise
Pat, hope you make contact with your friend very soon, and that she's doing ok with the treatment. It's worrying when you don't know what's happening...
Re the singing; we don't do opera I'm afraid. We're a small group of women (about a dozen at the moment) singing, in Finnish, modern Finnish music. It sounds a bit "niche" but in fact most of it is folk based and very tuneful. Often sad though - the Finns seem to write poems about sitting by a lake and feeling lonely!
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
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LilyP it's really good that your son and family are coming to visit. It will keep you busy and give you moral support
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Thanks DD - I'll save some for you
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Brrrrrrr! just been outside to fill bird feeders and bring the bins back in - it's flippin' chilly even if the sun is shining
I think hospital food is the same all over the world - it's impossible to provide a wide range of delicious meals on the scale and with the facilities and budget they have. I know that Russian friends take food in to friends who are in hospital - and English friends are doing the same in some cases, or they're ordering takeaways.
We expect so much more nowadays - back in the old days we were grateful for a piece of toast and a bowl of soup of doubtful origin
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
When I was in hospital in 2005 I always ordered the "small" portion ,and whenever it was delivered , I reminded them I'd ordered "small". "this is small" they kept saying. The food was delicious but just too much even for a lardy gutbucket like me.
Think I might have just been lucky there.
Lyn, thanks for the info. I've done that now.
Bryan Adams gutted
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Morning all.
Fingers crossed for you, Lyn. Good to have distractions over the weekend, as others have said...
Pat, your colchicums are lovely! I like the way bulbs just pop up when you're not expecting them - happens with my hardy cyclamen every autumn, because with advancing years I find it harder to remember what I planted where.
Got to get baking. We're away for the weekend singing in Kettlewell, weather permitting (we have snow forecast for tonight & much of tomorrow). We're all bringing food to share, and there was an enthusiastic response to my offer of treacle flapjack and a large chocolate tart.
Oh dear - just thought. Whatever will I do with them if the weather's too bad to travel?? 
I'm glad you like the Colchicums, Lirio. I also get a lot of pleasure out of them just suddenly appearing. I really didn't expect them so soon, especially since we haven't had Autumn weather yet.
what are you singing? We've currently got a tv program that explains some of the more popular operas. I've been getting a lot of pleasure from them.
Which reminds me. My painting friend from Melbourne rang a couple of weeks ago to say she had discovered she has Breast cancer, has had surgery to remove the relevant bits and is about to commence radio therapy and chemo. I told her id ring in a couple of weeks to see how she was handling it, but I tried a couple of times yesterday but no answer, so I'm rather worried. The reason I was reminded is that she is the lead mandolinist in a Mandolin Orchestra in Melbourne and she has decided to pass her role to another. The music they play is all classical or opera and I have several CDs of theirs. I'll try again to get her tomorrow.
Sorry, said Lyn instead of LilyP in my last post. I knew who I meant, but my typing fingers thought otherwise
Pat, hope you make contact with your friend very soon, and that she's doing ok with the treatment. It's worrying when you don't know what's happening...
Re the singing; we don't do opera I'm afraid. We're a small group of women (about a dozen at the moment) singing, in Finnish, modern Finnish music. It sounds a bit "niche" but in fact most of it is folk based and very tuneful. Often sad though - the Finns seem to write poems about sitting by a lake and feeling lonely!
Not to worry Liri, I actually had to look back to previous posts because I couldn't remember what I was going to do over the weekend
The Finnish music sounds lovely.
Time for sleep, now though. (It's after 1 am). Catch you all Friday.