5C on the north wall this morning and sun trying to peak through mixed clouds. I have a rare coffee morning to go to, hosted at one of my favourite gardens (garden group friends) so have made a coconut carrot cake to take. Now I just need to pot up a few pulmonarias to take along for another friend starting a new bed after losing some infected ash trees.
This pm will be more decorating. Almost ready to start painting. Just a bit more filling to do and all the masking tape but all surfaces now clean and scrubbed and plaster dust almost under control.
Hosta - hope the theatre trip goes well. DD have a good flight home. Dove - our heating is on all the time but each radiator has a thermostat so only the bathroom ones are actually warm.
I hope everyone who needed it has had a good night's sleep and that everyone has a cracking day.
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)."
Still overcast and damp here ... I've got a few jobs to do then will go and sit with Ma for an hour or so. If I time it for lunch time it means the staff can concentrate on helping the rest of the residents with their lunches.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Another decent sleep, broken,very broken, but decent amount . The swelling has gone down a lot and the pain is now a dull ache, except if I move badly.
I hope Lyn got some too.
Dove,hope you have a nice visit with Ma.
Hubby off for the day. He's taking car in for service, Cleaner coming at 10.30 so I should be well looked after today.
Hope you had a decent journey home DD. Lovely to meet you. You must come again when I'm more mobile and the garden looks better.
Nice to have a good holiday to look forward to Hosta.
Did a bit of gardening this morning (mainly digging out celandines which are a real problem here) and think I have probably managed to kill a Buddleia Davidii. I thought they were virtually indestructible. Has been in place & done well for nearly 5 years but, since being planted, has gone from being in an open sunny spot to being shaded by other trees and shrubs and a fence. The soil is very heavy and sticky there at the moment so maybe it just got too wet. It can have another week or two just in case but my other buddleias are romping away....
Got rained off at lunchtime and lots of thunder and lightning for last couple of hours - it's like being in a Hammer House of Horror movie at the moment
Heaven is ... sitting in the garden with a G&T and a cat while watching the sun go down
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5C on the north wall this morning and sun trying to peak through mixed clouds. I have a rare coffee morning to go to, hosted at one of my favourite gardens (garden group friends) so have made a coconut carrot cake to take. Now I just need to pot up a few pulmonarias to take along for another friend starting a new bed after losing some infected ash trees.
This pm will be more decorating. Almost ready to start painting. Just a bit more filling to do and all the masking tape but all surfaces now clean and scrubbed and plaster dust almost under control.
Hosta - hope the theatre trip goes well. DD have a good flight home. Dove - our heating is on all the time but each radiator has a thermostat so only the bathroom ones are actually warm.
I hope everyone who needed it has had a good night's sleep and that everyone has a cracking day.
Good morning all
Painting conservatory today
Going to village pub tonight with a couple of friends to put the worlds to right
Hope alls well with everybody
Morning all.
Managed a few hours sleep in the end
Lovely sunny morning agsin, hope it lasts through the day. Forecast for this afternoon isn't too good.
Off to see poppet later this morning, so best get a move on.
Lyn, hope you got a few hours sleep.
Have a nice day everyone, safe trip home DD.
TTFN x
Morning all.
Not so sunny today but at least it's dry. About to go for a walk, gardening later...
Verdun, your morning walk sounds idyllic! Those scents are so evocative.
So glad your dad (and you?) got some sleep at last, Lyn. xx
Have a lovely time with Poppet, SGL!
Best wishes to your plants (and you!), DD - hope your journey is uneventful.
See you later - have a lovely day everyone
Still overcast and damp here ... I've got a few jobs to do then will go and sit with Ma for an hour or so. If I time it for lunch time it means the staff can concentrate on helping the rest of the residents with their lunches.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Morning all.
Another decent sleep, broken,very broken, but decent amount . The swelling has gone down a lot and the pain is now a dull ache, except if I move badly.
I hope Lyn got some too.
Dove,hope you have a nice visit with Ma.
Hubby off for the day. He's taking car in for service, Cleaner coming at 10.30 so I should be well looked after today.
Hope you had a decent journey home DD. Lovely to meet you. You must come again when I'm more mobile and the garden looks better.
holiday to Sharm cancelled. Off to Cape Verde . Hurrah. Glad not to be giving On the Beach a single penny after the last cock up.
Nice to have a good holiday to look forward to Hosta.
Did a bit of gardening this morning (mainly digging out celandines which are a real problem here) and think I have probably managed to kill a Buddleia Davidii. I thought they were virtually indestructible. Has been in place & done well for nearly 5 years but, since being planted, has gone from being in an open sunny spot to being shaded by other trees and shrubs and a fence. The soil is very heavy and sticky there at the moment so maybe it just got too wet. It can have another week or two just in case but my other buddleias are romping away....
Got rained off at lunchtime and lots of thunder and lightning for last couple of hours - it's like being in a Hammer House of Horror movie at the moment
Just popped by to say Hello
Hosta pleased your op' has gone well.
DD & Lizzie safe journey home.
Lyn & Dove still sending hugs to you both.
GWRS good luck with painting
Lily hope you sleep better tonight.
Done SM run for us & mum, sown more seeds other than that nothing much to report.