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  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,042

    How do people know if someone has blocked them?

    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • LiriodendronLiriodendron Posts: 8,328

    Perhaps it's better not to know, Lizzie... it can be a little like the school playground, "who's speaking to me today??"  

    I prefer to act on the assumption that it's best to try to be on speaking terms with everyone, even if you disagree with them.  In our terrace of 8 houses, 3 families will talk to everyone (we're one of the 3).  The others have fallen out with one or other of the neighbours.  It's quite hard to remember who's not speaking to whom at the moment!

    Sorry.  How rude of me...  Morning all!  image

    Am feeling happy though damp.  Heavy shower en route to the doc this morning, hence the damp.  Happiness caused by the doc reassuring me that the pain in my calf is not a DVT (I've had a couple of thrombosises (thromboses??  Where's a pedant when you need one? image) in the past), but a calf strain.  

    Also happy because Mum was quite positive when we visited her yesterday.  Quite doolally, but happy with it... and ever so pleased to see us.  image

    Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,087

    Lazy start to the day today.  Have had a great deal on my mind and plate of late so not a lot of sleep but last night the alarm was firmly turned off, OH banned to snore in another room and Possum told to take a car to get to the station so no taxi.  Slept and dozed and read till midday.  Bliss.

    Back to the fray now with plenaty of jobs to do in house, garden and dance club and garden group and getting ready for trip to Chelsea and Hyde Hall and Beth Chatto's next week.

    Verdun - Have to agree with WW and Busy about spats.  Keep them to yourself and don't try and rally troops and maybe ask yourself what it is about your own posting behaviour that leads you to do this so often?   

    Hosta - hope you get sorted out and sleep well soon.

    Lesley - ouch.  Backs can be painful and debilitating and so frustrating.  Hope it's treatable.

    Enjoy your day everyone.

    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)."
    Plato
  • LesleyKLesleyK Posts: 4,029

    Good news Liri and glad that your Mum is happyimage.

    Thanks everyone for the hugs and sympathyimage.  Flowers I didn't know you were a sufferer.  A gentle hug back to youimage.  Lizzie I've no idea how long it will take but it's not quite as bad as it was at the end of Marchimage. I can sleep until I need to turn overimage.

    Hosta I hope that the hypnosis works for you.  It  certainly sounds worth a try.

    The sun is still out so I'll have a look to see if anything has grown since this morningimage

  • LesleyKLesleyK Posts: 4,029

    Thanks Obelixx, I hope so tooimage.

    Your trip to Chelsea, Hyde Hall and Beth Chatto's is making me green with envy.  Enjoy every minute and show us lots of photosimage.

  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,087

    Hi Lesley -  I shall be taking loads of photos and will share them as albums when I get back next weekend.   Beth Chatto's garden has been on my wish list for years and years so I'm really looking forward to that and I've followed Hyde Hall's metamorphosis since the RHS acquired it so that'll be a treat too.

    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)."
    Plato
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,143

    Just been to get our Amelanchier

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    Its gorgeous - multi stemmed and getting on for 7ft from soil level to top. We brought it home on the back seat of the car with niece holding on. I drve slowly to save the leaves blowing off. Nieces and convertibles come in handy:)


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • plant pauperplant pauper Posts: 6,904

    Three of my favourite things Dove, Nieces, convertables and Amelanchiers...in that order....today! image

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