Busy - what lovely news. Congrats to all concerned.
OH and I have retreated from the sun for a while to have lunch. I've been planting and he's been digging for my new rose and clems beds. It's quite noisy out there - lots of birdsong and crickets doing what they do. Frogs have gone quiet tho.
Clari - you need to teach your OH to iron his own shirts. Keep him out of trouble.
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)."
Just had an hour sitting out in the shade on the terrace ..... lovely to have a change of view and to see my plants ...... foxgloves all coming out, and roses and .............. well, everything!!!
OH is getting ready to pop back to the shop to make sure everything's ok for tomorrow, cash up and lock up so I've been put back on the sofa
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Congratulations to BL on your happy news! Lovely that they called her after you, too.
Great to see you again, Bushman. As you will have gathered from all the comments, you've been missed! Hope things go better from now on.
Wonky, good to have the "trainees" explained... ...and great that the job is giving you so much satisfaction. You sound a happy woman!
Your OH does indeed sound a treasure, Dove.
Thunder is rumbling round the hills but we've had only a few drops of rain so far. Selfishly, I'm hoping we miss today's downpours - the council has run out of money for street cleaning, and there are 5 drainage gratings on the hill between here and the town centre which are completely blocked with leaves and debris. The town will flood again if we get heavy rain, cos there's nowhere for it to go... I've emailed and rung the council but nothing has happened. The road sweeper has been up only once in 18 months, so it's not surprising that the debris has ended up blocking the road drains. We need the truth; if there's no money for basic maintenance, maybe we should set up residents' working parties to sweep the roads and clean the gratings on a voluntary basis...
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Yes, blue sky and sunshine again here Clari ... your washing can go out on our line again ...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Busy - what lovely news. Congrats to all concerned.
OH and I have retreated from the sun for a while to have lunch. I've been planting and he's been digging for my new rose and clems beds. It's quite noisy out there - lots of birdsong and crickets doing what they do. Frogs have gone quiet tho.
Clari - you need to teach your OH to iron his own shirts. Keep him out of trouble.
Congratulations Busy-Lizzie
Hosta - that thunderstorm rolled over us at about 2.30am - amazing, wasn't it? I don't think I've ever seen lightning like that.
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
Congrats to Busy on no. 11. Hope all are well
Obelixx, our window sills are only 11 cm wide (4.25"). Too narrow for pots. Always has been a problem.
Thanks for the encouragement though.
Just had an hour sitting out in the shade on the terrace ..... lovely to have a change of view and to see my plants ...... foxgloves all coming out, and roses and .............. well, everything!!!
OH is getting ready to pop back to the shop to make sure everything's ok for tomorrow, cash up and lock up so I've been put back on the sofa
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
He sounds so good, Dove. Lucky you.
I struck lucky second time around Pat
Mind you, by then I knew very clearly the sort that didn't suit me
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Afternoon all!
Congratulations to BL on your happy news! Lovely that they called her after you, too.
Great to see you again, Bushman. As you will have gathered from all the comments, you've been missed! Hope things go better from now on.
Wonky, good to have the "trainees" explained...
...and great that the job is giving you so much satisfaction. You sound a happy woman!
Your OH does indeed sound a treasure, Dove.
Thunder is rumbling round the hills but we've had only a few drops of rain so far. Selfishly, I'm hoping we miss today's downpours - the council has run out of money for street cleaning, and there are 5 drainage gratings on the hill between here and the town centre which are completely blocked with leaves and debris. The town will flood again if we get heavy rain, cos there's nowhere for it to go... I've emailed and rung the council but nothing has happened. The road sweeper has been up only once in 18 months, so it's not surprising that the debris has ended up blocking the road drains. We need the truth; if there's no money for basic maintenance, maybe we should set up residents' working parties to sweep the roads and clean the gratings on a voluntary basis...
Me too Dove, second time round is indeed lucky. I learned from my early mistakes.
too tired now. Night all.