Sounds as if you might have an important Granny job, BL, helping GD 2 to adjust to the new baby. They all get there in the end!
Snazzy boot, Dove. Hope the swelling soon subsides so you can get around more comfortably.
Good news about the eye, LilyP!
I fear the aroma I think is attached to me, may not be an illusion... I was in the park this morning, accepting delivery of 2 cubic metres of manure. It was described as "well-rotted", but it's steaming and whiffy. Tomorrow we have a work group in the morning to excavate a trench in poor, stony soil in preparation for planting some shrub roses. Might have to leave the manure to mature a bit before we plant, though...
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
Nice boot Dove! - bet you're glad the heatwave was last week and not this one! Though possibly easier to manage than a plaster cast in terms of baths and showers? Hope they'll be able to suggest a course of action for your knee eventually - you don't need to be doing this again in a hurry!
You'll have to treat your OH to something special when you're better - he's been a star
I've just cut 2 small hedges. I didn't know I was going to do that an hour ago. But you all know how it is - go out to get the washing in and think - "I'll just pull that little weed and I'll just..." and before you know it - the hedge is trimmed. All trimmings piled on lawn ready for grass cutting tomorrow to chop them up and clear them up.
I did get the washing in - now thinking I could be a domestic goddess and iron it before it gets all creased in the basket. Need to find something to watch on TV while I do it though.
Have a good evening everyone - hope there are no more little 'accidents' BL!
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Heaven is ... sitting in the garden with a G&T and a cat while watching the sun go down
I've no idea where the time goes either Tbird - and to think when I worked in computing many moons ago we had to fill in time sheets for every hour of every working day to account for our time for clients and bosses for charging and performance purposes.....
We went and bought some more compost, as planned, and a tray of 6 pale blue salvias and a packet of sweetcorn seeds dived in to the trolley along with some of those degradable pots instead of seed trays. No dill anywhere so I've sown some herb fennel and will do my gravadlax with that instead. Have also sown garlic chives, ruby chard, spring greens, cavolo nero, flower sprouts and some agapanthus campanula seeds - all now lurking in the cold frame OH has finally put together for me. Amongst other things it will protect them from Minstrel who likes to check my trays are suitably full of compost!
OH is off walking the dogs while I apply some product to the furniture to get in the bits I can't reach with the sander. Then it'll be out with the wire wool followed by a good clean and soem wood filler and then painting or lime waxing as I see fit.
Stripped Possum's bed earlier on with Cosmos helping and found him all nested up in the duvet cover when I went to bung it in the washing machine. Silly boy.
If it's any consolation Dove, one of those boots cost me 250€ - refundable - when I had my bovver but once the swelling goes down you can welly round at quite a rate and no sticks or zimmer. Well, I did anyway. No good for dance classes unfortunately but I could do a mean heel turn on it.
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It's a bit of a consolation Obelixx - plus it's probably the most expensive boot I've ever had (and I haven't even got a pair ) ... but I don't think I'd better be doing heel turns at the moment, it's changing direction quickly that seems to make my knee collapse.
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Tired, wet and filthy, just how I like to be, after a day in the garden.
Ignored the showers and got all the Cannas and some Dahlias in the ground.
Sorry to hear your news Dove, I am sure you will be able to turn OH into an able gardener.
Off for a soak, listen to a few tunes and then cook the dinner.
No rest for the wicked.
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Sounds as if you might have an important Granny job, BL, helping GD 2 to adjust to the new baby. They all get there in the end!
Snazzy boot, Dove. Hope the swelling soon subsides so you can get around more comfortably.
Good news about the eye, LilyP!
I fear the aroma I think is attached to me, may not be an illusion... I was in the park this morning, accepting delivery of 2 cubic metres of manure. It was described as "well-rotted", but it's steaming and whiffy. Tomorrow we have a work group in the morning to excavate a trench in poor, stony soil in preparation for planting some shrub roses. Might have to leave the manure to mature a bit before we plant, though...
Nice boot Dove! - bet you're glad the heatwave was last week and not this one! Though possibly easier to manage than a plaster cast in terms of baths and showers? Hope they'll be able to suggest a course of action for your knee eventually - you don't need to be doing this again in a hurry!
You'll have to treat your OH to something special when you're better - he's been a star
I've just cut 2 small hedges. I didn't know I was going to do that an hour ago
. But you all know how it is - go out to get the washing in and think - "I'll just pull that little weed and I'll just..." and before you know it - the hedge is trimmed.
All trimmings piled on lawn ready for grass cutting tomorrow to chop them up and clear them up.
I did get the washing in - now thinking I could be a domestic goddess and iron it before it gets all creased in the basket. Need to find something to watch on TV while I do it though.
Have a good evening everyone - hope there are no more little 'accidents' BL!
Last edited: 30 May 2017 18:05:37
I've no idea where the time goes either Tbird - and to think when I worked in computing many moons ago we had to fill in time sheets for every hour of every working day to account for our time for clients and bosses for charging and performance purposes.....
We went and bought some more compost, as planned, and a tray of 6 pale blue salvias and a packet of sweetcorn seeds dived in to the trolley along with some of those degradable pots instead of seed trays. No dill anywhere so I've sown some herb fennel and will do my gravadlax with that instead. Have also sown garlic chives, ruby chard, spring greens, cavolo nero, flower sprouts and some agapanthus campanula seeds - all now lurking in the cold frame OH has finally put together for me. Amongst other things it will protect them from Minstrel who likes to check my trays are suitably full of compost!
OH is off walking the dogs while I apply some product to the furniture to get in the bits I can't reach with the sander. Then it'll be out with the wire wool followed by a good clean and soem wood filler and then painting or lime waxing as I see fit.
Stripped Possum's bed earlier on with Cosmos helping and found him all nested up in the duvet cover when I went to bung it in the washing machine. Silly boy.
If it's any consolation Dove, one of those boots cost me 250€ - refundable - when I had my bovver but once the swelling goes down you can welly round at quite a rate and no sticks or zimmer. Well, I did anyway. No good for dance classes unfortunately but I could do a mean heel turn on it.
It's a bit of a consolation Obelixx - plus it's probably the most expensive boot I've ever had (and I haven't even got a pair
) ... but I don't think I'd better be doing heel turns at the moment, it's changing direction quickly that seems to make my knee collapse.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Dovefromabove, speedy recovery
Cheers GWRS and EVERYONE for your kind wishes ((hugs))
Yay! Time for Springwatch
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Dove, plenty of tennis for you from the French Open
Ggggrrr.
Love Springwatch, but the presenters are driving me nuts.
When you don't even know who's in the team
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