General Chat

I'll be interested to see how the celery grows Maureen, sounds as if you are going to busy planting tomorrow .
Lovely photo's of the children ,they are growing up so fast .

Fiona the shed fits in well between the garage and wall ,i was looking at the rhubarb too :-D what huge leaves !!

William , he's a funny little fellow :-D never got the photo of the church :-(

Mel ,i have two of those corner cupboards ,i have a heck of a job getting to the far corner ,hubby will get down on his knees and sort it for me .

What ever did you use the 6 lb loaf tins for ? then i realised i'd read it wrong ....six one pound loaf tins :-D :-D :-D :-D i thought what huge tins they were !!! :-D

That toy wouldn't look out of place on Dr. Who William lol

Thanks for the photos Fiona, the new shed really blends in well. That rhubarb is enormous it is nice to have something from your grandad's garden. I dug out a few plants from my mum's garden when she died and all my children wanted a rose of somesort so we all have something of hers growing in our gardens.

The dreaded song contest is on tonight. I might watch some of it but will definitely not be staying up for the voting, it's a joke, they all vote for their neighbouring countries, no wonder we never get anywhere, we haven't got any neighbours :-| Or I might just watch Les Miserables DVD I bought yesterday

Sent e-mails to

William, Frank, Mel, Mandy, Maureen,Shirl, Kim, Annx ,JANE :-D if I have forgot anyone or you have not got them let me know,

I keep my fingers etc crossed every time I send them hoping they get through,

THANKS :-D William glad you got them, there's a story about that rhubarb it's started off in my granddad's garden over 50 years ago here in Scotland, then some of the shoots went down to my mums house in England when I was a little girl, then some of it moved with me when I got married . I have moved 3 times and then brought some of it back up to Scotland with us & we have been at this house for 24 years, and every year we have lovely big leaves and tasty stalks , pleanty of crumbles and pies. :-D :-D

Fiona, I can only say your mother looked both charming and chic in the lovely hat.

Frank, nice bunch of emails to catch up with - my favourite was the photos of Carlos Bau, absolutely stunning, what a shame such talent lost his life in that untimely plane crash. The underwater ones are always brilliant, but with Bau there was such a variety of subjects and weather. Genius.

Not much to report today, sent one email out that will tell all. Yesterday we had a day in and at least the water is under control. How co-incidental that my water bill came today from Severn & Trent! At least it's £17.69 in credit.

Has anyone heard anything of how David is? I keep thinking about him.

I'm going to send out another email of one of the items I've got in my model museum because I can't recall if I sent it before. If I haven't I'm sure you'll all enjoy it.

C Y A L

Fiona have we had a pic of the new garage and most of your garden. Would love to see the difference moving the shed has made.

I am off up the tunnel in a min as I need to water and sow some more seed.

Mandy I keep trying to look ans see whats in my bottom cupboard by the sink. It is one of those that is in a corner and hell to reach right in. There must be loads of stuff I don't use in there like about 6 lb loaf tins which will never be used again! and I do love little bowls!! I have loads but I use those for bit and pieces of left overs.

Mandy we have a big garden so OH decided to build the shed on the patio where it has been for the last few months, it was not a big problem being there as we didn't need the space for table or chairs over the winter .
We have a big area behind the garage where when my girls were little they used to have their rabbit hutch and where we put our dustbins, so we decided to pave all this area and the shed just fits nicely in between the wall & the garage,

The patio and rest of the garden can now be swept and my planters and wishing well can go back and there is the space for the table & chairs when we have better weather.
Oh has a list of jobs to be done as you will remember me telling you all about the extension, well the garden was like a building site so gradually we will get slowly round it , OH has always wanted a green house, he ordered one and it is lying in another part of the garden waiting to be built. it is just a matter of time and we will have the garden back to the way we want it.

At least it's stayed dry this morning for my trip to the boot sale. I came home loaded down with plants, even got a celery plant. Bought a little dolly for Chloe for when they come over, what's the betting the boys will make a bee line for it. After wondering around the boot sale for 3 hours I don't feel much like getting all these plants in today, better see what the weathers doing tomorrow.

Sounds like you were loaded down with lots of goodies for the garden too Mel.

Lovely photos William. Lichfield looks like a really nice town to visit.

Afternoon everyone,Evening Kim,

Cloudy here today too but every now and then it brightens up as if the sun is trying to break through .
It's nice to know some ones having a little sun Mel !! makes a change as you say for you have it !!

Kim, nice to see you posting again ,that's a long course of antibiotics your on, i hope they help you to feel better .
It does seem strange to think you are now going into your winter and here we are waiting to see what sort of summer we'll have this year !! one or two hot days if we're lucky !!

Fiona, it sounds as if your OH picked a good day to move the shed , so whats going in the place where the shed stood now ,lawn or garden ?

Nothing exciting happening here ,hubby's working in the kitchen again doing bits , i really should start on the clearing the bottom cupboards out ,i wonder what treasures i will find in the back corners where its hard to reach !! :-S :-S :-D

BBL

By the way still brilliant sunshine here. Sorry most of you have rotton clouds and rain but it makes a change me having good. It is usually the other way around..

Hi Kim nice to see you posting. Hope everything goes well with the new course of treatment.

My pooter turns it'self off two. Oh tells me it is getting old!!! Tell me about it...................

Frank when you have done quite a bit of typing copy it and if you lose it you can just bung it back on again. dos'nt matter whether it is two lines or 10 if you do it occasionly you don't have to type it ALL again.

I have just posted for an hour, went to alter one letter, and lost the lot. I was telling to of last nights saga, of my mothers Co-op Dividend Number. and how it kept me awake till 5.00 am. Will go over the story again later.

Hello all, wow I got on here first go. Things must be improving. Just wanted to post quickly before my computer turns itself off which it has been doing for many weeks now. Some days no problems and other days it is a constant bother.

I hope everyone is well and happy and your weather is good. Thanks Frank for all your emails and photos. I have been having a lot of tests, ultrasounds, doctor's visits, etc. I am now on 6-12 months course of antibiotics as I have two nasty mycoplasmas going on.

We are still having days of 18-21 degrees and sun, but the chill has set in. Not looking forward to winter.

Nice to catch up with a few of you on FB. 8.31 pm AEST

Morning Mel, Jane & All, Evening Kim

Weather back to normal raining, with having such a lovely day yesterday OH decided to pack work in a little earlier and move the garden shed himself, SIL has a friend coming today so he would not be able to help OH and daughter no 2 boyfriend had plans,
so OH started himself and when our next door neighbour saw what we were doing he came round and helped, Great :-D :-D
My job was to keep the kettle going and the tea flowing, didn't take long and the garden looks much bigger with the shed out of the way.

OH back from Cycling better go and put kettle on, BBL

Morning Mel and All/Evening Kim
Lucky you Mel having sun.It's all cloud here :-S.I am having bother sending photos so will have another go once Janice has gone later this afternoon.
We are just on the way to do a bit of Supermarket shopping to get some bits for Lunch .Janice's OH will be here about midday and I think Fitz will be joining us again.

BBL

Morning All and Evening Kim,

Another lovely morning here in deepest Devon. Wall to wall sunshine ad blue sky at the moment.

Frank thanks for the emails.

Does Ann come home today??

Night All.

You will be pleased with your kitchen when Colin has finished Mandy.

Roast lamb mini joint tonight and it's smelling good. Roast pots swede and broccoli

Evening everyone,

Dull old day here today ,no sun and the rain is now coming down quite hard on the front window :-S

Glad you enjoyed your time away Jane, looking forward to seeing the photo's,your poor feet and legs ,hard going walking on cobbles all the time !!

Fiona, that's a lovely photo of your mum , you are so like her :-) i think its round the mouth and chin that you look the same :-)

Done some shopping today and hubby has been working on the kitchen most of the day ,the skirting has gone on so it's beginning to take shape .

Forgot to post that again.Oh also bought a water hawthorn for my pond.

I put all the toms in and the two cues.