General Chat

Good morning all, 17 degrees, dry but cloudy here. Nothing planned for today. Need to be here for when Amazon deliver my new slow cooker.
Ankle still painful as is thumb. I mean to try Turmeric pills as I have a friend who takes them and has been pain free in her painful ankle since taking them. But I want to check first if that is OK with my pills that I take

Congratulations Vera, how lovely. Made up for the frustrations over your meds. :-)

I have just seen that a light aircraft made an emergency landing three hours ago on a central reservation of a dual carriageway very close to here. Worrying when the planes are overhead most of the day. Luckily the pilot was fine and no cars were involved.

Oh Vera thats lovely news congratulations .

We've just come in from the garden it was lovely sitting out ,so nice after the heat of the day .
We started out this morning just going to cut the front grass but I started to trim back a shrub and then decided to take a shrub next to the one I had trimmed back right out so we filled about five tubs and then took them all to the tip so we had a busy morning .
Anng I hope your ankle soon feels better would it help to put a bit of strapping on to give it a little support .

Mel you've been busy with the ponds ,how many fish have you got they must be getting very big now.

O Vera thats lovely congratulations.

Done no craft today but I have done both pond filters and just had the scimmer on for a while to clear the top of the big pond. My pond has the scimmer and filter all in one.

I also did some weeding on the stones by the big pond and at the bottom of the step[s down from the patio and had a sweep up. Then I got tired and thirsty so came in and had a cuppa.

Quick post. Just heard our new great granddaughter has arrived. Don’t know weight yet but have seen the first picture and she looks a good size :-D :-D

Hope your ankle is less painful after a bit of a rest AnnG. You’ve probably overdone the walking lately. You are right about not being able to do as much as we used to. I keep planning lots of jobs for the day and then get exhausted just doing half of them.

I’ve had a frustrating day today. We went into town early for me to pick up my meds and the pharmacy assistant said they hadn’t had my repeat prescription back from the surgery yet. This afternoon I rang the surgery and they said I got my last one 14th July (that was correct) and they sent the next one to the pharmacy on 26th July. So I had to ring the pharmacy again and they found they hadn’t even downloaded it from their computer. So I’ve got to go into town tomorrow again to pick the meds up. I made it clear I wasn’t best pleased and that I would expect next month’s to be ready on time. When people on the thread were complaining about not getting their meds I used to brag that our pharmacy was great but not any more. They have gone right downhill.

I did a bit of shopping in Waitrose and then met friends for coffee as we do most Thursdays. There can be any number there from 3 to a dozen. Today 6 of us turned up.

I want to do a dessert for Sunday as well and I had got a sponge flan so I tried out a dessert that I used to make when my kids were small. I made it OK and thought we’d have this over 2 days and I would make a bigger one on Saturday to take with me, but now I’ve got cold feet about it. I suddenly realised it used raw eggs. When I last made it over 40 years ago that was acceptable but it’s not so much now so I don’t want to risk it. I’ll probably take a shop bought gateau.

I bought some nice thick cut ham in Waitrose and we’ll have it with salad so no cooking tonight.

Lovely weather today - almost too hot but I’m not complaining after all the rain we’ve had. Should be good tomorrow as well. Hope you’re all enjoying the sun too.

23 degrees here and sunny. I had intended mowing the lawn today as it is dry, got as far as walking down the garden and realised my ankle was too painful to walk on. It was a bit painful last weekend but usually it goes after a couple of days. I think I have walked on it too much the past couple of days so I have stopped and am trying to rest it now. so feeling my age now and realising I can't dash around as much as I used to a few years back.

I forgot to look it up but glad you found the name of it. Pour some boiling water over where it grew to kill off and bits of root that may have been left in.

Brother in law turned up about half an hour ago and is now mowing up what he mowed yesterday but did.nt pick up as it was so long.

MEL ~~~~~~~~
That plant which I sent you a photo of a little while back is ENCHANTERS NIGHTSHADE.
A gate crasher and invasive so I'm calling it a weed - or was, I've pulled most of it up.

~~~~~~~~ All :-D

Morning all,

Nice sunny day forecast so we'll be out in the garden, front grass needs a cut and I'm sure there's weeds need pulling up ,washings on the line and I do need to have a hoover round and do some ironing .

Vera glad the quiches were OK I'm sure they'll go down a treat as not everyone can eat pastry .

Anng it must have been nice on the canal just floating along and seeing the things you can't see on foot .

Mel hope your PC is OK wonder what the buzzing was .

good morning all.

already 19 degrees here and sunny. Not sure what I am doing today. I already have a load in the washing machine but had better get dressed now. I was awake and up early.

Morning all,

It looks to be a promissing day and pc says high polen partly sunny and 16 degrees.

I am hoping for a quiet day today with no callers as I hav'nt touched my craft at all this week.

Pc is making a strange buzzing sound when I turn it on in the morning so I hope its not on the way out. O its now stopped so thats good.

Well, when I left home for the bus it was quite dull and chilly but the fog had lifted. I wore my light wet weather jacket. We met up by the museum after three of us had had coffee in my favourite Italian cafe there, two of the other three had coffees in the museum. the canal boat trip was exactly an hour and was very interesting as it actually goes down the part of the canal that we (Tony and I or me on my own with daughter etc) have never walked. It was interesting to see the many canal side flats and houses that have been built. The boat is not that big, It was one of the little boats at Dunkirk then it became a ferry boat in Devon at several different places before coming to Gloucester in the 90s. It was very full, it being school holidays and there were a lot of children of varying ages who were all very good, quite quiet, listening to the commentary and not running around. Except for one little girls, about 6 or maybe 7 who was up and down the stairs either end with, I think it was grandma in tow. talk about hyperactive. But it did occur to me that My Great granddaughter would have been exactly the same if she was allowed. (Which if with us (daughter or me) she would not be.)

Yes Island some mist would be atmospheric but unfortunately here it is either all (thick) or nothing.

Vera good that the quiches worked for you. Problem solved.

Mel good to get the pond done and the grass cut in the same day, so that is out of the way.

Mandy didn't get wet today but had to tie my wet weather coat round my waist as the sun came out when we were on the boat and it is still out and it is 22 degrees here.

Pond man left here about 2.15pm and I am all sorted with a new pump and he got the pump on the scimmer working so I don't have to buy a new pump for that as I don't have it on much only now and then and never over night.

He had just started when my BIL arrived to mow the grass. He did it without the grass box on as it was a bit long first with the old mower that cuts longer grass but that stopped working so he did it with the newer mower without the box on. He left about 3.20pm after I had fed him as he had forgotten to bring his eye drops with him.

So here I am now in the peace and quiet.

Glad the quiches turned out ok and I would'nt mind having a go at those.

Its sunny and warm here now as it brightened up not long after the pond man came. He has a lovely little springer called Freya and she lies in her cage in his van and dos'nt make a sound. He ws going to give a run in the forest when he left. I gave her two rich tea biscuits while she was waiting for Nick.

The little quiches weren't bad at all so the rest of this morning's batch is now in the freezer and I'll make another batch to go with them for Sunday.

No need to feel bad Mandy. I found a recipe that said the little quiches would freeze well so I've had an experiment this morning. I used non-stick muffin tins, coated them with a smear of oil and then let the quiches cool right down in the tins and they turned out beautifully. I made a dozen with chopped up ham, cheese and some mixed herbs. We'll try a couple with our lunch and if they are OK I'll put the rest in the freezer and make some more another day. My only problem was the recipe came from NZ and the cheese and ham were measured in cups. I had no idea if they were the same as UK cups, US cups or something different so the quantities were guesswork. I wish all recipes could be done in grams.

I hope you didn't have to greet the pond man in your undies Mel ;-)

With luck the fog has cleared for you AnnG and you can enjoy your canal trip.

When I got up at 7.30 it was quite chilly and it felt like autumn had arrived but it warmed up after a while and now it's sunny and a comfortable 19 degrees. I did my 20 minutes in the garden but OH's back is iffy this morning so he won't be doing anything today.

I need to go into town to pick up my meds but I don't feel like it much this afternoon and am wondering if I can find time to fit it in tomorrow. I've still got quite a lot of stuff to go to one of the charity shops as well. I put stuff in the spare bedroom so it's not in our way and then it's out of sight, out of mind, but I do need to get it cleared before I start sorting out more cupboards. Somehow there's always another job to do isn't there? I guess the job for now is to go and sort some lunch and have a taste of our quiches. I'll let you know what they're like.

Pond mans here. I'm not dressed!!!

Morning all,

Just up and read your posts. Its 16 degrees and pc says mostly sunny but temp to drop tomorrow. Its saying some funny things lately but there again the weathers been strange for this time of the year.

Must get a drink I am gasping. Yes it was a lovely surprise to hear from our Frank.

Anng enjoiy youyr trip up the canal today hope the weather holds for you.

Morning
Lovely and sunny here :-D
Ann, a patch of fog on the cut is atmospheric :-D Enjoy

Morning all,
Nice sunny morning and it should be dry and a bit warmer today .

Lovely to see you popping in Frank ,nice to hear your all doing OK pop in again soon we miss your posts .

Anng enjoy your trip out on the canal today hope it stays dry and the fog clears ,you had a soggy walk out yesterday .

Vera I haven't made the bun tins quiches but I did make a bigger one in a pyrex dish and when it was cold it cut up lovely and was tasty, I just softened some onion,peppers and mushrooms first then added cheese to the egg mixture ,you could make a big one and slice ,I'll feel bad now if they don't turn out of the bun tin ok after suggesting it

Mel I bet they were very happy with your plums ,have you many wasps with having the plums they usually love the plums ,we have only seen one wasp this year I suppose it's because of the weather .

Better get sorted I'm off shopping this morning .