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Right thats three of you who will get the seeds in your Christmas cards. xx I wonder if Vera wants some as she gives tom plants to the fetes they have etc.

Oh yes please Mel. :-D They sound really nice.

Oh yes please Mel we love tomatoes

Yes please to the tom seeds Mel.
I didn't get that email at all so thanks for posting it.

What a way for the school to waste heat by having the door open. Hope it stays shut in the future.

I have just collected 126 seeds from the huge tomato I grew this year. They are not dry yet but if any of you would like some I will send you some with your cards so let me know. I was given the first big tom from my neighbour and it was so delish I saved the seed and that what I grew this year and they came out just the same. I think she said they were ones she had saved. I did'nt get mine in till late but they still produce some very large toms.

I always take my phone well most times anyway.

The post where Gwyn said about the doors being open was in an email Anng and when I had it your email address was on it and Vera's too.

Here it is:-

To: Ann Knight; melanie cowlard; Vera Martin;
20/11/2024 12:09
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Morning everyone.
We had our first frost of the winter this morning, but the bright sunshine has melted that now.

Vera, I hope your hospital appointment goes well and the team are happy with your eyes.

Anng take care if you go out. I always think thicker new snow feels much safer underfoot than the thin light falls, which just bed down to make everything slippery.
I don't need to go out today, so will have a day doing this and that at home.
We'll have to delve in the freezer for something for our meal this evening. There is plenty of choice, but anticipating my annual blood test check coming soon, I try to think towards that cholesterol test and have so far managed to avoid taking medication, so will try to be good.
Yesterday's meal didn't meet those requirements, but it was a case of conjuring up a quick meal, so that I could go out to an evening meeting, but we also wanted to use the remaining part of a red cabbage. We ended up with shop-bought steak pie, red cabbage and carrots with some nice thickish gravy, - very warming on a cold day and soon prepared and cooked.

School again tomorrow.
I hope I'm in a warmer spot than yesterday. I couldn't understand why I was so cold at my table in the school hall and then I realised that the door on the other side of the hall, which I had my back to, had been left open. On going to close it, I saw that the door from that area to the outside was also open, so no wonder the cold air was rushing in.
I'll dress warmly and check before I sit down tomorrow.

Keep warm and safe everyone.

Gwyn

Well I thought I must have lost a post by Gwyn as Mandy remarked on doors being left open but I can't see anything from Gwyn anywhere. Probably me missing it somehow.
Pleased that you got the lock fixed ann and that you now know how to fix it yourself.

I am so cold here that I have put on another layer and also put the heating on very low.

Mel as Mandy says, don't forget to take your phone when out and about in your big garden.

Afternoon all,

We're both chilly round the neck now we've had a trim ,Suns shining but it's very chilly out after a very sharp frost ,no more snow so thats good .

Gwyn I hope you were a bit warmer in school today, fancy someone leaving both doors open just think of all the lost heat ,it reminded me of the time when the schools had to have windows open when covid was about it must have been cold .

Lovely snowy photos Mel thanks for sending them what lovely views you have of the snowy trees and the lawn ,I hope you take your phone with you when you go out to the chickens and birds ,if you slipped over it wouldn't be good .

Vera your little bedding begonias did well to last all this time ,I had a few of them this year as dil had a few over so gave them to me ,I don't usually have them I don't know why but they were so pretty I think I will definitely have some next year .

Ann thats good the door man showed you how to tighten the screw on the door barrel if it becomes loose again ,saves all the waiting about for him to come .
What a price for a car key good job you were covered and didn't have to pay .
We like those chicken tonight sauces ,the honey and mustard one ,nice and easy and we have it with lots of veg .

Keep warm everyone ,roll on the weekend it should get up to 15 degrees.

The view of the chicken shed is in the back field and taken out of the bedroom west window. That is part of the back field which leads to the little wood and then up the road to the village hall.

The suns come out and its melting.

I don't seem to have that on my screen Mel. Thank you for your snowy photos and I really like the effect on the Fir tree! The shrubs look so different with a coat of snow too. II can't quite get my bearings with the one with the chicken run and shed. Is that the lane you drive down on the left behind the barbed wire fence? I don't think I saw the chickens when we called to see you that time. OH said this morning he needs to find his scraper, I keep mine in the boot. An old credit card with the chip removed and cut up is handy in the car (out of sight) for scraping.

The door man has been and surprised me by being cheerful again and it only took him 5 minutes, as a screw was a bit too loose. He showed me where to tighten it if the barrel comes loose again. Hopefully no more visits needed now.

Just had a chicken pasta bake I forgot was in the fridge for lunch and OH had soup. I've decided to do the chicken in the slow cooker later maybe for tomorrow or to freeze, as I cooked salmon yesterday to have on cobs later.

Off to the post office and shop next as the frosty car windscreen has all melted in the bright sunshine we have now.

Just had an email about a parcel to be delivered today and it said sorry we missed you. Thats a load of rubbish as if someone had come here I would see tyre tracks down the road or footprints if anyone had been. Just theri excuse to say they can't come because of the snow.

Its at the top of the screen when you log into What kind of things and you get the thing come up with the name on the mauve G and underneath the name of the thread it has muted.

Iv'e just been round to the girls and got snow down my neck from the netting over the run as I bent down to put their food in the trough.

Fed the wild birds too there s loads of them out there this morning so I expect they will need more a bit later on.

Mel where is the tab thing? PC, laptop, tablet? I can't see anything like that on my PC

I have just noticed that when I look at the tab thing that says W K O T D Y R F C it has muted written underneath.

Oh would cook sometimes and was always in charge of the BBQ if we had one. At Christmas he would wash up as I used pans and things which helped a lot.

I did drive to Stu's yesterday evening and the roads were ok but I had a job clearing the frost off the car windscreen and where have you put the defroster spray when you need it? In the end I put my hand on the screen to melt the frost which worked. Then I had to squeegy the inside of the sreen and I put the wipers on and they just scraped across the frozen hail which had slid down the screen so I expect that I shall need new ones of those now. When I left Martin Stu's friend saw me back so I could drive out. There are lways so many cars parked at his with his work and family. Both the twins were out last night so it was jus tthe 4 of us.

Emailed you.

Missed you there Mel by the time I posted! Your meal last night sounded good and isn't it nice to not have to cook yourself sometimes. I have never had men willing to learn to cook, but at least they would always prepare a lot of the veg except onions! I have some chicken breasts in the fridge so think I will put the slow cooker on and add one of those chicken tonight sauces and some veg to have later.

I envy you your view of snowy scenery, but I'd be staying in like you and keeping warm. We have weak sunshine here now, so hopefully it will defrost the cars!

Morning All,

Well it's freezing cold here, still minus 3 degrees so the heating has been on. Thank goodness the new boiler wasn't being fitted today! I was up early this morning as the doorman is due today to look at the lock on the front door again which seems to move in and out a lot where the key fits. I hate this 'any time between 8.00am and 5.00pm' and surely they could say either morning or afternoon. I wonder if it will be grumpy again that comes. :-S My first job is to repack the camera ready to post. OH is having a lie in as he had to get up in the night to take tablets for his aching side and head pain. He has to have more blood tests now and an x-ray. He is out in the sticks tonight at a meeting so I hope it's less frosty.

AnnG I expect you are right about GR as the service has gone down over time eg whatever happened to the 'matches' we used to get? I expect we should be thankful for what there is, although I am still annoyed they upped my subs after I signed for a free trial once. Our feet are a nuisance aren't they and I remember having a big toenail growing out twice as thick when my thyroid meds were too high after losing weight and it and other nails lifting and tender. Those problems went once my meds were reduced, but they tend to be quite brittle now. I can see me needing a chiropodist eventually. I still need to empty a few things out of the pots, but not today while it's so cold. I marvel at old Albert up the road who's got to be in his mid 90s as the four corner flower beds in his front garden is all cleared, weeded and dug over ready for Spring bedding.

Vera I have just the same trouble with following racing speech that isn't clear, you can barely follow what's meant which isn't good when it's important. They must be happy things are stable and I hope you don't have to wait too long for the cataract to be done. I know there wasn't a long list here, but that was over a year ago and things vary in different places, but it would be good to get it done over the winter. OH always has to have the strong drops and wear sunglasses too! He complains that the sun is always shining when he has eye tests. As for your speaker, some just don't fit what they want to say into the time available do they or keep a note of the times to move to the next thing in front of them.

I had a copy of the invioce that was paid for my new car key come yesterday. Fancy one new car key costing £246 !! It's getting on for what the winter fuel allowance is that most have lost.

Well I'd better get this parcel wrapped now. The tap in the kitchen is dripping again, so the new washer the boiler man fitted with no charge hasn't fixed it. He did say it would mean a new tap if it didn't, so I'd better phone him.