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It went up 29 degrees here but has dropped to 26 we also have a really strong wind. So strong I have had to take my basket tumbler tomato into the greenhouse.

It is too hot for me as well Florence. It is cloudy with a bit of a breeze, but still incredibly hot and humid. According to the radar map, there is heavy rain to each side of us, but it is going to miss us, so I will have to water some small plants I put in the garden as well as the pots.
My daughter bought a chicken yesterday which I have just put in the oven but it is too hot for a traditional dinner. I will think of something to do with it

Oh Linda, what a lovely day out for the girls. So nice when there is a festival etc for disabled children, so great to be included and must do wonders for their mental health too.

Well the rain has gone away and the wind abated a lot, so much so, daughter has out out the washing.....have to check after this to make sure its still there as it is still breezy, just not gale force.

Prepped the Chinese chicken stir fry so all ready to cook and having microwave bastmati rice as 1 packet between us will suffice and no waste! I'm terrible for cooking too much loose rice in a saucepan so this way there is no waste.

I have counted over 20 potential tomatoes on me huge plant lol. i nipped out thee side shoots to prevent any more and nipped the top and some dead leaves at the bottom which should help it grow better.

Its only about 14 degrees here so more pleasant than 26! Thats far too hot for me Linda.

Right better check the washing is still on the line. Shall pop back later on.

Phew it is so hot (26] and humid. I have been looking at the radar and the rain seems to be missing us :-(
The girls have gone to a “This is me” festival. I went last year and it was very good, lots of stalls, dancing and activities for the disabled children. Thankfully daddy is her this year, so we could stay at home Esme FaceTimed and she looked to be so hot, but some if the children from her class were there, so she was having a good time

Sorry Florence no food poisoning. Senior moiment there will correct it.

Morning all.
Slept until 4am and then until 9 so a bit better. Gripes were less last night so hoping its passed through now. Blood poisoning AnnG? oh my didnt know that! I shall be more mindful in the future when I open a carton.

Well its gale force winds here and....neighbours inflatable hot tub is.....strewn around the garden and my fence at the bottom. Its ripped to shreds. She left it at her washing line and I did say, a gale will ruin that but obviously paid no heed. And now its ruined. It cost about £300!!!

So its a horrid day and I'm certainly not venturing outside before the wind would knock me over. there was some thunder and lightening out to see but didn't reach us thank goodness.

Was going to thin the carrots but def a no no until the gale subsides.

Making a Chinese chicken stir fry with noodles today, one of my inventions :-D

Well better make some toast and then get washed and dressed.

Hope everyone else having a good day and no storms

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I hope that you had a better nights sleep Florence.
It is already 21 degrees here and really humid. I woke up early because it was so hot despite having the windows open. We are supposed to have thunderstorms this afternoon, but the timing keeps going back, so now it is nearer teatime and only a fifty percent chance of one. I hope we do get some rain for the garden

Good morning all already 19 degrees here so looks like being another hot one.

Florence sorry you have had tummy gripes. Orange juice can give you food if left too long. Some years ago friends on holiday in USA in hot weather left orange juice in the car and then drank it and were very poorly with food poisoning. Since then we were very wary of it. Hope you are feeling better now.

Sorry to gear you have had an upset tummy Florence,not nice that.

As for todays weather it has been a scorcher, sooooo hot, the weatherman this morning said our part of Scotland would be much cooler than for those down south with a probable thunderstorm, well they got that VERY wrong.

It was unbearable trying to do some outside jobs but our sons lady friend got a lot of things done for me, & our son lit a small bonfire & got rid of a lot of garage rubbish, & some tree branches etc, didn't wan to have a fire but it's the best & quickest way for us to get rid of the tree branches.

I did a general tidy up here & there but needed to rest a lot more due to the heat, lol.
We had salad for tea, which was very welcome on such a hot day.

Joan.

Well today has been a very strange one really. I didn't sleep for the last 3 nights and also had an upset stomach with terrible gripes. I actually feel like it was food poisoning but cannot think of anything I ate except some orange juice in the fridge.

it had been there about a week and tasted ok but maybe wasn't so fresh.

I did enjoy the fish supper last night until later on when the gripes came back and kept me awake most of the night. So eventually nodded off around 6am and slept until woke at 10.00!!! Since then been chasing me tail as they say. i managed a shower and hair wash to refresh me but still feel tired.

The internet has been irritatingly slow today. When I was on earlier, took ages to get on any site. The weather is wild here and blowing a hooley, so probably that although just now it seems back to normal :-S

Was going to thin my carrots but too windy today so may have to bring the container indoors tomorrow and thin them out.

It would have been mum's 86th birthday today bless her <3 Family went up to the graveside and left flowers and sent me a picture. But the grave still doesnt have a covering of grass, just soil so looks like a fresh grave still?

Hope casualty is on later as that's my fav programme of the week,

Hope everyone else having a good day

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Oh and yay my compost arrived today so when the weather improves, we shall also be busy. Sounds like you are always busy Joan but far better than being stuck indoors.

I really like The Bell plant, very pretty.

She just messaged to say, shes bringing home fish suppers :-D :-D :-D thats one thing i dont mind her bringing home...cant wait yummy :-D

Good afternoon, well after a dull start & a few spots of rain the sun eventually came out & it's very warm now even though it's quite blowy.

Our daughter took me to the local garden centre this morning & I came home with a couple of plants, a Rose & a Campanula, some bags of compost & a bag of silver/grey chippings.

I managed a good hour in the garden this afternoon & got some more of the Cotoneaster growing overon the top of the garden wall, not quite finished but too tired to do any more today.

Just about to prepare our usual Friday Fish & CHips, then have a quick tidy round the house, our eldest & his lady friend are visiting tomorrow, son is going to do some more clearing out of the garage etc of the rest of the "rubbich" that hubby has collected over the years as he thought it would come in handy one day !!

I hope your daughter didn't spend to much in town Florence.

Joan.

It is cloudy here, but still very humid. We just went for lunch at the garden centre and sat outside. I could feel some drizzle on my arms just when we were leaving, but it has stopped.
I was pleased when I checked the rain barrels yesterday and they were full. I have just checked and we only have a small chance of rain this afternoon, then nothing more until Sunday

Good afternoon all
Well it's arrived...... gales and pouring rain!

Bit of a shock to the system after 3 months of no rain and a month of sunny warm weather. Could say we are back to the usual lol

I had to move my little flower pots into some shelter as they were getting bashed but the rain is giving everything else a good watering with much heavier rain forecast later on. That will do the grass a lot of good as its so brown.

So very much an indoor day today. I may have a sort through my wardrobe and see what can go to the charity shop. A small bit of ironing to do as well.

Daughter popped over to town and coming back at 2.30pm no doubt with more than the 3 things I asked for :-D :-D :-D

Think down south it's very hot?

Hope everyone well today

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Ah I understand that better now Linda. Fingers crossed for your daughter, all goes through. I'm sure you will miss them all but appreciate your own space when they have gone.

I'm making chicken with savoury rice tonight and some naan bread. Its very quick and easy and very tasty.

It is warm & sunny here but also thankfully a breeze so no midges today.

Just typed a very long letter to my cousin in Australia 1700 words long! So need me coffee now and to stretch me legs after sitting for ages.

There are two transactions Florence, one for exchange and completion of the London house, then a separate set of transactions for the house they are buying up here. Although it is normal in a chain for all the completions to happen on the same day and everyone gets their keys as the solicitors pass the money along the chain, that isn’t happening in this case. They were gazumped on the house they were buying up here, so that fell through and they had to find another one to buy. As it happened it didn’t matter because they are living with us. So they will have the money from the London house before the legal things for the house up here are ready. That should be in the first couple of weeks in July, but they need the owners to agree a date with them.

After playing schools with Esme, I am pleased to say that she is on her way to school, so all is quiet here. After lunch I need to walk into the town square to get some chicken for the stir fry I am going to make tonight. It is hit, but there is a breeze so it won’t be too bad.

Linda, once completion is done, the owners cant stay there anymore so your daughter can move in anytime after completion? How can the owners stay there after everything exhanged etc? I wish them well and hope it all goes through this time.

Well we have a viewing booked on mums flat 24 Jun at 1pm. Spooky thing is that was mums birthday so maybe a good sign hopefully, it will be sold this week as that would be the icing on the cake.

I have just finished tidying the kitchen and now need to vacuum the lounge.

No plan for the rest of the day but daughter suggested we make some cards and increase the stock which seems like a good idea.

At least I know the compost is en route so that will keep us busy once that arrives.

Joan, hope all's well with you and hubby. I expect you have been busy outside.

Anyone else looking in, have a good day :-D

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That is a beautiful photo Florence.

I am just enjoying some quiet time before Esme returns and I have to play.
Her mum has to go to her new office in London once a fortnight at the moment, so she catches the train at 6.30 am and gets back about 9.30pm. It is a long day, but better than staying overnight. OH took Eve to school, then he has taken the car because he is walking with the Ramblers today
Esme had a podiatry appointment at the doctors at 9am, her daddy has taken her. Normally he would then take her straight to school, but he has an important on line meeting at 10.15, so they are coming back here. He will then take her to school after the meeting has finished. It is an hours round trip, so he can’t do it before the meeting

The good news for us is that finally they are going to exchange contracts on their London house at the end of the week, completion will be a couple of weeks after that. Now all they need to do is persuade the couple who own the house they are going to buy to move out. They are American and are going back to the States. Originally they said they could move from mid July, but now they are saying September would suit them better. That doesn’t suit my daughter, so they are trying to get them to compromise on mid August. So there is light at the end of the tunnel and we will have our house back. What could possibly go wrong??

Nah, the rose had to go so instead a recent sunset pic from my back door :-)

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