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Mind you living here makes you hardy too! Yesterday with stick in hand,I had flower pots on top of the bins and was planting spring bulbs.I also managed albeit slowly to dehead the roses and dahlia pots.

I moved my pepper plant to shelter as the wind got up awhile ago.Its grown to the size of an egg but leaving it to see if it grows anymore.
Can I leave those plants outside over winter as im not sure?

Well the ironing is looking at me and won't do itself so better crack on.

Take care all

Florence in the hebrides

Aw Joan, you are so hardy but take care not to overdo it!

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Good afternoon peeps.
Well after 3 days of dreadful rain, fog etc yay we have sunshine and dry today.So much so i had 3 lines of washing out this morning, all in and aired ready for ironing tomorrow.

Yesterdays craft fayre was a waste of time!! Hardly any advertising so very few people came into the centre.Its slightly on the edge of town but on the main rd. People that came just quickly looked and walked back out.only 9 stalls and think we all probably just covered the stall fee of £15 and a bit more.So disappointing as took ages packing the case, pricing up etc.
Anyway it got me out of the house, chatted to a couple of people so did feel good for seeing them, but daughter was so disappointed and no orders taken for her calandar either.

Havent made a meal today as appetite not good. had toast and marmite about 2pm.
Was thinking a bowl of pasta with grated cheese. Its filling too and wont take long.

Hope everyone enjoying their weekend and some good weather.

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Well what an awful day here. Thick fog and planes not able to land, drizzly and so chilly i have just put on the heating!!
Have packed the case full of daughters things for the fayre tomorrow and a good thing it has wheels as its quite heavy. taxi booked at "mates rates" as its my usual driver and normally sat/sun the charge is a lot more but shes only charging us weekday rates which is jolly kind of her.

Always try and use her as shes a single mum with 2 kids and self employed so needs all the fairs she can get but also she is a very king lady always willing to help me in and out and carry shopping to the door(when i was able to go to the shop).

Think I may have to make some veg and lentil soup today for later on. Daughter coming back at 6 with some crusty bread so that will go nicely.

Hope everyone else ok.No thunderstorms up here at all!

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Good morning all. Still very close here but supposedly cooler at 18 degrees. Can't say I feel any cooler though.

We had rain yesterday evening but I don't think it was as much as we needed. Forecast more for today and thunder storms too.

Have a good day all.

Good morning peeps
Names you made me laugh yesterday"Scotlands hottest day since 1906"!!
If we get 23 up here, everyone goes bananas saying its a heatwave and i say, well its warm but not hot lol

Definitely no heatwave today as its pouring hard but we desperately need to fill the rivers as they are very low. Strangely we are on thunderstorm alert as well??

Got a pile of ironing that needs my attention so best attack that soon.

Tried out the shredder last night and it did a good job but although it says can shred 6 pieces at once, it did get clogged. So 3 pieces max seems to work ok and now my basket is empty...yay for that :-D

have a good day all
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Scotland has announced having its hottest September day since 1906.

Obviously not the Hebrides :-(

Well folks, back from hospital appointment.
Surgeon was amazed to see me in a wheel chair until i explained that im completely numb from groin to toe!

He has urgently referred me for an MRI scan in Glasgow although how long is urgent, im not sure.
He did wonder if i had taken 2 small strokes whilst i was sleeping?? But otherwise because its affected 5 nerves and not just one in particular, hes not sure what caused the problem.

So a waiting game now. I shall need to tel patient travel tom for advice re flying without a mask or jabs and do i have to have a covid test before i go etc as i have no idea what the score is there.

The fog is thick here and oh my the blooming midges came out when i left for the hospital. They were in the transport and bit me something awful. Im still scratching grrr

As for my tea Joan, I think toast and marmalade , a yoghurt and a cuppa coffee as i have not much appetite today at all. Just need light food.

We must be the only corner of the uk without sun or heat today!

Ann, I think we need a good thunderstorm or a gale to clear the air here as although no sun, its clammy and stuffy even with the fog.

Going to play with my new toy after tea, my new shredder. Cant wait to see an empty basket of bills etc.

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Afternoon all, so hot here again 27 degrees although that is not as hot as yesterday when it went up to 30. But it feels hotter and the breeze is hot as well. we have been threatened thunder storms but no sig so far. I did an hour in the garden clearing one bed but got too hot so came in. It is not looking too bad out there but there are still things needing cutting back.

Aw..do you not have any now?

So did you go out and get your own cat after that Dermot?

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Two months ! How big was the apartment?

Good afternoon all
I had a nice surprise telephone call last night. About 2 months ago, i rang a friend who's hubby is a joiner to ask if he could possibly hang some framed pics for me.
She said yes but he was quite busy then back in jul.
Sunday i was thinking of ringing my friend to see when hubby could come when last night, the phone rang and this was him!
He came today and now i have all my pictures up on the wall. My Grandma's graduation, my own plus sons 3 grad photos and they look lovely.


A beautiful pic in the hallway plus my new picture of Heather MCcoo by Steven Brown.

Was also lovely to have some human interaction for an hour and exchange of news etc.He said i have an eye for detail as i made sure each pic was dead straight and all were same height etc..lol Im sure he thinks i have OCD!!

He was here 1 1/2 hours and charged me £30 so dead chuffed with that.

Overcast and grey, damp and dismal so horrid day again. Anyone on here from south of the border please send the sunshine up here.

Right off for a coffee now and then some ironing.
have a good afternoon peeps

Florence in the hebrides

Afternoon all, it is a beautiful day here, housework done earlier as was cooler and yesterday I did the ironing which didn't take long so all done now till washing basket gets full again and then it starts again lol.

We have never had a car so have always travelled by public transport which can be a pain sometimes but means we don't have the problems that you car drivers have. I realise some areas have poor transport options which must be awful if you can no longer drive. Living in a very large city has some plus points as well as drawbacks.

We have shortages in our local supermarkets and it seems to be both in store and on line shopping . My online shop is from a different store to were I go for some fresh food that I like to pick myself and both have had empty shelves at times

I think the driver shortage is the main problem at the moment though . We really need to train more drivers and pay good wages as well.

Also HGV drivers should be on our skilled wanted list for workers to be allowed to come here to work. As someone with no knowledge at all of driving it would seem to me to be a highly skilled job.

Anyway have a lovely afternoon and evening. . :-)

I found my Kleenex ultrasoft tissues cheaper online, so ordered 12 boxes and also a soft brand of toilet rolls called Nicky.18 rolls £5.No delivery charges for either so just gives me a little stock as shelves here are quite empty too.
My sinuses are awful so a box of tissues barely last 2 days!!
Shame I can't get them on prescription!
If GP would give me oral steroids just 2 tabs a day would keep me sinus free,but they won't so tissues it will have to be.
I just sound like I have a severe cold all the time but that stops people coming to close so a good thing really.
Have cleared the kitchen table of all the bits & Bob's and looks so much better.
Having a sort out of baking cupboard as daughter's birthday on 17th and shall be making a vegan sponge.Just checking I have everything I need.

Cars....grrrr is all I shall say!!

Florence in the hebrides

good morning all. The weather here the past three days has been lovely, yesterday it was 26 degrees and got too hot to continue with the gardening. Probably just as well as my garden bin is absolutely full and won't be emptied until tomorrow.
I have just run my car engine Florence otherwise I will have your problem I really have had no need to drive my car as everywhere I have been this week I have gone with somebody else.

Joan it is more likely the nationwide shortage of HGV drivers causing the empty shelves as it is the same down here. It is not on line shopping because we can't get stuff either. It is drivers who found better paid jobs during the pandemic I think.

Good morning everyone
Well yesterday was just so depressing! Wet & windy all day although at 16 degrees not cold. My poor rose plants were getting a bashing but also a watering so one job less.Today its overcast still breezy but not that good.
My father in the south said last night .it was 27 degrees!!! Wish we could get some of it.
Daughter away for the week. I described her like a hurricane. as she breezes in, leaves a trail of mess and then breezes away! So I shall now gently potter clearing up the destruction.
Im still numb and hobbling but hosp on Wednesday.

I ordered an electric shredder yesterday so looking forward to that arriving soon

Very quiet here and haven't spoken to a soul since last weekend.

Hope everyone else is well

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Hello all, chilly here again had to put the heating on yesterday as felt so cold. Managed to get washing dry outside thankfully I hate having to dry it inside.

Been doing a bit more on family tree checking some info I found on paternal side. Had a hint come up on Ancestry for a cousin but the owner had my family mixed up with another of the same name so I had a lot more aunts and uncles than I should have. I came across the owner years ago on here and she tried to tell me my tree was wrong as I hadn't put all my grandparents children on when I pointed out I knew I was right as I had the info because I knew them and had the certs etc. she wasn't very nice. Lot of wrong trees on there so I always like to check and double check my info.

Take care all. :-D

Good afternoon peeps
well after 2 glorious days where all the bedding dried outside, its misty murky and chilly today.Grass cutter came and managed another cut.its growing daily even with no rain for 2 months!
he was going to give my car a run as ive not been able to drive since end of june but when he started or rather tried, the battery is flat...again So annoying as its a new battery.But hes bringing over a charger next time and offered to take it for a spin every 2 weeks until he stops cutting the grass,Was so kind of him to offer.

so think i shall have to make some scones next time as a thankyou.

ive been waiting in a queue for patient travel for last 30 mins trying to book transport for next wed hosp appointment but taking forever.I did try at 10am but never got through,says they are extremely busy.

my leg is numb now down to my toes and im using a stick indoors for support.I looked it up and gp said its 2 discs which have shrunk and they are pressing on the nerve suppling my front of leg and groin.Not sure though what can be done to sort it out?

hope everyone else is ok.
Im having smoked haddock tonight with the last of my new red potatoes, peas and salad, cant wait.

Take care all
Florence in the hebrides

Thank you Florence for explaining.