General Chat

Joan your garden sounds amazing, we live in a very built up area and on a main road but we appreciate our garden even more so over the last year . We do have some trees around us that give a little privacy but not much. Pros and Cons with everywhere I suppose, we don't drive so rely on buses and we have those right outside our house every 15 mins or less sometimes.

Florence a nice little win to put in your holiday fund.

Happy Sunday everyone.

Good morning everyone.
Wow Joan,you don't have a garden,you have an estate!Sounds huge and you are amazing at your age being able to keep it all lovely.

Well last night I bought a lottery ticket and was pleased to see I had 3 numbers which is a win of £30.But when I checked I won £107.00 . yippee.The higher prizes had rolled down.So chuffed.Its going into my big pot where the winnings are going til I can go on holiday and that will be my spending money.

The wind has died down but has been raining.Supposed to be a good week with warmer weather here,so that's an improvement.

Off to shower,dress and then sort out the paperwork etc plus strip my bed.

Have a good day all

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Hello all, lovely day here . Washer just finished so another load to hang out. Been busy in the garden (well OH has ) changing things around to accommodate new table and chairs that I want.

Florence, a hairdo always makes me feel better, my hair is straight and during the lockdowns it grew quite long for me I finally had about 3" off and I felt great My hair is all grey now, it started when I was in my late 40s many years ago now.

Joan , it sounds as if you have quite a garden to keep up. A bit at a time seems the right way to go.

Enjoy the weekend everyone .

Night Florence I hope you have a good weekend.

I have a family barbecue this weekend as my niece Lyla turns two on Sunday. Three little girls between 5-2 enjoying a paddling pool in my parents (grandparents) garden.

Evening peeps
Well there was so much hair on the floor I think you could have made a wig with lol

iooks ok but i think its a bit shorter than i wanted. I sent my pals a pic and they said i look "lush" and very glamorous hehe Never been called lush before, first time for everything i guess.
But yes i do feel a lot lighter as my hair not only was long but it is very thick and weighs heavy.
Hairdresser said i hardly have any grey!!! Was delighted to hear that.
The sun was out in town but now its mosty, windy and damp and im feeling a bit chilly too.

Joan, strip off..hehe the farmhands wont get any work done at all then. have you any vest tops you could wear to keep cool?

A basket of ironing to do tomorrow as not done much this week and if its fine shall strip my bed too.

Apart from that nothing exciting happening here just now.
So goodnight and have a good weekend

Florence in the hebrides

I hope you're pleased with the hair, Florence.
You will be light-headed

It is REALLY warm here. I was working in the garden, but had to come in until the sun has moved round and it might seem a little cooler.

We have a weather warning for greater heat at the weekend.

Afternoon everyone :-D :-D <3 <3

A mammoth task Florence…take a picnic
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Joan..it is way too hot here to do anything in the garden except water a few pots, the sun is so strong.

Enjoy your day everyone <3 <3

Morning all
Off in a bit to hairdresser for s huge MOT lol
Still windy and not very warm! About 6 inches coming off today by and some highlights too.
Have a good day everyone

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I’m pleased you had a good day Ann.

Had the in-laws round for a pre birthday dinner last night and my father in law was more interested in trying to build my new fan than eat. 10pm and my living room was still 28 degrees but it was a very cool 23.5 degrees at 6.15am today. I have a first floor cottage flat with a west facing living room and garden which means my living room gets turned into a sauna every evening. After being attacked last year my smaller cat Mog finally got over her fear of going outside yesterday by visiting a front garden three doors along though I wonder if the heat had more to do with it. Meg spent her day on my stairs squawking at the birds that were too close to her territory. Strangely enough none of the birds landed. Going out for lunch today with my parents and then an afternoon in their garden watching my niece Lily dive in and out the paddling pool as it’s meant to hit 24 degrees today.

Lovely day here in North Cumbria. We drove to Allonby and had a long walk along the sands, it was low tide. Back near the car we bought ice reams and sat on a picnic bench eating them and chatting for an hour or so. Real holiday weather. Hoping this weather will last. Although from tomorrow it will get more crowded up here.

Second-hand face masks going cheap! :-P

Florence61-thanks for the explanation of "skunnered".......such a lovely, expressive word. Sounds much more effective that "cheesed off"!!!!!!!

Afternoon everyone :-D :-D <3 <3

Florence it is a windy Wales as well today…however at the back of the house it is quite sheltered….a nice gentle breeze :-D :-D

Enjoy the fine weather everyone
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Well no fog and a brighter day. So did a load of washing, opened back door and was nearly blown away lo. Its far too windy for the washing. It will either end up in neighbours garden or probably up the road on the giant turbine lol I can just imagine my smalls going round & round on the blades!!

And yes I cant do the heat so to be fair would rather have windy and cool than hot and humid.

Florence in the hebrides

Hello to all,

Joan, I don't like some of the garden designs on the tv shows either. Although I do like Charlie Dimmock.

Florence, my OH has low blood sugar at times (he is diabetic) one of his signs is feeling dizzy. I have Vertigo and when it is bad the dizziness is horrible and does make life awkward.

Looks like we may be having some warmer weather which will be nice but I am very thankful that we haven't got the heat that some other countries have at the moment.

Off to put some washing out. Be back later :-) :-)

Kay.."scunnered" is a Scottish word used here to mean you are fed up big time or as you said cheesed off.

When they go for shopping here they say they are going for the "messages" lol never got my head around that one.

Aw sorry Joan maybe not Alan Titchmarsh then. I'm sure you are doing a grand job yourself, it sounds wonderful, just take regular breaks and take care.

Just typing a mega long complaint letter to SSE but thats a very long saga!

Maybe back later peeps.
Have a good day all

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Florence61.........I LOVE the expression you're "scunnered" with the doctor!!! Not too sure of the meaning but I guess you're "cheesed off" with him?

I'm sure I'll forget the word but I'd love to use it myself.

Aw Joan you work so hard in your garden but be careful..I was watching Alan Titchmarsh earlier, maybe you should write in and have him and the team to come & sort out your garden...all for free too lol

Glad your jackdaw has vanished. We had a stray chicken we called chucky at the other house, so tame you could scoop him up. Im missing my Florrie & Robbie here as no sign of any Robins just lots of sparrows, ravens and seagulls.

The fog has lifted and now a glorious sunset...except havent seen the sun all day lol

Oh well thats island weather for you.

Good night

Florence in the hebrides

Full of fog here last 2 days, cant even see the road only yards from my house. Managed to the beach on Sunday for 10 mins before the black fog started descending. Used the detector for 5 minutes but no treasure found so far lol

Been to hospital to get fitted with a heart monitor...again. Had just sat down in the room when suddenly i took a huge dizzy turn but before the monitor was fitted. How annoying was that!

Turns out blood sugar was 3.7 and an ECG was done as a precaution.
had some juice and a biscuit, a lie down lol and then i was good to go.

Tel the dr who tells me he thinks its to do with my sugar level;s??/ He was a new one and knew nothing about me not even my heart surgery.

so wants me to check my levels with daughters machine til Friday and see how they are. Good grief, they were low because it was lunchtime and i was hungry it was 12.30 and tummy was empty.

Not sure he was listening really and just jumped on to the blood sugar thing because he didnt know what else to say!
I am scunnered of the drs just now, they dont listen at all and really make out you are wasting their time, something i have never done...maybe not it just felt that way.

Sorry having a rant just now but I shall chill now for the rest of the day and read my book i think with a cuppa til tea time.

Hope everyone else is in good form and having better weather than here. Dont think any planes landed earlier either!!

Take care peeps

Florence in the hebrides

It was nice here until 3.30pm and has been raining ever since then. 17 degrees so not that warm but it doesn't feel cold.