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So sorry to hear this Sylvia.
Thinking of you both <3 <3

ah one of those stupid and dangerous challenges. how cruel. There should be warnings about these things so that those of us who don't go on these platforms know to be careful.

TikTok?

I am so sorry to read about this Sylvia, awful for your OH and a shock for you as well. How cowardly to pick on an older person like that, what sort of people are they that can do this? I noticed somebody insinuated that it was happening a lot, I have not heard of just pushing people over. Is it some sort of face book 'thing'.
I hope that your OH soon starts to return to normal again Sylvia and that he is well enough to have his elbow fixed and come home with you. <3 <3

So very sorry to read this Sylvia. What an awful thing to do to someone. I hope your OH improves daily and his op. gets done.
Take care of yourself as well.

So sorry to read this Sylvia. What a truly awful thing to happen.
I'm pleased that your daughter is able to be with you and I hope your OH improves daily and recovers fully.
Will be thinking of you <3

What a terrible thing to happen, Sylvia!

It's so easy for life to be turned upside down in a moment.
It's good that you have your daughter to help you, and hopefully OH will soon be home and well again.

Oh Sylvia, I am so sorry. What a dreadful thing for someone to do. I hope that your OH will make a full recovery, but it is obviously going to take a long time. I hope that you manage to get lots of helpxx

Best Wishes to you both Sylvia

Oh Sylvia, your poor OH. He must be really shaken up and what a worry for you. What makes people do things like that? Thank goodness there are still a few good Samaritans around. Sending my very best wishes to your OH for a speedy and complete recovery. Take care of yourself as well <3

How dreadful. I hope he recovers well enough to continue his trips to the shop.

This random pushing over seems to be on the increase :-|

I'm going to be missing, or only posting very infrequently, for at least the next couple of weeks.

OH was the victim of a random assault on Monday evening. He left the house just before 8:10 pm to walk to the store to pick up something, about a 15-20 minute walk each way, the evening was a lovely sunny Summer evening. But he was brought home by 2 Good Samaritans who were driving along the main road in opposite directions when they saw OH lying on the ground. They kindly walked him back home, but we then looked at him more closely and decided he needed to go to Emergency.

One of the Good Samaritans walked back to the main road to get his car, and then took us to Emergency, and waited until OH was signed in ........... luckily he was on a stretcher bed within 15 minutes of arriving.

Long story short .................. he has a broken elbow, bruised ribs, a small gash and lump on his forehead (all of those on his left side), and badly grazed hands.

It seems from the one cafe that had its safety video working that someone had run across the road, pushed OH down from behind and then ran away.

The police are of course involved, are taking it very seriously and trying to find more video, plus keeping in touch with us every day.

The problem is that he also has a mild concussion, which has made his early stages of forgetting and confusion worse, to the extent that on Tuesday night he was very restless, kept getting out of bed convinced that he was to come home, and even managed on at least one occasion to get out of the ward and down to the cafeteria!

As a result, he has been moved to the secure ward, was given some form of sedation yesterday so slept all day but was obviously dreaming because he'd start groaning.

Today he was much better, but then became more confused as the day wore on.

The operation on his elbow has been delayed until the confusion has eased, but it may then become worse again due to the anesthetic. He is being kept in until that is done after which they will do an assessment of his ability plus what help we need to continue living n our house. But we've been told that it will take time and maybe 10-14 days.

My daughter has come over for a week to help out, and is pushing the powers that be all the time!

Take care everyone!

Linda, best way is to draw a plan of the garden and divide it into sections. Then just work on one section at a time. That way you don't get overwhelmed.

Ceanothus always reminds me of my father Ginnie, he had a very large one in his garden. I had a bottle brush in my last house but one, it always did very well.
The gardens in the new house are a totally blank canvas. The front garden is just a large square of lawn with literally not a single plant in it. The back is on a steep slope. It has a large rockery which did have some plants in, but I have added a lot more. We are going to put some steps in the slope . The bottom part isn’t exactly flat, it is just lawn with a very narrow border, totally empty of plants. There is a greenhouse, so we are going to make a veg patch, then dig the rest if the lawn up and make a winding path with lots of beds. If only we knew what we were doing :-D

Hello all ,
Nice to have some sunny weather for a few days hope you are all enjoying it and it isn't too hot for you.

Linda how nice for your hubby to meet his friend and have catch up. Shame you had to stay behind. You must be looking forward to having a working kitchen again. You have both done so much in such a short time really .

My roses have really bloomed well and the Ceanothus has lovely blue/lilac flowers on .
Really pleased with the garden now and hopefully it will have more colour soon .
I brought a Bottle Brush plant a while ago and it had never bloomed but this week it has and there are 2 lovely bright red 'brushes' on it . Heres hoping for more :-)

Take care all.
Ginnie

After a cloudy start, the sun came out and we have had another very hot day .
One of OH’s friends from his old walking group came to see him, so they went out for a walk and lunch. I stayed here because the kitchen fitter was here, although he left before lunch to go to another job.

I also needed to be here because all of the materials to renew the en-suite bathroom were arriving. They are now stored in the garage for a couple of weeks when hopefully the plumber will turn up.

The new curtains for upstairs turned up this morning as well. OH put the ones in our bedroom up, then this afternoon, he put up the new pole in the second bedroom and they are up as well. The other two bedrooms haven’t been decorated yet, so they can wait.

I hope that Florence arrived safely

Safe journey Florence..
Yes my postal vote was in the post last week.

Safe journey tomorrow, Florence!

AG, the midges came here too as it is now windless! From gales to nothing, one extreme to another. But I have closed all the windows.

Yes, my postal voting form arrived on Saturday.

Posted my vote on Sunday, though of course it wouldn't actually leave here until Monday (yesterday).
With the alterations to constituency boundaries, we're now in a different constituency, which is a bit annoying!

Not that my vote will make any difference to anything.
In any case, I don't believe a word of what any of the candidates say.


It was nice and sunny here this morning, but now it's cloudy, windless and therefore very midgy, so I'm busy with indoor things.