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Post by Su on Jun 7, 2024 11:04:34 GMT
Tonight. Drive to Daventry after work to collect Grandson who is, eventually, stopping over at ours. Watching the England / Iceland game Tomorrow. Not sure what we're doing in the morning but with a 15 year old here I'm sure it won't be much as he doesn't tend to rise until lunchtime! We have been invited to go for a drink with a friend from our allotment/walking group as it's his birthday, in the afternoon so we'll pop into the Bishop Vesey (first none smoking pub in Birmingham!!) Sunday. Once again we'll be back on the allotment. It's really coming along now and we want to get it tidied for the plant swap organised for next weekend. Back to Daventry to take the boy home.
Have a good one everyone x
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Post by anglais on Jun 7, 2024 12:30:15 GMT
Chrissie is flat on her back in bed and is running me ragged. On Wednesday Marc our woodman dropped a lorry load of wood on the road outside the house blocking it to traffic. Then it was a race against time to get into the cellar and stacked Jenga style. Chrissie passes the logs through the window and I stack'em. They are all shapes and sizes and its a bit like doing a jigsaw without the picture on the box. It took 6 hours to stack them and sweep the mess up off the road. About third log in something went twang in Chrissies back and she has been in agony since.
This morning after doing the tidying and just jobs that need doing I have been digging in the garden. Normally we have loads of Buzzards over the village but this year I have seen two pairs in March, and a single Kite flew across the garden about 3 weeks ago and thats it and it has upset me a bit.
This morning I donned my gardening gear and went out and there were 10 buzzards on the same thermal so close I felt I could almost touch them. They were magnificent. Two broke away and the rest slowly drifted offf down the valley towards Montclar. It was a huge relief to see them.
Well, I planted the Courgette plants and dug an area to put the Chillies in. Two hours and I was buggered. The humidity was dreadful and I was wringing wet. So I am showered and about to settle down with a beer and a film on the telly
Fish, Chips and Mushy Peas for tea. I am not much of a cook.
Saturday...A run to the dump, I have a car load of sacks of garden rubbish. Saturday afternoon cooking the tea. Chinese Chicken Curry with Steamed Rice. Thats something else I can manage. Watch England smash the Aussies at Cricket.
Sunday...Hopefully Chrissie is mobile. We are in for storms all day. The Cellar is a right mess and needs a good clean up after the wood being delivered. We normally do it the same day as the wood delivery but it was too much for us. Its something to do while the rain comes down.
Dunno what we are having for tea. It depends on how Chrissie is. Could be something exciting or it could be Beef Tortilla's if I am cooking again.
Have good weekend everyone.
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Post by Su on Jun 7, 2024 13:47:51 GMT
Oh no! Poor Chrissie! Backs are strange things. I pulled my lower back/bum a few months ago. It so painful moving from sitting to standing and vice versa. Hope she’s back on her feet soon x
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Post by mulv on Jun 7, 2024 17:26:04 GMT
I'd never had a problem with my back until we moved into the new school and I picked up a box of books incorrectly. That knackered me for the whole summer and beyond. I'm much more careful now, but it still goes occasionally. I have every sympathy for Chrissie - a bad back makes absolutely everything much more difficult to do.
Tonight - rest, watch telly and drink beer. Have cut the hedges over the last two days and my arms feel like wet pieces of string. The hedges are stupidly big - up to eight feet tall on one side and over ten feet on the other. I have to stand on the summerhouse roof to do one bit and it terrifies me every time.
Tomorrow - Jayne has a hair appointment in the morning so I get the joy of taking her mum to Sainsbury. Cut the grass in the afternoon, then I'm on strike.
Sunday - no plans. We were supposed to have some mates to stay this weekend, but one of them is immunosuppressed, so coming to a house with a recent COVID outbreak isn't a goer. They'll come in two weeks instead.
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Post by tom on Jun 8, 2024 8:18:14 GMT
Its D.I.Y. for me all weekend.
I wish it was D.I.S. Do it somebody else.
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Post by will on Jun 9, 2024 8:32:25 GMT
Friday: We went to Widecombe as usual, then we had a nice rest in the afternoon before I made paella for tea.
Saturday: After doing a zoom with my Uni mates (yes, we're still doing that after 4 years!) we had a quiet morning and early afternoon, and then I took Sarah to visit her sister while I went to the Rugby Club where they were doing a barbeque for club volunteers. Sarah's sister is doing a remarkable job looking after her hubby who has pancreatic cancer. He's been in hospital most of the week, but nobody seems to know why - she's been having all sorts of trouble getting information out of the hospital, something which would have driven me to utter despair, but she's managed to keep her sense of humour and is just getting on with the situation. I wish I had her sang-froid. We had steak in a creamy mushroom sauce with homemade rosemary and garlic wedges for tea, and watched a Scandi-noir on telly.
Sunday: We've recently taken to going out late morning on a Sunday, sitting by the river in Combeinteignhead and then having a swift pint in the pub next to the church where we got married, so we'll do that today. Then it'll be roast chicken for lunch and watching telly in the evening.
Love to Chrissie - I know all about bad backs and they're right bastards.
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Post by anglais on Jun 9, 2024 9:03:34 GMT
Thanks for your good wishes regards Chrissie, everyone. She is a good bit better now. The yelps of pain every time she moves is largely past and she is moving a bit albeit half bent double. Another couple of days and she should be good to go. She has a new pair of walking boots and is keen to test them but that could be a while away yet.
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Post by Karoline on Jun 9, 2024 10:41:59 GMT
Sorry to hear about Christie’s back, they a peculiar things and put up with a lot and the BANG they go. Sending 🤗🤗 (and how hard you both work always baffles me xxx) Su, George time sounds great, enjoy 😊 Will, you’re weekend sound lovely, sorry to hear about your brother in law - maybe the hospital are trying to arrange a little help for your sister in law? (Maybe not, I’m just guessing) Tom - wish someone could do my DIY as well Graeme - hope you enjoyed Sainsburys, your garden looks lovely
Friday - went up to Portland with friends - D day museum & a church that is being renovated, all the celebrations were Thursday for D day, but seeing the tributes was lovely Friday night - out to the pub to watch the England game 😂😂😂😂 Saturday - trip into town, it’s packed, quick swiftly in the Wyke club & then home to do some gardening. I cooked Chinese curry for tea Sunday - not sure, lazy day, washing was on the line at 8.30am, we are replanting the tomatoes, walk into town about 3pm. Take it easy everyone xx
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Post by Su on Jun 9, 2024 20:05:26 GMT
Ooo we were on the allotment earlier. I have donated 30 tomato plants for the plant swap next weekend but they needed repotting as I wanted my wee pots back. They are ‘moneymaker’ tomatoes that Dad grew. I have six still here at home. ❤️
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Post by Karoline on Jun 9, 2024 21:52:11 GMT
Ooo we were on the allotment earlier. I have donated 30 tomato plants for the plant swap next weekend but they needed repotting as I wanted my wee pots back. They are ‘moneymaker’ tomatoes that Dad grew. I have six still here at home. ❤️ I just repotted 17, have given away 20. Fewer seeds next year I think 😂😂😂
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Post by mulv on Jun 10, 2024 6:40:25 GMT
Planted all my tomatoes, none came up. Bought some tomato plants from the garden centre instead. They're still the same size as when I bought them.
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Post by anglais on Jun 10, 2024 7:49:39 GMT
Yesterday I planted 2 Cerise and 12 Fandango's which are blight resistant. They were from saved seeds and I put loads of wood ash around them which helps stop blight and end rot which we suffer from. The plants are only a few inches tall. They have done poorly this year but usually go better in the open ground.
Hoping to get the Aubergines and Chillies in this morning, when I get my lazy ass out of bed.
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Post by Su on Jun 10, 2024 8:28:54 GMT
I think all plants have done badly this year because of the cold weather! They just don't want to germinate in the chill
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Post by Karoline on Jun 10, 2024 17:46:49 GMT
My tomato issue is I went away for a week & asked my neighbour to water them - she didn’t until I reminder her 5 days in 😢
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