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Fooey. Once again, all the other kids are outside playing, and I have to go to bed. After all the rain this morning and early this afternoon, the sun is out :(

Y'all have fun playing hopscotch and stickball and stuff, and don't worry about me. I'll be fine. Really. I'll check in when I get up at 2:30😪, but I'll try to do it quietly...
 

katlupe said:
My day was nothing special. Quiet. I didn't really do much. Wrote another blog post. Edited photos. Sonny & I was researching how to fix my mobility chair's controller. My brother called me and we talked a bit.
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Kat, the reality of the photos I post on here is that I take them to show to so many people here who can't get out for whatever reason.. and so they/you can get to see something different.. and in the hope people will enjoy them ..
 
hollydolly said:
Kat, the reality of the photos I post on here is that I take them to show to so many people here who can't get out for whatever reason.. and so they/you can get to see something different.. and in the hope people will enjoy them ..
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I enjoy them very much! Keep posting them. It is my only chance to see your beautiful country.
 

I re-sorted laundry and went down to the laundry room around 2:30 a.m. I started drying the clothes earlier than usual so that I got done, including putting most of them away, before 10:30. About 10:40, the UPS man delivered the package that I missed yesterday, with my diabetes supplies that I should've gotten at least a month ago (long story). I waited until tonight to look over the materials; the equipment is different than what I had before.

I noticed when I came up from the laundry room that I was feeling achy, particularly on my left side and my left knee intermittently. I was hoping I didn't pick up a bug or something, but more than likely it's because I slept all kinds of funny last night. Part of the time I was "planking", not on purpose...I just wound up in that position. It felt better for a while but now my side hurts again when I make certain movements 😖
 
It was a great day for walking - sunshine and moderate temperatures. It’s lilac season and when walking I can smell the scent from a distance. Even DH who has limited sense of smell anymore can smell them. Do plants become more fragrant when weather conditions are different. It was a very dry winter and spring.

Dealt with a store credit card company. They have a different bank handling their CC now. I wanted to lower the limit and they refused. After years of having a CC with this company, I cancelled it.
 
It was a quiet day thankfully. Stress from the previous days came back to bite me, so I needed a quiet day to process. Hoping for more time to unwind. Still looking for that elusive do nothing day.

Internet keeps crashing but the last several times, it went back up in under half an hour without my doing anything. I'm trying to brainstorm ways to live with the outages or find other alternatives.

Found a fun AI coloring page generator tonight. Looks fun.
 
Forecast is for being warm and dry for the next few days, though I don't really trust the forecast - other than getting the day right. I've got a rather mucky job to do cleaning the van's spare wheel. It lives under the van so gets pretty messy. Mrs. L will probably be working in the polytunnel planting beans.

Just got the road tax reminder for the van - 345 pounds. Nothing more than an attack on the motorist, but the money is probably needed to pay for someone to count all the potholes in the roads.
 
Good morning folks!!! Up at 4am again, but that is about
the norm these days....on first cuppa so not wide awake yet,
but gettin there....throat is feeling a bit better this morning,
but wow I've never had such a sore one in my memory at least...
Got the cleaning lady coming today, not much else going on..
oh got to call a friend about installing this new hi rise toilet
seat thing...sure enjoy this forum, glad you folks are here for
everyone,......take care....:):giggle::coffee:
 
Another gloooorious sunny day... despite the forecast saying it will be cloudy. I'm fed up with forecasters getting it wrong, and spoiling my plans ... so this week I wrote down 5 commonly used forecasters... for 5 days of forecasts..

BBC.. Met office (the largest forecasters)... Accuweather... and 2 others.... and only one has got it right all week... and that one used to be always wrong... The BBC... again they've forecast today would be sunny, while the others forecast heavy cloud.. then when we get to the day the other change their forecast.. I wish I could have been paid handsomely for a job where I got it consistently wrong..

Last night I slept fitfully..I don't know how I did it but I've hurt my wrist so the pain kept me semi awake.. I've got a wrist support on it, but I have no idea how I did it.. :cautious:
 
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hollydolly said:
Another gloooorious sunny day... despite the forecast saying it will be cloudy. I'm fed up with forecasters getting it wrong, and spoiling my plans ... so this week I wrote down 5 commonly used forecasters... for 5 days of forecasts..

BBC.. Met office (the largest forecasters)... Accuweather... and 2 others.... and only one has got it right all week... and that one used to be always wrong... The BBC... gain they've forecast today would be sunny, while the others forecast heavy cloud.. then when we get to the day the other change their forecast.. I wish I could have been paid handsomely for a job where I got it consistently wrong..

Last night I slept fitfully..I don't know how I did it but I've hurt my wrist so the pain kept me semi awake.. I've got a wrist support on it, but I have no idea how I did it.. :cautious:
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Our weather forecast is consistently wrong too. I think it is the only job that you can be wrong about most of the time and still keep your job.
 
katlupe said:
Our weather forecast is consistently wrong too. I think it is the only job that you can be wrong about most of the time and still keep your job.
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yes exactly what I was saying... it's appalling really.. it's bad enough for those of us who are mildly inconvenienced but there's many people out there who depend on accurate forecasts to do their job... people who work outdoors for one...
 
I'm going out now to start getting the ground ready for the new plants....it's 12.30pm.. so it's warm, but not quite as warm as yesterday, so hopefully not too hot to work out there. It'll be interesting to see how I can do it with this painful wrist, but I'll try.

I've just ordered some compost online.. which will get here tomorrow... . It's just too heavy for me to go and buy from the shop myself...
 
Fun and games. Some weeks ago blackbirds made a nest at one end of my woodpile. We were careful not to disturb them until the chicks fledged. Now another blackbird had built a nest at the other end of the woodpile and is sitting on eggs. Problem is that the logs have become unstable and we can't touch them in case we upset the nest. Fortunately it's quite warm so we won't be lighting the stove in the lounge, but just in case, I've scrounged some heavy scrap timber that I've sawn into logs. I like having the wild birds in the garden, but they can be a nuisance.
 
On the subject of weather forecasting, fishermen, especially ones who fish far offshore, in addition to radar and other equipment, pay for detailed forecasts that are updated frequently. I sometimes feel that the UK forecast is created by phoning people round the country and asking what the weather is like with them.

Do any fellow Brits remember how the forecast used to be given on radio ? It would start off Cumberland, Westmoreland, Northumberland and Durham.... And for the southerners the forecast covered London and the home counties.

I asked mother what all this meant and she would say she didn't know. That was her stock reply to any question.
 
After an hour and a half of digging very hard soil, I've given up for today. It's too humid, and too sore on my wrist. I've got 2 Jasmines in.... and I've potted 3 of the Digitalis ( foxgloves) in a barrel pot for now.. but the ground is so hard to dig even with the fork... and I forgot that my husband laid 2 thick layers of ground weed sheeting.. so I've had to cut that away in the area where I want to plant.. , and given it was about 6 inches below the top, it was hard work on my wrist.. so I'll just wait now until the compost arrives tomorrow, and get the rest in then...
 
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Fun and games. Some weeks ago blackbirds made a nest at one end of my woodpile. We were careful not to disturb them until the chicks fledged. Now another blackbird had built a nest at the other end of the woodpile and is sitting on eggs. Problem is that the logs have become unstable and we can't touch them in case we upset the nest. Fortunately it's quite warm so we won't be lighting the stove in the lounge, but just in case, I've scrounged some heavy scrap timber that I've sawn into logs. I like having the wild birds in the garden, but they can be a nuisance.
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I have the same with Blackbirds, but fortunately what we did was plant the laurel 10 feet from the back fence.. so essentially behind the 30 feet laurel.. there is what we call the Beach... and in there it looks like a driftwood seashore.. where I keep various logs, and garden stuff.. and the hedgehogs live up there and hibernate there in winter , and the blackbirds make their nest in the middle of the Laurel... so I don't have any problems getting to anything when they're nesting..
 
hollydolly said:
After an hour and a half of digging very hard soil, I've given up for today. It's too humid, and too sore on my wrist. I've got 2 Jasmines in.... and I've potted 3 of the Digitalis ( foxgloves) in a barrel pot for now.. but the ground is so hard to dig even with the fork... and I forgot that my husband laid 2 thick layers of ground weed sheeting.. so I've had to cut that away in the area where I want to plant.. , and given it was about 6 inches below the top, it was hard work on my wrist.. so I'll just wait now until the compost arrives tomorrow, and get the rest in then...
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I'm curious (nosey 🙂) Are you still planning on moving?
 
I only lived in two places where I could garden. I loved it, loved doing it, loved working in the soil & caring for what I planted. Miss it so much.
 

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