Yawn.... Wakey.. Wakey...!!!! MK3..

morning all

how typical that my time off coincides with torrential rain!!

still i am NOT daunted and am having a chill time - my neighbour managed to cut my beech hedge yesterday - bless him so big box of sweeties for them from me

more of my other neighbours washing done (they had a fire) and now i have their frozen food in my freezer cos theirs packed up yesterday

i love living on my lane!

loopy

 

Good morning everyone,

Its raining here, and cooler, but they said on the news for us to enjoy the "cool", that the heat is moving back in for the weekend.

 

Good morning Woo and everyone,

Couldn't sleep again after waking up early so decided to get up and answer some mail I have waiting after I have finished here.:ywn::D

Woo ,we have had rain every day for the last five days and it is still falling now as I type this:(I know the ground and the duck ponds need it but it can stop now we have had enough:DAt least though it will help all the trees a little bit because we have noticed over the last few months that the leaves on a lot of them have already gone crisp and while we were away the other week,some of the trees had shed theirs as if it was autumn:yez:

I will have to keep my big mouth shut in future as I did say to Mr K a few weeks ago that once the rain started it would go on for ages and I think my prediction is coming right:p

Anyway,I have weighed myself this morning and have lost some more weight so all my exercises despite the rain has paid off :D

Was listening to the news last night and a lot of local attractions that was due to take place this weekend have had to be cancelled due to all the wet stuff flooding the fields so at least that will keep a lot of the traffic off of the roads:yez:

Have a good day everyone

 

Good morning everyone,

Its supposed to be nice day here, and hot and humid all weekend. :dh:

I am heading outside to paint, since it rained all day yesturday:gnthb:

 

Good morning everyone,

No Woo this morning,I expect he is already out with the girls enjoying a nice walk to give them some exercise:yez:

Shiney,Are you heading North soon?Hope the weather stays fine for both you and us although we are heading in a slightly different direction:D

Also Shiney,If you pick peppers when they are green do they turn Red or Yellow indoors or do you have to wait for them to change colour on the plant?We have grown them outdoors for the first time this year and have some fruit on them but they are still green at the moment and are not sure how they will go regarding colouring up.

We are hoping to get over to the allotment today to pick some more plums,pears if there are any large ones,sweetcorn if any are ready and some more cabbage and carrots:yez:Our Butternut Squash plant had flowers on it last week but with all this rain can't see us getting any fruit this year as it seems to be late although we planted it out right at the start of June.This time last year I am sure we had fruit growing on the stems:p

Anyway,just off to read some blogs then will go and have some breakfast.The cats decided to get me up early this morning so another morning I haven't managed a lie in:ywn:

Hope you all have a great day:ywn::D

 

Evening all :luv:

Just popped in to say I have been away and am back now. Just trying to get sorted here and catch up.
Off to a family BBQ tomorrow, I hope it doesn't rain!

 

Morning everyone. 0)

Hope today finds you all in good fettle.
Shiney, your garden is GORGEOUS!! And Oscar is a real sweetie. I love how he has his own bed in the greenhouse!! My furballs have taken to lying on my kneeling pad in my growhouse, especially when it's raining! :hehe: Grove Cottage must be so thrilled with all that you do for them. If I lived a little closer, I'd certainly be putting my name down for a visit to your wonderful garden next year. I think it's wonderful that you do this for them. Keep up the good work, and give Oscar a tickle under the chin from me. xx

Been a mad bout of work, housework and gardening for me the last few days. I work in a little shoe shop (part time) in our village, and as we're the only stockist of Startrite shoes (kiddies shoes) for about 30 miles, we've been rushed off our feet! But I love it. However, I've noticed this morning that my border is starting to look a little ragged, as I've not had the time to get out there for a week or two to weed it!:o So, as long as it stays dry today, I shall be tacking that. Then I'm on kitchen duty, and shall be cooking up a storm as we've got hubs parents coming for lunch. Hmmmmm, I shall have to record the Formula 1 I think!! Never miss that if I can help it!! Neeeeeeeeoooooooooooooooowwwwwwwmmm.

I'm also hoping to take some piccies of the garden either today or tomorrow, to show you all just how bad I've been at gardening in the past, but am now on my way to making amends. *Fingers crossed*
I'll start a thread in Garden Projects, and then you can all have a good giggle. :yez::wink:

Ooo, and thank you all for your kind words about sons GCSE results, that was very kind of you all. xx

Right, idle hands make for huge weeds!! So Joolz best be about it!! (I sound like Perks from the Railway Children!! Love that film I do)

Have a good one all. xxxx

 

Good morning Shiney and everyone,

Shiney sounds like you will have a nice time up North with all your other friends although it is a shame that the others have fallen by the wayside,but at least you all had a good time together over the years and no doubt will keep in touch:thmb:Thanks for the info regarding the peppers.They are all still green at the moment so Mr Kandy will start to pick them when they are large enough for him.I take it they don't always need the sunshine to ripen them?

Your friend has worked marvels with all that land Shiney.:thmb:We keep saying we would like more garden but don't know whether we would be able to do it when we get older health wise.All power to him and hope he has many an enjoyable time looking after it.
Hope you have a great time at the chilli festival with your friends:gnthb:

Jazmine hope the weather stays fine for your BBQ:yez:

Yesterday afternoon when the Grand Prix practise was finished we drove over to the allotment to plant out the cheap strawberry plants{40p each} we got in the morning from our local GC that had 75% price reduction and I had just put out the first four out of twenty six when the heaven opened and we got soaked through to the skin:euw:
Mr Kandy was in the process of picking the plums despite many of them having split on the tree but we had to abandon that idea when it chucked it down:(Luckily we had picked loads of runner beans beforehand so despite the rain we had done something usefull:p

This morning it is cold and breezy so have been preparing beans since I got up at six and have just stopped for brekkie:D

Hope you all have a great day