Yawn Yawn, Wakey Wakey...!!!! MK8...

Good morning everyone,

I've got up to a sky that's turning a nice shade of blue....now that's a nice change and even the sun is trying to shine the birds look to be enjoying it too,all busy flitting around and the stoggies are cooeing away..... the only thing spoiling the peace was the 'girls' screeching their heads off......they were telling me their water was frozen....all done now ......i could sit watching the birds all day but if they want feeding i'd best get to work.....Hi Ho

Hopeing everyone is getting back on track

Waves to all,enjoy your day and take care

 

Aloha Everyone,

Beautiful morning this morning with the sun shining. Very cold though but I can take that provided the sun continues to shine. Got in a panic last night when I realized that this was Easter weekend and I hadn't got enough Tramadol to see me through. Particularly with the cold I rely on the Tramadol to keep my legs and hips and ankles and knees going. Anyway phoned the docs and the receptionist said she would get the doc to sign a prescription this morning and I can pick them up from the chemists this afternoon.

Shiney I am sorry your chest doesn't seem to be getting any better I suppose some more sunshine and warm weather is what is needed.

Loli, I have been out to put two more cocunuts up for the birds because the blue tits and gold crests have discovered the coconuts now and if they get a chance with the starlings hogging them all the time it is nice to see them picking on them.

Well have a good day everyone and those under the weather like Shiney and WOO get better soon. Stay safe and warm everyone.

Aloha!

 

Good morning everyone,

Woo good to see you popping in, hope your feeling better,take it easy

Shiney don't these 'colds' take some shaking off.....i'm left with a cough but it's slowly abating...hope you feel better soon

Hope all is well with our ladies

Another dry one this morning...that's 2 days in a row..... if it wasn't so chilly anyone would think it was Spring ......
Just today to do then it's my weekend off

Have a great day everyone,take care

 

Happy "Good Friday" to one and all.

Woo - glad you are having trial flights in and out of here; hope you are back to full speed very soon.

Shiney - I can think of a number of people who have had the cough/cold thing since earlier this year and simply cannot shake it off fully. I'm sure the weather has much to do with it. Aww, that is just so kind and thoughtful of you to be helping an 84yo to learn to cook. The poor man must be so lost and confused. I wonder if a "Student cookbook would be of any help to him? I bought one from a supermarket a number of years ago and it was great! Found it on Amazon: here Just a thought.

Loli - bet you can't wait for your weekend off!

Moyra - so pleased that you were able to get your prescription sorted at the Dr's for the Easter weekend; I can just imagine how you must have felt when you realised you would run short!

Well, I've just popped to the back door and we have a light snow fall going on outside. Good job I hadn't planned to go anywhere today, because I really do not fancy an outing in the snow!

Yesterday, I got ... a mantis tiller!
I have been hankering after one and umm-ing and ahh-ing whether or not to invest in one for quite a while; Mr Mum decided to take the bull by the horns and buy me one. Isn't he kind and thoughtful
Reality check: he worked out how much they were to hire vs purchase vs usage = purchase would be cheaper

Can't wait to get out there and "play" with it. The plan is to practise in the copse end to see what I can do with it and then, hopefully, I can start creating some beds and borders in the main part of the garden! I've been taking notes on all the plants I have stored and ready, so this will be my first venture into "designing" a shrub border. I am a bit nervous that I'll get it wrong, but, that's what next Spring is for ... transplanting any errors elsewhere
Who knew I could get so excited over a tiller?

Next planned Uni visit will be Portsmouth in two weeks time. Hoping the snow weather is behind us by then! Youngest son doesn't know we're going (he's not quite as fired up as his brother, who we took to Lincoln) and we're hoping this visit will spur him on a bit.

Keep yourselves warm, happy and optimistic.
Miles of smiles
xMx

 

Aloha everyone,

Mum, hope your visit to Portsmouth works out well. Yes I cannot tell you how relieved I was to pick up my Tramadol yesterday. I would have been really ill without them and in an awful lot of pain too.

WOO good to see you dear, I hope you are feeling a bit better and will soon be very much better.

Loli, Kandy, Shiney et al, hope you are all feeling better and I hope everyone has a lovely Easter. Take care everyone and wrap up warm I am off to walk Amber.

Aloha!

 

Hi all, had a quick glance back to check in. Hello Mr Woo, lovely to see you fly past too.
Happy Easter everybody.

 

Arh, he was probably watching you all the time Shiney. Sounds a wonderfully wild garden they have.

Do take care everyone didn't quite understand all Barry's problems and finances I shall have to read that again but it all seems a bit unfair unless you feel he does get adequate welfare to cover these other costs now. I am too tired to take much in am about to go and say goodnight on the other thread. Goodnight all.

 

Good Morning, fellow GC'ers

I've just spent the past half an hour watching a pair of crows taking a huge lump (bit by bit) of Ozzy's fur that I threw into the garden after his grooming session last night. They each had a different technique: one would fly in, hop over to it, grab a beakful - looked like it had a snowball in its beak - then fly off. The other would fly in, hop over, hop away, look around, hop back take a beakful and hop a few feet away. Then, it would take a teeny piece, eat it, stand on the lump with one claw, grab a larger beakful, compact it and fly off. When the snow got a little thicker (but still only a light snow fall), they both backed off and waited in the Poplars until it went back to an occasional flake fall and then they returned to complete the task. Nature is wonder-full!

shiney - thank you for the tip Weather being favourable, I'll be testing it Monday or Tuesday (can't wait! I love new toys )

Jazmine - hoping Easter brings some happiness to your world.

moyra - hope you managed some painfree sleep and have a bit more energy for today.

lolimac - Woohooo! It's your weekend off! Enjoy it and don't spend too much time on mundane things.

Mr Mum is on quick turnaround today (got home at 7.30, straight to bed then has to leave for work 3 ish) so I'm thinking of doing a little baking for his pack up. Just another 8 days of this stupid/unhealthy/unpredictable/unsocial shift pattern to go and then he begins a new shift system (well, the previous one to this!) and moves to a new area too, so shaving off a few miles and a few minutes each way He's not as young as he used to be (who is?) but he still thinks he has the same stamina. These past 17 months under this unGodly shift pattern is taking its toll but he won't give in or get a check up: silly billy!

I've almost completed my shrub border design, but need a few tweaks here and there because I got my scale wrong on my graph paper (amateur mistake ) so not totally back to the drawing board.

Wishing you all good health and miles of smiles
xMx

 

Good morning everyone,

Are we all steadily getting back to full strength? i hope so.......
I woke up snuffley again this morning .....don't get what that's all about,taking vitamins like they are going out of fashion and trying to be sensible feel OK in myself but my body doesn't seem to have the 'umph' .....But ...it's going to get the 'umph' today....wall to wall sunshine out there and i can't wait to crack on
Still can't do anything with the lawns yet.....when it's not frozen it's soggy but there's plenty enough to keep me out of mischief .....i'll get dressed first though eh....

Waves to all,have a great day and take care