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Proud to be Yorkshire.March 29, 2023 at 4:54 PM
ReplyDeleteWe went on a 7 day cruise to Bermuda before covid on a ship that had capacity for about 3000. Husband didn’t want to go on a cruise at all.
He loved it. So did I. With that many people you did not see the same folks every day and you didn’t have to befriend anyone if you didn’t want to. I’m very anti social with regards new people. We didn’t spend time by swimming pools or sun loungers so enjoyed a peaceful time people watching from various bars. So many things to do. We only discovered a ten pin bowling alley as we were leaving.
Husband now desperate to go on another. Sometime in the future I hope.
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SpicycushionMarch 29, 2023 at 6:02 PM
I have nearly watched all detective stories on Tv in my 'record and watch' programmes but I cannot work out my ITVX 'turning on and taking off !' It is so awkward, but I am suppose it's me not following the correct procedure! You cannot stop the adverts as you can with my own shows where I can flip through and it takes about half a minute between adverts and beginnings of shows!
I planted some dahlias yesterday and three raspberry (autumn) canes this morning as well as tidying up the raspberry row. A robin came near to me as I was digging up and weeding, not caring how close he was, in getting worms!
Tomorrow it's shallot time and getting my small green houses over the other side of the garden.
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Sarnia March 29, 2023 at 6:39 PM
I'm addicted to detective series,- the amusing ones, not the gritty ones. I think I'm falling in love with Chief Inspector Sullivan's gorgeous 1958 Wolseley 15 50 (although I'm not sure what it's doing being driven around 'Kembleford' in 1954!)
Lanjan.March 29, 2023 at 7:45 PM
ReplyDeleteI am having a new boiler fitted hopefully tomorrow.
The "heating engineer " is coming at 7:30 am apparently so after watching "Race across the World" at 9:00 and recording"The Bay" I will be having an early night.
A friend said she was "in pieces" after watching the Paul O'Grady programme
MrNuts & I went on a Nile cruise about 26 years ago which was terrific, once we got moved out of Cabin 101 next to the engine room. The only other cruise we did was Hurtigruten Northern Lights cruise just over 5 years ago, also excellent. Neither ships was especially large, but I can’t really see the appeal of floating holiday camps.
ReplyDeleteRegarding make up I put on a smidge of eyeliner otherwise everyone asks me if I am unwell, and a bit more if I’m going out for an evening.
LanJan I hope the boiler installation goes smoothly.
Thanks KP.
ReplyDeleteJust watched the second episode of the Race across the world .
The scenery is amazing and the contestants went to the small town where my son and daughter in law are living.
I couldn't resist telephoning them as I was watching it.
P tb Y you are not anti social with new people.
ReplyDeleteA Yorky telling a porky.
Haha. Oh but I am with people I don’t instantly like.
DeleteLJ, you've got an awful lot of plants on order; your greenhouse must be bigger than mine - although, come to think of it, most greenhouses are bigger than mine! You're surely not going to plant them all out by yourself? It'll be back-breaking and take forever.
ReplyDeleteSarnia,Many years ago I was walking through what we term as "the village" and passed a shop selling tomato plants along with loads of other things
ReplyDelete"Big Mouth " ( me) told the owner of the shop that my plants were much better than his and I would let him have all my spare ones.
Since then I have given him my spare cuttings.
I can't resist a bargain and whenever Sutton's seeds have a special offer I always want to get their plants so again I engaged my mouth before my brain and said I would order plug plants and pot them on for him to sell..I also do cuttings.
At the moment they are on window sills and Utility Room but they will go into the greenhouse soon.
I have shelves in there .
I also have a cold frame
It is not all one sided.
No money changes hands but for example if I want compost or grout for tiling or plant pots etc he will drop them off for me.
A win -win situation.
I will plant what I want and he can have the rest.
That must keep you busy. My cold frame is still in its box, claiming to be self-assembling.
DeleteLan Jan, I'm being very nosey, but please could you tell us the town in Race Across the World? My mother was brought up on Prince Edward Island. It is fascinating, I like the car share culture.
ReplyDeleteMistral,
ReplyDeleteThey start off in Vancouver and finish at St John's Newfoundland.
My son worked as a doctor in Prince Edward Island and loved the island but prefers to practice where he is not rushed.
He is now in the far north of British Columbia about 50 miles north of Terrace which was mentioned on the programme.
He is working with the First Nation people and is allowed at least half an hour per patient and loves it-but not the weather.
I think the best part of the programme is where folk say something like.
"You don't need to pay ME back, pay forward.
Do you know whereabouts on PEI your mum was brought up?
I am so puzzled. I thought I would watch Race across the World to see what it was like but they are racing to Singapore and not going through Canada at all. Is there another version of it somewhere Lanjan?
ReplyDeleteJanice, the canadian race is series 3, you are watching series 1.
ReplyDeleteLan Jan, thank you, very interesting. The scenery and wildlife is amazing. I don't know whereabouts on the island they lived, but my Grandad was a trapper, he sold pelts to ???the author of Anne of Green Gables. I should start writing family history down because I am now forgetting things.
I like the 'pay it forward' pair too, and i enjoy seeing people learning to have confidence in themselves and try new things.
Thanks Mistral, that explains it! Your Grandad must have had an amazing outdoor life, the kind that probably just doesn't exist there anymore. You should write it down for your younger relatives. During the long recession at the end of the 1800's many from Cornwall emigrated, and we have been tracked down and visited by people several times, mainly from Canada but also Australia, researching their family history. I did once start writing things down online as a resource for any future visitors and ones who could not travel but got busy and didn't keep it up. Our background is just a simple farming one.
DeleteWe seem to be missing Ev - hope all is OK Ev. Perhaps on holiday.
ReplyDeleteWe are watching Race the World too because we enjoyed the first 2 series so much.
ReplyDeleteBut not enjoying this one as much. Maybe because it is all in the same country, not having to cross borders, cope with different languages and cultures. It’s all a bit samey so far.
Another grotty day weathers wise. My poor daffy have really gone through it this year, a lot are nearly horizontal ☹️
ReplyDeleteSame here KP. Miserable with on and off drizzle. Totally fed up. One good day in the garden and that’s it.
ReplyDeleteIn fact got a total CBA mood on now so now I’ve made soup for tea nothing more will get done.
CBA?
ReplyDeleteCan’t be bothered ??
DeleteIs anyone else having problems with flea beetles in their daffs?
ReplyDeleteI picked a big b7nch from the garden this morning (in the rain!), brought them in. Put them in the sink while I found flower vases.
Within a few minutes there were dozens of these tiny black beetles swimming in the water & climbing up onto the draining board. I found the trumpets and petals had lots of them and had to wash every flower under a running tap to dislodge them
DeleteI have seen a few beetles in previous years but there seemed to be an explosion this year!
Heavens above this weather! I cannot get over how much day time television I have been consuming. 🤯
ReplyDeleteI haven't been well, Mrs P. Thank you for asking. Unfortunately I can't post on my IPad as the dreaded sign in to Google appeared and we can't figure out how to get round it. I can only post on my computer. I have some sort of infection which has left me unable to eat much and existing on complan, porridge and the like. I am half way through my second lot of antibiotics and seeing the doctor who arranged x-rays and have had blood tests. I see her again next thursday when hopefully she will have a clue as to what is going on. I am following your posts and hope you are all keeping well. XX
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear of your unpleasant infection EV - do hope your GP can get to the root of your infection and that the anti bionics work very soon.
DeleteThere is a way around your signing in problem. I think it was LJ who published a way to deal with it. It worked for me and others and perhaps when your better you can tackle the problem.
Look forward to your return.
Sarnia…..CBA. Can’t be arsed!
ReplyDeleteI suggested to Sarnia can’t be bothered but apart from wrong last initial - you being you I should have realised it would be arsed 😂🤣 great!
DeleteRight. To be honest, I CBA either, but the internet tells me it's because I'm suffering from Decision Fatigue. I'll buy that, seems about right.
DeleteSounds horrible, Ev. Chin up!
Archerphile11:26 am
ReplyDeleteI haven't watched series 1 and 2 of Race across the World and for obvious reasons -they actually went to the small town where my elder son lives-I am really enjoying this one in particular but plan to watch the other two.
What I really do love ,apart from the scenery ,as I may have mentioned before ) is the kindness of the folk in the programme and the "pay forward "idea they have -(in fairness one of the UK Contestants did mention that idea.too)
Is it practiced as much in this Country?
I hope so.
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ReplyDeleteMy previous comment was deleted because for some reason I did the same one twice.
ReplyDeleteHope you will soon feel much better Ev.
In order to get onto KP's blog I go to Chrome and tap on Archers fan mark 2
Before I found out how to do that( slow learner) I used to type in Archersfan and it came up with the ones before KP took over.
I scrolled down until I came upon a comment KP had posted
I then tapped onto KPs name I think) and the new blog appeared.
Ev sending get well wishes 💐
ReplyDeleteEv - hope you feel better soon.
ReplyDeletePTBY- this whole year so far has seen me CBA...
Lol
DeleteGet well soon Ev. 💐
ReplyDeleteHope you get well soon Ev 🍫
ReplyDelete"April 1st: This is the day upon which we are reminded of what we are on the other 364." Mark Twain.
ReplyDeleteDid you know that the king plans to visit every Coronation St in the country?
DeleteHmmm !?
DeleteYes, quite. Tucked away inside my weekend newspaper. More feasible than spaghetti trees, or towing the IoW further from the mainland to make more room for shipping, I suppose.
DeleteEven the one in Weatherfield” Manchester 😂 Although I think he already has done so in the past or was that Albert Square?
DeleteGet well soon Ev !
ReplyDeleteYes, they do seem to be very trusting and generous. Perhaps it is because the local residents know there is no public transport available for visitors and are used to this vehicle sharing idea.
ReplyDeleteAnd as I said somewhere above, the lack of border crossings, currency exchange rates, language difficulties etc does make this a rather different type of experience. It feels to me more like a travel documentary about the beauty and people of Canada rather than about couples trying to cope with world wide travel difficulties.
I really like the Scottish married couple and the two ladies, one of whom has sight problems. But not so keen on the (white) father and daughter pair who seem to bicker a lot.
So sorry to hear of your health problems Ev. Hope they can get sorted very soon. 💐
ReplyDeleteI'd like to add my best wishes for a speedy recovery Ev.
ReplyDeleteGet Well Soon EV Xx
ReplyDeleteI have decided to watch the first series of Race across the world .
ReplyDeleteAt the moment I definitely prefer the Contestants in series 3 (not too keen on one father/ daughter combination though but the other father is a delight .
Now here are two points on which I would like to ask your opinion
I really think I may have grown into a moaning old biddy......
1) I recently went to a Coffee Morning where one man dunked his biscuits in his coffee.
I wasn't even allowed to do that at home when I was growing up although I do dunk hobnobs when alone but never in company
Is it now acceptable to do that in public?
2) On Wednesday, a friend and I lunched at a very nice hotel overlooking the Thames.
We are both over 80 years of age and were greeted by "What can I do for you guys?"
I wanted to say
"You can stop calling us guys for a start "but decided to ignore it .
Do you find that manner of greeting unacceptable or again is it me?
and now for something completely different..............
On last week's Gardeners World a woman made a contraption out of twigs and put inside it some wool for the birds to use for their nests.
I made a couple putting both quite near to the house and noticed that quite a bit of wool had been taken .Today I watched several blue tits collecting the raw wool-the stuff that encases frozen food when delivered .
The goldfinches come quite near to the house but not the blue tits usually .
Isn't it a lovely time of year in spite of all the rain?
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I don't mind people dunking biscuits Lanjan but do agree with you about "guys".
DeleteSpring is my favourite time of year. I really enjoy the sense of renewal. We've got a pair of long tailed tits visiting our feeders frequently at the moment.
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ReplyDeleteI deleted my comment, as it seemed off topic as to the current conversation, and as such just didn't fit in...
ReplyDelete...I have never dunked a biscuit as prefer the crunch of biting into it, whilst slurping coffee/tea at the same time. Perhaps the result is the same!
DeleteI still love a Garibaldi, closely followed by the S/market "Hob Nob" equivalent, so much cheaper.
DeleteOIf I'm not going out somewhere
ReplyDeleteI'll wash my face and leave it bare
No actually that's not quite true.
There's something I will have to do.
I'll moisturise my skin so I
Won't end up with it feeling dry
A friend of mine(I swear it's true)
Tells me the first thing she must do.
Before her breakfast's done and gone
She has to put her make up on
It must be done ,(she really said.)
As soon as she gets out of bed.
But will a neighbour show surprise
If you have not made up your eyes ?
And will the postman really care
If you've got rollers in your hair?
The best thing is it seems to me.
We will agree to disagree.
Not keen on 'guys' at all, but my step daughter-in-law uses it and I love her dearly, so what can I do but keep schtum!
ReplyDelete“Guys” not keen but can live with it, I want to scream when after thanking a person after ordering / receiving a meal or in a shop they answer with “ no worries “ 😱 instead of “your welcome” or “my pleasure” so if you are a moaning old biddy LJ there’s plenty of us joining the club!
ReplyDeleteI use to dunk biscuits privately or with very close friends in a casual setting, but like Miriam I now enjoy the crunch!
Love the poem very clever 👏🏻
Watching too many Australian soaps!
ReplyDeleteHate ‘Guys’ specially from staff young enough to be my grandchildren!
ReplyDeleteAlso hate ‘there you go’ as a dish is placed in front of me in a restaurant.
Don’t mind people dunking biscuits and do it myself these days because of dodgy teeth!
My favourites are Garibaldi, Fig Rolls and shortbread.
Agree shortbread AP - but Garibaldi and Fig Rolls 😱😂😱😂 the old squashed flies🤮
DeleteLan Jan, I always dunk, no matter here I am, why waste a good cup of coffee?
ReplyDeleteI cannot bear 'guys', ever, from anyone.
Re the first series of 'Race', I liked the older, substitute couple best, but was disappointed that after all their talk about being the oldies, they turned out to be only 60!!
I find that the ones I don't like so much in the begining definately grow on me by the end.
I have never dunked a biscuit in any kind of liquid, hot or cold.
ReplyDeleteI am absolutely sure I would find it repugnant.
I don’t enjoy watching other do this, but would prefer not to see it.
I would never criticise anyone for doing so however.
I HATE. Being addressed as ‘guys’ - my son in law ( the world traveller) calls everyone in the family guys.
I keep my mouth shut !
Until the comments here I had not heard of race around the world.
I dislike anything that smacks of competition or competitiveness, but decided to watch a little of it.
Over two days I have watched the first series.
I found three of the pairs of competitors interesting in the following order.
Father and son.
The female life long friends.
The male business partners/friends.
I found that the husband of the married couple seemed to be a nice enough man, but I came to dislike the wife more and more and was extremely unhappy that they won. And her crowing after winning caused me to dislike her even more.
Mrs P !!!!! I aint finished watching it yet! I'll forgive you though. 🤣
DeleteP.s. those two were not my favourites to win.
DeleteMe neither
DeleteSee my earlier comment below.
The husband would have driven me mad
They would have spoiled another couple
Good poem Lanjan. Haven’t had one of your poems for a long time.
ReplyDeleteI don’t care for biscuits apart from shortbread and cheapo hobnobs. Only just started buying these because my brother complained there was never a biscuit to have with his brew when he visits. I tried one, big mistake, they are really nice…..and yes I dunked it in my coffee.
Enjoying race across Canada. Haven’t seen any of the other series. Also watching “tempting fortune” on Sunday and Monday.
Have you tried chocolate covered hobnobs? Had them at my cousins recently and they are really nice.
DeleteLove them Janice but I wouldn't dunk them.
DeleteHave you made chocolate biscuit cake ?
I just mix a. packet f plain broken biscuits with whipping cream and Lidl's chocolate and cut it into slices when it sets.
Very morish
Ooh dark chocolate hobnobs have tried them but just an occasional treat as very hard to stop at 1 or 2 🤣
DeleteYour mash up sounds very naughty but nice as Dick Emery would have said LJ!
I wish I hadn't mentioned watching the programme as I am still watching Series 1 and now I know who won
ReplyDeleteMy fault I know and should have said "no spoilers please."
Having been to Singapore several times I thought they might show a bit of the Country but it will have changed a lot in the 18 years since I was last there.
I will probably miss the rest and go ontoSeries 2
No spoilers please
I am so very very sorry folks for the spoiler.
DeleteI simply didn’t think and assumed that everyone had watched it.
I suppose because I was responding to Mistrals post, where it was obvious that she had seen the complete series 1.
Please forgive me and accept my apologies for spoiling watching it for those who have not yet seen it.
I caught up last night, with the last ever episode of Endeavour.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great finale it was and the last scene was just brilliant.
I won't say any more..except that the music in one of the final scenes, reduced me to tears.
It was "In Paradisum" from Faure's Requiem, which was the music my Mum entered the crem. to,so brought back memories.
Oh yes Miriam music (and smells) are so memory inducing. Some make us smile while others are bitter sweet so understand your tears 😪
DeleteOh more blood tests for me in about 4/6 weeks. It is due to being told that one of my levels is now only just above an accepted level (normal 1.5 mine was 1.53). The idea was to double the dose of my statin, which I said no to, which was based purely on one blood test result only.
ReplyDeleteIt was agreed to have another one done, to see if the problem is still there. Only then will I make a decision.
At last: first butterfly of the year, a brimstone as usual, and several bees already. Last year was dreadful for bees despite the year-long feast I'm careful to provide for them.
ReplyDeleteBreakfast and lunch in the courtyard today - grab it while you can! Gardening is so frustrating though, as I can only do so little before needing to sit down again.
I, at last mowed my lawns today. They were cut a few weeks ago by the bloke who cuts my hedges, but grew quickly again and even after several dry and sunny days, they were still wet and long.
DeleteAll done but it was difficult, as constantly having to empty the grass box and the green bin is nearly full already. I am stiff now, but it was a job well done - now to do the rest of the garden!
Sarnia, just do little and often, as I know you enjoy your garden. However much you do is immaterial, as you are doing what you enjoy and can see the benefits. Don't get frustrated, but just continue and enjoy, and fresh air and sunshine certainly lifts the spirits. 🤗
To add, I had a frost this morning ❄️
DeleteLike Miriam we had a frost this morning but now it’s lovely, and like Sarnia I have seen my first butterfly today, also a brimstone which was co-ordinating with a large clump of primroses. I have also set the log burner as i suspect the temperatures will go down along with the sun!
DeleteI’ve had a full day in the garden. Well 11-4.30. Got a bit of grass dug out. Cut the lawn on a high setting and did a bit of edging. Not a lot done in the great scheme of things but like Sarnia, a bit then a rest, then a bit more. Just to be in the warm sunshine was lovely.
ReplyDeleteAnyone watching Magpie Murders? Watched 3 episodes yesterday. Quite enjoyable.
I’ve been in the garden for a short while today and yesterday.
DeleteMy magnolia has dropped its flowers so quickly this year due to the rain and wind last week. So a massive amount of petals to rake up from the grass area. There is no way that I could claim it as a lawn, and I shall not be keeping it as a lawn in the long run.
However I have established that as I thought when I viewed the flat last year in spring, there is a yellow magnolia in a neighbouring garden which is just coming into bud now and I shall look forward to seeing it bloom.
The paving stones in my lower section have violets in the gravel between them and they have now been flowering for at least two weeks. Yesterday I saw violets just coming into flower up on the moor and a delicate white flower hidden amongst the dead bracken which I wasn’t able to name. That reminds me that I need to check that out.
Just had a call from eldest to suggest that they could break their journey home from a short break in France followed by a few days in Norfolk and meet me for lunch on Wednesday.
I’ve also got days out planned for two days either side of my birthday when I shall go on a coach trip with a local company and meet up with one daughter in Wells and the other at the Eden Project.
Wow! Life in the fast lane, More P.
DeleteThat's Mrs P. Bother this phone!!
DeleteA good radio listen - A Woman on the Edge of Time - omnibus of 70mins available on Sounds.
ReplyDeleteI too saw the first Brimstone of the year - much to Mr A’s fury! He was busy pruning apple trees and don’t notice it…so it’s one up to me!
ReplyDeleteBut our lawns are full of rabbit damage where they have been digging scrapes and holes, some quite deep. Why they can’t be satisfied with all the grass in the adjacent field and have to invade our garden I don’t know!
What a lovely April day.
ReplyDeleteI reckon from the last week on March there is something new to see in the garden every day.
Today I realised that the plum tree at the bottom of the garden was in blossom.
I had a little dig at the compost as well and there were thousands of worms.
I love compost.
It is magic.
I put lots of bulbs into the garden at the back end and am now being rewarded with quite a few tulips to join other flowering bulbs .
I reckon that usually they don't appear until later in the month.
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ReplyDeleteThe alliums in pots In the greenhouse are beginning to show signs of life at last. Soon they will be added to the tulips and camassias that scatter the wild garden until the summer wildflowers come into bloom.
ReplyDeleteI also delight in the little patch of fritillaries beneath the flowering cherry, four now and one of them doubled, that Mr S said would never grow in this garden.
I haven't achieved much despite being out there all day
- removed an overgrown grass that needs dividing and replaced it with the little mimosa, still in its pot, cleared up the area round my potting table outside the greenhouse and clipped the new and somewhat scrawny lavender hedge into shape. Off to the garden centre with a friend tomorrow to spend my Christmas vouchers!
The time that I was able to spend in the garden yesterday was spent removing sycamore seedlings. Apparently last year was a bumper one for sycamore seeds and don't I know it. Lawns, borders and beds are carpeted with the seedlings.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you Lanjan about compost, I love it.
How was your new hip during this gardening manoeuvre CC 🤔
DeleteI mainly used the hoe to do it and stopped when my hip complained, so it wasn't too bad. I did ache during the evening but not too much.
DeleteGood to hear CC 🤗
DeleteNever get hammerite in your hair! I too have been in the garden. A good friend who is 80 and has been here for 20 years has decided to have a last adventure and is moving to Finland where she once lived for a few years and has one of her children there. She is busy jettisoning as much stuff as possible to travel light. I was offered her arc polytunnel. Just a small one but very useful for growing tomatoes in, so son dismantled it and reassembled it here. The frame was somewhat rusty so I decided to paint it with Hammerite. Looking back inside I saw a bit I had missed and when I went back in a great dollop of paint dropped down on my head. It set hard. Showering with lots of shampoo and conditioner didn't do a thing. I ended up with daughter in law plastering my hair with Swarfega which did eventually dissolve the worst of it. At least I shouldn't go rusty.
ReplyDeleteI had visions of you having to have it cut out Janice.
DeleteMy first thought too.
DeleteI'd never heard of Hammerite. Perhaps it's just as well.
ReplyDeleteI’ve watched - in several sessions - Doctor Zhivago - over recent days.
ReplyDeleteOn this occasion I became more interested in Pasternak himself and decided to go to the library to find the book and an autobiography.
Very disappointed to find neither available in Minehead.
I think I might, for the first time buy from Amazon.
I love the film.
My mother watched ‘ Gone with the wind ‘ in Leicester Square when in advanced pregnancy with me.
I watched ‘ Doctor Zhivago ‘ in Leicester Square when in advanced pregnancy with my eldest.
Three or four years previously I was quite separately in a short friendship with Julie Christy, through nursing her then current boyfriend who had a collapsed lung, and for a few months flat sharing with others girls including Geraldine Chaplin.
Miriam
ReplyDeleteOne of our favourite programmes is on right now….. the emergency service call operator.
Make a note Tuesday afternoon drama slot.
Today…. A call from inside a lorry in Dover. People smuggling.
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DeleteThanks...I know the programme and will find it and listen again. I do remember that episode, as it had an impact on me.
DeleteI wasn't going to post today, but I had to share what I saw on-line earlier.
ReplyDeleteA supermarket is selling- Easter Pizza - the topping being, chocolate chips, chocolate eggs and cookie dough!
It sounds awful (plus cookie dough is so american).
Yuk indeed !
DeleteSounds revolting Miriam.
DeleteAs long as it doesn’t have tomato sauce & cheese I can see it appealing to some people
DeleteI’ve just had fun arranging 6 appointments over 3 weeks for B12 injections for my hermit daughter, recent blood tests showed low B12, VitD & raised inflammatory markers, sorting appointments is always challenging as she has a 26 hour body clock so is virtually nocturnal half the time 🤨 the nurse was very accommodating. MrNuts was diagnosed with pernicious anaemia 20 yrs ago so strong possibility of daughter going down same route, Oh joy!
ReplyDeleteWell done KP - as I’ve probably said before, I’ve had to fight for my B12 and the recognition that I have pernicious anaemia and still have to be wary of my dosage being withdrawn. Only last week my antennae were raised when the nurse asked how long i had been on a six week regime with a hint of a suspicious query in her voice as she prepared the syringe.
DeleteAgree ‘joy ‘ for the future for your girl, but remember what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.
I had a little bit 9f an accident this morning in the garden
ReplyDeleteMy GP, still concerned my blood pressure is too high, has put me on different drug to try to lower it. It is a vasodilator and makes me feel awful. Sleepy, wobbly, wooly headed, blurred vision etc.
I went in the garden to pick daffodils, came over all dizzy, fell over backwards under the trees hitting my head and had to lie there, floundering about like a beached whale until Mr A came to the rescue.
Since hip & knee replacements I find it impossible to rise from the floor without something solid to hold on to. It’s difficult (& painful) to go onto my knees & even more tricky trying to rise. Only the provision of a solid wooden garden bench, put in front of me did the trick!
Oh dear Archerfile, hope the bump on the head wasn't too bad. Hope that you'll put your feet up and take it easy for the rest of the day.
DeleteAP Ring your surgery and let them know about this in case new meds. aren't suiting you. Remember it is a Bank Holiday weekend.
DeleteI think that’s jolly good advice from Miriam ARCHERPHILE.
DeleteYou should also let your GP practice know about the fall.
Archerphile I agree 100% with Miriam. How recently did you start this medication?
DeleteDo hope you are not too battered / bruised. Thank goodness Mr A was not out and about elsewhere……
Just finished the second week Lady R. Am supposed to send in BP results after 3 weeks but don’t think I can wait that long.
DeleteNor should you AP
DeleteMet up with daughter and SinL for breakfast in one of the smaller towns between the M5 and Minehead, then off to a very large reclamation business nearby, where D and I checked out/ photographed/ measured various items still there since she first visited a year ago. Annoyingly she wasn’t able to get prices - and so haggle - as the main man was not there and wasn’t available and able to give a price on only one item over the phone.
ReplyDeleteAs we arrived my Sin L was heard to mutter ‘ paradise for you two ! ‘
Thrilled to have spent a whole morning with my daughter sharing a passion we both enjoy.
Good for you Mrs P 👏🏻
DeleteSound great, you can wander round places like that for hours
DeleteQuite impressed with our surgery. I was so concerned about the effects of this new drug I sent an email about it late last night.
ReplyDeleteThis morning I had a phone call at 8.30 from a GP who gave me the advice to stop the drug, to see how I feel after 2 weeks, and keep taking BP readings . Then she made me an appt to see her and decide how to proceed. She actually asked if I would prefer a telephone or person to person consultation which surprised me. Didn’t think I should get quite such fast attention!
Good to hear Archerphile we do seem to be fortunate in our areas. Mr R had a problem a week ago the receptionist said a Dr would ring in the afternoon however this happened within an hour or so of our call and following a chat she made an appointment for Mr R to see her at 2.30pm! Where a full examination of the area concerned was made to eliminate a particular cause of his pain and an extra med prescribed. Feel so much for others not so fortunate. They all work so hard which we acknowledge when we give them our thanks.
DeleteLet us know how your visit goes just happy to hear you are being sorted 🙂
It's so nice to hear some good news about the NHS
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ReplyDeleteConsidering my negative experience with Lloyds pharmacy in Stroud followed by a good experience with Superdrug, I tried Boots and a local independent pharmacy when I moved here. I was dissatisfied with Boots who informed me that after receiving my prescription electronically from the surgery that prescription was then sent to a central operation in Sheffield where it was dispensed before being sent back to my local branch here in Minehead. I was uncomfortable with being responsible for such road mileage and approached the surgery which has its own dispensary in the building.
Apparently that dispensary cannot fulfil my prescription because I live beyond one mile from the building.
I decided to try Tesco and was very satisfied with the service provided.
My medications have recently become out of sync and I realised that one medication was very low, so last week late on Monday afternoon I rang the Tesco pharmacy to order it for me. At about 2pm on Tuesday I received a text to tell me that my prescription was ready for collection.
I don’t think that experience can be bettered !
Sounds good to me Mrs P 👏🏻 to Tesco pharmacy!
DeleteI may have mentioned earlier about making several wreath like shapes from hazel branches into which I insert raw sheeps' wool.
ReplyDeleteIt is for the birds to line their nests with
This was a suggestion on Gardeners World
Up to today the only birds using this excellent free facility have been blue tits but just now I have seen a crow very close to the house pulling great clawfulls of wool out.
I wonder if he/she is the same one who ignores Percy if he is sitting outside and sits on the table on the patio.
Isn't nature wonderful.
Nature is wonderful. I was in the potting shed this morning and noticed a blue tit going in and out of the nest box. There were also several bees enjoying the pulmonaria in the herbaceous border. It's a beautiful day here, we sat outside to have our mid morning cuppa.
DeleteIoIo’s new nature series is stunning “Welsh Borderlands” on BBC and also on iPlayer for watching as convenient or a binge watch 🙃
ReplyDeleteOooh, I love Iolo! Never mind the wildlife. 😉
DeleteTake it he is your wildlife AP! You made Mr R and myself laugh out loud 🤗
DeleteThanks for mentioning that Lady R, I really enjoy his programmes and had missed that one.
DeleteAfter a cold start, frost again, it's now turned into a glorious, warm sunny afternoon. I have spent about 3hours gardening and weeding, which is slow going as the weeda are much more of a problem, than first thought.
ReplyDeleteI got so engrossed, I over-proved my bread, which collapsed on cooking!
It looks and smells OK, but is probably on the "heavy" side.
My choyisa is now half its size, after cutting off all the dead leaves and stems. It will grow again.
Enjoy the Easter Weekend everyone, whatever you are doing.
ReplyDelete🐣🐥🥚🍫 and hopefully ☀️
I echo Miriam enjoy Easter everyone of you in your own way - busy busy or lazy lazy 🙃. 🎚️🍫🍷💐
ReplyDeleteAnother radio listen I enjoyed - The Ice Princess by Camilla Lackberg. A murder mystery set in Sweden, or similar.
ReplyDeleteThis morning I went to an Acupuncturist to see if she could help with my knee pain.
ReplyDeleteI think acupuncture is great.
A few years ago I was struggling to walk because of sciatica and after a few sessions I was back to normal.
What amazed me is how she could tell exactly where the pain was .and after an hour's treatment my knee felt better than it had felt for ages.
I have spent the past few hours gardening -shorts and t shirt -but won't be doing any heavy work.
It won't be an instant cure and maybe I am speaking too soon but by gum it hasn't half made me feel good .
That was money well spent and I far prefer going along that route than taking strong pain killers.
I was wondering if those of you who are suffering joint pain have ever thought of acupuncture.
It does not hurt.
If you do go ,I believe Chinese Acupuncture to be .the best
Yes LJ, I’ve had acupuncture on a number of occasions, and most recently for my knee. It did bring relief but only temporarily.
DeleteSome decades ago I agreed to be a patient for a therapist in training for a few months.
My daughter had lots of acupuncture when she was doing IVF
What a beautiful day. I’m giving the garden time to dry out a bit, will go back to digging tomorrow. This aft I have sat and chopped 3 big storage boxes of kindling. Enough for the next 2 or 3 years I reckon. Still got half a storage box of pallet wood to chop but great satisfaction. Over how much I’ve done today. Decided I may wrap a big box of kindling up for a Christmas present for son and girlfriend for Christmas. Useful and cheap pressy.
ReplyDelete🤦♀️…too many Christmas’s. Lol
DeleteArcherphile ,I have just read your comment 2:44 pm 5th April where you mentioned you had fallen over and damaged yourself .
ReplyDeleteI hope you are now on the road to recovery.
I am no medic but I do know that low blood pressure can make one feel woozy and so I am pleased for you that the Dr has decided to change your medication.
Many thanks LanJan. Yes it was a fall in our orchard so, thankfully , onto grass rather than hard paving. But I did go down with quite a bump and it was the getting up again that was most difficult.
DeleteSince stopping the new tablets I do feel much better, not so foggy in the head, not so sleepy and able to focus better. .
Happy Easter folks. No Easter bunnies hiding eggs in our garden, just the shrub nibbling , hole digging regular kind 😏
ReplyDeleteAnd happy Easter or Passover to everyone from me too.
ReplyDeleteAnd I agree KP, I have gone right off the idea of lovely little Easter bunnies. Our lawn is covered in deep scrapes and holes from the wild, digging kind and I’ve had to get all the chicken wire cages out again to put around our most loved plants - those that survived the winter, that is!
Replying to P tbY earlier
ReplyDeleteBrilliant idea giving a big box of kindling to your son for Christmas.
Far better to give someone something that Is useful rather than paying out for an expensive gift that the recipient may or not like.
Agree thoughtful and personal 🤗
DeleteHappy Easter to everyone from sunny Cheshire.
ReplyDeleteHappy Easter to everyone. Sunny down here too. Am just relaxing with a cup of coffee before they arrive for dinner. We agreed this year that we would not buy each other Easter eggs. I have decorated an Easter basket as usual but with little eggs in it and a tiny tiny bunny for Max who at a year old shouldn't really be having chocolate yet. Then all our good intentions were undone because a nice neighbour from down the road turned up with not one but a whole bag of "hunt the egg" eggs. My son has a small 3D printer that he uses for design work and he has "printed" out egg cups for us in the shape of a bunny with the cup of its back. Perhaps I shouldn't have mentioned bunnies in view, of the problems some of you are having!
ReplyDeleteHappy Easter from Yorkshire where it’s cold and dull. Deffo not a gardening day. ☹️
ReplyDeleteJust seen weather forecast for our area. Might not be gardening until next weekend! Thermals might be needed all week. So much for spring.
ReplyDeleteSo glad I finished my gardening yesterday in the lovely, warm sun. It was not quite T-shirt weather, but warm enough for a light-weight top with 3/4 length sleeves. Note to self - Do not leave the worst part of the garden 'till last, next time - it was hard work and had to resort to a normal size spade and fork, to dig it over.
ReplyDeleteI am the opposite end of Cheshire to CC, where it's been cloudy with a cool breeze all day, not like the forecast sunny day!
I had some not too good news this morning, as a niece (the mother of the 3yr old) is in hospital. I don't know all the facts yet, except she wasn't well, rang for advice, was advised to go to A+E and admitted. She didn't go onto a ward until nearly mid-night and as of this morning, already had had 3 iv antiobiotic infusions.
Will learn more later....
It's a worry, but no cause for concern. She sent a photo this morning to the family group, of her drip stands...Different definitely 😀
Hope your niece is OK Miriam
ReplyDeleteMrNuts has been making the most of the last forecast sunny day with a longish walk & gardening, he’s got the whole week off so he’ll move inside to touch up a few areas of paintwork from tomorrow. This means I’ve felt obligated to do some spring cleaning; damp dusting the skirting boards & cleaning windows, not something that is hard wired into my DNA I have to admit!
Thanks she will be. She has been moved from the acute ward, to a much quieter one, but still no idea what the problem is and still on IV antibiotics.
DeleteWhat is upsetting her, is that her lovely daughter can't visit, as children under 12yrs are not allowed in.
Hopefully home on Tuesday.
I’ve just given up on Great Expectations.
ReplyDeleteAfter watching the first and second episode wanting to turn off, I have persevered with tonight’s episode, but about halfway through I can’t take anymore and have turned it off.
I dislike the ‘blind casting’ ( and the acting of Jaggers distracts me even more as he seems to be a blacked up Oliver Read -sp?- ) and the loss of Dickens poetic language. And it is so visually dark that I cannot see much of what I’m looking at.
Anyone enjoying it ?
We're recording it but weren't sure about watching it. It sounds like it might be one that we won't bother or persevere with.
DeleteI didn't even start watching it, as I could not see how it could surpass, previous adapatations.
DeleteI, as said, am catching up on the latest TV series of Unforgotten, plus the radio serues of Jayne Eyre. This is a story I know well and so far, I am enjoying this radio "read" series.
I have given up hope of producers, directors and scriptwriters of classic novels doing anything but the 'real' storyline. I have taught Great Expectations to many GSCE classes, and like MrsP, miss the Dickins language and humour of this great novel.
ReplyDeleteI haven't watched this at all, nor any thing which is 'diversified' in Shakespeare either. And there was no Mr Darcy's 'wet shirt' in Pride and Predudice !!!!
Spent all morning in the garden and have just about cleared the bottom half, but as my garden is on 20ft by 40 ft not much at all !!
ReplyDeleteIt is raining so I'll be cooking today and gardening tomorrow.
Went to see, with my youngest sons, the 'Dungeons and Dragons' on Good Friday. It reminded me of when they were children and used to watch it on TV on Saturday mornings. It was very funny and much of the auduence were laughing out loud. Thoroughly enjoyable evening !!
So nice to hear that you are up to doing things now after your long bout of illness Spicy.
DeleteHow brilliant Spicy. As I said to Sarnia a short while ago, it's not what you haven't done, it's all about what you have done and you can see the difference - along with the thought - I did that!
DeleteGlad to see you well and on the mend.
Thunder and heavy rain today - oh, of course, it's a Bank Holiday.
ReplyDeleteIt's typical, isn't it! 🌧
DeleteI am just greatful, that I had two such lovely sunny and warm afternoons.
We've had hailstones here, what a difference a day makes!
DeleteBeing emotionally wiped out after a particularly draining (though satisfying)Easter morning service yesterday, it's turned into a pyjama day!
Delete🤗👏🏻🤗👏🏻 to you Sarnia.
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ReplyDeleteI am getting concerned about my neice in hosp. as she is still on IV antibiotics and fluids but no idea what the problem is. Her pulse rate, BP and temperature, are being checked every 3 hours, including throughout the night, so gets woken up to do this
Her Mum, my Big Sis, is in OZ at the moment staying with another daughter and her two grandsons.
Not a nice as so far away.
Feel for you all Miriam do let us know how the situation progresses and 🤞🏼it is positive news very soon.
DeleteRe 19th C novels: sorry, folks, but despite achieving top grades in English at both O and A levels, I always found the language of these classics heavy going and apart from Jane Austen, whom I find quite amusing, would never read them from choice. However, I enjoy some TV adaptations, especially Shakespeare - in fact it was not until my O level English class was taken to see a rep company visiting the Island that I realised that Much Ado About Nothing was meant to be funny.
ReplyDeleteI found English language and literature hard going at school, not helped by having the same bad teacher for both subjects at O level. I was so relieved that I managed to do well enough not to have to resit them. We couldn't do Physics, Chemistry and Biology at O level at our school, only two of them. I did Physics and Chemistry thinking that Biology would be easier to pick up in 6th form. I found doing Biology O level in 1 year much easier than doing English after 5 years.
ReplyDeleteI was lucky, as I could do Physics, Chemistry and Biology at both O and A levels.
DeleteIt is no wonder my knowledge of English novels, History topics, and related ones etc. are so poor.
I though have tried to resolve this, over the years. 📚 📖
I read a comment in The Sunday Times about two current BBC programmes. It said ‘Please turn the lights on in Great Expectations - and the music off, in Wild Britain.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree!
Oh so do I ARCHERPHILE, thank you for posting that, it’s given me a laugh.
DeletePhysics was a mystery to me. I can remember one end of term exam when I came third and my puzzled teacher, a nice man, said to me "how on earth did that happen?" I said I didn't know either. The rest of the class were probably having a bad day.
ReplyDeleteA friend that I sat beside for Physics used to knit just below the desktop thinking she couldn't be seen, and this same teacher who usually stayed at the front of the classroom came along the row very quietly one day and said his was a physics class not a knitting one. If it had been a history class focusing on the French revolution and the guillotine possibly it might have been acceptable..... Teachers must have to have a lot of patience.
Janice, that has just brought back a memory of school. We had to have a hour long RE lesson once a week, by a lovely retired CoE vicar. He knew that none of us were interested as such, so we could sit and knit, which modt of us did.
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It was CoE, as there were no other ethnic groups at that time, and we all could knit. This was so different in comparison to today.
This must have been mid to late '60's.
We also had RE lessons (although not with a vicar) and there was certainly no knitting as there was an O level exam at the end of it!
ReplyDeleteDid you pass?
DeleteYes. I got the senior scripture prize as well.
DeleteMy daughter was awarded the scripture prize, aged 11 (along with several other prizes that year) & had to ask us what it was for. She was really indignant that she wasn’t given the Maths prize, when she had been the only one to reach the finals of a national maths competition, but the school prize went to the maths teachers son, the politics of prep schools! (And yes I am still bitter on her behalf)
DeleteI was at an all girls convent school, ours was religious indoctrination rather than education.
ReplyDeleteI went to a private girls school ( half boarding, half day girls). Because of my religion, I was the one and only Jewish girl in the school so I didn’t go into the religious part of assembly or the Carol service. I didn’t mind missing that though, because the Carol service was held in the local which meant a mile long trek in a ‘ crocodile’ there and back along a main road. I stayed tucked up next to the radiator in the common room reading books, perfectly happy not to have to go out. As for Scripture lessons I was OK on the Old Testament but not so good on the new! I
ReplyDeleteBack in those days it was all about Christianity and other religions were ignored so I never took the exams.
Local parish church
DeleteIndeed. Our London O level syllabus was on the Synoptic Gospels.
DeleteOoh Ap held in the local - thought you might have meant the pub 🤣🤣🤣
DeleteMy lovely tulips are now well and truly battered, first by the hailstorm on Monday and now blown over by the wind.
ReplyDeleteLuckily the only tulips I have, are in a pot and are still only about 4" high, so they are still OK.
DeleteThere's been snow in N.Wales, where I used to work, so only 15miles away. It is cold here so heating back on.
I picked up my prescription from Lloyds in Sainsbury's, for the last time today. It is such a shame it is closing next Tuesday.
ReplyDeleteThe counter staff have already gone, and the shelves are empty.
I still had great service though, as the dispensing technician asked me what pharmacy I was nominating for the future, and she immediately went and changed it for me..It saved me doing this.
I hope she didn't think I was a a pensioner, who would struggle with this! 🤣🤣
I had a quick chat with the pharmacist, just to say thanks for the wonderful service I've had for many years. As she said, this was like a community pharmacy with so many regular customers and with the pharmacy services provided now going, it will be so detrimental for very many.
DeleteA shame indeed 😟
DeleteJust heard, niece was discharged from hospital earlier this afternoon.
ReplyDeleteWhat a relief for all the family.
And presumably still none the wiser as to what the problem was.
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