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Lady RApril 28, 2023 at 7:00 PM
ReplyDeleteHello - is there anyone there 🤔
Not a lot to report a medical weekend for us. Mr R dentist today check up, total clean and a filling. So the money tree took a knocking. Tomorrow I am having my Covid Booster at Basingstoke Hub,
too late I found out I could have had it at my surgery the first time to be offered this. Mr R is on the at home list but has also had an invitation from his surgery (also the first time on offer) which we can manage but not Basingstoke these days too much hassle for him so have booked first available date. Now he has two options and we will cancel whichever one is not required.
Still thinking of you Ev 🥰
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JaniceApril 28, 2023 at 9:58 PM
Yes I'm here but still a little bit bemused by something that happened this afternoon. I had, as I do most days, taken baby Max (a year old now and a little dear, but still waking at night, so two tired parents) out in his pram along the lanes to give his mum a break. I got as far as the crossroads where there is an old granite cross up on the verge, and we stopped there for a break and a biscuit, and I leant back against the cross in hope of getting some energy for the walk back,
closed my eyes and when I opened them there was the blackest, Ethiopian came to mind, young man I had ever seen with a guitar on his back. Very striking looking and tall and looking like a cross between a wandering medieval minstrel and the Pied Piper of Hamelin. His coat had sort of flowing tatters blowing behind as he walked. I wondered for a minute if it was a time warp and he had stepped out of the stone, but then he spoke, not in medieval English! and said he was lost and looking for St Nectan's Glen. I gave him directions across the fields but was too astonished to ask him who and what he was. Logic would say he must have been going to some costumed music event at the waterfall, but it was most strange opening my eyes and just seeing him there.
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MistralApril 29, 2023 at 11:47 AM
That sounds magical Janice, even if startling. Imagine if he had started playing music too, how lovely that would have been.
What an adventure Janice and not even any wacky backyard taken 🙃
DeleteArcherphileApril 28, 2023 at 9:37 PM
ReplyDeleteOnly news from me is also medical. Saw GP again today re very high Blood Pressure and now have my third different prescription. Took in a list of readings, 3 per day for 3 weeks- took me ages to type them out!
Advice was ‘put the meter away and don’t take any more readings for at least 3 weeks to give new meds time to work. Then take readings to see if there is any difference. This occurs when we are supposed to be on the cruise so it will just have to wait until we get back.
But generally feeling a bit better now, less worried and fully recovered from the vaccine reaction which is a great relief.
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Lady RApril 28, 2023 at 11:14 PM
So glad you are feeling better at any rate AP 🤗
I will have 🤞🏼tomorrow re my Covid Booster hoping for a non reaction scenario …..
Lanjan.April 29, 2023 at 9:40 AM
ReplyDeleteWhen you are on your Cruise ,Archerphile your blood pressure will drop significantly and knowing that you can't sort out any problems appertaining to home ,you will feel relaxed.
Trust me .I bet I am right.
How long is your Cruise?
Please remind me.....
To where are you cruising?
What a lovely Spring morning, bright sunshine and warming up.
ReplyDeleteI did the necessary chores. The first was cleaning the hob, as had pasta boil over twice this week (thanks to TA!) and browned off home-made meatballs a few days ago, so it was a mess and needed the scraper to get rid of the burnt deposits.
The second was a good vacuum through, as Puss-Cat is losing her winter fur and is leaving great globs of black fur every-where.
The plan was to plant all my new plants after lunch, but whilst eating this, it started to rain.
Oh well plants are still healthy in their pots on the patio table, so will survive for another day or two.
It is now turning into a lovely warm evening, though still getting passing rain showers.
A meaningless post I know, but thought- why not?
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DeleteA lovely day here Miriam and no rain yet. I've managed to get quite a lot done in the garden but am a bit frustrated as I still can't quite get down yet to do any planting. I did achieve one thing this week, I can now manage to put my sock on the foot which is the same side as my operated hip. Next goal is tying shoelaces.
DeleteA few days ago we went to visit some friends who have 25 acres of mainly woodland and had a walk round to see their bluebells. They planted thousands of bulbs a few years ago which are now starting to come to fruition. The walk was followed by a cup of tea and home made scones, most enjoyable.
There is nothing to beat a home-made scone, fresh from the oven. I am really glad you are so on the mend, and it won't be long until you are back at Lyme Park again.
DeleteHave you seen about the plans for the car park extension?
Yes I have seen the car park plans, controversial but the current parking is no longer adequate for the numbers they get. The catering facilities could do with improving as well. The whole of the parkland being a conservation area makes those sort of improvements difficult.
DeleteA listen when doing the chores, came from Sounds - "Arrived Safe, Writing Later" by Stephen Dunstan.
ReplyDeleteIt is well written, acted and produced, but is slightly strange, as set in two different times.
I enjoyed it.
In answer to your earlier question KP - the cruise is for 15 days, and all around the Baltic. Visiting Gothenburg & Stockholm in Sweden; Tallin in Estonia; Kotka & Helsinki in Finland; Gdańsk in Poland, Copenhagen & Skagen in Denmark, then home to Dover.
ReplyDeleteOne of the things I am most looking forward to is a trip in Helsinki to Sibelius’s house, then to a concert of his music in the evening. Should be magical!
That sounds wonderful Archerfile.
DeleteAP That cruise sounds so magical and one to embrace in its entirity. I remember well an evening concert of Vivaldi music, in the Vivaldi church in Venice - it was both the place and music together, which made such a difference. You will experience this with Sibelius in Helsinki - Yes I am 🤢
DeleteOh, and I should have said, I love the bluebell photo, there is nothing more lovely than woodland full of bluebells. There are several close to us which are just coming into full bloom.
ReplyDeleteIndeed AP! Your Cruise itinerary is exactly what you deserve after so many false starts.
DeleteHad my Covid booster at The Hub this afternoon in and out in no time. On leaving the gentleman manning the welcome desk told me that the hub is closing on May 13th not sure why though. I assume this is why our surgeries and some pharmacies are now offering the jab which has not happened before, for us anyway - flu yes but not Covid. Weirdly Alton Boots is not doing them even though they have the cubicles still in place 🙃 the notice that informs of this reads to ring 119 to book……
It’s been a bluebell week, and a day for me therefore in accord with the picture.
ReplyDeleteThere are plenty of bluebells around me but ruefully they seem to be all Spanish ones. Not a native bluebell in sight.
Today I have visited a lovely garden near Honiton with natural planting everywhere and all the bluebells were native. A stronger deeper hue with drooping heads.
The visit was suggested by my Cornwall daughter who has been influenced by the designer and wanting to visit this garden for a long time. Daughter and Sin L drove up to Honiton and i and a companion drove to meet them there. The garden was indeed lovely, but my daughter was clearly very unwell and my SinL was angry because she refused to cancel the day when she was clearly unwell yesterday.
They left soon after she had dragged herself around, but my friend and I stayed on then drove a huge detour home showing me some of the worthy places to visit on the way.
In the morning I went to an inaugural meeting to facilitate a new branch of the National Coastwatch here in Minehead. We do have a brand new Coastguard Station here but the nearest Coastwatch is I believe Porthcaul. It is hoped to open another in Burnham and then the three will triangulate the Bristol Channel.
I do not anticipate training for the technical stuff, but will rather be a dogsbody to support all the other volunteers in practical ways as necessary and as required.
What a day ….. said Enid !
Sounds beautiful Mrs P ⭐️
DeleteHope your daughter will be feeling better soon - she sound’s a determined lady much like her mother🤔
Sorry to report that my daughter has this morning tested positive for Covid.
DeleteShe knows herself without any admonition from me, that she has been most irresponsible in refusing to isolate herself when knowing she was unwell. She was informed this morning that seven other members of her singing group are also testing positive.
I shall not test myself, but have no close or physical contact with others and as soon as I feel unwell - if I do - Lady will be confined to short walks with me keeping a good distance from anyone else.
Fortunately I have a rear gate so am able to completely avoid the shared access via the front door, and so can be responsible about not passing any thing to my fellow residents of the house.
I am very disappointed by my daughter’s irresponsible actions.
Oh dear I did wonder, hopefully both yourself and your friend will be ok 🤞🏼
DeleteAmMrsP. Take care and hopefully you will stay healthy and well. Strangely, I still always keep my freezer in such a way that I could isolate, if needed easily - milk, bread etc which are rotated as to dates on a regular basis.
DeleteWhat a shame Mrs P, after you had such a lovely day. I hope that you haven't got it but hope you won't be too unwell if you have.
Delete🤞MrsP that you stay un-infected. I felt awful back in March that I’d been out & about with what I thought was a heavy cold but turned out to be covid, fortunately none of the people I was concerned about were infected.
ReplyDeleteHad a lovely day with MrNuts, we went to Mottisfont as I wanted to see the Thelwell exhibition, which was terrific, lovely house too & the gardens must be stunning in the Summer, currently some lovely tulips, weather not amazing but it is a Bank holiday weekend so what do you expect.
Mottisfont was one of our favourites KP back in the day. The snowdrops are beautiful there as well and of course the rose 🌹 garden in June spectacular in beauty and smell, evening visits are available too (pre booked?)
ReplyDeleteThank you each for your felicitations.
ReplyDeleteI have had an extremely lazy day and Lady has yet to have a walk.
I’ve finished the book I was halfway through ( very light reading, I have to confess ) and have also been reading a great deal on the garden designer of yesterday’s garden.
I’m finding that although I seem to have only slightly less energy to enjoy a full day out, I am however without any energy the following day ( or even two ).
I think I am slowly coming to terms with my age.
PS - Lady will get a good walk up on the moor after TA.
Like Lady R I was also wondering about your daughter, Mrs P and I'm sorry my suspicions proved to be correct.
ReplyDeleteAlthough several years you get than you, my energy levels are not as I would like. I really enjoy my son's company and he has finished assembling the glass bookcases for my library, fulfilling a plan that goes back a number of years. However, much as his liveliness is a welcome injection, it is akin to being transported from solitary confinement to the middle of the pitch in a Wembley Cup Final. After an unusually energetic morning service I've been asleep all afternoon!
That is, several years YOUNGER than you!
ReplyDeleteWould that be 1947 then Sarnia if so join the club - hope I’ve not put my foot in it 🙃
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Delete1945 actually, Lady R. I think I'm a month younger than AP.
DeleteStill another youngster though Sarnia 😉
DeleteYou bet! I have yet to reach agreement with myself as to when old age begins; at present I'm
Deleteconsidering the possibility of issuing a decree that 80 is the new 50!
We have walked in what I gather is sea mist. I thought I was driving up into rain, but no, it was dry, warm and encompassing. I rather liked it.
ReplyDeleteYes, it's strange and unpredictable. I'm glad you liked it.
ReplyDeleteI imagine that it was familiar to you as a child Sarnia, growing up on a smallish island. As far as I can remember I’ve never encountered it before.
DeleteIndeed it was, Mrs P, and I have two abiding memories:
ReplyDeleteThe first is waiting at the bus stop on my way to school. Over the low wall was an old, neglected orchard with small pools of water collected among the roots. The mist would waft around the base of the trees, slowly shifting as the temperature rose.
The second is that of arriving at the harbour at about 10am on a summer's morning before the sun had completely pierced the mist. The sky was an intense blue with bright sunlight, while the boats at anchor and the commercial ships in the docks remained cloaked in mist, with only the mast-tops and tips of funnels showing.
The orchard is long gone, covered in bungalows.
I like harbours and I can picture your harbour memory from your poetic description.
DeleteThank you. I will see it in my mind forever.
DeleteI should add that the tips of two dark green smaller islands Herm and Jethou showed against the sky in the distance.
DeleteAs a matter of interest, do others have any memories of the Coronation of QEII? I would love to hear about these.
ReplyDeleteAlso, what are feelings about the upcoming one?
I am just intrigued to know, nothing more
I will be watching this ceremony with extreme interest.
The more I read about what it all actually means and why, the more fascinated I am getting about the true signifance of this ceremony.
This is the 1st Coronation in my life-time, and could it be the last? Sounds morbid I know, but no-one knows...
To add, I am still finding it strange that there is a King now. I do though have a wonderful booklet of choral sheet of music, obviously over 70yrs old now, both yellow + fragile. It is a choral setting by Elgar of God Save The King with all 3 verses.
DeleteNo idea where this came from, perhaps from a Gt.Aunt or Uncles home??
Cost was 1/6d.
DeleteFor what it’s worth Miriam here are my memories of June 2 1953
DeleteIt was a cold and wet day.
My father walked me to Bellingham Station where I was to join the other children from our local schools to join the parade.
As far as I know, each London school year had one boy and one girl, whose names were picked out of a hat, to line the route.
For the only time in my life my name was chosen.
While waiting at the station - I could still identify the exact spot, and my father was always early for anything - we heard the news that Mount Everest had been conquered.
I do not remember the journey into central London, nor do I know where I stood. I remember the Queen of Tonga, but do not remember The Queen herself. I do not remember the journey home either except the walk from the station to our friends house where the rest of my family were spending the day seated around the new fangled television.
Of course I arrived towards the end of the broadcast, AND I HAVE NEVER EVER SEEN WHAT THEY SAW……. Despite the fact that I was actually there.
Sometimes life gives with one hand and takes with the other !
With seventy years between I am not at all excited by next weeks Coronation. Prince Charles has waited my entire lifetime since that day and it certainly does not feel anything like as significant as then.
This country has seen enormous change and I am a very different person to that 11 year old. I have run the gamut from denial of our sovereignty to great respect and admiration of our late queen. I regret not going to the lying in wait.
I hope Charles will be a good King and I hold hopes for William and Catherine to succeed him, but I am uncomfortable that his, Charles lady wife is apparently to be known as his queen. It does not sit well with me, given the history of the last thirty years or so. I think the queen was embracing our changed social mores by allowing this to be so, and part of me admires her for doing so, but another part wishes she had not done so.
I don’t know if there will be another coronation after this one or whether we will become a republic.
I would rather we stayed loyal to the crown but with a greatly pared down list of working royals. But I do not want us to lose our pomp and pageantry.
I do hope to hear other’s memories.
DeleteAll I know is what my parents told me, many cramped around a small TV for the first time to watch it. Much later in the day, they went up to London, finally managing to get close to Buckingham Palace, just as HM The Queen made a final balcony appearance.
DeleteMum always talked about this.
My memories of last Coronation are still very clear and I still have lengths of bunting and two large Union Jack flags we had outside our house. They will come out again on Saturday.
ReplyDeleteI also remember the huge build up to the event. All the shops were festooned with bunting and flags for several weeks beforehand, especially Woolworths! I saved up pocket money for weeks to buy a small gold coach and horses which I still have, along with the very ornate official programme for the day.
My Dad had bought a large TV in a cabinet with doors on the front, some months before the event.
My Mum’s sister, Auntie Vera, Uncle Joe and cousin Philip came from Dollis Hill to spend the day with us as they didn’t have a TV. My Dad had to drive up to North London to fetch them.
I remember the carriage processions along the Mall and the beautiful arched decorations there. The ceremony itself seemed very long and I loved the music. Eventually they all drove back to the palace in pouring rain, with Queen Salote of Tonga famously refusing to put the hood up on her carriage so the crowds could see her. She must have been soaked!
Later I loved seeing the family on the balcony at B Palace and the enormous cheering crowds. A week or so later we went up to London to see all the wonderful decorations but I was thankful we had been able to see everything at home, in comfort, rather than being at the back of the crowd with a home-made cardboard periscope!
That day made a huge impression on my and ever since I have hoped I would see another Coronation. Didn’t realise I should have to wait so long! Of course all we schoolchildren were given our Coronation mugs and a medal in a ceremony at school and there were many festivities and classes based on the history of royalty, geography of the Commonwealth etc.
Poor Mr A, who went to a boys only primary school in Epsom, was chosen to play the Queen in their procession - probably because he had dark, very curly hair and he had to wear a white silky dress, long robe and crown on his head! We have the photo and he looks very pretty!
The difference, to me, this time is that there has been far less excitement and build up, especially in the shops. I suppose the last one was a big celebration after the war and I think perhaps there were more dedicated Royalists then than today. But I am really looking forward to the whole event, noticing the changes and inclusivity in the ceremony this time. And feeling very thankful that we don’t have to risk having a President like Trump as the head of our Country.
Long live the King!
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Oh Archerphile just love the story of Mr A as QE11 thank you so much for sharing! I assume he did not have his beard at the time 😂🤣😂🤣 (said with tongue in cheek)
DeleteAt the time of the Coronation my mother went on holiday with me, almost 3 years old, to stay in Portsmouth with her relatives. On the actual day we were apparently, like many, crowded around a little black and white television, but for the day after the street had hired a bus to take everyone who wanted to go up to London to see the decorations. My only real memory of it was of being up high on an uncle's shoulders and in a crowd looking at pretty lights. Later on the Queen came to Portsmouth to review the Naval Fleet and I have vague memories of being out in the crowds then as well.
ReplyDeleteMy daughter, it being a holiday park, has to work in the morning to welcome visitors but they have a screen in the office, and are hoping to have the afternoon off. The staff are all going to be wearing Union Jack plastic dresses bought from Asda! and later on at home we are going to cook Coronation chicken and then attempt the special vegetarian quiche designed for this Coronation. The recipe includes broad beans but Morrisons seemed to have run out of them and my online order arrived with frozen Edamame beans substituted instead. Hope they will do. I have some broad bean plants growing in the garden but no beans on them yet.
Yesterday we had a lovely day welcoming in the summer at Mayday Padstow. At the holiday park they had organised it so that no visitors were actually arriving on the Monday and worked very hard on the Saturday so they could have the day off particularly as one of the staff is Padstow born and is one of the dancers in the blue "Oss" team. We intended a fairly early start but had a hiccup because two dozy Dora s had managed to lose their keys and couldn't get back in to their lodge so my daughter had to go down and sort them out.
For some odd reason we went on a fortnight's holiday to Jersey. I was 7 years old and very frightened because Jersey is quite similar to Guernsey but with everything in the wrong place. I was also very confused: explosions over the horizon were a backdrop to my childhood, which my mother said were the guns in France (probably Allied forces dealing with unexploded ordnance).
ReplyDeleteBecause Occupation and Evacuation to England were the main topics of conversation I thought the War was still being fought in France, and wondered why the Germans were letting us go to Jersey.
We stood in the entrance to a bar where there was a tiny black and white TV in a high shelf and I caught a glimpse of horse-drawn carriages.
In the evening we were on a white promenade with an ornate balustrade, watching a water carnival of decorated boats all lit up, and a crackly loudspeaker was playing Red sails in the Sunset.
On my return to school I received my Coronation mug.
I was only 5 coming up six so do not really have memories from the last Coronation. Like Archerphile I can recall a mug and my two sisters tell me that we watched the Coronation itself as a family at our neighbours house who unlike ourselves already had a tv.
ReplyDeleteI am looking forward to Saturday very much I just adore all the pomp and pageantry and unlike many in this country today it gives me a feeling of great pride ⭐️
Having experienced a “wrong” marriage myself I am so pleased for King Charles that he at least was - out of all past Royals given at the last his dear mother’s blessing for his true love to be his Queen. God Bless them 🙏🏼 Mr R and I celebrated 24 yrs married (27together) yesterday May 1st and like Charles will be forever grateful to have had a second chance.
If you are looking for enthusiasm for the Coronation and it appears there is not much of it in the UK right now YouTube is the place American bloggers are totally in awe of our good fortune and are avidly searching out every detail of its history and checking out the rehearsals, jaws drop and they envy our Royals and Pageaantry so much no one can touch us they say and they have certainly enhanced my pride and excitement of the upcoming event. They also watched The Queens Funeral
with deep respect and broken hearts.
I also applaud Charles's second marriage. Camilla will be a steady, mature and supportive influence beside the throne, and it was a tragedy that precedence and protocol prevented them from marrying in the first place. As for the monarchy - well, the Great British Public can hardly boast an illustrious record at the ballot box, so we are fortunate indeed to have a head of state who is carefully trained in his/her role from birth.
ReplyDeleteI mean, King Boris, Queen Margaret anyone?
Janice, thanks for telling us about your Mayday celebrations. I saw a feature about them once - on Countryfile I think, and enjoyed the red and blue 'osses'. It's such a shame that so much of the country has abandoned its traditional celebrations. Guernsey ones were lost for some years due to the Occupation so I have no memory of them as a child and families like mine had become thoroughly Anglicised in their 5 years away.
ReplyDeleteHowever, many traditions and celebrations have been reinstated over time so that Guernsey has gradually managed to restore its sense of identity.
I strongly disagree with some of the above comments about the royal couple, so shall not read any more.
ReplyDeleteNo reason for you not to strongly disagree Basia that’s the joy of a democracy and sometimes the path of our own lives as in my case can help to shape an opinion.
DeleteBasia - All have their own thoughts and opinions. I respect yours and why.
DeleteKeep reading, and joining in.
I’ve enjoyed reading these other memories.
ReplyDeleteThank you.
Reading on gransnet and now on here, others POV regarding Camilla and seeing the point made - re an unsuitable first marriage, and the chance of a second time around - I am re thinking my opinion.
Congratulations, Lady R, and wonderful that you found happiness the second time round. While I'm beginning to find the idea more appealing I would be unable to re-marry without torpedoing my pension, so I will continue to embrace freedom now I've got it!
ReplyDeleteThank you Sarnia for your kind words. Your comment regarding the reason for retaining your current status gave Mr R a laugh out loud moment, but these issues need to be taken into consideration would living under the brush protect your pension torpedoing 😉
ReplyDeleteI feel very privileged to have made Mr R laugh out loud! Regrettably, Lady R, as my pension is based on Mr S's contributions the only way to safeguard it is to retain my widow's weeds. Anyway, it's not as if there's a queue of likely candidates.....
ReplyDelete......and there is no fobbing off the DWP with a brush - it's separate establishments or nothing!
ReplyDeleteThirty years ago I was firmly in the Diana camp.
ReplyDeleteNow I realise what Charles probably went through.
By all accounts his childhood was often miserable.
Certainly life at Gordonstoun sounded as if it was.
He had an interfering maternal grandmother and great uncle..
Oh and I think Diana's grandmother had a hand in the idea that he should marry Diana.
too.
He was not allowed to marry the woman he loved.
I suppose he could have done what another great uncle did but he was not to know that it would be another 30 + years before he would become King.
I am delighted for him that he was was able to marry Camilla.
I wish them both well.
I can't see me wanting to watch all the Coronation Ceremony .
I am not struck on the Archbishop of Canterbury for starters but I do like to see what folk are wearing.
I still think it a mistake for young Princes and Princess to have to sit through the Ceremony .
They will be bored stiff.
I am not a Republican.
Think how many different leaders we would have had recently had we not had a Royal family.
They do bring a lot of money into the Country too.
It would be nice if the6 were more like the Danish and Dutch Royal families though.
Queen Margarethe has taken away the titles of Princess I believe from her grandchildren.
Princess Anne had the right idea.
We have an heir and three spares now.
The rest should earn their keep .
Good point about Diana's grandmother, LanJan. She also had a hand in forcing Diana's mother to marry Earl Spencer; she was in a position to do a great deal of harm and has been the root of several generations of unhappiness.
DeleteI think Queen Margarethe has behaved abominably towards her younger son and his children. To make financial cuts is one thing, but to deprive one set of her grandchildren of the Prince and Princess titles is just plain meanness I think. All grandchildren should be treated equally. I am not surprised Prince Joachim has taken up a post in New York, removing himself and his family as far away as possible from his mother.
ReplyDeleteCorrection, it is Washington they are moving to.
ReplyDeleteI shall be on the allotment doing something useful like growing my own vegetables 🥕.
ReplyDeleteViva La Révolution. Liberté………….
...and I shall be gazing in delight at my new wheeled planters which will eventually hide my big black compost bins - always supposing it's fine, of course. I've always been inclined to the view that like beauty, usefulness is the mind of the beholder.....
ReplyDeleteApparently,Janice the Queen of Denmark has apologised to her younger son .
ReplyDeleteShe obviously thought, like Princess Anne did ,that they would prefer it.
I have a lot of time for her as I did for her father -what little I knew about them.
A slimmed down Royal family seems the right thing to aim for.
I think her younger son has four children .
If they each have four children etc etc .......
Seems like younger sons take umbridge and move to America.when things don't go their way.
I have always thought it sad that in Britain our Royal family haven't been able to act in the same way as the Dutch and Danish Royal families are able to behave.
I shall be at a friends and will watch all the coronation, including all the build up. We will sit and slag off everyone’s dress sense and see who gets to attend. It will be great. Really looking forward to it.
ReplyDeleteAnyone watch “ the windsors coronation special” on channel 4 the other night? I love this prog. Harry Enfield as Charles. The two lasses that play Beatrice and Eugenie crack me up, princess Anne is brill and Camilla…..just perfect. 😂😂😂
Just heard that one of my nephews, a long-serving officer in St John Ambulance has been summoned to London in dress uniform this weekend. It will cost him a packet, but he's thrilled at the honour.
ReplyDeleteThat is very special. Hope you get a photo of him in his uniform.
DeleteWow how wonderful 🤗
DeleteMy daughter in law has realised that Marcos has been invited to the ceremony and as her political views on the Marcos family are scathing we are expecting some fiery comments if he is caught on camera.
ReplyDeleteRe 1953 Coronation. Just looking through a plant catalogue and seeing the special offers of hanging baskets in red, white and blue reminded me: being so exposed to the elements Guernsey front gardens are usually just gravel and shrubs. Where someone has succeeded in fostering a lawn, the borders are very formal in the French style. In 1953, garden after garden sported regimented rows of dwarf red salvia (the only kind in those days), alyssum and dark blue lobelia. The elder if my two sisters bought me a white organdie dress with tiny fluffy dots in red, white and blue.
ReplyDeleteJust temporarily changed my picture to show my two 1953 Coronation Union Jacks proudly displayed for the 2023 Coronation. Being 70 years old, they are rather thin, grubby and coming off their poles but they are, at least, not plastic!
ReplyDeleteWow they look great Archerphile thank you for showing them to us in situ ready to mark the Coronation of King Charles 111 tomorrow 👏🏻
DeleteI watched a wonderful BBC2 programme on Weds - Coronation Tailors: Fit For A King with Patrick Grant (sewing bee) and was fascinating.
ReplyDeleteIt showed the tailoring firm who were making 1000's of uniforms, regalia etc. ready for tomorrow.
When watching I will "spot" some in the Procession, who were featured.
It certainly was Miriam, absolutely fascinating.
DeleteKaty, how is Ev getting on?
ReplyDeleteGlad you have asked Sarnia as Ev and Katy are very much in on mind too.
DeleteDisregard the “in”
ReplyDeleteI don't do Union Jacks, but I might dig my Guernsey flags out for tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteI have put up the united Cornish flag here, black and white with the Union Jack in top left hand corner, 5ft by 3ft so you can't miss it! Am just waiting for the chaos in the kitchen to subside before I go down to make the Coronation chicken. Daughter has been icing a cake with the Union Jack to take to work, together with the Coronation Quiche.
DeleteMum has just asked the hospital if they will let her out for the coronation. I doubt they will summon a doctor on time for a Saturday, but I have recorded for her. She remembers getting a mug filled with sweets for the Queen's coronation and she still has the mug. She had her biopsy on Tuesday and we wait for the result. I got a bit cross with the hospital yesterday and they got the Ward sister out, Who implied that various failings in care wouldn't have happened if I would just come in earlier in the day and talk to people. I politely said that was only possible on days that I had been on strike and on those days things like a dietician had been put in place to help. Mum then conveniently demonstrated she needs a bits of help and support. Anyway, mum will get a physio and OH assessment Tuesday and they have upped the level of care she gets rather than letting her struggle. This will hopefully end things like her slopping tea down her front and struggling with cutlery, amongst other things. Her sodium remains low so they are going to start her on infusions which should help with nausea etc. Next week should be a diagnose and way forward we hope. Whilst she does need the medical side of hospital at the moment, ironically it is not always the easiest place to rest and get care.
ReplyDeletePS mum said she had a much better night and sent me a fist bump over WhatsApp
DeleteKaty. It sounds like both you and your mum have been having a tough time. I am so glad your mum has you. I remember hospital times so well, first with my dad and later my mum and still remember feeling sad for people who had no relatives to fight their corner for them. Please wish Ev all the very best from me.
ReplyDeleteThe church bells have started to ring. When it is very still or if the wind is blowing in from the sea the sound travels from the cliffs up the mile or so to here. Love hearing them.
ReplyDeleteSending much love to you Ev and your lovely daughter Katy who is now “one of us” too.
ReplyDeleteThe Cornation
Hey Ev, happy coronation day. Glad Katy is fighting your corner. Keep strong. 💐
ReplyDeleteDon’t know what went wrong there- The Coronation is well under way shame about the weather but spectacular all the same. 🤗 👑
ReplyDeleteThank you, Daughter of Ev.
ReplyDeleteWOW What an event I have just seen + witnessed, even if it was only on TV, and one which I will never forget. A true momentous occasion.
ReplyDelete"Bubbly" is open, and why not 🇬🇧🇬🇧 👑 👑 🥂
PS I have been watching (and still am), it all on ITV, as like the late Queens Funeral, it had very little commentary.
Agree 100% with your post Miriam, especially the PS
DeleteWhat a wonderful occasion the Coronation has been and we especially liked the new music written by Debbie Williams and Andrew Lloyd Webber, very modern and upbeat.
ReplyDeleteIt is good to see the new King is changing some traditions and becoming much more inclusive regarding women taking part and including other faiths.
I was touched to hear that the King had booked a hotel very close to Westminster Abbey so that the Chief Rabbi and his wife could stay there last night and simply walk to the Abbey this morning - to avoid contravening rules about travel on Shabbat. How thoughtful.
That was a thoughtful touch ARCHERPHILE and thank you for telling us that, I would not have known otherwise.
DeleteNo doubt there were other small thoughtful touches that we have not been privy to.
Another wet day for the coronation but not as cold as 1953.
Nothing beats our Pomp and Ceremony and all went to plan but for the flypast.
Thank you Katy for keeping us informed about Ev.
ReplyDeleteEv - you are clearly having a hard time, I wish you a speedy recovery once your treatment starts, and hope that you will be back with us soon.,
I have only seen 'photos and tv news reels of the last 1953 Coronation.
ReplyDeleteThis must have been quite a "fairy tale" event, as it was in the still post-war austerity time and with a very young Queen.
What has struck me with todays Coronation has been:-
The true solemnity and sacred aspect of a traditional coronation, but fitting to this day and age.
It embraced all faiths and and all persons living in the modern life as it is today. This was shown by the simple headresses worn by Catherine and Sophie, along with a congregation of many different persons for many differing reasons.
Another aspect I liked was some of the foliage in the arrangement above the High Altar, were cut from two trees from RHS Wisley, planted by the Kings parents many years ago.
So much to like.
Proud to be British.So glad that,despite the weather,the Coronation was achieved so successfully,from the moving Crowning ceremony to the amazing uplifting military parade that followed.Well done too to the thousands of well wishers who patiently and good humouredly,braved the rain in support.I think the King’s appreciation was reflected in the Palace balcony encores.
ReplyDeleteJust one thing more I wanted to add about the Coronation
ReplyDeleteHow impressed we were by the MP Penny Mordaunt. As Lord President of the Council she had to precede the King up the aisle carrying a large sword. She then stood for around 2 hours, very close to the King still holding up that sword which must have been heavy. During the lead up to the crowning she presented the Sword to the Archbishop, then to the King and back again, and then continued to stand for the rest of the ceremony and precede him in the procession out of the Abbey.
I don’t think I could have stood perfectly still for all that time, much less carry out a complicated ritual. It is the first time a woman has ever held this position and we think she did so splendidly. She might have made an excellent Prime Minister!
I also admired her holding that sword for so long.
DeleteShe never waivered at all and what a lovely outfit she wore - Perfect.
To Daughter of Ev and EV.
ReplyDeleteWishing you both well and thinking of you both.
May I politely give you both my thoughts, as to a similar situation I had.
This is that Katy has to be there for the OH assesment, so both can talk about things. Both know and love the home and what might be needed.
In my case, I also then met the same OH in the home and as a result was then given an "chitty" to get what was needed free of charge, from a wonderful and caring outlet.
Just a few little things, can make such a difference to the quality of life for a loved one.
...and to add, I talked to both my "boss" and HR and they were brilliant in giving me the time off, to sort things.
DeleteSome weeks ago a church member who like me remembers the previous coronation, remarked that it seemed so old-fashioned to be talking about 'the king', and so it does. However progressive Charles wants, and proves to be, in the eyes of the young his age will always count against him.
ReplyDeleteIndeed Sarnia, as did Churchill and others think when Princess Elizabeth became Queen at such a young age fearing how such a young girl would cope (well according to The Crown 🙃)
DeleteAnd she grew older she proved them wrong! Poor Charles will need to the same without being able to grow younger.
DeleteMay I add my best wishes to Ev and hope they soon she will be feeling a whole lot better.
ReplyDeleteWhen Mr LJ became ill and before he was admitted to hospital,I was unaware that I could get help from the Council until someone mentioned it.
Immediately i contacted them I had district nurses visiting several times a week and lots of equipment -including a special -bed delivered .
Re the Coronation.
I too thought that Penny Mordant was excellent -plus she looked great too.
I would have liked her to have become Prime Minister.
I also watched the ITV broadcast until I went to my neighbour's for a Coronation lunch.
Then I watched the BBC there.
Had David Dimbleby been the presenter on BBC I would have watched that at home and when I returned I went back to ITV.
I must say though that Kirsty Young looked great today in a dark green dress.
Penny Mordant was in dark green too.
Matched with ivory, cream or grey that colour can be stunning.
Many years ago I bought a Laura Ashley dress in that colour and a bottle green linen blazer .
A woman stopped me in the street and told me that the outfit would take me anywhere.
LanJan, even 6 weeks before he died they were telling me that Mr S wasn't ill enough to warrant the bed or the visits. The district nurse called, left a file and said she'd visit on a regular basis when he got worse. He was assigned a McMillan nurse, but I only saw her once, when she sat in on the last appointment with the consultant. She was on a job-share, so it was no use Calling her in a crisis because they always seemed to occur on the wrong day. Usually by the time she dealt with the message he was back in hospital.
DeleteI'm so glad you got the help you needed. Perhaps he was a more cooperative patient
Sarnia,
ReplyDeleteBless him.
He was very cooperative.
For KP NUTS
ReplyDeleteAnd of course any others who share such tastes.
Peter Hennessy on Desert Island Discs today - Flanders and Swann, and Tom Lehrer amongst an eclectic mix.
Hope you heard it but if not, heads up to listen.
Flanders and Swan “ The gasman came to call” ? If so I must listen I adore that song!
DeleteSpecially enjoyed the Schubert String Quintet (always reminds me of a very sad looking Prince Charles at a concert just after break up with Diana) and of course the Tom Lehrer.
DeleteCould have left out the cor blimey Chas and Dave!
I heard some of it & will catch up on the rest soon
DeleteI usually listen to DID when doing the ironing, I'll bookmark that one for when I next do some.
DeleteI've got the whole book, Lady R - dates from the days when I used to do entertainment 'gigs'.
ReplyDelete😃 🤗 👏🏻
DeleteWhat a lovely sunny and almost hot day.
ReplyDeleteI am feeling quite smug, as my lawns have stripes again, for the first time this year. They were treated about 10 days ago, and what a difference as are green and lush again.
I also finally planted the 10 plants which have been sitting on the patio table for about 3 weeks now. I am glad I left there for this time, as root growth was really good and plants were very healthy.
I just hope my planting represents my vision - it will be quite a few weeks though, until this is known.
Now for a soak in the bath, get the evening meal and then TA.
I am easily pleased 😀
To add - my variegated weigilia and my standard azeala, are magnificent this year. Yet other more hardy plants are almost dead -the choisya, an eonymus and most sadly my wonderful 6ft Hibiscus "Blue Bird" The latter is over 34 yrs old, and it was badly burnt in the fence fire but that almost was 3 yrs ago now. On looking at it, most of the bark has peeled off, showing black wood.
Delete🤷♀️😔
Oh Miriam, that must be so upsetting. To have a Hibiscus for that many years and at that height ! Such a shame. Will you replace it ?
DeleteThe problem is to get the dead one removed along with the stump and roots.
DeleteThe lovely Carl (my hedge cutter) can do this but it will be at a cost..££
Need to think.
Have just changed profile, to an image of a Blue Bird hibiscus flower, sadly no more.v
DeleteMiriam, that is so hard! I lost both my echiums, Pride of Madeira, new last year. They had begun well, reaching 1m high and already very bushy. This heat they should have soared to 7' tall pinnacles of purple flowers, but alas, no more. As they had not yet flowered they left no seedlings to nurture for posterity.
DeleteThis YEAR! Stupid phone!
DeleteWe have lost quite a few plants over the winter, as have others I’ve spoken to. I can’t help wondering if it isn’t related to the plants being stressed by some of the extreme weather events , the heat & drought last year, then that severe cold snap in December followed by the very wet February/March. Obviously I am only thinking out loud here.
ReplyDeleteI have just been up our village church which had a flower display for the coronation, it was lovely and our neighbours who were also there introduced some friends to me & my sister who is over from Brussels, only to find that my sister had some acquaintances in common with this couple who had been over in Brussels from 1979-1998, it’s a small world.
We have been saying exactly the same about all the plants we have lost. There are huge gaps in our long herbaceous border that has taken years (and a lot of money) to perfect.
ReplyDeleteExtreme heat, weeks of drought last summer followed by two extremely cold periods and excessive rain in the spring. It’s a wonder we have any plants left!
But is has taught us a valuable lesson, the plants that have survived all seem to be native species.
We will be replacing the dead plants with species similar to the survivors: hopefully ones that are drought, heat, frost and rabbit proof
I hadn't planned to, but then I did watch the Coronation Concert!
ReplyDeleteI loved it!!
Perhaps it was that I knew all the music and artists, along with the perfectly balanced and staged event, to suit the occaision.
The drones were fabulous - who can forget that whale rising above the stage and then Kermit in The Royal Box.
I was disappointed though, not to see Bridge Farm in the Light Up Britain part!%
We liked the drones picture of the bee above the Eden project domes, and thought it really skilled the way the butterfly moved its wings. There is a giant bee sculpture at Eden and it was as if that one had come to life. Whoever organised the displays, both musical and visual, did a fantastic job.
DeleteTotally agree with you both ⭐️
DeleteRe. gardening losses two of my sage bushes, one with variegated leaves have bit the dust after being fine for years. I am hoping to have some tomatoes this year. A friend who is moving to Finland has given me her old Gardman polytunnel/greenhouse which my son managed to dismantle and reassemble, and I have fixed polycarbonate sheets to the framework to make an additional inner wall for extra warmth. Also two young trees, one an Almond grown from a pip, and other precious plants she has dug up because she wants me to plant and care for them. She doesn't think the next people will be gardeners. So I am going to be very busy!
ReplyDeleteAlso arriving this afternoon is a flail mower I have hired for 4 days. I think it is a heavy bit of kit, although self propelled, and son has offered to be the one to use it. The field hedge line has been expanding too much into the field with brambles and gorse etc, and I am hoping to plant a wind break which will include several hazel bushes of different varieties. They apparently will withstand the wind, and the nuts should be nice (if the squirrels don't get them all!). I like the idea of having an edible hedge line. I'm not sure of planting distances so just going to look that up now.
Janice, such energy. I'm worn out just reading about it! Love the hedge idea. Happily my purple sage has survived and even flourished in the front garden at least. I've ordered pink sage for the two wheeled planters which now disguise the compost bins. I was going to use pink-leaved Hebes, but as last winter finished off the ones in the front garden it looks as if sage is tougher.
DeleteAP, the general view of last winter seems to be that while most plants can cope with either wet or cold, it was being sodden from constant, torrential rain and then frozen solid that finished off so many.
Even my huge rosemary bush, ensconced in the the corner of two walls facing SW, a very protected position, has succumbed. It has taken years to grow that size from a tiny cutting from Mottisfont, my pride and joy. Accompaniment of many a roast lamb! 😢
DeletePeony season is with us once again a lovely photo from the net! Sorry to hear of all your garden losses quite heartbreaking especially when tied in with special memories as well as all the hard work and nurturing over the years 😞
ReplyDeleteOver the past couple of months or so I have been sending for postiplugs of perennials,fuchsias,begonias geraniums and petunias .
ReplyDeleteI must have bought nearly 200 !
My plan was /is to grow them on for a friend to sell in his shop.
I should have realised that" post I plug "means that they can be posted through a letter box!
They were minute -in containers smaller than a thimble.
I am hoping he will collect some of the fuchsias today as they are now about 7inches tall and ready to plant out .
Lanjan, you've done better than me. I bought a bunch of postiplugs last year when they were on offer. I think they were doing OKish until they got moved from the kitchen to the plantshoe. Then it was a case of out of sight, out of mind. I think one or two lived long enough to make it into the flowerbeds, but they never flourished : (
DeleteI currently have four sunflower seedlings reproaching me for not moving them into bigger pots. They probably ought to be outside by now being hardened off.
And as for my money plants and rubber plant, the least said the better. I think they feel they've been bonsai-ed!
I got 6 surfinia postplugs through the letterbox last week. The plugs weren't quite what I was expecting as the company had omitted to mention the 'post' bit.
ReplyDeleteNow I know why they were free.
I made an interesting discovery whilst shopping this morning - and that is I spend more on a simple sandwich and salad lunch, than I do on my full evening meal!
ReplyDeleteI need to re-think my buying, as to the sandwich fillings, but won't give up on the salad element.
For instance a can of tuna used to do 3 lunches, but now the tins are so much smaller (and also a higher price), I only get two lunches now.
Bread isn't a problem, as I have got my bread making perfect as to my taste, and enjoy doing it every 8 days.
I read in the news this morning that Sainsburys are bringing down the price of bread and butter. They are going to reduce butter to £1.85 and a loaf of their own bread to 75 pence. I think that’s about a saving of 10 or 20 pence. Still seems very high to me but perhaps it’s a sign of a gradual reduction in food costs
DeleteWell my Warburtons seeded batch is £1.90 average and in a very local shop (just the once)
ReplyDeletecost me over £2 but it is very tasty. M&S seeded cob £2 but after my 20% discount £1.60 🤗
Certainly most items are still on the rise or at best static but hopefully you are correct Archerphile and the peak has been reached 🙏🏼
I am going back to last Saturdays wonderful Coronation - in that, have any of you bought a momento to recognise/remember this historical event?
ReplyDeleteI looked at doing this a while back , but all seemed to be "trashy" if I can say this.
I saw something which caught my eye, not too costly but at that time I hesistated.
Last week when I really understood the true meaning of the Coronation and all it symbolised, I decided to buy it - but Out of stock no matter where I looked. I now have a pre-order in - this is for a small pure crystal paperweight with the King Charles insgnia, plus the some event.
I chose this as seemed tasteful yet marked the momentous event.
Delivery due in July.
Sounds lovely Miriam I have not heard of this memento but one you will be able pass on 🤗
DeleteThe Good News:
ReplyDeleteAfter several years of doing battle with plague after plague of slugs it seems they're not hardy down to minus 8* because they've all disappeared.
The Bad News:
The snails are HUGE.
👏🏻 and 😱 Sarnia
DeleteYes, snails in Hampshire are now enormous, and a horrid yellow colour!
Delete....and they're gobbling my petunias!
ReplyDeleteApparently slugs and snails don't like Nasturtiums or Lavender. I have bought a lavender to plant just outside my mini polytunnel, hoping to repel slugs but attract bees for pollinating the tomato plants.
ReplyDeleteThe buggers are eating my courgette plants so I’ve capped them today. I’ve made frames out of wood off cuts and put copper tape around the sides and placed them round my courgettes. Let’s see if that puts em off.
ReplyDeleteI am not keen to put out any of my seedlings because of the snails and slugs.
ReplyDeleteI won't use slug pellets because of the cats
I have heard that sheep's wool deters them
But not if it is wet.
Re postiplugs.
They don't take too long to grow .
I got carried away this year .
My tomato plants are from last years tomatoes.
Dried the seeds ..
They are looking fine so far.
I do the same with wallflowers which smell lovely.
They are all in flower now.
Wet and cold today here but hope for better gardening weather tomorrow.
P tbY is hardy.
Mind you ,you need to be where she lives.
A friend took me to M and S on Tuesday .
There is a Retail Park not too far away where there is a TKMaxx too.
Bliss.
We had lunch in the M and S café
They were selling ice buns .
They were £2 each.
Didn't buy one.
They used to be 4d
Ye gods Lanjan when did you last buy an iced bun was it fruited because they are yummy last 2 visits to our local store they have been out of stock 😞
DeleteAs it happens I bought a brace of Sicilian lemon iced buns from Sainsbury's this morning, £1.75.
DeleteI dont know if any of you watched the last episode of the Race across Canada.
ReplyDeleteI won’t mention who won in case anyone has not seen it yet but we couldn’t help feeling the last part of the race was engineered by the BBC so that the couple they wanted to win, would do so.
It was just too convenient that this couple, miles away from the finish, managed to get a lift with a couple who were willing to drive them a very great distance right to the finishing point!
As I think I said before, I found this series very disappointing from the competition point of view compared with earlier series. Whilst the scenery was magnificent there were far too many lifts in cars, free nights and meals, little hard work done to earn money and much less jeapody in crossing borders, dealing with dangers and differing nationalities. It was a lovely travelogue but not a really convincing competition.
I discovered this morning that the programme was produced by a company called Studio Lambert for the BBC. Interestingly they also make Four in a Bed, thé show with competing B and B owners which also often seems to be directed to encourage arguments and criticism with a very predictable winner!
DeleteThey seem to think that argument and confrontation is what people want. Perhaps they're aiming at the EE market to boost the ratings.
ReplyDeleteWhat a glorious sunny and hot day. Have just come in from the garden - hot, sweaty and very dirty, but delighted with my efforts.
ReplyDeleteI can finally say, it is no longer neglected but back to how it once was.
Also, it was the first time I was able to eat my lunch in the garden and in a short sleeved T-shirt, this year.
Long may it continue...
I think I will be "stiff" in the morning!
PS Two loads of washing now dry.
...not quite as it once was obviously, due to the "dead plants", but as good as.
DeleteQuick extra, if I may.
ReplyDeleteWhilst gardening, I listened to "Crown Papers", 6 episodes of 30 mins (via Sounds and ear buds).
I think most of you might have listened to this. I so enjoyed it, and it was like a radio Downton Abbey.
I disagree with what you wrote about The Race across Canada,Archerphile.
ReplyDeleteI wanted one particular couple to win and they didn't .
In fairness I didn't really mind who won.
The couple who won took a risk and it paid off.
Obviously at the end they didn't all arrive at more or less the same time.
I understand that the winners arrived way before the others.
I loved it all.
The best thing about it in my opinion was the kindness and generosity of the Canadian people.
"You don't need to pay back to someone who has done you a kindness but it is good to pay forward "
Did you watch the reunion programme which followed it?
That was lovely too.
Yes we did. And again, it was exactly the same format as in Four in a Bed, thé contestants sitting around a table discussing their experiences.
DeleteThey all got on very well and seemed to have enjoyed everything which was good well and there were no recriminations or slang ing matches as in the other show.
I will admit now that we really wanted the married couple from Scotland to win, but in a way, they did. That final drive with the man who told them he was adopted and it was a wonderful thing to do was so moving. And obviously echoed my own views, so I hope they will consider going ahead.
Now I do agree with you there Archerphile.
DeleteHe was from Manchester actually!
They were lovely and when they were in the car I was in tears.
Wasn't she pretty?
He couldn't believe his luck when he married her.
Delightful couple and like you I hope they go on to adopt a child -or more.
Never watched 4in a bed so can't comment on that .
I only watched Race across the world because it was Canada but then watched the previous two series and enjoyed them too but this time I think the contestants were more likeable -on the whole .
I have just read about a Betty Webb, full name Charlotte Elizabeth Webb, who celebrated her 100th birthday on May 13th.
ReplyDeleteShe was in Westminster Abbey in one of the front rows, for The Coronation just a week ago (only 99yrs then).
She was a Bletchley Park code-breaker, and as at such we all owe her a lot, as to the work she did.
It is such a story, and a person I so admire.
Agree Miriam - and only 99yrs on Coronation Day what a youngster 🤗
DeleteI think she is the lady who has recently been featured on Woman Hour.
DeleteYes she joined at the age of 18yrs in about 1941 (I think) and worked on the Japanese codes...
DeleteOne of many, I know, but has to be 👏👏👏
A lady who lived here for many years worked at Bletchley. Her parents knew only that she was in the WRENS, and she was sad that because of the Secrets Act they had never known what she was actually doing. She had a very nice garden with a stream running through it that was opened on village open garden days.
DeleteA quiet page today, so I also will stay quiet.
ReplyDeleteI wonder how EV is doing?
Me too Miriam.
DeleteNo need to stay stum if you have news to tell, our days are usually quiet so I pop in and out of the blog hoping to read others comments re theirs 🤗
Overslept after weekend's exertions in the garden. This afternoon watched Mr S's cousins assemble my cold frame. For the first time in 3 years there is no queue of cardboard boxes about the place!
ReplyDelete3yrs!! oh Sarnia how can that be more for you to enjoy by the day which is great.
DeleteRather! It's another beautiful day and yet again I've been ignoring the stuff piling up in the house, to laze in my swing chair beside the wisteria-laden pergola and gaze at my lovely tidy cold frame beside my dear little greenhouse.
DeleteI've also discovered a Tom and Camila rumba which I hadn't seen before , danced to 'You Needed Me'. Absolutely magical, almost a ballet, and the words of the song really are food for thought.
Very happy bunny!
PS I know perfectly well that 'Camilla' has two L's; it's my phone that doesn't!
DeleteGood for you Sarnia lazing around in your swing seat admiring your now beautiful garden certainly sounds blissful and throughly deserved 🤗
DeleteYour Ladyship is far too kind! Believe it or not, having taken something for my thundering sinus pain I've actually caught up with dish mountain and dealt with some washing which has been soaking for far too long! My nice bright red pelargoniums are also in their pots along the edge of the deck. Quite a surprising day really - all with the words of that song quietly circling in my head:
Delete'You set me high
Upon a pedestal,
So high that I could
Almost see Eternity'.
Sends shivers down my spine!
I am in Grrrrrr mood - scroll on if not interested.
ReplyDeleteIn the past 6 weeks I have been advised by 3 different GPS about my still very high blood
pressure
Each Doctor has prescribed a different drug or dosage and given different instructions.
The last one I saw, 2 weeks ago, doubled the strength of my drug, told me to stop taking my pressure readings for 3 weeks, then to report back if it was still high.
Last week I ordered a repeat prescription of the drug to take on holiday next week
Next day, Got a text message back from another different GP saying she had doubled the dose again because my BP was still too high (how did she know, I hadn’t yet started taking readings again )
Spent the last 24 hours making 7 lengthy phone calls to pharmacy and surgery, chasing up my drugs to take on holiday.
Surgery swear they sent the prescription to the pharmacy.
Pharmacy swear they haven’t had it, so won’t dispense anything
At my wits end! If I have a heart attack or stroke, who do I blame?
Very sorry to conclude our precious NHS is going to pot.
Underfunded and understaffed someone said and I think that is right. My sympathy Archerfile. I once had a problem, and the surgery gave me a long number that could identify the prescription , and when I gave that to the chemist they did indeed find it had been sent.
DeleteWhat annoys me now, (easy to say I know but), why is the onus put upon the patient/client to sort things out, when they are obviously upset/distressed and concerned.
DeleteThis does not help the situation at all.
I would have thought a 'phone call from the pharmacy to the surgery, should have sorted things out. However, I am now "old school" and freely admit that I don't know how this new system of electronic prescriptions works.
My thought is still that this prescription can be traced, with a bit of liasion between pharmacy and surgery, but that is ideallistic.
It’s common sense Miriam!
DeleteAfter a lot of lawn mowing yesterday (me), and several days of flail mowing of the brambles and brush encroaching too far into the field (son, I found the flailer too heavy with too many different levers that did strange things if you pulled the wrong one) we have decided to make the most of the weather and are off to a beach. Son and daughter are endeavouring to fit a kayak into my car ( it does divide into half. ) as his car boot has all the paraphernalia you need for a one year old toddler at the beach. I have cheated and been down to the village to buy pasties for our picnic. Couldn't face making them this weather, and I shall be baking on Friday for the Gardening Club annual fundraiser on Saturday.
ReplyDeleteP.s. if anyone does have a wild large garden/area to tame ( thinking maybe of Cowgirl) the pedestrian self propelled flail mower is a brilliant bit of kit. I hired one for a few days.
Hope you all have a lovely time in the sun whatever you do.
P.p.s. Blinking heck! They've taken the back seats out of my car.
DeleteHave you still got a car roof?
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