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I bought these two as Christmas Cacti from Lidl, each bore about two blooms, they have survived my neglect and blossomed every year since but in November not December, there aren’t quite as many buds this year so i think they may need a bit more TLC, maybe feed/larger pots having had nothing but water when they drooped
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ReplyDeleteDon’t worry MrsP. Every morning when I wake up I try to work out which day it is.
The only way for me to do that is to try and remember what we had for dinner the night before!
If it was curry, I know this must be Tuesday for example.
Then I wait for confirmation when Today on Radio 4 comes on. But often forget again during the day 🙁
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AmbridgesMrsPOctober 27, 2024 at 3:07 PM
Thanks to Soz and Lady R for reassurance.
I have to do what Soz does with the clock in my car as I’ve never worked out how to change or adjust the time. But since I choose to keep it twenty minutes fast, it takes some computing for half the year.
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ArcherphileOctober 27, 2024 at 3:07 PM
Sarnia - many condolences on the streaming nose. I know just how you feel, as one of the side effects of one of my drugs also causes a constantly running nose and difficulty breathing at night from nasal congestion. Mr A says it makes me snore!
Sarnia October 27, 2024 at 4:05 PM
ReplyDeleteNot streaming nose, AP, foghorn of a cough, constantly congested sinuses, chest and lungs all draining into stomach. Takes all day to clear it enough to be ready to do anything, by which time it's bed time again. It feels like a massive allergic reaction, but to WHAT????
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ArcherphileOctober 27, 2024 at 10:25 PM
Sounds awful. You really do need some medical advice/treatment, if only you could find a way to access it.
Our 70 year old neighbour started having similar symptoms a year or two ago. The GP eventually referred him to an allergy clinic where they discovered he had suddenly developed an allergy to potatoes and tomatoes - or any plants of the solanacea group which includes deadly nightshade! He no longer dares to come into contact with those plants, let alone eat them. How strange to develop an allergy so late in life.
Sarnia October 27, 2024 at 11:50 PM
ReplyDeleteOh, AP, I've got enough of them already, I really don't want any more!
I must admit that back in March/April when it first started I suspected the Chinese Virginia creeper when it first came into leaf. I couldn't bear that as it's so beautiful and makes such a stunning contribution to the terrace.
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MiriamOctober 27, 2024 at 5:27 PM
This hour change is affecting me.
I was awake at 6.30am new time and bright-eyed. I made a cuppa, went back to bed where I listened to TA omnibus followed by the wonderful + brilliant new podcast.
It seems a long day, as I keep thinking it's evening meal + TA listening time but it's still far too early.
At least it is still warm so CH not yet needed.
Take Care All. 💓
Lady ROctober 28, 2024 at 10:08 AM
ReplyDelete💃🏼💃🏼💃🏼 such a shame Amy suffered a collapse after her dance Saturday night which of course impacted on the Results Show recorded on the same evening. She looked so full of energy and joy too. It has been such a tough time for her completing her chemo (successfully for breast cancer)
contracting sepsis and of course Crohn’s disease which is always with her, a real trooper and we wish her well 🙏🏼 The couple to leave was as I expected - no spoiler 🤭
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Cheshire CheeseOctober 28, 2024 at 5:55 PM
I'm just catching up with the blog after getting back from a visit to youngest daughter in Edinburgh.
I was sad to hear about Amy as well, I believe that Lauren is going to stand in for her in this week's rehearsals.
Our 4yr old granddaughter was returning from a party with her dad when they saw an elderly couple with young children. She said to her dad " my grandma and granddad aren't old". That cheered us up no end when he told us!
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Lady ROctober 28, 2024 at 9:49 PM
👏🏻🤗👏🏻🤗 how lovely for you both CC
What an unusual colour cactus you have KP, with those dark leaves and pale pink flowers. I have only ever had the green-leaved and cerise pink flowered variety. I wonder how many different varieties there are.
ReplyDeleteMy neighbours have drastically cut back their crab apple tree today.
ReplyDeleteIn one way I am glad as it needed doing badly and was causing shade into my garden, but this was a great source of food for the blackbirds, tits of many types, thrushes etc. during the cold weather/winter months.
This food source has now gone, very sadly.
To add, the lovely bloke who does my hedges, came today and cut my overgrown and still very wet, lawns. A job well done, as he also strimmed all the edges, plus he cut back a big shrub in the front garden.
DeleteWhat a difference it's made.
Now I just need to put the garden to bed for the winter. Lots still to do, though.
Major budget news for farmers I wonder if a topical insert will be the order of the day or at the very least will have to be written in before too long imo….
ReplyDeleteOops wrong blog - KP can you help 🙏🏼
ReplyDeleteI am "Baah Humbug" today and it's only Halloween!
ReplyDeleteThis was due to a S/bury's trip today. The seasonal aisle was half Christmas, half Halloween so tomorrow it will be 100% Christmas. I went for a birthday card, yes Christmas cards, then the freezer section where I had to hunt for what I wanted as frozen turkeys + crowns of all shape, sizes + weights filled nearly an entire section.
Then there was the constant message over the PA system - order your Christmas food now!
To think how long this will be going on for now. 😵💫
Mind you there were some fantastic pork joints and whole leg of lamb, both half-price with a nectar card.
Moan over.
There was an amusing reader’s letter in the Times on Saturday from an elderly housewife.
DeleteShe praised Sainsburys for caring for their elderly customers and helping them to keep fit and mobile by making them exercise a lot, up and down the aisles, looking for where goods had been moved to. And improving their social contact by forcing them to communicate with staff, asking where the cheese had gone!
I agreed wholeheartedly with this as although most of my shop is done by click & collect, I still go into the store for vegetable and meat. And nothing ever seems to remain in the same place for long!
I couldn't agree more Archerfile! It's also rare that I get everything on my list when I shop there. I'm buying less and less in Sainsburys these days.
DeleteI ordered a pumpkin in my veg box this week and was planning to make soup and a tagine. When it came on Tuesday it weighed in at 5Kg! Thank goodness I've got a freezer.
I agree with all of you about Sainsbury’s. In fact I try to avoid the place. During the pandemic, our little shop ( which is half the size of most people’s living room) in the next village did such a sterling job in feeding local villagers that most of us have stayed loyal and while no longer doing a huge weekly shop there, we do buy from them most days. That shop’s shelves are full compared to Sainsbury’s or many other supermarkets. On Monday I went to Waitrose in Newark. While I don’t expect to find everything I need, I was annoyed not to find 7/8 items on sale. Some were fairly everyday goods. I spoke to a very polite young assistant who looked up each item. The butter would be in the next day but only 1 pack - 12 portions which would probably sell out in the morning so you would have to wait another 2 days for the next delivery (1 pack) and so on. Whoever is the buyer in that store is pretty useless. The shelves are empty of items customers do want while there are many lines which are reduced because they are not wanted.
DeleteI am lucky in that I have plenty of farm shops around to buy fresh veg and local meat and I am prepared to pay more for food than many are able to or choose to. Whether there will be any farmers left still producing that food remains to be seen.
I shop in S/bury's as it is the closest supermarket to me. I must be lucky, as the shelves are always fully stocked, the staff are so very helpful, the veg. is always so fresh and the use-by/sell by dates, are long dated.
DeleteAlso the in-store cleaner is always bobbing about and his work shows.
This store is obviously well managed.
I am in shock I just realised I had not had a go at todays Wordle and then got it in one ‼️ A complete fluke the word just literally popped into my mind as I opened up the app. I think it also happened to Mrs P once 🤔
ReplyDeleteGood grief lady R, that was weird!
Delete….and you too have got the word yourself in one ptby 😂 I think it popped into my mind with Halloween being so close. I’ve just checked online that I was correct even though the letters were all green! Must be how winners of the lottery deal with their disbelief! I don’t do that but maybe I should just this weekend 🤭🤣
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DeleteIn Minehead we have three supermarkets, Tesco, Lidle and Morrisons.
ReplyDeleteI’ve always felt uncomfortable in any Morrisons, so rarely enter their stores. I don’t like Tesco, but as I have exclusively Goats dairy products and Tesco is the only S’mkt who stocks them, that is where I do my main shop. I do also go to Lidle and buy a number of items there.
I had for much of my life a very strong loyalty towards Sainsburys and in the sixties my children were for about a year the main feature of a poster campaign for Sainsburys. In recent decades I too experienced the diminished standards in Sainsburys and used their stores less. I miss shopping at Waitrose so much and my shopping habits have changed quite a lot since I’ve moved here.
I now get a regular order from Cook, and buy meat now from local butchers in nearby small villages such as Porlock and Williton. I have to make do with fruit and vegetables from supermarkets. The one small veg shop in the town lasted just one year.
I too have shopped at Sainsburys all my married life. Starting in a small shop in West Byfleet which still had counters to queue at for cheese, bacon and groceries and biscuits in tins along the front of the counters.
DeleteI was at the opening of their latest huge supermarket in Basingstoke by Lord Sainsbury himself, who lived in the nearby village of Preston Candover.
I think Sainsburys has declined since the Sainsbury family sold out and no longer control the business, they have no day to day interest any more. It no longer feels like a friendly family business. New directors and managers are only concerned with profit margins and competing with other stores. Customers come far down the list of their concerns.
Miriam, your store sounds as though it is well run. My nearest Sainsbury’s is huge and was the place I used unless I made the longer journey to Waitrose. I have watched Sainsbury’s decline particularly in the last few months. Their policy of removing manned checkouts for serve yourself ones annoys me. An appropriate slogan would be “ We no longer serve you - you serve yourselves”. Fine for able bodied youngsters buying a few items.
ReplyDelete. I think they are cutting down on staff drastically. A few weeks ago on a Sunday afternoon at closing time, the remaining shoppers were herded quite forcefully to the one checkout. The lady at the checkout explained that there were only 2 of them in the store hence the bouncer type stance of her colleague. The previous evening the 2 of them had been on their own for 4 hours. This is a large store and usually a busy one. They have lost my custom.
I feel for the people in Spain suffering from those terrible floods.
ReplyDeleteYes it is horrific. The scenes of those cars piled up like matchbox toys are unreal. It seems that many people will have been killed or injured trying to move their cars to higher ground. It reminds me of what happened at Boscastle but on an enormous scale.
DeleteIt is tragic. People have died but pets will have also. I remember firemen who had helped at Boscastle saying afterwards that they were desperately trying to see if there were people in cars that were being carried down to the sea and they saw dogs that had been left in cars while their owners were shopping, but could do nothing about it.
DeleteIt is all so distressing and the footage shownhorrific. Just donated to Global Giving (Just Giving) Spain Flood Relief Fund so little to be able to do but I hope any money raised will help to support the victims of the awful circumstances they find themselves in 🙏🏼
DeleteTerrifying scenes of what can happen due to the effects of global warming. I feel so desperately sorry for those that have lost their homes and loved ones. What a dreadful job having to search every crashed car and lorry for bodies, especially in tunnels or underground car parks. And the clear up will take weeks.
DeleteI hear that the Spanish Govt, has sent hundreds of army personnel in to help, but they were needed much sooner.
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ReplyDeleteMore blinking dressing up on strictly!
For goodness sake, they’re not 6 years old. I’ve got my very grumpy old woman head on tonight too. Husband says don’t know why you watch strictly cos all you do is complain about it.
It seems they have to have some theme or other every week. I wish they’d just get back to the dancing without all the extras. Like it used to be!
DeleteEssential for our metal wellbeing to be able to let off steam ptby 🤣🤭🤣 I was just greatful that Wynn not dress like his icon Shirley Bassey for his tribute offering 😱
DeleteI don't mind the dressing up. What drives me mad is the inconsistency of the judges. Sometimes they go on about the technical side of the dances, at others they say they are going to ignore that because they like watching them.
DeleteIt can't have been easy for the singers last night having to sing such well known songs. I never cease to be impressed at how they and the band deliver such a broad spectrum of music.
I agree also I should have said mental wellbeing not metal it shows the state of mine right now 🙃🤣🤭
DeleteWhat annoyed me on Strictly last night, - Dave Arch and his music (I can't say band these days) and the singers, did not get the accolade they so deserved.
DeleteAs to Wynne singing - was it necessary?
Those singers often sing better than the guest artists that they have on the results show.
DeleteI reckon that Sarah Hadland will win strictly. They rave about her every week. She is good mind.
ReplyDeleteGot a neat slim build and good legs and plenty of energy even though in her early 50’s she is one of the older ones. Tasha and Aliaz are a joy to watch too and she is the youngest so an interesting parallel. I wonder who went 🤔 so far I have called the bottom two but not too sure this week as getting to the stage where dance and popularity combine.
DeleteGot to admit I check the strictly spoiler website on a Sunday morning because I can’t stand watching the results show.
DeleteSo sorry Nikita and Sam were knocked out. I have always really liked Nikita, and I couldn't see what was wrong with Sam’s ‘frame’. I would have got rid of one if those tall men, think he’s called Pete Wicks or the Eastenders chap
DeleteAs the saying goes I don’t think you could have “put a sheet of bronco” between the two couples in the dance off both beautifully executed imo ⭐️⭐️
DeleteI won't be sorry to see Wynne go. However, the judges seem to really like him so he would probably get through a dance off.
DeleteWent to see cowgirl yesterday. Had a really good catch up. She’s just had a cataract op like Lanjan and is awaiting the other being done. We put the world to rights over a brew and some homemade hazelnut shortbread.
ReplyDeleteAltogether a lovely afternoon.
Thanks for letting us know how cowgirl's getting on PtbY. Sounds like you had a very pleasant time.
DeleteWe got our first Christmas card yesterday. I had a meet up with my ex work colleagues and one of them brought her Xmas cards for us all to save on postage.
ReplyDeleteIt was a good turnout, 10 of us descended on our local Garden Centre cafe. Most of the conversation was ailments and grandchildren!
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DeleteMy cat is missing, not seen since breakfast yesterday.
ReplyDeleteI’ve contacted both vets and put out a message on local social FB page.
He is usually at home now in the evenings and always in the garden waiting for Lady and me to open the door in the morning. His food is still in his cat house so he hasn’t been around since we last saw him.
I’m worried !
He has just appeared !
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DeleteCats eh !
I’m glad your cat’s returned Mrs P. Cats make their own laws. You can train a dog but cats train you !
DeletePhew Mrs P
DeleteMrs. P, I was just getting anxious.....
ReplyDeletePtbY it’s good to hear news of Cowgirl. Do you know if she still uses her tricycle? I’m thinking of getting one. Last year I fell backwards down our stairs. Not a sensible thing to do, resulting in many broken bones in my back. I can walk now but have to use a stick for any distance. I thought a three wheeler might be safer than two wheels.
ReplyDeleteI don’t think she does. Never mentioned it. She goes walking with her sausage dog. Guess it wouldn’t keep up with a bike!
DeleteSoz, that's awful, you never said! Just a throw-away remark months later
DeleteSarnia, I couldn’t publish anything on here until recently. I could read the blog and it was good to read when I couldn’t move much. I think I’m lucky - if I’d fallen headfirst I doubt I’d be here to tell the tale. It has given me an insight into the state of our NHS and when I came out I had so many ideas of how to improve things. I’ll be interested to hear what Starmer’s plans are in the Spring.
DeleteLike Sarnia I’m shocked by Soz ‘s news too, but realised it must have been before she was able to post again recently.
DeleteAs for the suggestions for the NHS Soz, haven’t they asked us to submit any that we think might help ?
Mrs P so glad 🐈⬛ is back such a horrid feeling while it lasts though 🙆♀️
ReplyDeleteSoz of course I remember now that you have only recently been able to post again. What an awful
fall you had and we were not able to send our thoughts to you but glad you could at least read our goings on 🤭
I have just written + posted two comments, but these haven't published.
ReplyDeleteOh well!
Third time lucky maybe?
DeleteOh my goodness Soz that sounds a terrible fall. Am glad you can walk again now. I think that tricycles like bicycles can have batteries to help going up hills or if you just need a rest. I suppose it would depend how flat your countryside is. Here it is all up and down. My daughter in law has shown me videos of what she says is the commonest, and least expensive way of getting around town which is in a tricycle taxi with the owner pedalling in front and them sitting in the back seat.
ReplyDeleteCats can be a worry. Our little Tiger has occasionally run really high up trees being chased
(despite being doctored) by a Tom from the next village. We hear her mewing from high up in the dark but in the end just have to give up and go in but leaving the kitchen window open, and generally by the early hours she has worked her way down and indoors again. Our other bigger cat Bellatrix stands her ground. The vet said that so many female cats have been doctored nowadays that a Tom will make do with any female cat even if not giving off the right in season smell.
Meant to say in the Philippines on Masbate island.
DeleteJanice, your fund of specialist knowledge never ceased to astonish me.
ReplyDeleteI wish I did know more Sarnia. Life should be twice as long ( and healthy) so that we could go on learning and exploring our world. I wish I had travelled more but responsibilities and commitments got in the way. Sometimes I embarrass my children because if I meet someone new I promptly ask them questions, but generally even the most ordinary looking person has an interesting story, or something to teach, somewhere in them.
DeleteWhen I am out with my older sister, she despairs of me, as I chat to everyone I come into contact with..but that's me!
DeleteI sat outside the changing room in M+S and started chatting to the person who was perched on the arm of the very comfy settee, who was waiting for a friend. She was recently widowed, was waiting for a hip replacement and this was a trip out which hadn't happened for awhile. I think she enjoyed our natter together.
I’m another who chats to all and sundry and embarrasses friends and family by doing so.
DeleteWhen I took my granddaughter out for the first time when she was about four, we went into central London and when we got home she told her mother ‘ Nana talks to everyone mummy ‘. My daughter raised her eyebrows, rolled her eyes and said ‘ yes ! I know ‘
I’m with you Miriam - hence that time some years go now that I approached Archerphile at NT house Hinton Ampner to ask if she was indeed an Archer blogger just a hunch on the day 🙃🤭
DeleteFor the music lovers among you, a daft joke just heard:
ReplyDeleteWhat did the singer do who couldn't find a singing partner?
She had to buy a duet yourself kit.
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DeleteLike it. 😂
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ReplyDeleteit made me laugh on a very foggy day here in Italy.
ReplyDeleteWhen I saw my GP a fortnight ago reporting that I still had symptoms of breathlessness she examined me, thought I might have some fluid on my lungs and arranged an X-ray which I had earlier this week.
ReplyDeleteHowever, rather concerned I also managed to get an appointment with the Cardiac team and went yesterday to Taunton.
I’m relieved to learn that the pacemaker is working as it should, my heart is pumping strongly, but that it could take up to six months for me to start to feel the benefits. There is no fluid on my lungs.
As I was taken in to hospital as an emergency and the procedure performed within days I had never gone through the usual process of attending outpatients and learning all about the what and the why.
People do talk to each other and at least two women known to me have pacemakers and they both urged me to get in touch with the cardiac team.
Now that I know that all is OK I can be patient and wait for improvements.
Hopefully it won't be too long before you feel those improvements MrsP.
DeleteEvery so often the Feedback pages of the New Scientist mention nominative determinism. In last week's it was the Great British Bake Off's home economist who produces all the technical challenge bakes which Paul and Pru sample. Her name is Hattie Baker.
ReplyDeletePerhaps that explains trump. Such a cruel face.
ReplyDeleteSad News:-
ReplyDeleteJune Spencer has passed away.
Indeed Miriam 105 it’s true but still an Archers loss. Always wished they had made her a Dame. Queen Camilla will acknowledge that’s for sure when she is feeling better herself.
DeleteSo agree in everything you've said.
DeleteI also feel it is such a shame that her passing has happened, just before her character of "Peggy", reaches 100yrs in TA next week.
It would have been lovely if the actress was still around for it - sentimentality only I know.
Followed my post with one telling of my current location Basingstoke Hospital with Mr R he was brought in this morning. I Will update later as l cannot write all again maybe being in the position I am it did not post in which case this will be the same. Just chatting to friends as here by myself.
ReplyDeleteTake Care and here's a big virtual 🤗 💛🙏
DeleteAm sending positive thoughts to you. I hope that on reaching hospital some of that weight of responsibility is lifted and Mr R is getting the best possible care.
DeleteWill be thinking about you Lady R, sending a virtual 🫂
DeleteWith you in spirit, Lady R. Been there, and it's lonely.
ReplyDeleteAnd we too, are thinking of you both Lady R. You both need care and love and understanding.
ReplyDeletePositive thoughts heading your way from Mr A and me. 🥰
Sending you loving thoughts Lady R - hope it’s not too long a night and that your
ReplyDeleteLordship gets some sleep.
Thinking of you both Lady R. Nights in hospital can seem very long. Hope they might be able to give you a reclining chair.🤗
ReplyDeleteThinking of you both and hope things improve asap. 💐🤞
ReplyDeleteThank you all so much dear friends your words of understanding and sympathy have been such a comfort.
ReplyDeleteMr R was taken into hospital this morning (Friday) a 1st Responder attended and an ambulance within about 45mins. He woke unwell coughing and producing a white foamy liquid and had no strength to pull himself up, or out of bed and his body was very hot too.
He has Atrial fibrillation and this was not helped by his infection markers being up so off to Basingstoke a call was made to receive us and even though he was very aware of everything going on and not in too much distress he was straight into Resuss. He was given antibiotics in both drip and tablet form and extra one of a particular tablet he takes and then some Magnesium by drip.
Bloods had been taken of course and a chest X-ray taken - in situ no less. The unit itself and the staff superb a Dr was on hand all the time and everyone who did anything was pleasant and explained what was happening. Later in the day a lovely lady Consultant came to see him and again very easy to talk to. Obviously Mr R has some ongoing issues but the infection is being dealt with and more IV ‘s will be administered over the weekend and by early next week if all under control and can be administered in tablet form a probable discharge but we wait and see. He has been transferred to AAU (Acute Assessment Unit) now so that is where I shall visit him tomorrow. Mr R goddaughter came to collect me this evening and drove me home for which I was most grateful as you can imagine. I’ve gone on a bit but therapeutic to write it’ down and share. I shall reign in from now as of course we rare only virtual to you 😉
No needs to rein in on my account Lady R.
DeleteWe are of course!
ReplyDeleteLady R, I hope you manage to sleep well tonight, knowing Mr. R. is in such good hands. I hope things improve very soon.
ReplyDeleteMrs. P. glad you saw the G.P. and got some answers, at least if you know it will take a few weeks to kick-in, you won't be so worried about the other issues.
Thank goodness for our free health service.
Thank you Mistral.
DeleteIt was the pacemaker consultant that I saw at the hospital on Thursday, who was of course able to see the X-ray that i had on Tuesday, and able to confirm that there is no fluid on my lungs.
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Please don’t reign yourself in. Feel free to tell us as much as you wish to when you need to be able to get it all off your chest.
We are so fortunate to be able to talk to each other within this group that we have created between us. To be able to tell what we may want to tell, but also to keep our anonymity when we want to
This thread is a precious community for many of us, and perhaps a warm glow for some others who may read but not comment very often or perhaps not at all, but nevertheless may feel attached to us in some way.
I do hope you got some sleep yourself overnight and that when you visit Lord R today you are able to find him improved.
And do please keep us informed.
MrsP
I have made some loose friendships since moving here but so far no close friendships.
ReplyDeleteI volunteered to coordinate a social group within one of the choirs, but within that small group I haven’t felt drawn to anyone in particular until earlier this summer when with one of the group, who lives quite near to me, we started to share lifts to choir. We found that talking in the car after choir we got on well and were starting to share a little and get to know each other a bit more.
She was the person who took me to the GP and then offered to take me to hospital in Taunton on the day that I was hospitalised, although in the event I did go by ambulance.
We have been in touch by text and one shared lift to choir since, but two weeks ago I went to choir independently and noticed that she wasn’t there.
I have phoned with no answer and popped round once but she didn’t appear to be in. I didn’t go to choir last Thursday as I was tired after my day in Taunton, but yesterday had the usual follow up choir email with the news that this lady had suddenly died the previous week. Her sister and BiL were here and had gone to choir to tell of her death.
I went round immediately to her flat and spoke with some of her neighbours who knew me by sight and met the sister and husband.
The neighbours were concerned at not seeing her on their shared lawn in the morning with her little dog, and aware that lights were on and curtains drawn.
Eventually a couple of other friends from her craft group turned up unable to get her on the phone and the police were called, fireman managed to get in via an upstairs open window and found her in her armchair with Audrey, her dog on her lap.
I think she was in her middle to late sixties.
Dying whilst sitting watching television with her dog on her lap seems such a gentle way to go.
I will miss her, my new friend.
I'm sorry to hear about the loss of your friend MrsP. I've admired your bravery in going out and getting to know people in the way the you do, something I would find difficult. All I can say is please try and keep going.
DeleteMy sympathy too, on loosing your friend Mrs P. But as you said, such a perfect way to go, though most shocking for friends and relatives.
DeleteAnd I wanted to say how much I agreed with your response to Lady R, about this group being such a help and a safe place to discuss matters that are troubling us.
Personally, I have no particular friends in which to confide when things are worrying, But I have many virtual friends here who I know will understand and offer help and advice.
In a way I find it easier to ‘talk’ to all of you that to a neighbour or relative.
Your friendship is precious.
I'm so sorry, Mrs, that you have lost your new friend so soon. It's a sad reminder that all relationship is risk; it must leave you feeling reluctant to invest in any more. Pick yourself up and be brave.
ReplyDeleteCondolences MrsP, a reminder of how suddenly things can shift, the sort of end many of us would wish for although hard for people left behind.
ReplyDeleteHow nice to receive condolences, thank you.
ReplyDeleteNo Sarnia it won’t shut me down, but I am sad as I was looking forward to knowing this person better as she seems to have led an interesting life, having lived in Holland and Turkey. She was also a very good cook - she had her own restaurant in Turkey - and I once had some cheese biscuits which she brought to one of the choir events, and they were out of this world. Now I will never get any more of them.
A very interesting lady indeed.
ReplyDeleteDear Mrs P so very sorry to hear the news that you have lost your new found friend so unexpectedly life as we know life can throw us a curved ball now and then and mostly when we least expect it. Thinking of you🙏
ReplyDeleteAlso thank you very much for your earlier post
so thoughtful and kind.
Mr R today being adversely affected by the infection they are working on and it was in truth distressing but as one does I said and did all that needed to be done to try to help but once away from the hospital I admit to being really upset but
that released tension so a good thing in its way. Tomorrow is another day and Mr R goddaughter is taking me and will be a true support together we will find out all the up to date info.
Bless you all for being such a lifeline when many have issues going on too ⭐️
Lady R.
DeleteKeep on telling as much as you want to.
As others have said, it is sometimes helpful to unburden your feelings + worries here, as so many understand in very various ways.
The other thing is that no-one here is judgemental, just supportive.
Thinking of you + Lord R.
Mxxx
A lovely message Miriam - thanking you for it as it as I am everyone who is continuing to be so kind and supportive 🥰
DeleteMrs. P. Sorry to hear about your friend, what a shock, but how peaceful for her. I know you will understand my next question, I want to assure everyone else that I am not being rude or flippant , but how was her little dog? Have her relatives taken it?
ReplyDeleteLady R, I hope you and Mr. R. have a better day tomorrow. Your god-daughter sounds very kind.
ReplyDeleteSo glad you have someone to help Lady R. Thinking of both you and Mr R.
ReplyDeleteAnd sorry to hear about your friend Mrs P. Things that happen suddenly are a shock. Her little dog will be feeling bewildered at the moment.
Audrey, the little dog has already been re homed.
ReplyDeleteI have to say that Audrey was my concern too.
She is an elderly dog and Liza re homed her from a older man in the town who wasn’t looking after her too well. Audrey has also been spayed this summer as the vet was concerned about cancer. ( I don’t know the details )
Liza’s sister and husband have a friend who has a friend who has very recently lost her little dog and is heartbroken so was delighted to offer Audrey a new home.
Liza’s sister looked at me and I realised immediately that she was concerned about whether they were doing the right thing or not. I understood how she felt.
A neighbour has been looking after Audrey but her cat does not like it and it was becoming difficult.
So Audrey was off to Northamptonshire today.
I hope it goes well for her, poor little old girl.
Mistral….. yes, of course I understand.
ReplyDeleteSome very sad posts on here at the mo. Sympathy to you all.
ReplyDeleteLady R…..my mother had adverse reaction to meds in the days before she died in hospital. She said some awful things to me and I have to try and remember that she didn’t really know what she was saying. I can understand totally how upsetting it is when these adverse reactions occur.
Mrs P… how said about this poor lady. Couldn’t believe though that there was another dog called Audrey! My Audrey is my identity photo on here.
Sorry Mrs P when I try your method to get me back onto the blog although I can get to the blog it just tells me to sign in to Google and when I do it takes me right back to the top .
ReplyDeleteI scroll down and it tells me to sign in with google........
An interesting thing happened to me this week.
Let me explain........
Last year a friend Julie took my daughter in law and me to a place called Shere in Surrey where I bought a coral coloured cotton dress.
Both Julie and my daughter in law said the colour suited me.
I decided to wear it to Reading Group last summer and several people said they didn't realise I liked cerise pink.
I said it wasn't pink .I hate pink .Never wear pink.........
Now wind on to a year later.........
Last Sunday I had a cataract removed .
On Monday evening I was doing the Times puzzles on my IPad and the colours were different .
Very strange.
I went into the kitchen where I had a small maroon orchid.
It was now purple.
Looked into my wardrobe and lo and behold there was my coral dress .
It was definitely cerise /shocking pink!
I was told things looked brighter after cataract surgery but not that there was a colour change.
I have since learned that the blue light has difficulty sometimes to get past a very hardened cataract as mine was (the Surgeon told me during the op it was a difficult operation because of the hard cataract,) so all these years the blue light couldn't get past the cataract properly and has got less and less and now it is compensating and the sky had been really bright blue for days now!
Don't know what will happen when I have the other one done.
The good news is that I haven't just had a birthday I am having a birth week and am enjoying a rest watching Test Cricket,Liverpool football and other programmes and being idle.
I just might decide to have a birth fortnight !
Lan Jan
this was from Lanjan. She asked if I could post it for her. Thank God for copy and paste.
DeleteI’m becoming quite envious of all these people with amazing changes due to cataract operations. There was absolutely NO difference for me in colour, definition or clarity.
DeleteBar humbug !
I Suggest that LJ continues to post via PtbY if PtbY can be bothered to do so. It does seem to work.
I suppose that ‘my’ method works for me because I am permanently signed in with Google. I’m sorry it doesn’t seem to work for others.
I’m going to walk this afternoon with a friend to accompany me on a stretch of the coastal path that I regularly look longingly at from a distance but dare not walk alone. It does have an incredibly steep climb ( and possibly back again ) which will be very challenging with my dodgy ankle and my continuing breathlessness.
Wish me luck, I really want to do this section.
Hope all goes well for your walk, take care MrsP
DeleteHope when you read this Mrs P you are feeling very satisfied with yourself having just walked that bit of the coastal path.The sun has just appeared here and motivated by your energy, I’m off to cut back my dahlias and plant some tulips. Hardy fuschias and asters are still in flower.
DeleteEnjoy your walk, but don't push yourself too hard.
DeleteLanjan, I had the same problem as you have and couldn’t publish anything for a couple of years. In the end I solved it by creating a new password with google and starting again; but I’m sure when I was on here before, it was via Chrome.🤔
ReplyDeleteI actually saw the sun today! What a lovely sight. I mixed the Christmas Pud. yesterday and at this moment it is 5hrs into the full 8 hour 'steam'. I had half a bottle of Guiness left over, so I've done a steak/mushroom/onion + ale casserole with herby dumplings, plus a loaf of bread has just finished baking.
ReplyDeleteI'm off for a 2nd big kitchen clean-up and to wash all the bowls + utensils used.
I hope you all plus pets, are doing OK today..
I’m home, had a pot of tea and a jam donut and now some cheese and biscuits.
ReplyDeleteI’m hungry but too tired to cook !
It was my fault !
After the full watch of the Remembrance Day parade I had a bath but it took me beyond our two o’clock start, and my friend decided not to say ‘ it is too late now to attempt this walk today ‘
It was extremely deep down into the Combe and even more steep up the other side.
At the top, where it looks like a corner, it wasn’t, there ahead was corner after corner but we did stop there nonetheless. Then it was a return back the same way, but with dusk falling, and me becoming less and less able, having to stop for breathlessness and my ankle very painful. So the last hour was in darkness, but most of it on a path known to me.
But I did it and not one slip or fall. And not bad for a couple of women both past eighty.
Lady is beside me now snoring heavily.
My friends husband is ex search and rescue so would have been worried, but once we were able to get a connection again she was able to call him and reassure him we were getting to the end of the walk.
Well done MrsP 👏
DeleteTake it easy today
DeleteLike I said - intrepid!
ReplyDeleteMrs P stop giving me the collywobbles wondering what you are going to get up to next! Thank goodness all turned out well this time but with your bad ankle and still adjusting to your pacemaker it could have ended so differently- but I doubt you will ever change with your pioneer spirit 🤭🙃
ReplyDeleteOh dear !
DeleteSorry Lady R
Very glad you achieved your goal Mrs P. You are an inspiration to us all - not for you the feet up and armchair by the fire. I think the Minehead search and rescue should be constantly alerted of your whereabouts!!!!!
ReplyDeleteFunny you should say that Soz, I was wondering yesterday if I could get a tracker. This followed thoughts and memories from recent weeks when I watched participants on a Coastal path challenge coming down this very path that i ascended yesterday. It was getting dark ( before the clocks changed ) and the last participant was clearly struggling. I noted the time, returned to my car, and drove immediately to the start, down near the harbour where I had seen the moderators earlier in the day. I tentatively reported my concerns about the final walker, told him the time I had seen him at which point, and was reassured that they knew where he was, had a tracker on him, and that he in particular was at the end of his stretch of well over a hundred miles and had been walking through the night for over two days.
DeleteSome people are truly extreme.
I come in at a very low rate in comparison.
And to add….. I’ve just booked my seat at an authors talk about the Somerset Coast at the library on Wednesday afternoon.
DeleteVery sedate !
Phew! Just don’t fall off your chair Mrs P 😂🤣
DeleteWhat a cold start this morning -there was ice on the car! I also saw a glorious and red sunrise, but as the saying goes "red skies in the morning, shepherd's warning"
ReplyDeleteI went off shopping, as decided that I should start doing something about Christmas, but even at 10.00am it was still 6C.
However, I was not very successful as I just have no ideas this year and didn't get inspired at all.
I has just left an Aldi, just across the road from Aerospace, just as a Belluga came into land.
I have seen this 'plane so many times, but still love it. It could be heard well before seeing it.
To add, I was not the only one who stood in Aldi's car park waiting to see it..and certainly none of us were disappointed.
I don't shop much in Aldi, but they stock a lovely range of curry sauces, a jar of sauce with a container of the blended spices on the lid, which are toasted first before adding the meat to coat, followed by the actual sauce. These are as good as a "take-away".
The other item I stocked up on were tins of beans - 6 different sorts in water, which I have used before, to add into various casseroles, soups etc...
Hope all are well and not too cold tonight as it looks snd feels like another ❄️ one.
Pusscat knows best, as she's asleep in the airing cupboard.
The sky skies have been lovely today. This morning we woke up to a pink, purple and turquoise sky. When we were travelling back from visiting friends late afternoon it was glorious shades of orange and red. We had a good walk with them and their lovely dog.
DeleteTomorrow we are on dog walking duty for a friend who had a knee replacement 3 weeks ago. She lives alone but had family help until last Sunday, however, she is now on her in the week as her children had to go back to work. They will be here at the weekends so we volunteered to walk her dog in the week.
That’s very kind of you CC.
DeleteI’ve been so grateful with the help I’ve had with Lady.
Very sad to hear of the death of Timothy West. One of my favourite actors for many years and husband of Prue, with whom he did all those lovely Narrowboat trips. Also father of Samuel West another great actor. RIP.
ReplyDeleteTotally agree Mrs P 🙏🏼🕯️
DeleteSorry AP
DeleteYes, very sad, but at ninety he’s had a very good life.
DeleteMy concern tho’ is Prue. Who will look after her now.
I do understand she has carers, I actually knew she had dementia long before it was public knowledge as I knew one of her carers, but it was her beloved Tim who was the main person in her life.
I write this assuming that she is still alive, as I’ve not heard any news of her recently.
Like you MrsP my thoughts turned quickly to his wife and how hard this must be for her children. My mother died some time before her long term partner (not my father) who had dementia and he kept asking his daughter why my Mother wasn’t visiting, it is so horrible when the mind has gone but the body keeps going
DeleteTim and Prue were an exceptional couple. It was a brave thing to let others see into their world and how they were coping. They were such great performers that you forget their age and probably expected Prue to go first. It will be difficult because I doubt she’ll remember why he’s not around. As you say KP it’s horrible particularly for the family around.
DeleteLady R. if you're around - how is Lord R. doing?
ReplyDeleteObviously this is very private to you, but remember you can chat + rant here, if you need to.
Thinking of you. 🥰
Just checked in and found your kind inquiry Miriam 🥰
ReplyDeleteHis Lordship (as if) is still in hospital and I visit daily. Antibiotics are now by mouth instead of IV but sodium level is now low and being looked at. Also difficult to pass urine today just before I left and a bedside scan was done so I believe he was going to be have a catheter fitted. When medical matters sorted physio will still be needed for legs, enough to ensure stability for short walk with frame I was / am hoping that might be at our local Community Hospital down the road but even if recommended cannot be guaranteed if not possible he can receive at Basingstoke on a lower floor ward. There is no way I will drive further ie Andover or even worse even further by myself these days especially now we are in the winter months, and as Mr R’s mainstay I need to be in constant contact. A couple of evenings he has had a momentary confusion. Of course normally we are together 24/7. The staff are very kind and seem - in the daytime anyway reasonably plentiful.
As these situations usually are life is a little draining both physically and mentally right now but as we all know it needs to be got through. As always thank you so much for your and everyone’s thoughtfulness it really is appreciated and helps to keep the spirit lifted.
Waffling over for today anyway 🙂
Have people begun to say to you, 'You need to keep strong for him'?
ReplyDeleteIf so, is there anyone who will keep strong for you?
Sarnia bless you your kindness it has brought me to tears. Mr R’s goddaughter is around for me / us as much as she can be picked me up las Friday from the hospital and came in to see Mr R, also took me over Sunday and yesterday. I will expand a little more after today’s visit. As AP and KP will know so many steps and long corridors at Basingstoke- phew.
DeleteRe Sarnia comment above.
ReplyDeleteWe here will be as uplifting as possible for Lady R, albeit at arms length.
Thank you Lady R for letting us know how things are progressing for you and your partner. I’m sure each of us will be thinking of you.
Such thoughtfulness again so wonderful to have you all around me.
DeleteSending sympathy for you at a tough time Lady R. If you can carry it take a lightweight soft cushion with you. Hospital chairs can be hard if sitting for a long time.
ReplyDeleteYou are so right Janice a good tip and thank you too for your support .
DeleteI’m sending waves of positivity through to you Lady R. Fingers crossed that Mr R will be moved as close as possible but I know it takes time for beds to come available.
ReplyDeleteDrugs can cause confusion - I reacted very badly to large doses of morphine. It is very good that the staff are kind. I hope there is a plentiful supply of coffee/tea/cakes nearby.
As others have said, please feel free to use this blog to let off steam, shout, rant or just as a quiet place to wind down.
Thinking of you Lady R, and wishing both of you all the best xxx
ReplyDeleteWe were up at Basingstoke hospital this morning Lady R and I was wondering if you and Mr R are still there. I would have loved to pop into the ward to see you both and offer my love and support.
ReplyDeleteMrA’s appt at Southampton hospital on Monday was a long and exhausting day. They are still trying to find the cause of his pulmonary hypertension which is causing breathing problems and exhaustion. A very long session of having a catheter guided into his heart and then lungs was performed and he was not allowed to leave the hospital for several hours afterwards.
We are now waiting for another appt with the consusltant to get the results.
Well blow me Archerphile ! Yes Mr R is still in and I visit daily but from 1.45 ish to 4pm latest as I like to get at least the main part of the journey home done in the light.
DeleteSuch a kind thought on your part and much appreciated particularly with all that you and Mr AP have going on right now. What a long long day you had on Monday I’m sure you were both utterly exhausted and then at Basingstoke today as well! I wish you both at least a few days of peace and rest from all things medical 🥰 and bless you both.
The long waits after any hospital events for results, are always so frustrating especially when a significant amount of travel is needed, yet again.
ReplyDeleteMy Bro-in-Law is under Broadgreen in Liverpool. This is the major heart unit where he gets wonderful care, but as they live in N.Wales on the Shropshire border, it is over an hour + half drive one way, plus they have toll fees as they have to go over the newest Mersey bridge.
So an appointment lasts for hours in total, but worth it.
Hope everything goes well for all with the right results.
The eldest girl in my family, 13yrs now, had 11 teeth removed under general anaesthetic in hospital, yesterday.
ReplyDeleteThese teeth were still her 1st teeth, which have never fallem out so had to be removed surgically. Her 2nd adult teeth are all there, so these will now have the chance to grow and take their rightful place.
Archerfile and lady R, I hope that you will have some positive outcomes for the results and treatments of your husbands. Visiting hospital is very tiring for relatives especially when long journeys are involved.
ReplyDelete🙏🏼 thank you CC
DeleteYes thank you CC. It’s very comforting knowing there is care and support from our friends on here.
DeleteI have had a frustrating day trying to find an appropriate birthday card for a male friend of ours who is coming up to 80. I did find something suitable eventually, but there wasn't a lot of choice.
ReplyDeleteAgree re Birthday cards.
DeleteThe selection at this time of year, which I call the "Silly Season" is never good.
I have had similar problems but found lovely ones in a farm shop. It was only when I got home and looked at my receipt that these were £3.99 each. They are for close family members so mustn't moan as they are perfect.
Have you tried Waitrose? I bought some very witty ones some months ago. Garden centre ones can also be quite amusing. I saw one of a horse complaining to a friend that he was disappointed with his hip replacement: his second back leg was a zebra's.
DeleteOK, well I thought it was funny.
I’ve seen that one Sarnia and I found it funny too!
DeleteWaitrose also have a series based on the Bayeux tapestry. The premise is most amusing, although some captions are marred by a lack of understanding of mediaeval English, which tends to spoil the effect.
DeleteMy stay-at-home grandson got one with a crowd of young knights brandishing their weapons and shouting 'Let's go clubbing!'.
My son's shows messengers bringing good tidings to the king, but not that the enemy has been vanquished: Better still, sire, Waitrose cometh to the village!
He lives in a village; he'd like that.
The problem I had with this card was that he's not someone to whom I normally send birthday cards but my friend happened to mention that it was his 80th. It's next Tuesday so it didn't leave me much time to buy the card and get it to him in time. I often order special cards from Etsy as I like to get personalised ones. I also find that garden centres and NT places have nice ones that I stock up on. I have a long list of birthdays to get cards for between the end of October and the end of February and like to get them in good time before the shelves become full of Christmas cards!
DeleteI go to the card factory shop and do a stock up every now and again. I find they have loads of suitable cards and loads for men. They used to have a good choice at 99p but they have gone up a bit lately.
DeleteThey do have some as cheap as 29p, I think, for some little cards.
Lady R and Archerphile, thinking of you. Hospital visits are exhausting.
If i need to get a card with the age on and can't find one that's appropriate for the person then I buy a card and stick the age on it. I have several sheets of those stick on numbers, and words like happy birthday, happy anniversary, also stick on butterflies, birds and flowers in case I want to brighten a card up a bit. Also have a sticker sheet with trains ( have a cousin who after he retired passed his steam train driver's test and when he was younger drove on the Watercress line) and planes ( no Beluga though) and cars etc. Made the mistake of showing that to little grandson so now most of them are adorning his toys!
ReplyDeleteBetter get my act together now. Son arriving at 11 to drive me all the way to Newton Abbott to look at a car in a garage there. I feel if i don't start driving again soon I will forget how to. (Have my ENT appointment at the end of November, and I don't think they will say don't drive as i wouldn't anyway if feeling dizzy.) Wretched lot ( very nice really) at our local garage declined to let me spend any more money on my lovely 20 year old pt cruiser Chrysler. It first belonged to an elderly man and his wife who in their younger days travelled around Europe and slept in the back of it, then my daughter, then me ( it is heavy on petrol and I don't do long journeys). I really don't like the idea of the Chrysler going for scrap, and then yesterday one of those serendipitous things happened. I was with my daughter when she was at the petrol station and I saw a Chrysler, just a year younger than mine, pull in, so I went to ask the driver if she knew anyone who would like one for spares, and it turned out she belonged to the Chrysler pt cruiser association and she is going to put the word out.
I can sympathise with you Janice.
DeleteI had to eventually scrap my beloved Micra.
I had a number of years previously’ bought it back ‘ when the insurance had written it off ( for the sake of expediency not damage ) and had kept it going. I still miss it so much.
If you want to pursue repairing your Chrysler further, I found a really good man to the west of Truro and although I don’t have his details to hand I could possibly work out where he is for you.
Whatever you decide to do I wish you luck with resuming driving, so important to keep your independence.
My beloved 24 yr old Micra has now been SORNed. In other words, it is no longer licensed or insured but is sitting in our garage and being looked after. Mr A even charged the battery the other day and drove it up and down the drive! I have not driven since the beginning of the year as I don’t feel well enough to do so. I think I have probably lost my nerve now especially as I get dizzy and ‘wobbly’. But I just couldn’t get rid of it and may even pass it on to my granddaughter when she has finished learning to drive.
DeleteThe nice thing about driving a vintage, or almost vintage car, is that fellow owners often wave in passing, and will stop to help if broken down, like belonging to a club.. When young I had a little Morris Minor for years and loved it, before me it had been my godfather's. Eventually it was retired to the field, and thèn finally I let Shire's Holt who had a couple of horses in the field sell the parts to help raise funds. The engine which was too heavy to move and the numberplate remain here, but I like to think its parts might still be trundling around in other Morris's. I reckon your granddaughter would appreciate the Micra in the same way Archerfile.
DeleteThank you Mrs P for your message re the mechanic. I saw it when we got back from Newton Abbott after a long day, and I had taken the plunge and bought a new-to-me car. Newer than I have got in the past so it will be baked beans on toast for me for some time! But I am hoping it will last me out, and it has things like a reversing camera which I think will be useful and heated seats (bliss). The clincher was the fact it was old enough to still have a cd player, whereas newer ones seem to expect you to have these smart phones which you plug in or something. It is a red with black roof ( I am more used to having blue although the Chrysler was red) automatic Seat Arona, and an easy to remember registration DA(Dear (or Daft!) Angel)69 USG(you silly girl!). Am trying to think of a mnemonic without the silly in it! My daughter is CA, either charming or crazy angel depending on mood.
What a coldish evening here, but off to sort evening meal ready for Strictly from Blackpool.
ReplyDeleteThis is such a feel- good factor to watch, and a wonderful escape from reality for awhile.
PS If anyone watched Magpie Murders, the follow up Moonflower Murders starts on BBC1 tonight.
I am recording this to watch on those awful cold, wintry, Sunday afternoons.
I cannot imagine not being able to drive and how I would cope.
An fun story - Last week Bro-in-law was off to play golf with an early start but needed to do a tip run at the same time. He packed his car the night before, so in the morning he went off as planned, to return home an hour or so later, as when he got to Golf Club, he had no golf clubs. They were still in the garage 🤣😂
Oh I thought you were going to say that the golf clubs had been stolen.
DeleteVery pleased that he had forgotten them instead.
I thought he put them in at the tip by mistake - but that would not have been funny 😯
DeleteGlad all was well.
Strictly…….
ReplyDeleteI don’t like other dancers being on the floor with them. It must obscure the view for the judges.
Chris mccausland was good. Tashas passo was fab. Oh and Sarah’s own choice dance was very good.
What the hell was Claudia wearing? Looked like she’d thrown a candle wick bedspread on.
Agree with all you have said 100% ptby 💃🏼💃🏼💃🏼
DeleteOoh. Jamie’s jive. He looked like he loved it. Sooo good.
ReplyDeleteI agree about the other dancers in Strictly, I find them distracting.
ReplyDeleteI liked Chris's American Smooth, Tasha's Paso, Sarah's couples choice and Montel's Salsa.
Wynne's Charleston to Paso music didn't work for me. I was underwhelmed by Jamie's Jive and there was too much time sitting on a ketchup bottle or standing still while the extras danced around him.
I think that Pete will remember those pink trousers for the rest of his life!
Whoever put Pete in those pink trousers wants sacking!
DeleteI think he was embarrassed by them and the dance out of his comfort zone. Afterwards when his partner was saying how much fun they had had that week he rolled his eyes skywards and agreed in a very sardonic way.
DeleteI noticed that Janice. I felt sorry for the man. The dances I enjoyed most were Tasha’s and Sarah’s - both trained in dance. I never know how the judges can mark fairly when it’s not a level playing field but it would be a pity if they weren’t there to watch. However I thought everyone was entertaining and danced their socks off.
DeleteI am liking JB and he at least, quickstepped around that fabulous ballroom floor.
DeletePoor Pete is all I can say..
If of interest to anyone……. BBC 4 is running a number of Hardy classics from way back.
ReplyDeleteWatched Tess last week and today started The Mayor of Casterbridge with Alan Bates and Anne Staleybrass.
Also showing the Glenda Jackson Elizabeth.
All on Iplayer.
Along with the films, they are showing old BBC documentaries about Hardy and his Wessex from 1987. It was strange to see what has changed and what hasn’t. In my mind it seems like yesterday.
DeleteAnd I think I’m correct Soz in saying that Hardy’s Wessex will be very familiar to you.
DeleteI haven’t watched that one yet.
You are right Mrs P - I know it well and miss it. I seem to remember that you had some connection to Blue Pool?
DeleteAh, I remembered correctly Soz, yes I ran the museum there for a season. I often think of my daily walks around Furzebrook..
DeleteAnyone watching I’m a celebrity?
ReplyDeleteI know, I’ve really brought the tone down. 😁
I had it on ptby but was only half watching I will give it another look when it gets going properly.
ReplyDeleteWhat did you think of the opening and do you have any thoughts on the contestants. I need to recheck who is there. I did notice Oti Mobuse but hard to miss really carrying all before her!
😂 by gum she’s a big lass!
DeleteDon’t know half of them. Barry mcguigan seems nice but was useless at his trial, couldn’t read the padlock numbers, why did he not have glasses on?! I like Jane Moor. Danny is going to get on my wick cos he’s too hyper. Blonde girl too pathetic. Camp Irish guy….mega annoying already. I think Colleen Rooney May come out of this well.
Hope things are improving for you and Lord R.
Lady R ?
ReplyDeleteIs the situation improving ?
Do keep us informed - when you can - of how you are ………
And Sarnia - how are you doing ?
Third lot of antibiotics, Mrs P. As the chest infection began to clear up it slowly dawned on me that every time my temperature shot up I had been out, either to Sainsbury's, church or the chiropractor. The chest infection was so severe that it had been masking the sinusitis symptoms, which is usually what causes the problem in the first place.
DeleteSwelling in forehead gradually subsiding, as is the pain, reduced to a headache instead of the feeling that I've been kicked between the eyes by a horse.
Life ground to a halt some time ago, a feeling which I'm sure is all too familiar to many of you.
Thank goodness the symptoms are beginning to subside. Let’s hope the third lot of antibiotics work.
DeleteLast week’s relentless gloom with no sunlight at all was depressing. Now snow - it looks pretty and transforms ugly corners into something magical but can also make life much harder.
Many people on this blog are dealing with very difficult situations and are finding ways of coping. Keeping a sense of humour does help and I enjoy your rather sardonic wit Sarnia.
Remember once we’re past 21st December, the days get longer!!
You really are suffering badly Sarnia, along with others I do sympathise and hope that the third dose of antibiotics works this time.
DeleteI do hope that you will ask for whatever help might be available to you locally.
No, not watching the Ant and Dec show any more. Enjoyed when it first started, years ago and had people on that I knew, like Carol Thatcher, Christine Hamilton and Tony Blackburn. It was genuinely funny back then and not nearly so cruel. Doesn’t seem much point when you don’t know half the contestants. Bit like Strictly really, I hardly knew any of them this year and was amazed when the dancer in the pink trousers (Pete?) got voted back this week.
ReplyDeleteAnyone woken up to snow this morning? Our nearest is at Oxford but apparently there have even been snowflakes seen in London. I do hope all those living a bit further up the country are OK and don’t have to risk driving anywhere on icy roads. Take care everyone! ❄️❄️❄️
ReplyDeleteNow snowing here too, not enough to settle though.
DeleteNo snow here but very cold and very wet.
DeleteI shall not be going up to North Hill, but most likely would be able to see snow on the hills of South Wales if I were to do so.
Snow here this morning. I've taken a photo of my red pelargoniums covered in snow before they give up the ghost with the cold.
DeleteThey might not give up the ghost CC.
DeleteI’ve got some through hard winters in the past, including snow.
I had a gorgeous pink/red rosebud covered in snow this morning. It just looked so wrong.
DeleteHope everyone is keeping warm + snug with this cold spell.
ReplyDeleteI had very heavy snow last night, which is very unusual for me. This settled, partially melted overnight, froze then snowed again.
I had to go out at 10.00am this morning, and brushed off 3" of snow off the car with a long-handled broom.
Most has now melted, though my back lawn is still white and will remain so, as it is starting to freeze now.
Needless to say, 🐈⬛ is around, wanting attention + play, as she is not liking it so is only going out when she needs to.
At least this doesn't happen often...
My CH is now on continuous to keep house warm + cosy. I don't think it costs that more to keep an ambient temperature rather than going full blast, when it comes on as per timings. I might be wrong though, but I'll worry about that later.
New thread opened, stay warm folks
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