Lady RMay 29, 2026 at 12:45 PM Hats off to Kings College Hospital for their rooftop garden designed for use by their Intensive Care patients to enjoy flowers and herb smells and scenery from their beds, and especially fresh air - their equipment can be hooked up to the units provided. This is a mental game changer 👏🏻❤️👏🏻❤️ Well done to all who contributed to the 2 million pound build be it by Will donations or via fund raisingwhich is why it took a decade (I think) to come to fruition.
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AmbridgesMrsPMay 29, 2026 at 2:04 PM Sounds wonderful, doesn’t it. When listening to the news I was imagining being up there and looking down onto the surroundings, particularly the very close by park and the trees wherein. My eldest G child was born there and I went to school near by, so know the area well, and before I left London I was volunteering there too.
KPnutsMay 29, 2026 at 7:09 PM Having grown up in that neck of the woods it was where I ended up after various scrapes & assorted out patients appointments. Not sure about the air quality though, although I thoroughly approve of the idea
AmbridgesMrsPMay 29, 2026 at 8:44 PM The idea, though is not so new. I have memories of the open air hospitals, some of which were still functioning in the London area when I was young. Though obviously this is a huge leap forward from those hospitals of old which i believe were mainly for tubercular patients.
Lady RMay 29, 2026 at 10:22 PM As in Treloar Hospital Alton where patients used have their beds wheeled out onto the balconies! Those were the days.
AmbridgesMrsPMay 30, 2026 at 1:30 AM Precisely Lady R
ArcherphileMay 30, 2026 at 9:59 AM It reminded me of those old sanatoria they had for TB patients, where they could be wheeled out onto a verandah or garden for the fresh air. But as KP says, I'm not sure rising London air would be so healthy. A lovely idea for future hospital designs though.
Another lovely day but I got frustrated, as no gardening to be done. Things are just how I want them to be. The plants I planted just a week ago are thriving, established and growing fast. There's little colour but give it a couple of weeks or less, it will be different as there are flower buds on everything. The hollyhocks I planted last year did nothing but now are tall and should be great when they flower. I swear the plants in my window box and tubs after a week, have doubled in size and are in full bloom. I used a compost enriched with sphagmum moss peat which is helping as it's much more water retentive. What did I do instead - the ironing - which is up-to-date until I bring the washing in later, so more ironing tomorrow. Never a dull moment!
Oh Miriam you should have sat out and enjoyed looking at all your hard work! It is a very hot day here again in Hampshire but it is the last one for now 🙏 Rain most days next week - here anyway, but needed and if too much we Brits will be able to moan about that instead 😂 🌦️
The bees are prolific and such a joyous sight to see. 🐝 I'm listening to older Archers episodes + where I am at the moment, there're delightful scenes of Jill teaching Josh beekeeping. It's fascinating to hear about the care of the hives and the bees themselves.
Having been very upset by the loss of our green house last year & sad to think I could never grow tomatoes again (fancy having to *buy* tomatoes in Summer!), we now are growing some again. We bought a Tumbling Tom bush tomato to go in a hanging basket and put a grow bag with 3 outdoor Tom plants against the house next to the garden door. Both facing due south so warm and sunny. I say 'we' but needless to say Gerald did all the work, under my supervision . I just sit on a bench and watch. I hated not being able to get down to do the planting but at least I can water with a hose and, hopefully, pick fruit
I'm pleased to hear that you are growing tomatoes again Archerfile. I don't grow them myself but understand how you feel, for me it's salad. I like to have a constant supply of lettuces and salad leaves to pick fresh from the garden throughout the summer.
It’s good to hear that your able to get back out to the garden AP and enjoy some activity albeit supervision only. But having tomatoes to pick to look forward to must be a joy.
I really do feel for you AP. It is so frustrating to be unable to do something you took for granted. However, I’m so pleased that you are growing some this year even if it was mainly in a supervisory role. As you say, you’ll be able to water and eat them!! There is a world of difference between home grown tomatoes and bought ones
Tumbling tomatos are great. I grew them one year in pots, which sat on an old plastic small table in the sun. They gave a magnificent crop. I'm not a massive tomato eater though, so I ended up making lots of tomato puree which took up too much room in my freezer! It's lovely though to go out and pick them to put straight on a plate or in a salad. As Soz says, what a difference this makes.
We visited a 20 acre garden yesterday ( Lower Tor House) that was opened as part of the NGS scheme. This year was its first time of opening, in a nice setting on the other side of the moor. Several different parts to it including a wildlife area, a "secret" garden, and a greenhouse with among other things some nice tomato plants. They also kept Arab horses and one of the walks went alongside some fields so you could get a closer look at them. And wonder of wonders they had an outside room in the garden that was their library with floor to ceiling bookshelves packed with books, and a computer and table etc so it must have been a working space as well.
Sounds lovely Janice, especially the outside book room. I will look it up. I miss my London summer Sundays visiting NGS open gardens. Few and far in WSomerset, and although the villages have open garden wknds they don’t seem to advertise them widely.
I had my early summer lawn treatment done today. The bloke from the firm who does this, I've known for years so always have a good chat. He said how good the lawns were looking and as I took him into the back garden down the side of the house,which needs levelling + paving, I casually mentioned in passing, that the weed treatment I'd a week ago, hadn't worked. Yes - he sprayed it all with his weed-killer. 😄 The weedkiller used on the lawns ,kills weeds in lawns, but doesn't kill the grass 🤷♀️ My ploy worked 🤣🤣
Your favourite biscuits are priced at £1 in TESCO at the moment. I bought four packs. I really thank you for mentioning them sometime back, I really like them.
ARCHERPHILE did tell Miriam some months ago now. I had never heard of them but they sounded good. I found them at Tesco and bought two packets. Now they are at a good price with club card so bought more.
The biscuits are by a French company called Lu. The name of the biscuit is Petit Buerre . They are really buttery, much nicer than the old petit buerre made by Huntly & Palmers years ago. They are made in Nantes, which is where my daughter in law is from. I have seen the factory!
Thanks AP. I'll certainly look out for these on my travels. Apparantly you'd told me the name some time before, but I just couldn't remember what they were! 🫣 Thanks again.
Now I am an old disabled person officially! ....I have just ordered a stairlift! It was either that or move our bedroom into the dining room which would have been very inconvenient & I'd still have to go upstairs for a shower. We had Stannah, a local firm, round some months ago to do a quote, but they were very expensive so I kept putting the purchase off. Today we had a visit from Acorn stairlifts who were quite shocked by how steep & narrow our stairs are. But they can cope with that and by choosing a reconditioned one I save about £2000-£3000 over Stannah. So I shall be gliding up & down in a couple of weeks & no need to move......yet.
Good for you for realising what will help you live your normal life with Hubbie, in the home you know + love and with your garden to enjoy. I hope it has a speed limiter on it, otherwise your staircase will be like a F1 racing circuit! 🤣
My in-laws had a stairlift, all the grand children thought it was great fun. My grandmother had a lift between the dining room and her bedroom as the staircase was very steep and had multiple turns, it was a large Edwardian town house.
Well done ARCHERPHILE for finally making a decision. If you find that you cope well with it then perhaps the move will be put on hold for ever.
The wonderful top floor flat with its two large balconies in Ilminster that I would have loved to buy had a stairlift on the communal stairs already, but even so, the thought of having to take the dog out in the middle of the night, albeit only occasionally, combined with a couple of other possible problems, was finally the reason I decided instead on my flat here in Minehead. But I still think about how I would have enjoyed Ilminster itself rather than here. My daughters Victorian town house in Bath has four floors of stairs and my son in law fell down the steepest flight a few years ago.
Whilst eating breakfast yesterday morning, I suddenly saw a lovely field mouse run across the lounge. I knew where it was hiding but couldn't get it. Later, it was seen changing it's hiding place, but again no rescue attempt was successful. Sadly, it's just been found by the cat flap, deceased.😪 Pusscat is sitting on my lap purring away as if nothing has happened! To add this is the 3rd mouse in a few days and a 3rd corpse. All are intact, as she just wants to play with them, gets bored and then leaves them to run around with me trying to get them back to where they belong. I haven't been successful so far..😒
Good luck with the next one Miriam. I know how you feel, Puss brought one in about three weeks ago and it’s still living here somewhere. I’m surprised it hasn’t died from starvation so far.
You might find it like I've found some. One was in a bag of nuts + raisins I'd put on the floor by my usual chair, where it was happily chomping away. Another was found sitting in pusscats bowl of kibble, and so enjoying nibbling away on it! Both these were released to live another day.
Speaking of gardens, our local paper has published a list of the ten best public gardens in the North West and Tatton Park garden came top. It's ages since I last went so a visit will be on the cards in the near future.
I too need a visit to Tatton, as it's ages since I was last there. It's definitely on my list of things to do again, as I remember it so well and is a wonderful day out. I just love the Pineapple House + the Japanese Garden .
I'm loving the rain showers at the moment. Nothing heavy but enough to keep the garden watered (saves me a job) and in between, warm bright sunshine. Perfect conditions to keep garden thriving without plants being damaged.
Don't suppose there is anyone else who needs to know this but thought I would mention it. Ever since I was about 17 when I ate a mushroom that probably wasn't ! I haven't been able to eat them without getting an upset painful stomach for 2 or 3 days afterwards. ( Not an allergy just a food intolerance.) Went shopping on tuesday and ate in their cafe. The steak and kidney pie looked good and I was told there were no mushrooms in it which there weren't, but I have had exactly the same symptoms afterwards as if there had been. On looking it up online some commercial manufacturers apparently add mushroom powder to the gravy in steak pies to give added flavour. So that is the last time I shall have one of those pies unless cooked at home.
It just goes to show how difficult it is for people who have allergies and intolerances to know what's safe to eat. One of my grandsons has an allergy and I'm always on tenterhooks when he and his sister come to stay with us.
Janice, I absolutely understand. There are many foods that don't agree with me and now I can only eat 'clean' food, ie basic ingredients, so only eat at home and occasionally at my sister's. Even with the ingredients listed people with dietary concerns should not eat out/take away food in my opinion. There have been some cases resulting in tragic consequences. Any packaged food that I have, except coffee and rice, has a warning that it may contain traces of nuts, soya etc, even the peanut jar label says it was produced in a place which uses nuts! When I was growing up there was virtually no take away food, apart from cakes, and people generally didn't eat out. A few years ago I sat next to a man on a train who first asked if I minded if he ate his sandwiches and then took out some home made by himself.
So many hidden ingredients in processed food, it becomes very difficult to distinguish what is safe to eat. In my family growing up we never had mushrooms as apparently my father was allergic to them. In my very senior years I have managed to overcome my residual aversion and now have them regularly on toast but really dislike them in pies, though I do enjoy mushroom soup but leave out ‘ the bits ‘. How strange some of our food dislikes are. I do hope your tummy upset clears up soon Janice.
I try to avoid processed foods as such, but I do buy turkey sausages and also smoked bacon, plus occasionally ham for sarnis. I also buy jars of curry + pasta sauces but only those I know + trust, with no additives just natural ingredients, well if the labels can be believed! My favourite curry sauces come from Aldi, a jar of tasty sauce with a separate container of the spices on top of the lid. These are delicious + make a chicken or turkey curry very quickly, with no mess and faffing about!
I’m severely allergic to celery. I have 2 EpiPens. The amount of times I’m told we don’t use celery and then I say but what stock do you use. They toddle off and come back and say, oh yeah there’s celery in the stock. I cannot eat soup when out because it’s always made with the wrong stick for me. Considering celery is one of the top allergens I don’t understand why cafes don’t use vegan bouillon stock as that is celery free.
PtbY - I know someone who won't go anywhere near celery. I used to like it very much, but earlier this year bought celery root and had a mild reaction. Pity, because I like the smell and texture and used to eat the stalks too.
A strong memory of my childhood is, a Saturday night, sitting behind the sofa but peeking out, eating fish-paste sarnis whilst munching on sticks of celery. This was watching Dr. Who + the Daleks!! Isn't it strange what childhood memories we keep. I use celery a lot in cooking, and is always part of the base odouri I use for a spag. bol.
Oh dear, sorry to confuse you. An odori in Italian cooking is finally diced onion, carrot, celery + garlic, slowly sweated in olive oil along with aromatic herbs until soft, about 20mins. This is the base of many an Italian dish.
Basia…..careful, because after one mild reaction of swollen lips when a teenager I went to full anaphylactic shock response when I’d had some next time and had a quick trip to hospital.
I know nature is cruel. An hour ago there was a male blackbird sitting on the fence at the bottom of the garden, giving a massive warning sound. I know there is a blackbirds nest in my beech hedge +where it is. Sadly, I've just found a dead, newly hatched blackbird on my kitchen floor It was totally bald, colourless and still had the embryo sac attached. How pusscat found this to bring in, I've no idea, as no way could she have got to the nest, let alone get this! There are loads of magpies around, but it's a complete and utter sad, mystery.
So sorry Miriam. As you say nature is cruel. It is however very upsetting when your cat kills, whatever it is that is killed but a baby bird whose parents knew what was coming is dreading. I understand how upset you must be.
My cat didn't kill it. On thinking about it, she probably found it on the ground underneath the nest, about 4ft below. I wish I knew how this newly hatched bird fell out of the nest.
Just listened to Conversations and found the ending hilarious, it was so well done, tragic and comic all at once, and the Archers and the shipping forecast, brilliant.
That's my night-time listen in bed tonight. I loved the end of series 6 thinking that's it over, and ending so brilliantly. I was surprised to see a new series, as my thinking was it won't be as good. How wrong I was, as it's as good as ever. The music is still as wonderful and love how it fits in. This was highlighted by what was played with the seagull saga, which I realised it was Albatross by Fleetwood Mac. How clever that was. It did though take me a short while (about 30mins) to be able to name that music which recognised immediatly. At least my brain cells still seem to be working in some way!
Yes, I thought it was the end when she went away and perhaps it was supposed to be and I'm glad they brought it back, but with their various friends dying, I wonder what they plan to do. The music is great.
I have been tuning into Radio 3 Unwind, especially if I cannot sleep. It's a selection of lovely music, some classical, some piano choral, without any commentary, designed to make you relax. I have heard so many new and unfamiliar works. Sometimes there is background sound between the pieces , could be sea breaking on the shore or the dawn chorus etc. I keep a little old iPod next to the bed and listen in with earphones. It helps me drift back to sleep. And unlike Classic fm, it's not repetitive, so you are hearing new tracks all the time.
R3U is my favourite station Archerphile, have it on most of the day, I am tired of listening to R4 after a lifetime of doing so, I find it boring a lot of the time, but still listen to drama on Sounds.
I just listened to Alistair McGowan at the Hay Festival who likes that Radio 3 doesn't come with a trigger warning and if you've been affected by what you've heard: good. He was a guest on Poetry Please with Roger MCGough, I'm not into poetry but liked the programme. I'm neither into classical music and no longer have Sounds, so only Radio 4 which I listen to less and less. I like the sound of the birds outside.
I download or subscribe to lots from Sounds, series, dramas, whodunits.. I have to admit I like R4ex, particularly with the "comedy" series going back years + years. These are dated, but I rather like this type of "slapstick" humour and life-style of those eras. I always know that I have a warped sense of humour, which some of my family members join in with+ love. Not long ago self, a niece + a great-niece were cuddled up on a sofa crying with laughter, yet Big Sis had no idea what we found so funny nor why. The more we tried to explain it, the more we laughed + cried 🤣😂🤣
What a day of changing weather. Bright sunshine + blue skies and very warm, then dark clouds, torrential rain, large hail stones along with thunder + lightning, all intermixed. It's now a lovely sunny evening. My big moan has to be the cost of food. I did my s/market shop this morning (avoiding the rain) and I was gobsmacked how prices have shot up in just a few weeks. One item I buy, perhaps every 4 weeks, was 25p more today, then another had gone up from £1 20 to £1.60. Will this ever end? I need petrol and I dread what a fill-up will end up at! Off to vote tomorrow. Our ward didn't have council elections this year. However, sadly one of our councillors has died so needs to be replaced. At least whoever gets voted in will only be in office until May next year. He/She will have to prove themselves in that time as to my area and their pledges!
To add my paper recycling bin is full of all the bumpf which has come through my door in the last few weeks. The best place for some of it, is definitely the bin!! 😄
Don't you have no publicity please stickers? Most of us have them on our letter boxes and I give them new neighbours who don't know they are available at the town hall. Sometimes letters can get lost among all the rubbish.
Has anyone been watching this series of Springwatch? I don't get any choice about having it on as it is one of Mr A's favourite series and he won't miss an episode. There has been some wonderful photography of the wildlife in Northern Ireland and especially the water birds on their nests. But oh! The juvenile presentation by Chris Packham & Michaela Strachan drives me to distraction. All the messing around, joshing and joking does the programme no favours. It's as though they were still fronting a show for children. The only serious but truly interesting presenter is Iolo Williams who does the job properly. As Lady R knows, he is one of my favourites!
Sounds like dumbing down, woking for genZ, I don't know what any of this is and don't intend to find out. Nothing can be straightforward nowadays, all "jazzed up"! Tennis this year will take place within the other sports event and here there's cycling which has France in its name, but now starts outside the country, this year from Spain.
We've been watching it Archerfile and enjoying the content. Presenters fall into categories for me. Those I like (very few), those I can tolerate and those I have t switch off. Iolo is in the first one and Chris and Michaela are in the second. I prefer them to Bill Oddie and Kate Humble!
I no longer watch these, as I just got so fed up with the presenters. To my mind, too much airtime was given to those in the studio with their silly, gimmicky comments + props. It might have changed now, but can't say as no longer watching.
I have not chosen to watch it for years. I can’t remember why, but suspect your collective gripes are the reason. I agree with your irritations and agree wholeheartedly with BASIAs comments. Jazzed up hyperbole personified. I’ve just turned off yet another shouty person on the 6.30. Comedy spot.
I heartily agree with CC about Bill Oddie and Kate Humble. There was a presenter called Martin Hughes-Games I liked but he was ditched. I really do think that Packham &Strachan have reverted to the Children's TV show they presented together, The Really Wild Show. It's time they moved on to more adult audiences.
I had my covid jab on Tuesday. Felt fine although with a sore arm. Yesterday I felt low but managed to get through the day but was in bed by eight o’clock. Today I’ve really struggled and have been in bed this afternoon. No headache but feel as tho’ I have flue. Really wiped out. Not helped by having two lads here doing work on my garden and having to be up and about and relatively on form.
Has any one else had a reaction this year. It’s the first time for me.
I think I've been very lucky with my Covid jabs, apart from the occasional sore arm I haven't had any problems. Today has felt more like autumn than summer here. That meant I didn't have the excuse of it being too hot to give the conservatory its annual spring clean which we do after the pelargonium cuttings have been put out. With the wind and rain there haven't been any bees or butterflies about, here's hoping that the weather forecast is correct and it warms up a bit at the weekend and they reappear.
I’m pleased to say that I’m feeling bright and cheerful this morning. No lethargy or flue like symptoms. Let’s hope the vaccination works as it should.
Sorry to hear that David Hockney has died at 88. I don’t know if it was expected, or even if he was ill.
A message from my daughter after asking the same question of her, that the last pictures of him showed him presumably frail, in a wheelchair, and that he was a lifetime smoker, so pretty good to get to 88.
Heard this afternoon that ex rugby player Kevin Sinfield, who did so much to support Rob Burrow and publicise Motor Neurone Disease, is to be Knighted in the Kings Birthday Honours list tomorrow. So well deserved, he put his heart and soul into raising funds for MND and ran all those marathons. Congratulations Sir Kev!
RIP David Hockney. He gave a lot of joy to many people. I found him an accessible artist; in true Yorkshire fashion he was blunt and to the point. I can remember going to his exhibition at the Royal Academy and being blown away by those huge landscapes.
Just watched the Trooping of the Colour - as I have every year since it was only on black and white TV. I love royal occasions and pageantry. Today's was exceptional with the fine weather, wish I could have been there. The only thing that spoilt it for me (moan coming up!) was the ever-present Clare Balding's commentary and Giles Brandreath joining in at the end with his "I am a friend of the Royal Family" stories, which he has told dozens of times. You all know I am not a fan of Miss Balding but she seems to be in everything these days, now even a quiz programme on books. I know she has experience of horses, but surely that doesn't make her an expert on everything. Grump, grump!!
I watched the Trooping too and I like Clare Balding. As a child with a military father The Trooping of the Colour and The Royal Tournament were the highlights of our year. My father had been in the mounted cavalry as a young soldier and was passionate about horses. As an adult I was once in the ticketed stands, pregnant at the time, my baby kicked in time with the big drum at slow March. I do agree that the Luvvy G Brandreth can be rather irritating.
What a fabulous afternoon + early evening. It's sunny and very warm, almost hot! It's looking good for tomorrow, so cleaned all the downstairs ready for a day of gardening tomorrow. I'm so disappointed as I planted 18 runner beans and only 6 have germinated! I have some left from two different packs so will plant more with 🫰 If these germinate I'll have an early + then late crop. I'm actually going to delve into the compost with my trowel, to hopefully look at what I planted, to try and found out if the beans rotted or were eaten, to work out what's gone wrong.
The summer starts officially on the 21st, we're heading for a heatwave here this week. I can't believe that I went out with two sticks trying not to slip on the ice way back then...
I found that our early raspberry (bushes, not canes) are now ripening fast. I'm itching to pick them but cannot manage, needing 2 sticks to hold me up. I need that third hand to pick with. Wondering if I could put a chair in amongst the bushes and, seated, pick those around me! 😂
A couple of weeks ago MrNuts mentioned that there were quite a lot of gooseberries on the bush, when I went to check a few days later there was one, the next afternoon we saw the pheasant that comes up to the house almost daily for food cheerfully take the lat berry, I felt betrayed!
I caught a squirrel sitting in my Apple tree eating a baby apple yesterday. I’ve seen him/her a lot recently, think it’s a youngster who is well aware of Lady on patrol, although thinking about it, I seem to remember Puss bringing a dead squidgel home once in his early days with me.
I bought myself a treat today, a bag of Jersey Royals, only because they were half price! Even then not el cheapo, but good enough for me to buy. Been busy in the garden today, and there's so many bees around, far more than I've seen for a few years, along with butterflies. Mind you my garden is so much better now than a couple of years ago, so perhaps it's no wonder. I've gone for a cottage garden look and it's certainly really taking shape. The Hollyhocks are full of buds + tall, so not long now to come into flower.
I can't believe I've had to go out + water, yet again! The short, sharp showers over the last couple of days have made no difference I knew it rained last night, as 🐈⬛ landed on me at some ungodly hour, soaking wet. When I got up at 7.30am all was dry.
We usually go to a pick your own strawberry farm this time of year but for the first time in 40 years they are only selling ones grown in their polytunnels. Apparently due to climate change and wetter weather at the wrong time.
Hating it! Sitting in front of a large fan, curtains closed, perspiring gently. Reduces my energy even further than normal & I cant even have a cold shower! 🥵
Here where I am it's 35°C and not going to get better for a while. I'm not coping at all well, but remind myself that people in the war zones have no water or sanitation and it's much hotter there.
The heat hasn't reached us yet. I've been out all day today but am hoping to get some gardening done over the weekend before it gets hotter at the beginning of next week.
A random roof garden
ReplyDeleteLady RMay 29, 2026 at 12:45 PM
ReplyDeleteHats off to Kings College Hospital for their rooftop garden designed for use by their Intensive Care patients to enjoy flowers and herb smells and scenery from their beds, and especially fresh air - their equipment can be hooked up to the units provided. This is a mental game changer 👏🏻❤️👏🏻❤️
Well done to all who contributed to the 2 million pound build be it by Will donations or via fund raisingwhich is why it took a decade (I think) to come to fruition.
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AmbridgesMrsPMay 29, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Sounds wonderful, doesn’t it.
When listening to the news I was imagining being up there and looking down onto the surroundings, particularly the very close by park and the trees wherein.
My eldest G child was born there and I went to school near by, so know the area well, and before I left London I was volunteering there too.
KPnutsMay 29, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Having grown up in that neck of the woods it was where I ended up after various scrapes & assorted out patients appointments. Not sure about the air quality though, although I thoroughly approve of the idea
AmbridgesMrsPMay 29, 2026 at 8:44 PM
ReplyDeleteThe idea, though is not so new.
I have memories of the open air hospitals, some of which were still functioning in the London area when I was young.
Though obviously this is a huge leap forward from those hospitals of old which i believe were mainly for tubercular patients.
Lady RMay 29, 2026 at 10:22 PM
As in Treloar Hospital Alton where patients used have their beds wheeled out onto the balconies! Those were the days.
AmbridgesMrsPMay 30, 2026 at 1:30 AM
Precisely Lady R
ArcherphileMay 30, 2026 at 9:59 AM
It reminded me of those old sanatoria they had for TB patients, where they could be wheeled out onto a verandah or garden for the fresh air. But as KP says, I'm not sure rising London air would be so healthy. A lovely idea for future hospital designs though.
Another lovely day but I got frustrated, as no gardening to be done. Things are just how I want them to be. The plants I planted just a week ago are thriving, established and growing fast. There's little colour but give it a couple of weeks or less, it will be different as there are flower buds on everything. The hollyhocks I planted last year did nothing but now are tall and should be great when they flower.
ReplyDeleteI swear the plants in my window box and tubs after a week, have doubled in size and are in full bloom. I used a compost enriched with sphagmum moss peat which is helping as it's much more water retentive.
What did I do instead - the ironing - which is up-to-date until I bring the washing in later, so more ironing tomorrow.
Never a dull moment!
Oh Miriam you should have sat out and enjoyed looking at all your hard work! It is a very hot day here again in Hampshire but it is the last one for now 🙏 Rain most days next week - here anyway, but needed and if too much we Brits will be able to moan about that instead 😂 🌦️
DeleteThe bees are prolific and such a joyous sight to see. 🐝
DeleteI'm listening to older Archers episodes + where I am at the moment, there're delightful scenes of Jill teaching Josh beekeeping. It's fascinating to hear about the care of the hives and the bees themselves.
PS Josh is 12yrs.
DeleteHaving been very upset by the loss of our green house last year & sad to think I could never grow tomatoes again (fancy having to *buy* tomatoes in Summer!), we now are growing some again.
ReplyDeleteWe bought a Tumbling Tom bush tomato to go in a hanging basket and put a grow bag with 3 outdoor Tom plants against the house next to the garden door. Both facing due south so warm and sunny.
I say 'we' but needless to say Gerald did all the work, under my supervision . I just sit on a bench and watch. I hated not being able to get down to do the planting but at least I can water with a hose and, hopefully, pick fruit
I'm pleased to hear that you are growing tomatoes again Archerfile. I don't grow them myself but understand how you feel, for me it's salad. I like to have a constant supply of lettuces and salad leaves to pick fresh from the garden throughout the summer.
DeleteIt’s good to hear that your able to get back out to the garden AP and enjoy some activity albeit supervision only. But having tomatoes to pick to look forward to must be a joy.
DeleteI really do feel for you AP. It is so frustrating to be unable to do something you took for granted. However, I’m so pleased that you are growing some this year even if it was mainly in a supervisory role. As you say, you’ll be able to water and eat them!!
DeleteThere is a world of difference between home grown tomatoes and bought ones
Tumbling tomatos are great. I grew them one year in pots, which sat on an old plastic small table in the sun. They gave a magnificent crop.
DeleteI'm not a massive tomato eater though, so I ended up making lots of tomato puree which took up too much room in my freezer!
It's lovely though to go out and pick them to put straight on a plate or in a salad.
As Soz says, what a difference this makes.
Ah, the smell of tomatoes ripening in the sun is enough for me.
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ReplyDeleteWe visited a 20 acre garden yesterday ( Lower Tor House) that was opened as part of the NGS scheme. This year was its first time of opening, in a nice setting on the other side of the moor. Several different parts to it including a wildlife area, a "secret" garden, and a greenhouse with among other things some nice tomato plants. They also kept Arab horses and one of the walks went alongside some fields so you could get a closer look at them. And wonder of wonders they had an outside room in the garden that was their library with floor to ceiling bookshelves packed with books, and a computer and table etc so it must have been a working space as well.
ReplyDeleteSounds lovely Janice, especially the outside book room. I will look it up.
DeleteI miss my London summer Sundays visiting NGS open gardens. Few and far in WSomerset, and although the villages have open garden wknds they don’t seem to advertise them widely.
I had my early summer lawn treatment done today. The bloke from the firm who does this, I've known for years so always have a good chat. He said how good the lawns were looking and as I took him into the back garden down the side of the house,which needs levelling + paving, I casually mentioned in passing, that the weed treatment I'd a week ago, hadn't worked.
ReplyDeleteYes - he sprayed it all with his weed-killer. 😄
The weedkiller used on the lawns ,kills weeds in lawns, but doesn't kill the grass 🤷♀️
My ploy worked 🤣🤣
ARCHERPHILE
ReplyDeleteYour favourite biscuits are priced at £1 in TESCO at the moment.
I bought four packs.
I really thank you for mentioning them sometime back, I really like them.
Oh Do tell!
DeleteMy favourite are Hobnobs or Sainsbury's own brand equivalent, equally as good.
ARCHERPHILE did tell Miriam some months ago now. I had never heard of them but they sounded good. I found them at Tesco and bought two packets. Now they are at a good price with club card so bought more.
DeleteThe biscuits are by a French company called Lu. The name of the biscuit is Petit Buerre . They are really buttery, much nicer than the old petit buerre made by Huntly & Palmers years ago. They are made in Nantes, which is where my daughter in law is from. I have seen the factory!
DeleteThanks AP. I'll certainly look out for these on my travels.
DeleteApparantly you'd told me the name some time before, but I just couldn't remember what they were! 🫣
Thanks again.
Now I am an old disabled person officially! ....I have just ordered a stairlift!
ReplyDeleteIt was either that or move our bedroom into the dining room which would have been very inconvenient & I'd still have to go upstairs for a shower.
We had Stannah, a local firm, round some months ago to do a quote, but they were very expensive so I kept putting the purchase off.
Today we had a visit from Acorn stairlifts who were quite shocked by how steep & narrow our stairs are. But they can cope with that and by choosing a reconditioned one I save about £2000-£3000 over Stannah.
So I shall be gliding up & down in a couple of weeks & no need to move......yet.
Good for you for realising what will help you live your normal life with Hubbie, in the home you know + love and with your garden to enjoy.
DeleteI hope it has a speed limiter on it, otherwise your staircase will be like a F1 racing circuit! 🤣
My in-laws had a stairlift, all the grand children thought it was great fun. My grandmother had a lift between the dining room and her bedroom as the staircase was very steep and had multiple turns, it was a large Edwardian town house.
ReplyDeleteYes, the old charming houses often have narrow and steep staircases which I find difficult and even young people fall down them.
ReplyDeleteWell done ARCHERPHILE for finally making a decision. If you find that you cope well with it then perhaps the move will be put on hold for ever.
ReplyDeleteThe wonderful top floor flat with its two large balconies in Ilminster that I would have loved to buy had a stairlift on the communal stairs already, but even so, the thought of having to take the dog out in the middle of the night, albeit only occasionally, combined with a couple of other possible problems, was finally the reason I decided instead on my flat here in Minehead. But I still think about how I would have enjoyed Ilminster itself rather than here.
My daughters Victorian town house in Bath has four floors of stairs and my son in law fell down the steepest flight a few years ago.
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ReplyDeleteWhilst eating breakfast yesterday morning, I suddenly saw a lovely field mouse run across the lounge.
ReplyDeleteI knew where it was hiding but couldn't get it.
Later, it was seen changing it's hiding place, but again no rescue attempt was successful.
Sadly, it's just been found by the cat flap, deceased.😪
Pusscat is sitting on my lap purring away as if nothing has happened!
To add this is the 3rd mouse in a few days and a 3rd corpse. All are intact, as she just wants to play with them, gets bored and then leaves them to run around with me trying to get them back to where they belong.
I haven't been successful so far..😒
Good luck with the next one Miriam.
DeleteI know how you feel, Puss brought one in about three weeks ago and it’s still living here somewhere. I’m surprised it hasn’t died from starvation so far.
You might find it like I've found some.
DeleteOne was in a bag of nuts + raisins I'd put on the floor by my usual chair, where it was happily chomping away.
Another was found sitting in pusscats bowl of kibble, and so enjoying nibbling away on it!
Both these were released to live another day.
There is a U.K. directory of Open Gardens ( which are normally cheaper than the NGS open gardens) on www.opengardens.co.uk
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of gardens, our local paper has published a list of the ten best public gardens in the North West and Tatton Park garden came top. It's ages since I last went so a visit will be on the cards in the near future.
ReplyDeleteI too need a visit to Tatton, as it's ages since I was last there.
DeleteIt's definitely on my list of things to do again, as I remember it so well and is a wonderful day out.
I just love the Pineapple House + the Japanese Garden .
I'm loving the rain showers at the moment. Nothing heavy but enough to keep the garden watered (saves me a job) and in between, warm bright sunshine.
ReplyDeletePerfect conditions to keep garden thriving without plants being damaged.
Thank you Anrol.
DeleteI was not aware of that facility.
The showers and sunshine are great for the garden , but even better for the weeds 🫤
DeleteAnd not great for roses either……
DeleteDon't suppose there is anyone else who needs to know this but thought I would mention it. Ever since I was about 17 when I ate a mushroom that probably wasn't ! I haven't been able to eat them without getting an upset painful stomach for 2 or 3 days afterwards.
ReplyDelete( Not an allergy just a food intolerance.) Went shopping on tuesday and ate in their cafe. The steak and kidney pie looked good and I was told there were no mushrooms in it which there weren't, but I have had exactly the same symptoms afterwards as if there had been. On looking it up online some commercial manufacturers apparently add mushroom powder to the gravy in steak pies to give added flavour. So that is the last time I shall have one of those pies unless cooked at home.
It just goes to show how difficult it is for people who have allergies and intolerances to know what's safe to eat. One of my grandsons has an allergy and I'm always on tenterhooks when he and his sister come to stay with us.
DeleteJanice, I absolutely understand. There are many foods that don't agree with me and now I can only eat 'clean' food, ie basic ingredients, so only eat at home and occasionally at my sister's. Even with the ingredients listed people with dietary concerns should not eat out/take away food in my opinion. There have been some cases resulting in tragic consequences. Any packaged food that I have, except coffee and rice, has a warning that it may contain traces of nuts, soya etc, even the peanut jar label says it was produced in a place which uses nuts!
DeleteWhen I was growing up there was virtually no take away food, apart from cakes, and people generally didn't eat out. A few years ago I sat next to a man on a train who first asked if I minded if he ate his sandwiches and then took out some home made by himself.
So many hidden ingredients in processed food, it becomes very difficult to distinguish what is safe to eat.
DeleteIn my family growing up we never had mushrooms as apparently my father was allergic to them. In my very senior years I have managed to overcome my residual aversion and now have them regularly on toast but really dislike them in pies, though I do enjoy mushroom soup but leave out ‘ the bits ‘.
How strange some of our food dislikes are.
I do hope your tummy upset clears up soon Janice.
I try to avoid processed foods as such, but I do buy turkey sausages and also smoked bacon, plus occasionally ham for sarnis.
DeleteI also buy jars of curry + pasta sauces but only those I know + trust, with no additives just natural ingredients, well if the labels can be believed!
My favourite curry sauces come from Aldi, a jar of tasty sauce with a separate container of the spices on top of the lid.
These are delicious + make a chicken or turkey curry very quickly, with no mess and faffing about!
I’m severely allergic to celery. I have 2 EpiPens. The amount of times I’m told we don’t use celery and then I say but what stock do you use. They toddle off and come back and say, oh yeah there’s celery in the stock. I cannot eat soup when out because it’s always made with the wrong stick for me. Considering celery is one of the top allergens I don’t understand why cafes don’t use vegan bouillon stock as that is celery free.
ReplyDeletePtbY - I know someone who won't go anywhere near celery.
DeleteI used to like it very much, but earlier this year bought celery root and had a mild reaction.
Pity, because I like the smell and texture and used to eat the stalks too.
A strong memory of my childhood is, a Saturday night, sitting behind the sofa but peeking out, eating fish-paste sarnis whilst munching on sticks of celery. This was watching Dr. Who + the Daleks!!
DeleteIsn't it strange what childhood memories we keep.
I use celery a lot in cooking, and is always part of the base odouri I use for a spag. bol.
spelling - should be odori.
DeleteI had never heard of odori so googled it to find it is a Japanese dance???
DeleteEek! Dancing prawn dish
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DeleteOh dear, sorry to confuse you.
DeleteAn odori in Italian cooking is finally diced onion, carrot, celery + garlic, slowly sweated in olive oil along with aromatic herbs until soft, about 20mins. This is the base of many an Italian dish.
To add, an alternative name is a soffrito.
DeleteSounds nice. I shall tell my daughter as it is the type of thing she would like to cook.
DeleteBasia…..careful, because after one mild reaction of swollen lips when a teenager I went to full anaphylactic shock response when I’d had some next time and had a quick trip to hospital.
ReplyDeletePtbY Thank you, but it was more that it caused indigestion which never happened before, I reduced the amount, but will not try again.
DeleteI know nature is cruel. An hour ago there was a male blackbird sitting on the fence at the bottom of the garden, giving a massive warning sound. I know there is a blackbirds nest in my beech hedge +where it is.
ReplyDeleteSadly, I've just found a dead, newly hatched blackbird on my kitchen floor It was totally bald, colourless and still had the embryo sac attached.
How pusscat found this to bring in, I've no idea, as no way could she have got to the nest, let alone get this!
There are loads of magpies around, but it's a complete and utter sad, mystery.
So sorry Miriam.
DeleteAs you say nature is cruel.
It is however very upsetting when your cat kills, whatever it is that is killed but a baby bird whose parents knew what was coming is dreading.
I understand how upset you must be.
Apologies- a bit garbled at the end there.
DeleteHowever I caught Puss clearly eyeing up a robin that had dropped down onto the earth near him this morning.
Vicious little tykes !
My cat didn't kill it. On thinking about it, she probably found it on the ground underneath the nest, about 4ft below.
DeleteI wish I knew how this newly hatched bird fell out of the nest.
Just listened to Conversations and found the ending hilarious, it was so well done, tragic and comic all at once, and the Archers and the shipping forecast, brilliant.
ReplyDeleteThat's my night-time listen in bed tonight.
DeleteI loved the end of series 6 thinking that's it over, and ending so brilliantly.
I was surprised to see a new series, as my thinking was it won't be as good.
How wrong I was, as it's as good as ever.
The music is still as wonderful and love how it fits in.
This was highlighted by what was played with the seagull saga, which I realised it was Albatross by Fleetwood Mac. How clever that was.
It did though take me a short while (about 30mins) to be able to name that music which recognised immediatly.
At least my brain cells still seem to be working in some way!
Yes, I thought it was the end when she went away and perhaps it was supposed to be and I'm glad they brought it back, but with their various friends dying, I wonder what they plan to do. The music is great.
DeleteI'm busy re-listening from the start. Still got a few episodes to go before I reach this season's finale.
DeleteI have been tuning into Radio 3 Unwind, especially if I cannot sleep. It's a selection of lovely music, some classical, some piano choral, without any commentary, designed to make you relax. I have heard so many new and unfamiliar works. Sometimes there is background sound between the pieces , could be sea breaking on the shore or the dawn chorus etc. I keep a little old iPod next to the bed and listen in with earphones. It helps me drift back to sleep. And unlike Classic fm, it's not repetitive, so you are hearing new tracks all the time.
ReplyDeleteWe're currently sitting in the conservatory with an almighty thunderstorm playing out directly above. It's quite dramatic! ⛈️
ReplyDeletePoor You.
DeleteNone here, just a few heavy showers but mostly sunny + warm.
R3U is my favourite station Archerphile, have it on most of the day, I am tired of listening to R4 after a lifetime of doing so, I find it boring a lot of the time, but still listen to drama on Sounds.
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ReplyDeleteI've just seen on the other page, you've got your stairlift - Brilliant, but have got L-plates? 😆
I just listened to Alistair McGowan at the Hay Festival who likes that Radio 3 doesn't come with a trigger warning and if you've been affected by what you've heard: good.
ReplyDeleteHe was a guest on Poetry Please with Roger MCGough, I'm not into poetry but liked the programme.
I'm neither into classical music and no longer have Sounds, so only Radio 4 which I listen to less and less. I like the sound of the birds outside.
I download or subscribe to lots from Sounds, series, dramas, whodunits..
ReplyDeleteI have to admit I like R4ex, particularly with the "comedy" series going back years + years.
These are dated, but I rather like this type of "slapstick" humour and life-style of those eras. I always know that I have a warped sense of humour, which some of my family members join in with+ love.
Not long ago self, a niece + a great-niece were cuddled up on a sofa crying with laughter, yet Big Sis had no idea what we found so funny nor why. The more we tried to explain it, the more we laughed + cried 🤣😂🤣
Archerphile please see TA blog I have posted incorrectly 🤭
ReplyDeleteI've just seen this and thanks for the update.
DeleteI often think about you + how you're getting on. 🤗
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DeleteWhat a day of changing weather.
ReplyDeleteBright sunshine + blue skies and very warm, then dark clouds, torrential rain, large hail stones along with thunder + lightning, all intermixed. It's now a lovely sunny evening.
My big moan has to be the cost of food. I did my s/market shop this morning (avoiding the rain) and I was gobsmacked how prices have shot up in just a few weeks. One item I buy, perhaps every 4 weeks, was 25p more today, then another had gone up from £1 20 to £1.60.
Will this ever end?
I need petrol and I dread what a fill-up will end up at!
Off to vote tomorrow. Our ward didn't have council elections this year. However, sadly one of our councillors has died so needs to be replaced.
At least whoever gets voted in will only be in office until May next year. He/She will have to prove themselves in that time as to my area and their pledges!
To add my paper recycling bin is full of all the bumpf which has come through my door in the last few weeks. The best place for some of it, is definitely the bin!! 😄
DeleteDon't you have no publicity please stickers?
DeleteMost of us have them on our letter boxes and I give them new neighbours who don't know they are available at the town hall.
Sometimes letters can get lost among all the rubbish.
Has anyone been watching this series of Springwatch? I don't get any choice about having it on as it is one of Mr A's favourite series and he won't miss an episode. There has been some wonderful photography of the wildlife in Northern Ireland and especially the water birds on their nests.
ReplyDeleteBut oh! The juvenile presentation by Chris Packham & Michaela Strachan drives me to distraction. All the messing around, joshing and joking does the programme no favours. It's as though they were still fronting a show for children. The only serious but truly interesting presenter is Iolo Williams who does the job properly. As Lady R knows, he is one of my favourites!
Sounds like dumbing down, woking for genZ, I don't know what any of this is and don't intend to find out. Nothing can be straightforward nowadays, all "jazzed up"!
DeleteTennis this year will take place within the other sports event and here there's cycling which has France in its name, but now starts outside the country, this year from Spain.
We've been watching it Archerfile and enjoying the content. Presenters fall into categories for me. Those I like (very few), those I can tolerate and those I have t switch off. Iolo is in the first one and Chris and Michaela are in the second. I prefer them to Bill Oddie and Kate Humble!
DeleteI no longer watch these, as I just got so fed up with the presenters. To my mind, too much airtime was given to those in the studio with their silly, gimmicky comments + props.
DeleteIt might have changed now, but can't say as no longer watching.
I have not chosen to watch it for years.
DeleteI can’t remember why, but suspect your collective gripes are the reason.
I agree with your irritations and agree wholeheartedly with BASIAs comments.
Jazzed up hyperbole personified.
I’ve just turned off yet another shouty person on the 6.30. Comedy spot.
I heartily agree with CC about Bill Oddie and Kate Humble. There was a presenter called Martin Hughes-Games I liked but he was ditched. I really do think that Packham &Strachan have reverted to the Children's TV show they presented together, The Really Wild Show. It's time they moved on to more adult audiences.
DeleteI had my covid jab on Tuesday.
ReplyDeleteFelt fine although with a sore arm.
Yesterday I felt low but managed to get through the day but was in bed by eight o’clock.
Today I’ve really struggled and have been in bed this afternoon.
No headache but feel as tho’ I have flue. Really wiped out.
Not helped by having two lads here doing work on my garden and having to be up and about and relatively on form.
Has any one else had a reaction this year. It’s the first time for me.
I think I've been very lucky with my Covid jabs, apart from the occasional sore arm I haven't had any problems.
DeleteToday has felt more like autumn than summer here. That meant I didn't have the excuse of it being too hot to give the conservatory its annual spring clean which we do after the pelargonium cuttings have been put out. With the wind and rain there haven't been any bees or butterflies about, here's hoping that the weather forecast is correct and it warms up a bit at the weekend and they reappear.
I’m pleased to say that I’m feeling bright and cheerful this morning.
DeleteNo lethargy or flue like symptoms.
Let’s hope the vaccination works as it should.
Sorry to hear that David Hockney has died at 88.
I don’t know if it was expected, or even if he was ill.
A message from my daughter after asking the same question of her, that the last pictures of him showed him presumably frail, in a wheelchair, and that he was a lifetime smoker, so pretty good to get to 88.
ReplyDeleteHeard this afternoon that ex rugby player Kevin Sinfield, who did so much to support Rob Burrow and publicise Motor Neurone Disease, is to be Knighted in the Kings Birthday Honours list tomorrow. So well deserved, he put his heart and soul into raising funds for MND and ran all those marathons. Congratulations Sir Kev!
ReplyDeleteWell deserved indeed 🙂
DeleteRIP David Hockney. He gave a lot of joy to many people. I found him an accessible artist; in true Yorkshire fashion he was blunt and to the point. I can remember going to his exhibition at the Royal Academy and being blown away by those huge landscapes.
ReplyDeleteJust watched the Trooping of the Colour - as I have every year since it was only on black and white TV. I love royal occasions and pageantry. Today's was exceptional with the fine weather, wish I could have been there. The only thing that spoilt it for me (moan coming up!) was the ever-present Clare Balding's commentary and Giles Brandreath joining in at the end with his "I am a friend of the Royal Family" stories, which he has told dozens of times.
ReplyDeleteYou all know I am not a fan of Miss Balding but she seems to be in everything these days, now even a quiz programme on books. I know she has experience of horses, but surely that doesn't make her an expert on everything. Grump, grump!!
I didn't find Clare Balding too bad today, but it's Giles Bandreth who I can't stand.
DeleteTo add, it was only after it ended, that I remembered there's a way to watch it with no commentary.
DeleteI watched the Trooping too and I like Clare Balding.
DeleteAs a child with a military father The Trooping of the Colour and The Royal Tournament were the highlights of our year. My father had been in the mounted cavalry as a young soldier and was passionate about horses.
As an adult I was once in the ticketed stands, pregnant at the time, my baby kicked in time with the big drum at slow March.
I do agree that the Luvvy G Brandreth can be rather irritating.
What a fabulous afternoon + early evening. It's sunny and very warm, almost hot!
ReplyDeleteIt's looking good for tomorrow, so cleaned all the downstairs ready for a day of gardening tomorrow.
I'm so disappointed as I planted 18 runner beans and only 6 have germinated!
I have some left from two different packs so will plant more with 🫰
If these germinate I'll have an early + then late crop.
I'm actually going to delve into the compost with my trowel, to hopefully look at what I planted, to try and found out if the beans rotted or were eaten, to work out what's gone wrong.
By the end of today we will be half way through June!!!
ReplyDeleteBe ruddy Christmas before we know it.
The summer starts officially on the 21st, we're heading for a heatwave here this week.
DeleteI can't believe that I went out with two sticks trying not to slip on the ice way back then...
I've just had an email advertising the Glow event at RHS Bridgewater, I really don't want to think about that before we've even had the longest day.
DeleteI've had - book now for Christmas Markets!
DeleteI found that our early raspberry (bushes, not canes) are now ripening fast. I'm itching to pick them but cannot manage, needing 2 sticks to hold me up. I need that third hand to pick with. Wondering if I could put a chair in amongst the bushes and, seated, pick those around me! 😂
ReplyDeleteAP. As the saying goes - Where there's a will, there's a way
DeleteGive it a go, I'm sure you can sort something out to suit you.
A couple of weeks ago MrNuts mentioned that there were quite a lot of gooseberries on the bush, when I went to check a few days later there was one, the next afternoon we saw the pheasant that comes up to the house almost daily for food cheerfully take the lat berry, I felt betrayed!
ReplyDeleteI caught a squirrel sitting in my Apple tree eating a baby apple yesterday.
ReplyDeleteI’ve seen him/her a lot recently, think it’s a youngster who is well aware of Lady on patrol, although thinking about it, I seem to remember Puss bringing a dead squidgel home once in his early days with me.
I bought myself a treat today, a bag of Jersey Royals, only because they were half price! Even then not el cheapo, but good enough for me to buy.
ReplyDeleteBeen busy in the garden today, and there's so many bees around, far more than I've seen for a few years, along with butterflies.
Mind you my garden is so much better now than a couple of years ago, so perhaps it's no wonder. I've gone for a cottage garden look and it's certainly really taking shape. The Hollyhocks are full of buds + tall, so not long now to come into flower.
I've noticed a lot of bees this year as well Miriam
DeleteI can't believe I've had to go out + water, yet again!
DeleteThe short, sharp showers over the last couple of days have made no difference
I knew it rained last night, as 🐈⬛ landed on me at some ungodly hour, soaking wet. When I got up at 7.30am all was dry.
We usually go to a pick your own strawberry farm this time of year but for the first time in 40 years they are only selling ones grown in their polytunnels. Apparently due to climate change and wetter weather at the wrong time.
ReplyDeleteHow is everyone coping with the heat. I’m in London Animal sitting and it is HOT already.
ReplyDeleteHating it! Sitting in front of a large fan, curtains closed, perspiring gently. Reduces my energy even further than normal & I cant even have a cold shower! 🥵
ReplyDeleteHere where I am it's 35°C and not going to get better for a while.
ReplyDeleteI'm not coping at all well, but remind myself that people in the war zones have no water or sanitation and it's much hotter there.
Very cool and drizzly in South Devon, wish it was hot here.
ReplyDeleteBe careful what you wish for, when hot it's always too much and in the cold you can move around and put more clothes on.
DeleteThe heat hasn't reached us yet. I've been out all day today but am hoping to get some gardening done over the weekend before it gets hotter at the beginning of next week.
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