Sunshine and roses here in Cornwall but then it is June. A wonderful early walk with enough of a cooling breeze to encourage zoomies from George as he chased invisible balls. Even Betty enjoyed herself but we didn’t see another soul.
Everything is so dry but I’m taking my time weeding the bottom section of my garden so that when it does rain, plants that belong will be watered.
Happy Friday.
Jackie 🥰

Jackie, sunshine and roses sound great.
Anne, cant believe its that hot there
Its 95 here in the Central Valley of California. I was enjoying the lounge before noon, but too hot for me outside now.
Tomorrow is my 86th Birthday and my family who live near will do something special! Like, when my kids were young, they could pick the dinner menu on their BD. I want shrimp louis salad with garlic bread. Yum.
Happy weekend to all.
Joy

We went to bed at 90F with the a/c blasting away and we’ve just got up at 68F !! The A/C, which is a window unit hastily turned off I can tell you. Jilly Bean could hear distant thunder but I think we only got the edge of apparently severe storms across Ontario. So a welcome cool down now after two days of summer. We only reach 70F today and I think the storm has helped the firemen from all over with the fires to the east of us.

Happy birthday Joy. Enjoy your day!

Must away. The Bean is nattering for her breakfast. Mikes over today.

Anne.

Happy Birthday Joy🎶🎶🥳



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Today turned out to be absolutely perfect. Blue skies and around 70F. My peonies are in bud and the Siberian irises in glorious bloom. Not to mention the chive flowers everywhere. Best of all though my very old red climbing rose is in bud and a beautiful rose on the other side of the fence has decided it likes my side better so thrust itself through a few gaps and I have a bush full of huge fat buds waiting to open. Not sure what colour. Could be a white rose! Hope so for obvious reasons, lol. The two hydrangeas are thriving after replanting and my tomato plants are sitting up looking perky. Spring and the big bed of tulips, daffs, hyacinths and apple blossom was beautiful but now June is busting out all over and I really like my little English cottage garden. Alas over too quickly in Canadas hot humid summers, but then it will be chrysanthemum time and red berries on the two holly bushes.

Michael came over for lunch and took Bean for two long walks, so today has been just perfect for the two of us. I expect Mark and Mary Jo at any moment because MJ wants to see the visiting rose.

Today makes one so glad to be alive.

Anne.

Joy what a nice photo of you and I assume your daughters celebrating with a birthday lunch. And Happy Birthday to you also !! Did you get your shrimp salad that you were wanting ? That sounds delicious with San Francisco Sourdough French bread and a big glass of ice tea !! You can tell I am a product of the Bay Area and the central valley now. Sad to say in the north Sacto area San Francisco Sourdough doesn't seem to be anywhere and none of the knock offs taste near as good. I am sure you understand this also and can agree.
Well I tried....

I started my am outside starting to clean up our overgrown yard. With so much rain this year the leaves are plentiful and the roses have been so pretty. However once done there is lots of clean up. In my backyard I have carpet roses, which are almost done. Tackled that the last two days before the heat brought me inside. Today I started cleaning up the azaleas and then pruned two of them and two camellias. Still several more to do on that side of the house. So many more plants in back and in front also. Our gardener makes himself scarce during the month of May. Grr He has really slacked off in 8 yrs. Wished I could find a new one. When he kept it under control it wasn't bad, but everything is full grown now. Not his fault, but the previous owners did all of the planting. My last house had a lg yard to maintain; that was the reason for me to move. Hubby decided this was the ideal house to retire too. Easy to say when he only mows lawns and there is no lawn here.

Jacques appetite is back and seems to want to eat us out of house and home. Cherrios was his limited snack this afternoon.
He is doing ok taking his meds 3x a day now. He is happy again; Vision disappearing as is his hearing but nice to see his tail wag again. One day at a time here....

Sandy wished I could say I had a great dental appt. They did my pannoral xray only to discover infection in an area of my mouth. Now I am waiting to get into an endodontist. No pain and on antibiotics right now. I have 3 choices for handling this issue. I have chosen to restore two root canals hoping to save those teeth. Not eager to do implants or a tooth pulling with a partial. This appeared last Dec, but with no pain I wasn't in any hurry. A week ago it reappeared, but E Tylenol took care of it. Made the trip to my dentist ... more xrays and now waiting for my two appts. Dentists have been the story of my life since a youngster. Not the best teethe at all and it is hard to deal with it when you do everything they ask. However this shall past too; now if I would stop worrying about it it would be nice. Hard to sleep with that worry and then I get exhausted.

Well need to get some chicken ready for my husband to barbeque. He will be home shortly to take care of that. Everyone enjoy your beautiful weather and hopefully the temps don't get too hot for you. My first 90 degrees this summer.

Take care,
Diane

Diane, thats exactly what I had….shrimp, homemade Louie dressing and a sourdough baguette. We have a small market that gets a delivery of fresh crusty bread…..not quite SF sourdough but good bread. We have to time it right….too early and its not fresh and too late and its gone!
I luv azaleas but havent got any in the yard yet.
Oh, and I luv the white hair. I was blonde for years, especially the working ones, but now its no makeup, no hair dye and I dont care!
We were thinking of moving to the metro Sacramento area, but it was never right time. A family friend came to visit today from Lincoln.
Thx for the Birthday wishes.
Joy

My beautiful weather continues so a very early walk on the moors where the only person I met was an owner of the local post office with their 4 dogs. I’ve enjoyed a fruity breakfast and coffee, tidied my kitchen and phoned Sheila to check on her health with back problems. She sounds quite cheerful because one of Heather’s daughters called to say she will drop in with Bella. I’m glad they will keep in touch.

Well Joy, there’s no mistaking the family connection in your photo!

Anne, your garden sounds delightful, especially the rose that’s doing its best to move in! I’m trying to identify a wild flower I uncovered at the bottom of my garden yesterday. Thought at first it was Viper’s Bugloss but the leaves are probably wrong. Might take a photo and see if you recognise it. For outdoor pots, I’m collecting washing up water and the cold run off before the hot water comes through. It’s amazing how much usually disappears down the plug holes so I must be more conservation minded!

That teapot would suit my lifestyle Lin, although only room on the saucer for one small biscuit!

That’s great news about Jacques Diane. You made me laugh about your hubby’s choice of your current home where there are no lawns! My experience of gardening help is similar to yours in that they work at their own pace. My 3 camellia have finished flowering so need a good trim and I plan to do it myself rather than wait for Barney to return otherwise the timing will be wrong.

On that note, I’ll get on with the outdoor work. Hello to those I missed. No news of Patsy so I hope all is ok with her and the family.

Jackie 🥰

Hi, to all you hirers of not so swift gardeners, I sacked mine three years ago! This was because he was supposed to dig up a bush. Well he didn’t, he just cut it back, which means every year I have to cut the hardy thing back. Charged me $50 at the time after covering the remaining twigs with soil so it looked dug up until the new growth appeared. He was quite young as well which meant he was capable of digging up a small bush.

PATSY, I’m worried about our Patsy and I’ve written to her but no reply so far. I pray she’s okay and just not checking her email.

I too had a chuckle about Diane’s hubby insisting on a property with no lawn to mow. Typical male logic!
Fortunately Mark who is no gardener DOES mow my lawns and also has a deep aversion to dandelions. He’s forever digging them up which means that all around me they flower in glorious profusion whilst I have a bowling green lawn these days. God help us if he spots a puff beloved by small children but not 58 year old Marks.

I still live in isolation! Maria’s old house is still empty though sold and Sarah the Persion princess seems to have run away after telling me she “couldn’t cope” with Harry’s desirable residence. Come to think of it even the rose is coming through the fence from Maria’s side.

Well I guess I should do something!
Oh, love the photo JOY. Beautiful hair on you gals. Mines still mainly brown and my mom never did lose her red (strawberry blonde). This can be a drawback and distraction when you feel like having a whinge and folk don’t look at the face under it.

Have a lovely day. We warm up again tomorrow but today MUCH cooler at 72F.

Anne.

PS. The runaway rose is indeed white. I guess she needed a Yorkshire connection! . Maria was from Eastern Europe.

The new neighbours are in their early 30s. No children. They are painting and revarnishing the wooden floors. Mary Jo found all this out, not me! Oh and the young man who MJ met is another Michael.

Anne.

Hello. Laundry finished, plants on the deck watered, online forms for upcoming dental appointment sort of filled out and submitted. Why is everything multi-page now🤦🏼‍♀️ with a signature required on each page? Eeeck!

A Facebook memory appeared yesterday. Nine years ago, I did some physical therapy until I found out my insurance wasn’t paying much for each treatment. The therapist said I had a misplaced right scapula. Later in the summer I took a bad fall and hit on that side of my body undoing everything. Guess it is not surprising that I am having problems.

I have materials out for card making. I hope to get some work accomplished today.

Wishing everyone well!

From hot and steamy Iowa.

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Artsy but not functional I would imagine

Our beautiful weather continues and after a walk round the block with George and Betty I collected Linda and drove to a garden centre in an old town about 20 miles away. We sat outside on a deck overlooking a man made lake with coffee and cake and watched Moor hens doing their best to teach youngsters to fly. No success by the time we moved on to look at the plants. They had a huge variety, mostly roses, but expensive so went inside to gifts and garden furniture before leaving. On the way home we detoured to look for a business that makes garden furniture but being in a valley, lost a signal and the Waze app. Found the business after a long search but it was closed so I will phone for details another day. Little unexpected adventures had us laughing all day and I’m home with a few packs of herb and veggie seeds to add to my raised beds.

I sent a Jacqui Lawson e-card to Patsy but it hasn’t been picked up yet which is a worry. I think it’s all we can do for now.

A very artsy teapot Lin, you’re right and definitely not practical. Pretty though.

Tomorrow will be another busy day with a morning hair appointment when I hope to get a shorter cut to cope with the heat. Bound to rain after that! My 2nd CT scan of my lungs is 7.30pm in the same town so a bit of back and forth driving!

Time to cook an evening meal of minced lamb burgers with steamed veggies, then more watering of plants and seedlings.
Happy Tuesday everyone.
Jackie 🥰