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Oops! Tired after spending the day cutting grass I promptly fell asleep as soon as I sat down this evening. Lovely to see ‘old’ faces dropping in! Now past midnight and must get to bed so will save a proper post for tomorrow. Jackie 🥰

Hello everyone. I didn’t get back yesterday because another hospital appointment with Sheila dragged on for hours so I wasn’t home until early evening. I won’t go through the whole experience except to confirm she has the arthritic condition with a long name and that means another appointment, different department,…

Good morning! Overcast skies so my plan was to spend my day cutting the grass from top to bottom but haha, the best laid plans of mice and men!! Sheila has phoned to ask if I can take her to the eye infirmary today, appointment 2pm so there goes most of my day! Hopefully this appointment will be to find out exactly what is…

It is a beautiful day, sunny and warm with a slight breeze so I washed a load in the washing machine to hang out before walking and we were in the moors by 8am. Bumped into David who looks uncomfortable and now uses a stick all the time. He has been x-rayed but told by a GP who was so rude to Sheila when she phoned Friday,…

Good morning. I didn’t manage to post yesterday because my day and most of last night was taken up with getting Sheila to emergency appointments. When her cleaner arrived in the morning she told Sheila she thought she didn’t look well so phoned the GP practice who weren’t particularly helpful but she finally got a 3pm…

Yes Sandy, Sheila kept hold of whatever broke her tooth so I'm sure she will complain to the cereal maker if that is where it came from. Every afternoon around 3pm I am receiving calls from scammers with every kind of trick in the book but I soon hang up. Yesterday it was the old Amazon report that I've been charged for…

Here I am! I’ve been having all sorts of problems with my iPad since updating overnight Monday. Messages from a couple of friends on WhatsApp were being archived for some reason and the App disappeared off my AppleMac altogether! When I tried to log into MFP I was getting an unable to make a connection. Please try later…

Oh goodness, another lost post I was sure I sent yesterday! Nothing exciting missed, just the usual walking, gardening and cooler weather. I collected six eggs from the hen house today so they must be enjoying more settled weather. Lin, I struggle to watch our news these days because there seems to be one scandal after…

Lin, that cat teapot is hilarious and rather appropriate for yesterday! No rain today but suddenly chilly which is a shock to the system! How worrying it must be with those storm threats and I will be thinking of you when I wake in the morning. Last night’s public meeting was interesting and Linda and I both came away…

I’m joining Lin with the storms! Linda’s son works for the local weather centre and warned her last night they anticipated major disruption this afternoon and goodness, didn’t it rain! Luckily I looked out of my kitchen door at the rear of the property in time to see the water level about a quarter inch below the bottom of…

Good morning and happy Tuesday. Our good weather continues and I soldier on tidying my garden. I took George and Betty for an early stroll on the moors and once we were in an area where no sheep with their lambs were grazing, I removed their leads. That way I can stand and watch as they sniff about and investigate ancient…

Not much happening except gardening and walking. It’s hot in the sunshine so I take breaks under my garden parasol but am enjoying being outside. The untidy bottom of my garden is finally being weeded but I’m also leaving wild flowers that seeded themselves because they are in full bloom at the moment and so pretty. Our…

A quiet day but it’s dry and mild so after an early stroll on the moors I’ve been pottering in my greenhouse and outside. Sheila was supposed to walk with us but when I phoned to confirm the arrangements before I left home, she said she wouldn’t be going because she had disturbed sleep. Three Kohlrabi plants that Linda…

After typing yesterday’s post I phoned Sheila to check she was ok because on Saturday morning I drove her to the GP practice for her Covid booster. She had one of her migraines so unable to take herself. On Tuesday I spoke to friends who had received their jabs Saturday afternoon then had to miss a concert on Sunday…

Good morning! I have sent another Jacqui Lawson card to Anne and told her how worried we have been. Also promised I will send one of my long, boring emails to her today and of course, will include everyone’s love.❤️ Guess what; it’s raining and cold. 🥶 Pooches and Brady staying in bed for now so a gentle start to the day!…

Thank goodness, I’ve heard from Anne! I’ve just found your butterfly card. Beautiful, loved it. I have good days and bad days but I’m out of the hospital. I’m told that’s how it will be from now on. Great! Today is a not so good day. At least Jilly has settled well with condo living and Michael bossing her. She was spoilt…

Before breakfast I noticed it wasn’t raining so organised George and Betty for a walk round the block. We hadn’t gone far before the rain arrived but thankfully George decided we take the shorter route so apart from a change of jeans for me when we got home and towel rub for the pooches, we survived! A locksmith arrived at…

I’m out of sync with my posts so will try to get back to mornings. Easy today because wind and rain have returned with a vengeance and I just got soaked letting Betty into the garden even though I stayed in the doorway. We won’t be walking anywhere just yet! My kitchen outer door lock is sticking so I will have to find a…

The weather has been so good for a few days so I’ve concentrated on continuing to tidy in the garden and also plant vegetable seeds. My walking legs are becoming stronger too after all those months of wet weather when short dog walks round the block seemed sufficient but, after tomorrow, we are forecast the return of rain…

Good morning! One post lost and another not wanting to leave me! A beautiful morning and I’m taking Sheila to the GP practice for her Covid vaccination then hopefully a walk. I will be back…… Jackie 🥰

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Sorry I didn’t check in yesterday. After walking the dogs I drove to Linda’s neighbour to collect the chopped wood he had offered for my log burner. Most was stored in a plastic coal bunker so it was a case of hanging head first from the top and handing it out for Linda to place in canvas garden bags I had taken with me.…

My favourite sort of day! Walking George and Betty on the moors in bright sunshine early then the rest of the day was gentle gardening. Linda dropped in at one point with a tray of plants because when we visited the expensive plant nursery last week I had mentioned that Forget me nots were my mother’s favourite, but they…

Sunshine and showers but a few small chores carried out, including planting runner beans and spreading some wild flower seeds. Clearing the blocked drain yesterday didn’t take long as it was caused by all the recent rain washing silt into it and blocking the grill. A few minutes of digging it away with a trowel and it was…

Yesterday was a busy day with a long walk, then lots of gardening. Our weather remains hit and miss but if the cold wind would go it would be quite pleasant! It seems to happen every year that just as my favourite scented Rhododendron is in full bloom, strong winds arrive to knock off the petals! It is our May Day bank…

We are getting everything thrown at us today. Thunderstorms, sunshine, cold winds, warm winds! I did some early grocery shopping then waited for dryer weather to walk with George and Betty. By midday the roads were busy so I will try to avoid that sort of time in future. I’ve eaten a sandwich for lunch and will now try to…

Happy Wednesday. After walking the pooches round the block and giving each one a treat, I picked up Linda and drove to the garden opened by a couple for a charity donation. A very chatty lady greeted us and explained it had been a garden nursery until she and her husband retired last year. Now they concentrate on gardening…

All is quiet at home again and Charmaine will be back into her hospital nursing shifts. She was a midwife for nearly 40 years and now semi retired, organises and administers vaccinations for mothers and babies. It turned out we were lucky with our mostly dry days so were able to walk on the moors because the cold, wild and…

Cooler today but we still managed a long walk with the pooches then our favourite cream tea of scones, strawberry jam and clotted cream with a large pot of tea. We sorted a few plants for Charmaine to take home before preparing a delicious bolognaise with spaghetti. We have talked our socks off but tonight we will have an…

Hello! My friend arrived Thursday evening and we sat up until after midnight chatting! Yesterday we went for a long, long walk over the moors then went to the shop for pasties, drove to the top of the hill where our transmitter sits and enjoyed watching sheep with their very young lambs frolicking about. That was…