JillyBurg7 Member

Just to answer a question about the neighbour in the back and in the next street. First I do think its age related, the tossing the socks over the fence, BUT I do wonder about something else. I won't go into it here, but years ago I saved "Dave" and his son big time from a misdemeanour involving a security camera installed…

QUICKIE LATE NEWS. I'm sure you all want to know this! Mary jo was in the garden picking tomatoes [what else!] when a pair of socks sailed past her. This will be the 6th or 7th pair, losing track. It seems to be the 86 year old Newfie who lives at the back of me. His wife has had a stroke and of course I am wondering now…

The Ms have just left for lunch. They will be back. Mark has issued an ultimatum. I'm not sure how Patsy would deal with this one. You see after Mikes marriage went plonkers he came to live with me for 2 years. When he bought the condo he took all his furniture but left behind old computers, photo albums, old dishes,…

Hello everyone. Yesterday was a nice day, a good day for me. For a start I finally felt like the old me and actually; after forever of disturbed or sleepless nights; I slept well. I think the Bean did! I try to go to bed without her but its hopeless. However fast asleep she is when I leave her on the sofa, she soon joins…

Mark is back with Mary Jo in tow. The dear girl found me a lovely straw hat with an adjustable inside strap. I'm sat here wearing it looking like one of those old age prospectors back in the Australian bush. Shades of "waltzing Matilda". Too bad we are into September tomorrow with less need for it, but.....God willing,…

Hi everyone. I was out weeding until it got too hot for me and the Bean and Mark showed up with some sanding device which had poor Bean scuttling inside. She's now sat next to me on the sofa, watching the door firmly shut against debris floating into my upstairs spring clean of yesterday. I managed to pick more broccoli…

HELLO ladies, and please don't read the following if you don't want your Tuesday spoilt! Just me getting something off my chest. Agree with your comments about the Niagara Falls JACKIE, and add my own horror at a poor police horse dying amongst a horde of ridiculous, screeching, garishly dressed humans leaping up and down…

Another hot day for us, hot enough to find Bean and I staying indoors. Me doing the weekly wash, Bean snoozing. Its our Long Weekend coming up as well and thanks for the tip. I'll put in an order tomorrow for Thursday delivery. So glad your son wasn't hurt SANDY. The drivers here are horrendous with accidents increasing…

Interesting JACKIE and my geraniums have struggled this year as well. In fact I was just thinking of going out and potting 2 or 3 in a large urn to bring indoors. I grew an avocado a few years ago from seed but never thought to put it outside. As you suggest we should all try something a little more exotic than the norm…

JACKIE, BBC News.....avocados growing in England because of the hot summer. Wow, I love avocados. I think I will grow a seed inside this winter and replant outside next summer. See what happens, because it sure has been tropical here. Anne. PS. Wouldn't you think with hotter summers the UK could get the Canadian type…

Morning. Lovely COOL night for sleeping. OH DEAR, from now on IF I mention MIKE'S Sandy again she will be referred to as SF. or even maybe "she who must be obeyed". LOL. See you later. Up late. Anne,

LIN, thanks for the smile. You get it!!!! I'm trying hard to be saintly without much success I might add. Anne.

Oh yes SANDY I've been to the falls MANY times because they are very close to us. I like them best in the dead of winter. Everything is coated in a thick layer of ice and the falls themselves become the snow queens palace with long columns of ice. Absolutely enchanting. When my great aunt Jane came to live in Canada [she…

JACKIE. no, Doctor Tim doesn't sit me down quietly to take my blood pressure. Rather he hooks me up to a really ancient looking device the likes of which I have never seen before. I'm a bit worried about him. He seems to be worked off his feet. I'm worried about Maria next door as well. She's gone into isolation it would…

PS. SANDY. Just read your email and passed the tests.. Short sighted or not, counting my blessings, Anne.

Blood Pressure readings. I give up. The doctor's machine says 158, my machine says 119, Mark has a go in case I'm doing it wrong, he gets 119 which is normal. He reads his own BP and its the usual on my machine. So whose machine is right? You would think the docs wouldn't you. Meanwhile I feel just fine, well if you…

Hi PATSY, I take Perindopril half dose. After trial and error it seems to be the only thing that doesn't have a bad effect on my peculiar system. I have to take readings three times a day for a week [what a pain] and if I'm still above 140; Doctor Tim will double the dose. The good doctor also said if I don't get the…

Hi, well I bounced happily to the docs and trudged dejectedly home, because instead of the next visit in 6 months time, my BP hasn't gone down and he could double the dose after one week trial of me taking notes daily if it still hasn't gone down. I too was offered the flu and covid vaccines and turned the offer down. I…

Anne, Anne, like a gardening man How does your garden grow. with toms bright red, and beets in a bed, And great big weeds in a row. SANDY. Okay, okay sorry! but I've just got up and its early because I have to go to the doctors early. I do not like going to the doctors early or late although early has its advantages by…

Oh my. LIN and JACKIES posts have left me breathless! I'm running late, so hopefully more later as the day progresses. I wrote a long expected letter to Helen in Australia but somehow it didn't take and I had to rewrite, hence me running late. Bye, Anne the somewhat frazzled.

I've been raiding my two bookcases of very old novels etc. Would you believe I am now reading "The Best of Rumple" by John Mortimer and thoroughly enjoying the humour. One of my best friends at work, Vivienne, used to support PBS. She ordered a tee shirt with "She who must be obeyed" written on it, and as she was a rather…

Its the opposite problem here BARBIE. Maria couldn't get the oak tree which grew from a sapling cut down. The town wouldn't allow it. I'm happy actually because its a gorgeous tree now but its roots do grow in our sewage pipes which means of course poor Mark has to pay for a "snake" and plumber every year or so. So of…

Great News on the delivery service SANDY. We aren't allowed to tip so check that out. I think it is just considered a normal job. Not like when a pizza is delivered etc. Oh JACKIE, I've just read about a terrible shooting in Liverpool. Gun crimes rising in the UK! Unbelievable! Welcome to Toronto and the USA. Plus, 1300…

And PATSY popped in whilst I was posting. Hi Patsy. My mom used to say surveying her somewhat messy home [Dad bringing eggs in to hatch near the ancient old fashioned fireplace with an oven at the side etc] I digress, Mom used to say, "well this will be still here when I am gone", and guess what, the old victorian house IS…

Lovely to read you girls. Michael is back safely in the old car with new tires which handled the thunderstorms and rain which have left us and are heading to the eastern townships in Quebec where his poppa lives. My cataract surgery is going to be a long drawn out affair which if I'm honest thrills me to death. The clinic…

Quick good morning after a violent storm overnight. It is still raining. The Afghans were moving OUT JACKIE. Before the storm struck I guess. The cars increased in number with a truck adding to our parking lot of a street. Talk about "do it yourself"! Cushions stuffed in cars, wardrobes disappearing on the back of trucks…

The Ms came and did a bit more renovating, and no SANDY I won't be taking in boarders! I'm having a bit of fun with Mark. He says he will not paint the walls any shade of green, so of course I'm coming up with the most unfashionable colours I can think of. He says he will surprise me, oh boy! I think that will mean almond…

I think we are to get Lins storm tomorrow. The Ms are coming over to finish the drywall on the stairs because apparently drywall doesn't like rain. Like Jackie I will be back later. I hope MJ takes some of the tomatoes home! So glad Lin came through the dreadful storm and hailstones unscathed. Anne.

Oh LIN, I'm so worried about you. Is your area low lying? If you don't have problems with the internet please let us know you are safe. With giant hailstones becoming more common that can smash windows, one remembers those outside shutters from the past. Maybe they will make a come back. Finally after everyone around us…

Morning/afternoon all. I baked this morning. So for lunch I had a left over mushroom and parmesan quiche slice and fried zucchini in butter and olive oil followed by a new recipe I tried. Over here Zucchini bread, but up North in Yorkshire we called it a fruit loaf. Sliced and buttered for teatime in the late afternoon. It…