Phoned the Hospital this morning, and Mum had a good night, so i'm very pleased. When i phoned the nurse asked who was calling, so she could say who had rung, so i said, it's her favourite Son, Craig.
Let's hope that made them both smile.Early Winter bits & bobs?
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Thank you both.
Phoned the Hospital this morning, and Mum had a good night, so i'm very pleased. When i phoned the nurse asked who was calling, so she could say who had rung, so i said, it's her favourite Son, Craig. Let's hope that made them both smile.
Phoned the Hospital this morning, and Mum had a good night, so i'm very pleased. When i phoned the nurse asked who was calling, so she could say who had rung, so i said, it's her favourite Son, Craig.
Let's hope that made them both smile.Kind Regards, Old Herbaceous.
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Cheers JP, my Mum is progressing as well as can be expected. The operation turned out to be a larger one than they were hoping for.
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Just dug up my first leeks this morning. They're much smaller than normal. With all the recent rain it was like trying to dig in a swamp but they certainly came out of the ground easily !
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Morning all, just to let you know that Mum came out of Hospital last night, "not that i was over pleased with her deciding that", but she did ring before 6am this morning to say she was up and about, so pleased with that...I think...
Just got to try and stop her over doing it now, as if.
So thank you all for your kind comments and wishes.
Just got to try and stop her over doing it now, as if.
So thank you all for your kind comments and wishes.
Kind Regards, Old Herbaceous.
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Just looked out of the window. Bucketing down. Wonder if there will be a hose bane next year. Should I get another water barrel. Problems, all problems. 
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oldherbaceous wrote:Morning all, just to let you know that Mum came out of Hospital last night, "not that i was over pleased with her deciding that", but she did ring before 6am this morning to say she was up and about, so pleased with that...I think...
Just got to try and stop her over doing it now, as if.
So thank you all for your kind comments and wishes.
That's mostly good news, I'm not sure I want anyone calling me at 6am, however well they feel!
Delighted your mother is out of hospital.
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It's funny how i often get in trouble with cook over food, the other day i asked if i could have some of the burnt stuffing off the top, instead calling it crispy. And just now i past a compliment on some bread pudding, and it turned out it is Chesnut and Apricot stuffing, cook was experimenting with for Christmas day. 
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She could serve some as stuffing and the rest with custard and save time on dessert.
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Dear Plumpudding, now there's a thought....
Evening Clive, are you managing to keep on top of things at work this year, as i'm really struggling, especially in the two large gardens i do.
I haven't even started the hedge cutting yet.
Evening Clive, are you managing to keep on top of things at work this year, as i'm really struggling, especially in the two large gardens i do.
I haven't even started the hedge cutting yet.
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Pleased to read that Mum is doing ok Old H.... I suspect she will be taking it as easy as my Mum does....not. 
At work we've been moving furniture today....cottage to house...it was an ask for Jan/Feb...but my reasoning is that we are at a stop with a lot of jobs and it seemed sense to get furniture done and hope to be on garden catch up in Jan/Feb.!
The state of things with the weather etc has been getting me down...as we have not touched most of the herbaceous borders and really we are a month behind, far worse than last year. We could just cut them all down and hope but they need proper attention...slow careful forking between plants, splitting as required and try to remove all those unwanted things that get in borders.!!
In reality we are far far better off than all the flooded parts of the country so I shouldn't complain but it just seems to dry a little, like it did this afternoon and I think...Yay, we can get on tomorrow..and then on the way home tonight it rained again.!
Had an unprecedented happening today..a blow out on one of "my" newer wheelbarrows...
I was steaming up the middle kitchen garden path with a load of spent compost from the stone troughs and suddenly there was such a shotgun like bang and the barrow ground to a halt.
On inspection there is a hole ripped in the tube and sidewall....
Had slow punctures and quicker rose thorn ones but never a blow out.!!
Clive.
At work we've been moving furniture today....cottage to house...it was an ask for Jan/Feb...but my reasoning is that we are at a stop with a lot of jobs and it seemed sense to get furniture done and hope to be on garden catch up in Jan/Feb.!
The state of things with the weather etc has been getting me down...as we have not touched most of the herbaceous borders and really we are a month behind, far worse than last year. We could just cut them all down and hope but they need proper attention...slow careful forking between plants, splitting as required and try to remove all those unwanted things that get in borders.!!
In reality we are far far better off than all the flooded parts of the country so I shouldn't complain but it just seems to dry a little, like it did this afternoon and I think...Yay, we can get on tomorrow..and then on the way home tonight it rained again.!
Had an unprecedented happening today..a blow out on one of "my" newer wheelbarrows...
I was steaming up the middle kitchen garden path with a load of spent compost from the stone troughs and suddenly there was such a shotgun like bang and the barrow ground to a halt.
On inspection there is a hole ripped in the tube and sidewall....
Had slow punctures and quicker rose thorn ones but never a blow out.!!
Clive.
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Evening Clive, i know it's probably wrong, but i do feel a little better knowing that it's not just me that's behind. I really have struggled all year to keep on top of the jobs, even though i have been working harder than normal. I still have bulb planting to complete tomorrow, 1200 crocus bulbs in a lawn, plus the normal jobs.
You are quite right though, we are very lucky compared to some, so i shouldn't grumble really...
Now the blow out in the barrow, that is something i do know about, had the same event a while back half way down the village, i didn't know which way to go.
Please send my kindest regards to your Mum, for me.
You are quite right though, we are very lucky compared to some, so i shouldn't grumble really...
Now the blow out in the barrow, that is something i do know about, had the same event a while back half way down the village, i didn't know which way to go.
Please send my kindest regards to your Mum, for me.
Kind Regards, Old Herbaceous.
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