Chitchat thread #24

[rary]

Hope you are OK GF, if it was boiling water and you are fortunate enough to to have avoided serious injury, the good thing is that as it was boiling water, the floor would have been clean enough to eat the eggs of it
OH wanted to take me out for lunch earlier, so we went to a GC and after lunch I had a look round, especially at the seeds which were 50% off, I happened to pick up a packet of petunia, tomatoes and onion seeds, I still had them in my hand when I reached the till so had to pay for them. Now that we are back home I can't do any gardening as it is now raining, the down side to that is a sure as anything there will be housework that will need done enjoy the rest of the day and pass on the smiles

[Snoop Puss]

Just had a call from my middle GG and had to share! She and her partner had a picnic on the top of a hill in the Lake District and he proposed with a diamond solitaire . When she accepted, he produced a bottle of champagne and glasses

Congratulations to your GG and her partner, Flo. That's some devotion, carrying a bottle of champagne and glasses up a mountain.

rary, at least you can console yourself you only paid half-price for the seeds, so the bargain was all yours.

[Bren In Pots]

Evening

Hope you're ok GF xx

Flo pass on congrats to your GG on their engagement.

Had my Flu jab today our local pharmacy are doing drop-ins so thats done with for another year.

enjoy your evening.

[rary]

Actually Snoop I get a percentage off as I have a club card which gives mee cheap coffee

[bramble]

Good evening all. We have a very wet and miserable evening here.
Grandson was a little upset when I collected him from school, he didnt want his new uniform to get wet.

Flo, congratulations to your GG , lovely to hear a good news story.

GF, hope your leg is not too sore, boiling water is so painful.

Lots more tomatoes and blackberries gone into the freezer.
I think I might make soup tomorrow.
Have a good night all.

[mothhawk]

Evening all.
Felicitations to your GG and her romantic fella, Flo.

As it rained all day yesterday I got on with sorting the kitchen cupboards and chucked out quite a bit. The cake turntable had gone too rusty to keep, as had a checkerboard cake set, so they were easy discards. Several old cake tins followed them into the recycling bin, I threw out a tube of little silver cake decorating balls that was so old the weight was only in ounces on the label, so pre 1985 at least. It was surprisingly uplifting to have the clear-out.

While I was looking to find when we switched to metric labelling I came across a lovely word - twip. It's a typographic measure, 1⁄1440 of an inch.

[Bren In Pots]

Morning

Grory hop today including a wonder around Aldi's middle aisle, nothing caught my eye when I browsed their website though.

Bramble I hope your grandson soon cheered up, its odd what things upset little ones.

[greenishfing]

Good morning all.

It seems quiet this morning. It's cold and grey and Mr GF sneaked the heating on I noticed.

Flo, how romantic! I bet they half floated back down the mountain after drinking the champagne.

Mr GF was/is the most unromantic man in the world. His proposal, while shopping in town was something along the lines of, "I've just seen a really nice cruise in the travel agents window. Do you fancy getting married and going on it for the honeymoon?" Half an hour later it was booked and our next stop was the registry office to book the wedding. Unbelievably we've been married nearly twenty years and together over thirty.

I think I need more coffee now!

[Florence Fennel]

Good Morning All Dull here and a good but cooler. Waiting for Grory hop delivery. It will be a change not to have Frank barking the whole time!
Chester is having the op to remove the benign growth on his back this morning, so please keep your fingers crossed that he makes it through.
Have a good day

[Nicos]

Mornin n’alln’all

Hope you’re ok gf? That must have been a shock.
Flo - very romantic indeed

Flu jab already Bren?….that is a real indicator that winter is on its way …Covid vaccines next too I imagine?

It’s a lovely day here so we’re impulsively going out in the camper back out to that lake so I best get a wiggle on and grab some food fir a picnic. ( looks like I’ll not be ironing again today either!)

Enjoy your day peeps.. keep safe …see ya later!

[Snoop Puss]

Morning all.

Sunny at the moment, but looks like drizzle this afternoon. The solar batteries were distinctly hungry this morning, so they're soaking up the sun while the going's good. The shorter days really make a difference to the batteries. rary, do you have batteries with your set-up too or do you run off the mains at night?

You've inspired me, mothhawk, into starting to clear a corner of the kitchen where all kinds of pots and tubs go to die. Mr Snoop won't like it, but I'm fed up with looking at it. So he can huff and puff all he likes, but it'll get sorted over the next day or so.

Not sure why, but it is absolutely silent outside (apart from insects and birds). I haven't heard a farm vehicle or truck on the distant road all morning so far. No planes either. Very odd. No public holiday today and nothing in the online news that I can see that would explain it. Has everyone decided to stay at home today?

On a positive note, I've seen a European hornet buzzing round one of our oak trees, looking for moth larvae. Plus I saw a rather large wolf spider with babies on her back. So their populations might revive, weather permitting. I've only seen three jumping spiders all year so far and I'd see easy a dozen a day last year. Hope they make a comeback too.

Not much work on today, a bit of admin and then I'll move my office back up to its usual spot in a corner of the kitchen. So that's my official declaration that the worst of the summer is over. In the mid to top 20s during the day but in the mid teens at night, so temps are definitely on the slide now.

Right, have a great day, everyone.

Edited: Had a big interruption in the middle of that and you all posted without me noticing. Sorry. Fingers crossed for Chester, Florence Fennel. And that doesn't sound totally unromantic, greenishfing. Enjoy your day out, Nicos. By the way, it's still totally quiet.

[Nicos]

Cross posted there Flo…..fingers crossed as requested …poor lad.

[bramble]

Good morning and the sun is shining.
Yellow warning for heavy rain coming in this afternoon.

Flo, my fingers are crossed for Chester.

Nicos, dont worry about the ironing, get out while the weather is good.

GF, actually that was a nice proposal with a cruise thrown in.

Snoop, as regards getting rid of stuff, my hubby wants to get rid of everything..I have to watch him.

Well have a good dsy all whatever you're up to.

[rary]

Snoop, as regards getting rid of stuff, my hubby wants to get rid of everything..I have to watch him.

My wife is the same bramble, I keep a close eye on the door locks, just in case it's not just things she wants rid off

[Bren In Pots]

Afternoon

Grory hop went of fine just later in the day, so we didn't get to see the people we usually do. Mostly drizzle here not much dons out doors just harvesting.

Its a mix here somethings get outed others seem to linger in case they're needed

enjoy your afternoon.