Jennizor

Miserable wet day here in Bolton. We bought a new shed last week which was erected by the company very efficiently but needs painting. My husband has done the sealant and two coats of paint but it still needs another one. Looking at the forecast it shows rain every day for the next two weeks. I’m not sure when the final coat will be done as it will take quite some time for the shed to dry off. I suspect the garage will be storing all the shed stuff for some time. Happy days.

Michelle

You have done the same thing as me on the last day of our March cruise. I don’t think we saw you after breakfast when I bit into a piece of crispy bacon and broke a piece of a tooth.   £150.00 visit to the dentist.

Jennizor

1 hour ago, lincslady said:

I know not everyone cares, but I am so happy to read that the Princess of Wales is well enough to attend the Trooping of the Colour, as a first step back into her normal life.

I agree with you lincslady. I think she is such a brilliant addition to the Royal Family and one day will make a brilliant queen. 
 

3 hours ago, lincslady said:

It was a bit hard to see - but does in stay in the wood, or eat and ruin plants in your garden, as my daughter finds happens to her, with a more sturdy fence than yours seems to be.  Maybe hers 'down south' are more adventurous and brazen.  You certainly have a lovely view.

Hi lincslady, this appears to be a very young deer, we saw three together a couple of weeks ago but only one just recently. So far this year we don’t appear to have had them visiting the garden, unlike last year when loads of my plants were eaten. 
 

I love seeing them but the woods and farmland are quite expansive so they are not here everyday. We toyed with the idea of moving earlier this year as our house is really too big for the two of us but after looking at smaller ones we decided to stay.  My daughter thought we were crazy to move as it unlikely we could find another house with the views and wildlife we have here. 
 

Jennizor

Just took this photo of a deer in the wood between us and the farmland. I tried to get nearer but it just ran off.

Kalos, I have just heard about Rob Burrow’s death. I have always admired his determination to lead the best life he could. We should all be proud of this man and how much he did for MND. Best wishes to his family and Kevin Sinfield who will all be devastated at his death.

1 hour ago, Waju said:

Is that the view from your garden?  Fabulous : )

Yes Waju, the land is owned by Peel Holdings and they are currently trying to get planning permission for a Ryder Cup golf course ( never going to be granted as we haven’t got the infrastructure that would be required). It will probably be housing, but again they have the same infrastructure problem. The land just beyond our garden, and up to the fields, just a wood and under it is the feed from Ulswater reservoir, so that can’t be built on either. As we are in our seventies I suspect nothing much will happen in our lifetime. The farmer certainly hopes so and we will have the cows for a few more years.

The sun is out here in Bolton. The cows are out in the field for the first time this year
Always lovely to see.

Had a morning in the garden today. I took this photo of the joint fence with next door.

It’s a sad time for us. The adjoining house has been sold after both Audrey and Peter died over the past two years. Peter died in November and Audrey the previous year. Their family live quite a way away and as a result we have been very happy to help Peter where we could, doing shopping weekly and doing odd jobs he couldn’t manage. He and Ian became close with Ian checking on him every day. Ian has incredible hearing and on a number of occasions he heard Peter calling for help through the wall. The last time was when he was taken into hospital and died a couple of days later.

I was quite close to Audrey and we spent hours in the garden discussing plants. The reason I took the photo today was because some of the bushes are on my side and some on Audrey’s.  The new buyers will have their views on what to keep and what to get rid off and it will be the end of an era.

1 hour ago, Peanut006 said:

Richard has managed to get most of it off thankfully. The dog still has some white patches mainly on her feet and tail. 
 

House renovations still ongoing, new outside door and adjoining window arrive next week and an island for the kitchen in June. We have started on gardens but as they have not been touched for two years it’s an uphill task.

 

Michelle

Oh Michelle, just catching up on posts. What a disaster. Richard must really be in the dog house. I hope it all gets sorted quickly.

Jennizor

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My husband was constantly annoyed at the number of men that did not wash their hands. Do they not wash them at home either?

On our recent Arvia cruise there was always someone at the MDR entrance holding hand wash. I never saw anyone walk past without taking it. 

Just come in from the garden after taking this photo of my gorgeous Azalea and my 

lovely cat, Evie.

Too hot to do anymore gardening, will leave it till later.

Jennizor

33 minutes ago, Rupert2251 said:

There are some free apps on Google where you can take a photo of the plant and they will identify it for you.

Thanks Rupert, I will check out the apps on Google.

1 hour ago, Adawn47 said:

It looks a little like a raspberry shoot too,and as kalos said, it could also be a bramle. Something that a bird has eaten and then 'deposited the remainder'😉 You could pot it up and see what it grows into. We have two lovely holly trees that the birds kindly gave us, and we transplanted them where we wanted them.

Avril

Thanks Avril and Kalos. I think I will pot it up just to see what it turns out to be. We have loads of birds flying into the garden from the woods so it sounds worth a try. Xx

Can anyone help me identify this plant. It has just appeared in the garden, it looks very healthy but I don’t know if is a weed or not. Thanks in advance.

Jennizor

2 minutes ago, Splice the mainbrace said:

I’ve been ok viewing cc so far today and that’s on an iPad.

Seems a random issue, fingers crossed it doesn’t happen to you.

Jennizor

3 minutes ago, Angel57 said:

I had the same problem on my iPad,but could access via android phone. I cleared yesterday’s and today’s history (settings/safari/clear history and website data) and immediately got back in.

Thanks for your response Angel, I will try to remember your solution should it happen again.

Jennizor

Hi Graham, it had just come back on my iPad. I don’t mind using it on my phone but it’s so much easier and quicker on my iPad.

Jennizor

Thanks Graham, I was thinking it was something I had done. Fingers crossed I will get back it soon. 

I would appreciate some advice on why I can’t access this forum on my ipad today. Seems fine on my phone and I have searched for help on my ipad but no luck. Has anyone else got this problem?

Just back from the dentist. I have been going to see Jonathan for around 20 years or more and he is brilliant and always gives a range of options where possible. He said I had two options this time, a rebuild of where the outside of the tooth on one side had come away £150 or a crown £350. He thought the rebuild was sufficient for now as most of the tooth was still OK. It was all done there and then and his final words to me were ‘go and have a nice lunch’ which we did.

We are off to the dentist shortly. We both managed to break a tooth on our March cruise on Arvia. I did mine on the last morning. I never have a cooked breakfast but I decided to have one prior to our long coach journey home. I bit into a piece of well done bacon and lost a portion of a tooth. That was an expensive breakfast.

14 hours ago, Peanut006 said:

I remember you told me about that when we were on Arvia. Did you have a good time?

 

Richard has been doing loads on the house, lining paper on in the kitchen/diner just waiting to be painted. Decorator was here this week to paper and paint lounge ceiling too. Still loads to do but downstairs looks like a home now.

 

Michelle

I’m looking forward to seeing the photos Michelle. Xx

1 hour ago, Peanut006 said:

Good afternoon everyone, hope everyone is ok today. It’s started raining about an hour ago here, luckily had the dogs out for a long walk this morning.

 

I have just dropped my hubby at the hospital, he is having a hernia repair done this afternoon, 2nd time doing it. He has been sent to Spire from NHS to get it done, they must be outsourcing their work. Hubby says they have told him he will be out tonight but he is still waiting to go to theatre.
 

Michelle

Hi Michelle, I hope Richard’s op goes Ok and he recovers quickly. He has got lots of jobs do on the house hasn’t he?
 

Today I have been to my annual meet up of class of 61, Rivington & Blackrod Grammar School. There used to be about 40 of us but there was only 16 this time, sign of the times.

We still had a good time reminiscing and the time just flew by. There are a number of us who went to infant, junior and grammar school together so we have lots of history.