Today I shall be Mainly...

[Sue]

Lets hope so Stanley. Mind you it may be damp but it is a bit warmer here and I swear I can here my veggie plants growing. I made 8 jars of rhubarb and ginger jam yesterday and froze another 5 pounds of rhubarb.

Maz, you must do what you think is right, so long as the average daily needs are met, which includes fluid in food and all drinks, not just drinks of water he should get enough. Just hope he starts to improve soon.

[Stanley]

It all sounds good Maz, he's eating and drinking well and his body will be working hard to get back to normal now the acute infection has been suppressed. Nature is wonderful given half a chance!
Will be writing again today....

[EileenDavid]

Sorry to hear all the problems with David's health Maz hope he's better soon. Weather in Brittany today looks reasonable with blue skies and sunshine but quite a bit of cloud. Trip to supermarket today need food Eileen

[Marilyn]

D appreciates all the good wishes.
Today was one of his twice weekly visits to the surgery for bloods and a check-up. ( which is going to prove very very tedious twice a week if we have to wait an hour and a half to see the Doc, which happened today). Must take some knitting or something! His G P was very happy to see him still ALIVE.
He reiterated that D is not out of the woods yet. Metaphorically speaking they have managed to grab the bug by the horns and wrestle it to its knees, but it has not yet been eradicated. It will gradually yield over a matter of six weeks ( hopefully...if it does not mutate and beat the antibiotics).

[Sue]

Not this part of Brittany, Eileen. It was horrendous rain this morning all the way from the house to St Malo. The Channel isn't much better.

[Moh]

Today I shall be getting things ready to go back to the caravan tomorrow after we have been to my sister-in-laws funeral. She died very suddenly two weeks ago and although she was 85 and not in the best of health, the coronor decided there would be a pm & an inquest. She was in a nursing home and the doctor had requested a biopsy so the coronor thought it necessary (shades of Dr. Shipman). Because of the bank holiday it has taken until tomorrow to have the cremation.

[Stanley]

Wrap up warm Moh. Funerals are cold affairs even on a warm day. Shopping day today and various small tasks....

[Wendyf]

Archive room this morning, making plans for the Ranch exhibition.

[Sue]

Home to a tropical rainforest garden with less of the tropical and more of the forest!

Craft group this morning and hairdressers this afternoon.

[EileenDavid]

Hello Sue, we know how the weather changes so fast here. It cooked us yesterday but wasn't half cold last night. We went to a 50th birthday party and they had a gas heater burning all evening. Today the sky is blue and not a cloud in the sky so horizontal gardening for me today with a book. Eileen

[Wendyf]

I decided to walk down to Earby this morning as it was such a lovely day. It took me an hour to get down, but an hour and a quarter to get back up the hill again....though I did stop for a drink of water and a banana. Lovely walks both ways though and I saw bits of Earby that I haven't seen before. I came down past Moorhall Farm and up Longroyd Road, but on the way back I walked along the old track that is the continuation of Longroyd Road as far as the back of Sough Mill then cut up towards Tunstead and Heads Lane.

[Sue]

Lovely day, lovely lunch at Shepherds Rest in Todmorden. I also took receipt of an eBay bargain, a dressmaking form for my dressmaking. I am having a demo of a new sewing machine tomorrow. Hello diminishing bank account.

[Marilyn]

I decided to walk down to Earby this morning as it was such a lovely day. It took me an hour to get down, but an hour and a quarter to get back up the hill again....though I did stop for a drink of water and a banana. Lovely walks both ways though and I saw bits of Earby that I haven't seen before. I came down past Moorhall Farm and up Longroyd Road, but on the way back I walked along the old track that is the continuation of Longroyd Road as far as the back of Sough Mill then cut up towards Tunstead and Heads Lane.

Sounds lovely.
That is probably what Alfie had in mind when he set off last week ( "I will just pop down to Earby because the walk will do me good....")
I must get out for a walk today and take the dog, because it rained all day yesterday and we both missed out.

[Stanley]

Alfie going for a walk.... Nice!
BET need copy so I could well be writing again.....

[Stanley]

Sue, did you see the entry in Bob's bits for I think it was May 30th about the dress patterns?

[Wendyf]

Alfie didn't go for a walk....did he?
Off to Clitheroe Auction Mart this morning to see if we can get a couple of bantams to keep our little cockerel busy.

[Marilyn]

I was referring to the day Alfie went A.W.O.L. recently, on his big adventure.

Thought your cockerel got curried.....?

[EileenDavid]

Shop for bread, saying our goodbye's to some friends going home and hello to our friends who are arriving today. Eileen

[PanBiker]

Spending the day on the motorway, time to take Ruby back home to Stratford. she's been with us for the week. Good day for it as long as everyone behaves themselves on the road. Should be back after tea.

[Wendyf]

I was referring to the day Alfie went A.W.O.L. recently, on his big adventure.

Thought your cockerel got curried.....?

(I know Maz, but Stanley got a bit muxed ip.)
Me....curry my cockerel? Must have been joking! We have bought 4 little Black Pekin bantam girls this morning as company for Jedward, the 2 tiny bantam cockerels that were dumped on us a while ago. One of Jedward (Known as Lesser Jed) can't see very well and gets picked on by the other and his lady wife, so he now has a home of his own and one of the new girls to keep him company.

[Sue]

New machine bought, old machines sold. What more can I ask for? Yes Stanley I did read that about Butterick. It's still one of my favourite pattern makers.

[Stanley]

Only a brown paper bag to take them away Sue.
How dare you say I was muxed ip! I was trying to be witty! (harrumph.....)
Writing a couple of articles, I never got round to it yesterday....

[Sue]

A day playing with the new sewing machine and software. Brilliant, worth every penny.

[minimiller]

A day playing with the new sewing machine and software. Brilliant, worth every penny.

Software?
No treadle?

We shall be having the "Full Retail Experience" at Wal Mart this afternoon.

Oh joy of joys (not)

[Wendyf]

What will your first project be Sue?
Today I have mainly been cleaning out the hen house, cutting the grass and doing some strimming. It's been sunny most of the day, but quite cold especially this morning. It wasn't until after lunch that I felt the need to do away with my woolly hat. I've had a soak in the bath, poured myself a glass of wine and now I'm tempted to wrap up warm and sit out in the sun. Cheers!