Just popping in quickly before I collapse into my bed.
I had a lovely day yesterday with DD and Matilda and DH and Henry had a good day too.Sadly we got home to the news that DH’s uncle had died.He had lived with DH’s family until DH was about 10 so they were very close.
We decided that we would go up to the coast today as a walk by the sea always makes us feel better.We had a picnic lunch at Betws y Coed then a long walk at Llandudno.We finished off with fish and chips at Rhos on Sea and got home about half an hour ago absolutely shattered but feeling much better.
I will try and catch up with all the posts tomorrow but until then am TOYA
Gransnet forums
Chat
Here we are again
Happy as can be,
All good friends and jolly good company.
A hearty welcome. 
and plenty of virtual HUGS.
Fennel Yay! Bring it on. I would love one of these gizmos. 
Grandmafrench In spite of "our George" being seriously ill, he maintains a perfectly pleasant and cheerful manner whenever he reads the news. I think that he is an inspiration, and handsome with it.
Maw you and the rest of the ladies look positively blooming as you gather together to share an hour or two of quality time. The ladies at the Gallery obviously didn't know what they were missing. 
kitty It's what families do. Especially when they trust the folk with whom they are sharing their woes.
Nannyt Well said. x
I am logging off and wishing every one of you a pleasant and peaceful weekend. At nine o'clock precisely, I shall raise a glass on G&T to you. As we say in Scotland, Slainte
I shall be with you again tomorrow. 
I think it was corner who was talking about her garden being finished! 
Never heard such a thing in all my born days as my own Gran would have said! I am afraid that we are merely caretakers and whatever we do will be changed by the next caretakers.
We left a beautiful garden 6 years ago this month and when we passed by recently I was so horrified at the decimation that I nearly drove into the loch! I have advised DD that when she leaves her house at the end of this month she does not leave in her garden anything which is special to her if it is at all possible. 
On the other hand when we arrived here we took down so many trees that the wood kept us warm for three winters!
Oh blimey synonymous did I say finished? If I did I surely didn’t mean it. We’re trying to make ours suit my reducing mobility. Seven years ago when we planted it I could tend low growing plants and generally keep order, now it’s much less comfortable and made us aware of a need to make changes. We’re clearing (with huge reluctance on my part) and re-vamping, but finishing? Never! If for no other reason I will always find room for another tub which just might come with a plant . It’s a work in progress and I suspect will be for a year or so.
We’ve moved around a fair bit, while I’ve never minded leaving a house I always mind leaving a garden. I recently looked at our previous home on Google Earth and had to give myself a stern talking to when I saw that a much loved planted area was no longer there, no roses, no pebble pool, no fountain - just grass.
We all want different things from our gardens don’t we?
I’m sorry for your loss susan, sad news for your family, particularly your husband. The sea can be very healing.
Good day here today, enjoyable if cool beach walk, the wind and tide combining to create some noisy waves. Caught up with a friend this afternoon and then with some outstanding tasks. Suspect tomorrow will be a quiet one
TOYA.
I know exactly what you mean corner about it always being the garden rather than the house that you really mind leaving, same here.The lady at the latest house we left allowed us to collect all our roses when we were ready for them and I was very thankful. In the back garden we had created a wide walkway under a pergola up which wisteria was trained and below were the roses and lavender and it was an absolute delight. What a mess everything was when we returned and since then we kept away thinking it coukdn't get any worse but we didn't want to see it anyway. How wrong we were and the destruction now encompasses the front garden. I will keep my eyes averted in future but it was the digger which was the jaw dropping final straw!
A sunny good afternoon dear peoples.
Talking of gardens...here is the final photo (this year) of our mighty gunnera.
Grandmabatty Do you have room for a visitor? I wish to sample your goodies. The crumble in particular. Is there to be custard?
Grandmabatty me too please snd my goodness you are a busy and energetic lady!
soop I have just shown Himself your photo in front of your amazing gunnera and he has decided that he has the very place in mind for one! I cannot imagine that it would be easy to take a cutting but watch out for him as he is very likely to try
soop Himself has been looking it up and has discovered that to take a cutting you remove a piece as you would a slice of pie and the best time is April or May. He has been bitten by enthusiasm as he has slways wanted one so you have been warned! I really don't think that would be an easy thing to do though and can see that I am going to have to buy him a plant if I am going to continue being welcome to visit the kitchen.
While we’re thinking gardens a miracle occurred today. We visited a very well stocked garden centre full of healthy plants and I bought - nothing! . Mr C is trying to keep up as I’ve already proposed changes to the plans we had for our garden, well, gardens do grow don't they?
That gunnera is majestic soop, they are amazing plants. Wish I could sort your tubs and hanging baskets, Charley, always happy to play in the dirt .
Onwards now, time to prepare the veg for our roast. The last of our home grown runner beans and some home grown carrots which are still going strong. Tomorrow the bean plants will head to the compost bags and I can rearrange a bit. Doesn’t take much to keep me happy.
TOYA.
This discussion thread has reached a 1000 message limit, and so cannot accept new messages.
Start a new discussion
