Chitchat thread #24

[Bren In Pots]

Evening

A day spent mostly outdoors a bit of gardening and carrying seedlings in and out.

enjoy your evening

[Containergardener]

Morning all
Back to weather reality with a bang ..Cool, grey and windy.
Hoping to sow some seeds at some point.
Anyone doing anything exciting?

Kettle has boiled if anyone fancies a brew with me.

[lottie dolly]

morning all,not looked out yet,i am still wondering where the weekend went to,amazing how life can turn on it's head,this time the right way up,still croak and cough,when i try to talk,people can understand what am trying to say better,that is untill the voice dissapears and a coughing fit ensues,but things seem to be getting that little bit better slowly,the pheonix WILL rise again,i now have a meaning to life once more,sometime in the week i will have to see about organising the pricking out of tomatoes and peppers,is a good feeling seeing new life spring up,am going to try the choir for the first time in 5 weeks for the full time,only to sit and listen to how things are progressing,living in hope i will be able to join in the concert,up to now is not possible,will have to sit in the audience,never mind,have a good day all,and look after yourselves,

[Florence Fennel]

Good Morning All Thanks for the tea CG. You sound brighter Lottie. Sunny and cold here. Have a good day

[greenishfing]

Good morning all.

Despite a couple of hiccups, a better night's sleep than normal. The car was white over with frost at 6am, but it's gone now and the sun is shining. Snow has disappeared from my local forecast for this week.

I am so happy with the raspberry jam that I'm considering buying some frozen cherries at some point and making some cherry jam. The joy of using frozen cherries would be that they are already de-stoned. Whenever I have de-stoned cherries I have had to so it outdoors in old clothes, and afterwards it looks as if there has been a bloodbath. Also the offer of buy three bags of frozen fruit (mix and match) and get the cheapest one free is on until September, and I can't resist a bargain.

I've really been fancying some fresh crab recently and had even spotted a recipe for crab and saffron risotto online. The only good local fishmonger, where I might get one, is a mobile one who sets his van up in a nearby small town on a Thursday morning. Mr GF has a podiatry appointment not too far away this Thursday.

Time for more coffee now.

It's good to hear that you're starting to feel better and more optimistic, LD.

[Nicos]

Mornin n’alln’all
Thought I’d posted earlier!

We have the dull and rain bits today…but no wind at least

A bbq?..wow CG…How lovely!

No set plans today. Got some basic domestics to get out of the way, then we’ll see. Certainly I need to bring wood in for the fire.

Lottie- it’s great to hear you more chirpy again…raspy and chirpy maybe

Wiggle on time…enjoy your day peeps!

[Bren In Pots]

Morning

Not as sunny and warm as the last few days but its better that the rain they predicted yesterday.

Nothing exciting here CG, like you I'll probably be seed sowing.

Enjoy your day

[Snoop Puss]

Afternoon all.

Lovely morning here but big puffy clouds are billowing. Don't hold out much hope for a dry afternoon, but never mind, it was great earlier.

Mr Snoop has been telling me off for not getting out more into the garden. And he's quite right. Wednesday is supposedly going to be a dry day, so will try and get going then. Meanwhile, I've got plenty to keep me busy at the computer. But I'm counting down the months now, I think.

Glad to hear you're picking up a bit, LD, health and heart-wise. And a BBQ in northern England, CG. Is that the first of the year?

Have a great rest of the day, everyone.

[rary]

Good afternoon,dry but cold today, we t out show this morning OH is going out with her old workmates tomorrow, Tuesday being cour regular day for shopping, she wanted to go to a shop near the coast, where unfortunately I noticed that the tide was in, this scuppers my plan to go and collect seaweed while shes out tomorrow, which proves the saying from Burns, " The best laid schemes of mice and men gans aft agley" not doing much today as I need to sit on ma hands, figuratively speaking, as having been a bit ambitious yesterday my hand felt as if it was burning last night,and no I havent told OH no sence if worrying her, or more likely me getting wirried by her🙄 right off to do a bit of reading so have a good day and remember to keep smiling 🙂🙂🙂

[mothhawk]

Afternoon all.

LD getting her mojo back - great news!

Good morning all.

I am so happy with the raspberry jam that I'm considering buying some frozen cherries at some point and making some cherry jam. The joy of using frozen cherries would be that they are already de-stoned.

What a great idea, GF. I'm the same with getting the stones out, so messy, so I may pinch your idea and make some cherry jam too.

[Florence Fennel]

Afternoon All It's been sunny until now, but the clouds have gathered and we've put the heating on. I've been in the Escape Room with a jigsaw. Is retirement in your sights Snoop?

[Snoop Puss]

^Yes, Flo, yes. With any luck, on my birthday, early December. Trying not to get my hopes up, but it's looking possible.

Rary, burning doesn't sound good. How is it today?

[Florence Fennel]

Fingers crossed for you Snoop

[rary]

^Yes, Flo, yes. With any luck, on my birthday, early December. Trying not to get my hopes up, but it's looking possible.

Rary, burning doesn't sound good. How is it today?

Hand feels ok today Snoop but have had to take pain killers as my back was extremely sore, so that could possibly mask anything, but my fingers go blue if cold, hoping that this will stop once the swelling goes down, I can feel OH watching me all the time as she knows I don't usually take painkillers and whenever I move its a casual what are you doing or where are you going and yes I know shes just concerned, but it means I can't sneak out to do anything😕
Seeing Flows question made me wonder at what age women retire in Spain🤔🙄v

[Snoop Puss]

Seeing Flo's question made me wonder at what age women retire in Spain🤔🙄v

In Spain, my normal retirement age would be 66 years and ten months, but I'll be retiring a bit early, which is allowed in Spain if you forego some of your state pension. And I'm starting to feel like time is a more valuable commodity than what amounts to not many euros. A bit depends on my calculations, though. Anyway, fingers crossed.

And again, my fingers, not yours.

Sorry to hear you're still having trouble. Do you have to go back for another check-up at the hospital? I presume so.

Edited to add: makes no difference here if you're a man or a woman, retirement age is the same.