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WEEKLY CHAT (non-osprey) SUNDAY FEBRUARY 15, 2015

Annette in SoCal
15/02/2015 11:55

Evening all:  

Lindybird: Love those poppies - such a wonderful rich color. I love tulips that color too.

AQ: Glad you're feeling better; sorry about the heat.  

Rita:The Epi doesn't usually bloom until June..... 

Battling my way through this jigsaw, which is the hardest one I've ever done (although Van Gogh's Irises was pretty challenging).  However, am packing it in now and enjoying a taste-test comparison of Hagen Daaz's   Caramel Gelato and Dulce de Leche ice cream.  The gelato is much smoother, but I think I prefer the texture of the ice cream.  Both are very sweet, almost too much...

Anyway, have a nice Sunday everyone, especially  Margo, who I hope is feeling better and enjoying some time with her OH.  Also hallo to George!

  • 16/02/2015 15:46 in reply to Lindybird

    Good Morning Everyone. A misty start but there are glimmers of the sun now. Rain arrives this afternoon.

    Love the big cats photograph, Linda. Did you ever get an estimate for your front garden wall ? We are waiting for an estimate for a retaining wall at the back of our garden The field behind  our house is higher than our garden and we have wooden palisades set in a concrete base ( below ground ) to contain a necessary raised bed. I can see that our garden will be ruined by the time it is finished :-(( 

  • 16/02/2015 18:18 in reply to Brenda H

    I have spoken to Margo this morning. She is still not feeling great, but will post on here asap.

    I am playing indoor bowls shortly. 

  • 16/02/2015 18:50 in reply to Brenda H

    Hi, everyone.  Can you believe that the agency who arranged today's interview gave me the wrong address?  To say I felt like a prize plonker when I finally arrived in the right place is the year's understatement.

    Our herring gulls are red listed birds.  Think about that the next time you hear some flaming idiot calling for a cull of them.

  • 16/02/2015 19:46 in reply to Clare

    OH CLARE, that's shocking. I hope you have complained to the agency and I hope that the firm interviewing you now know that it wasn't your fault. Grrrr

  • 16/02/2015 20:05 in reply to HeatherB

    I did explain to the interviewer about the mistake but the whole thing didn't do much for my confidence.  I've told the agency as well - hopefully someone will come back to me tomorrow.

    Our herring gulls are red listed birds.  Think about that the next time you hear some flaming idiot calling for a cull of them.

  • 16/02/2015 20:09 in reply to HeatherB

    Hello All-   A wet drizzly day here today,  -  at least my shoulder is feeling better now.

    Clare -  How awful to be given the wrong address for your interview , I hope it did not make you too late.  I would complain to the agency.

    I thought I would post a few pictures of plants in my greenhouse to remind us of summer to come and to bring some cheer to anybody feeling down at the moment.

  • 16/02/2015 20:17 in reply to HeatherB
    Dreadful, Clare. Its so upsetting when you're trying to make a good impression, I do hope they apologise to you. Brenda - forgot I didn't finish the tale of the wall. We asked several builders to pop round to give us an estimate, and two came, eventually. They scratched their heads and each got back into their car or van ........and then we never heard from them again!! Its unbelievable that folks running a business don't even have the courtesy to ring and decline a job, if its too small for them to bother. If they did but know it we could also have put more business their way. My OH was so disgusted, he proceeded to rearrange all the loose bricks we had into a low wall with a decorative top, then he cemented the top two rows so that it stays firm. Its very low, only three bricks high, plus the decorative row. When our new hedge, planted beside it, grows, it will be overshadowed anyway. Low cost, so he's happy, LOL !!!
  • 16/02/2015 20:23 in reply to Lindybird
    Rita - how lovely they all are!!! Thanks for cheering us up. Its stopped raining here but is still very grey. We are off to visit sis-in-law shortly. Brenda - Thanks for the news of dear Margo.
  • 16/02/2015 20:44 in reply to Lindybird

    I do not know what happened to my last post, it chopped my last sentence in half and put the rest in lower down, and rearranged the pictures in a different order. Sorry!

  • 17/02/2015 00:29 in reply to Rita

    Rita, what a wonderful, cheerful post of your beautiful flowering plants in your greenhouse. Thank you. RF has a mind of it's own. Just be glad that they all actually posted.LOL

    Clare, Not a good advert for that agency and an absolutely, atrocious situation that they left you to sort out. I hope they rang the company, that you were being sent to, for your interview and accepted responsibility for the mistake. I would tell them that I expected them to have done so and if not, they must do so !!!