Weekly Chat (Non-Osprey), 25 October 2015

Hope that OG & EE have a day of progress with the bathroom alterations, and that things go well.

Hope that dibnlib can get her teeth probs sorted out!  - no fun, I know.

Thinking of Lynette and of course Margo today.

Have a reasonable day, everyone else!  (Enjoy your hols, Rosy!)

ps.  Nearly forgot:  Yes, Annette, I remember the conversations about the bees and water.  They do seem to come down for a drink:  we had a lot of wasps in our bird bath this year, at least, on the edge, sipping.

Good Morning Everyone. Damp and drizzly here, although heavy rain is our forecast.Plenty of leaf fall overnight.

Annette, So pleased that your weather has cooled down. I got into our car yesterday and found a bee flying around inside. Getting rather late for it here.
I do remember the conversation about bees / wasps drinking water and some of them drowning.
I was stung / bitten twice on my leg, by some insect a few days ago. Even though I have been treating them with antihistamine cream, they will not stop itching, especially when I am in bed.

Diane, Sorry you had so much rain coming through your roof in the storm. Your home is set in such a wonderful, wildlife position, it is such a pity that you have to tolerate this roof problem.  {{ HUGS }}

Linda, Good that you are enjoying your new tablet. I notice that your recent posts do have paragraphs. Does that mean that you are not on your tablet ? 

I must do the washing and HW. Bowls club AGM tonight with wine and nibbles, so we will have to have an early dinner. 

Hi Brenda:   A damp & drizzly start here, too, but its cleared up now.  Yes, when there are paragraphs I'm on my desktop.  I prefer to use it when I have lots to write, as I am a typist of long standing, so can churn out the words much quicker.  For some reason my new tablet does not always connect with the Wi Fi properly or something, and I get the little whizzy thing going around.  Maybe though, its the Site which does not like me!

Meant to say, thanks for the info about your OH having blepharitis, and its clearing up. It gives me hope!  The cream for around my eyes seems to be working, thank goodness.  Fingers crossed.  It does seem strange though that I have had several different views on this:  on the Internet some sites say that this is a chronic condition and I will never be rid of it.

Been out on errands:  now back, to clean bathrooms and make pastry, as I volunteered to make a quiche for little Matthews' party tomorrow. Decided on doing one with smoked bacon in it.  I'll bake it this afternoon as I find my pastry only works if I put it into the fridge for a couple of hours before I roll out!

ps  Enjoy your wine & nibbles, and hope the AGM goes quickly - these things can drag on!

Good morning All-  Dull day here but no rain forecast so I am going over to Rosemarkie for a walk with Amber.     I picked quite a few redcurrants, blueberries, and blackcurrants that had been left behind on the bushes and still in good condition.  The birds cannot get at them in the fruit cage so I put them on the bird table and at this moment a blackbird is tucking into them very happily!               I ordered some things from Amazon last week and I was missing one item  so looked up the tracking which said it had been delivered.       So I went out to the wheelie bin and fished around for the cardboard package and there it was inside at the bottom of the pack!   It was a very small item and had been packed in with something else, so I had not seen it.  I felt very relieved as I was just about to complain to Amazon!

Have a nice day everyone                                

Well done on finding your package, Rita.  I find that they often do weird things with the packing:  sometimes I get acres & acres of paper padding, and sometimes things are in a small cardboard sleeve and its a wonder they've not been damaged.  I do love Amazon, though!  My new tablet is one of their Fire range, and its transferred all my books from my Kindle onto itself already.

We've just eaten a very naughty large doughnut type cake thing, with cream in the middle and caramel on top - I said to my OH "The holiday starts here!"  LOL!!

More pics, whilst I have time......  these are a family of swans which we always go to visit when in our Welsh home:  Last year, they had four chicks and only one survived until Winter which was so sad.  This year, they produced six young, and they are all still swimming around!!  Whoopie!

Arn't they beautiful  :-))

Rita, A good job it wasn't the day for the bin to be emptied. So glad you found your little package. A very happy blackbird eating your berries.

Linda, You are allowed the cream cake. You don't have to worry about fitting into the wedding outfit, but then you were wondering about your holiday shorts. LOL
Lovely to see the swan family, especially as their family have all survived.
Have a great day, tomorrow

OG, I hope all is progressing well with the new bathroom and you have heard from the hospital. You certainly have plenty to occupy your mind at the moment. Do take care of yourself.

Lindybird - Lovely swans, they are so beautiful.  I like to see them  on a lake at Brodie Castle near Nairn. I like to take my dog for a walk around the Lake but once or twice over the years the footpath has been blocked by the whole family of swans with the parents being very protective of their young and hissing at my dog, so I have had to turn around and go back the way I came.

Good Evening Everyone.

Thank you to all who sent good wishes for our holiday.

Yes, river cruising is very peaceful. It is lovely going slowly down the river. I have seen several swans and a few ducks and herons. Oh, and the scenery is good

too. It is flat here, so nothing dramatic, but floating past the trees in Autumn colours is lovely.

Annette,   We are on a Longship, travelling from Chalon-sur-Saone to Avignon.

We are taken out for visits to various places by road.  We have visited vineyards,

had a wine tasting, and had  guided walks to see local architecture, etc. Also churches.

Today, we are in Lyon.

Lyndybird,    Those swans are beautiful. To have six cygnets survive until winter seems remarkable. I love to see swans. There are two adults and one cygnet swimming around our boat even in this built up area.