Weekly Chat (Non-Osprey), 3 September 2017

Gosh, even more drama here this evening. Police car, huge caravan,several pick up trucks and lots of loud conversation. All gone now. Perhaps I need to escape to the country....

OG- I'm thinking that the greengage tree, cherry tree and pear tree could go and not be missed. I will keep the Victoria plum tree and dwarf apple. The birds eat all the cherries, the pears are small and I don't like pears. The greengages are not appreciated by anyone except my old darling OH.

LINDY- good that your friend is able to modify her drugs. I hate to hear of long term opiate use.

Son is looking for another person to work with him, he is going to sell online as well as in the shop.

Heather - sounds as if you have gypsies??  

Your decisions on the fruit trees make sense. I hope you don't feel disloyal about their removal. Just enjoy the garden in its new phase.

It sounds as if things are going well for your son: good luck to him after all his hard work.

My Friend was told she could experience discomfort and pain for as long as 6 months, as she's one of the unlucky ones. But she doesn't regret having her knee 'done' as she will be more mobile, later. They did tell her that her hips were OK! She is already feeling better for taking less morphine, and hopes to get her appetite back soon.

LINDY- think you are right about the 'visitors'. I think that they were 'travellers' rather than true gypsies.

I'm in bed, with aching knees! I walked from here to Inverness station this morning. Got the train to Elgin. Walked from Elgin station to the town there, had lunch with daughter, walked around town and back to daughter's house, then after a while walked to primary school to pick up Isla, back to daughter's house for an hour then walked back to Elgin train station. I DIDN'T walk home from train station here, got a taxi:-) I should be grateful that aching knees are all I have to moan about.

Goodness, that's a lot of walking, Heather. My legs would complain. Hope you enjoyed your time with your daughter, and Isla.

An awful hurricane in the French Caribbean. It sounds as if there will be a lot of repair work to do, later.

Off to bed as weary after a busy day: had a fight with our printer but did manage to print something out in the end. Machines!!!

Good Morning, All.  Got up early to see my OH off on a golf day. Their course has closed this week for maintenance, so their group are off to another course in a nearby town. At least it's dry, for now.

Sorry to see how awful the hurricane was, those poor people must have been terrified.

I've lots to do, including a little gardening - we dismantled our tower of sweet peas yesterday so it's a bit sad to see that part of the year over.

Here's today's pic:

"I'm beautiful and I'm blue - but who are you?"

Good morning

Forgot to say yesterday - OG - many thanks for information regarding runner beans and tomatoes. Glad that you have an appointment for wrist/hand brace. It must not be a happy task for you, stringing and slicing the beans.

Rain here today and a poor forecast for the next few days. I can't see the painter being happy to start the outside of the house, may be better to wait until Spring and ?better weather. Well, I can dream!

Yes, LINDY - bad about Irma and I heard this morning that more hurricanes are on the way. I know that it is hurricane season over there but such destruction...

Dry here, Heather, but rain forecast for later, and a bad, wet weekend.  Hope all the tree work goes ahead OK.  But maybe the painting will have to wait? - September can be beautiful, sometimes.

I've been transferring pictures etc. and thought you might like to see some more of my garden flowers, to brighten us all up a bit:

This is as whopping as it looks - a giant variety of fushcia.  Just lovely.

Just before we went to Wales the farmer who rents the fields behind us, worked hard to get his crop of wheat in. I took photos of him working, as I have pictures now of all seasons and crops which have been in these fields for several years, since we came to live here.

Here is his huge combine, working right against our hedges at the bottom of the garden - the plum tree I'm always on about is in front of him:

Then its transferred, in a golden stream, into a big container to be taken away.

Morning all:

Lindybird: Lovely photos - what is that last pinkish rose do you know? Gorgeous. That's one huge piece of equipment! Do the farmers rent the harvesters to reduce costs?  Your view to the back is not too different from the view from my sister's house, which doesn't have farmland immediately behind, but their village (in Lincolnshire) is surrounded by farms.

Heather: How far do you reckon you walked yesterday? Sounds like your son is doing very well. I remember the old-time bona fide gypsies that used to come bang on our doors selling this and that. England seems very small to cope with such a large number of 'travelers.' What was the impetus for the trend - high cost of available housing/alternative lifestyle stuff?

Will be heading to the UK on the 20th and will be staying for two weeks. Finally settled on flights but am so exasperated by sneaky airline pricing schemes! However, did have a nice chat with airline person this morning who happens to live in Miami. His apartment is right on the beach in a highrise and he's not so much worried about flooding as wind damage. I gather they'll be shutting down the airports at some point... and yes, two more hurricanes lurking in the background.

Anyway, off to sort out the garden if not the world...