HAPPY NEW WEEK!
I hope you all have a wonderful week! I'm thinking of all of you in the monster Storm Dennis. I hope you all stay safe and secure! Take care, everyone.
Diane: Thank you!
AQ: Sounds like a rare easy day for you.
Lindybird: Sorry to read that BiL isn't doing well - I do hope his appetite improves soon. I'm sorry to be dense, but what is the diagnosis? I remember something about heart problem, but maybe I'm muddling that up with Heather's stepdaughter.... That special dinner sounds lovely - glad you put it off a day so you and OH could enjoy it properly.
OG: Hope you stay safe. Was just looking at the Wundermap and it looks like it' tailing off in your area but clobbering Wales and points east right now.
Take care all.
Hi all from a very wet and windy Suffolk. Its bad here so I cannot imagine what the west is getting right now. Can't remember if I told you that my Olive tree blew over in last weeks storm. Well after calling a lot of gardeners one agreed to come on Wednesday and he thought it stood a chance if he got it back in the ground straight away. I mentioned Storm Dennis but he said he would stake it well. I also asked him to give it a good prune. Well yesterday it started listing slightly so I put some heavy concrete block against the base but this morning it is started to lift out of the ground again.
Not sure what to do - Ive already paid £50 for the work last week but don't think he dug a deep enough hole so maybe I will try someone else. Any thoughts?I just don't want to lose it as the birds love it and its right next to their feeding station.
Its still going to be very wet and windy for the rest of the day and possible tomorrow as well so will monitor it and decide what to do later.
Take care all who are out and about today. I rarely miss church but don't want to drive as we get a lot of flooding around here and its too bad to work so I have just listed to the Sunday Service on Radio 4 to make up for not going.
Have a good Sunday all.
Lindybird: Thanks for setting me straight. And Lynette: Those good wishes are still in force! :-)
Harelady: Oh that's distressing about the olive tree. The roots get saturated. You could call the guy who tried to stabilize it but it sounds like an iffy proposition..... Good luck. How was your tea with Elly Griffiths? I've just finished reading The Janus Stone and found it pleasantly diverting....
Sounds really nasty there; am about to check the UK weather headlines...
Hi Annette - thanks to Storm Ciara last weekend I didn't get there as the route has small roads with trees either side and can be flooded, but she is doing a tour so I may get to see here somewhere else.Glad you enjoyed The Janus Stone - I am waiting for her latest to come in at the library.
It seems a bit calmer here as well now but still raining. Hope my route to work is ok tomorrow.
Hi everyone -- hope you're all in one piece! We had a very wet journey south & we saw a lot of flooded fields on the way - it rained for the entire morning. But we've had lovely day, and enjoyed ourselves with the family. Sadly the winds near our Eldest, who lives in St Albans, were just too scary for them to travel and so they did not come
This is Matthew, who was a little shy with lots of people in his house, but managed to eat about 52 breadsticks! Even though he declined any cake: