Weekly Chat (Non-Osprey), 24 May 2020

Just remembered I said I would be back! (O dear, that was yesterday morning!) Got the magazine finished to go on the website tomorrow. Spent time outside, but not too much as it is hot, with almost no breeze and very low humidity. Birdsong seemed louder than ever in the dry clear air – why does the Blackbird find it necessary to shout? Looked around the garden together and had a few surprises. Thrilled to see the Dahlias are through – we feared we had lost them by leaving them in their pots outside – wrapped in fleece through the winter. I think I have been thinking things are late because we have had June weather through most of May.

HARELADY – good to hear from you – I hope you will soon be able to see the Children and Grandchildren (that goes for others on here too) – but best not to rush things – stay safe.

HEATHER – I assume yesterday’s gardening was to put in your bedding plants – I hope you are pleased with them. Good to see your fence is happening, and good that you could enjoy a distanced family visit. So sorry about you Nephew and his parents unable to visit – I wonder whether he will test positive for Covid when they repeat the test – from what you have mentioned before, although he is young, I would think he would be high risk.

AQ – I hope your washing stayed clean with the Grand Design work going on in the garden behind. After a lot of stoppages, they do seem to have suddenly reached the roof.

ANNETTE – take care lifting the mulch from the car – don’t try to do it all at once.

LINDA – liked the horses and goats – all looked very relaxed. Lovely landscape there too. A beautiful; poppy - was that Patty’s Plum? And are the Pinks scented?

SUNNYKATE – good to see you pop in again! You are right about the technological benefits we have for keeping in touch – my parents didn’t even have a phone till after they retired!

DIBNLIB – I love the scent of Lilac (could smell it from the photo); but I find Choysia a bit too sweet.

WENDY – my steam oven is separate from my main oven, so doesn’t work in quite the same way, so I would be no help. I haven’t cooked a meal for ages, so I don’t even know how our new oven works – looks like a plane cockpit controls – all I know is that I can’t read the time from across the room as everything is so small!

OH is watering everything in sight this evening – even the front lawns, because the grass is looking parched. We really want to feed it, but can’t do it with no sign of rain in the forecast for the foreseeable future.