Daydream thread... without the rose-tinted specs

Davesnave

COOLTRIKERCHICK wrote: »

fingers crossed it is food poisoning, but I mean that in a nice way specially comparing it with the potential of the other option that it might be:o

Whatever it is, at least she has a phone now. Left her battery charger in London!

Being ill alone comes hard to any young adult. I remember a particularly nasty bout of flu and, for the first time in my life, having no one to look after me.

Good to see that you folk can grow lavender. So can I now, but in my last garden it was tricky on the claggy clay. We drain so well here, watering has been essential lately. Even our soggy bit below the septic tank run out has dried-up quite a lot, but I'm seriously thinking of turning that into a damp garden!

Meanwhile, the proper stream garden is struggling. I knew the stream would stop in a normal summer, but it's the low light levels I'm worried about. I think some of the plants will not cope long term.

oldtractor

Our roses are spectacular, and we do have roses round the door too.
I'm planning a large herbacious border for next year and have some plants in pots, phlox etx soneed to keep watering at the monent. Our hayfield is mown and we are hoping to bale tomorrow, if not ready then sunday. flies bothering the horses so they are in during the day, infact just going to log off as I need to go and turn out.

choille

Lovely lavender hedges Maggie & Rhiwfield. I have a brown clump with some green bits that isn't yet flowering, but a hedge.....no.

Better Days that sounds reasuring having a good surgeon. All the best with that & the house. Lovely photo.

Rhiwfield - I have the same fushia, but I don't think mine's flowered yet - I must check. They are a great plant & thrive here. I have the ordinary ones too. On Jura there are fushia hedges which look spectacular.

Dave hope daughter is okay. Nasty being ill when she is a way off. This heat it will probably be food poisoning. Poor girl.
My remaining elderly Pushy Cat has also gone thin at the back as they do. I usually suspect kidney probs, but speaking to the vet they said that often it can be Thyroid. I asked what I could do & he said that best to let nature take its course, which I would of as he's also a grand age. He's happy, but tends to wake us several times a night to let us know he's just come in the cat flap or wants us to get up & feed him at 4.45am, 4.30am, 5am etc etc.

I laid down this afternoon & fell fast asleep for a couple of hours & so much to do too.

Another free listing w/e & I've got holiday home to swill out tomorrow & still have last weeks ironing to do.............ironing in this heat? I'd rather poke meself in the eye with a sharp stick.

ukmaggie45

Hi Dave, sorry to hear about your daughter. We had a call to London a few years ago when elder daughter had appendicitis. She kept phoning me about having gut pain, but from what she said it didn't sound "that" bad... Eventually after fairly useless stuff with NHS direct she took taxi to hospital and they found she did have appendicitis. Next time we saw her was in the Wittington Hospital. We went down so she could get out! Needed help for a few days and if nobody there full time they wouldn't let her home. (boyfriend was working at the time so couldn't be there all day)

So don't let your daughter not go to GP or hospital to check things out! Our DD wasn't in enough pain to think she had appendicitis initially.

Hope that all goes well with your DD and she feels better soon.

Hugs, Maggie

COOLTRIKERCHICK

evening all:j:j

here we go some more pics

mr 'paul' pig love playing with water from the hosepipe:rotfl:


and here is the scaffolding up, and the front of the ranch being hacked off



don't know how much work we will get done tomorrow, as it is supposed to be REALLY SCORCHIO' so please everyone, drink loads, and don't forget protection... ( sounds like a advice for a night out:D)

Davesnave.... glad DD phone is working now... any news on Daisy?

Davesnave

ukmaggie45 wrote: »

So don't let your daughter not go to GP or hospital to check things out! Our DD wasn't in enough pain to think she had appendicitis initially.

Don't worry Maggie, Doc has seen her and she is very close to the Bournemouth Drop In Centre, if she needs it.

Yes, choille, it could be thyroid on Daisy. We will await the results, but likely let nature take its course, as she's done pretty well on that. Our other one, after suffering a bit of a stroke in the spring, no longer sees very well, but she has never been happier. Like yours, she is prone to announce her arrival at unsociable times - something she never did when young, healthy and somewhat autistic.

I'll let you into a secret, choille, I fell asleep after lunch too.
I felt as if I'd been asleep ages, but DW says it wasn't long. Even worse admission, when I awoke, I was dreaming about sheep! :rotfl:

alfie_1

hi all

sorry ive not been answering/commenting at the mo....:o

just seem to have been working in all directions and im soooo kernacked by 8 .

hope all poorly cats pick up...:o
hope poorly people pick up....:o
hope walls dont fall down....;)
hope flowers bloom....:D
hope estimates stay low ...:cool:
hope the weather lasts....sorry ctc...:D

i am off to the beach, well a non mass populated shoreline...:eek: tomorow.. try not to turn myself into a tomato again !! :rotfl::rotfl:

son is jumping from a plane at salisbury on sunday...:eek::eek: said id go to watch .. WATCH....

ive got the stupid electrician [hes as electrical as i am a size 6 ] coming monday morning to put some trip system between generator and the house...[i have 3 trips already so this is not only impractical, non workable but illogical...] i may have mentioned this in FEBRUARY... when he said he was coming to do it !!:mad: he rang today and i said what happened to the day i waited in for him back then ... he said "oh iv been busy "!!!! oh and i omitted to tell him im getting another genny set up later this year ...ooops i will not be smug when he cant work out how to do it for this one ...honestly...well not much..;)

then i have the delights of my cess pit being emptied early afternoon..:eek: ie hottest part of the day..:eek:

ive done a swop for the BIG genny which ive been assured will work better for me as it will virtually be on "idle" and i can build a big battery back up set up for lights /fridge etc 24/7 so not running big one as often. so its worth about £5000 and im just doing some work for the guy

im going to go "girlie" and buy a dress...:rotfl::rotfl: got a do to go to where i need to impress...;)

my fella is still that...mine :rotfl::rotfl: i must be doing sumfing right...at last...:rotfl::rotfl:

CTC... i LOVE the trough trotters :rotfl::rotfl:

Better_Days

Any news on DD Davesnave?

Mr Paul the pig looks very cool :cool::cool::cool:

Missing lavender in this garden - the bees always love it - but there is so much clover in the lawn the bees are still happy.:)

Hope your afternoon isn't too pongy alfie 1 :eek:

rhiwfield

Alf, still with the guy then, getting serious! :j

Have fun watching the parachute jump. DD1 on her way to Nijmegen, military classification so thats uniform, backpack and 4 x 40k :eek:. And she's got a foot injury before she starts, possibly a stress fracture . Just hope that she can last the 4 days.

CTC, real progress. And I'm not sure but Hubby may love those pigs as much as you do

Another 4 builders bags of logs today with a stacker lined up for nx week. Difficult to imagine the cold dark nights in this weather!

Davesnave

CTC, that is going to look so much nicer.

Good luck to your DD rhiwie. 160km should be a stroll! :eek::eek:

Alfie, barf (English or USA version, I know which I'd choose!)in order late pm if you want to keep him even longer. Might even rival my 1 year old comfrey feed....:cool: Mr Dog doesn't know how lucky he's been, simply by behaving himself! :rotfl:

Speaking of which, I'm trying a small experiment with my sweet peppers this year, by keeping some in smaller pots and feeding regularly with comfrey juice. Trying to get costs down and fruit production up, as the ones in big pots might be too comfy.

DD hasn't called-in yet, which is a good sign. She was feeling a bit better last night.

I'm off shopping. 27C forecast and I'd rather not be doing that then!

PS. Someone looked at my old Photobucket diaries and made me a rude proposition last night. Of course I deleted it...... Anyway, apparently I'm 'hot.'
To that, they could add 'sweaty' and 'covered in dust and grass cuttings' later on.