The Garden Fence - proper Old Style support and chat!

MingVase

We've got Franklin here. Horrible.

burtha

we've got a dusting of snow and it's a bit blowy,  more to come apparently.  Still not feeling great so I can't be bothered with rubbish weather and work too tomorrow . 

stay safe everyone x

stiltwalker

Creeping back in and waving shyly to say very long time no see! 
Glad to see a couple of familiar names on the last few pages I've just skimmed. 
I honestly can't remember the last time I read let alone posted but it must be years now! For some random reason I suddenly started getting email notifications of comments so reset my password and headed on over. 
I used to post on old style way wayback when - first joined up when youngest was a bump and must have been a regular for about 4 years or so then for various reasons it all just dropped off my radar. 
Youngest is now 10, coming up 11 and almost as tall as me and oldest, Miss Stilty, will be 13  next month (going on 26) and is all the hormones and chucking stuff! I'm now a fused glass artist and doing lots of markets etc.
Both kids still have their issues from their disabilities but they are walking now (though they do look like they've been chucked out of the pub at midnight) and we are home educating now - it's been nearly 5 years so that may well be one excuse for my prolonged absence!
Old-style has slipped somewhat for convenience as a busy self employed, home educating mum of 2 kids with complex disabilities but i have a nasty suspicion that I might need to use more of it over the next few months.
I'm still making most of our clothes though which saves a fortune, particularly since young master stilty grows like a weed - did I mention he's almost as tall as me! And I'm 5'5"!!
So that's a very quick catch up - looking forward to remembering to log in and catch up much more regularly! 

MrsCD

Is everyone ok after the news this morning? Just praying that all will be sorted out soon and no more people will be hurt. 

pollyanna_26

stiltwalker said:

Creeping back in and waving shyly to say very long time no see! 
Glad to see a couple of familiar names on the last few pages I've just skimmed. 
I honestly can't remember the last time I read let alone posted but it must be years now! For some random reason I suddenly started getting email notifications of comments so reset my password and headed on over. 
I used to post on old style way wayback when - first joined up when youngest was a bump and must have been a regular for about 4 years or so then for various reasons it all just dropped off my radar. 
Youngest is now 10, coming up 11 and almost as tall as me and oldest, Miss Stilty, will be 13  next month (going on 26) and is all the hormones and chucking stuff! I'm now a fused glass artist and doing lots of markets etc.
Both kids still have their issues from their disabilities but they are walking now (though they do look like they've been chucked out of the pub at midnight) and we are home educating now - it's been nearly 5 years so that may well be one excuse for my prolonged absence!
Old-style has slipped somewhat for convenience as a busy self employed, home educating mum of 2 kids with complex disabilities but i have a nasty suspicion that I might need to use more of it over the next few months.
I'm still making most of our clothes though which saves a fortune, particularly since young master stilty grows like a weed - did I mention he's almost as tall as me! And I'm 5'5"!!
So that's a very quick catch up - looking forward to remembering to log in and catch up much more regularly! 

I remember you Siltwaker and a younger Miss Stilty and your youngest. I would always recommend if possible home schooling, it changed my youngests life , reducing the pressures really does help.

Apart from me she had an EU funded tutor once or twice a week who did the IT and photography etc which she enjoyed. I thought of those who'd be denied that support after Brexit.

I do seem to remember you had problems accessing useful aids. OT in this area were pretty hopeless so remembering the OS ways from my childhood  helped fund some things.

I can't imagine little Master Stilty as being that tall, always imagine him as a little boy.

 It's lovely to hear from you after all this time. Sometimes  we never know how things go so it's good to hear all is well with you all.

pollyx

pollyanna_26

MrsCD said:

Is everyone ok after the news this morning? Just praying that all will be sorted out soon and no more people will be hurt. 

I'm afraid nothing surprises me nowadays. I feel as though we've fallen down the Rabbit Hole without any warning. This is not the world we enviaged for our loved ones.

I was watching a feature on NW News about Western Approaches. The secret headquarters of the Convoy missions during WW2

It's having some open events for the public. With the lifting of restrictions re Covid I don't think we'd be travelling down to Liverpool, It's always busy near the Pier Head and the headquarters is near on Exchange Flags.

What seems ironic is my RN father, his MN shipmates and the RAF made dangerous joiirneys to Siberia through ice and thick snow, always in danger from UBoats and Landmines. They were taking food and military equipment to help the Russians who were trying to defeat the Nazis.

I can't understand how we ended up with so many leaders doing so much damage.

If anyone lives near an Amnesty Bookshop they will welcome book donations or purchases from their physical or online book shops.

Oxfam and other charities will be glad of help too. These are just two of the charities who will put their boots on the ground  Not only in Ukraine but the countries that take the refugees

The single candle in my signature is from the Amnesty mission statement.

I hope everyone is well. Weather has been problematic for many of us but we aren't running to save our lives and our loved ones.

Time to count our blessings.

pollyx

monnagran

Oh, I remember my mother and grandma knitting warm gloves and balaclavas for our brave allies in Russia who were freezing and starving while fighting the Nazis.
I can't believe that this is all happening again.
Does no one learn anything from history?
This is exactly how it started last time.  One greedy nation,  (or greedy leaders, the populace doesn't get much say in it,) thinks that it will flex its muscles and grab a bit of someone else's land, and before you know it the whole world is in chaos.

All we can do is to conduct ourselves with dignity, look after our own small corner and care for the people around us.  As a nation we have always championed the underdog and been pretty welcoming to refugees and I hope that is what we will continue to do.

On a less fragrant note.......
My family have all gone off to a Dally Rally today.
If you don't know what a Dally Rally is, it is where all the Dalmations on the Island congregate on a beach for fun and games.  Just imagine.  101 Dalmations and their owners having a big meet-up.  Our Dora loves it.

burtha

morning everyone   
monna,  the dally rally sounds fun bet it's fun to watch from a distance  . 
stiltwaker , hi  .. sounds like your having fun and doing ok
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I'm having a quiet coffee , it's sunny but breezy here . 
catching up on the news,   scary sad stuff , hopefully it will be over quickly,  somehow .  

need to find motivation,  anyone got any spare .. 
x

burtha

where is everyone..........

pollyanna_26

I got stuck on a reply to you .burtha forums and emails have been up and down the last few days.we had some rotten weather which never goes well.

I've been trying to remember when you and your frogs big day is. Haven't the energy to trawl back!

pollyx