Travelling On

rtandon27

The garden was my priority today too - doing everything I could just to be outside in the sunshine!

Some herb plugs got put out in the herb bed with bottle 'bells' to protect them from the slugs.  More pruning of bushes & trees - the lilac has taken off since I pruned out as much dead stuff as could be reached!  Also cleaned up fallen blossoms from the path which turn into a sticky slippery mess otherwise!

Also attempted to get some solar lamps working again - bought the wrong batteries so that will have to wait a few days more. Did manage to sit outside & restring OH's Mom's wind-chimes which we actually have hanging inside in the kitchen but somehow OH managed to yank on it & break the string!

Then OH reminded me it was my turn to cook dinner - which is why I'm now inside typing this on the laptop - LOL🤣🤣🤣 - guess I should go & see about feeding us!

Karmacat

RT, you did *much* better than me!  I had some dried prunings I chucked over the stuck side gate, ready to bin - couldn't bin them, I'd have to brush past a couple of dozen very active bees on my perennial onions - scary stuff!  And all I did then was prune back my witch hazel tree, which was starting to get in the way of access to my garden (a lot grows very close to the ground).  That ended up with something wiggly inside my t shirt, which meant I rushed to the bathroom to strip off and evict the little blighter  I honestly didn't feel like doing much today, wanted some idle time, so that's what I did

teapot2

Sounds like you had some wildlife close encounters Karma.  My hair is longer at the moment than its been for many a year and I keep thinking theres a beastie on my neck but its just my hair tickling me  .
Glad you got to look at your pension details and the info was all there.  I also had the NI message about 4 years of  pre 1975 contributions.  I was working for some of that period after I left school though in fact I worked part time from age 13 but not sure now if it was all 'on the books'.  Hope you have a good Sunday

Karmacat

I did indeed, teapot and as you say, I'm also very conscious of feeling a beastie on me, but it actually being my hair.  I tried again around all the bees this morning - I need to peg back those perennials, because thats the path where the fencer will walk, and he needs to get there to mend the side gate too.  At the moment, the onion flowers are practically on the floor   I keep doing jobs a fraction too late, grrr.  Still, a lot of green-binning went on; more to do, but there always is

Slow cooker is just on, cooking chick peas and lentils ready for use in other things - I've been falling back on opening a tin too much, I don't like that. 

Not much sleep, so another lazy day, though I'll try and get some exercise again this evening so I can sleep tonight. 

Good Sunday all

Suffolk_lass

The bees go to bed in the evening as the temperature falls if you want to do a last thing tidy in your onions

Karmacat

Thanks for that, SL - I'm just surfacing after breakfast and coffee, and I can tell its already too late, the temperature's already up here.  I can try it this evening.

Made a to-do list this morning, full of bitty things - do the paperless visa thing that got stuck at the end of last week, finish filling the green bin, water plants, and yes, wash shopping ... I'm prevaricating tremendously, mostly because its the soft plastic wrapped stuff I don't like washing - things like oats and pasta.  But even though its been there since Thursday, it still has to be done.  I might go for smaller shops in future, it would mean that cleaning it all in one go wouldn't be beyond me.

Still, a bit of time on here would be nice - its just turned 10am, so a few minutes won't hurt

rtandon27

Karmacat said:

...I might go for smaller shops in future, it would mean that cleaning it all in one go wouldn't be beyond me...

I feel your pain KC - our bi-weekly shop comes this evening & I just know it will be a full two hours before I have everything cleaned & put away!  I can see where you are coming from with the smaller shops - I may return to the weekly delivery once the shielding restrictions are lifted for OH in August!

Karmacat

Thanks RT - in my case, "smaller" actually means "bi-weekly" as mine are actually monthly   so you can just see what a situation I've created for myself!  Hope your unpacking tonight goes well.

Now, here's something I never thought I'd run out of - sympathy cards I'm just sending off my last today.  I had 3 when lockdown started - that's unusual even for me, but I went to a county fair last year and really nice cards were being sold off at 20 for £1.  The ones that have died all count as elderly (85 plus) , and only one is specifically from coronavirus, but still ... makes you think.  I do have some plainish cards left, or dozens of old postcards of artworks I could send, or indeed my fabric stash to glue things to a blank card form (Wilko variety) ... it's taken me aback, somewhat.

rtandon27

Karmacat said:

...in my case, "smaller" actually means "bi-weekly" as mine are actually monthly ...

LOL - it's all relative...
...in my head I thought you were already doing bi-weekly!

themadvix

If you'd like proper sympathy cards, you could have a look on Ebay for a pack Karma? Depends how tailored the ones you normally send are.