Family, Home and Garden

Bird Identification Please

Sorry this photo isnt very clear but I took it on full zoom; am I right in thinking it is an adult Goldfinch? I've not seen one before, but it was very colourful.

Garden Gear scarifier from Clifford James & motor failed?

Who purchased a Garden Gear scarifier off Clifford James & motor failed ? Where 2buy spare brushes? Clifford James are singularly useless and despite very limited use of the machine they say out of guarantee. I think the brushes were poor quality and...

collecting items

well guys, I can see from the hobby thread that you are just as mad as me on the collecting front,so lets have it....what do you collect then? I'd love to know. me? any Booths British Scenery (it has cows on it)I used to collect cows proper ones not ...

plant sale

I'm off to the village plant sale tonight to support raising funds for the summer show. Trouble is I've plants I could give them!!!!so I'm buying herbs that way I can eat them and still support the show.I hope there's cake too.....so I may not come b...

Oliver and Marina - a love story

Oliver had waited a long time for this moment. Despite being ridiculed by his peers his mind was made up. What right had they to dictate how he should conduct his life, and what did they know about love anyway? Whatever, he couldn't give a hoot. Soci...

A real tete-a-tete between a man and his dog

I was in fits of laughter a while back. A no-nonsence bloke pulled up outside our house in a black 4 X 4 while a woman went across the road to get some fish and chips. She was gone a full five minutes during which time this bloke had a poodle on his ...

Bath time.

It was bath time this afternoon for a visit to the vet's tomorrow. 2nd jabs. microchip and general health check. A girl needs to spruce up a bit!. And if you don't like the hair dryer, you have to use towels!

Fridays fantasmical foody fancies

This evening we shall be dining on ham and beef salad with a jacket potato, beetroot salad and cheesy coleslaw. We are off for another ramble this afternoon, then after tea I am going back to work.

carboot bargains

Went to the local car boot yesterday and saw a woman selling embroidery theads in a plastic and I thought there were about 20 hanks in there .she said £3 the lot so I said ok and she put the lid on and off I went.i have just got the tub out of the ca...

Thursdays terribly torrential rainy tea time

Meatballs in bolognaise type sauce with spaghetti and garlic bread.

Leslie Thomas has died

he always made me laughlove his bookshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-27308147

april mdcc

its on sunday. have not made as much this month as i have had family here all week so had a house full .

Robin

I saw this little guy on my walk this morning; isn't he lovely?

Sensitive bladder - ladies

Can I ask a personal question of you ladies please? Have any of you got a sensitive bladder? I seem to have developed one over the last week or so; when I saw the Gastro on Tuesday, my urine sample had a bit of blood in it, but he wasn't concerned, n...

ESA - ATOS assessments

Remember son's ESA claim? Well after nearly 10 months they have acknowledged his circumstances have changed and have put him in the support group(or whatever) and paid him loads of dosh in back pay!!! So son is now contributing to his keep However we...

my giveaway......

here it is then......sorry it's not very clear but it's all glass beads, gold, silver, red, green, little pieces of turqoise, and ameythyst I think. then it is intersperced with little square glass hematite beads and then round ones. It's 52" long. N...

tips for on line shopping

right i am going to do my first online shop tomorrow so any good tips will be appreciated .i am going to do mr tswe are still going to do fruit veg and meat ourselves so will only be dry goods .

hobbies.....

name 3 of your favourite pastimes, and I bet we all have a lot in common.....mine are.....bakingcraftingmy garden over to you............

Gastroenterologist appt - can I have your good wishes please?

Tomorrow I have to see the Gastroenreologist as my blood results have indicated inflammation on two of the different things tested for. Several years ago, I had to have a colonoscopy on the insistence of the most arrogant Gastroenterologist ever; I t...

Happy birthday Stan

hope its a great one

freebee....

I have a necklace to give away but I'm waiting a bit until everyone is lurking on here....I think 7pm may be a good time.... so get your lurking heads on ..... back later

Wednesdays wobly warmers

Chicken and chirizo that we should have had yesterday, but didn't because I didn't take the chicken out of the freezer, wont be til later as we are taking the dogs for a longer walk this afternoon, up a big hill, ouch I might have to lie down in a da...

I Feel Like Going ..

... for a nice drive to some unspoilt piece of coast, somewhere like Thorpenessin Suffolk. Where there is just enough but no over-commercialisation. ThenI feel like sitting on the beach, swimming in the sea, mucking about with stones -making "beach a...

Captain Bovine

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Tuesdays torrential tasty tea time temptables.

Blooming heck it's chucking it down here, Chicken and chirizo thingy cooked in the oven. Apologies for my absense yesterday, had family turn up, brought their own burgers and sausages, 5 minutes after we fired up the BBQ it turfed it down, so we all ...

Typical Bank Holiday weather here .........................................

Dreich !

Ugg boots

I'm sure Molly wears ugg boots.

Semi single lady

I would just like to thank everyone for their support & kind wishes, it has been very much appreciated!Sandra, Sam, saasher. XXX.

New puppy Loki has been so poorly

As some of you know we collected our new puppy last Wednesday.He is 10 weeks old and when we collected him we did think his coat was a bit dull and he had some flaky skin but he was lively and everything seem fine.We did not know if he was the right ...