COLD DARK ROOM

[Kristoff]

Goodnight and sweet dreams

I have just been out gardening! I ordered 5 heathers and they arrived today. Tomorrow’s weather forecast is as stormy as yesterday so I decided that getting them in tonight would be best. The ground was already prepared, so it was just a question of making holes and sticking them in.

So that’s my pollinators’ corner fully planted now Lots of plants for bees and butterflies
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I have flowering currant (ribes), potentilla, buddleja, lavender, heather, creeping thyme ... and for Joe as promised... sedum spectibile (He ate my prized ones to the ground and I said I’d plant more in his memory)

So it’s done now and all it should need is water and sunshine.

Gosh, I hope you were gentle with your back...

 

[Lyn W]

Goodnight and sweet dreams

I have just been out gardening! I ordered 5 heathers and they arrived today. Tomorrow’s weather forecast is as stormy as yesterday so I decided that getting them in tonight would be best. The ground was already prepared, so it was just a question of making holes and sticking them in.

So that’s my pollinators’ corner fully planted now Lots of plants for bees and butterflies
View attachment 240317

I have flowering currant (ribes), potentilla, buddleja, lavender, heather, creeping thyme ... and for Joe as promised... sedum spectibile (He ate my prized ones to the ground and I said I’d plant more in his memory)

So it’s done now and all it should need is water and sunshine.

It's looking good Linda, such a shame Joe isn't there to eat your sedum again but a lovely way to remember him.
I still miss hearing about his antics.

 

[JoesMum]

Gosh, I hope you were gentle with your back...

There were just 5 heathers to go in - not big plants. Son dug the ground over a couple of weeks ago, the soil is good and the storms have made it very easy to make a hole and pop the plant in. Very low risk gardening today. JoesDad and son have done the donkey work with this since last autumn

 

[Lyn W]

After taking care of and feeding all the critters, I took Sterling (the most recent stray cat with FeLV) to the vet. She's not eating, has REAL bad diarrhea and is quite listless. The vet said the symptoms MAY be due to the FeLV, but could also be some sort of infection. This vet doesn't opt for extensive testing unless you want it, so I took the antibiotic route. He gave her an antibiotic injection and a cortisone injection and gave me a little bottle of antibiotic to take home. He showed me how to give her 2cc of electrolyte water every hour. Poor Sterling. She 's only a little over a year of age. It's hard to see her like this. I haven't had her very long, but I've become quite attached to her.

So, yes, I'm now just going to vegetate.

Hope she's better soon Yvonne.

 

[Lyn W]

Lol. You two are terrible. [emoji23] [emoji23]

It's part of being a tortaholic, I even have my sister looking out for dandies when she takes her dog walking.
She then reports back to me on good areas to go.

 

[Lyn W]

Someone barbecued their van between Junctions 10 and 9, so we crawled round the M25. JoesDad made it home before us and had organised dinner, so we have now eaten and unloaded the car. Time to relax

That must have been frustrating.
People here complain about the M4 around Newport but they ought to try the M25 - I'm glad I don't have to use it often.

 

[Lyn W]

Mmmm. I don't think barbeque van will be nice at all. Probably too crispy!!

I heard the tyres were rubbery as well

 

[Momof4]

After taking care of and feeding all the critters, I took Sterling (the most recent stray cat with FeLV) to the vet. She's not eating, has REAL bad diarrhea and is quite listless. The vet said the symptoms MAY be due to the FeLV, but could also be some sort of infection. This vet doesn't opt for extensive testing unless you want it, so I took the antibiotic route. He gave her an antibiotic injection and a cortisone injection and gave me a little bottle of antibiotic to take home. He showed me how to give her 2cc of electrolyte water every hour. Poor Sterling. She 's only a little over a year of age. It's hard to see her like this. I haven't had her very long, but I've become quite attached to her.

So, yes, I'm now just going to vegetate.

Poor Sterling[emoji22] I hope he pulls through.

 

[DE42]

Thanks it went well. They got me a medication for the pain I'm suffering.

Well done. Hope the appointment goes well

 

[DE42]

Still on the road with an hour and a half left at least [emoji42]

 

[Momof4]

Still on the road with an hour and a half left at least [emoji42]

Amen for pain meds!!

 

[JoesMum]

Thanks it went well. They got me a medication for the pain I'm suffering.

Still on the road with an hour and a half left at least [emoji42]

Hopefully you’re home now. Glad they could sort out some meds. Sleep well

Amen for pain meds!!

I agree!

 

[JoesMum]

Good morning all. It’s sort of the calm before the storm right now. The lightningmaps website shows the storms on the French coast and the English Channel is only 20 miles wide and then there’s about 30 miles of land between us and the coast.

Let’s hope the threats that this could be worse than Tuesday are wrong. Fingers crossed!

 

[Lyn W]

Good morning all. It’s sort of the calm before the storm right now. The lightningmaps website shows the storms on the French coast and the English Channel is only 20 miles wide and then there’s about 30 miles of land between us and the coast.

Let’s hope the threats that this could be worse than Tuesday are wrong. Fingers crossed!

Batten down the hatches and good luck, Linda!
The Met office website have issued Amber warnings for us from 4pm and overnight, and yellow for rain, but the symbols only show light rain showers.
It's dry and sunny at the moment - who knows, what today will bring!
I'm going dandy hunting before the rain arrives or I'll just end up with rising damp in my jeans after walking through long wet grass.
TTFN

 

[CarolM]

Goodnight and sweet dreams

I have just been out gardening! I ordered 5 heathers and they arrived today. Tomorrow’s weather forecast is as stormy as yesterday so I decided that getting them in tonight would be best. The ground was already prepared, so it was just a question of making holes and sticking them in.

So that’s my pollinators’ corner fully planted now Lots of plants for bees and butterflies
View attachment 240317

I have flowering currant (ribes), potentilla, buddleja, lavender, heather, creeping thyme ... and for Joe as promised... sedum spectibile (He ate my prized ones to the ground and I said I’d plant more in his memory)

So it’s done now and all it should need is water and sunshine.

What is the plant with the orange flowers? We have them here in Cape Town as well, and I think that they are such beautiful plants. And can tortoises eat it? The corner is looking really nice now. Can't wait to see it when the plants have taken and begin to grow nicely.

And

Good Morning Linda!

 

[CarolM]

That pollinator corner looks great. I see a cluster of Red Hot Poker there as well.

Thanks Mark, You answered my question to Linda about the plant with the orange flowers. And I see that the tortoise table says do not feed.

 

[CarolM]

I'll ask my sister to send me the ones she took, my old phone's camera stopped working ages ago!
So watch this space!!

Awesome......I am watching, but nothing seems to be happening. So I will watch any further spaces that come up.

 

[CarolM]

Nos da ich i io Carol, cysgu'n dda!
(Goodnight to you too Carol, sleep well)

Lol, Thank goodness you put in the translation.

 

[Kristoff]

Batten down the hatches and good luck, Linda!
The Met office website have issued Amber warnings for us from 4pm and overnight, and yellow for rain, but the symbols only show light rain showers.
It's dry and sunny at the moment - who knows, what today will bring!
I'm going dandy hunting before the rain arrives or I'll just end up with rising damp in my jeans after walking through long wet grass.
TTFN

Hope you hunt down lots of dandies, Lyn...

 

[JoesMum]

What is the plant with the orange flowers? We have them here in Cape Town as well, and I think that they are such beautiful plants. And can tortoises eat it? The corner is looking really nice now. Can't wait to see it when the plants have taken and begin to grow nicely.

And

Good Morning Linda!

I am struggling to remember. The garden centre was giving them away free to celebrate its 50th anniversary. I will see if I can work it out!

EDIT

Oh the one on the right. Yes, that's red hot poker (knipfhofia I think) that Joe loved to sleep under

It's the marigoldy thing on the left that I can't remember