Good Morning Early And Late Birdies...

[Countrylover]

Have a great day everbody 

[Tilly2]

Thank you, Lottie. The sun's shining here and we may be able to get out for a dog walk without getting drenched.

Yesterday was really warm and we had a host of ladybirds in the garden. All shapes and sizes they were.

[Redhelen72]

Morning sweetie - just on a coffee break.  Early start this morning logged on at 6am!!

Manflu is still ongoing in this household and getting worse he is now getting ready to meet his maker!!

[Tilly2]

Dose him up, Helen.

[Countrylover]

We still got hundreds of cluster flies Tilly.  We're having to use smoke bombs on a regular basis.  Little black bodies everywhere?

[Countrylover]

I took the opportunity to start a morning thread, Red.  My man never complains or tells  me when he's ill he just mopes about in silence or snuffling and sneezing which is worse!  

[Barmaid]

Morning all.  I have achieved nothing so far.  The internet is playing up and constantly booting me off.  Plus I am supplying endless cups of tea and coffee and cake to the builders.  However, the roof should be back on by end of tomorrow so we can actually start getting the house warm.

[Countrylover]

Hi Barmaid.  I hope those builders are not behaving like the scaffolders!! X

[Barmaid]

No, this pair are great!!  It was next door's scaffolders and builders who were yobs - they have now gone.  Ours are respectful, polite and they keep the place tidy.  

[Countrylover]

One wonders why you make tea and coffee for next door's builders, especially yobs  you are one lovely lady.  X

 

[Barmaid]

I stopped after they started being ignorant idiots.  I also told them they would have to walk round next door to use the facilities (it is quite a walk to get in the neighbour's front door - you have to walk up the road and go down the old farm track), instead of just nipping in our back door.  Respect is a two-way street but I felt it had developed into a one-way system.  And I wasn't very lovely when I got a load of back chat when I asked one of them to shut the gate he had just walked through.  But they are now gone - but I fear they could be back quite soon since the roof looks awful.  It may well come off in the next storm.

[Vagus]

Morning. It's cold and damp here but OH has managed to get dog out for a walk. We have tilers here tiling the porch floor..traditional black and white 9" square..so the front door is open and it's getting rather chilly 🥶

Weve been very lucky with all the tradespeople we've had in the house lately, without exception they've been polite, cheerful and hardworking. I supply tea, coffee or cold drinks on a regular basis but never offer food of any kind.

[Hazlinny]

'Morning all - it's sunny but cold up here in East coast Scottyland.  One of the beach-side roads has a huge gaping hole in it caused by the sea during recent storm - when the sea foam came over, it was as if there had been a snowfall, everywhere white.  The power of the sea!

[Countrylover]

I know this sounds silly,  but I wish Mr L would let more tradespeople come round.  He won't give  up doing everything himself  and very few tradespeople have come round over 40 odd years and he was 77 on Saturday.  I worry, especially as his knees are awaiting replacement. My son is going in the same direction, even though he works about 70 hours a week.  I suppose it keeps Mr L occupied which is good, but.............

[Countrylover]

I must admit  he's very precious about our house because we rebuilt it ourselves without help apart from the main roof and he knows ever inch of every bit of the building inside and out. It's hard for him to watch others working.  But I can't get it through to him that he has to slow down, even if it's just for my sake.

[Countrylover]

pS   I was very good at being a builders labourer after work and weekends.  I was the breadwinner back then!

[Vagus]

It's not silly, Lotty, he'll just have to come to the decision himself when he feels the time is right. It's good that he feels he still can do things.

OH used to do all the decorating here, which he hated, until a few years ago when we found a great decorator and he's not picked up a brush since. Same with DIY, since being on a forum for the local area where there are loads of recommends for local tradespeople, we now just get someone in. 
When all our renovations, etc, are completed, and the carpets professionally cleaned which they badly need, I'm going to find a cleaner to do a top to bottom deep clean and then come once or twice a month to keep on top of it all. I've decided life's too short 😊

[Countrylover]

I wouldn't be without our  cleaner now,  she's great and very good.  Mr L was quite prepared to do it!  But I took charge of that situation.  She  ones weekly for 2/3 hours and I give her free range to what she thinks needs doing.

  Our garden is huge and he's actually now let me get someone in when  ladders are involved!  It's a wild, wild garden rather than a garden garden with pretties.

[ladybirder]

You must get some wonderful creatures in there Lottie?  How I envy you.  Only the odd squirrel, occasional fox plus flipping wood pigeons every day in my small suburban garden.  Still better than no garden at all;-)

[Countrylover]

Funnily enough Ladybirder we don't see many foxes out in the countryside.  They are much more wary of humans and don't raid bins etc.  There are plenty of rabbits and other animals to eat!

We do have a lovely deer who visits us regularly sometimes with her offspring.  She's having a good time eating our windfall apples and Mr T is spreading some out on the field  behind for her shyer mates.  She manages on 3 legs.  We think the gammy third leg might be from birth.   She's been visiting us for years.  Mrs Hoppity Deer

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[Countrylover]

I love wood pigeons.  They make me laugh with their antics.  They're  daft  birds.  Often seen falling off branches or falling in our very small pond whilst trying to drink.