I'm not sure that this is the correct section but here goes. This morning when my OH was out walking the dogs, I decided to wash my hair. I was in the bathroom using the over bath shower and happily...
I am in the process of making a Summer Pudding, using strawberries, raspberries and some of the blackcurrants I picked earlier in the week. I have simmered and strained the blackcurrants through a...
It's one of those wonderful days when you can was the bedding, put it on the line and then put it back on the bed straight from the line. I love doing that.
P.s. I don't even iron the pillow cases....
I am now using IE to use this site as this morning on Google chrome I kept getting a message on the top bar about a Something flash not working and an option to stop 'plug in. It kept happening so I...
We are going to Canada at the beginning of September, for two weeks. What is the best way to organise our spending money. Should we take travellers cheques, actual Canadian dollars, or use our debit...
I have just finished a course of antibiotics for a bite on my leg which became infected and now I have another bite on my arm which appears to be going the same way. It's already at duck egg...
I love being in the garden in the twilight, watching the darkening sky and the bats flying amongst the trees. However, it gets spoiled by Tilly rampaging around the garden looking for hedgehogs, which...
Yesterday, a very smart lady brought in two trolleys full of the most amazing clothes. There were dresses galore, Hobbs, Jaeger, Monsoon, Phase Eight, Kaliko, Coast, some of them still had labels on....
At precisely 10.00 am I am going upstairs to undertake a massive clothes clear out. I have clothes I haven't worn for years, all packed away in vacuum bags. At the last count, I had twenty eight white...
We're off to Vancouver, Banff and Jasper in September.
We haven't been during autumn before. Does anyone know whether it will be chilly at this time of year? When does the Canadian winter begin?...
We have a motion sensor security light on our garage which has a bulb in a plastic covering and the motion sensor part below. I noticed yesterday that the 'glass' on the motion sensor has been broken...
My blackcurrant bush has done really well this year and the currants are huge and now very black. I have tried a couple this morning and they are still very sharp. How do I know when they're ready. I...
We had our water bill yesterday and our direct debit payment has risen from £27.00 per month to £41.00 per month. I blame my husband for his over enthusiastic use of our newly purchased...
Can we maintain a thread which has responses from well known song lyrics? I'll start us off. I once had a girl or should I say she once had me. (The Beatles.) Her name was Lola. She was a showgirl....
My sunflowers are beginning to flower but the heads seem to be facing permanently eastwards. I thought that the heads followed the path of the sun throughout the day.
Am I wrong?...
I have been given a prescription of antibiotics for a bite on my leg which has become infected. They are to be taken four times a day either, one hour before food or on an empty stomach. How long...
Yesterday I joined Facebook but I don't like it. Don't like all those strange people who have poped up on my page, who I don't know. How do I close my account. I have been trying all morning, so far....
