A dull day

I have been plagued with this Bursa for so long, injections haven't worked (the consultant said that they might not, and the last ones haven't)  I think it has addled my brain!

I am back to square one! doing physio three\four times a day, and back to not being able to drive, which is a real nuisance when you live in a village and want to go into town!  In fact, since Mr L bought me the car, I have only driven it once!  But although I am a virtual "prisoner", I can't complain about the "prison and surroundings"

It's an absolute gorgeous village that I live in, it has a little store with a part time post office, there's a fabulous pub, doctors, butcher, newsagent, furniture shop, chemist, two places to eat, 2 hairdressers,
doctors, baker's, and more!  But, I need help with my computer, my son is in Japan with his family and away for a few weeks so I am expert less!  (and there are none that I know of here)

So, until I work out what I have or haven't done,  "it's only words, and words are all I have......"  as the great song goes!

I've digressed sorry........


We needed help to move our shed (made of tin) which was tucked away by one side of the bungalow where the boiler and oil tank are. .  (We have three entrances to our garden, as it is wide rather than long very handy)

Our really, really, oil fired central heating boiler, despite years of resuscitation,  finally gave up the ghost! It was very thoughtful of it to wait until the warmer weather (you do realize that if it wasn't for my hours of begging each day for sunshine, and warmth, you might not be enjoying the summer that we are having! (Sorry, I'll leave out the back story of plumbers in laws)

The plumber is now coming on Monday, yes this Monday (fingers and toes and everything else crossed)

So we had to move our metal shed that is round that side of the bungalow to make room for the chap to work safely (I know what you are thinking but the original gargantuan old boiler is at the other end of the bungalow, hence the lovely space we had for the metal shed!

God blessed us with a dry day, and I slathered on my thick white cream, and covered all my extremities etc against the sunshine.  (Longer story short)  Conifer hedging stuck out too far to get the shed through without dismantling it (never again will I help erect a metal shed in a bad winter, holding the frame  up on my own in freezing rain, whilst the men were in the cosy garage trying to work out the instructions (Sorry, I digress, it would have been easier with the photos!)

Long story as short as I can make it...........the conifer hedge was in the way! Soooo a quick (ish) trip home to the other end of the village for the chain saw, and big trailer!  All started to go well. albeit dusty and dirty) until we discovered that our absentee neighbour, had tied up his 6ft tall fence (posts) to the trunks of our (inherited, ancient conifer trees!  So now we have a beautiful section of our garden with tall, unsightly conifer trunks, BUT, we don't have to look at them as our garden room extension hides most of them, for now!

At last the metal shed could be lifted high above the boundary, (by the three of us) and settled in the far corner behind the tall silver birch tree, and makes a nice feature of it)  And surprisingly the shed was incredibly light and makes a nice feature of where the compost bins were!  It's screwed down onto it's base, and I have already put the gardening tools in it that I use regularly, and some planted up pots around the front and side to make a feature of it!

One weary happy bunny, keeping her fingers crossed that it might deter the neighbourhood  cats from using it as through route to get the neighbour's and making her dog go bonkers!

Thank you for popping by!  I am off to solve the puzzle of missing photos!

My gardening saga

I have been plagued with this Bursa for so long, injections haven't worked (the consultant said that they might not, and the last ones haven't)  I think it has addled my brain!

I am back to square one! doing physio three\four times a day, and back to not being able to drive, which is a real nuisance when you live in a village and want to go into town!  In fact, since Mr L bought me the car, I have only driven it once!  But although I am a virtual "prisoner", I can't complain about the "prison and surroundings"

It's an absolute gorgeous village that I live in, it has a little store with a part time post office, there's a fabulous pub, doctors, butcher, newsagent, furniture shop, chemist, two places to eat, 2 hairdressers,
doctors, baker's, and more!  But, I need help with my computer, my son is in Japan with his family and away for a few weeks so I am expert less!  (and there are none that I know of here)

So, until I work out what I have or haven't done,  "it's only words, and words are all I have......"  as the great song goes!

I've digressed sorry........


We needed help to move our shed (made of tin) which was tucked away by one side of the bungalow where the boiler and oil tank are. .  (We have three entrances to our garden, as it is wide rather than long very handy)

Our really, really, oil fired central heating boiler, despite years of resuscitation,  finally gave up the ghost! It was very thoughtful of it to wait until the warmer weather (you do realize that if it wasn't for my hours of begging each day for sunshine, and warmth, you might not be enjoying the summer that we are having! (Sorry, I'll leave out the back story of plumbers in laws)

The plumber is now coming on Monday, yes this Monday (fingers and toes and everything else crossed)

So we had to move our metal shed that is round that side of the bungalow to make room for the chap to work safely (I know what you are thinking but the original gargantuan old boiler is at the other end of the bungalow, hence the lovely space we had for the metal shed!

God blessed us with a dry day, and I slathered on my thick white cream, and covered all my extremities etc against the sunshine.  (Longer story short)  Conifer hedging stuck out too far to get the shed through without dismantling it (never again will I help erect a metal shed in a bad winter, holding the frame  up on my own in freezing rain, whilst the men were in the cosy garage trying to work out the instructions (Sorry, I digress, it would have been easier with the photos!)

Long story as short as I can make it...........the conifer hedge was in the way! Soooo a quick (ish) trip home to the other end of the village for the chain saw, and big trailer!  All started to go well. albeit dusty and dirty) until we discovered that our absentee neighbour, had tied up his 6ft tall fence (posts) to the trunks of our (inherited, ancient conifer trees!  So now we have a beautiful section of our garden with tall, unsightly conifer trunks, BUT, we don't have to look at them as our garden room extension hides most of them, for now!

At last the metal shed could be lifted high above the boundary, (by the three of us) and settled in the far corner behind the tall silver birch tree, and makes a nice feature of it)  And surprisingly the shed was incredibly light and makes a nice feature of where the compost bins were!  It's screwed down onto it's base, and I have already put the gardening tools in it that I use regularly, and some planted up pots around the front and side to make a feature of it!

One weary happy bunny, keeping her fingers crossed that it might deter the neighbourhood  cats from using it as through route to get the neighbour's and making her dog go bonkers!

Thank you for popping by!  I am off to solve the puzzle of missing photos!

Well I am still 'here' and have a new family!

First the boring bit, I am still suffering from the Bursa, so I can't walk far and still in pain.  On the positive side, the breath is still going in and out, so all's right with the world!  I have had another procedure at the hospital, "a really big ouch!" but it still hasn't worked.  So I am trying to keep myself perky, and what better way than buying some new little girls, after dear old Dolly popped her clogs!

Freckles looked so sad and lonely on her own, and my heart went out to her!

They have already found their way in to the delapidated old fruit cage, and are "cleaning up" all the black currants that didn't make it to the freezer.

At the minute they are like cheeky boisterous teenagers having fun and getting up to mischief! I can sit and look at them for hours!

Talking of sitting, I had an appointment at the hospital for another "procedure" to try and fix the bursa (after a nasty fall whilst working in the garden and catching my foot in some net fencing over a year ago.")

I have been spending hours every day religiously doing my physiotherapy exercises without fail!

I had all my hopes pinned on this (2nd) jab, so that I can get back to working in the garden, and trying to make some changes, and to be able to drive again!

No change yet, but I live in hope.

I had my heart set on making some changes in the garden, and having a dedicated Country Garden, in front of the studio shed,  fenced off! with a gate, so that I can sit in my sit in my 'studio shed' and look out onto a country cottage little garden, so that I can watch the chooks safely free ranging, collect cutting flowers from a dedicated area, for flower arranging, hopefully have a veggie patch and spend time just daydreaming!   I love my studio shed, I flower arrange in there, do a bit of arty crafty "stuff", and just sit and daydream looking out of the window, and not being smothered in my special thick suncream!

Talking of daydreaming, I was sitting in there this week, thinking back to my childhood and the walled village I lived in.

http://www.barnardos.org.uk/what_we_do/our_history/barnardos_homes/barnardos_homes_london/barnardos_homes_london_girls.htm

I wish the photo was in colour!  It was beautiful, and there were huge flower beds and dozens of gardens.  I spent ages chatting to the gardeners, they were lovely.  I always remembered them after I grew up and left.  I think that is where the 'seed' was sown in me for growing "food", flowers, shrubs!

Here's my dream 'cottage today' in the rain!

Thanks for visiting.  I'll start updating this again regularly!

I'll be back soon!

  

Well I am still 'here' and have a new family!

First the boring bit, I am still suffering from the Bursa, so I can't walk far and still in pain.  On the positive side, the breath is still going in and out, so all's right with the world!  I have had another procedure at the hospital, "a really big ouch!" but it still hasn't worked.  So I am trying to keep myself perky, and what better way than buying some new little girls, after dear old Dolly popped her clogs!

Freckles looked so sad and lonely on her own, and my heart went out to her!

They have already found their way in to the delapidated old fruit cage, and are "cleaning up" all the black currants that didn't make it to the freezer.

At the minute they are like cheeky boisterous teenagers having fun and getting up to mischief! I can sit and look at them for hours!

Talking of sitting, I had an appointment at the hospital for another "procedure" to try and fix the bursa (after a nasty fall whilst working in the garden and catching my foot in some net fencing over a year ago.")

I have been spending hours every day religiously doing my physiotherapy exercises without fail!

I had all my hopes pinned on this (2nd) jab, so that I can get back to working in the garden, and trying to make some changes, and to be able to drive again!

No change yet, but I live in hope.

I had my heart set on making some changes in the garden, and having a dedicated Country Garden, in front of the studio shed,  fenced off! with a gate, so that I can sit in my sit in my 'studio shed' and look out onto a country cottage little garden, so that I can watch the chooks safely free ranging, collect cutting flowers from a dedicated area, for flower arranging, hopefully have a veggie patch and spend time just daydreaming!   I love my studio shed, I flower arrange in there, do a bit of arty crafty "stuff", and just sit and daydream looking out of the window, and not being smothered in my special thick suncream!

Talking of daydreaming, I was sitting in there this week, thinking back to my childhood and the walled village I lived in.

http://www.barnardos.org.uk/what_we_do/our_history/barnardos_homes/barnardos_homes_london/barnardos_homes_london_girls.htm

I wish the photo was in colour!  It was beautiful, and there were huge flower beds and dozens of gardens.  I spent ages chatting to the gardeners, they were lovely.  I always remembered them after I grew up and left.  I think that is where the 'seed' was sown in me for growing "food", flowers, shrubs!

Here's my dream 'cottage today' in the rain!

Thanks for visiting.  I'll start updating this again regularly!

I'll be back soon!