Yawn Yawn, Wakey Wakey..!! MK 6..

Good Sunday morning to all my dear friends here at Gardeners Corner,I trust that you are all well and OK,have a delightful day and please stay safe

No Sun this morning but I do know that it is up there somewhere

 

Aloha everyone,

I didn't get a lot done yesterday but had a go at the bonnet of Mrs Shiney's car. It's 12 years old and the bonnet and roof are weather worn and are a very dull colour - even when waxed . A few friends who are good DIY people said it looked so dull that it would probably need to be taken to a professional workshop for a buffing machine to be put on it. We decided that to do that would cost almost as much as the car is worth . So I bought some T-cut and did the bonnet. It was hard work but has worked well. now I need to buy some wax to finish it off.

Today we are doing our good Samaritan act and doing meals on wheels to friends in Suffolk. He's recently come out of hospital after a cancer op (colon) and we thought we would give them both a rest by doing lunch for them. I've done a courgette and butternut squash soup, chicken casserole (with onions, toms, carrots, celery, courgettes, garlic, herbs and lashings of red wine), mustard mash, and Mrs Shiney has done apple crumble (no sugar, fat or flour) and her wonderful blackberry and chocolate mousse.

Keep well and have a great Sunday

Aloha!

 

Aloha everyone,

Well, our visit went very well yesterday. Our friend, who is quite a large person, has lost a lot of weight and isn't eating much but he enjoyed and ate everything put in front of him. He's, understandably, quite nervous as they removed quite a number of nodes as well and they weren't too happy with a couple of them. He's going to the hospital today for the results and has already decided that, given the chance, he would have chaemo. Let's hope the test will show that he's clear.

Whilst we were there we had some lovely thunderstorms and when driving home some of the roads were flooded. When we got home it was completely dry! So it's sprinkler time today - after I pick beans.
Loli, Mr L must have real man flu if he's not eating properly. Give him lots of tlc

I had a nasty headache and was feeling sick last night but feeling a bit better this morning. At least it's not as bad as the migraines I used to get . I won't do much today apart from feeling a bit sorry for myself and getting pampered (a little bit) by Mrs Shiney . I've got a couple of hours work to do in changing over one of our hoses.

I've bought a 30m heavy duty hose to replace an old not so heavy duty one that has now got too many leaks coming in it. It sounds simple but it's a bit more complicated than it seems. I have two hoses running off that tap and the three way connector is so old that I can't unscrew any of the three parts (one runs to the tap and the others to the hoses). The tap connector is a fairly new automatic stop connector so that won't be a problem.

I'm working out what I have to do whilst I'm typing this and having a cuppa. I'll have to remove the tap connector from the hose and remove the hoses from the connectors on the two hose reels (which will then leave three pieces of hose connected to the three way - which I shall dump). Then I shall have to make three new sections of hose to replace the old ones, fix them to the new three way (which I shall have to go out and buy - didn't find out the old one was in such bad condition until I got back with the new hose ) and to the hose reels and tap connector. Then unwind and disconnect the old hose from its reel - which is an awkward and fiddly job as that connector is on the inside of the reel.

Then the even more fiddly job of fitting the new hose to the inside connector. The new hose will need to be unwound (the way it's packed) and I shall have to make sur it winds around the reel properly. The connector on the end of the old hose will have to come off and be fitted to the new one and then every thing should work OK . Then I shall have to remove a few connectors from the old hose where I have fixed leaks and then decide what to do with 30m of old hose. Some of it is bound to be OK so it seems a pity to dump it but I can't really be bothered with looking for the good bits and cutting them out and storing them for a non-rainy day

Keep well and have a great day

Aloha!

 

Good morning Shiney and all my other dear friends ,hope you are all OK and well ,its another bonus of an August morning and the start of a glorious day,so what ever you are doing,enjoy and please stay safe

 

Back in the old days I worked out how to do the Cube. Wouldn't know where to start nowadays . I hope Theo is OK

Headache a lot better but not done the hose - but I picked lots of beans and did a lot of cooking.

 

Aloha everyone,

I hope Theo leaves the stitches alone this time but he may have worked out that if he pulls them out he can get the nice man to make him spaced out again

Headache has gone now but can't move my head quickly otherwise I get dizzy. It's OK as I don't do moving quickly nowadays

Picked another 3lb of beans at 5.30 this morning. Added to the 10lb picked over the last couple of days will get another £13 for the charity from the bridge club members this afternoon.
One of the members also brings in 6-8 boxes of eggs for sale every week and gives me the money for the charity.

I'll see whehter I feel up to doing the hose today.

Keep well and have a great day

Aloha!