When not attending to garden tasks what other things have filled your day?

We had our 3ft Christmas tree come today, it's lovely.
Hubby is getting as bad as me.
Before you know it, it's right in front of you, so i start early, I'll put them up the last week in November to turn on the 1st of December, it should take me a week to do it.

Our dog walker sent this pic of River out on their walk, the Redditch Dog Walking always does this for their clients and at Christmas.

After next Tuesday I'll be doing all of the walks.

 

My Grandad gave this to my Dad who gave it to me...



It was the standard price of a loaf of bread when it was minted. There were 1620 of them to a Pound

Yep. I also remember when each village had a post office

 

I remember my mother giving me 2¢ to buy her a stamp. I was 4 I believe, just tall enough to push the button on the crosswalk signal. I was so short that I had to step back from the counter at the Post Office in order to see the lady. I told her I wanted a stamp and reached up to put my two pennies on the edge of the counter.
She told me that I needed one more penny because the price went up to 3¢. So, I went outside and looked around in the dirt around the curb until I found one.

 

One of the biggest increases in prices, of which I'm aware, is the cost to join Ronnie Scott's jazz club in London. It's £425 a year, plus discounted entrance fees.

In 1959, at the ages of nineteen, my future wife and I moved into a flat above a milk bar in Soho. Ronnie's first club was about a hundred yards away, which we joined when it opened and we were often in there on weekdays, as on those days, it was free admission for members (and warmer than our flat).

I paid 7/6d (that's 38p) each, for our year's membership.

 

Finally sorted out the "rogue" Tesco £24 debit on my Barclaycard.
I could see from just the entry it was an on-line payment. I've never bought anything on-line from Tesco.
Checked my account today, (although I've a replacement card coming with a new number, I can still access my account with the old number). I can see a credit has been raised to match the debit.
This involved talking to three different people on the phone yesterday, none of whom I'm certain were in this country. What's the World coming too?

 

Contents of my e-mail to Specsavers this morning.

On 20th October an arranged visit for my wife, who is housebound, was made to have her eyes tested and for her to be able to select some frames for new glasses.
We were very pleased with the service and it was explained, that when the glasses were ready, the team would return with them to ensure they were correct and fitted properly.

For this I was charged £310.

I had no problems with that, given the two pairs of glasses had to be made plus the cost of two visits, to ensure a satisfactory job was done.

This morning we had a phone call from someone at Specsavers, to say that they were unable to return with the glasses and that instead they would "stick them in the post."

Needless to say, I'm not impressed.

The "reality" is far from what I expected after seeing your TV advert.

 

That's not good practice at all @Doghouse Riley , be firm and insist on the final fitting check visit. I had to have a pair readjust at this late stage of the procedure once. So important that they perfectly match your requirements.

 

Yesterday I had my results of my bone density scan and it's normal.

@Doghouse Riley that's not good.

 

That's good news @Logan .

 

Someone is distracted by the squirrels and chipmunks.


Finished painting the inside of the livrm. Then added sofa covers a much better updated look and declutterred the room. Looks much better, brighter and open. Can you believe the plants shown in the pic in pots are over 50 years old they were my mother’s. Sometime’s a legacy handed down from family members take on a whole new meaning for inspiring a luv of plants.


While declutterring I found some extra carpet scraps 2 different colors I was saving for a project ‘some day’. Well that ‘some day’ came and I had fun repurposing carpet scraps into a different type of carpet art ( coyote howling to moon - next to a saguaro cacti ), onto the entry floor over dark brown tile. Painted the dark brown door and woodwork. Grandfather clock was my mother’s - still a winder and chimes 4 different lovely tunes.


Added new heavier curtains to combat the cold and hot weather.

 

Love the rug art @Pacnorwest !! Your home looks so cozy and inviting !!

 

Your home is definitely as beautiful as your garden Pac.

 

Anniekay thank you . Rug art is a lost art really. In the 70’s - early 90’s there were so many different types, styles and mediums used in rug art.

Oreti thanks I appreciate your lovely comments about my home and garden.

I am always very happy to receive feedback from my like minded garden buddies. Keepin it real…

 

My hobby for the past five days has been : Throwing up, headache, chills, sweating, taking tylenol, laying in bed with a wet towel on my forehead and, err, other things not approriate for polite conversation!!


I'm TOTALLY FINE this morning. Fever, which I couldn't record since my thermometer was stuck on 100.1, (no matter how hard I shook it, )went away and I'm back to me 'ol self.

No need for a Flu shot this year. I'm sure I already had it !!

 

It was a golf day today. The course is very wet and some holes were considered unplayable due to the ground conditions, but I and my two partners persevered and there was only a little bit of rain. I didn't play particularly well, but one of my several pars, was the 18th. You tend to concentrate more on that hole, as the green is very close to the windows of the club's lounge, so poor play can be observed by your friends. You feel a bit of a mug if you play badly on that hole.

Physically, the rain isn't much of a problem. You have a large umbrella which fits into a socket on your electric trolley. You wear a waterproof, hat, jacket and over-trousers and I have golf boots, more suitable for the winter, which keep my feet dry and warm. After playing, on days like these, I have to put my over-trousers in a plastic bag as they look disgusting and I'll have to wash them through in the basin in the garage tomorrow, before I'll be allowed to put them in our washing machine.