Good morning everyone.

Its dry and sunnyish here today.

I've got some more washing and a walk for later. 

My dried yeast was missing from the shop yesterday. Sainsburys don't have any in to order either. I was wanting to do some saffron buns with in date yeast. I've got some fresh saffron, some fresh wholemeal strong flour (can't get strong flour for love or money) - who is eating all this bread?????

Good morning all, a lovely sunny but chilly morning. We were going to do Brodie this morning but I asked my vet for advice on how to give pills, he'll need three cos he's a feisty little boy when he feels like it. Including waiting time for this, it would be lunch and digestion time for his nibs who is diabetic.  We've decided to delay to Sunday and get up early. Yesterday afternoon without me saying anything Gordon took himself off to the kitchen and did half the washing up. He also cooked our evening meal. This morning without me saying anything he offered to cook tonight. Bless him.
Diane after spraying and quarantining for 5 days I glove up and open parcel and measure items for fit. If OK it will go straight in the washing machine with biological washing powder. I'm not taking any chances.

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Evening all. I read today that the R factor is going up, If it goes over 1 we will be in lockdown again. I'm fairly certain that the 2nd wave of the virus will soon be with us. People are not maintaining social distancing. Our Tesco delivery was on time, I noticed that the driver wasn't wearing a mask or gloves, apparently, he didn't have any.  Had a disaster this afternoon Gordon had put a load of washing on and the machine had stopped working and was full of water.  Fortunately, I had the instruction book nearby and discovered that the machine had to be drained. It was easy enough to pull the small narrow hose out but it could have been a bit longer. It took me over an hour to empty it I was sitting on a low stool and had to bend at the waist to hold the tube, when I got up I couldn't straighten. It appears the load was too small and the machine was off balance.  I added some more washing and the machine was OK.
Sally, I'm so sorry to hear the bad news re your sister's m.i.l. It's nothing but bad news lately a friend of mine lost her husband last night. Terry was a good age, and they'd been married for over 60 years. Take care all and stay safe.
 

Good Morning all, It's Brodie shearing day.  He's had the first tablet with no effect so have just given no 2. If he's still not sleepy he gets the third and final one. After another half hour battle will commence! I haven't got any suitable muzzles so may have to use a bandage to muzzle him.  I'm not aiming to finish it today, I'll just do what is safe.

Happy to say that the third pill seemed to work.  Brodie didn't like being put on the table and the clipper couldn't cope with his coat so used my tailoring shears and just chomped bits off. I managed to do 2/3 of him before he'd had enough. It's very rough but when we do part 2 I can neaten it up.  Overall he was very good and didn't try to bite me at all so no need to muzzle him. He's now blissfully asleep on his day bed. My little man's had a hard day.

Last edited by Annie (Sun May 17 1:55 pm)