February's Coffee

LOL.................... what you gonna buy from there????????????????????

Yep am ok thanks.................... you ok today???

Hazel and Mark - do people have either yard sales, garage sales, or tag sales in UK. I'd love to go to some when Jack and I come over this fall and we are looking forward to meeting both of you.

They have sunday markets here, which is a huge place with hundreds of peoples stalls around the area!!
Some people have car boot sales too................... where they sell stufrf out of their car trunk.........LOL
Oh, you are coming to the UK?????????????? wow............... you will love it!!!!!

You, Mark, are in charge of showing us around, come September. Did you forget that?

LOL............................. Nope, didnt forget that!!!!

Hello everyone
Gram (jan) thank you for the mail, Ive just been on to look at your plans. Wow!!!!!!!!! I cannt wait to see it all finished, it will be realy impressive and so colourful.When I saw the water, I thought ah! someone else into Ponds , as I have two, One wildlife, newt & frogs with Goldfish< & my beloved Carp Pond. One going down I soon discovered it was a Swimming Pool LOLS. The only swimming done here is when Rio can get past me and dive in!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pirl, Im so looking forward to meeting you both, made my day.
Mark explained about our sales, not so much Garage as Car Boot we shall have to take you to one, they are usualy on a Sunday.

Mark I just was browsing, and spotted a Water Butt for £8.00 locally (Immingham) no idea how much new, but I want one for my greenhouse, using a large plastic bucket at the moment.

Hazel

Morning Hazel,
Saw you on and had to stop in and say HI...I am Marks Lauri and he has told me a lot about you and Rio, I even have a picture of Rio in his blue coat looking very regal. He is a beauty.Mark said I am going to love it out where you live as it is beautiful. Hope to meet you soon.....Lauri

Hiya Haze

I am gonna use my black council bin as a water butt for the summer................ i asked them to take it away but they havent, so i am gonna use it......... LOL

Mark

What is a "water butt"?

A water Butt is a plastic barrel for collecting rain water.................

Thanks, Mark.

We call it a rain barrel.

Not a rain butt ;)

still playing with pictures this winter

Hazel, glad you got in to see the plans. Yes, that is a swimming pool, but I have plans for a small pond, too. We also live on a manmade lake that we share with our neighbors. makes for a picturesque scene out the back window. here's one where I was trying to catch a great blue heron in flight.

Nice job Al!. You must be busy at it. You've been posting much less.
Nice picture Gram

Thanks Dave, well maybe. I have been trying to keep up on what's going on though.

Hey guys...saying hello from Myrtle Beach! My sister lives here and I like it very much. Especially when I left it was 17 degrees and it's in the 50's here! I heard we are getting some nasty weather come Tuesday. I should be home on Monday evening - just in time! Gee..wouldn't it be a shame if I couldn't go to work because of the bad weather???

Hey Al - I've discovered a calla seller called Pacific Callas...their prices look good and they have a good rating in the watchdog. Have you ever used them? Do you plant your callas out or start them early like your dahlias?

Hey Anita! You sounded further away.
Hope you have a nice stay. That is such a pretty area.

Hi Anita....you lucky dog! It's 10 degrees at the moment, so I am having an envious minute. My Aunt & Uncle live close by, so if you see a couple around 65-70 taking a brisk walk in shorts and a sweatshirt, say hi for me. LOL Hope you have a great time visiting, bring back warm weather and sunshine please!

Yes, Anita - bring back some warm weather. Snow is predicted for Tuesday and a lot on Wednesday.

Anita - what a tease to stay there so short I bet. Dog days of winter here with the last 10 days below 17 and counting. I have not used that seller, I have bought mine locally. I have not started my callas early, they store well and there isn't a rush to get them in the ground.

Many of the summer bulbs want 70 degrees (heating mat works fine) to start them growing.

Have fun Anita! Safe home.

Hi Laurie
Thanks for your mail. Please send me a d.mail and I can then reply to you. Mark rang me this morning and said you wanted to say hello.
Sorry folks to confuse you with my water butt !!!!! we run guttering off the greenhouse and into butt, which is green plastic with a tap on the front.
Hope you had a good flight Anita.

Home safe and sound - just in time for a winter storm. The countdown begins...4 days to salvation!

I had a nice time in Myrtle Beach. My sister has a lovely home in a very nice community. Her and her husband have two Chow's http://www.canismajor.com/dog/chowchow.html . The oldest is 11 years old and the youngest is 6 months. The puppy is amazingly shy and skiddish. I wonder about the breeder that my sister got her from. Of course, I don't ask questions about this as that would be questioning my sister's decision. Anyway, the puppy's name is Dallas - although I've renamed her several times. These have included chicken sh*t, ding dong [she seems to forget who I am by the next morning] and a few others.

Glad to know you're back and that you had a good time. A dog can be trained to be more friendly so as long as it's not a "fear biter" it can work out fine.

no - only bites Roman when he rough-house plays. She's a mush with my sister.

Great!

You finish up your old job on Monday?
Have things been calm?

My last day is this Friday. I have a 3 day weekend and start on Tuesday. She's been kissing my 'You know what'. Makes it easier for me.

So this weather was a PITA this morning. I hate when mother nature teases. Just dump the snow and get it over with! Instead, we had snow, then sleet, then rain and it was sleeting again before.

Anita, Good for you!
What is a PITA? Oh, I just figured it out. Like hemeroids?

yup!

Dave - you home?

Yes. I have a sore throat.

Well you picked a great day to be home. I hope it's not strep?

Me too! I don't think it is.

good - I had strep 2 years ago and I was out for the count for 3 days!

Dave, sorry you're sick ;(

Anita, welcome home. I'm glad you're done this week.

me too - thanks. I just told her that I want to leave after the other girl comes back from lunch. If I wasn't leaving at the end of the week, she never would have let me go home. When I said that they've changed the prediction to an ice storm and there will be more freezing rain, she said that they said it was going to be like this. It must be killing her that they will have to pay me for it as I have unused vacation time. Did you ever just want to slap someone silly?

yes - can I choose?