I once met a fella with a dog, he told me he'd been staying at a pub where the dog lived and was being mistreated by the owner, they used to put out cigarettes on it and stuff like that. He said he could bare it so after they had checked out he sneaked back and just grabbed the dog! It had been living with him about 5 years when I met them, he loved it

 No wonder he "rescued" it! At least the poor dog had a good life with him.

Exactly, he was brave to do it IMO and thank goodness. The dog did look happy

So how's your day been?!

My day has been good. The sun has been shining (not particularly warm though) so I pottered about in the garden for a while, did some housework, washing etc and read for an hour or so.

How's your day been?

Sounds very productive how's the garden looking?

I had a busy day up until the last hour, mr summer annoyed me by forgetting he'd promised to do a little job at work for me, yoga was good and my broth was delicious (so was the wispa I had for afters )

I hope moonie is ok

The garden is looking tidy. I put in some autumn flowering pansies yesterday to add some colour and Mr Yogi cut the back lawn before he went to work - he was on late duty today.

Naughty Mr Summer! I've been asking Mr Yogi to fix the loft hatch for a fortnight, and he still hasn't done it!

Broth and wispa sounds good.

I hope Moonie feels better soon, we miss him.

I'm not one for nagging yogi so I just wander about silently feeling dissapointed, men are just oblivious aren't they
No offense to the men folk in here
I'll just do it myself on Thursday

Aw what colour pansies? I like them you've reminded me to buy some spring bulbs!

I chopped back a few shrubs yesterday, it felt really good

I try not to nag, but I will be giving him a gentle reminder about the loft hatch.

The pansies are mostly purple, burgundy and indigo shades and look rather pretty. I've also bought some daffodil bulbs to put in. I was looking for some bluebell bulbs but the garden centre didn't have any. I'll take a trip to the bigger garden centre in the next week and see if they have some.

That's easy yogi; grab the step ladder and pretend to be having a go at fixing it yourself, he'll soon get it done

Aw I love those colours, I bet it looks pretty throughout autumn. Our holly bush is covered in berries! Last year it only had 3.
I love spring bulbs, I hope you do find some bluebells

No, he'd be more likely to wait until I'd fixed it then say "I was going to do that for you".

I need to get a holly bush, I love them, they are so pretty.

 

I'm going to get off now, and read for a wee while before I go to sleep.

Goodnight and sweet dreams, Summer.

Get well hug for Moonie.

 

 

 

 

Lol

Ooh, I'll take a new pic of my accidental holly sprout for you tomorrow- it's doubled in size!

Sweet dreams yogi, enjoy your read

Leaving goodnight & get well soon hugs for poorly & absent friends

Good morning everyone

 

Quite cloudy here but not expected to rain. Not warm, and it was cold enough for my central heating to switch on for a short time first thing.

 

I hope moonie is better today.

 

I too have seen parts of The Dog Rescuers and have no time for those who mistreat any animal.

 

Good morning I'm awake but having a lay in, bramble is curlews up next to me

Happy bake off day everyone

I'm guessing your predictive text has kicked in again?

Enjoy your lie in.

 

Good morning everyone.

Weather is dry and bright, but there definitely has been a drop in temperature recently.

 

El, my hearing has been on the last few mornings. I can't bear to be cold.

I think we are all agreed on people who mistreat animals.

 

Summer, it's bread tonight and I wonder what delights or disasters await us

Yogi, I think it's colder in your area so I'm not surprised that your heating has been on for a few days. I think I saw somewhere that it's the coldest spell in August in the best part of a 100 years.

I think you are right about Summer's predictive text

 

Yes, up here, I think it tends to get colder earlier in the year and it takes longer to heat up in Spring.

It does seem to have been very cold for August, it feels more like mid October!

Uh oh, cheeky iPhone! Lol

I think we'll all be getting our jumpers out of the cupboard sooner than expected won't we, it certainly does feel like October, I was cold in bed last night!

Mmmm bread I like fruit bread, with a bit of rosemary in it
I must pick up a snack for later tonight

What are you all up to today?

Summer, guess what, I'm working

I like fruit bread but never had one with rosemary in it - sounds nice.

No plans for today, apart from going to the chemist to get the balance on my prescription. They are having problems getting one of my tablets.

Good morning everyone, it's definitely chilly but a nice bright blue sky.  It certainly does feel more like October at the moment.

 

Is that an unusual tablet I wonder Yogi?  My holly bush is so big it's turned into a holly tree I think, time to have it trimmed back it's getting too big.

 

I put the winter duvet on yesterday and the heated mattress cover, it was bliss!  I'm hoping for some sun today to get the summer duvet dry.

 

Enjoy your day everyone, don't work too hard EL

Squiggle, there was a holly bush at my parents' house which was so large that it seemed closer to a tree than a bush. The nightmare plant though was a berberis which formed a hedge st one side of the front garden, It was about 8 foot tall and very very thorny. Quite painful to cut each year.

 

It's getting sunny here so may be you will get some sun to dry out your duvet.

 

Yogi, I hope you are able to get those tablets today. The tablets I have are common enough for chemists to have them in stock but there was one time when they only had one box and I had to go back for the second.

Off to see a client, back later.

 

It's the steroid, and I don't think it's unusual. It happened once before with my immuno-suppressants, and at that time, there seemed to be a problem with the suppliers.

Fingers crossed they have my tabs today.

I'm sure your holly tree looks beautiful, even if it is a bit big.

See you later, El.

And I'm back. It was only a short meeting to collect the papers to do the accounts and a customer came in whilst I was there.

 

*eyes up squiggles holly cast offs*
I bet your duvet felt lovely last night squiggle, how cosy

Oh no yogi, I hope they can track down the tablets you need! Do we all need to make a phone call to the chemist?!

That was fast El, well done

Summer, the client's a shop which is why my meetings there tend be be short. For some reason my client thinks dealing with customers is more important than chatting with me about the latest gossip (I'm joking of course).

 

This morning, I had a copy of a tax calculation sent to me by HMRC for a past client (I hadn't see him for years as he was long retired). I knew from someone else that the client died last year and that the tax calculation would have been sent to his wife as executor.

Given the fact that the calculation showed that there was quite a lot of tax to pay I thought I would ring his wife. She had just received the letter. She was shaken by the letter as she was not expecting it. I tried to explain what I thought might have caused this tax bill. It's likely to be right but I said I would pop round next week and go through the papers just to make sure it's correct. If nothing else, at least I can confirm that it's correct.

 

It would be nice if HMRC could be a bit more compassionate when sending tax bills to executors when the taxpayer has died rather than just sending a computerised calculation.

 

Poor woman, that must have been a nasty shock for her, El.

 Hopefully not, Summer. If they can't get the tabs, I'll contact my GP for advice.

There can be quite a lot of callousness when a loved one dies.  I was shocked, for instance, that the undertakers were instructed to take away my hubby's blue badge.  I hope that lady is coping OK and I am sure she will appreciate your help EL.  I had a mountain of paperwork and it took months to make a dent in it.

 

Afternoon Fremsley.

I think autumn has arrived.

I think you could be right

I have a lot of tomatoes in the greenhouse which are yet to turn red, so I'm hoping we'll still have a few sunny days, otherwise I'll be making green tomato chutney.

Evening

Brrrrrrr I've been hiding under a fluffy blanket!

Oh El, your poor client, as if dealing with her husbands passing away isn't awful enough. I hope it's something that can be felt with easily and that they have enough funds to pay anything owed.

Evening Summer.

I'm in my PJs and my fluffy dressing gown, to keep cosy.

Did you have a relaxing day off?