Handy I didn't want to spoil Me@ fun that's why I didn't mention it hehehe
Hope all are having a good day wet this end summer is coming.

Ok. Ok. I realised my mistake after I entered it then got distracted and forgot to correct until it was too late. Then I thought my subconscious may have been right all along. It sounds like Facebook has non-consensually shagged Laura and thousands of others.

TGIF my best day of the week. It's the day after our weekend and Mr. Home is back to work and I have the place all to myself. I have to say he really was a big help in the garden and it's all done. The flowers are all in and I planted in tomatoes and peppers grown from seed but am a little worried that night time temps are still quite low. The cocoa shells are really nice. Besides deterring cats and slugs it smells nice and gives a nice finished look to the beds. I've tried the orange peels, cayenne pepper, garlic etc. but these cats just come back after a while and I have to keep re-applying everything quite often. I used asafetida in essential oil form which earns it's nickname "devil's dung". That really worked but it also stunk up the whole building. I need quite long-range super soaker to reach them from my balcony and besides their favourite crap spot is by the door which is under the canopy for the balconies so I can't even see it from where I am. Funny enough, I have a pile of dvds which I've ripped to .avi files and was going to throw then out if no one wanted them so I'll be trying Laura's suggestion and string up a few of them around the place. I''m going to use colourful string/yarn and try to make a feature of it. I get very happy when I see my elderly neighbours who live below me coming out on their balconies and admiring the garden. There's two flats on each floor. One flat had a couple but the man dies last year and the woman had a stroke a couple of years ago. She's lots better and has some carers but manages by herself but doesn't get out much so she sits on her balcony for hours every day. I'm glad she has some thing nice to look at now. I told her daughter (who speaks a little English) who checks up on her every day that I would help her down to the garden if she wanted to sit out there sometimes. The other couple are from Morocco and are very traditional (she has a tattooed face) and the woman stays home a lot and cooks the most delicious smelling food. He's quite deaf and talks very loudly and it always sound like their fighting when they converse. He brings fruit down to me when I'm gardening and always gives me the thumbs up from his balcony. He was on "tomato watch" last year and minutely followed their progress. All this makes me very happy so give this to them and to myself. It's a communal garden and all of the neighbours living above me (their are 8 flats in the building, two on each floor) have given their consent to my taking over the garden and have given me plants to put in there. Well, the two top floor ones really don't care since they have terraces and access to the roof which they've both made little gardens of in spit of my satellite dish being there. I'm in my element living in the land of gardeners!

Well glad you got the garden finished and are happy with the results well done both now come do mine please, send you a email Me@ Tried to send me@home. twingle, Amica, batgirl, and snowy ghost a message on here before dispatching another message to other gow's and guess what your not here

Got it!

Looks like I have confused everyone trying to prove a point

TFIF! What a long week! Shame the weather's on the turn.

I wish I liked gardening as I can imagine it's therapeutic. I'm too impatient.

Ah, but I've learned to be patient from gardening.

The weather's going bad here, too and Monday is King's Day (formerly Queen's Day) when the whole country turns orange and much drunkenness and merriment happens. It'll be pissing down on the pissed off pissed people.

I like gardening once I get started but I can never devote the time to it consistently enough to get stuff to stay alive unless it's really hardy!

Been a lovely day here till about half four; quite grey and chillly now though.

Melony wants to watch Mary Poppins this weekend - family film party time! Yay!

And it turns your wee pink.

handy - we have water guns AND those sonic ones too, but the cat is very sneaky and waits until no one's around, then has a little pee by the garage, just to make sure everyone knows it's his. He's a phantom pisser, most of the time anyway.

There's a bit of a theme to this post.

Yep Gardners World here we come do you like my new lawn
https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=..._lawn2.jpg&f=1

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batty, I reckon the peppermint/orance smelly is your best bet.
Also, and this DOES work, get yourself some pet stain remover and spray it where he piddles. it neutralises the smell and he's marking his territory, so if you get rid of his smell and make it smell of oranges or mint instead it should put him off...

welcome to my world Batty

me it sounds lovely where u live

So I rang to ask to go for a look see around the Focus school- they said they would email some literature first and then I could go.

King's Day sound like something I'd like to try.

My dog keeps the cats off our garden - but he is smellier than orange peel and peppermint oil so I'd stick with that!

I have just finished compiling a parental request for an education and health care plan for somebody else's child. Quoted them a maximum of two hours. That was a bit silly....


... TFIF... oh pants, missed it. TFITW.


Youngest Sad is deeply unhappy with Mr Sad. He left her hamster in the run and went to bed. Only he'd also provided an escape route from said run and when she went downstairs to get a drink she found said hamster on the dining room floor

We think that one has nine lives, like a cat; it's not the first time he's fallen from a considerable height and survived. But even so it's a good job the Sad dog is going blind and a bit deaf these days

I have accepted a face book request from some one called Elizabeth Bennett. She seems like a very nice lady

I love King's day although when I was there it was Queen's day ! The sensible Dutch get rid of all their tat and buy more stuff from the stalls. Kids have a ball selling all their old toys no longer played with and then they have money to buy more .

I come from a family that would give their coats off their back to someone in need so taken a while to see how sensible it all is. Daughter's third baby was a cheap one in that everything baby wise was 2nd hand but like brand new and she has just sold some of it on so made more money

Mum although home is very sleepy so not sure if new meds are the cause but her ankles are back to normal and so is heart rate but I do hope this isn't her future as she has always been very active (apart from housework ) In her ward there were several ladies in their 90's but very little quality of life and just wonder what the point of it all is. Great to live to a ripe old age but not like that

Me, I look forward to inspecting your garden on my next visit

Melon I love film time with the girls and when over there we often have an afternoon watching movies . They love brave (although probably moved onto something else by now) and love the way they have given the kids a strong female role model

Happy Saturday everyone. No Bats yet so hope that means she is at the gym which I shall be there soon when toe sorted

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I think the last time you saw my garden it was an overgrown mess that I was much embarrassed about and made profuse apologies for. That must have been over tow years ago now. I started whipping it into shape last summer. You're overdue for a visit. Hopefully your toe will get better soon and you'll be fit for travel.


I bought a super soaker yesterday and have tested it out. I'm able to reach the back of the garden from my balcony. They come in from there so perhaps I can stop a few before they make it up to the spot by the door which is their toilet. I have also strung some dvds along that pathway as well. Neighbour in the back doesn't mind the neon yellow string tied to her fence 'cause the cats annoy her, too. It's also the spot where I put some of the cocoa shells and Mr. Home thinks it's "over kill". Ha!

The rain has brought an invasion of frogs from the next door neighbour's (the one who has Huntington's) pond. We counted about 30 of them hopping through the garden this morning. We often see them (as my Facebook photo of the other day shows) but this invasion was of Biblical proportion. I don't really mind them and they eat insects that are harmful to growing things but I don't like when I scoop up a bunch of raked leaves or cut grass and there's one in the pile in my hands. double

Sad: Thank goodness for the hamster thinking it's a cat.

I have to go to a 3 year old birthday party this afternoon and I already have the headache that I get from that sort of madness. It's not just any three year old. It's my buddy from upstairs. She learned my name next after Mama and Bapa. I've taught her a bit of English (mother is Argentinian and father is Italian) when she comes to hang out with me and sometimes I hear her on the stairs saying, "I'm home. Help me" when she comes home from nursery. Her two year old brother now wants to visit me too. If I have my door open he just walks right in and heads straight for the piano. The only problem is that he's rather un-tamed and has to be watched every second. His favourite thing is to knock over plant pots no matter how big they are. With their house being a veritable jungle (more than mine twingle!) I can hear Basta! Muy malo! from his mother about 50 times a day and the father saying just saying his name repeatedly in despair. He usually just laughs and sticks his binky (dummy) in his mouth and ponders his next "adventure". They know that if they shit their pants or misbehave in my house though they're out the door. This must be what having grandchildren is sort of like.

Happy Saturday to all!

ps: Where are OMG and Plum? Do they ever come to visit?

Morning ladies and KJ
Haven't seen plum in a bit cause she is moving house and haven't heard from OMG since I don't know when glad garden is coming along just hope the cats stay away. Nothing much else to report and yes twingle Elizabeth Bennett would fit right in here

I'd love to say yes... but it wouldn't be true. Batman brought me tea, so I stayed in bed all morning choosing and downloading films for my trip. I love technology. But I'll be taking the bike out for at least an hour later. Yes. Definitely. Yup... <-- I'm trying to motivate myself.

It used to be Queen's Day during my Amsterdam days too. Loved it and the party atmosphere. I still miss the place so I might be popping in to say hello one of these days me@. And your garden really does sound fab. The kids, not so much.

Bats, tea in bed what a luxury life you have, never had tea in bed. Hope all good with you

My mum had tea in bed every day all her married life. I think she thought I would carry on the tradition but soon put her straight! Although have done it the last two days so will see . I am useless when I wake up so wouldn't thank anyone for a hot drink Last partner thought it a great idea but was wasted on me .

I have a drink as soon as I wake up and get to the kettle but never every had tea brought up to me in bed must have missed that lesson probable missed a lot of lessons
Me@ hope the party goes well and you can be excused quickly can't think of anything worse that a headache and screaming children I'm too old for that cr@p

The only thing Mr. Home is allowed to bring me in bed is a glass of water. We agreed on this a few years ago when he was bringing me either coffee or tea and tripped over the corner of the duvet. Luckily I wasn't scalded but there was quite a mess. Now he just has fresh squeezed o.j. and coffee waiting for me in the kitchen when I get up. I'm more than ok with that.

I really don't feel in a party mood. I got the birthday girl's gift yesterday when I got the super soaker but have to wrap it. It's been years since I was in a kid's toy shop and I was appalled at the crap I saw. What happened to educational toys and crafty things like Play-Doh? The closest to that were loom band kits which she's too young for and her brother would eat. I managed to find a colouring book of "flowners" as she calls them, colouring pencils and a farm animals sticker book. There wasn't a box of crayons in the shop. Don't they use them anymore? *feeling out of touch with the pre-school crowd*

I get tea in bed every morning. It kind of evolved when Mr Sad realised I wasn't a morning person, and that tea helped

me@, one day I will definitely come and visit. Your part of the world has been on my To Do list since the mid eighties when I visited Breda for a work thing and loved it. Perhaps we should hold a Grumpy Convention. Supersoakers and PG obligatory

I hope Plummie's move is going ok. I know Goshie was back in the UK recently but not sure of her current whereabouts

I'm tired. And I'd like the weekend to last about another week please. That is all.