Month: September 2017

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We had sold several things on Ebay and so took them to Wingham for Hermes delivery. Ellie was with us and so our walk was around the orchards, They were very busy harvesting the apples and also the Wenderton farm pears.

I did sample an apple…delicious.

The sun was out and we had lunch outside. Mal popped to the allotment to dig up some more potatoes and spinach.

Spurs did well, we watched that game  and then the start of Strictly.

Thought for the Day – “A parent will only ever be in 1 of 3 places: In front of you to cheer you on, behind you to have your back or next to you so you are not walking alone.” 

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For some unknown reason Ellie woke me up at 5.45 and then went and layed down again!  I decided to make a cup of tea and as it looked as if it was going to rain later, I took her out for a walk. We didn’t get too wet. 

I then went shopping. Our bathroom scales have broken and so I  looked for some more only to discover that most of them had 15 year guarantees. I phoned Mal and as we bought ours from Amazon, he looked up the order and yes, ours had a 15 year guarantee as well! Mal contacted them and they told us to just return it post free. So we have ordered another from Amazon.

I have been bidding on a heated Hostess Trolley on Ebay. I just thought it would be a good idea for Christmas as we are having so many people for lunch. It was to be collected from Folkestone. I messaged the seller yesterday and made sure, even though it said in the description,that it was in full working order. Yes, they confirmed that it was. I have been the highest bidder for a few days and it was very cheap. It ended and I won it. I contacted them to ask when I could collect. They messaged back to say it wasn’t working. Oh yes, suddenly after I had won it at a very low price.  It was to pay on collection so there is nothing I can do about it. Total time wasters. 

In the evening I met up with the “No Hatters” at Margate Winter Gardens. We used to be the Red Hatters but Jackie decided to stop being Queen owing to ill health and none of us wanted to do it. But we still meet up from time to time. This time we went to see the Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons Tribute band. They were so good, they could have been the real thing way back then.  Jane even managed to get her photo taken with them after the show. By this time she was in love with one of them!

I do love these girls, between them they have no end of medical problems but always have a good night out!
Thought for the Day – “The things you take for granted, someone else is praying for.” Kamri

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Ellie has been scratching even though I applied flea treatment two weeks ago. I have a feeling it is probably the dead ones falling off her. Of curse we are surrounded by fields, farm animals and other dogs. However to make sure, I sprayed all the carpets in the house, just in case.

Meanwhile, we took Ellie to Minnis Bay. It was such a lovely day and the sun was out.  There were very few people down there now the kids are all back at school. We even saw a cormorant at the far end of the beach.

Of course Ellie enjoyed herself in the sea again. 

On the way back to the car my sandal fell apart. That will teach me to go paddling in the sea with them on! 

Back home and I hoovered the carpets again and flung all the doors and windows open to get rid of the flea stuff! Hopefully that has done the trick. The thing is I haven’t even seen any on Ellie but just in case.

Thought for the Day – “It’s not about being the best. It’s about being better than you were yesterday.” ~ Sean M Mantack

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There is another Turtle excavation tonight in NC……….

“????????????EXCAVATION AND RELEASE TONIGHT????????????
WEDNESDAY, 6TH SEPTEMBER

Another nest hatched last night, so we will be conducting an excavation and release this evening. Hopefully there will still be some little hatchlings still in the egg chamber for us to release at sundown. If you’d like to join us please be at The Turtle Shack for 18:15, no need to book ????”

The kiddlies first day back at school……Josie, Ollie and Oscar….

We decided to walk to Wickhambreaux which is a lovely Kentish village. Ellie loves that walk as she can go in the river for a swim as well as do lots of running across fields.

After that long walk we left Ellie at home and drove out for lunch…….

We watched another episode of Strike in the evening. 

That was a busy day!

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We walked Ellie around the orchards in Wingham. They have already harvested in a couple of the orchards but a lot more to go and looking like another bumper harvest. It does sadden me the amount of fruit that is just left on the ground to rot just because it isn’t the right size or shape. Of course Ellie and I shared  a couple of windfalls, she loves apples. We also collected some damsons which it seems no one bothers with. We really should seriously think about making cider one year. 

We stopped at the allotment on the way home, more damsons, apples, potatoes and other vegetables.

It was dull in the afternoon and we spent some time adding books to my kindle. I have just finished Small Great Things which I enjoyed. They call it the present day To Kill a Mocking Bird. I struggle to find good books recently. My problem is that I never give up on books, always thinking they will get better.That rarely happens! There doesn’t seem much on TV either but we did watch the first episode of ‘Strike – The Cuckoo’s Calling’, that seems as though it may be promising. We tend to accumulate episodes and wait for reviews. So many times we have watched a series, thinking it will improve and it doesn’t and then believe we have wasted 6 hours of our lives! 

Thought for the Day – “True friends are those rare people who come to find you in dark places and lead you back to the light.” ~ Steve Aitchison

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We woke up to rain. Again this wasn’t on the BBC weather forecast last night. They seem to have spent an awful lot of money for nothing. I don’t think I’ll bother looking again, it’s better to guess.

My day was at Demelza and we did quite well.

Mid way through the afternoon there was a continuous blood curdling scream coming from the direction of the High Street. I couldn’t do anything as I was the only one on the till. One of the customers felt the same way I did, that people just stare and do nothing. Bless him he went to see what was happening and then came back and told me. It was a lady who had obviously ‘lost it’ and by the time he reached there, three police cars had arrived, so someone had called them after all. Oh dear.

Well, the parakeets are still visiting our bird feeder which is fine as they are not annoying any of the regular birds!

We watched the England game in the evening, well we won!

Thought for the Day – “Go forward in life with a twinkle in your eye and a smile on your face but with great purpose in heart.” ~ Gordon B Hinckley

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We decided to go to Minster where we used to live but haven’t been in a long while. The village has certainly changed with an additional 200 houses at least. We took Ellie for a really long walk all over the fields and along the footpaths to the woods and then of course we were all thirsty so we called in to The Bell for a drink. It was so nice we sat in their garden.

We spent the afternoon in the garden. Mal had ordered something from Amazon Prime which they were delivering in the afternoon. By 7pm still no delivery and then he saw an email saying it had been delivered to “reception” at 5.15. We don’t have a reception and anyway, we were in all the time and they also had a phone number if they couldn’t find us!!  He then had to call customer services. Little point ordering something you want urgently if they don’t deliver it. “They will investigate”. Well that doesn’t do us much good does it?! WHY are we paying for Prime?

Thought for the Day – “Life is short. There is no time to leave important words unsaid.” ~ Paulo Coelho