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afternoon all - gorgeous day here today

feeling a bit jaded - pal rang me before 8:00 this morning asking if I could take her to the GP as she felt too ill to drive herself - so off I set - she lives five miles away - she's been ill for days and turns out she has a very severe water infection - hopefully the meds will kick in quickly

my lovely elderly neighbour whom I've been taking for days out is in hospital - I'm so angry with her daughter with whom she lives - I suggested that as she is unsteady on her feet and walks with a stick she should get one of those walkers - saw them in the local chemist and checked them out - they're about £50 and can be folded up to the size of say, an umbrella. But, when she mentioned it to the daughter the daughter wondered where they could put it - in her large four bedroomed bungalow!!! she would have to check it out and take measurements to see if it could be accommodated - I was flabbergasted. Daughter has stripped her mother of her independence - she doesn't take her anywhere and when she asked the daughter if she could go shopping with her the daughter said "Oh Mum, you know you can't walk around a supermarket". Well in fact she can do it very well as I took her to our large out of town M & S - gave her a shopping trolley and she walked all over the store and said afterwards that she felt much more confident and slept so well that night. She has plenty of money but doesn't have access to it as the son handles her financial affairs - I'm absolutely livid - had she had a walker it's likely she would not have fallen over in the house. End of rant

Hi Ann :-) <3

It is disgraceful how some people treat their elderly parents! :-| :-| :-|

Good on you for looking out for her! :-) <3

Hi-de-Hi~~~~~~~~~~~~ <3 <3

Anyone home :-0 :-0

Hiya Belle <3 :-D

Hiya Minxy ;-) :-D

Did you take your pills :-0 :-0

Yes I remembered ;-) :-D

That's good :-D :-D

It was really lovely here today until about 4ish and now it looks as if it could pour down :-0

Mind you we could do with some rain....the lawn has cracks in it :-0

It's been OK here, warm and cloudy but no
sunshine :-)

How is the garden coming along :-)

Funny you should ask that...I was to the garden centre
this afternoon again but stopped my self from buying
more plants, instead I bought different coloured pots :-D :-D

What kinda colours, Minxy :-)

Light Grey with blue flecks x 2

Shiney Bright Blue x 1

Shiney shades of Green x 4

All with plates for them to sit on :-D :-D

Edit...they Grey ones are square :-)

They are gonna look real good :-D :-D

Have you decided on the plants yet :-)

Yes I have 2 Red Cordylines,
4 deep red Hebes
1 Pieris
1 Yellow Citrus as wind breaker...lovely perfume :-D

These for the decking apart from wind breaker :-D

What a good idea to have a Yellow Citrus wafting it's perfume :-D :-D

I like Pieris' I've got one that is taller than me which came from my parents garden and looks a picture when it has it's striking red leaves :-D :-D

My Philadelphus smells lovely. :-D ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-)

GP

The one I have is for pots, the Pieris I had years ago
was Forest Flame which had leaves that changed
colour and Lily of the Valley perfumed flowers it grew
to 6ft. :-D

Hi GP <3 :-D

Agree it has a lovely perfume also :-D

Evening GP <3 :-D

I bet it does ;-) Be careful with the secateurs :-0 :-D

That's the one, Minxy .....Flame of the Forest :-D :-D

So colourful :-D :-D