Wet,Wet,Wet!

Hello Everyone,

Well, what a dreadful weekend we`ve been having weather-wise. We must have more of the wet stuff in the past two days than the whole of April when it`s traditionally supposed to rain. So much for the Bank Holiday, everyone seems to have stayed indoors with the central heating on, me included this afternoon.

Yesterday I went to Reading for the afternoon with Kerry and Slava and again, it was pouring with rain. Kerry constantly complained of the cold and Slava, who is trying to give up smoking, wasn`t in the best of moods.  It wasn`t a bad day out though, apart from it taking over half an hour to get out of the car park with many motorists beeping their horns at everyone else, goodness knows why, we we all stuck in the queue and had to wait our turn. The wait didn`t please Roman who decided to have the mother of all tantrums. I know he can yell if he wants but did he go for it yesterday, he wouldn`t be pacified either so we left him to his own devices and waited for the storm to subside......even though it did take about an hour.  That boy can howl for England...lol!

It was work as normal for me but I suspected the time would drag as I couldn`t imagine anyone wanting to buy plants in this weather. Well I was wrong and we did have a steady stream of people, not not as many as you would expect for a Bank Holiday Monday. On the way to work the roads were flooded and I think I was very lucky that my car made it there without cutting out.  I decided to take another route home to be on the safe side.  After work I decided to buy some more bedding plants and I chose some more petunias, some fuchsias, one of which has beautiful pink and green variegated leaves, some dianthus and several other little plants for my tubs and baskets. All I need now is some improvement in the weather so I can plant them out. When I got home I looked out at the garden and was dismayed to find that the tomato plants had been blown over. That meant I had to open the garden shed and find some more canes to support them. I was already pretty wet so a few more minutes in the rain didn`t make much difference.  Once I`d done that I turned my attention to a few other plants that the wind had blown over and by the time I got back indoors I was soaked to the skin. A nice hot shower beckoned followed by a hot coffee and a toasted sandwich, by which time I began to feel almost human again...lol!

Jake has something wrong with his leg and I`m more than a little worried about it. He started limping on his front leg yesterday afternoon. I had a look but there is nothing that I can see or feel, either in his paw or on his leg.  This has happened before with the same leg but not as badly as this. I gave him a Rymadil tablet this morning and it seems to have helped but he`s very subdued and not his normal self. Both Jim and I had the same thought, probably because of our beloved Hannah, that bone cancer can show itself this way. I`m sure it isn`t but I don`t think this is just a case of a pulled muscle.  We`ll give him a couple more days and if it`s no better it`s off to the vet woth him

Anyway, my friends, I`m off to prepare dinner for myself, Dan and Salina while poor Jim is at work (most likely sheltering under the wing of a plane!).  It`s only lamb steaks, new potatoes and peas but it`ll be a tasty meal I`m sure. I hope you all have a lovely afternoon and evening. Bye for now. :o)