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Forgive the cliche but, “I’ve got that.” In my case it is what is called “Venous Insufficiency” whereby veins in foot/leg restrict blood flow. No cure, I’m afraid. Medication is blood thinners (well dodgy) and you also get a set of “compression stockings”. These are quite effective at relieving discomfort but are a right sod to get on and off. I even bought this frame pulling thingey which handles of of them but now the other,
Must agree with everyone else – go see your GP. Important to get an accurate diagnosis.
Too right, Mr ajn! “Stress of disabilities”… worst hassle right now is trying to get the dosage, timing and general effectiveness of NHS drugs to a workable level. Pretty tricky when anything containing steroids (COPD, Asthma etc) boogers up loads of others. And I can breathe much better if I stop taking any of the ridiculous range of new drugs with which I have been deluged for COPD anyway.
All that aside, important stuff… weather. Gradually nudging itself into a Springlike pattern. Average temperatures for last few days has hovered around 13/14C. Very little rain but nasty northerly/westerly wind making it most uncomfortable.
Will be trying bird feeders this year, hoping that wind does not chuck most of it on the lawn (messy grass, happy dog).
Tits have been fairly busy here: Great, Blue, Coal and Long-tailed. Also seen Goldcrest fairly often and spotted a Blackcap last week.
…EVV ryfings goin’ my way…
Well, there’s no bright golden haze on any meadows (too close to sea)
And the corn isn’t out yet, so it’ll not be as high as an elephant’s eye. (might get as high as a Shetland pony’s nose, maybe)
Temperature here reached 15C early p.m. yesterday. Was doing 11C this morning at 7 a.m. Forecast to do same today. Bright, clear and and would be delightful if it wasn’t for the wind which is ESE and gusting to 25ish.
Forecast looking good for today and tomorrow. Grass cutting shall be done. Not shorts yet, though, too damn windy.
Yup. Improving at last after the worst wettest winter since time began. Been dry and a bit sunny for a few days; able to make first cut on the lawns. Forecast looking pleasant for coming week. Fairly sunny with hoped-for highs of 19C on Wed/Thurs.
Have had one Panama-hat day so far; not graduated to shorts yet though.
Three-door Mini is a great car to drive. Most enjoyable. Whichever one you choose, make sure you get a good test drive in exactly the chosen model. I ordered a three-door (Cooper S) after a test in a five door (sales bloke said no 3-door available). Had to trade it back in after a few weeks: three-door suspension seems to use bricks as springs. Absolutely unbearable and painful with four busted vertebral discs!
Hi, weather folks. Apologies for lack of posts – caused by medical and gardening issues plus an ill-thought-out attempt to spray paint some garden structures.
Today started well chilly; 14C at 7am, now clawed its way up to 16C. Much rain; chucked it down most of the night. Nasty, sudden and heavy showers now. Only happy bunny right now is the lawn – looking greener already.
Started well fresh – 14C – but has already soared to 23C and we expect a bit more later. Perfectly clear; jolly good summer day. Probably the last for a few days as forecast says rain, cloud and glum misery as one would expect from a normal Brit summer day
Started dull at 14C; now doing 23C and rising with a good clear sky; some cloud scudding about though.
21C. Grey, glum and generally not at all promising. Met Office says it will not rain and will brighten mid p.m. My Mk 1 Human Eyeball says these clouds coming from the northeast look to be toting a fair bit of water in them. Some of this will probably fall upon us.
Same here, @Brydo Breeze is a bit stronger than “slight” though. temperature forecast as max 21C but it’ll get to 24/25C I reckon and Met Office site shows wee yellow suns with no clouds all day.I live in hope.
Things flying in or over the garden, part 2: was buzzed by sparrowhawk this morning, so close I felt the vortex from wings.
Dull, grey, 100% cloud cover, 17C. Forecast to brighten and warm up later. Hmmmm!
Totally different to yesterday… clear nearly all day and maxed at 28C.
Better than yesterday, so far. Doing 23C now, sky shows signs of adhering to forecast and clearing of cloud. Reckon it’ll make 25/26C by late lunchtime.
Talking of watching flying stuff from garden, which we were, how about this beastie…
Snapped by Marg a couple of days ago on our Yew bush, this is a Jersey Tiger Moth. It is about 2cm wingspan so quite a large chap, looking larger because of the striking “Vulcan with Art Deco” camouflage colour scheme. Quite rare in mainland UK but observed to be colonizing Dorset and, recently, Sussex. The beast is actually poisonous – picking up toxins from its food which will create a nasty skin reaction in humans fooling enough to handle it.
It’s been grey, dull and nothing like the forecasts. It did NOT brighten p.m. there WAS rain. Most disappointing after yesterday when the temperature got to 30C under a bright, cloud-free sky. Met Office says tomorrow will be rain-free, no clouds and hitting 23C. Wait and see I suppose….
Clear, bright and well warm – 23C now, heading for 27C at least. Essential action for today – know when to stop whatever you’re doing. Put down gardening tools; go to garden bench; sit; watch flying things; ensure Panama ‘at is on and water bottle is cold.
Thanks for your thought @ajn Marg ‘n’ me are pleased to have entertained!
Thanks @ajn Must point out that all the “technical” processes with over-wintering etc is done by Madam Tharg, aka Marg. She knows which plants to choose, where and how to keep them over the cold times and how and when to plant etc. I do the simpler (Idiot’s Guide…) stuff like watering (1 hour minimum – 53 pots), feeding, dead-heading. We both enjoy it, particularly when the front-of-house display gets neighbours and passers-by to stop and chat/Great fun.
Weather today will head towards 23C or more. Bright, clear and very little wind – latter most useful for spraying drive to kill weeds; can’t risk the weed killer get on flowers. Also got a teak garden bench which needs a couple of coats of oil.
Quite right about great place to sit and watch (and listen). This week been endlessly entertained by blackbird’s endlessly inventive tunes. Other garden birds have included a couple of woodpeckers, just about every garden commoner – long-tailed tits are most entertaining. Overhead this week have had a couple of buzzards, sparrow hawk, kestrel, peregrine, egrets and herons AND two passes by the “trips round the bay” Spitfire.
Same as, @ajn except change “still” to “breezy”. Started at 15C not doing 22C’ will go higher.
Now, wasy back at start of the gardening season, I promised to posdt some snaps of our bonkers baskets and boxes. They’re now in flower so here’s a selection of our 53 bits. These, by the way, are nearly all our own work. Plants were salvaged from last year’s set and over wintered – even a petunia made it through!
Pretty much all-over grey. Glimpse of sun once in a while. Warm-ish at 23C. Looking much brighter and warmer after weekend with 28C forecast for end of next week.
Started off well chilly (14C). Now warmed to 22C but remains stubbornly grey with medium-to-heavy showers. Most unpleasant.
24C. Cloud, sun, rain in that order of severity. Hoping to do the lawn myself today. Hope it stays dry enough because it has not been done for more weeks than I can remember.
Bit cloudy but clearing. 26C right now. Might creep a bit higher later on. Pleasant day.
@Brydo Mate, know exactly what you mean re the BBC forecasts. Last week, on the Morning forecast, Beeb Weather Carol told us we’d have just a light SW wind. Behind her Beeb Weather Graphic told us we’d have a 22mph northerly. Ho humReckon you’re right… Mk 1 human eyeball and sky will give you a more accurate picture.
