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[alp]

Browsers do behave differently. Chrome is mean - that's for sure. Chrome would not get me watching ITV or C4 drama series whilst others would.

Good morning to all.. It's so cold that I nearly wanted to turn on the heater. Are we officially in summer or still in spring? Hate this wash out and cold and damp weather. No wonder @splinx says 19c is cold. It says 17.5 inside the house and I AM freezing. I will have to close the loft door.

@Logan YEAH! It works as last. Soothing sound and calming water. Clever girl, @tbendl !

Have a sunny Saturday!

 

[Logan]

@alp, thanks. No it's still spring until the end of the month.We still have the fire on.
@Tetters, sorry I was a bit abrupt, I didn't mean it.

 

[alp]

@Logan You, abrupt? No, that word belongs to me. It has my name written all over it. Good that all the mystery has been solved.

Incidentally, if you have time, watch Little Boy Blue .. Chrome wouldn't let me watch it. I am crying over it shown in e i.e the browser!

Here's the link

https://www.itv.com/hub/little-boy-blue/2a3520a0001

 

[Logan]

@alp, I might watch little boy blue, but it's on the other side.
When i switched to chrome and went back to fire fox, your name and everybody elses turned colour.

 

[alp]

I have to stick to chrome as e uses Bing as search engine. Whenever I search something like Halifax, it will throw up history of Halifax whilst google in Chrome will give me the bank which is what I want. Browsers do take a bit of time to get used to! Just to make sure that we are awake!

 

[Logan]

I've got used to googling something and a lot of addresses come up. I use my phone and some of the websites have very small words, so i can't read it.

 

[alp]

Time you pamper yourself with a decent tablet. Phone is such hard work. I always admire people who can do so much on the phone though. Don't think I can even type on a phone. I have difficulty switching my Nokia off as my fingers are full of dead cells, I think!

 

[Logan]

I don't mind the phone, i don't use it for much else. It would be a waist.OH likes to use his laptop more. The keyboard is much bigger. Perhaps that's why you can't use yours.

 

[Upsy Daisy]

Morning all

Glad things got sorted @Logan .

I'm with you on using small keyboards @alp I use my tablet during the day and can sometimes have a battle with that! My laptop is easiest but only put that on in the evenings.

Weather is looking good so after the grocery shop and a visit to my Dad's I will continue planting out and reclaiming my greenhouse . Want to start sowing for next year now

Have a Sizzling Saturday

 

[alp]

Next year?? I can't even get through this year without crying!

My aim is to level the back (well, sort of!) and plant my sweet corns there. The blasted (not a swear word I hope! Well, I don't much care .. I don't use the k word - very nasty) squirrels dug a big round hole in my daff and herb patch! Right where I can't reach! Grrrrrrrr!

Still catching up with Monty and saw this beautiful viburnum plicatum maresii - so enchanting. Want it for my vision of home from home ... @Verdun and SOME others, do you know how long is the flowering period. If it's 2 weeks, I wouldn't bother!

Geeeee, where am I going to get another house with a biggish (not very big or I will make an even greater mess!) garden like mine? Perhaps, I can tow my caravan (well insulated of course) and pay rent to @Tetters ... I know I am cheeky ..

 

[Logan]

@Upsy Daisy , what are you sowing for next year? I only do wallflowers, still got to do them. I always do it when it gets very hot,then they get cooked in the sun.

 

[Upsy Daisy]

@Logan.....you're going to wish you never asked

Here's a few that I can think of that need sowing about now.
Primula Auricular
Veronica
Verbascun
Alyssum Saxatile
Early Selection Pansies
Sweet William ( Sooty)
Wallflowers
Lupins ( maybe)

and more.......

 

[Logan]

@Upsy Daisy , that's a lot. I like lupins but they get the greenfly. Pansies, sweet Williams, I like those candelabra primulas, are they the same?

 

[Upsy Daisy]

There's plenty more to follow too, already sowed Aquilegia ' McKana Giants, still have Miss Scott Elliott to do.

Not sure if the Primulas are the same..the blooms stand proud of the foliage....if that helps

 

[Logan]

@Upsy Daisy, You've got a lot to do,no not really. The flowers are in bunches up the stem.