Time to Use My Green Fingers!

If you have to ask the price, you can't afford it - J.P Morgan

Welcome to my Saturday Fun 💄

Nice big hug to start the day.

Brew with Breakfast.

We listened to "The Sound of the 60s".

UK Top 3 from 1965.

3:

The Yardbirds - For Your Love. 

2:

The Rolling Stones - The Last Time.

1:

Unit 4+2 = Concrete & Clay.

I had a good singalong with:

Thermal vest goes on.

Freezing outside.

Drops off son at work.

Then it's off to the car boot!

Got two whiskey barrels...

Now to have a look around...

The man was there from last week, selling white fake roses. I told him what happened to my parent's grave last Tuesday.

I got all the flowers for £3.

I also got another sewing box and musical box.

We walked around twice.

Now back home we go.

Unpacked the car.

Then off to the garden centre to get some compost.

£3,500↑↑

I gets a few plants with the compost.

Gets back to the car, and with the plants,compost and younger son.

No room in the car for me!

While they go back to the house to unpack the car, I go back in for a coffee.

Feel like Billy No Mates↓

Hubby and younger son came back.

Time for a late lunch...

Son's lunch↑

Hubby's↑

Mine↑

That was so lovely.

Once finished, off to the car we go.

Back home.

Now to do some gardening.

We tried to drill holes into the Whiskey barrels.

No luck!

Hubby went out and got another powerful drill.

Five holes drilled in two barrels now.

Potted some herbs.

Potted some flowers.

It was starting to get cold...

Will finish off tomorrow...

Windows and curtains closed.

It's getting cold!

Another jumper goes on.

I start to write Thursday's blog while hubby does the tea.

We just have steak with salad.

Now to break into one of the DVDs we have bought..

Looks into today's newspaper:

Edwin Starr (born Charles Edwin Hatcher⁾ was an American singer and songwriter. Starr was famous for his Norman Whitfield-produced Motown singles of the 1970s, most notably the number-one hit "War".

Starr was born in Nashville and raised in Ohio, and later lived in Detroit while singing for Ric-Tic and Motown Records. He was backed by the band that would become known as "Black Merda". Hawkins and Veasey of the group played on most of his early hits on the Ric Tic Label. Starr's songs "Twenty-Five Miles" and "Stop the War Now" were also major successes, in 1969 and 1971 respectively. In the 1970s Starr's base shifted to the United Kingdom, where he continued to produce music, and resided until his death.

He died on this day in 2003 aged 61.

UK No.1 on this day in 1964:

The Beatles - Can't Buy Me love.

UK No.1 on this day in 1977:

Abba - Knowing Me, Knowing You.

USA No.1 on this day in 1964:

The Beatles - She Loves You.

USA No.1 on this day in 1977:

Hall & Oates - Rich Girl

Then we watched another episode of the second season of "Fame".

Sleep Tea time.

Now off to that warm bed with even warmer hands.

 

 

 

 

 

Feeling Ruff!

You have no idea how much it costs to look this cheap 

- Dolly Parton

 Welcome to my Saturday 😰

Day 4 of suffering from Covid 19.

I didn't sleep very well at all!

Coughing, nose running, burning sore throat.

Up at 3.30am wanting a brew!

Finally got back to sleep.

I listened to "The Sound of the 60's" in bed.

UK Top 3 from 1963

3:

Joe Brown - That's What Love Can Do.

2:

The Shadows -Foot Tapper

1:

Cliff Richard & The Shadows - Summer Holiday.

I had breakfast and brew with a well covered up hubby. No sloppy wet kiss or warm hug yet!

I went back to bed while hubby dropped one son at work and went to the Co-op. My letters to my Prison Pen Pals couldn't be posted as the Post Office was shut today.

(Try on Monday now)

When he came back, he treated me to crumpets with coffee!

Now it was time to rise after those nice crumpets and coffee!

Thermal vest went on.

Time for Vitamin D time in the garden.

We tired some of the garden, and enjoyed sitting in the front garden enjoying the sun's rays!

On went the soup maker.

Late lunch.

Soon afterwards I fell asleep!

Hubby picked up son from his workplace.

Plus got some rubble bags to take the garden waste to the tip tomorrow.

I got on with writing my blog entry from yesterday.

I had the result from my PCR I took.

POSTIVE! 

Everyone else's were negative!

At least I haven't lost my taste or smell.

Totally enjoyed my tea...

Yum Yum!

Afterwards we had one more episode of the second season of "FAME" to watch.

Next two episodes of:

Royal Mansour, Morocco↓

Fogo Island Inn, Canada↓

Looked into today's newspaper.

Terry Hall  is an English musician and the lead singer of The Specials, and formerly of Fun Boy Three, The Colourfield, Terry, Blair & Anouchka and Vegas. He has released two solo albums and has also collaborated with many artists including David A. Stewart, Bananarama, Lightning Seeds, Sinéad O'Connor, Stephen Duffy, Dub Pistols, Gorillaz, Damon Albarn, D12, Tricky, Junkie XL, Leila Arab, Lily Allen, Shakespears Sister, Salad, and Nouvelle Vague.

He is 63 years old 🎈 

UK No.1 on this day in 1964:

Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas - Little Children 

 UK No.1 on this day in 1969:

Peter Sarstedt - Where Do You Go To? (My Lovely) 

 UK No.1 on this day in 1994:

Doop - Doop.

USA No.1 On this Day in 1974:

Terry Jacks - Seasons In The Sun.

USA No.1 On This Day in 1980:

Queen - Crazy Little Thing Called Love.

USA No.1 on this day in 1994:

Ace of Base - The Sign.

Sleep Tea Time.

Now off to separate bedrooms!

 

 

 
 

 

Looking On The Bright Side......

 A weed is a plant that is not only in the wrong place but intends to stay.
-Sara Stein

Welcome to my Hump of the Week 🐫

Warm hug and brew.

Breakfast.

Gave hubby a sloppy wet 😘 before he went to work.

I got dressed.

Quick coffee before I go out.

Now out in Sexy Beast.

I first gets the newspaper and my neighbour's magazine.

Then off to Homebase, for bits!

The trolley was well heavy when I came out.

Evenly spread the bits in Sexy Beast.

Now off home to unload it all! 

The sack truck came in useful...

Once unloaded.

Now to get some gardening done.

Used up 3 bags of bark.

Emptied one bag of white small stones on the garden.

I need to get some boarder fences...

Back to the DIY store after a much needed lunch.

My Amazon order arrived \o/

Another gnome to add to the garden and butterflies.

Added them to the garden.

Now back out to get more stuff for the garden.

I only went to get a few things...

Home to unload it all.

Quick tea at 3

Back out in the garden to plant some plants.

Used half a bag of compost, now to use the final bag. Hoping I don't run out of compost for this little project!

Now to water all the plants....

Very pleased with what I have done in the garden today!

(It will need another coat of paint)

Now to put the tea on.

Hubby had a sloppy wet 😘 when he returned home.

Dish up the grub time!

Stuffed mushroom, spinach and garlic dumplings from Poland. With red wine pasta sauce, mushrooms and onions.

Well tasty!

Quick look in the newspaper.

Tom Skerritt  is an American actor who has appeared in more than 40 films and more than 200 television episodes since 1962. He is known for his film roles in M*A*S*H, Alien, The Dead Zone, Top Gun, A River Runs Through It, and Up in Smoke, and the television series Picket Fences. Skerritt has earned several nominations and awards, including a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 1993 for Picket Fences. 

He is 88 years old 🎈 

Declan  McManus, OBE  known professionally as Elvis Costello, is an English singer-songwriter who has Irish heritage. He has won multiple awards in his career, including Grammy Awards in 1999 and 2020, and has twice been nominated for the Brit Award for Best British Male Artist. In 2003, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked Costello number 80 on its list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.

He is 67 years old 🎈

 Now to watch two more episodes about Monty Python.

Sleep tea.

Leaving one episode for tomorrow.

Now to put my green fingers to bed....