Pessimistic and no faith!

Hi Kate, I love Japanese gardens, especially when there are bridges and pagodas! There is a Garden Centre near Perth that has a beautiful Japanese Garden! I have a built up bit in the back garden where I have a Happy Buddha, and a lantern separated by a Fuchsia bush w few stones and a bird bath and I love it! X

Hi Anndanv

Your garden sounds lovely! i have heard of the garden centre near Perth, but haven't been. I'd love to travel around a bit more....there's so much of Scotland I haven't visited.

I have a lantern too....and I'm hoping to create a pond in the garden. It is a big project, and I'm only just getting to grips with it. I'm planning on putting in more Fuchsias...I have a white one, and love the way they arch over.

Enjoy your time exploring County Durham!

Hugs

Kate

HI Kate, Annette, I was diagnosed with acquired aphantasia a few months ago and we have been trying to find the cause, It's usually a traumatic event or injury to brain, As there has been no event, I had a MRI brain scan 3-4 weeks ago, I had a phone call from neurology about scan, regarding results, was told no sign of trauma, the abscess I had would not have caused it, so  that means my aphantasia is a side effect of a neurological disorder and they want me tested for dementia and MS and a couple of other possibilities, happy days.

Eddie xx

Oh gosh Eddie....you are getting more than your fair share of medical issues. No wonder you have been unable to keep up with the allotment, you've had other more important things to focus on.

I hope you get the appointments quickly, so you can find out the cause. That should help to give you a clearer way forward, and hopefully some treatment.

You haven't mentioned the wedding for a while. How are the plans for that coming on? That will be something positive to look forward to!

Sending you a hug

Kate

Morning Kate, I have recently had an alzheimers test and i am ok, and used to work for Leonard Cheshire so know a bit about MS and my symptoms don't match up, though my experience with early stage MS is limited, and as it often takes years to be a problem, you can guess the rest. The wedding so far we have agreed we want it local, informal no need to get dressed up, all family and best friends to come and sometime in October, My youngest daughter is a farmer and they have a wonderful wooden barn which would accommodate 100 people easily, it ticks all the boxes, but how do you ask your wife to be to get married in a barn, any suggestions welcome, Sheila away with son and DIL for the weekend, so a very good friend of mine is taking me to her favourite pub in the peak district for a couple of days, have an appointment this morning but going to allotment after to plant up a couple of greenhouses, and hopefully more tomorrow morning, Kate what are you up to over the weekend. take care.

Eddie xx

Hi Eddie 

I think getting married , or at least holding the reception in a barn is a great idea! It will certainly feel informal and relaxed. How about going to the register office, then back to the farm on a decorated tractor??? Different! Something Sheila will never forget.

Hope you get some planting done!

I'm going to stick at the gardening over the weekend. Nothing else planned. I don't often get 'out and about', but there are one or two things going on locally on Saturday, that I might join in with. I avoid going to our local pub on a weekend, as it is usually full of newly arrived holiday-makers! The numbers have increased since the pandemic, so our roads are full of motor homes and caravans at this time of year. Very irritating! Just as well I'm never in a hurry!

Enjoy the Peak District, hope the weather stays good for you.

Take care

Kate

Hi Kate I love the decorated tractor idea, but Sheila is very introverted and doesn't like being the centre of attention even if their family and friends. We are still thinking about the register office though we both don't want a church service. Have been to allotment, rats had chewed a hole into the coop so had to clean it out, sterilize it and repair the hole, I fed and watered the seedlings and had had enough, I may go back later, i hope you get to one of the local events, It's good to get out, absolutely nothing happens in my village though if the A1is blocked we get gridlocked and don't go to local pub as we don't have one anymore, used to have 7 all gone, hope you have better luck than me in the garden and maybe some sunshine,

Good morning and hope I find you well. Back from the holiday. We had such a good time. Travelled through the park and stayed overnight in Betwys y coed. What a beautiful place, stunning. On to Bangor, Conwy and over the Menai bridge to Anglesey. I love the Menai straight. So beautiful. We spent a day looking round Anglesey visiting the main attractions and then on to Portmerion and home. Had some lovely pub grub in  Beaumaris, really yummy. Dave hated the glamping pod haha. But me and Amy liked it. Had everything we needed. Weather was okay. We didn't have rain but it was cold. Aside from the last day when it was sunny. Typical huh. A little disheartened to be home. Think that's because I'm at hospital today to get bloods done ugh. Back to all that is cancer. It is true that although it doesn't leave me, when I'm away I think about it less. I hope you are well. I've not read all the comments on the thread yet but believe you may be away? If so, have an awesome time of it. Looking forward to hearing your news. Enjoy your day and take care x

Hi Marie, for what it's worth, welcome home, Yes I am in the Peak District with a very good friend, we are hoping to stop the night but it depends on what her husband says when he phones later. Really happy you had a great time, though sorry Dave didn't like glamping, maybe, like me he thought it was something else and was disappointed, LOL Thought you would like Snowdonia and the Menai, Anglesey is nice but the mainland is fab and you went to many of my fave places, if you can go to Wales and not get wet that's a big bonus, back to hospital appointments Booooo, bloody pain they are, seems every trip is sandwiched between appointments though only 7 next week, one is a big one, I find it easy to forget about cancer & appointments, and things i don't want to forget too LOL. Kate's been posting all week, she's been great, we have been talking about getting married. I'm guessing you have had your bloods, I hope they went smoothly, any plans for the weekend or do you need a rest. take care.

Eddie xx

Hi Kate how did your day go, did you get to any of the local events today or was it a gardening day, with a couple of walks with Candy in-between, which sounds good to me, any progress with the roofers, have they even been in touch. Been on my feet too much today and they are sore, like the rest of me, so my friend has taken Poppy for her last walk of the day before bed time, It gets earlier and earlier, I think I'm getting old. take care.

Eddie xx