Today at the E.N.T.

Today I visited the Ear Nose and Throat Department at The Freeman Hospital.
Appointment was for 10.45 am. Managed to get a car parking space at 10 10am.
The E.N.T. outpatients was on the second floor. Arrived in time to get a cup of Coffee,staff at the registration desk really efficient.
My name was called out at 10.30am,which was excellent as the appointment was for 10.45am.Greeted by a friendly Audiologist who explained the procedure. Sat in the sound proof box listening to the different noises and pressing the button when I heard a sound.
Once this was completed she then produced a chart and explaiined the changes in my hearing from the last visit.Slight deterioration.
Impressions were then taken of my ear for my new hearing aid. The one I have at present is about 5 years old.
I will get an appointment in no more than 12 weeks to have my new Hearing Aids fitted.
I am going to have another one for the left ear this time.As well as a replacement for the Right Hearing aid.
As far as I am concerned today my treatment as a N.H.S patient was excellent.

More Diversions

The garden was watered well by the rain today.Apart from the greenhouse.Sorted out some of my lettuce,then I was off to play bowls.I am the ladies match secretary of our local bowling club.Lost the game never mind I lost it to a good player.
The picture above was taken at a bowling club near Troon which we visited on a bowls tour.

Then off to the slimming club this evening. Lost 1 pound.Only 9 more pounds to loose then I will be on my target weight.Having said that I have just ate 4 biscuits while writing this.

Fieldmouse

In between the rain I tidied up the garden today.Plenty of tomatoes in the greenhouse,all green.I wish they would hurry up and ripen.
Tonight I went to the art group which meets on a Monday evening. That's the last one until September.
I am painting a field mouse standing on a Rose Hip just now.My watercolours are not really very good. However I find painting quite relaxing.
Have just been looking up field mice as I would like to add another to the bottom of my picture.Not that I really care for mice,but they do seem to be interesting creatures.
(The photograph above is taken from the internet.)

Marigolds

I have always planted Marigolds in the greenhouse to keep off Greenfly.

The Greenhouse Jungle

Below in the first picture is one of the3 pepper plants ,the casualties that I recovered from my wind blown polytunnel.



My greenhouse is becoming a jungle.I have been removing the sideshoots from the tomatoes. Must admit I did miss some. You can see the brick works I made for the cucumber plant.The polythene drops down at night.Today we have had some showers saved watering the garden.Apparently we are going to have some fine weather next week.
I have just had an email from Suttons seeds about Autumn seed potatoes in grow bags.
I am tempted but have never grown potatoes.May give them a try.I wonder if I can use my new polytunnel once I get the connectors?

My Garden

I have decided to write blogs about my garden. Just now I have 8 tomato plants in the greenhouse+ a Cucumber plant and some lettuce.
The other Cucumber plant is in a little house I made from bricks at the bottom of the garden.
3 pepper plants are in a mini greenhouse.
I started off with a new tunnel bought 4 weeks ago about a metre high and 4 metres long.
I originally had 9 pepper plants which I grew from seed. However my tunnel blew down twice in the wind last week.I lost 6 of my peppers.The 2 cucumbers had to be re housed. They were also grown from seed.
I also have a bush tomato plant growing in the conservatory.Another casualty from my polytunnel.
Sometimes I wonder if it would have been easier going out to the shops and buying Cucumbers and peppers.
However its quite a challenge growing your own.
I also planted about 80 marigold seeds this year which have been damaged by the wind.
Busy lizzies doing well.Geraniums just starting to grow.
Will do a photo tour tomorrow.
My tunnel is now rolled up in the garden shed.I am to get some new connectors delivered as some of them were damaged in the wind.
I am trying to think what I can plant in it once I get it fixed.