A quieter week this week!

[Karenanne61]

My husband's very first attempt at baking and it was delicious! I Pottered about flower arranging, and a goodly haul of conkers. Meds still helping cough and breathlessness but stink of deep heat cuz have a very bad pain just above my pelvis on the left side. Yoga in half an hour so some deep stretches should help. I hope everyone is ok and not letting economic worries get them down too much.

[sassy59]

Cake looks scrumptious and the flowers are beautiful. You certainly have lots of conkers there. Hoping your pain subsides and pleased meds still helping you.

Take care xxxx🤗

[Karenanne61 in reply to sassy59]

The cake didn't last long. Yum! I just love conkers! They're from a massive tree and we left loads for the little woodland creatures.

[Damon1864 Volunteer]

That cake looks delicious, hope the yoga helps with your pain . Habe a good day and take care 😊 Bernadette and Jack 🐕 xxxxxxx 🌻🌻

[Karenanne61 in reply to Damon1864]

The yoga helped, hope it disappears soon.

[Jaybird19]

Lovely pictures of normal life. Well some men cook very well. Mi ne just fried things on maximum power ! Made a great G&T though. The conkers are large .Here they are alwzys small as soil is not good. I was told they kept the spiders awzy . So had bags o them all over house. it didnt work for me, still found spiders ---or spiders found me.

[Karenanne61 in reply to Jaybird19]

I've heard that conkers repel spiders but when we were collecting them I saw spiders running around. Maybe they only repel certain spiders. 🤣

[Patk1 in reply to Jaybird19]

I have conkers on window sills plus in corners in lounge.i also make up a spray that deters them

[Spacecat1]

The food looks yummy. Going to be cheeky what do you use for your coughing xx

[Karenanne61 in reply to Spacecat1]

The palliative team prescribed codeine linctus and oxycontin tablets for the cough and breathlessness. I also take two inhalers and an antibiotic three times a week.

[madonbrew]

Aww that all looks tasty 😋!!! Well done to him! And the Peter Rabbit plate!!…I’m a bit of a fan! And your flowers are beautiful too! I did some baking yesterday too!

That’s good to hear that your meds are helping! Sounds like you’ve been busy!

My baking

[Karenanne61 in reply to madonbrew]

Yours looks delicious! I especially like thelook of the biscuits. I like Beatrix Potter. There is an exhibition of her work at the V and A. I'd like to see it, as well as another exhibition there and a play in London but we are concerned about train strikes. If we book and then there are no trains it's an awful faff to get to London.

[madonbrew in reply to Karenanne61]

I would totally love that!! Yes, a right old faff getting into London otherwise! I hope you make it there! x

[Izb1 in reply to madonbrew]

Mmmm Dee this looks delicious x

[madonbrew in reply to Izb1]

😋

[Alberta56 in reply to madonbrew]

You clever lady. Yum, yum.

[madonbrew in reply to Alberta56]

The cakes a bit lopsided but never mind! 😘

[Alberta56 in reply to madonbrew]

Cakes taste all the better for being lopsided. It shows they were made with love. xxx😋😋😋😋

[Patk1]

Ur flowers r beautiful.well done to hubby x

[Karenanne61 in reply to Patk1]

Thankyou. ☺️

[Greenthorn]

That's a lovely autumnal selection of photos. Well selected and put together. This year i have begun the odd habit of picking up conker or two and whilst I'm out, jigglibg two in my coat pocket as I'm walking along, as if I've just met two new friends!

Once home i keep them in a sculpted wooden bowl, carved from laburnam. I think it's laburnham. I get confused with words and woods haha. I'll post a picture here later today.

[Karenanne61 in reply to Greenthorn]

Conkers are just so tactile and lovely to look at. I like the sound of your bowl.

[Greenthorn in reply to Karenanne61]

This photo, just taken, does more justice to the conkers than the bowl!

Conkers in sculpted laburnam bowl. (I usually keep pencils there!)

[Karenanne61 in reply to Greenthorn]

That's beautiful. ❤️

[Greenthorn in reply to Karenanne61]

You can see the wood grain better in this pboto.

More light on the bowl.

[Karenanne61 in reply to Greenthorn]

I love how the grain shines through. Did you make it?

[Greenthorn in reply to Karenanne61]

Nope. I met the sculptor at an art fair and bought two bowls. I do have his details somewhere!

[Greenthorn in reply to Greenthorn]

I might post another picture tomorrow!

[Morrison10]

Thanks for lovely photos, it’s good that hubby tries baking, flowers great, amazing number of conkers. Hope your medication will ease pain soon, good luck. Jean x

[Karenanne61 in reply to Morrison10]

Thankyou.

[Cloudancer]

Gorgeous flowers and yummy looking cake.What will you do with the conkers?

[Karenanne61 in reply to Cloudancer]

I just put them in bowls and stuff around the house. In the olden days I used to spray them to use as Christmas decorations.

[Cloudancer in reply to Karenanne61]

What a great idea I adore shiny conkers -we used to cheat by baking them before conker matches as kids-dont think it helped though!

[Karenanne61 in reply to Cloudancer]

Do kids still play conkers? Ooh the pain when the conker flipped and hit your wrist.

[Cloudancer in reply to Karenanne61]

They probably dont!

I had a lucky shoe lace the conkers were attached to!

[Karenanne61 in reply to Cloudancer]

I remember laces were better than string.

[Ergendl]

I just love the shiny brown shells of conkers. I usually pick up one or two and drop them a little distance away in a place where they might be able to grow, if the local squirrels don't find them first, which would be just as good.

[Karenanne61 in reply to Ergendl]

I wanted to put some in the garden but husband didn't think it was a good idea.

[watergazer]

Hope your pain eases and subsides soon. What a fab yummy looking cake. Beautiful flowers. I miss doing yoga as it does seem to help with easing pain and getting better sleep I always felt taller and slimmer after yoga 🤣x

[Karenanne61 in reply to watergazer]

Thankyou. That's so true about yoga, and pilates! Sometimes my spine feels so stretched, long and straight.

[Izb1]

Well done to hubby the cake looks scrummy and your flowers are lovely. What alot of conkers, what will you do with them x

[Karenanne61 in reply to Izb1]

I just put put them in bowls and stuff around the house. I love the look and feel of them.

[Izb1 in reply to Karenanne61]

These do look have an attractive colour so must look good in bowls , what a good idea x

[ghousrider]

god day ghoust rider here yes look nice to eat do you do delivery one of those after my tea tonight all the beast 🖐️

[Karenanne61 in reply to ghousrider]

Too late! All gone! 😂

[horseygirl_0103]

i do 8 hours on my oxygen & 8 hours of it - as soon as i come off it I start coughing like hell for a bit so I have to resort to a lemsip so subdue the coughing until i settle down .I wait until my heart stops racing before i take a reading .If when its settled down its very low then i put it on until its come back to by base rate which is 88-92 then take it off again .At the moment my heart is racing because Ive been walking about the house

The cake is lovely by the way - I love the flowers

[Karenanne61 in reply to horseygirl_0103]

Thankyou. I'm sorry about the coughing. It's horrid and I'm so pleased my new meds are helping.

[horseygirl_0103 in reply to Karenanne61]

lets hopes so

[Alberta56]

What a clever husband. I hope he'll be encouraged to do more. Flower arrangement nice too. xxx

[Karenanne61 in reply to Alberta56]

I thought we'd try rock cakes next time. Eady and delicious.

[Alberta56 in reply to Karenanne61]

I managed to make rock cakes which were as hard as rocks. I was never a great cake cook. xxx

[Karenanne61 in reply to Alberta56]

I'm not a baker either but we both like cake so thought we'd give it a go. Our daughter was diagnosed coeliac 40 years when almost nothing gluten free was available so I had to set to and cook and bake.

[dunnellon]

Your flower bouquet is lovely and the cake looks yummy! I had to look into wikipedia to find what a rock cake is!😃

[Karenanne61 in reply to dunnellon]

Thankyou. I love gypsophila, especially with roses or lisianthus . Rock cakes are not the prettiest of cakes but taste lovely

[Caspiana]

Cakes look lovely. 😃 I'm sorry you are in pain Karen. It seems to me that the colder weather sets off pain. I'm glad you had a good day. xx ❤️

[Karenanne61 in reply to Caspiana]

Thankyou. The pain is a real nuisance, just as my breathlessness and coughing are eased a little bang comes this pain.😡 I'm sure it will be gone soon.