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Hot Chocolate Anyone ?

Hot Chocolate Anyone ?

Hi All

There is a thread operating on the Lived Experience Forum under Night Shift where members who are having trouble sleeping for any reason give a bit of a shout-out, to see if there is anyone else sleepless and looking for company. It's been such a great thing, I thought I would start one over here too.

I have had the odd few nights where I have woken up on and off, and my kids have been having a bit of trouble some nights too, depending on what has happened during the day.

Being a carer can be lonely too, so if you are making an after-midnight cup of something hot, and wonder who else might be doing that too, maybe have a look-in here and see if anyone else is about.

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Did not use a recipe for these and they were average @Shaz51, made a batch and froze them as I had cream in fridge that I did not want to waste.

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Definitely coffee @Shaz51, but I am known to drink tea at night. And got chocolate, omg yes please 😍

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This is so me after makeup ☺️

Coffee sounds great @Former-Member

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Good afternoon

@RainbowUnicorn.

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Hi @Former-Member, hope you’re having a wonderful Sunday, and staying cool. I’ve been working in the vegetable garden, it helps me so much

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what have you got in the vege garden @RainbowUnicorn

Hello @Faith-and-Hope, @Former-Member, @Smc, @Determined

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@RainbowUnicorn veg gardening = 😀

A bit warm here for me to want to venture out but I did water some plants and top up two bird baths this morning.

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Hellooo @Shaz51

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Hi @Faith-and-Hope, @Shaz51, @Smc, @Determined

@Shaz51 we have tomatoes, cherry and the large ones, asparagus, sweet corn, celery, rosemary, chives, basil and zucchini. I’m starting from seeds beetroot, tomatoes and spring onion.

I actualy started it for my partner, being in the garden helps me clear my mind so though she might enjoy it too.

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Good afternoon @RainbowUnicorn @Faith-and-Hope @Shaz51 @Former-Member @Smc and anybody else passing through .....

All that gardening makes me feel very tired. Although it has finally cooled down a little bit here, only around 30C I think. Ahhhh ... at last. But unfortunately the cooler weather will only last for today and tomorrow and then right back up to the mid to high 30s again.

But the cooler day today did allow me to get out and do a little bit in the garden. Trimmed a couple of shrubs earlier. And topped up the garden fish pond. All these hot sunny days have caused a heap of algae to develop. So I topped up the water, flushed it out and aerated it. Then added some anti-algae substance to keep things nice again for the poor goldfish. We used to have lots of goldfish out there, but unfortunately we had a pesky heron come in last year and gobbled most of them up. So we have one lone large orange gold fish. I will likely get some more once summer is over, and keep this fellow company. Anyway he is looking happy and lively out there now that his large pond is clearer and aerated. Our fish pond is an above ground pond, actually an old boat and located in a large garden bed. Kinda cute. Looking forward to when I can get some more fish. I have added some netting to help protect the fish from herons, kookaburras or any other birds from now on. Bit late for some though.

I used to love having a vege garden, but havent bothered the past couple of years. Lack of time, being away for periods of time, sick of bugs and birds beating me to produce, etc ... all made me feel that the effort wasnt worth it. My neighhour has a good garden however, so we get some fresh produce from them. Lucky aye?

Well ... I'd best go organise some dinner for tonight I suppose. Enough chit chat. Hope everyone is well, maybe talk again later. @RainbowUnicorn I dont think we've met before, lovely to see you here. Feel free to tag me if you ever want some company. I tend to be around most days.

Sherry

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