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PS - without Jeremy's presence, you can just imagine the state of the garden! and I can do nothing with this silly back of mine!

Hello again, Pigale!
It is good to hear that you are keeping well in these difficult times.
We are all fine so far here, but I am finding lockdown especially restricting in that I miss my long walks.......
The dog is finding her new regime very odd!
And she takes cover whenever she sees me coming near her with a pair of scissors!
I am having to trim her coat myself, as of course going the Groomers is out of the question.
I am reading a lot.... I have a pile of "used" books ordered through Amazon, and am steadily working my way through them.
No, I don't know when visiting with family will be allowed.....

Good morning Elle and everyone!

Talking of trimming animals' coat, Fluffy (one of my cats) has longish
hair and I like to have it trimmed every now and then otherwise she gets all sorts of knots!
Well, trying to do it myself is simply impossible, and asking a friend to help holding her while I do the cutting is also impossible since she
is shy of people and disappears the moment someone is here!

So with the garden in its present state, she simply carries half of it on her and I have a job to try and keep her grass-free when she comes for a cuddle in the evening!

I suppose your own cat has 'normal' short hair?

It is already very hot here - 27C on terrasse and not in sun yet!

Hello, Pigale!
I am just in from the garden.....fighting a losing battle with bindweed......and now I have a leaky hose!
No, my cat does have long fur - like Fluffy - but fortunately he loves being groomed (unlike the dog) and will come running willingly whenever I say "Brush and comb time" to him!
So a daily groom does the trick! No tangles!
I didn't even know that cats did have trims?
It is hot here, too, by my standards , although only about 24C
Too warm for me to sit out though.
I am driven indoors to cool off!

Yes, I know you don't like it too hot (weather I mean!)

What's good is that we have a breeze from the North-East which cool things down somewhat.

Bindweed is a pest: isn't it strange than even during a heat wave when
nothing grows anymore, pest-weeds still thrive?!

I may have to call in a local firm to deal with the garden, as I said, my back prevents me from any big efforts, and this time of the year is the heavy growing season - it slows down after June, particularly if there is no rain, which is often the case around here..

Hello Rusty, are you out there somewhere?

I wonder how you are and how you are coping with your lockdown still stricter in Scotland

Hi, Rusty!
My goodness, it's a long time since we last talked on here, isn't it?
Pigale has decided to try to revive the thread.....she had to hunt back about 30 pages to find it!
I shall add my voice to hers.....
Why not join in, if you are about.....
I think everyone around would benefit from "chatting" together, especially at present.

Hello Elle, Rusty and everyone,

I think we should stay with this thread! The 'new one' seems a bit
dodgy to me and I was warned by Norah about it.

So be careful

How do you mean "warned" pigale? I had an Email from Norah encouraging me to use the new Cafe thread.

The new thread is not dodgy, I have NOT warned you about it Pigale. I sent you an email from my personal email address explaining that I had set it up as I do not yet have access to Evoluted emails on my computer.

Please send me a copy of the email you received warning you about the new thread.

Please do not post any more posts in this thread, there is nothing wrong with the new Cafe thread.