Here we are again...happy as can be...all good friends and jolly good company.
A very warm welcome to one and all. 
A lovely name Alea. He really is a lovely baby. I always liked the idea of a little copper nob for a gc. Not too far fetched as my Mum had lovely auburn hair, but it wasn't to be.
cornergran I used to decorate cakes for friends weddings etc. About the only artistic talent I had too. We moved to a house with a smaller kitchen and I never took it up again.
It was a very sticky hobby. 
Hello all, and baby Flynn!!
A nice strong name and very sweet in the pictures!
Charley sounds like you gave that van driver short shrift ! Well done you. As for the rude reply to your kind offer.... Their loss. Whatever happened to a polite refusal? Some people are just rude.
Loving the photos soop ! I too am fascinated by the shower remark.
It's hot hot hot here today. Yesterday was the family golf championships where there were great highs and lows! Jackson won ( although Grampy's scoring was a bit dubious!) . Mummy lost her ball in the lake and Daddy could not be persuaded to retrieve it due to potential Alligators! Cooper had a total meltdown much to Mummy's dismay.
The reward for winning was a ride on a surreywith a fringe on top !!
Pictures attached.
Wishing you all a mellow Sunday xx
These pictures are due to six years of patience. I planted my wisteria in late 2010 and this is the first really good flowering. They are known for taking a long time to get going.
I was so pleased to see how well it has bloomed this year. It will need a little more work to get more flowering going on all the shoots around the frame but it's done me proud this year.
Our wisteria is bomb proof !. we had to dig it up as it was where we wanted our summer house. Tried to bonsai it, but it failed to transplant 
. A couple of years later a small shoot appeared from under the summer house, where it gets moisture from heaven knows. Now it covers the summerhouse and is in full bloom. fantastic fragrance.
That is fabulous nelliemoser. We inherited a wisteria with this house 20 years ago, it flowered the first summer after we moved in - and never again! It used to send triffid like tendrils in through the windows and you would wake up with them round your neck, so I tried cutting it back and that was the end of it 
Lovely name Alea and lovely babe
I love the name Flynn, it brings to mind a handsome hunk, and he's already handsome!
I've noticed that people can be so ungrateful and rude Charley, don't let it get to you. They don't deserve any help or advice!
That's what is so nice about our Kintyre kitchen, it's a safe haven, and the cake is really good! 
I've a wisteria growing up around my back door, it smells heavenly, grows like a triffid and makes a terrible mess when the flowers and leaves drop, but I love it.
Keep going with the watercolour soop, you always get there in the end!
Good sunny Monday morning dear Kitcheners one and all.
I have to pop off fairly soon to feed our pal's three yippy-yappy dogs and let them out into the garden. Then, at 3:30, repeat the exercise.
In the meantime, inbetween time, I'm about to tackle a newly sketched portrait. Oh the bliss of having a fresh start (and oodles of hope in my heart.)
I would like to share a lovely poem with you...composed by Emily Dickenson:
'It's all I have to bring today -
This, and my heart beside -
This, and my heart, and all the fields -
And all the meadows wide -
Be sure you count - should I forget
Some one the sum could tell -
This, and my heart, and all the bees
Which in the clover dwell.'
I think that it's so right for a sunny spring day.
How wrong I was! They let him go with no charge! I think he could give Teflon Tony a run for his money!
My poor daughter had to pay for an injunction and they ignore it.
Lona Sometimes I think that the law is an ass. Naturally you'll be feeling extremely angry. If this man is no longer a part in your daughter's life...be happy for her sake. He sounds like a very unpleasant individual. Good riddance!
We've attended to our pal's dogs. Time for a and avocado with a slice of smoked salmon...followed by the daily, crispy apple. After which...on with the arty-farty hat. All systems go.
Oh, Lona, I was scrolling down to the bottom to say how thrilled I was with your news - now I want to say how sorry I am. Just wait for Ann's karma to kick in -well either that or the brass can kick in!
Tizliz As we were walking past the village kiosk library this morning, a lady stopped to speak to us. Vandals (teenagers) had emptied the honesty box. They had also pulled up the flowers that the schoolchildren have been tending around their playground. Several people know who those responsible are. We know who they are. The vandals have been excluded for a school in another area. The damage has been reported. It makes you want to weep.
One painting shows promise. The second will go into the bin. I shall therefore sketch anew sometime this evening. All good practice and, dare I say, character-building.
soop what a shame about the vandals. I am sure that they are known as they would be here, can't get away with much in a small Scottish village! What do you do about it?
It is a bit like the thread on dog biting - it is the owners/parents who are really to blame. I know that we gave too much attention to our daughter and let our son get on with his own life and inevitably he went off the rails (he is OK now).
I think your character may very well be set by now and you can't build on it but good luck with the next version.
Good morning lovely kitcheners !
Lona I'm so sorry Teflon Tony was let go with no charge. Sometimes the Law is an ass!! But Karma's a bitch as they say , so he'll get his!!
Nellymoser your wisteria is glorious and I am lilac with envy !!
It's lovely to have you on our holiday wot and Charley ! Today you can be part of our ' Family of the Day' ! Young Jackson was invited by the lifeguards ( as we were first to the pool) to look for Capt Hooks treasure. When he found it we got to keep it and were named Family of the Day ! The treasure was 2 rubber duckies, pirate bandanas all round and a beach ball! Our boys acted like they had been given the Crown Jewels!!
They only have a couple of days left with us so we had a character breakfast without mummy and daddy this morning where we met Minnie, Donald and Goofy !!
Jackson proclaimed it BEST DAY EVER!!
You cannot beat the BEST DAY EVER NanaandGrampy What a wonderful experience for the boys...and you, of course.
Tizliz I make the same mistake over and over again. I tiddle and "muddy" what promises to be a pleasing painting. I've held the board (on which the portraits are taped) under the shower. Believe me, the clear water can redeem some of my errors. We shall see how things appear a little later.
I've rather a lot of ironing to do before mealtime. I therefore have to log off. Tomorrow morning is visit to care home day. I shall return to catch up as soon as I return. Enjoy a pleasant evening. 
I'm sharing last night's glorious sunset.
Hello anno ...sorry that I must dash.
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