Here we are again
Happy as can be
All good friends and jolly good company.
Welcome. 
Ann what a time you’ve been having. You truly have done everything you you could (and much I guess you thought you couldn’t do!) for your dh. I hope you’re not too exhausted to benefit from the rest you can now have. Thinking of you as you ponder the best way forward from here, they’re not easy decisions to make. x
Oh dear, running in and out of the kitchen these last few busy days I’d not realised that panache hadn’t been “seen” lately. As others have said I do hope she’s surviving all the health challenges she’s facing. Nice to see you back in action charley, we did miss you.
Beautiful painting soop I hope the doing of it soothed your soul after the bad news you had earlier this week.
Good news on the car kitty, I was glad to move on from a silver car that I could never find in a car park. The current vivid blue one with a ??????? stuck in the back window is much easier to spot!
greyduster you’re sounding much more like your usual self which is nice to see.
Well I’m surviving my manic week so far, but have to admit it’s a close thing. Time with the visiting grand dog was good albeit with the pigeon malarkey was fun. The visiting grandchildren were lively and quarrelsome at times but generally good to have around. The visiting old friends were a joy to have around, we walked miles, talked loads, ate and drank well as we shared the highs and lows of our respective lives. It was all very relaxed, despite the work involved in such a quick turnaround of laundry etc. We now have another set of old friends visiting and to be honest I’m struggling with it - they can be such hard work! Not the domestic stuff which has all gone very smoothly, just the general “oldness” they seem very happy to have settled into. They’ve been friends for 45 years do it feel like it should be easy to have them here but somehow it’s not. Sorry just waffling here as I try to puzzle it out for myself. Have come to the conclusion that the biggest value is in the length of time we’ve known them and in the history we share rather than what there is now - 2 couples who view the aging process very differently.
Hey ho, on that note I’ll bid you goodnight. Apologies to any folk I’ve unintentionally ignored, I can’t seem to keep up these days. I’ll leave you with some tranquil scenes that I snapped earlier in the week- it might calm me down to look at them!
Good morning, the kitchen. Still no word from Panache. Worrying.
Gq lovely photos as usual - I especially like the cool woodland path, but as you can imagine I am also a sucker for a gritstone boulder, wherever it may be!
Last time I looked in on the good morning thread, Ann you were still in bed with a nice cup of tea! (As was I!). I hope this next two weeks will see similar stories of rest and recuperation.
Soop your grandson and his young lady make a very handsome couple!
Izabella we are giving Chatsworth Country Fair a miss this year, but I know you will have a great time there, especially with the weather being so good. It’s a great day out. There are always far too many things to part me from my money, though - especially on Fisherman’s Walk!
DD and I had an afternoon at the Botanical Gardens yesterday for the annual Art in the Gardens show. Some wonderful stuff on display from some very talented artists and makers. Quite blew me away. GS came with us. He was interested to start with but when he found it all a bit tedious (“why are there so many pictures?” “Because it’s an art show - the clue is in the name!”), which we suspected he would, he was quite happy to sit under a tree in the shade with his phone and let us off the leash for a bit. I got a bit jittery about it, but DD said “Mother, he’s eleven, and as long as he has his phone I know where he is at all times.” I still didn’t like it! I didn’t buy much, but did treat myself to a new paintbrush (jury’s out on whether it will get any use), and had a nice chat with one of our local watercolour artists about one of his paintings which I had seen in progress at another art show we attended where he was demonstrating. It was lovely to see it finished.
Well I have waffled for long enough. I have to get moving. We are watching GS play football this morning against a team in the next village to us here, so not far to travel today! We could walk - but we won’t 
! I will look in later.
Ann Yes, I have sent love and very best wishes to both of them from all of us. MrPanache has promised to update us.
Last night's sky...
Oh dear, poor Panache
Please pass on my sincerest good wishes too if you are in touch with him.such a worry.
What a beautiful sky Soop! I am so jealous. This is our best view ... the houses are even closer the other way. The top item for Kirsty and Phil will be a view, when we move!!
Prayers for Panache x
I have, at long last, sort of updated myself on the non-stop activities of you lovely lot.
The photos are lovely, granniequeenie. I especially like the woodland path...it looks inviting and totally peaceful.
Charleyg What on earth is Alexa and Echo Dot? All sounds totally foreign to me. Bear in mind, please, that I am "so last Century". My computer is aged. My mobile phone sends and receives message but hasn't a clue when it comes to sharing photos. Something that our grandchildren comprehend. We have no laptop/tablet/smart device of any kind. In a way, I'm thankful. The computer is logged on for a few hours each day, after which, it is switched off from late afternoon to mid morning on the following day. So, as you now know, MacSporran and I are simple souls. 
I don't pop into the kitchen much these days (I can't keep up ) but glad to hear that you are fine, Charleygirl
My best wishes to Panache; she did post quite frequently on other threads too.
Jalima1108 Any one of us lot who can manage to "keep up" has to be supercharged.
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