Welcome to all...it's good to have your company. You are special peoples. 
Well I did type a newsy post late last night... seems the poor WiFi connection we have here wasn't able to follow through and actually post the blinking thing.
We had a weekend joining in the retirement celebrations for a good friend, after hearing all the tributes/expressions of appreciation etc the poor man was an emotional wreck by the end of it all. But I have to say it was all well deserved and it was lovely to hear just how much he’d been appreciated. Since Norfolk is closer to where our friends live than where we live we’d decided at the last minute that it would be a shame not have a few days on the North Coast! So we’ve enjoyed 2 very pleasant days enjoying this lovely part of the world and all in beautiful sunshine too. We will meander our way back home tomorrow before real life catches up with us again. I’ll hopefully attach couple of photos but since I think that’s what may have scuppered last nights attempt who knows if it’ll work or not.
I can’t quite get my head round another new kitchen... how did that happen so quickly? But I’m very glad it’s here for us all, a pleasant place to relax, meet “friends” old and new and catch our breath before facing the various challenges large and small that we all have to contend with from day to day.
Won’t risk comments or greetings, as I can’t face another failed attempt at saying hello to everyone, but as always toya, sleep well kitchen folk! xx
Morning all !!
We have recovered from yesterdays 200 mile round trip in scorching weather- looks like its going to be another hot one here today !
Maybe , in time MOMB you might consider pet sitting - where you have someone else dog for an over night ? That still gives you a dog fix but without being tied down. I can imagine how strange things feel without her - they leave such a big gap in our lives .
You should have popped in GrannieQ !! Lovely pictures - its hard to beat the Norfolk coast on a blue sky day.
Anno there is little doubt the QOTU is going the same way as your granddaughter. She could not be persuaded to go to the zoo or country park this time even though they have been well loved before. I did ask her if she would ever be too big to visit me and she was horrified at the thought :-) so I think I have a while to go yet :-)
Welcome Angelic ….are you ;-)
I am adding a picture of the little boys this morning. The first shot is last September the first day of school and the 2nd today at the end of term . Cooper is dressed as a pirate as his class is having a pirate day to celebrate. They entered class down a slide , through a bubble machine lol ! I wouldn't mind a go of that myself.
Happy day all !
anno 
Izabella The Emerald Isle is very much like the West Coast of Scotland. Just beautiful.
Bella, your suggestion re a "strapping young gardener", is a very wise one. 
Barmeyoldbat Have I missed your coming into the kitchen? If so, I apologise and extend a huge, warm welcome to you. It's possible that we've met before. It's just that my memory bank is a bit dusty at the moment.
granniequeenie Yet more winning photos from your camera. Love the creatures.
Lins1066 Be warned...should you ever find one in your garden...you must dig it out because it will multiply and invade all areas available to it.
N&G Delightful boys. Us lot love the bones them.
I arrived as usual to do the ironing for my pal. I had a very uncomfortable seering pain in my pelvc area. Thought to myself, oh, please not the start of another UTI. I completed the latest antibio's just last week. Started ironing and knew that I was about to vomit. Dashed for the cloakroom and did so. My pal shoved me inside her car and brought me back home. I am feeling improved. Sat through Theresa May's final question time and thought to myself...there goes a lady who did her very best to sort out a mess not of her making. 
What now?
A friend gave us this perenn plant when it was not in bloom. Today, it looks stunning. I must ask her the name of it. One saves the seed pods and sows them in fresh compost next year.
Panache Your good news continues to brighten our day. That leg, if it is responding to the antibio's, will hopefully stop giving you and us lot cause for concern.
Since returning home this morning, I have rested, had plenty of fluids and a Magnum that MacSporran thoughtfully rescued from the freezer as we watched the latest news unfold. The pain is no longer a problem. I am almost certain that I have another UTI. Tomorrow, we'll pick up a pee pot from the surgery. I'm betting on the wee being infected.
The other day, I discovered a newspaper cutting on the matter of mesh implants and the likelihood of repeated infections. As you know, in 2002 I had anterior/posterior ventral suspension surgery. It was carried out in a private hospital in Cornwall, prior to our move to Scotland. Things haven't been right for a very long time. Further prolapses and corrective procedures have taken up much time and repeated journeys to different hospitals in Glasgow. The hospital has not responded to any communication from either Consultants or me regarding whether or not mesh was used. Apparently, although I was in hospital for almost ten days, they have no records because it was 'too long ago'. I have almost given up hoping to find answers. Sometimes, the variety of buggerations become like a millstone around one's neck. Too much faffing makes for discontentment. Life is too short.
If we had the funds, we would pay for a private investigation with an expert. In the meantime, please do not fret about me. I am tougher than I think. There are Granspals dealing with far worse problems and I would sooner they have all our support.
Time for log off. It's a glorious day. Nowhere near as hot as in some parts of the Country. Hot enough! So far, we've escaped a thunderstorm.
TOYA 
Please see the doctor soop, if nothing else it stops us all nagging
Nearly there panache, keep going.
It’s a pleasant 26 here today, usual sea breeze aka howling gale which is unusually welcome. Have done - nothing at all other than read since 10am. Fuzzy head so little coherent thinking and achey bones after early physio but it’s not unpleasant just to sit.
Good to see those happy boys n&g, school wasn’t like that when the dinosaurs ruled the earth
Happy anniversary lins. .
TOYA.
Crossed posts soop, pleased you’ll get yourself checked, hope you have a comfortable night. .
Hello the kitchen! I hope we have now got all out tech problems sorted after our ISP sent us a lovely new “super router” . We have a child free day today and it is already warming up outside so we are planning on doing the sum total of nothing, and the thought of spending any time in the car is more than either of us can stand. Add to that the fact that I suspect I may also be joining the UTI brigade so I will hit the cranberry juice and lots of iced water today. We had a long day out with GS on Tuesday and I didn’t take anywhere near as much liquid on board as I should have. Yesterday we were at the swimming pool, which was bliss, and then went for a walk to see how the local blackberries were getting on. We found seven ripe ones and I told GS that when we were his age we would eat them straight off the bushes. He was horrified and insisted we take them home to be washed! What snowflakes these youngsters are! They wouldn’t last five minutes in the wild! (Mind you, neither would I now!). I told him the origin of the phrase ‘to grasp the nettle’ and we dared each other to do it. He chickened out, I got stung!
Soop please look after your health - you sound as if you have been in the wars again. “Getting on a bit”, and all it brings with it, is a complete pain!
Corner sounds like you have the right idea today! A book and a beach! What could be better?
Gq your photos have given me serious Norfolk envy. That avocet is fabulous. We are working on getting down there shortly ourselves, fingers crossed!
N&G young Jim Lad certainly looks the part, but even without the pirate gear, you can see the change in him since the beginning of term!
Good to hear your leg is on the mend, Panache!
Well, I can hear Mr Duster stomping about upstairs (his way of telling me to put the kettle on!), so I had better go and bid him good morning. Have a good day and I will look in later. TOYA!
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