Good Morning Monday

Sorry Mick! Expected you to pull me up confusing Brackley with Blackley! two quite different places. Must have been my Mancunian genes taking over!
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Good morning from a sunny but still breezy north of Scotland. Oops my post got interrupted by the welcome arrival of my supermarket order. It is now washed, dried and put away. Some odd substitutions. Surely a substitution should at lest be edible? ?
Should I do some weeding or sit in the sun and read? Hmmmm.
Have the best day you can.

Good morning from a sunny East Midlands.

Thank goodness the wind has finally gone but not after it has deluged the garden. Delphiniums broken off and also some broken lupins. Myself and my son managed to fasten up the rest of them, but the best are gone.

Another day of lock down when other people are just doing what the hell they like! I could scream.

Stay sane and safe if you can.

Gilly you are definitely not the only ones sticking to the rules ?.My husband is shielding so as I depend on him I am too! He was in hospital when he got the letter,fortunately he was negative toThe Bug but had pneumonia and as he has COPD still not really fit. We haven’t left the house at all since mid March or seen any family apart from virtually, I feel uneasy about the time when we can actually ‘go out’ ,he is very nervous about contacting other people,even sociallydistancing. Already had two weddings cancelled for this year and it would be our Diamond wedding in August which is now a non event too. So anyone ,andIknow many are, shieldingLet’s feel we’ve been doing our bit, more than some in power....

But having learned to take the situation in a more relaxed way
Good Morning Mick; I was doing just that ,looking for some TV football and came across a video of Blackley Town v Kettering played 1/1/2020; desperate times call for desperate measures.
So I stopped by and learned that they are called "The Saints"; nothing to do with Southampton I suppose, ?
Ground capacity 3,500, seated 500; Reminds of Windsor and Eton FC at Stag Meadow! Not exactly EPL, but just as exciting! Btw, score was 1-1.
Keep kicking goals!
Good Health

Good Morning All x
A fabulous day after the gales which had lasted until teatime yesterday. In fact I'd got so used to the winds that when they'd stopped I thought I'd gone deaf !

Forgot it was a Bank Holiday today and was just about to query my electric bill as per usual it looks as though they've got the gas and electric usage mixed up. There's not a quarter that goes by that I'm not ringing them. I'm so glad I don't pay by DD or they'd be taking what they liked.
Anyway, I'll set to and read both meters in preparation for tomorrow.

I feel so sorry for those living without access to a garden in this weather, especially where there are children. I can't really blame some for getting out of their homes as I'd feel very claustrophobic without being able to get into the air. It's those people whose mental health will be impaired.

I won't be up to much today and not sure what's on the menu other than I've got fresh fruit to finish up. I wish I was good at doing pavlova's Aussie's make the best ones.

Urmston's like myself with the lipstick and perfume all dressed up and going nowhere. I don't feel dressed without it, plus it brightens you up even though nobody's around to see or smell----apart from the cats in my case.

I'm bogged down with paperwork again, on the table and arms of the chairs. I've never known so much of an accumulation, the energy bills, bank statements, personal injury statements and phone-bill statements. I certainly have to keep up to date with these things. I don't know about a shredder, a bonfire would be in order for what's here, it's like an office . I need sorting out as well !

I keep getting pangs of " misery " as my GGC twins will be 14 on the 5th of June and I won't see them. It's making me feel really upset, from seeing them since they weighed 4lb each with their woolly hats on screaming the place down.
Ah well, this can't last forever.

As many of you know, I've been following a crime which happened in 1985 and the " suspect " has been imprisoned for nearly 35 years. On the 1st of this month there'd been a hearing in court via video-link but it was adjourned until the 29th, which is Friday. Should be interesting as it's re. undisclosed evidence which could well undermine his conviction.
The series was at the beginning of the year " Murder at White House Farm. I've supported the man's innocence since day one.

I'm so interested in crime, it keeps the brain ticking over especially during these times.

Anyway, before it's the afternoon, I wish you all well, enjoy this lovely weather as best you can and stay safe. xx

Good morning everyone from a very sunny day in Warminster.
I live in a large ground floor flat and have found a lovely sun spot outside my back door where our car is parked. Very concealed and not overlooked. So I may sit there on my garden chair later when the sun comes round.
Happy birthday to your daughter Gilly. Although DH and I follow all the lockdown rules I know of plenty who don't though. Very selfish I know but we just get on with our own lives. It could drive you mad otherwise.
Hope that everyone has a happy peaceful bank holiday.
My thoughts go to Blue Sapphire and Gillybob with her on going problems..

Good morning from sunny east Fife. himself is already in the garden trimming the garden edges he’s very pedantic but I must say it’s looking good. Getting ready for the bbq just one other coming we’re very fortunate. have a good day everyone I’m now off to see if our grandsons little veggie plants have grown mixed peppers and cucumber bought from the local community charity group called the Shed

Good morning Mick and the GM team, nice to hear you are taking a relaxed approach to the current situation Mick.
Nfk, what a lovely looking meal, your celebration was obviously a great success.
Bluesapphire sounds like you have a positive day planned, well done.

I am not feeling so well and having increased my meds, I am a bit weary - so an easy day is planned. Must sort out the wretched phone, ready to be returned again...

I will make Singapore Noodles, with left over roast pork, for tonight’s supper ... quick and tasty.

Have a good day all ?

Good Morning to you all from Cambridgeshire.
A lovely, sunny day, (thank goodness that wind has dropped).

Our daughter is 40 today, hopefully have a video-chat later.
Yesterday was a day of ups & downs, at first we thought the birthday girl was going to drive to visit us, (got excited as we hadn't seen her since February half-term). Then, her car wouldn't start, ( they hadn't used it for 9 weeks).
So we then did an hours drive to drop off not only her gifts, but one of our DGD's Birthday gifts, (very late)!
So, in the end, we did see them all, albeit at a distance.

Norfolk, your meal looks fantastic.
BlueSapphire, good to 'see' you on here again.

Take Care to all you caring folk

Good morning from the Shropshire borders where the sun is shining?

Nothing planned but I think it will be a garden day.

DH just informed me it is nine weeks since we have been inside a shop.The way I feel at the moment I want to keep online shopping after the lockdown is lifted.Going inside a shop is something I feel really anxious about.

It is DH’s birthday next Sunday.His presents were delivered,addressed to me and he blooming opened one of the parcels?

Have a good day everyone and gilly?

Good morning all from the sunny garden in the the Scottish Borders.
Watching the birds including seagulls.
I slept in and missed the bin collection but perhaps it's a bank holiday. I dont think we close for whitsun in Scotland.
It's very noisy again with roadworks so I think everyone is just using their own initiative.
However, like Gilly we are staying in.
Hoping everyone has a good day.

Lady, delia smith does a lovely choc and sour cream cake. .

Good morning from east London, blue sky, bit of a breeze, forecast to be lot warmer later. DS collected safely yesterday from Chichester and we did have a decent walk around the lanes and fields near his campus. (And he’s making me a cup of tea having spent the last hour talking to me). Walk later on and latest episode of ‘Killing Eve’ tonight and plenty of things to do around the house that I’d may not be bothered to do. Just a query on the lemonade scones; I made them with the 3 ingredients last year and the comment that came back was maybe a pinch of salt was needed. Maybe it’s the way I rolled them. Have a good day.

It is a beautiful blue sky day in my Oxfordshire village. I have eaten my breakfast and my next thing is typing up my journal. I have kept a journal, both written and typed, for many years. It is always interesting to read old entries. Today. Monday, I have a big knitting project to get on with and I might make a cake to use up some sour cream from yesterday’s beef stroganoff. I think Nigella Lawson has a chocolate and sour cream recipe. Did anyone read Saturday’s Guardian magazine? Several people had written letters to themselves to be opened in a year’s time. Saturday was 23 May - two months since lockdown was enforced. Well, I wrote myself a letter and put it away in an envelope for a year.
But today. Monday is still laundry day in my house. I am looking forward to watching the first episode of series two of Life on Mars. We missed the whole thing the first time around.

Good morning from a sunny calm Morecambe Bay. Quite a contrast to the last couple of days. We are just back in from our bike ride having got further and walked less!
Off to garden my patch in the churchyard when I’ve recovered.
Thinking of everyone with difficulties especially Gilly?. Take care and stay safe?

Morning Mick, morning All. Blue sky over our corner of Somerset. Less windy thank goodness. Some garden pottering for me today, Mr C plans to get the dust off the car. Foot still painful so no long walks. May manage a short one, see how the day goes. You definitely achieved a lot yesterday bluesapphire, I do understand how hard it is. Oh gilly, you don’t need more worries, so sorry. There’s a fair bit of rule bending around here too. Some seems sensible and very distanced, some definitely not. I imagine our beach will be busy today. Can only hope people are careful. Be gentle with yourselves everyone, we will get to the end of this. Best stir or nothing will happen today .

Good morning from a beautiful day in East London . This week is a week of birthdays , smallest DGS is 4 , DDiL 42, and DGC twins 10 . All within 4 days . We usually have a big family get together on one of the dates but of course not to be this year .It would have been the first without DH too. I must start early in the garden today before the sun comes round as I can now cut back a lot of overgrown ivy . A pair of robins had made a nest very low down in the ivy so I left it , but they have abandoned that residence in favour of another fortunately as it was a very risky place !
I love watching the goldfinches visiting the pond for a group bathe every morning . Every day I am so thankful for my small outside space and feel so sad for those without these days .

Thank you everyone for your kind words.
Someone asked what started the anxiety - just plain and simple, fear of the virus, thinking it's all round me, out to get me, catching it and dying from it. Simply finding those thoughts with me all the time - it feels like a living hell. I'm not ready to go yet! Plus the isolation, on my own for 99% of the time.

Good Morning from sunny Lancashire. The sea is sparkling in the distance and when we walked as far as the M6 it was empty-unbelievable for a bank holiday. Hurray the wind has dropped at last.

Good morning all and yes, I can confirm * Marydoll’s* report,
it’s a beautiful sunny morning in Glasgow.

Enjoying my alfresco kick start espresso always puts me in a good mood and sees the return of my get up and go. Plenty of pottering about outside and better still, DH brought a few red geranium plants back from his Waitrose trip ?. I will pot them up today looking forward to the finished result of the distinctive splashes of red dotted around the garden.

Have the best day you can everyone.

Morning all,

As greyduster says, it's a glorious morning and we look to be in for a grand day.

NfkD your meal looked lovely. Hope you enjoyed it.

It's disheartening, isn't it, gilly when some blatantly flout the rules to suit themselves and get away with it, but I can assure you that many are sticking to the rules and making huge sacrifices in order to do so. It just makes us so angry, doesn't it, when there appears to be one rule for one and a diffferent rule for everyone else.

Take care all.

Good Morning Mick and all from a sunny Welsh coast.
We are sticking to the rules gilly but we are surrounded by neighbours who clearly aren't. I hope that people will stay away from our beaches too today.
Well done BlueSapphire you did amazingly well yesterday, you may not think so, but you did. Enjoy your socially distanced chat with your neighbours.
I watch the Pioneer Woman cookery programmes Marydoll
she has made some for lockdown which I watched last week, she seemed to have endless supplies of everything though. I like the Barefoot Contessa too, I really want her kitchen, house and garden. Serious envy here ?
We will go for a walk later and have a BBQ this afternoon.

Stay safe everyone

Good morning Auntyflo and all x

Good morning all from a sunny start in mid-Notts - definitely be bbq-ing later. Such a shame we are still not able to include family and friends yet . As our cleaner is employed as our gardener for the foreseeable - Mr BA has promised work his cleaning magic around the house today. I'm sure there will be something much more interesting that he HAS to do in his workshop though!! Hopefully DD coming to collect some things ordered with our shopping so we'll be able to have a nice socially distanced chat. Stay safe everyone and may this bank holiday Monday be kind to us all x