Good Morning Thursday

Good morning Mick and all from rainy Worcs. - plenty of rain but without any thunder or lightning in last 24 hours.

Grandmattie the rain is not keeping your high spirits down, and nor should they. You sound very chipper, it’s infectious!
Scentia oh you poor thing, you’ll have to be careful with that buttock pain.

I had a lovely time yesterday. I returned my sister’s surprise visit (she did it about 10 days ago) and I drove to her home. I knew she’d be in, we’d had our usual phone call first thing. She has a friend staying who has joined her ‘bubble’, and her DIL was making a visit too. The 4 of us were able to sit in the large open-sided African Lodge in her garden and while away a couple of hours with women’s-chat. I took my own drink and a tin of pecan shortbread biscuits. ?

Hope you can all find something to entertain you/keep you busy indoors, since the rain seems to be a feature across most of the country today. Take care ?

Good morning everyone. It’s another sunny day in Malta and I really ought to be out for a walk before the sun gets too hot, but here I am, procrastinating as per usual.

We had six new cases of covid yesterday which makes me think they have relaxed the rules a bit too early. I think when they open the airport things will get worse, unfortunately. I hope I’m wrong.

I need a few things from the shop so will have to go out at some point. I have only been using my local corner shop and have never had to queue. I find if I go around 1-2pm it’s usually empty.

Wishing you all a good day whatever you are doing.☀️

Morning All

Wet here too in the north of Norfolk. It’s persisting it down! I can almost see the grass growing.

We had an early day out yesterday as DH decided he would like to go fishing with our little boat. So it was a day of extreme socially distancing in the middle of a Norfolk Broad. I don’t fish but really love sitting gently swaying in the sun, watching the birds, reading and attempting to find out how to use the coloured pencils DH bought me a couple of Christmas’ ago.

Good Morning all from East Staffordshire. A wet day today, following on from a wet and thundery evening yesterday.
I have some rare spare time today and did want to go on a bike ride but, not only is it pouring with the wet stuff I seem to have trapped something in my buttocks/back. It has kept me awake most of the night I am furious ? what on earth have I done?
I know that is a minor thing to be furious about and I apologise to people with real problems❤️
Looking around my wild garden I am sort of regretting going for wild flowers everywhere this year, they just look like weeds, but I must say the garden is full of ? and ? There is just so many plants, they have spread like wildfire!! Also the rain has battered one lot and they are just laying on the ground feeling sorry for themselves?
Happy Days folks??? (well I am a misery this morning)
Take care everyone and stay safe today ❤️

Good morning Mick and everyone. It's a grey start to the day in Cheshire, but the cooler air is refreshing.

Now that I'm working at home the days are more structured, but in one sense I resent having to be at online meetings. It's nice to have 'conversations', but it's the third one of the week today and it's losing it's charm. Each one begins like a comedy sketch with, 'I can see you but can't hear you. Oh there you are Fred, oh no, you've gone again. You need to press...'

A leisurely start with a walk before I get on with things. Have a good day everyone whatever you're planning. Warmest wishes to those coping with worries or sickness. for all.

Good morning from a wet E Kent. The wonderful rain has been falling since about 1900 last night. No thunderstorms, just gently falling rain. The garden and fruit farms will love it.
Yes, Mick, I’ve noticed the early morning supermarket queues in decline. By accident, we went outside wrinklies hour and found the queues more tolerable. In fact yesterday, I went straight in. Oddly, it felt unreal...
Market day today. We ordered some meat from the local farmer. They raise their own animals and butcher them themselves, so although quite expensive, the meat is beautiful. Getting some skirt steak and breast of lamb to make baked beans. Yum.
One proviso, the painters need to be finished. They have done a fantastic job, above and beyond the remit. The whole house is now completely crack free. It looks wonderful. We shall miss their cheerful chatter and presence when they leave forever tonight!
Our next job is to put it all back together, do the extra IKEA cube thingies when they come next week, all ready for when DS1 comes out of quarantine! Happy days.

Morning Mick, morning All. Dark and very damp start to our corner of Somerset, feels heavy. Torrential rain with an impressive thunderstorm early evening yesterday has been followed by more overnight rain. I’m deliberately not looking at the flattened plants. Forecast is more of the same. Feel for those impacted by flash flooding. Suspect no walk for us today, some indoor faffing and a couple of phone chats for me. Be gentle with yourselves everyone.