Good Morning Monday

Good morning from sunny Colchester. A bit of sun to dry things out after a very wet weekend.
Housework and ironing today.

Good Morning everyone from Severnside. It’s a cloudy start and a late one for me.

You could be cheeky and use the top box for storage while it’s in your garage Greyduster.

I’ve a walk to the mail box and a phone call to make about car insurance.

You all look like you’ve plenty to do today so enjoy your trips, journeys and meets ups ?

Good morning from the NE coast where we have another day of rotten weather to go with the rotten summer we’ve had so far. Torrential rain all night long and set to continue all day too.

I’m off to “that place” in about 15 minutes to begin another wonderful week of joy........ wishing it was Thursday instead of my worst day of the week and thinking that I’ve got another 9 and a half years of this lying ahead ? .

Thinking of our missing friends and praying for some

Love Gillybob x

Good morning Auntyflo and all x

Good morning from Shropshire.a damp start with rain forecast for most of the day.

A few jobs around the house this morning then a friend coming round after lunch.We last saw each other in February so lots to catch up on.Our first visitor apart from family since lockdown began.

Have a good day all and thinking of our absent friends?

Good morning all. I smiled at the "bright grey" description of your morning Mick - it's the same here in the Angus coast. It's chilly though so when it decides to return I shall welcome the sun with open arms. Had a lovely afternoon with DD and two DGDs yesterday. It's a 90 minute drive each way, but so worth it. I took some of the giant strawberry tarts from our local fruit farm. Each pastry case contains cream with one large strawberry in the middle and half strawbs arranged round it to form a pyramid with the whole lot then generously covered with that lovely gooey sticky strawberry syrup. Oooh, I'm reliving every mouthful! We had a lovely nattery time and I heard all about their holiday with the New Man. It sounded fun and a great success. Nothing much happening here today - I find I now need a quiet day to follow each busy day. I'm ashamed to say I really rather enjoy them! EllanVannin thank you for putting your whole sad story together. What a tragedy for you all. I hope in time to come WAY can be a support for your DGD,. As a support group it is second to none. Love and hugs to you, and all others going through hard times and I hope the light at the end of your tunnel will shine through soon. ???

Good Morning everyone from our little corner of sun-soaked paradise. ??

Some much-needed cutting back of jasmine and oleander this morning. It grows like lightning and I’m conscious of being slapped in the eye by long tendrils of jasmine each time I go near the garage door, so I shall steel myself against the sun with a large hat and give it my best shot ..... until coffee time. Wish it didn’t make such a sticky mess when I cut it : I expect the Karcher will then be necessary to clean it off the tiles when I’m done.

What a very unsettling experience Kitty. Summer days do bring out the worst in opportunists - the type that look for open windows and doors and a quiet moment. If you don’t have a dog to warn you, maybe you need a little (security) camera - just in case?

Hope you have a truly happy break Brook, you must be very excited. Just visiting an airport is enough for me, but I so love going to arrivals to meet people.

Please don’t ‘do a Madge’, Urms - although switch on the telly and one can often see a ‘celebrity’ of similar colour. My Aunt used to use gravy browning in war time when stockings were often unobtainable. She also used to sharpen her eyebrow pencil to draw a line up the back of each leg!! Hilarious, but I suppose far funnier ideas are mooted these days for all sorts of things - and nothing to do with shortages.

9am here and high time I got on with my shrub clipping. I shall think cool and enjoy a well-earned swim when I’m done.

Have a good day everyone, especially if out and abouting. We need to carefully as possible try to get the important bits of our lives back whilst we try to batter Covid. Good wishes for better times, better health and better days to come.

Take care and, as always, please keep safe whatever you’re doing.

Hugs from ??

How I love that word "scunnered", "Grandmabatty". I haven't heard that used for a while. Is it used all over, I wonder, or is it another of those good old Scots words?

Good morning from a damp Morecambe Bay. Last week was too hot, this week looks too wet! There’s no pleasing me, but it does make working as a gardener difficult!
Take care and stay safe everyone ?

Back again after reading the thread!!!

How unsettling for you kittylester please do not let one silly man stop you enjoying your home and garden.

Enjoy your time with your family brook2704

Urmstongran I know what you mean about the madge tan it is not a good look ?

Good Morning All. x
Damp and dreary which is forecast for the rest of the week presumably. Is this the end of the summer ? Even the darker nights are noticeable now.

Some hoovering and general cleaning to be done. Whether D will manage to call in today I don't know, I'm waiting to hear how the children enjoyed their day out in Blackpool on Saturday.

I enjoyed my chicken dinner yesterday, with all the trimmings of course but overdid the sprouts a bit as I woke up at 10 to 2 this morning with the rumbles . It could also have been the Double Raspberry Magnum which I devoured, it was delicious and recommendable. Anyway, I had a mint and all was well.

A friend is going to go on Facebook to try and solve the screaming that went on the other night. A couple I spoke to hadn't heard anything. What ? It would have wakened the dead ! So I hope she discovers something or I'll keep wondering. Can't help worrying -- being nosey--.

Have a good day those of you who are out and about visiting and thoughts to those who aren't up to it x

Stay safe and well everyone xx

A light tan is lovely. It looks summery. A dark mahogany tan is so ageing - many of the senior citizens out here have lines on top of their wrinkles! I think they hark back to days when the mindset was a deep tan was the sign of a great holiday.
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Sounds as though you had fun last night dogsmother! You’re paying the price this morning but bet you had a blast!

Taichinan I am Scottish and use many Scots words to describe how I feel. I don't know how far they travel though.

Well I use scunnered all the time! It's a brilliant word, describes exactly how I feel today!!!!
My mother, from Central Scotland used it all the time.
Her other favourite was wabbit, I feel like that too. I've turned into my mother. ??

My banking disaster was caused by the bank, changing security settings, just as I was paying online!!! ?
However, a lovely young lady sorted it all out, thank goodness.

Good morning all from a very wet and dull mid-Notts. We had the much-awaited thunderstorm last night with torrential rain. I, for one, am pleased the weather is fresher. DD1 is a nurse and I know it's been a struggle for her in the tropical conditions we have had of late. Bedding to change to today and other than that will see what the day brings. Hope everyone has the best day possible and please stay safe x

Beechnut I would be very surprised if it isn’t full of something they want to store when it arrives, otherwise that would be a very good idea!

Good morning from sunny Devon, well it was!! Now clouding over & rain forecast, maybe they'll be wrong as normal

Lazy day planned after my busy Sunday, I normally have a fairly lazy day on a Sunday, reading papers, doing crosswords & sudoku. I'll probably end up pottering about.

We need rain for the gardens & crops but can I please have sunny days & wet nights or is that too much to ask

A late good morning all as I had a lazy long lie and in no rush to jump up to dreich day here in Glasgow where it is now bucketting down and lamps on.

That was an unsettling experience kitty. Hope the pest is caught soon.

Your mention of oleander has reminded me of our garden in France grandmaFrench. A favourite that councils had everywhere and the three white ones I planted which I would cut to have in a vase indoors to enjoy its beauty.

It’s so nice to hear of all the family catch ups which are happening for us now. I could feel your excitement in your post Brook happy travels.

Lazy morning over and time to shake a leg to discover what today has to offer. One certainty, it’s an at home day. ?

Enjoy your day all and as best you can for those not in a good place just now.

Good morning everyone. The Gower is wrapped up in a blanket of grey today, but it is dry and cosy.

I'm waiting to hear if my daily group quiz is continuing now that shielding is officially over. I've really enjoyed it and will be sad if it stops now ?. I don't know when the whole group of us will get together properly (there are quite a lot of us) so I will miss it.

Grandmabatty me and my niece1 are close in age but I am older than her. I've known one or two people along the way who have aunts older then themselves. People are often surprised by it and by when it's he other way round but the age difference is negligible. I don't know how many times people have assumed we're sisters or not believed us. It's actually quite nice for us both, we both feel that way.

kitty, what a horrible experience ?. Something very similar happened to us a couple of years back. It was unnerving but I didn't feel too unsafe as my WP is a tall imposing figure that has the ability to unnerve strangers, if you see what I mean.

Pleased to hear that your DH is feeling much better Grammaretto ?
How is your DH now gillybob, much better I hope?

Brook, I'm sure it will be fine at the airport - an internal flight. Hope you have a fabulous time with your family ?

The same wishes for wonderful time with all others who are seeing loved ones for the first time in months. Enjoy ?

Marydoll, I had no idea that you would have made clothe purchases in Tesco (not) ?

Have a great day one and all, whatever you are doing.

Be kind to yourselves everyone ❤️

Cherry, they were essentials!

Good morning from Harrogate in the frozen north, first ray of sunshine since Thursday!

Welcome, richard, we have a few posters in your area.

Aye Marydoll, Ahm fair scunnered Ahm feelin' a wee bitty wabbit the day. ??. Ma mither'll be birling in her grave to hear me speaking like that!

Hi Richard so that's where it's gone. I haven't seen it since Thursday either!

Good morning all,

It's a rather grey, muggy day here in South Yorkshire, but the rain has stopped for now.

That must have been quite unsettling kitty.

Not a lot on the agenda today. I've got some cooking apples to peel, par boil and freeze that my SiL gave me, so will go and do that. I've also done a bit of washing, but doubt it will go outside to dry as the air is too damp. Thank goodness for heated dryers!?

Glad you got your banking sorted, Marydoll.