Good Morning Sunday

Good morning,

there’s a little bit of blue in the sky and it’s a little less breezy here at the moment. It’s still dry but the forecast is for showers later.

I’ve not quite ditched the summer clothes for winter just yet, but am tending to add layers as the day goes on! I’m hopeful that next week will give us the last taste of summer, after all it’s not autumn proper until the 21st/22nd September. It’s only the meteorological autumn now, which the weather forecasters use to divide the seasons up into 4 equal sections of 3 months each and they’ve decided the 1st day of those months is the start of each meteorological season. Confusing, eh? ?
Anyway, late summer or early autumn, I’m not putting away all my summer clothes just yet???.

The grass looks ready for another trim, so if it remains dry, that might be a job to do today, otherwise it’s another pottering type of day. Yesterday I potted up my “Barnsley Baby” lavatera plants which arrived on Friday. They have such a pretty pink bloom, I’m already looking forward to seeing them in flower next year.

Well, I do hope that it's a technology hitch that is preventing gilly from posting and that she will be back soon. To all our missing GM’s, I do hope you are all feeling alright, and will be up to posting again soon.

Take care everyone.

Spoke too soon the problem is back. ?

Good morning from a grey skied Colchester. Cloudy but dry with the sun trying to peep through.
Trip to Lidl to buy a Sunday roast and ironing yesterday's washing.
I reported the missing GN link last week along with another problem I had. The second one was solved immediately and my email was answered, so GNHQ are aware.

I can’t seem to get 100 messages. They say the page has moved ?. What’s going on GN?

What a beautiful quilt that is. I felt I just had to comment on the artistry and skill that must be involved. Just gorgeous.

A quiet day beckons for us today after completing a 10 mile walk yesterday. We often go walking but not normally as far as this. We're planning to do St Cuthbert's Way in stages early next year so training is now underway.

I have plans to create an Autumn Wreath today which I have never done before. I am beginning to get that festive feeling coming over me a little too early this year so will try to curb it by concentrating on Autumn instead. I suppose it's got something to do with the notion of a rather uncertain family Christmas ahead.

Have the best Sunday you can everyone. Love from County Durham.

Good morning all and it’s not looking too bad here In Essex.

Picked apples in my DB’s orchard yesterday. The are overwhelmed with the fruit but hate to see it rotting on the ground. They have taken it to farm shops, local churches, neighbours, friends and family but still there is so much. I spent the afternoon peeling, stewing and freezing but haven’t made much of an impact on the 8 bags we brought home. I will take some to my meet-ups with groups this week.

DD and her eldest Dd and youngest DD (18 and 4 respectively) are coming for lunch. Her twin sons (14) will be playing footie, so we will plate up a dinner for them to have later. They will be ravenous! Roast chicken, gammon ham an of course apple crumble for pud.

gramdmattie your quilt is coming along beautifully. So clever!

NanKate what a lovely day you have ahead of you. Enjoy ?

Oh dear Marydoll I know from experience how stressful your day will be with assembling furniture. Keep calm and keep schtum!

Hope everyone has a pleasant and fruitful day ?

Goodmorning Mick and all...I don't wake up early enough to join the Goodmorning thread, but today, for some reason (I know, Loo call), I'm up.....
Have a nice day! I'm sure, some of you will, under the glorious Spanish/Meditteranean sun ?

Good morning all from a sunny S Hants, looks like I too will have to ditch the jumpers, we have 23/24 forecast here early next week! Vagaries of the weather, will have to water the veg plot this evening and should cut the front grass. Missed not having a paper yesterday, it’s a Saturday treat, Sunday’s is not the same. Watched a film last night, The Upside, very enjoyable, shame terrestrial TV is so bad on Saturdays.
Have a lovely day all.

Xd posts Lins I can imagine your joy with the new puppy! Too cute. They sleep a bit extra at that tender age ... a bit of playfulness and they’re exhausted! Bit like me really ...

Good morning Mick, Annie and all, from a dullish Berks. I think that the sun is trying to peep through, hope so.
We are off to Church this morning, and it will be very different, but so lovely to be able to return. Even though we must not mingle with friends before and after, it will be comforting to just see everyone who manages to come.
Then this afternoon, we are having our very delayed treat of Afternoon Tea at a local hotel. I am looking forward to that.
GrandMattie, your quilt is beautiful, well done.
Your trip to the saturday market was productive NanKate, sounds fun.
Oh and sloes NannyTopsy, how lovely.
MaryDoll I saw another upcycled chest of drawers yesterday, in a local charity shop. It had been so cleverly painted and I now have ideas running round my head about doing the two in our bedroom. The colours were just me!
Still concerned about our Gilly. Do hope she is OK.
Have a good day one and all.

Sun’s up here! ?
Good morning everyone from Malaga where we have another gorgeous day forecast ?

Himself has the Grand Prix this afternoon to watch and I shall be cracking on with my novel on my Kindle. ‘The Testaments’ by Margaret Atwood. For some reason I’ve not run to it, it’s been on my Kindle for a couple of months, just waiting patiently ... I think perhaps I was wary I’d be disappointed? No chance! It’s like crack cocaine.

A lady who joins us on Tuesdays at our wine group arrives at her apartment here today. She flies in from Birmingham for a few weeks. Her husband died in February and I can only imagine her grief when she puts her key in the door at teatime. Everything will be as she & her husband left it last November. I’m going to put a sticker saying ‘Welcome Back. xx’ on her door. I won’t go up. I think she might appreciate a little breathing space (to cry) when she arrives.

Hope Sunday is kind to us all. ‘Where’s gillybob? Keep safe everyone that’s the main thing. x

Good morning All. It's rather cloudy here in Polmont but very calm. Mick I hope you get your free coffee. Grandmattie the quilt is a beautiful work of art! I've always wanted a proper, hand made quilt for my bed but I don't have the patience or skill to make one. Marydoll I did my Swedish death clear when I moved house and downsized. I fear objects are creeping in again though. I hope the desk dismantling and building goes smoothly. I have no plans at all so today I'm going to cook and bake. Beef casserole in the slow cooker and an apple and bramble crumble. I might make scones and biscuits too. Have a good day all.

I have already packed some, Kalu I may take my fur coat to Pitlochry next week!! ?

Good Morning Mick and all from a bright S Welsh coast. A quiet day in prospect watching the Grand Prix this afternoon and then the Tour de France. A quiet day in as far as having DD's eleven week old puppy allows that is. He had his second round of injections on Friday and will be able to go out in a week. Ham and parsley sauce followed by apple crumble for us today. Stay safe everyone.

Could we be in for a sunny day Marydoll? Wonders will never cease but I am still packing summer clothes away. ?.
Enjoy tonights viewing.

Good Morning from a bright and sunny Black Country, but ominous black clouds are gathering.

Partner is off on a bike ride with his cycling club today, so I am popping over to Mums and have a walk with her.

Then home to pack a few clothes as we are off tomorrow to Forest of Dean for 3 days, then onto a campsite in Somerset near Burnham on Sea.

We love a potter round Wells market NanKate hopefully will be visiting next Saturday as we will be in the area from Thursday.

Concerned about Gilly hope she is ok

* Kalu*, it took me so long to type, that the sun is now peeping trough!
Strike for us too this evening.

We are enjoying watching Strike too Sar Tom Burke plays his part so well. Young Wallander is another good watch.

Good morning all, and it's another lovely morning on the Angus coast. I think September is one of the loveliest months. What a beautiful quilt grandMattie - you're very talented. Another quiet day for me, just in and around. I've never seen my plum tree so laden with fruit as it is this year, so I may have to harvest and freeze - and sample of course! I hope everyone enjoys their day, and that absent friends pop in here to say they're well. ???

Good morning all from a dry and breezy Glasgow, no Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness here, it's quite grey. ?️

A wee note to all. Bluebelle noticed that the Desktop/ Mobile option has disappeared from the bottom of the page, I have reported it.

What a beautiful quilt, Grandmattie, that is a skill, I always wanted to master. I remember my parents had one for years, that my granny made, with an old WW2 army blanket for a base. It was made from scraps of rags, as money was so tight. I used to try and imagine what the wearers of the recycled clothes had looked like.

Well I'm in for a stressful day. The chest of drawers for my craft room, which I ordered on Thursday evening, unexpectedly arrived yesterday morning.
Unfortunately, I thought it was ready assembled, DH will have to disassemble the old one and then assemble the new one!?
Of course, there will be a fair bit of emptying to do first! It will be an opportunity to get rid of my redundant craft stash, as part of my Swedish death clean., ? Happy Sunday!!! ?
At least I prepared the roast beef yesterday. Phew.

I contacted Gilly, but no response. She usually does reply, I hope it there is a simple reason.

Kate, you have to stop teasing me! A market and I'm confined to barracks, yet again. This time next week, I would have been in ectasy, wandering around the massive Portese Market in Rome in the SUN☀️.
I'm glad to hear you are having a lovely break. A steam railway journey, is just the icing on the cake.?

Wishing everyone a pleasant Sunday.

Good morning Mick and all

A mixture of blue sky and clouds here in S E Essex. We are driving to our very dear friends for a socially distanced lunch today, I am so looking forward to catching up in person.

Beautiful patchwork grandMattie

Thinking of all our missing friends, gillybob hope you and your family are ok ???

Keep safe and well folks ?‍♀️

Morning all from a cloudy North Leicestershire.

A walk and roast chicken are the only definites today.

Love the quilt GM , enjoy your lunch Topsy.

Hope to hear from gilly.

Good morning everyone from a calm dry day with the sun peeping through in Glasgow.

Too chilly now to enjoy my morning al fresco espresso and may be time we revisited the plans we had for a conservatory which we keep putting off.

As autumn has arrived I’m sure I won’t have any need for summer clothes so my task today is to pack them away and unpack autumn/winter warmer clothes. Also plan to give myself a pedicure which is becoming more difficult as bending is a killer now. ?

What a beautiful quilt grandMattie. With the sun shining on the squares it has the appearance of stained glass.

I hope everything is ok with you gilly, it’s worrying not to hear from you.

Kind thoughts to all for a pleasant Sunday.

Good morning Mick and the GM team from an overcast east London.

grandMattie your patchwork is beautiful. It’s so satisfying to get to the final stages of a big craft project, isn’t it?
pantglas your gallivanting sounds like fun.

We watched an interesting documentary/film yesterday about the Panama Papers and the massive scale of tax fraud and avoidance which was uncovered, when the papers were leaked.

Bit of housework and gardening for us today.
Steak and salad for supper, so barely any cooking.

Hope we hear from gilly today. Good wishes to Bluesapphire, Dragonfly and all those facing challenges today. Have a pleasant day, all. ?

Good morning from a bright and sunny Essex by the sea. Another lovely day, long may they last.
DH's grandsons rugby starts again this morning so he will be at the rugby club for a few hours.
I will prepare the vegetables for dinner and probably go out for a walk.
Lots of sport on tv today so that's the afternoon taken care of and Strike is on this evening.
Have a lovely Sunday everyone and stay safe xx