Good Morning Wednesday

Good morning Mick, Annie, and all. We have had some rain here, the pavements are damp, and the garden is very grateful.
I am supposed to be meeting a friend for coffee later on, and we were going to sit outside. Plans may have to be changed.
EllanVannin, I seem to have missed all the unpleasantness that upset you, so I do hope that you are feeling OK . You will come back and post again on this thread, won't you?, as I am another who enjoyed your musings.
Especially about the crumpets ? always made me want some.
Maw, glad to hear that at the moment, Hattie is recovering.
Still keeping Gillybob, on my mind and close to my heart.
To all others who are under the weather, or not feeling strong, take care.
Have a good day one and all.

Good morning Auntyflo and all x

Good morning everybody from a wet and dismal North Yorkshire on day four of our holiday.
Lovely day at RHS Harlow Carr yesterday; not too busy and nearly everyone was observing covid rules. Beautiful gardens with the Dahlias in particular a spectacular show; have ordered some for planting in my garden next year.
Plan to go to Ilkley today; DH comes from near there and we frequently go back so he can reminisce at the Cow and Calf rocks. I usually nod and murmur at varying intervals whilst daintily licking an ice cream! Perhaps not today though.
Thoughts with those suffering worries or illnesses; hope you all have as good a day as possible. Remember the motto - one day at a time!

Good morning Mick and all. Blue skies and sunshine over the Angus coast, but it's cold. As long as the sun shines, I'm a happy bunny - it's going to be a long winter. What a lovely picture you paint of your DH and his young menfolk Nankate. A perfect evening to remember for them. Glad you had your day of freedom Marydoll. Things are so hard for the shielders among us. I shall have to phone our little art group and remind them not to come to me tomorrow, and it's certainly too cold now to sit in the garden! But we could meet up in a cafe. And I'm so glad I had that treasured time with DGD3 this past weekend - no more of that for the foreseeable. However DD and I are meeting up for lunch for my birthday next Tuesday at a farmshop near Perth. It seems odd that we can do that and yet not visit each other's homes. There's also nothing to say we can't hold our (socially distanced and complying with Covid guidelines) tai chi classes so really, for me, it's Covid life as normal in this quiet little part of the country. Long may it last. Have a good day everyone and stay safe. ???

Morning all from South Notts where it is murky and at last we have some rain which is much needed.

Yesterday my sister visited for the first time in around three months so it was nice to have a catch up.

I need to prat about on the laptop as I took part in a survey on this covid lark and as I predicted I'm having trouble with the evoucher reward. On a brighter note I've won £5.00 on the lotto!

Hope today is good for everyone, especially those with worries or illness. Keep on keeping on, Hattie and Maw.

annsixty I was born in Heanor and went to Heanor Grammar School too - early seventies. I was in the last but one year before it closed as a grammar school.

My mother lived on the edge of Shipley Park and I remember taking her out in her wheelchair too. The paths were so stony and precarious my husband almost tipped her out!!

Small world!

Don’t think the new normal will make a lot of difference to our lives but it’s depressing even though unsurprising. Dismal morning, doing what DS when small called mizzling - a mix of mist and drizzling. Doubt if this afternoon’s garden get together will happen, which is disappointing and is an indicator of what the future will like.

DH’s sore throat has turned into a cold but survival looks probable though he is in no rush to get up. So not sure what to do today though perhaps a DVD this afternoon would be good.

Come back Ellan, we need you!

Good morning All from a calm, autumn morning in Polmont. It rained a little last night but it looks lovely out there. I am going to pick up an order from M&S later this morning. I bought some clothes with a birthday voucher and I'll go get them in a while. No visiting mum as we're not allowed in other households any more. I don't think she'll be bothered! Then this afternoon I have my first haircut for eight months! I don't have much and it doesn't grow quickly but it is a sight. I look like a bag lady. That's all I have planned today. I hope everyone has a good day and EllanVannin takes heart from all her supporters.

Good morning from rainy Shropshire.

We had a lovely day in Staffordshire yesterday looking after DGS.We stopped for fish and chips on the way home which were blooming lovely?

A quiet day planned today.A few jobs around the house and then wrapping presents and writing cards for all the family birthdays over the next few weeks.They all come at once!

Good news about Hattie and Gingsters pup??

Thinking of gilly?

Have a good day all and thinking of all our missing posters.

Good morning from a beautiful sunny S Lanarkshire, how nice to type that. Sitting up in bed I am looking at tall green trees, just beginning to be on the turn and framed by clear blue sky. Thanks to everyone who wished me a good day for my seaside outing. It was a great success and I feel quite 'reconnected'. I hope I can keep the 'sound picture' of the sea lapping the shore in my mind, it made me really happy.
As ever, good wishes and thoughts to everyone, especially those who need them most

Good Morning everyone. Lovely morning here ??? and we’re off in the kayak for a bit of exercise before it’s too warm for paddling - or pedalling, in our case. ? will be taken in case there are mackerel (‘Gone Fishing’ has affected us, I think.)

Shame about the shop til you drop plan, Mary. The idea is always a good one until there are others....and often so many of them. Then, like you, I want to be somewhere else.

Hope you all get a shower or 3 for the garden, but not enough to make everyone think the sun, the wonderful Autumn colours and the glorious countryside are now off limits for trips out. Not for a good while yet, hopefully.

So pleased for you and Hattie, Maw. Really well done for marching into the Hospital yesterday, Georgesgran. Admin - what does that even mean? Do they think we’re all psychic or maybe sitting inside the front door with our coats on? Hoping the results will be better for him. Sark don’t let that Clinic drag their feet over your DD’s appointment ?

GrannyG Your brekkies must be every little schoolboy’s dream.?

Have yourselves a good day, people and remember not to let that Boris bring you down!!!! Wishing hard for all of those with struggles or pain that it will all be o.k. - and soon.

And Ellan let’s hear from you, post crumpet, that all is well on Merseyside, please?

Hugs, as always, from French France

Good morning all.
A very regular reader but a very irregular poster.
I was spurred on this morning by reading the post from Beauregard.
You stirred some lovely memories for me this morning.
We obviously hail from the same area.

I went to Heanor Grammar school and our first house when were married was just off Derby Road going towards Smalley.

My Mother lived in the area until her death in 2006 and although we had been living in Stockport many years by then, we visited her weekly and used to take her regularly to Shipley Country Park, pushing her in a wheelchair, it wasn’t easy!!

Thank you for reviving such happy memories of the area for me.

Raining here this morning. We need it for the garden so don mind. Just dont like the grey darkness to the start of the day. Rang my GP surgery for a telephone consultation with my registered GP and that can not happen till next Weds!!!! Off to do some shopping this morning and hoping the queues wont be too bad as i heard from my neighbour that our local supermarkets are starting to reduce the amount of people they are allowing in again.

Good morning everyone from a cloudy Essex by the sea. We've obviously had some rain in the night but I didn't hear it.
We had a lovely walk yesterday along the pier, visited the RNLI shop, had a drink and then came back on the little train. It was sunny and quite hot, a very pleasant few hours.
Nothing planned today, DH was meant to be going out but all his plans have changed. I'm sure we will think of something to do.
I too hope to see Ellen posting on her. She lives near my BIL and it's good to hear what is going on in his neck of the woods. No one should be pushed out of this lovely good morning thread.
Have a lovely Wednesday and stay safe everyone in these very uncertain times xx

Good morning from Durham where it’s rained through the night and still wet and gloomy.

They say things come in 3s?
Frustrating day yesterday with DH’s treatment still not able to go ahead - another try scheduled for next Tuesday. Still awaiting CTscan results from 2 weeks ago to decide if the treatment’s actually working.
DD2’s husband set their kitchen on fire last night. Everyone safe, but some damage. Brill neighbours had a proper extinguisher.
Our lovely neighbour had to have her little dog euthanized at 5pm. He was only 7 and the Vet suspected he’d eaten something poisonous on his morning walk - very sad.

Nothing planned today other than watching dust accumulate!

Hope everyone has the best day today. X

Good morning from a rainy Black Country. What a contrast to the last few days. The garden needs it though.

Will make a Lasagne for the freezer this morning, but will probably give it to DD and family as they love it.

We are going out for a meal tonight, as one of our favourite pubs in DD's village are still doing the Eat out to Help Out all through September. I was meeting up with a friend, but she had to cancel, so Partner is roped in

The Forest of Dean was lovely Beechnut, first time I have been there. We walked through the Sculpture trail. It must be fantastic in the Autumn. Will make a note to visit when the Bluebells are out in the Spring, I am sure it is glorious then!

Good news for Hattie Maw pleased it is nothing too serious and hope she slowly improves.

It sounds like your boys had a magical evening NanKate a great memory to treasure.

Wishing you all a good day, with special thoughts of gilly and all our other missing posters

Morning All

Overcast here in the north of Norfolk and the slabs on the patio show that we've had a little muzzle to damp the dust.

We had a lovely walk on the beach yesterday. Luckily it was a very big beach as there were hoards of people making the most of the last of the heat.

Glad to hear Hattie is tumour free Maw. A great relief for you.

Good morning from a rainy North Leicestershire.

Our cleaner will be here later and I have no zoom sessions so I'm not sure what I'm going to do.

Sending love to all our missing friends and a big gold star to EV although I missed all the 'fun'. I hope she posts today.

What’s this wetness, folks? ☔️It woke me in the night but I managed to drop off again - I haven’t seen rain for three months so it can trot off now for another three, thank you kindly?

Those toasted marshmallows sound delicious Nankate- haven’t had them in years!

A pedicure for me this morning- all this wandering around in bare feet is playing havoc with the little piggies and the need a last coat of paint as I have them undressed for the winter!

Hope EllanVannin reports for duty this morning- it’s not nice when these things happen as the rest of us get a bit nervous on whether we’ll be next!

Kind thoughts to absent friends x

Good morning everyone from Malaga where it’s a dull start, surprisingly.

Just read in the Telegraph that the triple lock on our pensions still apply and next April’s rise will be 2.5% as that’s the highest of the triple - inflation and wage growth are less - around 1%. I’ve just got my state pension and it’ll be going up by £17 a month. We are a fortunate bunch of people with regular monies dropping into our banks every four weeks, shielded from the uncertainty that some folks suffer during these difficult times.

On that positive note I shall just wish you all a happy Wednesday. Hope it’s good to us all. Keep safe everyone that’s the main thing. x

Ps hope you can find a fleecy tummy warmer for Hattie Maw - glad her scans are negative - such a relief for you.

Forgot to send the Suffolk sky

NanKate, what a lovely tale about your menfolk! ?

Good morning from the Suffolk coast. The sky is a bit of a mish mash with grey clouds and the sun struggling to emerge. No rain for us as yet but it’s on it’s way.

Yesterday was bulb planting day. Always takes longer than we think. Emptying tubs and pots , renewing the soil and making sure the bulbs go deep enough. We have 100 allium bulbs still to plant. I expected them to be like onion bulbs but some are smaller than crocus bulbs. ?. Oh well it will be interesting to see what comes up.

Well done Ev . Some people need to be named and shamed !

Good news for you and Hattie Maw. Keep that tummy wrapped up. My little pooch had x rays last week on her legs, (intermittent limp) . Nothing showed up so hopefully it will imorove gradually. I was sure surgery would be needed, so I’m relieved. ?

Wishing you all a pleasant day. ?

Good morning all, it's an autumnal morning here in Glasgow.
When I awoke, there was a beautiful sky with red streaks across it.

I ventured out to the supermarket on my own yesterday, we only needed bread and milk, I told DH. ?
Of course, as always, I had a plan!
I suspected that after the First Minister's briefing, that might be my last outing for a while.☹️
I was correct in that assumption. After I got home, I received a text from the shielding people, (How did they know I was out?) advising me to be in as little contact as possible with people. No more trips out for me. It was good for the few weeks that I had a taste of freedom.

I decided not to visit our local Asda, but the one in the next town, because......,......it was right next door to TKMaxx, Poundland, Matalan and B&M! ? I told you I had a plan. My excuse to DH was that my car needed a run after the flat battery fiasco.

The Asda car park was being dug up and there were no disabled spaces, the hand sanitiser bottle at the front door was filthy, and it was so busy for 9am!
Not a good start. I could see lots of new season clothes, but too many people browsing, I couldn't wait to get out. ☹️

Poundland wasn't much better, but I wanted to pick up the usual stuff like, super glue, four packets Rollos and Bounties for a pound!?
I have never seen that retail park so busy and it was mainly elderly people. It was as if they were thinking along the same lines as me, trying to cram everything in, in anticipation of another lockdown.
I gave up in the end, as it was making me feel anxious. I have never been an anxious shopper, quite the opposite. My disappointment was compounded, when I noticed a new Home Bargains had opened, (I usually spend a fortune on cleaning materials and useless things in there , but common sense prevailed and I gave it a miss. ☹️

DH and I are off bramble picking this morning and the sun has just broken through the clouds. It's now a beautiful proper, Autumn morning!☀️??.

I am going for a haircut late afternoon. My lovely hairdresser has ensured I will be the only client in the shop, in order to keep me safe. She did offer to come to my home, but I wasn't really keen and now Covid restrictions means she can't.

I hope to see EV, posting this morning and that Hattie continues to make progress.
To all our missing posters and those coping with worries and I'll health, I'm thinking of you.?

Good morning from rainy Colchester.
I think I sensed the change in the weather and slept badly last night.
The rain means our weekly meetup in the park will be off.