Soop's welcoming kitchen for kindly caring folk...

That’s worrying lemongroce, there’s been a bit of that in family and close friends so I do understand. Look after yourself as you can. Hoping for a positive outcome

Oh no. Hope he’s ok.

Thanks ? ( and to top off a lousy week, DH had to have a Covid test yesterday.) Am sure it isn’t, but we have to be sure.

lemon sorry you’ve been feeling poorly. Hope you feel better soon .

I hope you feel better soon, lemongrove

Stay off the poteen! Cake is good, though ??

I want to echo Doodle’s comments.I don’t venture into Soops Kitchen much these days ( running The Argy Bargy Bar takes all my energy) but if Maw, Phoenix and Charley are reading this thread, I hope they will pop into the bar for a much needed tipple as soon as they can.?
Having not been all that well this week, I have missed seeing exactly what happened, but can certainly guess.?
We shall welcome them back for cake and poteen asap.

soop’s kitchen is not the place for any kind of unpleasantness but I will just say I think Maw Charleygirl and Phoenix have been treated unfairly. If they are able to read this I sincerely hope you are all back with us soon. GN is a much poorer place without you.
Calliestemon I totally agree with you. There is certainly no rhyme nor reason to what happened on a certain thread yesterday.

MawB xxx
Also best wishes to Phoenix and CharleyG

TOYA

I agree callistemon. This is a sad day and I, for one, am not sure I want to be part of this any more.

Charleygirl and phoenix will be unable to join us for a week too. Similar reason to MawB2. ?

I am really shocked that popular posters who have been on GN from early days (perhaps even from the beginning?) have been suspended.

There is no rhyme or reason just lately.

I feel really upset that three such lovely ladies have been suspended.

Maw and Charley have both been very supportive to me, as have many other kitcheners especially during our illness last winter and during the last six months when Henry was so unwell.

Please pass on my good wishes to them.Like others it will be the kitchen and the good morning thread only for a while.

Ann,so pleased your operation is still on for Friday.A lot of preparation but well worth it if it means you will be home infection free as soon as possible.

Lovely flowers soop.It is good to be reminded of people’s kindness especially on a day when our good friends have been treated so badly.

TOYA

I have never been best of friends with Maw, but if you are reading this, I'm really truly sorry for your loss and would like to wish you all the best.

Nearly there ann, everything crossed for you here.

I’m sad our friends won’t be with us for a while, I truly don’t understand thr background and am amazed at the outcome.

That sounds a positive hospital experience, lins, I’m delighted for you

It’s been falling down here today. Fields are flooded as are some roads. All a bit miserable as am I. It will pass, just a heavy day. With luck we can see the family at the weekend so something good to look forward to.

Good luck Izabella, pace yourself and please take care. TOYA: look after yourselves everyone.

Very well done and just keep on going, Izabella - ably assisted by your CH doing the organisational stuff behind his triple glazing . Hope he soon gets a hospital date.

It's all happening, at last Ann. I hate the anti infection solution too, used in France forever. However, not everyone is so fussy about personal hygiene and if it helps to reduce worry and keep you safe - well, no matter. Take special care until Friday.

Get all the help you can/need, Lins. You need your health and to be pain-free if possible. Life won't always be like this, will it?

Hold tight to your memories Maw and be thrilled that you both met him.

You do have lots of fans friends, soop beating a path to your door. Sit down comfortably and enjoy all that adulation.

I'm saying nothing much about the M/P/C debacle except that sometimes, even when people get it so wrong, if there's nothing that you can do then you really mustn't care. You're so very much better than that xxx

Hugs to you all

I've had a lovely day with the boy today. Unsolicited kisses from a 20 month old baby are wonderful. I've also taught him to count to three! And the way he says 1,2,3 melts my heart. So today has been a good one. Dry weather, cool but not freezing and the leaves gently falling from trees. I'm making smoked haddock fishcakes for tea. As Scarlet O'Hara said, "tomorrow is another day." My best to you all.

As far as I'm aware, we haven't had bad tempered stuff happen in any of our kitchens. Of which there have been many. I like it that way. I imagine all our Granspals do. What's the point of making anyone's life miserable? Pointless! Every day we are dealing with matters that we'd sooner dismiss. Life is hardly fair for all of us all of the time. Bad stuff happens. The point of the kitchen is for the sharing of the good, bad and in between times. Kindness costs nothing.
Whatever the reasons for whatever is casting gloom (beyond Covid and Brexit) please can we wipe the slate clean and start afresh?

I am feeling tired. I shall therefore watch Schwartzman and Thiem bash a tennis ball around the clay court. They are super turbo-charged athletes.

Until tomorrow.

Lovely orange roses grannygravy

Some autumnal hallowe’en flowers for the kitchen (the witch is not modelled on me)??

Thank you Lisa

Apologies to you too, Soop, encroaching on your lovely thread. Your kitchen is always a haven. I read, but never post here - but you have lovely cakes, sunsets and evident kindness.

No, not you, Fanny - sorry - I didn’t want to be specific in case I got the cane too

And sorry Lisa if I misunderstood.

Ok, thank you Kitty.
How bizarre and sad.

I don't think she is fanny and I think we all know the posters Lisa is referring too.

It's very sad that that they have disrupted what was a largely harmonious group of people. I suspect it was their intention.

Lisagran

And meanwhile, newer posters continue to post

I genuinely hope that you aren't referring to me.