Good Morning Monday

Good morning from Shropshire where it’s raining again.

We need to phone our boilerman and hope he has not retired??other than that another quiet day at home??

Good to hear of so many having had good meet ups at the weekend.Ellan, I hope you had a good lunch with your granddaughter.

Mary and Elizabeth, hope that you both start to feel better soon and Cherry, hope you had a restful night and are feeling brightervtoday???

Feeling very concerned about gilly?

Have the best day you can everyone.Thinking of all with illness and family worries.

Taking DH to be tested for new reading glasses following his cataract operations so must finish my tea and get a move on. After two days of biblical rain this morning is dry and bright so at least we won’t have to contend with floods on our local minor roads. Otherwise a pretty blank week which I ought to fill with some useful,activity. Not sure what, though.

Hope our many posters who are up against it have a good day, and that Mr Marydoll atones for his sins in an appropriate way. How could he not notice that Marydoll was missing?

Good morning, Michael and all GNs. The sun is shining in South Yorkshire. We had a shedload of rain yesterday but not until after we had watched GS playing football, not far from where we used to live. They played well but lost. It’s the first time we’ve seen some of the boys since last season and my word, they have sprouted! Some of them are huge and even GS is a head taller than me now (mind you, just about everyone is taller than me!). We are off to look at laptops this morning☹️ (whether I will know exactly what I am looking at is another matter), and then if the weather holds, potter about in the garden. Have the best day you can, folks.

Good morning from Malta where we have an overcast sky and it is very hot and sticky. Similar to yesterday and not very pleasant. There is still a hot wind from the desert as well.

I’ve changed DS’s sheets and done two loads of laundry so far, plus done my aerobics. Now for a shower and then pop to the post office and back to watch the tennis.

My tv stopped working yesterday on all channels except ITV so I didn’t miss the tennis, but I hope it can be sorted out. It’s not the tv itself, but the service provider who seems to have an issue.

So sorry you are feeling lousy, Marydoll, plus getting locked out in your pj’s, all due to a nosy neighbour, was the icing on the cake.

Also very worried about our gilly. It’s been a while now.?

NanKate, so glad you had a happy time with your family. I can imagine what a tonic that was for you all. Did you manage to see any of Rafa’s match?

Elizabeth1 I am sorry you’ve had a couple of falls recently, but glad you are cosy at home, although the thought of an electric blanket makes me sweat! It’s too hot here at the moment.

Take care everyone and stay safe whatever you are doing.☀️

Good Morning everyone from a warm and very sunny S of France. DH outside already trimming Jasmine to stop it blowing wildly and triggering our security light. Jasmine has done so well this year. The garden is now filled with the most wonderful perfume from the masses of tiny flowers on the Eleagnus hedges.

We too have endless flights of birds to-ing and fro-ing above the garden, Taichinan, often making enough noise to prompt the cats to look up. Lots of comical honking geese, winter visiting birds and birds packing up to leave. We live close to one of the many sanctuaries so the skies are quite crowded - even though the plane flights have become few and far between now.

Elizabeth do hope you have and use indoors a lightweight Zimmer. Whatever the reason for your falls, that would give you so much more stability and any falls can’t be nice or good for you...even with an electric blanket ☹️. Please promise to be extra careful?

Enjoy your trip out and a pasty from such pretty places, Pants - irrespective of wretched flu jabs. Feel better, Mary and maybe stay safely in sight....forget an MI6 career....but carry a spare pair of Jammies with you, just in case? and, should we crowd fund for some better binoculars for your nosy neighbour?

Hope home worries are easing Urms and so glad the panic is over, Scentia - that was a lot of stress for a very modest few days away! Enjoy yourself, Beauregard, bit of you-time to re-charge will be ? nice.

We’re so glad to be well away from mountain streams and raging torrents in the storms which SE France has had and desperately hope that those missing will just have found themselves on the wrong side of the border and involved in difficult communications in all of the chaos. Thank you to all who have asked if we’re o.k. ?

Have a calm, uneventful Monday, folks. If you’re doing stuff/not doing stuff.....enjoy, be happy and paint a smile outside or inside those masks?

Warm wishes and the usual big hug from across The Channel.

Elizabeth, so sorry to hear of your falls and ongoing health problems.
Do you remember the last time we met was in a Gransnetter's kitchen, cooking up a Burn's supper, with Elegran in charge!
I do miss those lunches.☹️

Grammaretto, you don't have to worry, the pots are now turned upside down and stored inside DGD's Wendy house, awaiting completion of the master plan. However, I haven't quite decided what the master plan is yet!?
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Ten ministers! Goodness me

Good morning Mick and other morning chums from a now dry Anglesey following a heavy downpour ten ministers ago. The builders huddled in their cabin drinking tea, fortunately didn’t scuttle off. This lime rendering has been going on since the end of July with no end in sight. If only they’d covered the windows in a pink or yellow plastic instead of blue. All the rooms have a horrid blue cold hue.
Otherwise everything is hunkydory here.
Hope you begin to feel better soon Marydoll, nasty old flu jab but a necessary evil I suppose. The pots are super, I especially like the maroon one.
Your course sounds very interesting Maw, enjoy.
Wishing everyone a lovely day.

Good morning from a dry Morecambe Bay. Hoping for a better week as I received quite a bit of bad news one way or another last week, as seems to be the case for many at the moment.
Gardening today - only a month left as I don’t work once the clocks change.
The flu jab does seems to aggravate existing conditions Marydoll hope you feeling stronger soon.
Stay cheerful and stay safe everyone ?

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

We enjoyed watching Kenneth Branagh’s Murder on the Orient Express last night on C4. We had seen it before but it was enjoyable enough to watch it again. I had a thought about Branagh’s portrayal of Poirot - I wondered whether it was hinting at high functioning autism? Someone who is very clever, not good at personal relationships and sees the world differently than most people?

I parcelled up 4 envelopes of unwanted jewellery and donated it to the Alzheimers Disease Society. Along with my wardrobe clearances being listed on EBay, I am gradually making some headway in reducing the overcrowding in our bedroom!

Thinking of gilly, Bluesapphire and everyone facing challenges today. Miss Marydoll I love the pots too.
Have a good day, all. ?

Good morning Mick and all. Cloudy here on the S Welsh coast. My arm is very sore following the flu vaccine, Mr Lins is fine after his. Lovely colourful pots Marydoll, please don't get locked out today. Grammaretto we are in the same situation, forty years since we moved here and there were four banks, now only one. The post office is in a small supermarket.
Take care everyone.

Good morning from a grey, damp Colchester.
Yet another quiet day here both the weather and covid have put paid to a lot.

Morning Mick and All.

Cloudy but dry day here so far in South Bucks.

Thank you NannyJ. Yes we had a lovely very noisy weekend with my DS and our two full on grandsons. Fortunately the rain stopped late on Saturday afternoon and the boys noticed the local children playing football on the green in front of our house. So they donned their footie boots and had a great knock about. Fortunately there is a street lamp by the goal hence they played in the dark !

So sorry Mary that your flu jab has knocked you for six. Love your pots. Glad you DH finally let you in. ?

Having my hair done today. It’s so odd wearing a mask at the same time.

Gilly if you are reading this thread, we all miss you and want you back with us. ?

Morning everyone..wet but warmish in Lancashire...
Gillybob we are all worried..just say a quick hello please⚘
I also wonder about the lady who lived on the houseboat..think her name was '*theoddbird*....not seen any posts from her..
Take care,keep safe...find some happiness in each day?

Morning from a very soggy and blustery south Cornwall. Marydoll I have garden pot envy - they'd look lovely on my patio! Hope you can show us them when they're planted. A friend is wading over to have coffee with me this morning. The hill I live on cascades water when it rains. Otherwise it's a restful crafting day. The best of everything to you all.

Morning everyone from Oxfordshire.
Greyish with a few patches of blue I think.
Running late for work today because I have been making butternut squash and sweet potato soup for later.
Have a good day everyone and thinking of all who have worries

grandMattie

Good morning from darkish, dry E Kent.
Seem to have woken up later than expected. Another one of those nights where I nap through most of it and then have a good hour or so at the end.
Zoom meeting with 5 of DH’s school friends. We were due to meet in Edinburgh today for a few days but... Had it not happened I would have gone to the W.I. college for a course. Naturally, Denman has closed forever and CV19 has seen to the end of everything.
Housework, etc today. Did my Spanish homework on Friday.
Need to make an appointment to have my eyes tested.
Hope the ones with wobbles, sorrow and pain have an ok day. Stay safe.

Good morning everyone from a dull east coast of Fife had a fairly good sleep last night apart from a painful leg caused by two falls within a week must rest up today to let the leg heal - must try and keep upright no more falls for me think it must have been raining during the night I hear the cars outside and there’s lots of them splashing as they pass by. It’ll be a coos lick this for me this morning as they say in Fife, I’m too sore to go in the shower hope I’m not too smelly. Anyhow I’m keeping nice and warm under the electric overblanket it fairly came in handy when I was lying on the floor yesterday waiting for the falls team to come get me up with their brilliant blow up contraption. Hey ho another day watching tv in the comfort of my own home far away from any hospital non caring staff

Good morning all from N Bucks where the rain has at last stopped.
A quiet morning, then podiatrist and then my Art History course in the afternoon. We are looking at famous artists’ “Models and Muses” so learned all about the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood’s favourite models last week including our own Fanny Cornforth ! Zoom is nothing like as good as the real thing, but we are all friends on the course and it is nice to see them each week.
I am sorry to hear of bad nights, but glad the test results were negative Scentia - the relief that a cold is just a cold - who’d have thought it.
Also hoping Urmston’s family are coping and making a good recovery, and wishing you all a pleasant day.

Good morning the sun is trying to shine here in Leicestershire.

We are minding a friends dog today. She is tiny so better not let her out alone.

Thinking of youGilly as always.

Morning all from a very wet north Wales where I’m enjoying the chamberpot ☕️ before I shift myself!

Miss Marydoll has made me me laugh out loud with her tale of lockout......as if lockdown wasn’t bad enough ?

I usually dread the car/home insurance hunt Cornergran but this year seemed effortless as the meerkat knew all my details and gave me a list to choose from!

Sad to read that Gillybob isn’t with us and I know a few more are on a break - hope they know they’re missed?

A trot to Llandudno this morning and DH flu jab in Conwy on the the way home where I shall treat him to an ‘oggie’ (pasty) from our favourite butcher for lunch!

Good Morning from a much brighter Black Country after 3 days of continuous rain.

Hopefully get out for a walk today. My Monday Walking for Health group is still suspended, I really miss that.

I hope you have recovered from your soaking yesterday Marydoll. Very worrying about that you haven't heard from gilly.

Hoping your family are starting to feel better Urmston
NanKate I hope you had a lovely weekend with your DGD's and DS.

kitty I cannot remember the last time all my family were together. I think it must have been January for Mums 90th. So sad.

Wishing you all a good day, with special thoughts of gilly and anyone feeling down or struggling at this time

Good morning Mick and all from the Scottish Borders where we have "persistent rain" according to the weather girl.
Marydoll we love you even when DH is being neglectful.
I have to admit when I saw your photo, I thought it showed a range of containers ready to catch water. I'm sure they will look fab when planted up.
I must catch up with neglected emails and other messages.
I was glad to see my MP is also shocked that our banks are all closing though I doubt he can stop them. There were 4 banks and 2 post offices in our town when we came here 40 years ago. Now there will be one left plus the PO for the time being....
My DGD gave me her cold Scentia. Luckily it was a short lived one.
Happy Birthday to your 7yr old brook
Have a good week all of you and hugs for Gillybob we miss you.

Good morning mick and all from a still very soggy Inverness. Yesterday it stopped raining in the afternoon but it was very grey and misty instead. We did go out for a walk though and really enjoyed it.
Today is my eldest DGS 7th birthday so we’re off out at teatime to a local restaurant to celebrate with him. I’m very much looking forward to it!
Those garden pots are lovely marydoll well done to your friend in finding them and I hope they brighten your day a bit.
Good news scentia that the tests were negative
I hope you still enjoy your break beauregard even though you’ll be on your own, good on you for still going
Hoping everyone with worries and struggles has a better day today, take care all whatever the day brings ?

Good morning Mick and everyone from a slightly chilly, damp S Hants. A quiet day yesterday, didn’t do much. Bed stripped already for the wash, indoor drying, off to farm shop in a minute while it’s not busy.
Have a calm day all, especially those struggling.

Good morning Mick and all

Another grey damp day with rain forecast for later.

Gym this morning then washing this afternoon.

Marydoll that’s worrying that you haven’t heard from gillybob.

Hope your family are on the mend Urmstongran

Keep safe and well folks ?‍♀️