Good Morning Friday

Good Morning to you all from a dry & sunny Cambs., A lot of rain again last night, our poor garden is saturated, but the snowdrops are still looking so lovely (& brave).!

Pleased to see you back & safe at home Mick, do take great care now.

We do miss our missing, don't we?

Warm wishes to all.

Take Care Folks.

Good morning from a dry...for the moment...corner of Cumbria. Welcome back to Mick, am sure it is good to be home. Sorry for your sad start to the day Sheepandcattle, hope you find a calf for your cow to adopt. I agree with your decorating methods Scentia, my late dad was such a perfectionist and would do everything by the book...masking tape, floor and furniture coveringss, sanding, turpsing, undercoating, three coats, more sanding and turpsing between coats!!!! Drove my poor mother mad ?.
Exciting trip out last night, took a late night shopping trip to two.....yes TWO.....supermarkets. Both extremely quiet although were short of a couple of things as shelves needed restocking.
Dog walking later, think sun is struggling through. Have a good day all.

Good morning to all from a regular lurker, just to say welcome back Michael, glad you're feeling better and please look after yourself. I have a similar heart condition and it makes me a bit nervous.

Also, I need to wave back to kittylester who waved on a different thread. Thank goodness your roof is finally being sorted after all these years!!

Sorry, I forgot to say that it's a bit damp and a little bit sunny here in Cheshire!
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Welcome backMck ?. Those dizzy spells you had were obviously a warning sign. I'm so glad you're home now and recovering. Now please look after yourself !

It's raining here in the Gower today and the guy over the road appears to be intent on hammering his garage roof, probably water getting in.
I seem to be recovering from whatever was making me feel blurgh, so that's a positive today ?.

Yesterday there was a huge police cordon blocking the route to the village where my surgery has it's centre for the vaccine. The centre is two minutes in the car from where I live if we go there that way but a 25 minute detour the other way ?. I wasn't thinking about that yesterday though, just concerned about what had happened. Eventually, about 11m, the report was that a local man had crashed he car and died at the scene, he was 65 years old. There was more in the report, and they are looking for two sets of people who left the scene before the police arrived ?
I'm having the sharp scratch this afternoon so I hope the corden has been removed ?

Good luck today Auntieflo and thinking of your friend's DGD Marydoll. Hope you are feeling stronger
Susan ? and that you'll be back with us soon.

Take care everyone, be kind to yourselves ❤️

Good morning all, another infrequent poster on this thread although I look in most days. I’m glad to see you are back and well enough to post Michael take care of yourself and I’m waving to Lona who was one of the first posters I saw on GN many years ago. I must go and catch up with the thread and news of Kitty’s roof. Our roof is saving it’s drips for when we least expect it but it won’t be long before it catches one of us. After a week of gloomy weather it’s pouring today and threatens to carry on for another week.

Good Morning - like a number of others here this morning, I don't often post now but do read the thread. I just wanted to say welcome back Mick and please look after yourself

Welcome back, Mick, take care and look after yourself.
Normal service is now resumed!

Greetings all from a sunny Hertfordshire, how wonderful to be able to say that after all the grey days!

Poor Mick, what a worrying 8 days, great to see you back and Covid free. ? Sheepandcattle what a horrible start to the day for you, fingers crossed your neighbour will have a spare calf, we can all feel for the poor mum missing her own. Looking for news on the Caesar later MaryDoll.

Here are some daffodils to signal Spring!

Good Morning all from a dreich Harrogate. Welcome back Mick. You have been missed!! GrandMattie has done a sterling job in your absence.

Thought I had better check, Virginmedia were supposed to be coming to the house this pm to move the router to where is might work better. We are supposed to have high speed wifi, I'd like any speed regularly round the house. Apparently because of COVID they are not coming to houses unless the broadband is just not working. They have notified everyone of this, they say (apart from us)!!!!!

WOW! I enjoyed my runaround yesterday in the car. Didn't do any shopping, but took some stuff to DD1. Picked up stuff from Homebase for this pm's imaginary improvement by, now redundant.
Just run out of ground coffee!! Just opened the one DH said was it's successor - It's instant coffee - Grr

Losing your calf must have been distressing sheepand cattle, but you will have good days, too.

Would like to see more of our missing folks!!

Look after yourselves and keep well folks!!

Good morning all and a welcome back to Mick. So sorry to hear that you have been unwell and hope that you are on the road to recovery soon. I too am a new poster having lurked and enjoyed this lovely thread for some time. The sun keeps peeping out every now and again in my corner of North Wales and some lovely glimpses of blue sky also. Today is shopping day so I am currently drinking a paned and psyching myself up for the trip. More home schooling today and then a relaxing evening on the sofa with my tapestry. Not too sure whether to binge watch the rest of The Bay, Marcella or catch up with last series of Unforgotten which I missed. Hope you have a good day one and all.

Another occasional poster here, wanting to add my good wishes to Mick, pleased to see you back. Impressed at everyone’s commitment to the thread so early in the morning, sometimes I don’t read it till later and feel it’s too late to join in with a Good Morning thread!
Also Urms I have jumped on the SOAP recipe bandwagon and made it for dinner last night - that’s a YES from me! Something else to add to the culinary repertoire. Years ago Gransnet put up a Supper Inspiration section with slow-roast salmon risotto recipe sent in by a GN poster, which has become a real favourite here.
Sunny day here in South Bucks - we have a booked walking slot at NT Cliveden for tomorrow, will probably cloudy by then, but I love it even if it’s pouring down and it’s easy to be socially-distanced there. NanKate we may have passed each other as I remember you’ve mentioned Cliveden several times recently.
Have a good day everyone!

Good morning everyone from Co Durham. A damp miserable day here. I don't post much as I can never see my posts when I look back on the site. I don't know whether I am doing it right or not. I'm pleased to see that you're back Mick. Take things easy.

Good morning from a cold but not as cold north of Scotland. Mick very relieved that you are back and hope you continue to recover well. I guess you have to isolate for 10 days so although that is difficult it will help you to rest up. I think you are in some kind of sheltered housing scheme? Does that mean that there is a member of staff who will fetch your prescriptions, any necessities? I do hope so because it will be comforting to have some real life support for the next while.
Well I went for my walk in the gloaming yesterday and didn’t have the problem of meeting too many people so might respect that this evening.
I’m having a frantic tidy up and food prep for the freezer as I plan to be glued to the Australian Open next week and also finish knitting a complicated sweater. I am disappointed that Andy Murray will not be there.
marydoll. sending up a few prayers for your friend’s granddaughter.
I so admire how stoic many of you are with health worries. I grumble about mine all the time. I’m surprised Alexa hasn’t told me to count my blessings! Have the best day you can.

Another long time lurker here full of good intention. Posting from a damp cool Fylde coast to give a warm welcome back to MICK and wish him a good recovery.

Good morning from the Sefton coast where the sun is brightly shining. It’s good to have the very popular Mick back at the helm. Take care and get well soon.
Nice one, GG13! Love the speedy move! # go getting grannies.?
Hoping for improvement for Dwm and Georgesgran’s DH.
Wishing for a good outcome for you today, Auntieflo. ? You remain very upbeat in your posts. Amazing.
Thinking of the soon-to-be mum having the C-section. ?
Have the best day you can everyone. x

I was just thinking that the name "followers" that Ashcombe used, sounds so much better than "lurkers".

I do wish that there was a "like" thingy, on GN................. then I would be even more of a "follower"..!!

Good morning from another rainy day in Glasgow but as Marydoll says, thankfully milder.

So pleased to see you back with us Mick what a frightening experience you have had. Some R&R to get you back in your feet until you fully recover.

I know the lack of confidence feeling when only occasionally driving now Marydoll Go out on your own when you feel like it, is what I do to give my car a run. Even in normal times I refuse to drive with DH as my passenger. I have been driving for almost 50 years but he makes me feel as if I am having a driving test!

He has many good points though, one of them being, arriving back from our local shop with a few bunches of daffodils yesterday.
Great news late afternoon when a blue envelope was posted through our door. DH now has his appointment for the jag.
12th Feb. at Louisa Jordan, 13th Feb. for mine at Carmichael Hall. A chap was doing the rounds with a sack of blue envelopes. It felt like Santa making his deliveries of gifts.

Best wishes for a pleasant day to all.

Good morning Mick glad to see you're back and recovering. Take it slowly and avoid the bus trips for a few weeks.

Best wishes to all struggling with anything whether physical or mental.

gillgran agree wholeheartedly. I've never liked the term 'lurker' so would not use it. Other descriptive terms could be 'observer', or 'reluctant/shy/less confident contributors'...these too sound much less unsavoury!

So glad you are home safe and well. May you continue to recover and to pick up your interesting life style again.

Have skipped straight to the end to say a very good morning and welcome back Mick. I’m so glad you are on the road to recovery.
Thanks too to grandMattie for keeping things rolling along.
Just started to drizzle here in Anglesey. Have had a chat with family in Australia again this morning, lovely to see smiling faces. Little cry afterwards because I miss them so much. Please God we can get back to safely being with our families soon.
Going back to read your news.
Stay safe and optimistic everyone.

I was in the virtual audience for the News Quiz yesterday which was a real treat. Very funny, although the best bits won’t make it off the cutting room
floor! It will be broadcast today at 6.30 on radio4. I recommend it to cheer you up!

Gingster in 2012 I was commuting for four hours every day and didn't have
the energy for watching the cycling at Hadleigh !!! I did see all the visitors and helpers on my way to and from Fenchurch Street though. It seems such a long time ago now. I had only been living in Essex for 2 years then.

Good afternoon Mick! Welcome back from sunny Beccles. All good here. Had a lovely walk along the beach earlier. Can't believe it's going to be snowing at the weekend!