Good Morning Friday

Simtib you would be most welcome to have a slice of my lemon drizzle. We’ve also spent a lot of time in Hockley Woods

Good morning, Mick and all from the Cumbrian coast where we have another sunny day. Yesterday I managed a stroll along one of the harbour piers along with quite a few others enjoying the sun. I envied the grandad with his grandchildren, mine are in Surrey and Australia though the latter are now young men too old for walkies with Gran.
Marydoll, RA is a dreadful disease. My maternal GM was crippled with it from a relatively early age. I was so afraid of getting it myself that I had the blood test back in my early thirties and was so relieved when it was negative. Fortunately, none of her descendants has inherited it.
And your comment re Tesco meat...I can buy lamb, say, from them and local lamb from the butcher, it's as though it's come from different species, such is the difference. Unfortunately, that butcher is quite a long drive away.
Today, a little tidying up and hopefully a bit of pottering in the garden before my Tesco delivery .
A pleasant day to all hopefully.

Good morning from the Scottish Borders where it is sunny but only
4°C Brr
Excited with you gagagran and hope the operation goes ahead successfully.
I heard of 2 more deaths of friends this week and another who has contracted covid from her DGC's nursery. She is at home on her own and wasn't sounding too ill when I spoke to her so maybe the vaccine has helped (she has had one dose of the Pfizer)
Like baubles I came across several neighbours whilst on my walk who told me the above news.

simtib my longstanding friends lived in Hockley spent a lot of time there when the children were little. Are you close Freeport?

Good morning Auntyflo and all x

Good morning Mick and all. Another place with a hard frost. Off to allotment, DH cut up the old shed door yesterday to make shelves for our new shed, recycling! Going to put them up today. Hope everyone has the best day possible.

Good morning from a sunny NE.
My younger sister, under 65, was over the moon to acquire two appointments for her vaccination.
My elder sister, in Germany and 80, will get hers the second week of March. She does not want the AZ vaccine as Frau Merkel has refused it because it may not work ?
Quiet day again in chateau shielding.

Yes a beautiful morning here in Essex. Have to go down to Hockly today so Gingster if you are anywhere near the route from Braintree a slice of Lemon Drizzle would be very nice.

Good morning Mick, morning all from South Lanarkshire. It a beautiful, bright, sunny start to the day, that in itself lifts my spirits.

Yesterday we spent a while tidying in the garden and chatted to a neighbour then on my dog walk later I crossed paths with two different neighbours at separate points on my walk. Can’t remember the last time I spoke to so many people in one day.

It’ll be another day of pottering with the added bonus of sunshine I hope.

Wishing everyone a peaceful day.

Good morning, Michael and all GNs. It’s bright and clear but very cold in South Yorkshire. There was another hard frost in the night. We had a good, enjoyable walk yesterday afternoon but I feel as if I’ve been hit by a bus this morning - everything hurts! It wasn’t even a strenuous walk! Hope I can shake it off as I have a pile of ironing to tackle later. Other than that, nothing much planned.
I suffer much Yorkshire pudding angst, Elizabeth, especially as DD’s are lofty and miraculous. Mine are shocking! Auntie Bessie has become my best friend! Keep plugging away!
Have a good day folks.

Good morning all from a bright but frosty Essex. Wall to wall sunshine forecast ?

Our neighbours opposite are moving today, so there will be a lot of activity in our small road. They’re are a nice family, so will miss them.

gagagran good news about your DH’s op. Hope all goes well.

I will make a lemon drizzle cake today as the last of the fruit cake was devoured yesterday. It’s nice to have tea and cake in the afternoon as we normally don’t eat lunch. Our breakfast is getting later and later, so we don’t need anything until mid afternoon, then dinner at 5 ish. Strange times ! ?.

Wishing you all a painfree, worryfree and pleasant day.
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Good morning all from Glasgow, a bit cool at the moment, but we are promised sunny spells later on.
That means that the washing will be going out, instead of in our tumble dryer, which is getting noisier and noisier, it sounds like a jet engine! ?

I am going to gloss over yesterday's traumatic, dental visit. No anaesthetic and an in the chair for an hour with an arthritic jaw, not pleasant. An NHS crown won't be suitable, so I'm going to have to take in laundry for the foreseeable future to pay for the treatment.
To top it all, the tooth next to it is apparently infected, so more treatment awaits. Ouch!
However, my dentist was amazing, so kind and kept apologising, as it was a more difficult procedure than anticipated.
I did want to take the scissors to his lovely red hair, (reminded me of DS2), which kept flopping over his eyes! ?He obviously hadn't been to a barber's for the last year. ✂️✂️✂️✂️✂️
RA is such a cruel, insidious disease, silently destroying your body. Most people think its just about sore joints, it has cursed most of the females in our family.

For the first time in a year, I was in the butcher's, the very one I went to with my mum, when I was a child and right across the road from the long demolished, Victorian tenement building, I was brought up in. DH parked beside the land where my first primary school had been. I was quite emotional.
How can I not remember where my car keys are, but I have so many vivid memories of those days?

Being in the butcher's was like being in a sweetie shop, I spent a fortune, because Tesco butcher meat doesn't really compare!
I used to get excited going shopping in town, now I'm getting all worked up over some bones for soup!!!!
Don't tell the dentist, but I had another strawberry Danish and this time it made it home unscathed, along with my long anticipated, potato farls! I can tell you, they surpassed my expectations. ?

All joking aside, this small step into the world gave me a tiny glimmer of hope, after being incarcerated for a year.
I shall repeat the process in a fortnight, when my new tooth will be ready. I'm expecting Securior to deliver it, given the cost!!!?

Really glad to see EV back, I was worried, but guessed why she wasn't here, when I tried to PM her.
Good news for Mr Gaga at last and thinking of Georgesgran and her DH
My dear, sassenach friend, Nan Kate, I'm so sorry to hear you are unwell, I hope you get some relief soon. ?
Have the best day you can folk!

Good morning everyone from a bright and frosty Northampton. Need to have a walk to the surgery later so will wrap up nice and warm and enjoy the crisp morning.

A busy morning yesterday, washed kitchen and both bathroom floors, then a Sainsbury's delivery. Looked dry and sunny after lunch so gave the back lawn its first cut of the year. Looks a bit untidy as I set the lawn mower on high, and it was hard work, but should be easier next time.

Reknitted the neck of my jumper and it looks a bit better, still, who's going to see me in it in lockdown? !! Hoping to start on a new cardigan once I've sewn the jumper up.

DS's birthday today - he is 42, where did those years go? He came down yesterday and collected his mended jacket, and his birthday present and card.
We had a good chat through the front door glass. Pre Covid the whole family would have been out for a meal to celebrate, but hopefully we can do that in the summer.

Must get moving. Have a pleasant day everyone.

Good morning all. It's a bright day in Polmont but cold at 3° and there's been a frost. Much too cold here to plant out until April. I had a look in the garden and the crocuses are beginning to poke through. I planted bulbs in a bed in the front garden but as fast as they peep through, rabbits nibble them. However it all is a sign of spring approaching. Yesterday was a nothing day for me. I heard from a few people and had a chat with a good pal at night. My grouchiness of Wednesday disappeared. I have a visit to the chiropodist this morning and then this evening we are having a family zoom night. My son has organised an escape room where we have to solve clues and escape with something. It'll be something different I suppose. Apart from that,I'll have a quiet day pottering about. Gagagran that's such good news about your husband's op. I'm going to have my second cup of coffee now so I will love you and leave you.

Morning Mick, morning All from a chilly, frosty, clear corner of Somerset.

Yesterday’s walk was wonderful except for one thing - why did the paths always go up and not down? Strange to be sure .

Off to the garden centre for compost this morning, I’ll potter this afternoon while Mr C begins to remove trellis and some large tubs to allow a new fence to be installed mid March. Will try to persuade Mr C to go slowly, there’s plenty of time.

Good to see EV back and to hear some people are booking holidays, sorry yours hasn’t worked susan, you must be disappointed. Hope all goes well for your husband gaga, not long to wait. You must be in pain nankate, hope your consultant can help.

Take care everyone, hope Friday is gentle with us all.

Good morning from sunny Colchester. A chilly night but going to be a lovely mild bright day.
DD1 is moving today, so it's ideal weather for it. They took some of our excess furniture last night and so our house is looking bare.
A quiet day here with no plans.
Much love x

Good morning from North Yorkshire. Just as I opened the kitchen blind the sun rose over the hills in the distance into a clear blue sky. It was magical and a lovely start to the day.
I will go into the garden and do some tidying up when it warms up a bit.
Good news that your DH’s op is happening Gagagran.
Hope everyone has a good day. Stay safe.

Good morning everyone from South Manchester where it’s already sunny. The forecast is good for the weekend to so we hope to be able to meet and greet the smalls in the park tomorrow. It’s our once a week treat, weather permitting.

Another nothing day today but who cares? We will enjoy a walk later. The sun is shining, we have had our first jabs and we are healthy. I’m off to count my blessings.
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Hope Friday is kind to us all. Bet you’re excited to bring those guinea pigs home later Scentia! Keep safe everyone that’s the main thing. x

Good morning to all from a bright west Kent. We also had a red sky sunset so fingers crossed for a sunny day. Enjoyed lovely visit to nearby Hever Castle gardens yesterday and spotted lots of snowdrops and hellebores.
Good news for Gagagran on haircut and DH's op. You must be relieved that he hasn't got to wait too long for the surgery.
Hope everyone has a good a day as possible.

Good morning all from a very bright but chilly day here on the east coast of Fife.I’m going for a visit this morning to our local charity to give them my discarded pieces of jewellery for them to sell on and possibly get a few pounds.

My very few pieces of genuine jewellery has/have been put into the new jewellery box for safekeeping. You may have read in a previous post the Yorkshire puddings I made yesterday had holes in them. They were eatable though. What on earth am I doing wrong?

Good morning everyone from a dry bright Inverness, hopefully the cold wind we had yesterday has now gone.
I spent yesterday pottering in and out of the garden and was pleased to see that most things look like they’ve survived the winter.
Today I’m going to try my Fitsteps online dance class again, I’ve not bothered for a while as it’s nothing like being in the studio and I was finding it hard to be motivated. Will give it a go anyhow ?
After that I’m going to walk down the hill to my friends house and give her a wave in the garden. She’s the friend that I usually meet for coffee and a catch up most weeks and I’m so missing that
Such good news on here about holidays being booked - lovely things to look forward to. I’m looking forward to getting to see my eldest DD and DGC in Cambridge and my son in Switzerland as soon as it’s allowed....
Hope things improve soon nankate
Lovely to see you back EV
Hope everyone finds something to enjoy today and take care all whatever the day brings ?

Brilliant news re your DH’s operation Gagagran?

Good morning Mick and all his followers. Enjoy a meaty dinner tonight Mick.
It’s a beautiful morning in Suffolk, although there is a hard frost. Both cars need a good clean, inside and out. They are muddy and horror - there is algae growing around the window seals! Proper country cars!

My mum would have been 99 today and I dreamt I went and bought flowers for her. Visiting a florist! I thank goodness she had died ( at 96) before this pandemic started. She would never have understood.

I also dreamt I was teaching two science lessons on Solids and Waves to year 6 and was completely unprepared. Teachers will all recognise that dream. At least I wasn’t naked - another common teacher dream!
Love to the lambs * sheep*. I hope they are arriving at a steady pace.
I hope today is kind to everyone.

Good morning from Shropshire.A frosty start but a sunny day forecast.

Hoping to get the lawns mowed today but first have to pop into town.Apparently there is an Artisan market so if it’s not too busy will take a look.

We have had notice that the holiday we booked last year for my 60th birthday and postponed to this year has been postponed again.We have decided to have a refund rather than carry the booking forward to next year.

DGD loves her dolls house and we have made plans as to paint colour and wallpaper.

Thinking of all our absent friends and all with worries and illness.

Have a good day all.

Morning all from a distinctly chilly south coast (-0.6 at 6.15am).

We had two pieces of excitement yesterday. Firstly my lovely hairdresser texted to offer me the first appointment (9am) when she re-opens on 12 April (fingers crossed). Just got over that when the second, and even more exciting thing happened.

The hospital rang and offered DH a date for his second operation - next Friday 5 March. This is the op. that he was scheduled to have on 21 December and was cancelled the day before when news of the third lockdown had filtered through. He has to go for a covid test on Wednesday 3 March but the pre-op he had for the non-event on 21 December lasts 18 weeks, so he doesn't need another.

He has been so stoic and patiently waiting but always knowing that he has to have two more operations to finish putting him back together after his major cancer operation last July. I am just hoping that this time the surgery goes ahead and he has time to recover from that before they schedule the third, and hopefully final operation.

Plans for today include a quick trip to pick up my Ready Reads from the library this morning, make a big bowl of my kale salad and cut DH's hair. Never got round to doing it earlier in the week despite having it on my agenda!

Welcome back EV! Always feel a connection as most of my extended family live on the Isle of Man and I went to school in EV's home town. It's a small world.

Take care everyone and have the best day you can.