Good Morning Friday

Good morning Mick and all from a beautiful Spring day on the Angus coast. The weather has been, in the main, so lovely since the Big Freeze left us that I can't believe we're still in February. Or is it that we just remember the good days ?
I have to announce the astounding news that the fish have started to demand their food again! A sure sign that summer is not far away.
I'm not sure what "happy" is grannysomerset. For me I suppose it will be when I can see my family again, just like everyone else. But there's "joy in small things" too - like the fish eating, or sitting here in the sun looking at the snowdrops and crocuses outside the front door. Or just a sunny day like today - with the added excitement of my Tesco delivery this afternoon!
Welcome to your guinea pigs this afternoon Scentia - I hope they realise just how lucky they are to have such a lovely new build for a home.
Is your garden room to be an extension to your house, *still learning*; or a stand-alone summer house. Mine is part of my house, off the kitchen, which I can - and do - use all the year round to make me feel part of the great outdoors. Best thing I ever did! I wish you joy in yours.
I've never heard of oven bottom muffins "Nannagran* - do tell.
Now I must go and beautify myself to meet a real live person (in the shape of the Tesco delivery man). This may we'll take some time!
Thinking of all of you in pain today, in body or mind. Special thoughts to Georgesgran and Mr G. Have the best day you can. ???

A rather late Good Morning from N. Bucks. Didn’t feel so good first thing but improving now. Lovely sunshine outside so hope to feel up to a short walk this afternoon although we will have to wrap up warm.
Might make some pea and mint soup for lunch .
? for all those who need cheering up and hope you all find a ?today.

Good Morning All you Dear People x
What a welcome back !

It's the sunniest start to the year and it's beautiful out there with warmth in that sun. Patio door is flung open.
A lazy start after my earlier rise yesterday on account of the grocery delivery but I'll get stuck in shortly as the cats are out of the way lying in the sun in the garden. Yippee.

A tree which I can see from here in the next garden is covered in chirping finches and looks as though it's full of large flower buds. The little birds always congregate on it. Makes a change from seagulls squawking overhead

How sad to hear of the theatre member Ashcombe whose mental health has been tested during these months. A clever man reduced to such a cruel illness, bless him. It just goes to show the effect it has being restricted in so many ways.

Gagagran fancy you having connections to the IOM. I still have second cousins there and we exchange Christmas cards. They live in Onchan. The nearby school too ? Either where I was born or where I am now ? Even so it is a small world.
Hope your DH gets by okay.

Aww, NanKate sorry about your discomfort and the useless GP. I know about the latter because I've got one !

Thinking of you too Georgesgran x

Marydoll your suffering ( RA) takes me back to my cadet training days when I was on a children's ward where a teenage girl was suffering the same and I remember the poor child struggling with her health on some days, it was awful to see so I have every sympathy for you. I must say that medicine has improved so much since the 50's for this crippling disease, but sadly not enough to cure it.

I always remember a little patient on the ward in the 50's becoming a Lib Dem councillor years ago so imagine the shock I got seeing his picture from a 4/5 year old who'll now be in his 70's---he was born in 1951. His dad was a doctor.

Thinking too of Auntieflo and hope things are going well.x

Gosh, I must get showered just in case D calls with it being so nice out, though I'm not expecting her but it would be the very time when she'd call and see me still in my dressing gown----thinking I was ill

I hope you all have this lovely sunshine and are able to get out walking in it. However, keep yourselves safe and enjoy the day. xx

Good morning Mick and all from Sunnyside, northwest coast. Have a wash on and looking forward to drying it outside. Small pleasures. I even went round the house looking for more things to wash as didn’t have enough to justify it.
Trip to supermarket yesterday which was orrible. Tried a snood type face covering, but with specs, didn’t work and reverted to proper mask. Then the alarm went off and we had to abandon our trolleys and all gather outside. Not going there again, will go back to my smaller shop. BUT, bought yellow tulips to cheer myself up.
Before that appointment with nurse the high blood pressure. Not sure why I had to see her as she didn’t take my blood pressure and just arranged a telephone appointment with the Doc which could have been done by phone.,,but it got me out of the house and I visited the two ‘libraries’ in the waiting rooms on each side of our station and left some books. Amusing to see books I left weeks ago and nobody wants. Tantric Sex was available, but I gave it a miss?
Enjoyed First Dates last night, I’m always intrigued who will click and often surprised (and shocked)at first date behaviour lol)
Thinking of Auntieflo, Georgesgran, the sick and the well.

Good morning from a stunningly beautiful day in the north of Scotland. There is a lot of aerial activity form the RAF but no matter how hard I try, a photo seems impossible. They are practising low level flying.
I am washing the greenhouse ready for spring and sorting out my seeds. I take my old fashioned radio outside and play it very quietly while I am working. When I take my tea out, I switch the radio off and listen to the birds.
Long chats on the phone last night brought home to me how much I miss seeing my AC in real life. At least I don’t have to queue outside a red phone box with four pennies for three minutes to exchange essential information.
Lovely to read all your posts and feel included in your lives.

Good Morning all. It’s raining heavily here at the moment but I’ve done a load of washing in the hopes that it will be the promised sunny day tomorrow and it can be hung out bright and early. I can’t remember this struggle to dry things in my earlier married life but keep wishing I’d got a dryer now. How does everyone else manage?

A good late morning to everyone. Woohoo, finally got online ?. Wobbly internet connection this morning. It's chillier than it was yesterday here in the Gower and cloudy to boot.

I haven't been able to read anyone's posts at all yet so I hope everyone is alright. I'll catch up with your busyness shortly.

What is it they say whoever hey are are, when one thing goes wrong .... I was in the shower this morning when someone beast knocking loudly on the front door. Of course by the time I was able to get to the door they'd gone. A note had been pushed through the letterbox, "sorry we missed you" ?. It was the kitchen contractor who we'd arranged to come at 2pm ?. This is getting to be a habit! I don't want to go back to the drawing board but if this is the way they treat their customers ...
I'm waiting for the third thing to go wrong today now, hopefully it won't happen ?

Keep safe everyone and find at least one thing to ? about. Spring is definitely coming, the trees are budding and the flowers are raising their happy heads. Be kind to yourselves ❤️

Just made the morning slot

Good morning Mick and everyone. Looks like lots of news which I will read later.

Very very frosty start in Cornwall but blue skies. Sainsbug delivery just arrived. Full fridge and freezer for another week.

Going to attempt to plant the strawberries in the polytunnel. Lifted and potted them all last year. Need to watch my back. Think I must have slept awkwardly.

Washing about to go out and then a Mya walk before I sort the strawberries out.

Kettle on first for a coffee. Take care everyone.

Good morning all from Anglesey, blue skies and sunshine.
Came straight to the end before noon strikes

beast ?, I could have sworn I'd typed beat! Predictive text ?

A late good morning to you all from a beautiful bright south Lincolnshire. We were out just after 8, for a lovely walk around the bridal ways and footpaths that cut through the local farmland. A great area for walking at our ages, 65 and 73, as the landscape is mostly flat with huge skys, beautiful! 6 miles done, and feels like spring is just around the corner, and life is good. ?

Sending love to Dragonfly.

Nanette my DS2 lives in Lincolnshire and I love visiting him there. It's such a beautiful county. (I love Holland too!)

Thank you Taichanan, it will be a stand alone room, I would have chosen one connected to the house but it’s not possible, I’ll just need to sprint when it rains! I lived in the conservatory in my previous house which we had to leave to come closer to family help when my DH became too ill. I am looking forward to having that feeling of being outdoors again!