Good Morning Wednesday

Good morning from sunny Colchester. Another warm day in the offing, not as warm as yesterday.
A large mirror is being delivered for above our fireplace any minute now and then I'm off on the epic 5 minute walk to the first Wednesday meetup for ages!! We're taking our deckchairs and sitting in groups of 6 in the park. There'll be plenty to chat about.
This afternoon I'll be DHs assistant while he attempts to hang the mirror. He will be too impatient to wait for DS to come home. I apologise about the language in advance to any of our neighbours!!

Much love to all x

Ps bet you’re glad to have finished ‘The Thursday Murder Club’ GG13‼️

Good morning Auntyflo and all x

Happy Birthday Gelisajams ???

I’m still excited when I see my state pension has dropped into my bank every 4 weeks Gelisajam! Nice.

Lovely caravan park Ash lucky you in ‘normal’ times to have a choice - there or France!
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You’re right about the whisky Beechnut with or without an ‘e’ will just enjoy it!

Happy birthday Gelisajams enjoy your day ??

Morning Mick and all

We are expecting another warm & sunny day here. Cleaners in first thing and then we shall go to M & S Food Hall for Easter goodies.

Then I shall be in the garden with a new book, haven’t decided which one yet.

Keep safe and well folks ?‍♀️

Good morning from Shropshire where another sunny day is forecast.

Your holiday park look lovely Ash and the cake delicious mattie.DH isn’t a fan of simple cake so I don’t feel I can make one knowing I would have to eat the whole lot!I wonder if M and S do individual slices?

Glad things are looking hopeful for Bogdon?and I love that brave little Iris has a cow named after her?

DGS enjoyed his Easter egg hunt yesterday.He probably ate a bit more chocolate than he should have done, he kept saying just one more!Luckily they were only small hollow eggs.Under the new rules we were able to stay and have tea in the garden when DD and SIL came home which was lovely.

Lawns and laundry today then hopefully a quiet afternoon reading.

Hoping that Cherry, Mary and Auntieflo are all feeling better.

Have a good day all and hope all medical appointments go well.Thinking of all with sadness,illness and worries??

Good morning from an overcast but warm Black Country.

Such a glorious day yesterday, but I think we have been lulled into a false sense of security. It was so hot on our walk yesterday. Plenty of traffic on the road, hard to believe we are still in a lockdown.

MrJan is off on a bike ride with his cycling club this morning, as a group of 6 is now allowed. So I will tootle over and have a walk with Mum.

Lovely holiday park Ashcome it was fortunate you arived when you did. We plan to be in the Torquay area at some point this year in our caravan. Our first trip will be to Lyme Regis in May.

Love and best wishes to all of you struggling

Wishing you a Happy Birthday Gelisajams. Enjoy your pension ???

Don’t worry about the ‘E’ Urms ?

Morning Mick, morning All. Cloud over our corner of Somerset is due to break later. Glorious day yesterday, we managed a couple of hours on the sea front after a medical morning.

Medical matters continue today with a lunch time trip for Mr C to be fitted with a heart monitor. Grocery delivery due soon so best get a wriggle on.

What a day ashcombe, pleased you got back in one piece. Good news about the bull sheepandcattle, hope he mends well.

Hope Wednesday is kind to us all. Be gentle with yourselves everyone.

Good morning all from Harrogate with the blue skies!!
Today is going to be busy!! DH and I are on the 1st shift of DGDs 5th birthday party from 10 - noon, along with DD2 and DGS - I hope I can resist his cuddles!! It will be so lovey to see them all in the flesh. Have a load of Barbie dolls and bits for her. At 2pm DH has docs appointment, then at 2.30pm he has a hospital appointment!! I managed to change the Sainsburies delivery to a click and collect tomorrow, phew!!
So glad Bogdon is fixable sheep. Your holiday park looks lovely Ashcombe hope you soon have good news about meeting your DH!!
Make the most of the sunshine if you are able. Keep safe!!

Good morning, Michael and all GNs. The sun is battling with cloud this morning, but we are forecast a warm bright South Yorkshire Day. My son and DiL are driving down to have lunch with us in the garden. Very excited. We came home from shopping yesterday and a man was about to put a leaflet through our door about gutter cleaning, so DH asked him for a quote and we had it done there and then as they were finishing a job down the road. Gutters and down pipes hoovered out and pressure washed, facias and window frames cleaned. It was very dirty and now is as smart as a new pin, and a reasonable price.
Sheep that’s good news about Bogdon and must be a weight off your mind! Good luck with the ewes and rams!
Ok I have to get up! Pineapple upside down cake to make! Have the best day you can folks.

Good morning everyone from south Manchester where it’s the start of another lovely day. Sadly it’s not going to last much longer! We will be over to my stepfather’s later this afternoon, the usual, taking his groceries and drinking his whisky. I never know whether there’s an ‘e’ in there or not! One I think is for Irish and t’other for Scottish? I must look it up.

Hope Wednesday is good to us all. I have no skills and I see now it’s because grandMattie has has mine as well as her own. Keep safe everyone that’s the main thing. x

Good morning all from the Scottish Borders. We don't have your unseasonal heatwave but it was a glorious day for a walk in the woods. I am so lucky to be surrounded by accessible countryside 10 minute walk from my house.

I am glad that Bogdon the bull has been diagnosed. An abscess on the hoof would be enough to make anyone miserable.

Your vet, sheepandcattle sounds quick and attentive. I sometimes wonder if vets would take on human patients.
Aw a cow called Iris

How delicious to smell hyacinths as you are weeding Nannagarra and how satisfying to have birds nesting in their houses Pantglas

I posted off Bee-related presents for DGD birthday. I wish I was seeing her in person but I hope to visit during the Easter holidays. Another DGD has a birthday too and I do hope to see her.
I love simnel cake too grandMattie

Amazing how a dose of sunshine can lift our mood.
Wishing you all sunshine

Good morning Mick and all from S Hants, high cloud which is due to clear for the sun. Good job you visited Ashcombe and sorted the niggles. Cake and quilting, no end to your skills gM, impressive and lots of joyous garden visits for you all. I have a trip to collect ready reads, the vape shop and then more allotmenting. Today is the birthday of my DD’s best friend, I’ve just seen on Facebook that DD has posted a birthday dedication for her friend from a famous UK reggae deejay, how she arranged this I’ll find out later, said friend is overwhelmed.
DH off to work, reminded him to take hay fever tablet, seems to be rife lately.
Have a lovely day all, whatever your plans, thoughts with those struggling ?

Good morning all from Derbyshire where it's currently overcast but another beautiful day in store.

Yesterday's walk took us over the golf course that was on the national news on Monday, following it's golfing event in the dark with illuminated golf balls after golf courses were allowed to reopen. It was a lovely walk - 3 1/2 miles, mostly flat, as I like it!

DH thought better about doing the rotovating yesterday, so it's now planned for this morning. Hopefully the rotovator will start up!

This afternoon I'm meeting my friend - rearranged from last week - a walk with her dogs and a coffee afterwards.

I was so sad to hear about poor Pinchy yesterday. You did your best for her Sheepandcattle. Hope the new bull recovers.

Hope Marydoll is having a better day today ?

Have a good day all

Will you please stop tempting me with pictures of a perfect holiday home and such a beautiful simnel cake? Only joking!!!
Happy birthday Gelisajams. ???

Good morning from a bright Northampton, set to be another lovely day. Another day in the garden, shall cut the front grass - it's garden waste collection tomorrow, so might as well fill the bins up.

The naughty cats have been at my knitting bag overnight and pulled my current knitting out - I can't see any damage done or dropped stitches. My own fault for not putting it away overnight. Perhaps they just wanted to do a few rows to help out!

Did the back grass yesterday afternoon after DS had called to pick up the DGDs'' Easter Eggs. He is so excited to be having his first jab tomorrow! Then sat in the garden and read for a couple of hours.

Have got a load of washing in, and another load waiting; I do like to see washing out on a sunny day! Coffee and the newspaper outside again I think.
Then I must complete the Sainsbury's order for tomorrow. Reading again in the sunshine this afternoon.

Let's make the most of the weather today as it is set to be chilly again for the weekend.

Good morning from a sunny Essex by the sea. Another glorious day is forecast although it does bring out the crowds who seem to have forgotten about social distancing .
DH is to have a biopsy after seeing the Dermatologist yesterday, not sure when but I don't think he will have to wait long.
I had a lovely long chat with DD2 and DGD5 yesterday on Facetime, it was good to see their faces and to see how much Charlotte has changed over the last year.
I have no plans today apart from vacuuming through and a walk in the sun.
Enjoy the nice weather whilst it lasts and find a ? in whatever you do.

Good morning from Morecambe Bay where the March weather is going out like a lamb.
Today is the day I finally become an OAP! Not that I like that idea but I will relish getting my long awaited pension. First part payment in a fortnight then 4 weekly from mid May. They do like to drag these these things out. The bus pass has to wait a little longer as I have not got my new photo driving licence back from DVLA and I need photo ID to apply for it. Not that I’m planning on going on a bus anytime soon!
DH informs me he has booked us a rowing boat on Windermere so it’s as well it looks like a pleasant day weather wise. They opened their bookings on Monday. Nice timing!
I got an e mail yesterday reminding me payment for our cottage booked for July is now due. The holiday is starting to feel like a reality now.
?for all with ill health, worries and problems.
Take care stay safe and look out for ?????

Good morning Mick and all from a mild, dry Wiltshire. Lovely to read about all your ‘jollies out’ yesterday, especially as the weather seemed to be celebrating our new freedom too! My first ‘freedom treat’ will be on Sunday when my DS, DiL and GD are driving down for the day. I haven’t seen them in the flesh since September and I can’t wait. The weather forecast is sadly rubbish for the weekend so we’ll have to take cover in the barn but at least there’s plenty of room for 3 year old to run about.
We had fairly good news about Bogdon the bull yesterday. The hoof trimmer found a huge abscess in one of his feet, caused by a stone that had worked its way into the hoof. This has all be cut away and cleaned now and a block stuck on to take the pressure off the bad side. This was the likely cause of the infection that the vet diagnosed so, all being well, he should be on the road to recovery. I hope so.
Busy day lined up; the 250 lambs need their first vaccine and drench today. It’s going to be noisy and chaotic as we have to get the ewes and lambs into the shed, split the ewes from the lambs and run them through the race to treat them. We also need to vaccinate the bull and 4 new cows that we bought last week. One of the new cows has been named ‘Iris’ in honour of grandMatties brave granddaughter!
Enjoy all your gadding-about everyone and make the most of this warm spell!

?Oh what a glorious morning ? ?in lovely north Wales where I’m enjoying the chamberpot ☕️in bed listening to the birdies flitting back and forth to the birdhouses either side of our bedroom window!

That cake looks delishus GrandMattie! I’ve seen Jersey Royals in Waitrose as well Mick although I didn’t buy them as I’m trying to keep off carbs most days so that my summer clothes will fit!

Spent yesterday painting the outside of the summerhouse and then decanted the contents onto the lawn for a de-spidering of the inside!

Managed to get it all done in time for a sit down in there with the evening sun encouraging a refreshing glass of chilled Chardonnay before sloshing some in the chicken risotto. Polished off the rest indoors whilst watching ??????? win in the footie- perfick!

Hope all is well with you today - ? for those going through tough times.

Good morning from the Sefton coast where I’ve just listened to a spectacular dawn chorus.
Yesterday, in the glorious weather, we went for a long walk with DS and his dog, returning for chocolate cake and a game of frisbee in the garden. Her groomed fur, presented in an old feeder, is proving very attractive to birds busy building their nests.
Tidying of the garden continues. As I remove moss and weeds from the borders I can smell the hyacinths I casually planted, not thinking they’d bloom. I used to bin the bulbs after flowering at Christmas, having grown them indoors over water in a vase. Gosh, when I think of how many I’ve thrown away!
I’m sorry to learn about Pinchy - valiant to the end. You couldn’t have done more for her s&c.
Sending positive vibes and hopes that everyone has the best day possible.
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Good morning everyone from Inverness where it’s grey and raining just now and forecast to stay wet for most of the day hmm...
I think Nicola announced yesterday that garden centres are opening soon in Scotland - that’ll keep me busy for a while.
That cake looks yummy GM well done, I do like Simnel cake .. well I like most cakes actually!
This morning DH is taking the car to the garage, it’s developed an intermittent loudish squeaking noise so hope they can find it even though yesterday it didn’t squeak at all but the day before it was every few seconds.
The holiday park looks good Ashcombe another lovely place to visit. Hope your next trip isn’t quite as problematic
Lovely plans scentia - enjoy
Thinking of everyone with worries and struggles, hope today is gentle and take care all whatever the day brings ?