Good Morning Saturday

I too came back to see if there was any sign of Marydoll but thank goodness, there she is, having a rest I suspect. x

Just popped in to see if you had posted Mary.Relieved you are ok??

Brook2704,
Rosemarkie has a lovely beach and a pretty waterfall in the woods nearby. My daughter lives on Black Isle and these are our two of our favourites walks - haven’t been able to visit since last November unfortunately.

Just popping in to say I'm OK folks! Thanks for your concern. Catch up tomorrow.

Jaxjacky

muse the French swear by the departure of the ice Saints, May 11th this year apparently. PS cartoon thread, not funny! ?
Missing Marydoll this morning.

Thank you Jaxjacky.
I'm sure you'll get your own back.

PS I noticed you were looking for a long length swimsuit. I've just ordered one from Lands End.

Nothing from Marydoll yet. She's usually posted by now.

Grandmafrench Thank you for the tip about the soap. I read about it yesterday here. MrM only uses bars of soap so I will check it is suitable.

Lucky you with the rain. I'm sure we will get some soon.

My bag + card are ready for my shop at M+S for mainly food. I know I could have done this anyway but my nearest is 45 min drive away. I'm taking two days of work here in 3 weeks and whilst in Truro I'll be visiting my favourite craft shop which also has an amazing cafe. Mya is booked into the creche as MrM 'to do' list mustn't be interrupted.

EkwaNimitee Please take care. I hope the stress level is low these days. It is a worry when the medics can't put their finger on it. I have a yearly MRI for a 'mass' that was found 4 years ago. Tests showed nothing except (and this is good) that it is benign. Biopsy is difficult and risky. It doesn't cause me any problems so it is monitored for change in size.

Auntyflo We do notice when some are missing. Good to hear from you again. My knobbly fingers and toes are tightly crossed for you??

EllanVannin It must depend on the hospital I think. Our main hospital has started elective operations again. I know someone whose just had a knee replacement. I hope yours starts doing operations soon.

muse the French swear by the departure of the ice Saints, May 11th this year apparently. PS cartoon thread, not funny! ?
Missing Marydoll this morning.

Gelisajams Sorry to read about the frost attacking your plants. My magnolia stellata was close to the polytunnel so I think that's why it survive the run of ground frosts we had. I keep a huge sheet of fleece by for my favourite azelea. I lost the buds 3 years running so decided enough was enough and bought a big roll of fleece two years ago. The fleece is still on today as another frost is due on Sunday night.

Enjoy your gardening. It's so uplifting, isn't it.?

Good Morning Mick and all from a sunny (odd fluffy cloud) Cornwall. Late rising as I woke up about 4x with pain from uneven mattress. It's definitely that causing my problems. Not sure whether to trust buying on line or go to a store. We have two in nearby town.

Finishing the edge around the rockery today. Cut nearly 100% of the grass yesterday. Planting runner and french beans seeds. They will wait in the polytunnel until we've had a new moon in May. My lovely dad swore by this (no more frost) and never lost any of his beans. Saw first hover fly this morning.

Sun is putting lots of power in to the batteries, so will probably do an hour or so of sawing wood for the log supplies.

I had planned to cut MrM's masses of hair, beard, eyebrows and ears today outside but he's decided to hang onto them to keep him warm. Must admit it is still chilly outside.

Kalu- same here with hair cuts but I think I will return to the hairdressers soon because I miss my layers. It is now a shoulder length bob.

Good luck with those buying anything wood related for jobs etc. We have a 4 week wait for more sleepers. Apparently, as well as house renovations etc, there's also a big increase in raised beds and other garden projects.

Off to read a few more pages/posts from here. So today my normally longish post will be lots of little baby postings.
Lots of ??????for everyone - I don't have a flamingo emoji

Good morning all from a bright chilly Lancashire. Nothing planned for today apart from housework, paperwork and exercises. Yesterday I managed to get up from the floor without assistance for the second day running. This is so heartening for me after my struggles with ill health and lockdown over the last few years. Next week sees many restrictions lifted, Mr. B and I are planning another trip out on Monday and may be able to visit one of my favourite small shops on the way home.

Hope today is kind to everyone.

Good morning everyone, I haven’t caught up with you all yet apart from seeing Ashcombe’s lovely photographs. Its grey again here today. DH just said he wished it would be a proper spring and although it isn’t cold I know what he means.

I had a surprise yesterday afternoon when my phone rang and I was asked if I could come and have my vaccine this afternoon! Slightly in shock I said yes and then she asked if my husband would be able to come too. I expect we’ll find out a bit more when we get there. I’m still slightly puzzled about it.

GrandMattie We'd like some rain too. The odd shower is doing nothing for our clay soil.

Thank you for the flamingoes but I can't see them in everyone's comments. Just get little rectangles [confused).

Sorry Good Morningers - my post should have been on soop’s kitchen thread.
I love reading all your morning greetings b.t.w. ?

Good morning to all. The north of Scotland is cold but skies are blue so housework, a walk then watch the racing.
I felt very sad yesterday, for the Queen but also Prince Charles and his siblings. Losing a father is a blow but I am sure he will be a great support to his mother. The Easter photo of him with the Queen seemed a portent at the time.
Have the best day you can everyone, so many of you needing to feel better health and to see our families. ?

Good Morning all from sunny but chilly Harrogate, yes I noticed no post from Marydoll hope she is OK
Nobby certainly is a handsome bull Sheepandcattle
Gaga the soap is worth a try. Grandmafrench with me, any old bit of soap did the trick. Didn't matter whether it was wrapped or not. I had the misfortune to be in hospital with a shattered femur (after someone shoved me on one of York's cobbled streets). I could not get out of bed to ease my cramp and begged a nurse for some. Which she got for me. A Pharmacist arrived to tell me he'd heard of this working but couldn't explain it. Neither could I but it worked so didn't care! When it stopped working I got some expensive lavender soap but it made no difference. When the cork stops working, I'll go back to the soap.
Hope all are well as they can be - Marydoll where are you?

Good Morning All x.
A beautiful day but staying very cold. No sign of the pair of goldfinches this morning, perhaps they ate all the little insects that there were on the fir tree yesterday.

Well I didn't get done what I'd set out to do yesterday, apart from a bit of washing which included the living room voiles. Once the sad news came on that was that, things came to a halt. How alone the Queen must now feel.

I really must shift myself today. I'll start by peeling a few potatoes in readiness for dinner later. A steak and kidney pudding and runner beans is the order of the day, then that small task will be out of the way.

Didn't even ring D yesterday as I have a card and money for the start of the volly of Birthdays of the GGC. The boy will be 11 tomorrow and I haven't seen him for over a year

Reading my local news, there are only 2 cases of Covid in hospital here, so why can't surgeries slowly start getting back to normal ? So long as everyone's masked I don't see the problem.

Hope everyone is well and I wish you all a safe and good day.xx

Good morning all from a lovely sunny Angus coast. There's ice on the pond, mind - this winter just goes on giving!
So sad about the Duke of Edinburgh. When they showed footage of him coming out of hospital that last time I thought he maybe didn't have long left. I met him a couple of times when we used to live not far from Gordonstoun and he came up to visit Edward and Andrew there. He stayed with our CO and ,'paid for his keep' by having to meet some of us. He was everything you hear - handsome, charming, and a curmudgeonly old devil! Mind you, he had a lot to put up with! One time at an evening 'do' he was scheduled to meet our group at 11pm and had quite clearly had enough! So he just stood there grinning at us, hands behind his back and rocking back on his heels like Dixon of Dock Green. Well, as you probably know, Royalty speaks first so we all stood there smiling uncomfortably until one of the chaps standing next to him asked if he'd enjoyed his flight that day. "Bloody awful opening to a conversation" he said, turned his back on him and spoke to the man on his other side for the rest of his allotted time with us! To balance that, that same weekend the CO's daughter was going off to Brownies and he wouldn't let her go until he'd straightened her knecker and put her belt straight - he was good with children, just as they say.
Sorry about the reminiscences - blame the BBC (even one of their reporters is the daughter of friends of ours from that time!)
No wonder we tend to live in the past as we age - nothing exciting like that happens nowadays. A wee chat with lovely gardener is the high point of my week.
Must go now and do I know not what. Blitz the kitchen sounds a good idea. Will read all the posts later, but loved your photo of the flower arrangement in the front porch of your Church, Ash - I'm assuming it represents the Ascension?
Have the best day you can everyone, particularly those ill and suffering. ☀️???

Good morning * Mick*, Annie, and all, and thank you for the messages of good luck etc.
I haven't been feeling too good recently, so haven't had the energy to post, but I have tried to keep up with 'goings on'.
This week has been all about medical appointments, and I feel quite worn out with it all. The best bit is that I had a long conversation with a pharmacist and he insisted that I get on top of the pain relief. I am now trying to be good. Keep your fingers crossed for me.
I see that Marydoll hasn't posted yet today, please tell me that she is alright.
My poor old fridge has finally given up the ghost, and a new one is being delivered on Tuesday. The first time given was between 6.30 am and 8.30 am, but luckily I was able to change it to between 10.00 and 2.00 pm. Much more social hours, as I don't get up before 8.30 these days.
I was wondering if our microwave would still be able to fit , on a shelf, above the new fridge, as the measurements were a bit tight. Luckily DD and SIL were here, after bring us home from hospital, and I mentioned it to her. "Why can't it just stand on top of the fridge?" says she. I laughed so much, as it hadn't occurred to me, not to replace the shelf. All sorted, clever girl.
I am hoping DH will paint the wall behind where the fridge will go, but I'm not holding my breath!
Today I will try and finally finish my knitting, then nothing else planned, except to aort out what we shall eat this weekend.
Have a good day one and all.

Good morning Mick and all from Sunnyside northwest coast Lancashire.
Scaffolding down in the front, so have replaced my little green bistro table and chairs in their hidden corner, a handy little spot to sit in the sun. I’m busy putting baby spider plants in small containers. I hope they live, having a brown thumb and not a green finger.
I spoke to my sister in law yesterday and she has received a navy striped top meant for me by mistake. Her address was left on eBay. Just as well it wasn’t something embarrassing (not that I would...) love stripes, I think I was a gondolier in a previous life.
Sat reading my book outside the supermarket watching people coming and going, that’s how quiet my life is, and what a dreary lot we are! I don’t know if it’s lockdown, but so many in tracksuits, black, grey and some outfits couldn’t tell if they were pyjamas or not. Must say I’m not exactly a Vogue cover myself.
Topical quote from the Edith Wharton novel I am reading
“Life sometimes makes ugly faces at us”
Sending hugs to all with troubles, have a nice Saturday and thank you for kind remarks about my drawing, might apply myself again today.

Good morning from Derbyshire where it's dry and bright.

We're just watching The Opening Show ahead of the racing this afternoon, hoping the experts will offer some guidance on which horses to pick. Afterwards I'm going to sow seeds in the greenhouse before lunch, then settle down to watch the racing.

I understand your relief to have heard that your holiday flights have been cancelled NannyJan. We have a holiday booked for early July and are hoping they cancel it. We don't really want to go at this time, but we're waiting to see what happens. We're hoping to move the date to next year and if they cancel it won't cost any more but if we cancel it will.

Right, I'm off to get my pin ready to choose my horses!

Have a good day all.

Wishing everyone as good a day as they can have. Another hug for soop just because . ?

Good morning, the sun is trying to break through in Devon.
I forgot to pick up the cat's new medicine at the local vet yesterday so need to drive over to the main surgery 15 miles away as it has run out. Another farm shop visit en route for me.
Have a good weekend.

Good Morning, Mick and all from a brilliantly sunny Cumbrian coast. We had quite a hard frost last night which is still hanging about. I was hoping to mow the lawn but I'm going to have hold off for a while yet.
Yesterday, I had an interesting medical interview. My GPs have had carried out extensive investigations on me and my weight loss and nothing has been found. They don't know what consultant might be appropriate so they've referred me to a local pilot project. This is aimed at people showing symptoms which could be cancer but none has been found. I had a long interview with the doctor in charge who has free access to any consultant she may wish to approach. Her gut feeling...I don't have a cancer but my symptoms may be due to a combination of my haemachromatosis (iron overload) and stress caused by my home moves and lockdown. I shall now have to wait and see what happens next but I am a happier bunny.
What an elegant flower arrangement, Ashcombe, I love that colour combination.
Poor bereft Queen, she will suffer as we all do, sadly.
And the best possible day to all of you who are.

Good morning from a dull north leicestershire.

Quiet day today no babysitting looked after 4 of the 5 DGC yesterday. Going to our ponies this morning with DGC and DD's.

Oh we now have hail.

Sad news about Prince Philip hoped he'd make it to the jubilee next year.

Good to see so many are having their second vaccinations.

Had a flutter on the national only race I ever bet on.

Hope all with worries, sadness and i;;ness have a peaceful day.

Good morning all,

It looks as if we have had rain in the night and judging by the sky just now, I think it's possible that we will get some more.

The birds are busy collecting nesting materials, especially the starlings. We have some that use our eaves every year. They sound as if they have clogs on their feet! ?

Had a lovely chat with our neighbour in her garden yesterday afternoon - it was quite warm in the sun, and her garden, like mine, is quite sheltered from any wind, so it was pleasant. It's so nice to have a little bit of normality heading in our direction again. Still a long way to go, I know, but it's a start.

Then, in the evening had a zoom chat with friends from work (we are all retired now, bar one). The hours whizzed by and it was so good to catch up with everyone. We are looking forward to the day when we can go back to being "ladies who lunch", but that's still some way off, of course. Thank goodness for the wonders of technology in the meantime. I think our parents would be amazed at what is possible if they could see it.

It's a good thing you checked with the surgery, greyduster. It's strange how we sometimes have the urge to check things out, isn't it?

Well, I hope that today brings blessings and peace to you all. ? for those of you with sadness and worries. Take care.