Good Morning Thursday

Good morning from a very bright and sunny ? Northampton.

Sainsbury's delivery later on and then the only plan is to water the garden and sit and read outside.

Mention of Arran reminds me of a holiday I had there in the 60s with a boyfriend (before DH). We rented a little cottage and had a wonderful time walking and cycling. Then ruined because on the way home on the train he dumped me! Said he couldn't see our relationship going anywhere (and I found out he was cheating!). I was well rid of him, though heartbroken at the time.

Will now go back and read the whole thread. Hope we all see the ? today.

Glamm A new grandson to love that's lovely news .
Amms how exciting .
Harrigranhope you find something your oh will eat.
Shopping day for us just thinking about going for walk somewhere different from usual haunt .
?to all who have troubles .

It's back to full sun here in the Gower. Good morning everyone.

I'll be brief as I have a blinding headache, it'll pass when the painkillers kick in. I slept okay, my neighbour was quiet so not sure why I've got it ?

Off to the village later since I didn't get the opportunity on Tuesday to spend my voucher that's "burning a hole". Delayed treat ?

Congratulations to your DD2 Glammagran, in the words of a character from a sitcom "it's a baby" ?. Good weight he is too!

? harrigran and Sar

Thank you for your well wishes Gelisajams, Susan, Glammagran, Pantglas and anyone I might have missed . You are all such kind people. That goes for everyone on this thread by the way ?

Have the bestest day you can everyone, hugs and ❤️ from me to all of you.

Kite surfer

Congratulations Glammagran on your new GS, I wish your DD and family well and hope they manage some sleep ???

Amserline how exciting, I wish you many happy years in your new home ?

A big congratulations Glamma on the birth of your DGS - how lovely! I hope mum and baby are both doing well
Great news about the house Amserlin it’ll be so lovely for you to be able to enjoy both places and see more of your family

Good Morning/ Madainn Mhath from the Scottish Borders where it is a gorgeous day again but the renovations next door mean going outside into the garden isn't much fun.. There are 4 workers currently on the scaffolding. However I mustn't grumble. They are chipping away at the mortar to repoint and about to put up solar panels.
I am jealous actually.

Glammagran that's lovely news. Congratulations!
Dogsmakemesmile I didn't know you had had an accident. I hope you make a good recovery.

I had the blue envelope yesterday! Yay. My 2nd jag will be Monday. At least I wont be driving through snow and ice this time. I hope

It's said Baubles that with TaiChi, your body remembers the moves
muscle memory. Mine didn't when I tried but then again I didn't continue as I prefer yoga. Beautiful scenes BTW

All the best to you Harrigran and to others who are going through difficult times.

Good morning all and I hope this post appears.. Mine keep disappearing after telling me to log on. I do and then my post has gone ?. Perhaps it’s trying to tell me something ???.

We had a lovely day yesterday with my DB and nephew. It was sunny but with a very chilly wind. We still had a nice walk and leisurely lunch and the dogs got on well.

Nephew brought his drone and did a little video of the sea with a kite surfer flying up high and then back to our cottage to see us waving. So clever!

Today we start on the never ending second coat for the summerhouse. We are determined to get it done before we go back to Essex ??

Sar sorry you are worried about your DH’s results but as Urms reassures you , just treatment should do the trick. ?

Great that so many are finally having hair appointments. Mine is next week. ?

sheep you truly are a kind and loving farmer. I hope there are many like you. ?

Wishing you all a carefree day ????

Good morning,

It's a very cold but bright sunny start to the day and the forecast is for it to warm up as the day proceeds so should manage coffee in the garden later this morning. Couldn't do that yesterday as it was grey, chilly and breezy. The gardens are desperate for some rain, though, and I'm needing to water my pots. If only it would fall at night!

I haven't read through all the posts yet, but will come back and read them after my Pilates class.

? to all of you with worries, low mood and/or health issues.

Take care everyone.

Congratulations, Glammagran, what lovely news. Looks to be a sunny day in many areas today - it’s starting bright here in London.
Oh, Marydoll, your stories of your daily life have me in absolute stitches! I shouldn’t think anyone anywhere in the country has a life like yours! Such mishaps! I’ve never read anything like it! All the tales of your encounters!

Good morning, Mick and everyone from yet another sunny day in Carlisle.
I have so many things to do it's difficult to know where to start. I keep putting off the really tedious ones like notifying various authorities of my change of address. My post code has only just gone on the Post Office data base. I'm finding that private concerns can find it but official ones and the banks can't, presumably because they haven't updated themselves. This means I have to phone and generally, hang on and on until you get to the top of the queue.
Yesterday I went into the city to spend some of what I'm calling my "Rishi" money, the money I didn't have to pay in stamp duty. I am needing furniture for upstairs where I only have a bed, having moved from a home where everything was fitted.
I also went to register with a new doctor and came away with a 3 page form to fill in and a request for 2 forms of identification. That's a new one, first time I've been asked for that.
So today I plan to crack those admin jobs and possibly get my new turves watered again. I bought some sacks of top soil to fill in the cracks appearing between them, it's so dry they are shrinking.
I hope your DH's appetite picks up, Harrigran, a little food will do him the world of good. How worrying for you .
And the best day possible to all with struggles.

amselerin how exciting! Your anticipation is tangible. Big congratulations glamma on the safe arrival of your grandson, good cheer all round.

Good morning Mick and all his followers. Suffolk is sunny with a cloudless sky after quite a hard frost.
Congratulations to Glammagran on the new baby and to Amselerin on the new house. Very exciting for you both!
We started the job of clearing a rough area at the back of our garden yesterday, ready for a weed proof membrane and gravel. It will give a shady sitting area, an alternative to our sun baked patio. I have pulled something in my groin and had to give up and leave it to DH but today I will start the day with plenty of painkillers.
Once it is finished, I can dig a new flowerbed in front of it, ready for the seedlings in the greenhouse. They need moving out in time for the tomatoes.
I hope the day is kind to everyone.

Glorious morning and the garden is now full of blossom so just looking out of the window is a delight. DH calm and not in a rush to get up so I am relishing a quiet start. Tesco run this morning and Zoom WI book group this afternoon so that constitutes a full day in these strange times.

Good news on the thread this morning on the whole so let’s hope for a positive day.

Good morning everyone from a glorious Scotland. I was up and dressed by eight today! Wash on and planning on hoovering. Plan to cook a curry later. Appreciate this is a bit mundane but grateful I am able to do it. Seem to be recovering my optimism after last week's accident. Had lots of lovely messages from friends too and plan to follow guidelines for morning coffee next week. Wishing you all the best of days. I appreciate being able to post on here.

Good morning Auntyflo and all x

Congratulations on your new grandson Glamma???

Good morning all. 2° and sunny in Polmont. The forecast is to be fairly warm and about 18° which is wonderful for me but not so much for my pots. I also feel for the farmers like Sheepandcattle who are desperate for some decent wet weather.
Congratulations Glamma on the birth of your grandson. A new baby is such good news. Anselerin how lovely for you to be close to family. Urmstongran enjoy your walk and coffee with your walking friend. My friends are not keen on walking which is a shame as I would like to walk more but with company. Harrigran my dad lost his appetite and mum used to give him protein drinks from the chemist.
Yesterday was a lovely day. Mum was on good form, then I visited my oldest friend and her partner for coffee. My WhatsApp chat in the afternoon was cancelled so I spent some time in the garden. Grandmattie that part of your garden will be beautiful in months and years to come. Later on I caught up with Line of Duty series 5 so I'm ready to start the current series.
Today I will potter around the house and garden and enjoy the lovely weather. I might sit out in the summer house. Whatever you are up to, have a good day.

Good morning everyone from a gorgeous sunny start to the day on the east coast of Fife. We’re all wide awake in this house this morning we’re having underfloor cladding put in before the new boiler goes in it’s all a government scheme in energy savings. Everyone in receipt of a benefit and with a boiler over 7yrs old is entitled to a free boiler. Wouldn’t like to be climbing under my floorboards don’t know what’s down there.
Anyway have a good day everyone we’re nearly at the end of that dark tunnel the light is shining through. Keep safe will always be the motto.

Congratulations, Glamma. ???

Good morning all, from a now sunny Glasgow. Like Kalu, I plan a day in the garden. So much tidying up to do, but a little each day and frequent rests is the plan.
I'm retreating into the garden today, because DH got his second jab yesterday and has turned into Victor Meldrew. He should just be grateful he got it! I have currently been chasing mine, to no avail. Shielders have to be done at their GP practice, but mine has no vaccine at present! ☹

Baubles, what lovely photos of Culzean. I hadn't been to Culzean, since my Primary 7 leavers' trip, until two years ago. DD was going to a wedding there and an hour after she left here, we discovered she had left her coat, bag and purse here. ?
It was a frosty day DH ( who had to abandon watching the racing) and I had to drive down with them, as she was staying at Turnberry for two nights and of course, wouldn't be able to pay her bill and probably die from hypothermia, having no coat! ( Litterpicker, it took over an hour from here on the M77, no other motorways were involved! ?) The frosty scenery was stunning!
We spent many a happy family day out at Dunure, just along the coast. Your photos have brought back so many happy memories.

Yesterday, the installers putting a new roof on the Ebay queen's conservatory kindly came across to try and open our stuck patio door.
They managed to do it, but found that there were parts missing from when it was originally built about seventeen years ago, hence all the problems over the years. They wouldn't take a penny for the temporary fix, but we do need new doors!!!? They are not cheap!!!
We are finding that our house, which we bought as a new build, thirty years ago, is starting to need things done. The E queen has a builder doing some pointing work at the weekend, so I will nab him too. If left to DH, our house would fall down! I feel for the present, that I may have got some of my mojo back! DH once tried to repoint our front stairs, with the wrong colour of motor, they are still a mess. The E queen mentioned them yesterday, saying she admired my restraint. She would have divorced her DH for that disaster! ?

You will be relieved to know, I have lost most of my post! Lumsy hands grrrrr. Probably for the best. ?
I'm off to strip the bed!

Harri and Sar ?.
Sending best wishes to all our friends who are struggling.

Good morning from sunny Colchester. The grass frost has gone and it will warm up. Our garden really needs some rain, which would be very welcome while we are asleep!!!

Airing the bedding today and some more gardening as I have to wait in for deliveries.
Jays online pub quiz tonight.

Congratulations on the birth of a new grandson, Glamma ?

Much love to all x

Good morning from North Yorkshire. It’s sunny again but we had another hard frost.
I spent much of yesterday feeding and watering the lawns. I’m hoping to see some improvement soon but we really do need some rain as Sheep says. The fields around the village are like concrete and the crops are at a standstill.
Congratulations Glammagran
Harri
I will go out for a walk later and have a couple of zoom calls.
Have a good day everyone. Stay safe.

Congratulations Glammagran on the birth of your new grandson, how exciting xx

Oh amselerin how wonderful! I can sense your excitement and anticipation. Fabulous to be able to look forward to your dual lifestyle - a foot in both camps is the best of both worlds I agree.

Meant to say earlier that my 85y old neighbour on our landing in Malaga (and friend) had her first vax a few days ago! She is obviously delighted and was given the date for her second exactly 3 weeks later.
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