Good Morning May Bank Holiday Monday

Hello everyone, grey and overcast, but not actually raining here.
Sar what a horrible thing to see, and you were obviously capable, the man must have been so glad you were on the scene.
Good news Dragonfly and others who are feeling better today.
DD, DGS1 and DGD3, our support bubble, are coming for lunch, they had roast chicken yesterday, so will be roast beef, Yorkshire pudding and as our freezer has broken and we are having to use up the fruit, raspberry and apple crumble! Repair man can't get out to us until Thursday, which is a real loss. Hope to goodness he can fix it, can't afford a new one just now!

Hope you had a good time with Charlie '*ginny' such a special time

Just had an unscheduled visit from DD and DSiL (told you something would turn up!) Enjoyable chat in a sheltered spot in the garden and a walk round answering DSiL's questions on names of plants. He likes gardening but is still learning different plants' names.

DD seems a bit downhearted about her interview last Thursday. She said they didn't ask her the right questions so I said she should just have answered them with what she wanted to get across like politicians do!

Glad to see you on this friendly thread Purplepixie and I am sure you will soon see what a kind and caring lot the "Goodmorningers" are. Love the sound of all your pies too!

Purplepixie

Thank you to all the well wishes. I’ll keep you some mince and onion pie. I love pies, but I am from the North East where we used to love pies of all description. One of my favourites is Chicken, Leek and bacon which is really lovely with home made chips and peas. Another one is Corned Beef, Leek and Potato, very moreish.

Love and hugs to all who are suffering one way or another today and everyday. Love. ?

Purplepixie my husband is from the North East and I remember going to stay for the first time ( travelling from Glasgow - long story - we hardly knew each other and were very young ) and being served pease pudding ! I had never had it and was so nervous I couldn't eat ! Learned to like it.

Thank you to all the well wishes. I’ll keep you some mince and onion pie. I love pies, but I am from the North East where we used to love pies of all description. One of my favourites is Chicken, Leek and bacon which is really lovely with home made chips and peas. Another one is Corned Beef, Leek and Potato, very moreish.

Love and hugs to all who are suffering one way or another today and everyday. Love. ?

Morning Mick and all.Dull and about to rain here West Yorks.
Dragonfly and Gagagran hope you continue to improve and stay well.
Sar53 how good of you to stay at the scene must have been quite traumatic for you to witness.
Lovely outing with family to York yest and managed boat hire on river with GCs all having a well supervised steer of boat.Uneasy doing our usual educational tour due to anxiety of social distance even the pleasure of hot drink and snack spoilt by threat rain sat outside.The kids loved being together and even the top deck park and ride journey thrilled the usual non bus travellers.
Quiet day today,maybe short walk this p.m, blow off cobwebs.
Thoughts and wishes to those with illness and worry.Take care.

Good morning Mick and all his followers. Just finished my birthday breakfast and now I want to plant some vegetable seeds before the rain arrives.
Flamingoes on my wrapping paper today!
I hope the day is kind to everyone.

Hi there, Purplepixie, another East midlander!

Good morning Mick, Annie, and all.
Lovely to hear that Dragonfly is safely home, and others who were not so good, are beginning to feel better. I hope you know who you are, as by the time I get to write a post, I have forgotten names etc. So, I should have a notebook to hand, but as I am not that organised, that will probably never happen. I think! it was Sunday I had written a lovely long post, but then it got lost, and I never did re-write it.
Yesterday I felt so much better that Friday and Saturday, and although I still have an achey hip joint, it's not so bad.
Best wishes to Marydoll, Cherry, Harrigran, Lins et al.
Well done to Sar for being such a good samaritan, what an awful shock for you to witness.
Enjoy your Bank Holiday Monday one and all.

Welcome PurplePixie good to see you here. I have never had mince and onion pie but it sounds delicious so I will look it up.

Good morning Purplepixie and welcome

Good morning to you all on this grey wet bank holiday

Had a lovely time in snowdonia even the weather was good

My gardener is due today but won't be coming if it's raining I hope to see my grandchildren today and have some hugs

Hope all those who are poorly soon feel better and everyone has a good day

Good to hear you are home Dragonfly I am meeting friend for a walk if rain stay away but it's looking a bit grey at the moment ?Glad you feeling better Gagagran take care everyone ?

Good morning everyone from south Manchester where it’s dry, looks chilly and heavy rain is forecast later. We will have a late breakfast and fancy bacon & egg on toast.

No plans whatsoever for today. Your idea of settling down to watch a film appeals to me too BlueSapphire. My stepfather passed me 2 carrier bags full of mum’s DVD’s for the charity shop tomorrow and I rooted through them last night and put half a dozen to one side. This one starring the late Joan Plowright appeals. It reminds me of mum so much - one of her favourite films. I’d better have some tissues beside me.

Hope everyone has a good wet Bank Holiday Monday. x

Welcome Purplepixie. Can you save a slice of pie for me, please, as it’s my favourite?
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Good morning from a very grey east Midlands. Rain ☔ on the way, thank goodness. The gardens need a good watering. Making a mince and onion pie for dinner and doing some knitting this afternoon. Stay safe and have a lovely day.

Should have read that through - "a" not "as" and I can't spell "finish" -

Good morning from Cheshire where it has just started to rain. Lazy start here - all the outside housework gardening done yesterday so am ok with rain today.
Haven't read any posts yet but will do so at my leisure of which I plan a lot today ( terrible sentence !)
Might finishe my really good Kindle book. DD has already finished it ( we share books ) but hasn't given away the ending.
As happy a Bank Holiday Monday as possible everyone.

Good morning from a currently dry but overcast Scotland. Wishing you all a good Monday. Going to tackle a bit of admin namely paying bills over the phone. Having something to tick off is a great feeling. Completed one OU short course last week and about to choose another. Feel I should challenge myself and tackle a topic that doesn't immediately appeal and unlike my usual haunt of arts/social work /social care stuff. Tea already made in my head. Thank you home delivery. Take care everyone.

But grey here, hoping to go for a walk as the rain is scheduled for later in the day, that's if arrives here, it often misses us out completely. Sar, how kind of you, helping that poor man. DHs son and grandson came yesterday and they painted the shed on the allotment while DH did some beekeeping. DH bought a pair of converse type shoes a while ago, but he found them so uncomfortable that he offered them to his DS, too big, so his DGS tried them on and they fitted! At 13 his DGS is already taller than his father. Hope everyone has the best day possible.

Good morning from a grey Northampton; it's dry at the moment but rain is forecast later. I have some washing in the machine as one of the cats deposited a furball on the mattress cover in the spare room.

Another lovely day at DD's yesterday; we went to their local garden centre, where she spent a fortune. I bought a catmint to go in a pot, but don't think I'll be able to pot it up in time before it rains. Still, it won't come to any harm.

Tried on all the stuff I bought on Saturday, and have two tee shirts and a pair of jeans to return and try to change next time I stay with DD.

No plans for today; will try to start my new book club read, and perhaps watch a film this afternoon when it rains. And I must write my monthly round robin email to my sisters and brother.

Have a good May Day holiday everyone.

Morning Mick, morning All from a windy, overcast corner of Somerset

Delighted you’re home dragonfly and you feel more robus gagagran. Horrible experience sar,

We accomplished the change to our front garden yesterday, Mr C wouldn't stop until it was done, I became a spectator at one point and chief coffee maker. We’re both very pleased with the outcome, it should mean little or no maintenance in future.

Not sure what today will bring, a wait and see day.

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

Good morning from a very dull and grey Black Country. To be expected really being a Bank Holiday Monday,

Mums phone was found! A kind lady rang my mobile and asked 'whose phone is this'? My Mums I replied. She gave her address and took Mum over to collect. She lived about 2 miles away. Lucky it was still working, being outside overnight.

No real plans today, except we may get up in the loft and sort that out, and put winter clothes away.

Pleased you are home dragonfly and hope you are well on the mend. I have never watched LOD, so I wasn't disappointed

The accident sounds terribel Sar I hope the people involved are ok. So lovely of you to stop and help.

Wishing you all a good Bank Holiday Monday

Good morning, Michael and all GNs. Watery sunshine at the moment in South Yorkshire and then rain is forecast. We ended up getting our barbecue out yesterday. We were supposed to be going to DD’s but they prepared all the food and then found their barbie wasn’t up to the job. Cue phone call - could we bring it all over to use yours. As it happened, we managed to sit in the garden and eat it, but I noticed when they left no one said “We’ll be back in the morning to clean the barbecue!”?. Good job we love them!
Nothing doing today other than try and finished the back of a sweater I’m knitting.
Hugs for those with illness and worry, and ? for any birthdays I miss! Have a good day folks.

Good morning from the Sefton coast where it is 8C, set to reach a giddy 10C, and likely to have a lot of rain.
It’s interesting to hear your views of LoD. DH prefers to binge watch so has been steadfastly avoiding any discussion about it. My friends have been full of excitement when speculating about whodunnit.
I’ve just been listening to Iolo Williams relating the shocking news of the ospreys in Wales. At least there’ll be a replacement nesting site for them very soon.
Basic pottering about for me today - nothing taxing.
Hope dragonfly is better now. Thinking of Cherry, Marydoll and Auntieflo.
Have the best day you can everyone.
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Awww thank you Alygran that’s true - and made me chuckle! ?