Good Morning Friday

Good morning from a wet Morecambe Bay. I woke up with a headache so I have cried off exercising and I’m waiting for the paracetamol to do it’s work. I have a busy day of social engagements planned. One at 10am and one at 2pm. The second involves a trip up the motorway to Carlisle. Not the best in this weather with a pounding head but I don’t want to cry off.
Take care and stay safe everyone ???

Good Morning All x.
Another dismal and wet day ahead, we've had nothing to speak of so far at all in the way of decent weather but-----there's now't we can do about it.

I was up and about early now awaiting the gas-check chap, between 8am and 6 or thereabouts. I do prefer set times as I find myself on pins until he's been and gone. I could do with nipping to the corner shop as well and getting that over and done with early.
I know people have got worse things to think about. Anyway, as I've sat thinking about it, I've been to the shop, got what I wanted so the chap can call anytime he wants now

I actually felt like a wet rag first thing and did wonder how the day would pan out, but I'm okay now thank goodness. A good strong cuppa and I was alright.
I thought of Grandmajet and bucked myself up. Sincerely hoping everything goes well. x

Thoughts to Harris too, you never know the minute so hope things can be sorted for your DH, such a shock.x

Thinking of all who are finding things difficult one way or another. Life can be a struggle at times, but we're all here for our absent friends, always.
Take care and stay safe. xx

Good morning from a sunny Pitlochry! Not forecast but we'll take it. Don't write often but always read. Marydoll had prompted my post today because I bought some tablet at House of Bruar. I'm sure it's not a patch on yours Marydoll but very moreish! Off to Ullapool this morning. The scenery is amazing, even more so when you're viewing it in sunshine. Got a soaking at Taymouth Castle yesterday but waterproofs did the job. Not sure if we will get to Spain on 5th June but it seems such a faff with all the testing etc. Take care everyone. Hugs for those with cares and worries for those not ferling too well.

Morning from a wild, wet and windy S Lanarkshire.
I realised yesterday afternoon when I had time to read, that I must have previewed and forgotten to press ‘post’ so hello for yesterday too! I did think about Georgesgran and others feeling particularly sad.

Housebound today while waiting for the joiner who is going to build my garden room, to pop in and discuss a couple of things. That actually won’t be too hard to bear, outside is not enticing! One of my daughters and her DH are heading to the Lake District today for a week’s holiday. They normally go to Mexico, I’m sure they won’t notice the difference!

Well my resolve today is not to waste the opportunity of doing a badly needed good tidy up so on with the day and good wishes to everyone ?

mancgirl, we are supposed to be going to Pitlochery at the beginning of June for a long weekend, that is if Wee Nikki, doesn't scupper our plans. I have my secret stash from my running away of cash ready for House of Bruar!

Good morning Mick and all from a breezy and dull northwest Lancashire coast. Off to return some items of clothing which don’t fit/don’t like. I have the opposite to anorexics who sadly look in the mirror and think they are fat, I still think I am a small size 12. Lockdown has given me a thicker middle and even when drying myself after a shower, there seems to be more of me!
Continuing decluttering and must get back to painting and drawing which cheers me up.
In the meantime thoughts to Georgesgran Cherry dragonfly and I hope you feel better as the day goes along Gelisajams, it’s not nice having to carry on when you feel under the weather.

Good morning from wet and windy Sefton. Can this really be May?
I’m sorry to hear about your DH Harris. ?
We’re thinking of you brave grandmajet and sending granpower to strengthen your recovery. ?
A day of tidying and reading for me. Even though I have a stash of wool, I’m running out of the DK I want to use! Typical.
Whatever you do today, may it involve a smile and a flamingo.
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Morning GNers from a very windy Ashford Kent. We’ve had 50-60 mile an hour winds since yday evening. I went up to bed about 11:00pm for a quiet read, left DH watching the telly. He’s had the drain out so is improving but…( more to come) . I heard a bang outside about 01:00, thought ‘ that’s a bin over’ ,turned over and went back to sleep —- to be woken when DH finally came up to bed at 03:00. At 05:10, on hearing him moving about, I woke again. “The bin has blown over” he says. “It wont be the only one this morning “ say I. He got back into bed ….5 minutes later, he’s back up “It’ll worry me, I’m going to pick it up” “DONT YOU DARE!” ( he’s not supposed to lift a kettle atm!) So 05:15, we are out in the front garden. Me to pick up the bin and him to tell me where to place it exactly so that it wouldn’t blow over again! The district nurse is visiting today to check on his (infected) drain site. I’m going to ‘clype’ in him to her ! ( good Scots word for tell tales) We are only 1 week post cholecystectomy, another 5 weeks possibly before he goes back to work. I hope I can last that long before resorting to drink! Marydoll I hope you rest today. All your travels this week have come at a price. Take care.
To all under the weather today - take care and get well soon!

Marydoll enjoy Pitlochry. My boyfriend from college days in Edinburgh lives outside Kinloch Rannoch on a 2500 acre estate. I am a regular visitor to Pitlochry station from Kings Cross. We have stayed friends since 1974 and I’ve supported him through losing his wife to MS and his alcoholism. Breaks my heart but what else can I do. DH is very understanding and happy that i can help DF.
Remember to visit the station bookshop, I always get something there!

Good morning just a quickie as Ive got to get to the groomers with the pooch

HARRIS so sorry about your DH I hope he recovers soon

GRANDMAJET hope things went well for you and sending a hug

Good Morning all from bitterly cold 'n blustery Scottish Borders.
I'm recovering from entertaining MiL for the first time in a year or more. To be fair anyone would have been tiring. I am so unused to cooking for more than me and for getting the place looking presentable.
Today I am collecting a chair I left to be mended over a year ago. I was going to collect manure from my friend who keeps horses but she pointed to the weather and suggested another day.
Poor you Harris. It is very frightening when there is nothing you can do except trust the doctors and pray.

What a shame Cherry that the new kitchen /wet room is proving so difficult.

I love your photos but I am wondering why Jaxjacky has spent so much money on grass

grandmajet thinking of you today.

Have a happy Friday everyone.
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Good morning Mick and all his followers.
Very windy and light rain here in Suffolk. We have had a friend staying and we girls visited Woodbridge yesterday. There was a Seasalt Marydoll & NanKate where I stormed the sale rail. Three tops and a great winter coat! Long (well on me anyway!) warm, hooded, padded and waterproof. Just what we country girls need! Things like that never got used when we lived in a city.
I’ll pop back later to finish reading. - we are very late today!
I hope the day is kind to everyone.

Naanytopsy, stop it! You are teasing us! ?

Good morning all.
Do you ladies know that Seasalt and other branded names are now sold by M&S although it may only be online?

Good morning from a dull West Yorkshire. Harrishope you see improvement in oh condition today.
Oh making chilli so no cooking for me today ?.Hope everyone has a good day .

Borrheid55 myDH ,DS and DGS have a week each summer in a beautiful cottage in Kinloch Rannoch. Wonder if it is on that estate . This boys' holiday has been going on for nearly 30 years with husband and son and now grandson. They used to stay in the Highland Lodges which are also timeshare but things got unreliable with these rentals and they have been in this beautiful cottage for the last three years.Marydoll a trip to Pitlochry and House of Bruar are essential parts of the week as is cycling round the Loch !

Morning to you Mancgirl ? we are off to Wester Ross 4 weeks tomorrow and my stepfather (who will be 90y next year) wants us to have a trip up to Ullapool while we are up there. He wants a stroll down memory lane.

We’re back from taking the children to school - the 4y old chatted all the way. Too cute. When we got home, as we passed through the square we decided to enjoy breakfast and coffee in our independent cafe bar (where I have been getting the takeaway coffees during lockdown!). So nice to sit inside with my plate of toast, poached eggs and smoked salmon!

Good Morning everyone from a sunny, warm, bit hazy South of France where the birdsong is almost silenced by my wild sneezing! Never had a big hay fever problem last year - think I need to visit a large supermarket to entertain. That'll teach people who used to make me so anxious sharing their actual germs during the last lockdown!!

I'm waiting in for a parcel delivery, otherwise I could have gone to the Tip with DH - ooooh the glamour !!

Have yourself the most super of times, Grandmabatty - come back filled with laughter and extra positivity. Welcome Blossom - go find that energy! Maybe someone has already told you, amserlerin - you need to go to the top of your page on this thread and you'll see two little buttons on the right, one of which says INBOX. Press that one and your personal messages will show.

Truro is so lovely, corner. So pleased you had a lovely time - if a bit wild and Cornish!

Get well soon, Mr harris, and so sad for your baby GS' anniversary, dragonfly. ?

Hope your trip isn't dogged by that headache, Gelisa. Travel safely. x

jax you seem to be making the most of the unseasonal weather...my Wiggy plants are in fact the same as muse has mentioned. Stipa tenuissima/Mexican Feather. I know they're invasive (my strolls around my garden will bear that out), but I do love them. I was always hypnotised by fields of Barley in the wind and this gives me the same feeling. They need lots of dry and well-draining places to grow - require special permission to grow them in Mexico, I think. Monty Don (my hero) recently cleared all his in a special garden he had for such plants, because he couldn\t get the dryness required and they were a big disappointment. However, I reckon that in a pot, you'd have huge success. I just keep an eye on little baby ones that suddenly appear in other pots! Or somewhere in a patch of bare ground. They're easy to pull out and don't have a massive root system so I feel I'm safe.

Non-stressful, please yourself days to everyone. Try to make it a Fun Friday (even for a small part!). Take care and fingers crossed that the long march to freedom will be ending soon.
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How can the contents of half a cup of spilt coffee end up everywhere ?. Why do I even have a cuppa whilst still in bed in the morning ?. I had to mop myself off, strip the bed, wipe the bedside table down, wipe the side of the bed down and clean a bit of the rug ?. I can still smell the coffee ?

Marvelous to hear so many goodmorningers having short breaks, seeing friends and family and going out to eat indoors. I hope all of you are thoroughly enjoying (or will enjoy) it ?.

Harris, I hope your DH is well again soon ?. I've had kidney stones and it wasn't pleasant - three operations to remove all of them.
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Hope you are not feeling as low today Georgesgran ?????
Thinking of grandmajet, Susan and Auntieflo.

Thank you Dwmxwg, Marydoll (don't overdo anything today, d'ya hear me! That's you told ?) and holly x

Have a good Friday everyone, including our Friday girl gillybob (if you are reading) ❤️

Greetings from a horribly cold and windy SW Herts. Thinking of Grandmajet and wishing her a speedy recovery. So glad you are having a wonderful time Ash

I am sure you are not in the least bit interested in our freezer saga, but the repair man came out yesterday and condemned it, the cost of a new one is not in the budget!? New one coming Saturday, but have to get neighbours to help pulling the old one out, and a plumber to disconnect the old one and then back to connect the new one. We are going away on Sunday, and the live in cat sitter will need a fridge! She came over yesterday, and Bruce bit her! He was only playing, and it was more like a hold than a bite, but now I will worry that he will behave, as she is on warfarin! ?

Tonight we are having our first meal out in a restaurant with friends. Wish we felt a bit more bright and perky, but perhaps someone other than ourselves to chat to will help.

Wishing you all as healthy and happy a day as possible.

Good morning everyone. I have an empty today as Marydoll would say and what have I done apart from washing my hair. I’ve spent the whole morning cleaning the bathroom and trying to sort out a whole load of DH’s shorts that were stored in a wardrobe that although isn’t damp smells inside of damp!
So far the shorts have been on the line overnight then had two washes on a long 40°temperature, (although it actually says 30°on the label) with the strongest smelling detergent I own.

I’m feeling cross because DH has driven up to Evora at what felt like the crack of dawn and left on the side a large bottle of water which he can obviously replace, and his kindle. He has a hospital appointment which always means hours of hanging around. I just hope he’s got his phone and his notes. I’m going to have a cup of coffee and catch up till I feel more myself.

Borrheid, why am I not surprised you managed to grab a millionaire! I have memories of you turning up at my home with your soldier boyfriend and his friend in tow and asking me to go on ablind date with the friend! I thought you were so sophisticated! I on the other hand, was such a shrinking violet, I think I hardly said two words all evening! Oh how times have changed!!! ?

I hop your husband is improving, but taking things easy.

DD is treating us to this surprise break in Pitlochry , as it's been such a difficult year healthwise. It should be us treating her and SIL, I don't know what I would do without them.

Good morning Mick and all from West Sussex. No need to describe the weather as we all have the same today! Two wood pigeons were balanced side by side, high up in a tree in neighbouring garden. The branch was going up and down like a fairground ride!

Hope you will have better news of DH soon Harris. So sad for the anniversary of your GS Dragonfly.

Glad to hear Mr Borrheid is improving but why won’t these patients ‘dae what they’re tellt’?

Marydoll I hope you escape further restrictions - it does seem so unfair. It was good to hear of your coastal excursion. DD2 and family are hoping to be in Largs this weekend with their little campervan. If it’s too windy they can’t put the roof up and all four of them have to squeeze up ‘downstairs’ which is really not fun now that the boys are nearly adult-size.

I too came back with a car boot full of plants yesterday, after a visit to the charity where DH volunteers. They do mainly bedding and container plants so I have some vanilla scented nemesia, trailing fuchsia, lobelia and that silvery- leafed plant for baskets and tubs, the name of which I know perfectly well ?

DD3 may come to stay next weekend with 6 year old and 2 year old. The house needs some radical preparation for that to happen. I can’t remember when anyone but us last went upstairs!

I hope those on the move today are not blown away.

Oh dear Cherry I hope the rest of your day goes better then this morning - take care
A sad anniversary today dragonfly ?
Hoping your DH is much better soon Harris

Good morning , Drizzly and grey this part of the Scottish Borders. Thinking of those who have a difficult day to get through and enjoying reading about plans and excursions. Tackling the bedroom. All clothes off the radiator, ironing done and away, bed stripped. Now lying down on top of it to write this and have a few minutes on emails. Jeans on for the first time since accident. Strange how something so small can make things seem so much better. Will make bread later.
Reading The Changing Mind. A neuroscientist's guide to ageing well (it says that on the cover). Fascinating and inspiring. Had some lovely WhatsApp messages from the children today. Have a lovely Friday.x