Yet another *Soops* kitchen for all us like minded people

Yes ixion sadly it is. Due to COVID restrictions I think. I hope if MrP is moved to the cancer bed in another hospital that things will be better there.

Just a little funny to cheer you up. I read in the paper today that the president of the Royal Horticultural Society is a Mr Weed. You couldn’t make it up could you? ?

Another hot & humid day, here in Cambs.,
The hot weather really doesn't suit me, any thing over 20 degrees is too much for me.!!

Thank you, Doodle, for keeping in touch with Panache, do pass on our caring thoughts.

Also thanks to Baggs for being our contact for soop, we do miss the dear lady.

Lovely garden flowers, Brook, this year our plants/flowers, here, are a bit later than last.

Take Care Folks,

Just popping in for news of soop and see it will be another few days before she is back with us.

Also sending our love,thoughts and prayers to dear panache and Mr P?

Doodle

Yes ixion sadly it is. Due to COVID restrictions I think. I hope if MrP is moved to the cancer bed in another hospital that things will be better there.

Thank you, this is very sad.
Please let her know that they are both in my thoughts.?

Thinking of the Panaches

Cannot believe that our dear soop is yet again having internet problems.

Wishing you all a good evening ?‍♀️

‘Evening All’.

I’ve had a lovely day.
Had a manicure at noon.
Picked up a book I’d ordered, some birthday cards and 2 ‘Manchester Bee’ lapel pins.
Went for a walk with Himself in the sunshine.
Sat outside our favourite Italian restaurant for G&T’s with a bowl of chilli chips and warm feta cheese parcels.
Came home to binge watch ‘Time’ with Sean Bean.
My kind of day indeed.
#lazygran

My thoughts now after reading the posts since last night are with Panache as what they are going through as a couple is incredibly sad.

Good evening kitcheners, had a busy productive day sorting some paperwork. Things signed, sealed, submitted and delivered. Had to go and sign a document this afternoon and on the way back Mr. B took me on an excursion to Lytham. No time to visit some favourite little shops today though. Must go again soon. It feels great to have admin up to date, just received an email telling me my blue badge expires in September, so I’ll get on with that tomorrow.

Thinking of Panache, heart breaking, and GrandmaFrench. Hope Soop is able to join us again soon, she is such a kindly presence in here.

Thank you Doodle for conveying messages to and from panache thoughts with both of them tonight.

I`ve been absent for a couple of days, am so sorry to hear about how the Panaches are, or more to the point, aren`t faring. Hopefully when Mr P is moved to the cancer bed that he needs, things will get a little bit better.
Also disappointed to see that the lovely Soop is still forcibly absent, disgraceful!
Lynne has been having trouble with her hearing lately, and I`ve been putting drops in, but yesterday she woke up completely deaf. Her sister cleaned a lot of wax from her ears, and more drops went in, but still nothing. I didn`t know until yesterday that ear syringing is no longer done by the NHS, it`s done privately and isn`t cheap. Today Lynne has arranged with a firm in Lincoln, about 30 or so miles away, to come here to do her ears. It`s costing her £80 for both ears, plus another £60 for them to come from Lincoln, and the earliest they can come is next Tuesday evening. I just hope that for that amount of money, it works.

I’ve been reading but haven’t had much to say - not like me!
Thoughts and prayers for the Panaches and sedatives for soop again.
I have had a couple of early mornings in order to get some gardening done in the cool of the day but this afternoon was a write off as my knee thinks enough is enough! More positively, the garden is looking better.
Tomorrow we have friends from the village calling for tea in the afternoon and so I have been baking. Lemon drizzle on the side, scones, jam and clotted cream will be there tomorrow for you all.
There are strange, fragrant, tobacco scents drifting in from next door. I suspect they grow their own ... ?

Good evening Kitchen types. Good heavens, Hellogirl wonder what people will charge for next? Given the numbers of people who need things like ear syringing, how complicated could it be to have such things dealt with at a special drop-in clinic run by the NHS for example. Some of the stories that are reported on Gransnet these days are quite shocking, and it seems that more and more people just have to get on and do stuff themselves or they're abandoned and left to suffer!

Of course I'm prompted - and enraged - by recent stories of Panache and Harrigran and GrannySomerset - to name just 3 souls who are expected to function without anything like the kind of support they should be getting. Very pleased to hear from Doodle that Panache might just be moving forward very slowly with some decent, regular care for her DH. The 'visiting' 3/4 hour is, of course, beyond (polite) words or common sense. Every last thing is due to Covid these days, according to those who regularly need to find reasons for their lack of care and empathy!

Up a gum tree again, soop ? Of course you are - that lot owe you fortunes in lost service, overpayments and no standards at all. They probable deserve towing out to sea and being left to have a long think about how they have failed and continue to fail you over and over. Hoping you'll be back with us before Grans decide to arrive en masse !!

You wouldn't have liked to be here today, gillgran. The temperature was 34 this afternoon as I quietly steamed waiting for my DH to collect something from the pool company. A bunch of sparrows decided to have a bit of a punch up in a tree next to our car - where on earth do they get the energy from in such heat, I wonder.

I am about to go out into the garden with a torch and see if I can catch a very young hedgehog who has been trotting around out there recently. He was toddling about in the bottom of the empty pool the other morning and had to be ignominiously removed with dustpan and brush. Bless him/her, he didn't seem to mind. But now the pool is full and I am worried that the little soul might fall in, so, much as I would like a new resident in our garden, we have decided to put him in a box and take him off into an area where there's no danger from deep water. A field with lots of bugs and worms and a nice shady hedge maybe.

I wanted to thank all of you who have been so kind and caring about the loss this week of one of our dear friends. I received so many lovely messages and I have passed on to his Wife the lovely things you have said. She is so grateful and has clearly been amazed and grateful for the 'kindness of strangers'.

Make sure you have a lovely gin-supported trip, Yiayia ? , with lots of fun and photos, please. To all posting this evening - and I've already forgotten names as it's late - have a peaceful night and awake restored and fit for action in the morning.

Take care, nighty night, be happy. xx

Good morning everyone. It was wet outside when I surfaced from my bed. The sky is now clearing. No more rain expected which helps as I need to saw some planks for the polytunnel. In small doses though as sciatic nerve pain still lingers and will grab me when least expecting it.

Doodle Thank you for the update about MrPanache. I hope that bed is found soon. It will give much comfort for Panache.

Grandmafrench Do hope you are well. The village idiot person VIP was at pilates last night. Not a word or look and was far away from me as possible.

Enjoyed my first run in the car yesterday with Mya. Had to post a letter. Locked the door, walked to the box and the alarm went off. Mya's movement had triggered the inside sensor. Nothing in the manual - despite its size !. Found an audi forum with the answer.

Not venturing out today to visit the kennels for Mya. Friday is its usual chaos on the A30. Will try next week when all the holiday makers have arrived and the G7 traffic has disappeared.

Urm I watched the 2nd episode last night. I find myself holding my breath! Tempted to watch the 3rd but that's tonight's treat.

End of dear son's first week back in work.

Two weeks tomorrow lovely daughter and DGD arrive for 7 whole days. Apart from two days last year, I haven't seen them since July 2019. They usually come down 3x a year and the same with me visiting them.

???? BT get soop connected with us again on Monday. I can't understand that company. We're with them and two years ago, after a year of continual problems with the external side of the connection, they finally traced it and Openreach replaced a section of overhead line. An engineer was with us within 2 days. For soop to wait such a long time for them to come is outrageous customer service.?

? Wishing everyone a Friday full of fun and free of fretting.?

Hello Kitcheners hope your all well.
We arrived safely yesterday in Eype Dorset one of our favourites.The views are stunning but lots of cloud and sea mist, hopefully warm and sunny for the weekend.Looks like wine o’clock will be inside today?
Thinking of Panache?have a good Friday everyone.

Have a nice holiday Yia, that pic brings back lovely memories of our tourer days, wish I could have them back.

What a wonderful place to have your Camper Yia. It brings back our camping days.

Sorry to hear your knee is still troubling you Topsy. On your recommendation I made an orzo salad with roast vegetables last night and it was delicious. I love it when healthy things taste good too.

So sorry to see that soop is not back yet.
Hoping the Panaches are being well cared for and that Cherry is feeling better.
There are many on here who are unwell and have troubles so thinking of you all.

Love Eype Yia we’ve stayed there in a rented van before, it’s not far from us and we’ve booked a couple of nights in Bridport this Autumn. Thanks for the photo, more please…!

What a beautiful picture yia and an idyllic spot to be camping- I hope you enjoy every minute and thanks for the picture!
We’ve had a lovely longish walk today near Boat of Garten in the Cairngorms. We’ve just stopped off at a local hotel for a drink before heading home. Jumped on the free hotel WiFi to catch up on GN - I honestly wish I could whizz the WiFi over to soop
DD2 and family are off to Aberdeenshire for the weekend so I hope that cheers her up a bit, she’s been feeling a bit miserable recently over work issues
Take care everyone and have a lovely evening

What a lovely view Yiayia. I wish I was near the sea. Still missing Soop. I hope your knee gets better Nannytopsy.*Muse*, are you having neighbour troubles? My lovely neighbour is now in a care home and today it looked like an estate agent was next door. Fingers crossed that whoever buys it, is pleasant. It's a concern. I am waiting for a garden chap to arrive and give me a price for cutting hedges. This is the second firm as the first one messed me about. While I'm waiting, I'll make a chilli for dinner. Take care kitcheners.

There is a possibility that Soop's neighbour's gizmo might be available again. That is, it will be, IF he returns home this weekend. Collective grnansnetter finger-crossing and gizmo-for-Soop vibes, everyone, please!

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Good afternoon lovely kitcheners - I'm quite fancying some of the lemon drizzle cake Nannytopsy, if there's any left? I would have been running ?‍♂️(in a fashion!!) from any sign of worms GrandmaFrench - I can deal with the biggest, hairiest spider but a worm......Enough said!! Wasn't Sean Bean good Urmstongran? I am rather biased but could watch him in anything ?. We had a worry yesterday with DGD being poorly and having a temperature through Wednesday night - they all did LFTs and SiL was positive. Thankfully the covid tests came back this morning negative. My thoughts are with Panache at this difficult time ?. I'm not sure what is on the menu tonight - it's a simply cook recipe involving chicken and prawns so I'll leave Mr BA to work his culinary magic. I just finished this little baby hat to go with the blanket for DD2s friend ?

Grandmabatty. No neighbour problems. Two weeks ago, at the nearby village hall , I was cornered by a lady who was insensitive with her comments about tall people. I was at a Pilates class. I posted on here about it. Grandmafrench referred to her as the village idiot.
Enjoy your chilli.

Our neighbours are moving Grandmabatty. It is a concern we need to check potential buyers out first.??Fingers crossed for Soop we miss you.

Hi all, I’m still around.
Another one whose happiest days were caravanning.
My H and I had wonderful times, sometimes with friends and sometimes on our own.
We never had a bad experience., such lovely memories.
I am well but can’t get around much, old age has caught up, but little to moan about really.
My GD was invited to have her vaccine today, she is 22 so this area is doing well, also she had the Pfizer as is now advised for younger people.
Sorry soop is out of contact again, I hope it is short lived this time.
My D and GD came last week for four days, I hadn’t seen them for 16 months, it was nice to see them but I am yet another who rather walks on egg shells since her marriage broke down.

A beautiful afternoon here as it has been for most of the week so I hope most of you can enjoy it.
Thinking of you all.
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How good to see you posting, annsixty, and to know that you are soldiering bravely on. Not that there is much alternative, but still ……

Busy day including scrape, polish and lecture from young dental hygienist, visit from the chiropodist, much laundering but all dried outside despite not much sun, and chats with various neighbours which is always good. Amazing what constitutes a busy day these days - pre-pandemic I wouldn’t have thought it worth mentioning such trivia.