Good Morning Saturday 28th August 2021

Good morning Mick and all from chilly (16°) Lueneburg. It`s raining cats and dogs. Welcome to Rosycheeks. I am delighted that Ash made it to France.I am missing Mary and pleased to see that Urms is back. I was going to do some gardening today but that has been cancelled. I shall do some sorting out. As I intend to move to Britain I need to do some clearing out. As this house is quite large (including a large cellar) a lot of furniture and other things have been stacked away. I don`t need many things to be happy.
I went mushroom picking in the forest yesterday and found a few. Waldi, my dog, is not willing to go through the forest any more as her eye sight has deteriorated . She is 14 years old and otherwise quite well. She used to love it investigating the badger holes (Dachshound). Everything has it`s time. I wish you all a happy "Bank Holiday". I am sorry to see that some of you are positive. Wishing you all a happy time and no worries of any kind.

Good morning all, the sun has burnt the mist off already !
I hope it’s not too hot this morning, my son is running (!) up Slieve Donard this morning , the local Gaelic club is raising funds for the Hospice

Hello from an overcast morning here at DD's in East Northants. Just come down and made a mug of tea and watching the news on tv. DD is just about to take the dogs to the vet for their annual check-up and jabs.

Plans today are a mooch around the nearby retail park with DD to see what's on offer. I have a dress to return/exchange in Next, and also vouchers to spend in M&S. Coffee and cake also await. Not sure what the rest of the day holds.

Welcome Rosycheeks to this lovely thread. Sending wishes to Scentia

Have a pleasant day everyone..

Good morning Mick, morning all from sunny South Lanarkshire. I feel as if we’ve actually had a proper summer this year, it’s been a tonic.

Disappointing news from the charity shop yesterday, the manager is leaving and it normally takes so long to recruit that we may have to close for a while.

Later today I’m having a zoom call with a cousin in Canada. Under normal circumstances I would see him at least once a year as he travels a lot for business but it’s been two years now since his last visit. Other than that there’s nothing planned, a lazy day I think.

Welcome Rosycheeks, I hope you enjoy the thread.

Hello MD if you’re reading ?. Scentia and Gwen, I hope you both get well quickly.

Wishing everyone a peaceful day.

Good morning from North East Hants. I’m so sorry to hear of the ‘positive’ folk on here and have everything crossed that you won’t be too poorly.
Hello Rosycheeks ?
It’s grey here again and seemed quite chilly last night. Where has this summer gone?
Planted some pansies which are always so cheerful and dug up some surplus daisy plants for my daughter who is missing autumn colour in her garden.
Nothing planned for today, but no doubt it will fly by.
Thinking of all on here and those taking a break, hoping you feel able to return soon.

Good morning from a cloudy Essex by the sea.

Sorry to hear that Scentia and Gwen have both tested positive. I hope you both get well soon.

Welcome to Rosycheeks.

DH has just come back from the butchers and we are off out later to pick up my contact lenses and find somewhere to frame my two cross stitch pictures.

Have a good Saturday everyone xxx

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Good morning from a cloudy but warm Black Country.

I am back from our few days away in Somerset. A walk on Brean Down, and a trip to Sidmouth, then Tewkesbury on the way back and a visit to the Abbey.

Good to see you are now reunited with your DH Ashcombe

Looks like your friend is doing well NanKate, hope she will be home soon.

Welcome to Rosycheeks I hope you enjoy are lovely thread.

Hello Gingster hoping Marydoll is well.

Wishing you all a lovely Saturday

Good morning Auntyflo and all x

Good morning Mick and all from Sunnyside, Lancashire coast.
Good nights sleep after dropping off in the final instalment of My Unorthodox Life, horribly compelling. Friend arriving for overnight stay this afternoon so will book a meal tonight, it’s probably going to be busy in town. I’m not making any other arrangements for food as when I go to see him (40 miles away) in all the years I have known him, I’m only offered a cup of tea, whatever time it is. My book has arrived ‘The Subtle Art of not giving a F**k*. Haven’t started it yet, but obviously the title alone has had an effect.
Hope you enjoy your reunion Ash, welcome Rosycheeks and where is EV? My favourite, so funny and down to earth.
Thoughts to anyone with worries.

Good morning from Morecambe Bay where it is a sunny autumnal morning with lots of condensation on the parked cars.
Welcome Rosiecheeks
I was reading while I wait for my friend to phone, she’s usually bang on 8:30. If I get this message typed before she rings I will phone her. Hope she’s ok!
I didn’t get the shed painted yesterday. I ran out of enthusiasm even before I started so maybe I’ll get that done today.
Sending get well wishes to all in the sick bay.
Take care and stay safe everyone ?

Good morning all from a dull North Leicestershire. I'm still in bed but should actual get a move on as DS1 is coming for brunch and to watch Forest lose again.

I will feed him and DH and then go to the garden centre as I need new baking trays!!!

DD3 and co have gone home and the house looks really tidy. Won't last as they are coming back on Tuesday.

Good morning all from another grey day in SW Herts. Welcome Rosycheeks that makes three of us from Herts at least today, any more lurkers out there reading this? ?

Wishing a quick recovery to Scentia and GwenisGreat, hopefully these infections will be mild, we will probable all have had it within a year or so!

DGD still in pain, the family have gone off to a festival in a campervan, at least that will take her mind off it a bit. She has little appetite, but perhaps the party atmosphere will tempt her. They have all had Covid, so no worries there.

Enjoy the rest of the bank holiday everyone, whatever your plans are (ironing will not be top of my list!) ?

Good morning Mick and all who follow from the Black country. Cloudy start here but sun trying to break through.
Slept till 8 again 3rd time this week. Meeting friends at the club tonight possibly gardening and book reading today.
Haven't read through yet will come back after usual full English. Welcome to any newbies and best wishes to anyone who has a birthday or Anniversary. Thoughts with missing posters and virtual hugs to those that need them ?
Enjoy your Saturday and may you all find some ?.

Hello everyone and especially Gwen, Scentia and Rosycheeks . Gorgeous summer day here in the Scottish Borders with a September nip. Hoping to reach Melrose today and venture into a few shops. Have done a bit of cleaning, hoovering and moving stuff around (I throw things over my shoulder) plus threw out a bin bag of items that clutter up the place. Will ask DH to take to recycling centre later. I hope all reading this thread have a good a day as possible. Oh, I hope * Ash* is settling in too.

Good morning Michael and all GNs. The sun is shining in South Yorkshire so a nice day ahead, but I have a pile of ironing to tackle, and DH is still not well so it’s not likely we will be going very far. It was quiet without GS yesterday. He’s a breath of fresh air! Welcome to all newcomers and commiserations to all who are struggling with health issues.
Have a good day folks.

Good morning [evening in Tassie]

Nanna8 I just took all my old records including Beatles, Seekers, Manfred Mann, Gerry and the Pacemakers and many more to auction. Felt very sad but no longer have a record player and must start to declutter a big collection.

Best wishes to all particularly Scentia and Gwen it must be quite scary to test positive.

Hope you’re better soon gwenisgreat - take care ?

Good morning from a warm, blue sky Durham - will it last for the BH weekend, I wonder.
DD2 is 38 today but she and DD1 are not well - both have negative test results, but are very under the weather, so I suspect birthday plans will change. I’ve offered to have DGS1 tomorrow as his Daddy’s at work but haven’t heard back.
Welcome rosie - hope you stay with us. holly - your book title has me intrigued!
I hope all missing posters are well, especially GF and will return eventually.
Have a good weekend all. X

Good morning everyone from Malaga where it’s another glorious day already. We have 33°C with a gentle breeze forecast. A day in the gardens is on the agenda following yesterday’s day out in Mijas.

This photo is of the pretty Calle San Sebastián where we ate our leisurely lunch, grateful for the cool inside with air con. Mijas was so QUIET. Hardly any tourists. Usually there are coach loads of Chinese, jostling for space to take photos in their groups, car parks are full and the town is packed. Yesterday was surreal. I took photos of almost empty streets. Bars & restaurants were all only a quarter busy. I dare say some of the retired locals are enjoying having things ‘as they used to be’ but I felt sorry for those trying to run a business.

Mijas looks very different to how it was 6 years ago. The centre is pedestrianised. The famous donkey taxis had every donkey in their stalls - no one was using them. Donkeys have such sweet faces don’t they? They were just braying to one another. Boredom perhaps.

Enjoy Saturday those who can. x

Good morning Mick and all. It’s bright and sunny again here in Lancashire. Temperature currently 13 deg C.

Another day with not much planned, I will do some laundry and line dry it. After lunch a short walk around the marina after usual physio exercises.

Welcome to any new posters. Congratulations to anyone celebrating and virtual hugs to anybody suffering.

Wishing a safe journey to anybody traveling.

Have the best day possible.

Morning all from East Northants where the sun is trying to come out, although yesterday I was so cold I considered putting the heating on ! A bit of gardening tidying today, then watching football later and then Netflix and a cheeky glass of wine. Have a peaceful day everyone.

I was trying to work out what’s different about this thread and then realised the subtle change ... you now add the full date Mick in the title.
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It used to just say the day of the week.

Talking about response to your posts Gingster ... I noticed last night you’d enquired about my elderly neighbour out here? When we came back after 7 months in Manchester I noticed a real deterioration in her mental health. She was super anxious about life out here. She felt at 86y, on her own, extremely vulnerable. The upshot is her family came out to fetch her. They went with her to close her bank account, put the apartment up for sale, give the solicitor PoA so she doesn’t need to return. It was a great help to her, especially nowadays as travel isn’t so straightforward (a rapid antigen result showing ‘fit to fly’, a completed locator form that needs a code from a pre-booked mandatory Day 2 etc which would have all proved impossible for her on her own). I rang her last week. She’s loving being back in Yorkshire, living with her son temporarily. I’m glad she’s settled - you can’t buy peace of mind can you?

P.s. welcome to you Rosycheeks! ?

Good morning all from the Scottish Borders. I'm sitting out in the sunshine drinking tea and hearing an aeroplane overhead. This rare occurrence will become more usual.
Covid is rife here now the schools have gone back and it is thoroughly awful. My Dgd is coughing until she's sick and has a high temperature. She had a pcr test yesterday but what then? Small children aren't obliged to isolate.
Several families are keeping their DC at home.
Best recovery wishes to Scentia and Gwen
Nice to see Urms and to meet Rosiecheeks
Enjoy the weekend.

Hello Nannyjean ?.

Urms thanks for the update on your neighbour. It’s good to know she’s happy back with family. ❤️