‘Evening All’.
A lovely day for me today. Lunch out with my stepfather at a restaurant with a lakeside view lucky us. We watched swans and geese on the blue water in the autumn sunshine. Such an unexpected treat at this time of the year. It’s so mild isn’t it? We all enjoyed steaks so no other meal needed for us once home.
Himself went out for a couple of hours with a pal at 6pm and so I asked him to set me up with a film. He is techie I’m not! Anyway I watched Anthony Hopkins and Olivia Coleman in ‘The Father’. My, it was well done. Life seen through the eyes of the elderly man with dementia. And using the same (huge) flat to be his home, his daughter’s home, the private consulting rooms of the geriatrician was a stellar idea. AH was superb. It was an unsettling watch and I cried.
Himself has just come home and the kettle’s on. ??. Good man.
Blossoming you’ll be glad that pharmacy closed and you’ve moved to the much better facilities in Morrison’s. Jax I can only imagine your anxiety but I’m sure all will be well for Imogen. You’ll see. x
Gorgeous art Galen you are very talented. I’m rubbish at everything and so I don’t ‘do’ but so admire those who can. Thank you for sharing.
Is Doodle back from her mystery holiday tour yet? I haven’t seen her posting. If yes, ? Doodle.
Ooh, Himself is looking up flights to Malaga. Yay! We can go back any time from 1 January. A trip over will shorten the winter and Covid cases are lower there...
I hope your cold improves soon, Annsixty. It sounds like the monstrous one Dh had recently. 
Soop I hope Mr Soop is soon improving, too.
Love the photos, Grandmabatty. Enjoy your weekend in Kelso. Hope that baby moves its butt! DD’s friend’s baby was transverse for weeks but decided to shoogle about at the last minute and all was well.
You’re very clever, Galen. I wouldn’t know where to start doing a painting. My dad was artistic and my mum musical. All their arty genes passed me by. ?♀️
That’s poor show, Jaxjacky for Imogen’s appointment. Why does no one ever seem to get all their ducks lined up? It’s such a waste of people’s time.
blossoming I had a pharmacy ‘event’ today. I sailed in to pick up my repeat prescription, ordered online and for which they sent me a ‘we’ve received your order’ email, but there was nothing. The pharmacist, who we’ve known for years, said to go to the surgery across the road and ask for it to be done. Astonishingly, I was able to get in the door! It’s usually like Fort Knox.
They could see in the system that I’d had nothing since August but they were still v suspicious, like I was trying to order a job lot of ketamine or something. 
. Anyway, I got it eventually and it was dispensed asap at the chemist, so that’s done.
I had my book group this morning, which was very nice, although it is terrifying to be given cake to eat and coffee to drink in a house that looks like a John Lewis showroom! We were all scared we’d drop stuff and embarrass ourselves. 
I returned some parcels to Amazon later on. I had two items this week which when they arrived were covered in a sticky brown liquid. Their returns procedure is quite good now, but because I’m in a rural area only one option worked for me. I had to take them to our sorting office which prints labels from a QR code Amazon send you on your phone. Much to my amazement, it all went without a hitch!
I’m sorry to have to say that the news of my poorly friend isn’t good. Her condition worsened after a second dialysis session and her family were told it’s now a matter of when, not if. They’re taking it in turns to keep a vigil at her bedside. Truly, the world turns on a sixpence at times. 
I’m sorry to be so gloomy, though as others have said, I’m trying to appreciate the good things of life as they happen. To that end, Dh and I watched the first two episodes of the new All Creatures Great and Small. I have never seen the originals so am happy with this version. I must say, there is some splendid knitwear on display in it!
Peaceful dreams to you all. Xx
Good evening lovely Kitcheners. The pharmacy visit went seamlessly. The previous pharmacy that kept messing my prescriptions up is closing down, and I still didn’t get my missing drugs. I don’t suppose I can do much about it now. The staff were quite rude and accused me of lying, and said I had obviously taken all the tablets! I would have been unconscious if I had. Anyway, I had a much more pleasant experience today. The re-jigged Morrison’s is lighter, brighter and lovely wide aisles. I stocked up on shampoo and conditioner and a few other bits and pieces. I somehow ended up with a ginger cake in my basket, so help yourselves one and all.
I hope any poorly Kitcheners and families are on the mend now
I am glad to see you back in your kitchen soop
NO not local. Taken from a photo on the banks of the Panama Canal a few years ago.
I’m going to try a a Turneresque version of a photo taken by a fellow Gransnet friend next. .
I love it too, Galen
I can't draw or paint at all.
Maybe I could knit a picture
Lovely to see you in the kitchen again, Galen. Your pastel has a beautiful atmospheric quality. I can well imagine walking into that scene. Is it local?
I have to dash but I shall return tomorrow...bright-eyed and bushy-tailed (so to speak)
Poorly peoples, take things easy and let Mother Nature do the healing.
Grandmabatty Baby will do as babes do. I am greatly looking forward to the wee one's arrival. Not too long now.
Hi! I’m still around!
I’ve taken up a new medium pastels they’re very different from the watercolours and acrylics I’ve tried in the past.
This is my first attempt.
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