Good Morning Saturday 19th February 2022

Good morning from a clear dark E Kent. Seems like Eunice has blown away every cloud. The gibbous moon is looking lovely in the west and Venus still very bright in the dawning eastern sky.
I hope no one has suffered too much with rain, wind and snow. Apart from a terrible buffeting, we only lost a fence panel which has squashed my new little red elder for a second time. ?. It will recover.
I’ll probably visit my old friend in the nursing home today, possibly this afternoon. Plenty of rugby with the six nations cupbfor DH; I’m banished as I ask questions and it really annoys him.
A beef casserole tonight with some skirt froths freezer. Dumplings too, methinks.
I hope today is a good one for everyone. Carpe diem. ?????

Yes. Me too, I had to lookup the meaning of gibbous. It means between 3/4 and 1/2 the moon is illuminated!

Morning Mick and all who follow from a dark and calm north Wales- we seem to have missed Dud and Eunice ?? on their visit to ??! Enjoy the cycling ?‍♀️ Mick - they passed through the town where mi Casa is bathed in glorious ?!

Hope GrannySomerset has an uplifting weekend after a tough day yesterday ? and indeed for all with worries about loved ones health Henetha you’ve had a double dose of bad news ??

A bit of packing ? at Pantglas Towers today as I’m off on a Jolly Girls Outing with a friend down to Cardiff tomorrow for some sightseeing, shopping, scoffing and swigging of ?? - no don’t feel sorry for me, someone’s got to do it....?

Do have a good weekend folks x

Good morning everyone from a calmer but cool (3.0c) south coast. Set to be windy again this afternoon but nowhere near Eunice's performance yesterday. She blew over a large pot with an evergreen shrub outside the kitchen door and scattered other bits and pieces over the garden but otherwise no damage.

We are due to get the click and collect between 7 and 8am then nothing else planned for the day. Might put some chicken thighs and veg. in the slow cooker for an easy meal. I seem to have lost interest in cooking after so many years of providing meals. I eat to live these days.

DS and DGD due back from the French Alps today so I hope the flights are not as hairy as the ones shown on TV news last night!

Take care and have the best day you can everyone .

Good morning from a much calmer day in Essex by the sea.
The wind was ferocious here yesterday but luckily we had no damage. The sea looked fearce at high tide early afternoon.
We have no plans today but hopefully will have a trip out somewhere later.
Enjoy Saturday everyone and stay safe xxx

Good morning from a mercifully calm, dry but chilly Torbay.

Our little corner of Devon was well buffetted by the storm with several trees brought down, including two on the boundary of our theatre grounds. Luckily, set building was in progress so our lovely set builder was on hand with tools to deal with it. We’ve agreed he should be paid a bonus for that, especially as the hotelier whose land borders ours was incandescent with rage and threatening to report us to the Press! A fallen tree during a violent storm? I’m sure they’d be most interested! ? Apparently, the Council workers arrived eventually but ill equipped for the task.

The weather was calm enough to undertake the drive to the theatre at Paignton last night to see Dead Guilty which wasn’t brilliant - rather slow and meandering, due to insecure grasp of lines, I thought.

I hope everyone is safe and well after the storm. Happy weekend, especially those like Pantglas2 with plans.
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Good morning all from a very wet and chilly Glasgow.

I was so pleased to hear *GrannySomerset's update about yesterday. I hope you managed to sleep last night.

Such sad news for you Henethe.?

Fingers crossed that all survived the bad weather, without any major disasters or mishaps.

Wishing you all a pleasant day, whatever your plans.

Good morning all from a calmer North Leicestershire.

We have DD3's 3 today - including Wondrous Wolfie - as she and her dh set up a wedding fair.

Have the best day possible everyone.

Good Morning all from Severnside where the clouds are gently passing this morning.

I have a fence panel out at the back of the house and one leaning at the front. An empty pot left it’s place.

I’ll try to pick up my prescription this morning. I couldn’t be bothered the other day after a few errands. Sometimes I feel I’ve had enough and want to get home but I’m now out of pills.

I’m making a meal today with stuffed chicken breast that is new to me.

I hope you all have a good day and stay safe ??

Good morning Mick, morning all from freezing South Lanarkshire, our street looks like a sheet of ice.

DH will be shouting at the tv this afternoon, watching the rugby gets his blood pressure up, luckily I’ll be at work.

I haven’t caught up with yesterday’s news yet, I’ll try to read the thread later. Meantime I wish everyone the best day possible. ??

Here’s Matt.

Good morning everyone from a very quiet and still south Manchester. Sunrise brings a baby pink sky here which looks beautiful and I can see the Pennines quite clearly.

I’m nipping downstairs in the lift to Boots later. I want to buy a heated roller brush by BaByliss and the helpful assistant told me yesterday that although that branch didn’t stock it, if I looked up the Boots website to make a note of the seven-digit number or the product and let her know, she’d order it for me and would be in store the next day. I’m very impressed!

Babysitting tonight for our daughter and son in law. They want to go out for cocktails and a meal before we go off to Malaga next weekend.

Enjoy Saturday all who can.

Good morning Mick and everyone from a dry and much quieter Hull. It is going to rain later.
We have a fence panel down between us and the neighbours which needs to go back up and a few shrub containers over but apart from that we came off lightly yesterday thank goodness.
DH needs to do his LFT today and take it into the hospital ready for his endoscopy on Tuesday but other than that a quiet day.
Take Care everyone and have a lovely Saturday.

Good morning from a chilly S Hants, next door is de-icing his car, very different from yesterday, but we have wind and rain due again over this weekend. My son has lost power to his flat and it’s still out, daughter a fence panel down.
We’ll find some football to watch this afternoon, no rugby for us until the 6 nations next week.
Thoughts with henetha shattering news ?
Enjoy your outing pant sounds fun!
Have a pleasant day all ??.

Good morning all from Polmont where it's currently 2° with a clear blue sky. The ice is thick on the cars outside. I hope there was little damage to people's homes yesterday.
Housework this morning, then round to dds this afternoon. Dgs1 will be 3 on Tuesday so they are having a celebration for him today. He will be so excited. Yesterday I looked after him to let dd and sil organise things. I put the tepee in the living room and we had a picnic in it. I'm looking forward to seeing him and his wee brother later. Have a good day all.

Much calmer today here in Cheshire. We were lucky and suffered no real damage. I had to rescue my little potted Christmas tree three times as it kept blowing over on the patio. That was it , really.
I hope today is calmer for everyone

Good morning all from wet Harrogate. Yesterday’s wind blew over our wheelie bin and that was all, thankfully.
Today (hopefully a quiet day) I shall have to re-apply for my driving licence. I suspect I shall have to sit another test, yeugh!! I’ve suddenly realised I’ve filled up next week with appointments, shall have to contact DDs in case childminding is needed and I can change some appointments to the following week!!
GrannySomerset and. Henethe
Have the best day possible folks

Good morning everyone from a wintry white Inverness where we’ve had a bit more overnight snow. We didn’t have the storm yesterday just lots of snow instead. Hoping nobody suffered to much major storm damage and hope the power is back on soon for your DS Jax
I think we’re going for a walk somewhere today, not too far away though and then might pop into see the DGC later
Thinking of everyone with worries and struggles, hope today is gentle and take care all whatever the day brings ?

Good morning all and it’s still windy here on the Suffolk Coast.
Yesterday was dreadful - we have fences and garden gates down. Although we had secured bins etc, they escaped. At one stage the summer house doors were trying to burst open but we managed to secure them. Shed roofs covering flapping loose. ?.
Mid afternoon our power went. No heating or electricity. Thank goodness we have a wood burner and candles. ?
Electrician came at 6 o’clock, (bless him). Outside wire is hanging by a thread. Phoned the emergency line but no one has been so far. DH has just phoned and they say 4 o’clock this afternoon. Dh went mad ? and they’ve put us on priority. . (Dangerous) . Fingers crossed. . Lots of people in the same boat. More strong winds forecast ??.

I hope no one else has had too much damage. Eunice was a bi.ch! (hate that word,)

Hope you all have a calmer day.?

Good morning from sunny Leicestershire.

My DD had roof tiles smash through the back window of her new car in the storm.
Fortunately no one was in it. They don’t seem to be having much luck at the moment. The owner of the house they are trying to buy is refusing to name a solicitor so things are at a standstill!

Staying in today as risked life and limb to go to the hairdresser yesterday. I have a lot of to to catch up on while DH watches the rugby.
Wishing everyone a pleasant day.

Good morning everyone!
Gosh, we seem to have escaped damage here just north of Bath, it was nowhere near as windy as I’d feared, in fact it was less so than some nameless storms we had during the winter.
We did have a spectacular hailstorm late afternoon that left the patio white but nothing else of note. Oh, and a power cut for 4 hours but we’re used to those here! We sat and played a werewolf card game with the DGCs, really good!

There are a few fence panels down up the road (they were pretty rickety) and some small branches but nothing else.

Good morning from sunny but cold Colchester. A bit of a tidy up needed outside but no damage. Lots of tree, fence and roof damage reported locally.
DD2 had an eventful day with power cuts, fences down and a stranded partner to pick up.
We've been called on to have 2 x dgs overnight again as the other grandparents have Covid. We are happy to have them as they won't be young for long.
Love to all ? x

Morning everyone. Hope all of you are safe. What a few days we have had. Raining again now and more wind to come here in Yorkshire. Hoping for a reprieve at some point as two boisterous grandchildren here!

Good morning from a calm but dull Black Country.

We seemed to escape the storm fairly unscathed. Out travelling to Telford for a funeral was windy but nothing like I had feared! Thoughts with those who weren’t so lucky

No plans today except for a spot of housework

Wishing you all a good weekend

A bright sunny, blue sky morning here in a now calm Oxfordshire. Firstly, my sympathy to Henetha, what shattering news for you.
Will walk the dog and survey the damage in our nearby woods, pop to the local town to return some clothes I purchased online, plant some seeds in the greenhouse and have an easy supper of pizza and salad in front of the fire tonight.
Enjoy a calmer day everyone!