Good Morning Easter Monday 18th April 2022

Morning Mick, morning All from a cloudy corner of Somerset

The sun will be back later it seems. A gently faffing day for us today after some busyness yesterday, the highlight being a flying visit from our teenage granddaughters bringing much laughter with them.

Safe trip ash, your share of family smiles today grandmattie.

Take care everyone. Hope Monday is kind to us all.

Good morning everyone from a bright and sunny day here at DD's in East Northants. Nice to have a different garden to look out at. Someone has just let the dogs out and they will soon be going for their morning walk.

Had a lovely day with all the family yesterday - a pleasant afternoon in the garden consuming fizz, then Aperol Spritz, followed by wine. We had a delicious barbecue prepared and cooked by DD and her DH. Then after the sun went down an evening of family board games indoors.

DS and family will be heading off home later this morning, and then DD is taking me to a vintage and antiques fair before I finally go home.

Wishing all a lovely Easter Monday.

Morning all from West Oxfordshire. Son and daughter are going back to London today. I am hoping to transform the leftover leg of lamb into a shepherd’s pie for lunch and then OH can drive them to Oxford station. His car is bigger and I can’t get all their clobber in my car! After they’ve gone I have to empty a bookcase in readiness for a new one being delivered tomorrow. I have a busy week so hope my post-covid fatigue attacks can improve!

Ash sorry your day was spoilt by your angina attack yesterday. Take care today hope your a lot better by the time you travel back. ?

Good morning Mick and everyone from a beautiful morning in Hull.

Enjoy your family visit grandMattie they will make you both smile for sure.

We had such a busy afternoon yesterday. Lovely to see the family. DSs new lady friend who we met for the first time was very nice and she said we made her very welcome. The GC were delightful as ever and baby B gave me a little smile at almost 6weeks old.
Quieter day today today we are taking our old garden table and chairs to Mums caravan near Skipsea and then to Bridlington for fish and chips and a walk. DS will meet us there with GS.

Have a good day everyone if you can. Enjoy bank holiday Monday. Safe travels, family visits and hope all those who are ill with covid soon feel better. ?

Oh, grandMattie, within a few lines you turn our shared sadness about your poor DH into making us laugh out loud at your final comment. olddudders reminds me that it originates from the French word “banque” being pronounced bonk!

Thank you, Gagagran, for such a lovely sentiment! ?

Good morning from a beautiful sound E Kent.
I “overslept” as I didn’t sleep well. DH sleeps or dozes some 20 hours a day these days. It can be quite lonely. He started to eat a little again, and we have changed from our main meal in the evening to midday it feels very odd indeed.
DD, SiL and the girls are arriving this afternoon for a few days to see granddad. Can’t wait to see them, especially as I have a present for my “twin”.
Ash, would you tell oldd, my bonking days are way past…. But Bon voyage.
Carpe diem. ???????☀️❤️

Good Morning everyone from another clear, bright start to the day here on the south coast. 9.4c.

We had a lovely surprise invitation to go to our DD's for tea and cake yesterday afternoon. She is an excellent baker and had made a fatless sponge with fresh raspberries and blueberries and optional thick cream. It was a delicious treat and much enjoyed in the sunshine in their lovely garden. Perfect weather for me as I don't like it too hot and the insects haven't started to be bothersome just yet. (They like biting me!)

Today, again nothing is planned but things keep turning up as Mr Micawber so optimistically said. I agree!

Hope you feel better today Ash and enjoy the crossing. I do admire your stamina with the commuting you and DH do. You make it work and enjoy the benefit of both homes!

Enjoy your outing to lovely Conwy Pantglas - I love your part of the world and had many holidays in that area in younger days.

Bet you enjoyed the Paris-Rubaix yesterday Mick - what a race! We watched it and were delighted to see Ineos Grenadiers back in top form.

Kindest regards to all with health concerns for themselves or loved ones or worries of any kind.

Good morning everyone, it’s a bright start here too in rural Wiltshire.
Fingers crossed that those with worries or health problems have a better day today ???
I need to sort out my summer clothes today I think (that’ll jinx the weather, won’t it!), I’m sure there will be plenty for the charity shop.
Busy week coming up, not looking forward to it but it will be fine I’m sure.

Hello Mick and all who follow from a dry north Wales where I’m hoping for some more of that lovely ? we’ve been blessed with this weekend so that MrPG and I can trot to Conwy for a mooch, coffee and ??

Thank you good peeps for your kind thoughts yesterday - it’s lovely to acknowledge the passing of our beloved ones isn’t it?

Happy anniversary to the Oops - ?and for anyone else with celebrations I might have missed. How are our ? ?coming along Lins, Blossoming Bellasnanna - I wish we had a squidgy little ‘uman in our family to breath in that lovely baby smell....?

A good day for all who can and ?for all having tough times x

Good morning all from a cloudy Sarthe. Cooler temperatures will be welcome as we pack the car to travel up to Ouistreham for our 16.30 crossing.

I shall be glad to doze in our cabin, following an angina episode yesterday afternoon for which I had to resort to my spray. It worked but left me woozy for a few hours and slightly thick headed today (no change there!) There are many here with far more suffering.

Enjoy your Bonk Holiday, as DH likes to call it! ??????