Good Morning Tuesday 23rd August 2022

Good morning all from the Black country, rain overnight and still very cloudy.
So sorry about your holiday NannyJan
?to Farview and Lucy77 welcome. We have friends travelling to Eastbourne today for 5 days.
Think I would like to book a table at harrigran your menus sound delicious.
Not sure what's planned for today we are inclined to take each day as it comes.
Best wishes to anyone celebrating and virtual hugs where needed.
Enjoy your Tuesday and may you all find some ?.

I do feel for you Grandmabatty, thé louping pain of sciatica is a buggeration. A coory doon day with plenty pain relief will hopefully give you a more comfortable day. ?
Thanks for the sale heads up Marydoll. I am on the lookout for more hollyhocks.

Morning all from S Hampshire, sun was out, now cloud, we had lovely rain for a good few hours yesterday, the first for weeks. But it was chilly, jeans on instead of shorts.
Welcome Lucy77 we like Eastbourne and ? to Farview. I too am enjoying sharing your cruise BlueSapphire amazing pictures of the Bordeaux bridge, thank you.
A quick visit to my son and family this morning then bowls this afternoon, negotiating the various closed roads. One is closed for a gas leak, one a water leak, the infrastructure is creaking with all the new builds.
Have your best day if you can ??

Ladyfieildlover, you will have no problem, I can assure you. We gransnetters have a certain look about us and are easy to spot! ?

Morning all from West Oxfordshire. I’m still in bed so haven’t peeked through the curtains yet. Later, I am looking forward to seven of us Gransnet-ers meeting up for lunch in Oxford! How will we recognise one another!

Good morning all from Polmont where it's currently 15° and damp. Cloudy skies too. Welcome toLucy and Farview. Ashcombe enjoy your break in French France. Grandmattie I don't sleep well either and last night I was awake a lot.
Yesterday was a bit of a washout. Sciatica came back so I had to give in and rest in the afternoon which meant not much was done. It seems to come and go.
Today will be more of the same I think. Some pottering inside and out. Have a good day all.

Good morning all from a grey, drizzly day in my corner of Glasgow. I just keep telling myself it’s good for the garden!

Looking forward to a day out with DD1 for a mooch around our local shopping mall, especially TKMaxx and a sushi lunch, not that either of us need anything but…..

Nice to see you posting farview and a warm welcome to you Lucy, hope you are settling well to your new home.

Wishing everyone a good day, especially if you have worries and struggles getting you down.

Good morning, Michael and all GNs from a damp, grey South Yorkshire. We had a LOT of rain yesterday and more overnight by the look of it and my plants have their heads down with the weight of it. Some of them might need extra support. Today I am off to feed GS’s Guinea pigs (and no, I’m not going to read The Hobbit to them!!) and then on the way home I will call in on my niece. Hopefully, her DD will be there with the baby.
GM I’m another who doesn’t seem to get past 3 a.m.ish these days; then it’s game over.
Have the best day you can folks.

Greyish and dampish this morning but no significant rainfall. Replenishing stocks at supermarket main job today after welcome flying visit from DD and DSiL at the weekend. They report that there is virtually no red wine left in DH’s store so must do something about that just in case.

Am enjoying the cruise reports from BlueSapphire and everyone else’s doings too.

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Sailaway from Bordeaux.

Good morning all from a wet Glasgow, I was so cold last night, much to DH'S horror, I put on the heating for an hour.
I pulled the health card and said it wasn't good for me to be cold! ?

I had a very successful trip to Sainsbury's yesterday. It was thankfully very quiet, but unfortunately the shelves were very bare. Thank goodness, I was only in for a few basics.
However, I did spot a dress I had been eyeing up for months, but refused to pay full price for.
It was in the sale, but not in my size, nor the size below. I got chatting to a lady, who was also looking at it and she urged me to try the much smaller one.
I never use fitting rooms, as I usually get into a fankle and can't get the item back off, without help. However, I decided to try it and it was a PERFECT FIT! ?
That and a garden fork for under £5, to replace SIL's fork which DH broke, liberating plants from the lodgers' garden, made my day.

Today, we are off on a garden centre trip. For the southsiders, it's the one on the road to Lugton, because they have sale on.
I'm looking for a particular plant and DD has spotted it there in a variety of colours.The one from her garden has provided cut flowers for me, for weeks.
She has refused to part with it, despite digging up everything else. Selfish wee besom! ?.

We are then off off to a garden centre near Seamill, which has beautiful pots.
Of course, as we are so far away from home, we shall be forced to have lunch somewhere, probably Largs. ?

On our return, I plan to phone my GP. Its over six weeks since I became unwell, four weeks since the urgent endoscopy, despite being assured I would have the biopsy results in three weeks.
I am still feeling permanently unwell and of course my imagination is running amok, about the outcome of the tests. This waiting game is not an easy one to play.

Brook, I hope you enjoy your trip, the lunch goes well, GM. It's heartening to hear how your friends are supporting you.
Nannyjan, its heartbreaking to see our parents decline.?
Finally, a warm welcome to our Lucy77 and all the newbies on this thread.

Have the best day you can, folks.

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Sailaway from Bordeaux where they lifted the road-bridge for us to sail beneath.

Here’s Matt.

Good morning everyone from Malaga where the sun’s up already ? and it’s still and quiet. I’m sipping my tea , listening to the wood pigeons and inhaling the scent of the pine trees.

Tuesday = LWW this afternoon woohoo! ??
Wash & blow at the salon downstairs first. Last week I bought a Vidal Sassoon hair mousse to take home. Not cheap but a great volumiser. Smells lush too.

Himself says he’s off for a stroll late afternoon and will pick up a rotisserie chicken on the way home - so that’s dinner sorted! ?
#lazygran

Good Morning Mick and everyone from Hull. DH told me it rained in the night but I didn’t hear it.

NannyJan what a shame you didn’t get away with your Mum.?

?? farview and Lucy77. What a lovely memory about your Mum.

Enjoy your lunch grandMattie and hope you sleep better tonight.

Today I’m picking up Mum and taking her back to her caravan for two weeks. Also visiting my uncle and taking his shopping for him. His slit lamp eye appointment last week went well and there is nothing in his eyes of concern.

Have a lovely Tuesday and virtual hugs to those struggling. ??

Good morning everyone from a misty Bilbao in Northern Spain; it is set to clear later and be a warm 30°. I have a tour booked in about an hour's time to get a taste of the area.

Yesterday's outing to the Margaux wine region was excellent, with a visit to a vineyard/winery, where the wine-making process was explained to us, followed by a tasting of two different wines and an array of cheeses. I came away with three bottles of their excellent rose!

We left Bordeaux early afternoon and I managed to get some pictures of our departure, which was rather dramatic as they had to lift the road bridge. I posted these pictures on a Saga Fb group; later in the evening whilst enjoying dinner I had a visit by a ship's officer to ask if my pictures could be used in the Captain's blog; how amazing! Of course I said yes. I will try to post them.

Have a happy Tuesday everyone.

Good morning all. My bit of Leicestershire is also murky.

3 dgc coming today and staying overnight - it seemed like a good idea when we first arranged it. We also have to feed DS1's cat.

DD1 also has her 1st of 9 weekly chemo sessions.

Good morning from a very overcast East Midlands. There is little or no breeze and rain is forecast later this morning. Our lavender is ready for pruning, the flowers are almost completely done and there are very few bees on them now, I shall save the prunings though, I love the smell of lavender.
Have a good day everyone and take care

Welcome Lucy77 we're all going to need our thermals soon.

Good morning, all, and welcome to farview! It’s another damp start in Torbay after showers and late sunshine yesterday.

I’m sorry you’re not sleeping, grandMattie but I expect you’re familiar with Nytol or Boots (cheaper) equivalent as a temporary measure. Your friends are lucky that you feel like entertaining them. Thank you for your supportive comment yesterday. A few people I know locally have suddenly been called for surgery recently.

Safe travels to those with journeys, especially brook2704. Ironically, DH and I leave for France tomorrow for a much needed break after the hectic round of rehearsals and performances this past month!

My DS and DGS3 are calling in today en route to their home in Rugeley, Staffs. We hope to go back back to the restaurant on the beach which is accessed via the funicular railway from Babbacombe Downs.

Have a good day, everyone! ?????

Good morning everyone ? from a sunny south Hants.

For some reason my windows have an opaque film on the outside, so I must clean them today. My car also needs a clean - so that’s today sorted (after taking DDog ? for his morning walk of course) ?

grandMattie - have a lovely day with your friends today.

Have the best day you can everyone.
Hugs and ?? to you all x

Good morning from a grey skied Colchester. It looks like it may have rained overnight. Another hot day forecast, up to 27°. It's not dropping below 17 at night.
Volunteering at the charity shop as it's Tuesday.
Love to all ? x

Good morning from Eastbourne! I just joined gransnet. Only moved to Eastbourne a few months ago - it’s beautiful and one of the sunniest and warmest areas of the country. I know very few people here so far.
I joined because, while I was researching thermal underwear, I came across this site and a discussion about liberty bodices! Ha! Memories of a loving mother warming it over the stove before I put it on. X

Good morning from a grey NE where it is 15 degrees.
Had a lazy day yesterday, did crosswords while catching up on some TV.
For dinner I made a tuna and prawn pasta dish which I enjoyed, quite a while since I cooked that particular dish.
Another relaxed day waiting for parcels to be delivered.

Good morning from murky Leicestershire.

Bus cancellations here too Mick due to lack of drivers.
That is sad for your mother NannyJan, it is hard watching your parents deteriorating.

Not much planned for today although must ring the blind man about the awning.

Hoping everyone has a good day.

Good morning all from a drizzly Suffolk seaside. Very grey out there - so different from the bright sunny mornings of late.

Our visitors have all gone and after a lovely weekend, it’s very quiet here. The Opera in the Forest was great with nephew in a leading role. A lovely experience!

Today we’ll get the cottage back in order and do a small shop and then I’m going to the little local cinema to watch Fisherman’s Friends II. I saw the first one and loved it.

Enjoy your day , the best you can ?