Good Morning Saturday 28th January 2023

Good morning from Glasgow, currently 4deg. but the sun is shining and the daffodils I specifically placed in our bedroom are a joy to see, opened up this morning. It almost feels like spring…..indoors anyway.

A warm welcome nonnadiana. Re. feeding your cat, I have a dish with some dried cat food, a dish with some wet, in jelly/in gravy depending to your cat’s taste and another with fresh water which is needed for cats, especially if they eat dry food. Have you given your cat a name yet?
What a lovely gift of what sounds like a perfect evening Stilllearning.
A beautiful drawing Maw. It just hit the spot for me.

A chance to do a bit of pottering in the garden and some craft work once I have dealt with a few phone calls to make is a welcome thought. Just a bit of sunshine makes such a difference to my get up and go.

Hoping a good day is ahead for all.

Good morning from a dry NE where it is 3 degrees.
Had a lovely lunch out with friend yesterday at our favourite restaurant, never seen the place so full which is encouraging.
Sister and BIL coming this afternoon also DS and family except for GD1 who must get on with her art for college deadline.
My elder sister is at Newcastle airport on her way home to Germany, she has been here for six weeks. Just had a message to say she has assisted passage and is through security, sitting in a wheelchair drinking coffee. Didn't get a taxi, her cleaning lady took her to the airport, gosh above and beyond springs to mind.
Have a good day all.

MawtheMerrier

@ WhitewaveMark2
It was indeed 4 German women artists, Paula Modersohn-Becker, Käthe Kollwitz, Gabriele Münter and Marianne Werefkin but for me the highlight was the wonderful Käthe Kollwitz and her tender but often tragic images of mothers and their children.
I was moved beyond belief by her Pietà in the Neue Wache in Berlin when I first saw it years ago and felt secretly yesterday that she should have had a whole exhibition to herself.
This is one beautiful depiction of a mother and her very tiny baby

Oh my goodness that is so evocative of a new mothers feelings I think.

Was it done post WW1? I get the feeling that is an influence.

Good morning, Michael and all GNs. Wyllow is spot on with our South Yorkshire weather, and I am very late this morning. I am coming down with a cold so not in a hurry to get up. DD came over yesterday and we had lunch and went shopping. My nephew called in on a break from work to tell us about the latest additions to the family tree. It was a very pleasant way to spend an hour. He told us that he and his wife were having their new grandson for an overnight stay and he was very nervous (fortunately his wife isn’t!). Maw that lovely drawing reminded me of how tiny and vulnerable the baby was just four short months ago. I too would have loved to see that exhibition. The last major exhibition I went to was Francis Bacon.
My son rang to say he and DiL were coming down on Sunday to take me out to lunch. The way I feel at the moment, I’m not sure I want to go, but I have some documents I want him to look over so I need him to come down anyway.
Have the best day you can, folks.

Well done Urmstongran I have put a lb on this week 🥂🥂🥂👏👏👏

Good morning from a bright West York's it's only 2 degrees .well done Urms in your weight loss enjoy your treat .Don't know what we are doing today a lazy day probably .Chilli for today made by oh. Hope all can find a smile today.

Good morning all from sunny and frosty Harrogate
Fingers crossed for your 2nd viewing GrandMattie
Happy Anniversary Sar.
All the talk of exhibitions makes me thirsty for one - which one shall I go to? We do have a nice little gallery in Harrogate
Glad you are taking it easy Marydoll
Welcome Nonnadiana I can’t advise on cats - never had one.
Yesterday had a lovely meal with DH, DDs, DGD and DGS. Think DGD has ADHD, she never keeps still.
Have the best day possible folks

Ah but you’ve not been well this week “GG13* so cut yourself some slack. Migraines are horrid things.

Happy Anniversary Sar I cannot remember our 4th Anniversary!

I cannot understand how they could have installed a smart meter without you knowing Marydoll. When they fitted ours they had to have access to the house to turn the electricity off. We have a little meter on the side in the kitchen and it is horrendous what our readings are. Some of them are £20 a day! I am hoping it balances out when the heating goes off.

Good morning from East London , I’m really bad at this each morning. I get up and fiddle around, before I know it it 10.00 and there are so many posts to read I forget who is who ! GM I hope you get a firm buyer today 🤞. Maw beautiful drawings , I may well head up there next week . I was going to a gallery tomorrow but I’ve got an invite for dinner at DS . Usually they have DiL’s father also widowed and struggling,every Sunday but he came last night to watch Arsenal ( oh dear!) with them . It will be nice to spend a bit of time with them instead of the usual brief pop in -not complaining though , I know how lucky I am . My SiL has just had surgery for breast cancer and both her children are “too busy” to help out . Today a group of us are having a girls lunch to celebrate my longtime friend’s birthday. She has had a very stressful year which is still ongoing bless her.

Happy Anniversary Mr&MrsSar enjoy your evening out 🥂

Happy Anniversary, Mr and Mrs Sar, and many more to come!🥂🍾

Good morning everyone. It’s dull and drizzly here, 5°C at the moment. Yesterday’s hospital visit went well, today I am off to the hairdresser then clearing and re-arranging the kitchen worktops later. I have ordered a new Panasonic combi microwave with grill and oven. The current microwave is a very basic one and very old.

Have a good day all 🦩🦩🦩

dragonfly, we are not talking about £20 a day here. Hundreds of pounds a day!
BG agreed the readings were excessively high.

They had been trying for years to install a gas smart meter, but there were always problems, and they never worked, so they gave up. That's what we cannot understand, how in the last few months are there are suddenly smart meter readings. readings.

Beat you gg, I've put on 4lbs! I'm now 2lb over my target weight.

Surely that is good news isn't it kitty as you lost so much when you were ill?

Good morning Auntyflo and all x

Mardoll when you mentioned the Pond hotel it took me right back to being a student. Stayed in Gibson Hall just of Great Western Road when at the ”Dough school” and then Jordanhill. We all went to the Pond for our last night before leaving teacher training in 1973. Where did these 50 years go!!!!

Just popped back to wish a very Happy Anniversary to Mr and Mrs Sar! 🥂💐❤️

Scapal I used to stay overnight up the road in the QM union.
Three of us shared a single room for less than £1.
Money was tight! As was the single bed!