Good Morning Friday 8th September 2023

Good morning everybody.
Ashcombe indeed there are no words. The grief ahead for that poor 7 year old just breaks my heart.

Here’s Matt.

Good morning from Durham. No sun yesterday, just a heavy humid day.
Ash’s news has shocked me, how utterly devastating.
Afternoon coffee with a friend today, but must tackle some ironing first. DD2 due back from Seville later, she’s been sending some beautiful pictures.
Best wishes to all. X

Good morning from a Bristol with a thin cloud cover. No doubt, the sun will burn it soon and we shall have another hot day.
Ash, there are no words one can use to express our sorrow for your young relation. It is a tragedy for them all.
I have only just woken up! A good 4 hours after my normal time! No, I took nothing, went to bed just before 10, and fell asleep soon after.
On Wednesday evening, I had a WIzoom tutorial on making patchwork squares, this was the result of the latest class.
My phone went during my tai chi class. As it is a rare occurrence, I crept out to answer it. It was the chap from the management company who came to -patronise- talk to us about the complex. Mirabile dictu. He called to apologise for cancelling my bathroom refit! I wrote back asking that the residents should be told, not telling him that I am spreading the news far and wide.
Today is a quiet day, expecting a parcel “ between 1031 and 1431”. It’s the exactitude that amuses me! I’m also going to my upstairs neighbour with the neighbouring chap.
My prayers to those in sorrow, pain or distress. Carpe diem 🦩🦩🦩🦩🦩

Good morning, looking forward to another bright. day.
This morning I am going to help set up a craft exhibition with our Thursday sewing group. I’ve had to change arrangements a little as I thought it was next week !
Meeting 3 friends for lunch so that will be the afternoon gone.
Ashcombe Such sad, sad news.
Multi How lovely that you can look forward to some lovely holidays.
Wishing all a good day.

Good morning all from the Scottish Borders. Haar again here but it's due to burn off and become a hot, sunny day
I'll be doing my shift at the community store but alas my nice colleague is on holiday so I may be on my own at the till.
I was sad to miss the walk yesterday thanks to my painful hip. But I had 2 unexpected visitors including a very recent widow. I was glad to be home.

Ash what dreadful news for that little family. I hope you are able to support eachother.

It's exactly a year since the late queen died, I went down with covid and my DS and his family left me to go back to NZ.
Today will surely be happier.

I'm going away for the weekend and looking forward to it.

Have a good day everyone, if you can

Good morning all from a muggy Black country.
Ash such tragic news thoughts with all of you🙏.
Well today I'm 70 I've left the swinging 60s😀, we have arranged to meet the family for a meal later and then will meet up with friends at the club. I'm not one for parties so we took the family away to Benalmadena earlier in year to celebrate.
Will come back later to catch up with everybody's happenings I'm going to make a cuppa 🍵 and open my cards an pressies.
Enjoy your day everyone whatever your plans and may you all find some ☀️.

Good morning from sunny Suffolk. Just lost my post in which I had expressed my deeply felt distress at your tragic news Ash. I can’t begin to understand how the young daughter and her father will cope with such life changing events.

Yesterday by the sea was wonderful. The North Sea,usually brown,was blue and my friend and I wished we had taken our swimming stuff as there were lots of swimmers and nut brown people on the beach and many outside the beach huts.

Today I am meeting a friend for lunch at a market town half way between us. We can walk along the river before having lunch at a tea hut with seating outside and under umbrellas.

Counting our blessings that the return for all 8 of our DGC to school went well and all are in good health. Thinking of those who continue to have worries and stresses.

Morning all from S Hants, high cloud, due to burn off for another hot day, I’ve just wandered around the garden, the cool air is delightful.
Devastating news Ash a broken family.
Housework has been mostly ignored in this heat other than the necessities, I’ll have an early walk, grocery delivery this afternoon and pub tonight.
Enjoy your days out, holiday’s and family time.
A moment to think of those enduring difficult days 💐.
🦩🦩

A slightly better night but I am so looking forward to the promised drop in temperature, at least overnight. Interesting meeting with the bishop yesterday with rare honesty from the parishes. We will see if it makes any difference.

Oldies coffee morning and then trip to local small town to collect hearing aids, in for repair after one cracked. They are not essential but make social events easier. Nothing else planned then till Sunday but will need to dig out the paperwork to see if HMRC are right about unpaid tax, which I expect they are. A fairly fun day all in all.

Happy birthday Monk. Have a lovely day

Good morning from a brighter NE, yesterday was overcast all day.
I cleaned the upstairs window frames and left every window open, the temperature at bedtime was much more comfortable. It is very unusual for it not to be windy here.
Today is GD1's 18th birthday, my goodness how time flies, won't see her today as she is at college but will have lunch with her tomorrow.
Sorry to hear your sad news Ashcombe, thoughts and prayers for the family.

Happy Birthday Monk

Have a great day, I am not far behind you

Happy Birthday monk08 🎂🥂🎁🎉

Happy birthday, Monk!💐

Happy birthday monk🎈🎉
you are catching up with me have a lovely day.

and to Harrigran's DgD. Incredible how quickly those wee bairns grow.

Happy birthday, monk. Join the over 70s club!

Have a lovely birthday monk08 🎂🥂🎉🎈.

Wishing you many happy returns of the day monk!
x

Good morning everyone from the last day of our holiday in north Wales.

Happy birthday Monk; today is my birthday too although I’m a couple of years older than you . We plan on going to Bodnant Gardens for a wander and lunch before packing up ready for an early start tomorrow. We shall be travelling to Hereford to stay with my sister before we return to Kent on Sunday.

Dreadful time for that little family Ash. There are no words.

Hope those who are unwell start to recover and those going through difficult times at home and school start to find things getting easier.

Have a good day

A very Happy Birthday monk enjoy your special day! 💐🎂🥂🎉

Good morning all 😎😎😎
What a truly dreadful tragedy Ashcombe it puts things into a very different perspective. Shock, grief, loss- as others have said upthread, there are no adequate words.
So I won’t prattle on about my trivial preoccupations for once, just take a few minutes to reflect on the good things of life granted to most of us and the devastation that poor family are facing.

And a happy birthday to Jacs too! There are five strapping young men in my garden currently chopping trees and using chain saws and heavy duty hedge trimmers. I'm enjoying the view

Good morning from a very foggy Co Armagh
Foxygloves has said all my thoughts 🙏🏼🕯️

A very Happy Birthday to Monk, 1953 was a very good year !!!
Also to Jacs, have a lovely day both of you.

Happy birthday Jacs7 and Monk 🎂🍷. Shopping this morning ,washing on the line may do some ironing later.
ASHthere are no words 💐