Good Morning Saturday 16th September 2023

Good morning all and it’s a bit dull here in Essex, but sun is forecast for much of the day.

I’m off on another coach trip today, this time to Cambridge Botanical Gardens. I’m looking forward to it.

Hope all your days are ‘good’ ones 🌻

Morning all

Popping out to local shops for some good bits first thing. Then we have GD & GS here this afternoon whilst DD4 and DiL go to Bluewater, our reward is they are taking us out for dinner tonight.

Have a good day folks 🙋‍♀️🦩

Good morning everyone from a cooler and cloudy north Kent although the forecast is for another warm day later on.

Yesterday I walked down to DH’s allotment so he could show me what he has been up to. Looking very neat and tidy; he’s been busily harvesting and tidying up so it looks very ‘back endish’. He likes me to come down and inspect every now and then just in case I think he does more chatting than working - I think there’s a lot of both!

Today we are meeting with friends for lunch; it will be good to catch up with them and hear their news.

Hope everyone has a good day

Good morning all from a grey North Leicestershire.

Today is DS1's 52nd birthday!!! We are taking him out for breakfast - bonus! More kitchen restoration when we get back.

Have the best day possible everyone.

Morning Mick, morning All from an about to be wet corner of Somerset. Very threatening sky confirms the forecast.

Fortunately Mr C soon became bored supervising my cleaning of the conservatory frames and left me to it. We tackle jobs very differently! It took me most of the day around a phone call or two, strangely I enjoyed it.

Must head out to top up supplies this morning. The question is do I go while it’s quiet and risk rain or wait until this afternoon and the forecast dry weather. We’ll see.

Goodness mizuma your quiet day sounds exhausting. Are you setting out tomorrow ash. If so wishing you an uneventful trip. Pleased you had a good time oops.

Right, I’ve decided a quiet early shop is worth getting wet. Wishing you all the best day it can be.

Good morning from an overcast South Downs. It is forecast to be sunny and hot at 27c but we shall see.

Just making my morning cup of tea, before showering and taking the dog out whose tummy is better - in fact seems to have gone into reverse, but I’m not complaining.

More bulb planting to be done and cutting down. Put out washing before the forecast rain all next week. Autumn is coming!

Hope everyone is ok and coping with what life is throwing at them.

Peace and harmony to all

Good morning from Bristol. The dawning sky is pale “ashes of roses”.
mizuna, your energy puts me to shame. All that in one day? Yes, bus passes differ according to the LA. Neither Kent nor Bristol have offered me free trains, either.
Yesterday was interesting. The young man teaching Spanish was very energetic and kind, quite different techniques to my Kent tutor; the students all pleasant. One gave me a lift home. Two others live in my little town. We did a lot of revision, given loads of homework. I enjoyed it.
I’m still fiddling, finishing my quilt. Slow work as it is mostly hand sewing.
Church coffee this morning.
Sending gentle thoughts to the poorly, sad and in distress. Carpe diem 🦩🦩🦩

Good morning from a wet s somerset, cooler nights now and I need to change my sheet for a light duvet

Not such good sleep last night but probably a bit too cool in bed. I went to Wells yesterday, my car needed a run and I needed a trip for some bits, back by lunchtime as I always do everything early. Pattern alterations were finished in the afternoon

I am going to finish my wardrobe sorting later,did a lot of removals yesterday, all toiles and time to go, after having enough wear to `prove` the patterns.

Back in the sewing room later too, very enjoyable as I am onto slow sewing on good fabrics now. Often in silence as I sometimes cannot stand radio babble

Have a good day

Good morning from a non descript day down South.

Going to a boring meeting today. My choice. I dont have to go.
But want to see the probable future direction of the "company" I volunteer for.
If things get too boring, I will leave half way through the day.

Sorry, it’s Rosalyn in Cheltenham! 🙄

Good morning from a warm corner of La Sarthe, following a very sunny day yesterday which saw us still sitting outside until nearly 9.30 pm.

Before it was too hot, we shopped for contraband for our return to the UK, which included the usual boxes of wine and bottles of fizz, all from Lidl, from where we also bought a lovely dress for under 10€! Today is our last full day here.

You did well to be so productive but remain pain free, Mizuna! And you called that a quiet day!

I’m glad you enjoyed your trip away, including the wedding, Oopsadaisy1. Good luck to GS at university.

Enjoy your break in Cheltenham, RosesandLilac: a lovely city!

Happy weekend, everyone! 🦩🥰😎💐🦩

Good morning, it’s dry here in south Gloucestershire at the moment.
Yesterday I did more gardening, mainly tidying up. The soil is bone dry, I have started watering it then adding spent compost from pots to try and bulk up the fibrous content. I’ve been doing this for 25 years now so it must be doing some good I hope.
Cleaned through the house too so was pretty tired by the afternoon.
Today more gardening bits although it’s meant to be showery 🤞🏻 I think. I will walk the dog first thing too.
Have a lovely weekend everyone 🌹

Good morning. I’m in Cheltenham - a short break. Yesterday was retail therapy. Today we are meeting friends for lunch in the Cotswolds.
I hope everyone here has a lovely day and is enjoying the lovely Autumn.

Good morning Mick and all who follow.
We had a wonderful time at the wedding in Dorset, but boy was it hot! Then up to North Devon where we also had a great time, MzOops and GS also joined us for a couple of days, before GS goes to University for the first time.
We haven’t had wifi and resisted the urge to use our phones as ‘hotspots’, so I’m not up to speed with everyone, but I hope we all have a good day and thoughts are with those who are unwell or caring for loved ones.

Good morning from Cornwall where there's rain. My plants certainly need it.

An amazing, quiet, almost painfree day yesterday because I stayed at home for a change. Lopped trees, watched Poirot, sewed lace on a dress, mended my swing seat cushion, chatted to my neighbour about her brambles and sawed down a giant echium, now well dead. So relaxing. May do similar today, minus the echium-sawing, as that was the last of them for this year. However, four have self-seeded into a plant pot, so those are next year's monsters.

Re bus travel, I had assumed all bus passes provided free travel at any time of the day as ours do but obviously it's down to the different companies across the UK. When I lived on Merseyside local rail travel was free too and that saved so much money.