Good Morning Friday 5th October 2023

Good morning, it’s a dry start here on the edge of the Cotswolds.
Yesterday little happened, a quiet day. I went to art group in the afternoon, I think I will have to stop going, my increasing deafness is making it so difficult to follow conversations unless I can lip read . It’s embarrassing to keep saying pardon. I find most social gatherings very difficult now.
Never mind, it could be worse!
I will concentrate on doing online courses for art instead.
Today I will garden, my favourite place 😊

Good morning from the South Downs. It is so mild, I’ve had the big windows wide open all night.

Having lunch today with my oldest and bestest friend. Might go down to the sea and sit out there.

I couldn’t understand why I felt so tired yesterday - then twigged - covid jab! Hope I feel less tired today

If time I’ll put in some more bulbs. Washing is ongoing- where does it all come from?

Peace and harmony all.

At the risk of sounding like a cracked record Mick please, please seek advice from your medical team for your on-going problem. As well as perhaps not being normal, it’s dictating your life and curtailing your activities.

Good morning from a dark Cornwall with sun promised today. I'm going shopping for a present for my granddaughter's 8th birthday; she wants a heavy, black sellotape dispenser like mine!!

Started making a denim skirt from some jeans yesterday. Am going to stop buying clothes for a while and experiment with refashioning charity shop items. A library book on the impact of the clothes industry on the environment has given me much food for thought. Off to my patio now with a coffee...

Morning all from a still dark West Oxfordshire. Obviously I’m still in bed. I was supposed to be attending a Day School at the V&A on Portraiture but the trains are not reliable today due to yesterday’s strike. There were other options for getting there but I decided not to go at all. I need to get some housework done as our cleaner is still unwell. I hope OH can help but he’s under the weather.
Have a good day - I’m thinking especially of Urms.

Mkrnjng Mick, morning All from a dark, dry corner of Somerset.

Busy one yesterday with much frustration over my phone (SIM only) renewal. Took an hour to get a price I was happy with. Why do they make it so hard? Enjoyed some garden pottering as a reward. Took our broken vacuum to the tip, stopped at a Costa for coffee and saw rats running around outside. The staff know, waiting intervention. Yikes! We’ll give that one a miss for a while. Living room door adjusted and back on, the carpenters wouldn't accept payment. Very lucky there. Enjoyed the casserole, one for us and three for the freezer.

Volunteering this morning. Not sure how that will go as this weeks co volunteer and I have very different approaches to our task. The bigger challenge could be sorting out an appointment and prescription for Mr C while I’m there.

Mick if you haven’t done so please talk with your medical team. Professional help seems much needed.

Thinking of everyone managing life’s challenges. Hope Friday is kind to us all.

Good morning from a dry Bristol, it’s still dark.
Yesterday was busy, Taichi, finishing the squares for the first of my three quilts for Christmas.
I had a visit from a PhD student who arrived bearing gifts; a sprinkler, a hose sprayer head, a bucket, a shower head and best of all, a shower timer, measuring the amount of time spent under it! I spend such a short time, due to leaks, it probably wouldn’t register… 😂
I then went toDD’s for dinner - pizza. Mine was so big that I took half home for tonight! Iris told me about Princess Ann who wished her a happy birthday. I think they had a good time, but hardly mentioned it at all.
DD wants to go to Dunelm today with Iris for her to choose the rug she wants for her birthday, from me. I’ll also get my much needed net curtains.
I’ve got to pick up the vegetables from the greengrocer for more piccalilli. So, from a quiet afternoon after Spanish, I’m very busy!
I hope that those in any sort of distress get some relief today, particularly Urms and Marydoll. Carpe diem 🦩🦩🦩🦩🦩

Good morning from a breezy static on the edge of Dartmoor. (6th October today, Mick, but we're all grateful that you open this friendly thread each day.)

All fine here and I had an easy journey yesterday, having made a brief detour to fill up with the cheapest petrol locally to Torquay at £1.45 per litre. The nearest petrol station to me is charging £1.62!! This site is useful:-

www.petrolmap.co.uk

No plans for today - I’ll see what the weather does but the tranquility is a welcome change from the busy life of Torbay.

Have a good day, everyone! 🦩🥰🦩💐🦩