Good Morning Tuesday 14th May 2024

Even later from me. Still trying to catch up but wanted to pop in to wish Marydoll a very Happy Birthday for the rest of the day. 💐

And to you creativeness, Happy Birthday. 💐

We’re having lovely spring weather here in the Algarve, the late winter rain in February and March has made for a beautiful show of wildflowers which are still looking good. The temperatures have been steadily rising until today when there was a drop of six degrees with a biting wind as well. Caught a lot of people out.

I bit late in the day Marydoll but hope you are having the happiest of birthdays with your family, Enjoy! x

creativeness

Happy birthday to Marydoll . It’s my birthday too!Good morning to all

Happy birthday to you too!

A bit late but a very Happy Birthday Marydoll.... Enjoy your day x

Thanks Jax and GM. It’s part of the hedge surrounding the Marina building and it looks so pretty.

I would agree, looks like a cottoneaster, *blossoming”. The bees like it

My app says small leaf cotoneaster Blossoming.
Linda I suggest you start a new thread under Style and Beauty?

Happy birthday to Marydoll . It’s my birthday too!Good morning to all

Happy Birthday Marydoll. I love St Andrew’s although it is not exactly the warmest place at the best of times. Enjoy your day. Back from our RiverCruise but caught some bug will post more tomorrow.

Has anyone tried WOW root cover up ? I've seen conflicting reviews for use on grey hair.If not I would appreciate any advice on root cover as getting my hair coloured every 3 weeks just isn't an option 😊Thanks on advance

Good morning Mick and all from showery Lancashire, currently 15°C.

MrB and I had a successful shopping trip yesterday, some comfortable and beautiful Italian leather chairs with matching footstools will be delivered In July. It was well worth the time spent researching and looking at other options before buying. I got plenty of ‘sitting to standing’ exercise!

I went for a walk later on, so many lovely flowers at the moment. I don’t know what the ones in this photo are, perhaps one of our Gransnet gardeners could enlighten me.

MrB has been to Lidl this morning, the traffic is horrendous due to roadworks. Fortunately we don’t need to go anywhere else.

Happy birthday Marydoll, your day sounds wonderful.

Have a good day all, whatever you’re doing 🌻

Good morning Mick and all from a damp northwest coast.
Nice meal with DD and DS here last night, cooked by them and lots of chat.
DD has left for her holiday In Crete with childhood friends and DS will do a few jobs around the place.

Music club today, I’m in charge on the desk and have prepared my songs although I haven’t practised much…
Glad your cruise turned out well Ashcombe and keep up the good work healthwise Mick.
Hope you all have a good day🌺

Morning from Giffnock, grey and damp but I’m off to meet baubles this morning so the weather can just get on with being miserable!

Happy birthday Marydoll, St Andrew’s a perfect place to spend it but watch for the seagulls if you do have an ice cream!
It’s so nice to to have a few days by the sea, isn’t it?

That toddler’s group sounds horrific grandMattie but at least so far you’ve avoided being bitten! I hope you enjoy the children if not the noise.

Glad your cruise went well Ashcombe, and you were reasonably lucky with our Scottish weather.

Have the best day possible everyone, all this talk of holidays is making me restless!

Good morning from soggy Kent! I lurk here most days as I like to catch up on Marydoll - I have known her from our school days - over 50 years. I couldn’t let her birthday go past. Happy birthday dearest old pal! Hope your break in St Andrew’s is extra special and you can have a great time. I woke up yday with a pain in my neck which eased over the day with ice packs and paracetamol. I’ve been awake today since 04:30 with it. Couldn’t get comfortable in bed, by 06:30 I was near to tears. Had some Cocodamol and now sitting with an ice pack and a cuppa. We have a builder in all this week tearing out our ensuite shower, enlarging it and replumbing. I can’t even go for a lie down. My usual response to any illness or pain is to sleep - fat chance when he’s drilling and banging away! Hopefully after another lot of painkillers I will have some relief. I am due at our surgery for a blood test tomorrow, maybe if I look as bad as I feel with the neck pain, they will help. As Marydoll would say ‘Aye, right’! Have a good day all!

Happy birthday Marydoll !
Enjoy that retail therapy 🏬

Sounds like a perfect birthday, Marydoll, and I hope it is a happy one complete with bargains. Grey and chilly this morning, with a supermarket shop and a dental inspection the highlights of the day, so I had better get my list made. I get so bored (and increasingly lazy) about what to eat as cooking for one is of no interest and I am in danger of eating too much of the wrong sort of thing because it’s easy. Need an injection of will power and imagination!

Good morning from a very wet but mild Cambridgeshire. I was lying in bed reading the Good Mornings and to my horror realised I had my DD2’s raincoats and those of GC at my house! So as they live in the next village jumped in the car to drop them off before the school run! Then popped to Morrisons for freshly baked croissants and home for breakfast. Today I need to do housework and pack for our holiday.

Happy Birthday Marydoll💐 Hope everyone has a good day whether it raining or sunshine 🌦️

A damp good morning from Co Armagh!
The garden is loving it , the newly installed rain butt is filling , my energy levels are up !
A very Happy Birthday Marydoll ,

Many happy returns of the day Marydoll! I like the look of that shop RosiesMaw showed you. I bet spending birthday money in there would be no problem! Enjoy your day and I hope the sick bags aren’t needed! 🎉 🥳

Good morning Mick and everyone from rainy Carlisle.
After putting in eyedrops for decades, Mick, I'm still Mrs Messy at the job! Good luck with them!

Yesterday I got a prompt call from the surgery where I'd asked to speak to the nurse practitioner I'd seen last week. No way...they insisted I come in and see an actual doctor. Which I did in the afternoon. Result, my chest is clear, no more antibiotics required.
There's a different doctor every time, not just my experience from talking to other patients. I always wonder what's going on.

Nothing much on today, I'm going to tidy up, give myself a pedicure and relax at this and that.

I hope you have a really enjoyable day Marydoll, Happy Birthday!

And wishing you all a pleasant day.

Wrote a long post and lost it, so I will just say good morning everyone from a very wet Northampton.
And happy birthday 🎂 to *Marydoll "!

Have a very Happy Birthday, Marydoll!🥂🎂💐

Morning from a very soggy S Hants, welcome back Ashcombe and thank you for your travelogue. Good luck with the summer house Roses.
I’m getting my toenails gelled this afternoon and reorganising one of our spare bedrooms afterwards.
Our grandson has got SATS this week and granddaughter GCSE’s, I don’t envy my daughter.
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Happy birthday marydoll. What a lovely day ahead. 🎈🎂

Good morning from a sunny and windy Suffolk. Goodness,40 posts when I signed in just now! I’ve quickly scrolled through them and see many happy birthday messages to you Marydoll.

I’ll add mine and say I’ll always remember it as it is DS’s 44th today. When he was born,it was a Day of Action in London where we lived at the time. DH didn’t want to risk driving into central London because of parking restrictions, there was no public transport and very few taxis so he had to walk much of the day from Hackney.

A day to remember indeed.

I have a pedicure this morning and more reading for my meeting tomorrow. I do find reading documents on,one more tiring than the paper versions we used to get.

Hope all have the best day possible and now to read your posts.