Good Morning Friday 14th June 2024

Good morning from a blue-skyed Cornwall though thunderstorms are forecast. I'm in bed riffling through my button box as I'm turning a 50p charity shop men's shirt into a hoodie. I've cut off the tails and cuffs and made a hood from the fabric. I wear a lot of hoodies but they're too warm for the summer. What summer, I hear you all say. 😁

Here's my arty daughter-in-law under a Gunnera.

Good morning all from the Scottish Borders. It's been raining most of the night my buckets need emptying
But dry now.
I didn't sleep well. I am going to Denmark to today and the last minute to do list has kept me awake, annoyingly. At least my back is better.
I hope you have your summerhouse by the time I return next week Roses
Shame about the expensive classes gMattie
We are very lucky here with free or very cheap classes. Have you tried U3A?

Have a lovely day everyone. Now to finish packing.

Good morning, Michael and all GNs. The sun is trying hard at the moment but it’s cold. We’ve had rain overnight. Had a nice walk yesterday morning and then lunch at DDs. I enjoy the chance to chat to her for a hour without the distractions of GS and SiL putting in their four penn’orth! This morning I have a food shop to do as DS and DiL are coming for lunch tomorrow. They are off on a long haul holiday next week so I won’t see them for a while.
Volunteering this afternoon. I’ll walk to school if the weather holds.
Have the best day you can folks!

Morning from a damp cool S Hants, not raining, yet.
Everything crossed that letter does the job gMattie.
Poor MissOops that sounds horrendous, I hope she gets some effective treatment today.
Good luck Roses!
A lovely lunch out with a friend yesterday, washing and grocery delivery this morning, one of us will pick up Imogen for today’s GCSE, she’s nearly at the end of them.
🦩🦩

Morning all from a cool West Oxfordshire,

After yesterday’s busy day (Oxford for lunch and an exhibition) we will be staying in. I have a stack of ironing which I’ll do this morning. I also have quite a bit of WI admin including summarising quite a large document!

OH is looking forward to watching the first Euros match tonight.

karmalady, my mind boggles at what you get up to!

Have a good day everyone, especially those of you with difficulties.

Good morning from damp South Lanarkshire.

Childminding day but the weather is forecast to be foul today which is a pity as two of my Edinburgh DGDs attend an outdoor arts and crafts group in Holyrood Park on Friday afternoons. They gather materials in the wooded areas and make all manner of things, this being the last of this term means it’s a family day and they can bring along an adult, usually me. I suspect with thunderstorms coming it will be cancelled as was the school sports day earlier in the week.

There were only four of us at our yarn group last night but we had a lovely chatty evening.

Everything crossed that the letter works and your bank reimburses you gM, and quickly.

Hope you improve as the day goes on Harri.

Have the best day possible everyone.

Good morning from s somerset,very wet and cold today but I have a dry interlude until 10

I have sticky parts on my laptop, it was the solvent from the can of canned air. Annoying, I need to find out how to make it feel smooth again. I did the upstairs drains yesterday, washing soda, boiling water and an old brush. There is still a whiffy smell from my en suite cistern andI might delve into that area today

Anyway, having spent the day indoors I am going to try and get myself out by 8, for a walk. Cold and rainy weather, jumper on today

Have a good day

Good morning from a grey NE, forecast is for thunderstorms.
I have been awake since 4am with stomach pains, been up walking around and had tea.
Heating has just come on, it was on all day yesterday and I still had to wear a fleece and thick socks.
A quiet day with my book today as I do not feel up to doing any housework.

Good. Morning from a wet and cold Oxfordshire.

Up half the night again with MissOops, she was a lot better yesterday evening, but now the sickness is back with a vengeance, GP said to take her to A and E so I think that’s where we are headed as she’s been like this since the early hours of Tuesday morning and she can’t keep any fluids down at all. I’ll quickly take the dog out in a minute so that’s one job out of the way then we’ll have a think about our next move.

Hope the weather picks up, have a good day everyone.

Good morning from a cloudy Sarthe where temperatures are disappointingly similar to the cool ones experienced in Torbay in recent weeks.

An indoor domestic day beckons here, too, Mick, now that DH and the gardener have conquered the overgrown lawn and verges around the perimeter hedge.

We both feel in need of quieter days after the travelling of the past week or so. Tiredness has caught up with us, reminding us that we need to pace ourselves!

Good luck with the building of summerhouse 2, RosesandLilac, and with the bank correspondence, grandMattie. I do hope they respond positively.

Happy weekend, relief from pain and safe travels to those on the move. 🦩🥰🦩💐🦩

Good morning Mick and all from a dry north Wales coast where I’m breathing a sigh of relief that the weather 💨 has calmed down!

We’re at the half off, half on stage with the roof and it was blowing a hooley yesterday afternoon and evening 🌪️ and so cold I succumbed Dear Readers….yes the CH went on😱 for a couple of hours!

Belated birthday greetings 🍾🥂 to Liberty, Mr Monk and anyone else I may have missed while tending the canteen for the menfolk - I’d forgotten how much sustenance working chaps need to keep them sweet 😉

A trot to see my dad today with his Father’s Day card and a pot of my raspberry jam - he’s always delighted to see me …maybe it’s the jam🫨

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Good morning from a mixed Bristol, not bright not wet, chilly still. I was so cold last night that I took a hot water bottle to bed. It was bitter all day, I got my winter coat out.

I planted out my sunflowers and made an ingenious protector from slugs. I hope it works. There are few things more discouraging than nurturing seedlings onltbtoseethem chewed up within hours of planting out. My sunflowers always end up like that. I also noticed two tomatoes in one of my pots.

Dinner at DD’s was very pleasant. She also showed me the amended letter of complaint to the bank, full of legal terms and bank legal obligations we would never have known about. DD will send it today, giving the bank 15 calendar days to reply. 🤞🤞🤞

Penultimate Spanish class today. Unless I get money back, I won’t be able to afford the classes next term. Unlike Kent, there are no pensioner discount. Only if I’m on benefits.

Carpe diem 🦩🦩🦩🦩

Good morning from a very damp hillside in south Glos where thunderstorms are forecast for today 🙄
Yesterday I had a busy day, Iwent to the garden centre and, needless to say, I couldn’t resist buying a few plants. In the afternoon I had Stitch club, lovely catching up with my friends over a cup of tea. I managed to knit a few more inches of the next pair of socks too!
I walked the dog twice because DH was too busy doing things to his shed - including removing the entire back wall despite knowing it’s going to pour with rain. Goodness knows why he’s doing it!
Today the base is going down for the summerhouse Mk2, fingers crossed!
I hope all goes well for everyone today 🌹