Good Morning Wednesday 26th June 2024

Good Morning from a sunny warm Co Armagh, I’ve one load of washing out and a second thrashing about in the machine
Nothing planned for the rest of the day
Best wishes to those under the weather !

Run out of puff above the reservoir. Sitting in the shade of an oak forest while waiting for DS to climb up then return to me.

A very late good morning from a grey damp Angus coast. Bring back the sun! But not the heat as I can't cope with that these days.
RosesandLilac how wonderful to see Constable's viewpoints! I recognised your photo immediately - so delightfully unchanged over the centuries.
Nothing to report from here - a day of admin while waiting for the sun to return.
Glad to hear that MissOops is gradually improving.
Sorry your DD has covid Gingster - there's a lot of it about and it doesn't seem to be going anywhere any time soon. I shall keep on having the jabs as long as they are offered, even though the last one was not a happy experience.
Enjoy your holidays everybody and I hope you all manage to keep cool.

Lots of interesting holiday reports today, glad the weather is contributing, though I am hoping that it won’t be too hot for long as I wilt easily these days. Singing this afternoon and then a meal out with the WI so a pleasure filled day awaits so had better get it started. Hope Oops had more encouraging news as the day wears on.

Good morning everyone from the Scottish Borders where the rain is testing the roof repairs. Holding up so far!

When DGS gets up we will go through to Glasgow .

If you're looking for disappointment just back Scotland ⚽️ 😉

I'm glad miss oops is getting some attention now and seems to be recovering.

Sorry for your lack of good treatment Marydoll

Enjoy your holiday gMattie.

Have the best day possible everyone.

Dull in Yorkshire, but it will make things easier for when my gardener starts trimming the hedges.

Good morning from sunny Suffolk!
Another glorious day in lovely countryside. Yesterday we were at East Bergholt and Dedham and then spent the afternoon relaxing in the beautiful Beth Chatto’s Gardens.
You probably know Willie Lott’s Cottage at Flatford Mill - but it was my first visit and a wonderful guide took us round the “view points” of several Constable paintings.
Lots of walking and delightful company and lots to talk about!
Wishing you all a pleasant day.

Good morning from an overcast NE.
Yesterday started off sunny but soon clouded over and was not that pleasant in the garden.
Today my sister and BIL are coming and we are going out for lunch. They had a near escape yesterday when someone failed to stop at a give way sign and shot across the road in front of them, the dash cam footage was scary.

Enjoy your trips out grandMattie, shame to miss Chatsworth it is interesting and we spent a whole day there and bought lots of goodies in the gift shop.

Fingers crossed for MissOops improvement today.

Good morning Mick and all from Sunnyside northwest coast 19C and will get hotter. I don’t mind the heat, it’s the cold I hate and wish our summers were longer.

I’m waiting for an appointment to extract the abscess affected molar. The dull aching around the whole jaw is getting me down. I do hope my bridgework can be saved however. My friend and pianist is giving a lunchtime concert today in Chester, i could have joined him for a vocal recital, but the combination of the sprained back, tooth and being on holiday made me turn it down.
Have a nice trip Grandmattie and thoughts to all🌺

Good morning Mick and everyone from bright and warm Carlisle. No heatwave here.
I've just got back from a trip south to see the family and we had a good time as usual. The train trip back didn't give me a good time though. Due to problems on the Lockerbie area track (yet again!), all the trains southwards were slowed. We were finally terminated in Preston. After a chaotic hour or so there with no staff to help, I finally managed to get on the Edinburgh train which stopped in Carlisle. People were standing throughout the train and no food available but I did get the last seat in my carriage, thankful to not be spending the night in Preston.
The good news is that, once again, I will be getting a free ride!

It's left me feeling a bit wobbly, nevertheless, I shall shortly totter out and post my vote. Apart from that, I shall tidy up, do my admin and await my Tesco delivery. Plus, I must get out and top up the bird bath, there are a few fledgling birds exploring the garden. One is a young blackbird performing acrobatics trying to get at the berries on the amelanchier tree, the branches are too slender to support its weight.

Have a good day everyone.

Good morning all.

So pleased most of you are having warm sunny weather in the UK.

We have been having a lovely holiday in a ginormous hotel (1200 rooms) in Gran Canaria. We upgraded so we could use a quieter pool with good facilities and breakfast upgrade. We are walking about 8-10,000 steps a day just getting around. Not eaten much in the hotel except the free snack lunch and mini bottles of wine, cava, beer and soft drinks from temperature controlled drawers. There are many nice restaurants down at the front. Weather is perfect. Dodging the flooded and very wet Danube river cruise was a lucky escape.

Thinking of poor Miss Oops and hope she has turned a corner now. Hope you are feeling better too Oopsadaisy. Thoughts also to all those with health struggles. Have a nice day everyone.

Morning all from a warm and sunny S E Essex.

Gym first thing, then I will spend the rest of the day in the garden, BBQ this evening.

🙋‍♀️

Good morning all from a cloudy Glasgow, no heatwave here.

Sar, you must be relieved that nothing sinister is going on.

My medical appointments were a bit of a mixed bag yesterday.
For the first time in years, my BP was not dangerously high and I have actually lost some weight.🥳 However, I can't see a difference in my weight.😁

Despite my cardiologist writing to my GP in December, advising an urgent re-referral to a respiratory consultant and me asking about it twice recently, saying I was finding life very difficult, he has done absolutely nothing. There has been no referral.😡
Seven months of struggling with my lung problems, thinking that at last I was going to get some support, has all been for nothing. I was so upset when I got home.
My GP has been a wonderful GP over the years, but since the pandemic, he seems to have given up. I so disappointed in him or perhaps it is not worth wasting resources and time on me.😉

Today, we are awaiting a call from DS2 to see if we are needed. Babydoll was so poorly yesterday, she need to see a GP and of course her parents both work.

I wish you all safe journeys on your travels and that all those struggling for whatever reason, have as gentle a day as possible.

Morning all from an already warm and muggy West Oxfordshire.

I am collecting a dress from the seamstress today. I bought it in a sale earlier this year. When I wore it for my birthday in April my heaving bosom was too much for it and I had to wear a brooch to close up the front! I took the dress to a seamstress I have used before and she said she could sew the front up a bit.

I have bits of admin to do - WI and personal stuff.

OH will go and visit his bees at some point. He moved the swarm he captured a few days ago and wants to see how they’re getting on.

We have booked a table at one of our favourite restaurants this evening for their Steak Night, I know it’s not very pc these days, but I do love a bit of barely cooked beef.

Have a good day, especially those with difficulties. I’m thinking of Urms and trust all is well.

Good morning all from Polmont where it's currently 12° and cloudy again. It doesn't feel quite as muggy as yesterday. Yesterday dgs2 and I ventured to the big park, as he calls it. I have added a photo of him high up. My heart was in my mouth every time he climbed up to go down the big slide. Of course, he did it half a dozen times before I could distract him with an ice cream cone. We visited the ducks too so he was very happy. I used to do this with dgs1 but dgs2 never seemed keen. All is changed. Dgs1 was a monkey after nursery. He ran on while I was trying to corral dgs2 and disappeared. Despite calling for him, he was nowhere to be seen. I was on the verge of panic when one of his friend's mum said he was in her car. The monkey had jumped in with him. Needless to say, grandma was both relieved and cross at the same time.
Today I'm visiting another care home for mum. This one is in the same village as me and wouldn't take long to get there by walking. I've phoned/contacted a few and will make a decision about my top three soon. Chicken risotto for dinner tonight. Have a good day all.

Good morning from a warm Cambridgeshire. It certainly was a warm night thank goodness for our ceiling fan!

Today I am meeting two friends for lunch out and DH has given me the job of replacing our patio calor gas cylinder on my way home.

GM enjoy Ladybower reservoir, we stay in Buxton regularly and enjoy cycling around the Derwent and Howden reservoirs. Always a trip to Bakewell too for a Bakewell tart!

Hope those under the weather feel better and wishing a happy day to all 💐

Good morning from an as yet cloudy Suffolk where the sun is forecast to show its face shortly.

It’s my keep fit class this morning which I hope will be a gentle one. The village hall where we meet has lots of windows down one side where the sun doesn’t reach until later so we should be quite cool.

Apart from that nothing else planned but I shall tackle the pile of ironing if it isn’t too hot this afternoon. I decided yesterday to dig out more summer clothes so the ironing pile has increased substantially. I’d forgotten just how many tops and t shirts I had…..and sandals! 4 pairs I had totally forgotten I had.

I keep telling myself I have no need to buy any more clothes or shoes….will L keep to that?

Hope today is a positive one for all.

Good morning from sunny Sefton where it is very still with a hazy sky. Looks like it's going to be another hot one. Unfortunately today is our busy day with lots of dashing hither & thither. The heat doesn't suit me, I heat up very quickly even with minimum movement. Still getting hot flushes!🥵 I do love to see the sunshine so enjoy it while it lasts those of you who love the heat & can handle it.

Good morning from another lovely summers day on the South Downs.

Must keep the bird bath well filled. The starlings use it more than any other bird. They drink a lot. I have to wash it out every morning because where they bath the water gets filthy. The pigeons never ever seem to drink, but every other bird will drop down for a sip of water and bath.

I try to plant for bees, pollinators and butterflies, so I have a lot of blue flowers, spiky ones like lavender, nepeta and salvias also sort of landing pads like echinacea etc, but I do plant other stuff that I like - so salvia hot lips bright red and white, is a shrubby plant that loves the gravel poor soil type of area, but surprisingly the bees love it and crowd in - I thought that they are attracted to the blue end of the spectrum, but I reckon hot lips gives out a large amount of ultra violet light.

I notice the leaf cutter bees have been busy, they always go in particular for one rose “Claire Austin” I guess that they are nesting in the wood pile I make for beetles but not sure. Neat little circles of cut out leaf🙂.

Well that’s me done, I shall get up and water, plus plant out an astrantia that is looking pot bound - poor thing - sat there too long after I split its parent last autumn!

I shall spend most of the day relaxing enjoying the divine weather.

Enjoys yours as well all.

gm is there any well dressing going on? Enjoy your break - sounds my sort of holiday.

Peace and harmony to the world.

Good morning all from a misty Norfolk Broads. I think it's going to be another hot one.

Good morning from a lovely sunny Oxfordshire.

MissOops had a nurse from the outreach team yesterday to give her fluids and report back to the Consultant at the JR, yesterday evening she stopped vomiting and slept from 2am, she’s still asleep now, let’s hope this is the day when it all stops. The nurse will be back sometime today to check fluid levels.

MrOops has to go to hospital today for some tests, The Nephew will take him and wait to bring him back, not sure how that will work out, but I can’t be in 2 places at once, so I’m sure he will be fine.

I hope to cut the lawn today, I also plan to drag one of the garden benches close to MissOops patio door and give it a coat of preservative ready for next winter, I can keep an ear open for her and it will be something quiet to do if she is sleeping.

Shopping delivery this and that’s my day.

Lovely to see holiday photos, safe travels to those on the move.

Have a good day everyone, hugs for those who are unwell.

Good morning and another hot one for Essex.
I won’t walk up to church or go to the market today as it’s uphill and a killer at the best of times. Dh is going fishing so will have our one and only car. I have it most days so I can’t complain! 😡🤣.

I think Dd has Covid ! Very poorly and in bed. Her immunity is shot so she picks up anything going and Covid is definitely going round here at the moment.

Today I’ll catchup with books, tv and potter around as I feel like it. This heat doesn’t agree with me. I’ll pick up little DGD and bring her back here for tea.

I hope Missoops is on the ‘up’ and getting better every day 🙏.

Brook enjoy your dgd’s concert. I hope your Dh is feeling up to going along.🤞.

Enjoy the holiday with your ‘boy’ GM. Special times ❤️

Take care today 🌸

Good morning from an overcast part of the east coast of Fife, looking out at my ring doorbell it’s been raining, however I’ve my trusty fan on the go in my bedroom because my hive is reading 19.4, luckily I’ve a Currys tall remote fan on in my bedroom because it’s hot hot hot

I’m getting my hair tinted today by my lovely hairdresser who comes to the house and I’ll be cooking chicken and pineapple which I’ll have with garlic bread toasted in the airfryer with my new carer who will be asked to grout my bathroom tiles. I’ve bought several grout pens from Amazon which work fantastically.

Have a good day everyone and keep safe 💐💐

Good morning from a sunny W Kent, I see it is 23 degrees in the house so far. Off to visit DF for tea this morning, we need a catch up not sure whether to walk or not as I shall be coming home around midday. Quiet afternoon in the garden.
Best wishes to all

Good morning from a beautiful bright and sunny day on the Essex coast.
My visit to ENT yesterday turned out OK. I had a camera put down my throat and my vocal cords are inflamed but probably caused by reflux, nothing sinister.
We are back to the hospital this morning. DH is having a stent inserted in a vein in his leg. A day case so I will pick him up later. It's all hospital and doctor visits at the moment.
Enjoy your day everyone xx