Good Morning Monday 15th July 2024

Good morning from a dreary looking, breezy Torbay.

There was quite a good turn out for the Wind in the Willows auditions yesterday but more will take place next weekend so no information on who has a part yet.

Hope all are as well as possible and that you have a good week. 🦩🥰🦩💐🦩

Morning all from a warm West Oxfordshire.

I am off to Helsinki with my daughter today. The taxi will arrive at 10 am to drive me to Oxford to get the airport bus. I will meet my daughter in terminal 3. I have checked the weather and it looks like Finland is a bit warmer than here.

Have a good day everyone. I hope all went well yesterday for Urms and himself.

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Good morning from Bristol. It’s barely sunny and we are promised dire weather from mid morning.
Photos of my porch ports and the section of flower bed reclaimed from the vast Choisya. Both looking colourful.
When trying to refill the marmalade trolley in church, I realised there was none left, so the afternoon was spent making some. I still have to label them before taking them to church. They seem to be pretty popular.
I managed to do a bit of my quilt as well as visit my upstairs neighbour. My other friend here has been much preoccupied and busy with her son visiting from Aus.
Supermarket this morning and nothing much this pm. Got a busy week ahead though.
May the week bring only kindness and peace.
Carpe diem 🦩🦩🦩🦩

Prayers and thoughts for you all today (and every day), Urms. 🫂

Good morning all from Polmont where it's currently 12° and sunny. Ladyleftfieldlover have a lovely time. I have been awake since two and I feel quite unwell. Very nauseous. That will make childcare interesting! Have a good day all.

Lovely flowers GrandMattie. Nice and bright

Good morning from s somerset, dark skies and heavy rain all day from 7am. Properly autumnal, at least the fungi will be good this year

I am expecting parcel collection again today, the last one and am going to be cutting for a complicated coat. 17 main pieces of fabric plus lining, it was massively difficult to trace the pattern from multi-coloured spaghetti on a printed sheet. I have put this off since last november but will keep me very occupied on a dreary day

I have already picked my veg for lunch and the blueberries for freezing and noticed that michaelmas daisies are budding and bees are all over the sedum flowers as though there is no tomorrow

Might get to craft group today, depends on parcel and weather

Have a good day

Good morning from sunny Malta where it is very hot.🥵

So sorry to hear you are feeling poorly Grandmabatty, it’s not easy taking care of the little ones when you are feeling rough. Hope you will feel better. 💐

grandMattie your flowers look so pretty. Wish I had your green fingers, although the weather here makes it quite difficult to grow anything. No rain to speak of and relentless sun. Cacti seem to be the only things I don’t kill!😄

Had a surprise visit from the boys yesterday when I was still lounging in bed. Littlest had woken up asking for me (I had put him to bed so he expected me to be there).

They spent a couple of happy hours destroying my house and playing in the yard. A bubble machine was a great hit!

I managed to shower and make myself presentable so when they left I went to Mass and then came home for my FaceTime call.

Afternoon watching the tennis which made me very happy! It seems it was Spain’s day for sport yesterday. Commiserations to the football fans, I confess I didn’t watch it.

Urms and her beloved H are never far from my thoughts as they navigate the difficult journey many of us have taken before.💐

Wishing you all the best day possible.☀️

Good morning everyone from Belfast
Yesterday morning was sunny and WARM had breakfast outside then about 11 AM it changed, jumper back on.
My poor cat still not well back to vets today.
I have washing to put out lol.
Have a good day everyone.

Good morning everyone from an autumnal Northampton; a light must cloaking everything, just like a September morning. Dry this morning but rain forecast this afternoon.

Yoga at 9.30, so will be out nice and early, taking it easy the rest of the day - it was a struggle to get out of bed this morning, I could have done with another couple of hours. Will probably just sit and read.

Cut the back grass yesterday afternoon, then gave the patio table and chairs a good clean. Also put weedkiller on the dratted patio weeds, which re-appear with annoying frequency.

DD was ecstatic after the Kylie concert on Saturday night - in her words - " I felt 6 years old again, roller-skating up and down our driveway in Australia, listening to Kylie's album on my Walkman on repeat! "

Have a lovely time in Helsinki, LLFL , it's a beautiful city; make sure you do the harbour boat trip!

Have a good day everyone.

Good morning from a dull hillside in south Glos, rain forecast for today 🙄
The dog and I had a lovely day together, a peaceful early walk, some pottering in the garden and her later walk with a friend.
I assume dh’s kayaking went ok despite SiL and BiL waiting for him in a completely different car park 🙄 He was somewhat monosyllabic 🤷🏼‍♀️
Today a wet dog walk I suspect! Never mind, the garden needs the rain. I have ironing to do and I can always find something to keep me busy!
Hugs to you who need one 🌹

Good morning from overcast South Lanarkshire. It feels slightly muggy which isn’t pleasant.

I hope you start to feel better soon Grandmabatty, childcare is challenging when we’re under par.

Pretty flowerbeds gM.

My strength and balance class is this morning, at the moment I don’t feel I have either so I really need to push myself.

DH and I are having afternoon tea at our local hotel, using up a voucher I’ve had for months. Yesterday while dog walking I discovered that house builders have removed some fencing which opens up a shortcut so we will walk round if the rain stays off.

Wishing everyone the best day possible.

Good morning, Michael and all GNs from a sunny, warm South Yorkshire. We look to have a better week of weather ahead so perhaps it will kick start some of my plants. Yesterday I had a surprise “brunch” visit from DD and the menfolk. The talk was all of the itinerary for their upcoming trip to Canada. GS does not understand the concept of pacing oneself and if left to him, his poor parents will be on their knees before the first week is out! I was dizzy with it all when they’d gone!
I have a small shopping trip to do this morning and then the rest of the day will be spent gardening and washing the car.
Have the best day you can, folks.

Good morning all from a brightish North Leicestershire- I seem to be posting the same thing every morning. I think we have rain in the forecast- yet again.

Today, DH is off to the gym first thing and this afternoon I have session 4 of our latest Carer Learning course.

Have the best day possible everyone.

I must have missed Urm's post, where can I find it please?

Good morning all from a sunny Glasgow, where is 12°C. I had a night similar to GG's night of beeping.
There was a constant beeping, like an alert from a device, going on for half the night.
I was wandering about trying to find the source, but he only things charging were DH's phone and tablet. 🤬
I just got back into bed, when the bathroom lit up. Once again I went to investigate. I didn't hear it, but assumed it was the police helicopter hovering overhead, ( I could see searchlights in the sky) DH, of course, never stirred.

We spent a very productive day in the garden yesterday. There is a very overgrown, old drover's track behind us and the trees and vegetation encroach on our garden. We could have filled the brown bin over and over, with little impact. It is a constant battle. I used to be able to cut the trees back, but am no longer able. Consequently, I have to keep nagging DH about it.

Today, I'm going out for coffee and a trawl round the posh charity shops with the Ebay queen. We haven't done it for so long, because I haven't been well enough, Note to self: I will not buy any more clothes.
This is part of my strategy to take a step back from my parish duties. Usually, parishioners and the P.P know they can find me at Mass on a Monday, they won't today! 😉

GMB, I hope you manage to get through today and prayers for the Urms.💐

Have a good day folks.

Urms posts in the Kitchen, Bluesapphire.

LLFL, DH often flew to Helsinki when he worked for a Finnish company.
I hope it is warmer, than when he went. He had to take three planes to get there from Glasgow and often got stranded in Stockholm, due to the weather.
He use to send photos of them cutting the ice to free the ships in the harbour. Brrrr!

Enjoy your trip, I believe they have very pleasant summers.!

Good morning from an overcast W Kent. Excitement here as DD1, DSIL and GS4 are arriving from Scotland today to stay for a week. Looking forward to seeing them, just hoping we can keep up with all the plans
Best wishes

Good morning from a bright & sunny Sefton. Must get up & get that washing on, out & dried. Yellow rain warning for this afternoon.
Singing this morning, hair appointment this afternoon. That'll do for today.
Have a good day all.

Morning from a cloudy S Hants, rain is due, safe journey llfl.
Flowers are lovely gMattie very colourful.
I hope you feel better soon gbatty a tricky day ahead.
Yesterday was a beautiful day at the start and later, cloudy in the middle, I sat outside for a while, tackling a crossword, good to hear the bees. Later was meat draw, I actually won, a kilo of good pork sausages, I’ll split them up to freeze later.
Football was disappointing, the best team won.
🦩🦩

Good morning everyone from Inverness where it’s grey and cloudy again but at least it’s dry - for now!
Sorry to hear you’re feeling unwell grandmabatty, I hope you get through today ok and can rest up this evening
Just a trip to the post office and a visit to Dunelm today, might fit in a coffee at the garden centre too
Have a great time in Helsinki llfl and everyone else on holiday just now
Thinking of everyone with worries and struggles, hope today is gentle and take care all whatever the day brings 💐

I’ve just been reminded that today is St. Swithin’s Day. If it rains today, the legend is that it’ll rain for another 40 days. As today has been promised to be vile…😢

Good morning all from sunny Suffolk. We left Essex yesterday early and we were here before 9 am. So easy when there’s hardly any traffic on the roads.

It’s lovely to be back and the weather isn’t too bad. 🤞. We did a bit of pottering in the garden -everything is looking colourful and thriving. Amazing as it just does its own thing and survives (mostly). We dozed in the warm sun for a while before the tennis singles. Wonderful match but felt sorry for Novak.

I didn’t watch the England match but had predicted the result. 😢.

Today Dh will go to the repair garage and hopefully our situpon mower will be returned to us this afternoon. We expected it to be in the shed when we arrived yesterday. It’s been fixed and paid for but ‘no mower’ 🙄.

LLF enjoy the holiday with your Dd.
Lovely flowers GM.

Enjoy the day as best you can 🌸