Good Morning Sunday 28th July 2024

Good morning everyone from a very bright and sunny 🌞 Northampton. Taking it easy all day, no plans.

One of my lovely neighbours passed me at the bus stop yesterday and gave me a lift to the shops, which I was most grateful for. Got most things that I wanted and had coffee and a cheese toastie in M&S Cafe.
Was looking forward to sitting in the garden all afternoon, but by the time I got home the sun had disappeared and it became a dull cloudy afternoon. Caught up with the newspapers and then got a couple of scones out of the freezer which I enjoyed with raspberry jam.

Sausage butty for a late breakfast, then I hope to enjoy the sunshine outdoors, and will finish my library book. Have downloaded the new read for book club onto my Kindle, so may start that this afternoon. I need to spray the pesky weeds which keep appearing between the slabs under the pergola.

Pork chop for dinner tonight..

Have a lovely sunny 🌞 day everyone.

Good morning from a sunny NE. Forecast is for 21 degrees today, I may sit in the garden.
DS and GD2 came yesterday after they had been to the interior designer, GD is going to have a bedroom more suitable for a teenager with a desk and bookshelves.
Another younger cousin died yesterday, her mother in her late 90s now alone sadly.

GD played the piano after dinner, she enjoys playing Satie.
DS then played the banjo for about an hour.

Thoughts are with those recuperating.
Have a good day.

Good morning Mick and everyone from greyish, brightish Carlisle. No sun beating down here!
It was rather in the garden yesterday afternoon when I went out to plant my new alpines in the gravel garden. Finally there's a burst of insect life, there was a great buzzing of busy bees around me plundering the lavender and wild marjoram. I also did a lot of deadheading and lifted more of my pathetic potatoes.
I watched some of the Olympics, the women's cycling and swimming. I hadn't realised only the BBC was showing it and that in a limited way. I'm not paying for even more streaming services, I probably don't get my money's worth out of what I do subscribe to as I deliberately curtail my TV and other screen time.
Today, first a bit of exercise in the shape of a walk in the park, then back to the papers and the Olympics.

Have a lovely day everyone.

Good morning from Sefton. Summer has arrived. About time too. Will dedicate today to doing the washing I couldn't get done yesterday due to the inevitable rain. First lot is 'on'. A bit of garden tidying in between loads. Lots of lush growth last week when we were away.
Wishing you all a peaceful & gentle Sunday.

Good morning from South Lanarkshire, I have just read baubles’ post and thought ‘I wonder why she’s getting the Sunday papers on a Monday?’ I really feel quite shaken, that’s in spite of having gone to the Vigil Mass last night.
I am looking after my daughter’s dog while they are on holiday so my routine is different but that is the second time that’s happened recently.

Off for a dog walk to calm down!

Good Sunday everyone.

Good morning from sunny West Sussex by the sea. I am finding my recovery from infection very slow and frustrating and, more worryingly, my bladder felt irritated this morning and I am headachey (that doesn’t look like a word) and backachey (ditto). Moan moan - I will drink even more gallons of water and phone the doctor tomorrow if no better.

DD and smallest GCs came over Friday and did the park and the ice cream parlour. I managed to join them by driving and parking nearby while they walked. When we got back to the house I remembered I had a long cardboard carpet tube that I had been saving to create some sort of game with. I brought it out along with some tennis balls and a Santa dog ball! The girls had a happy hour rolling the balls down the tube at various angles. The 5 year old, who never stops for a minute, was kept occupied while the 9 year old decided to practice her juggling skills with two of the balls. Peace and cooperative play never lasts for long - they are very different 😂

Yesterday I spent most of the day on the sofa but did manage to sweep the downstairs floors and later drove to M&S for a chicken for today.

It is getting hotter - I was quite happy with the cooler weather as long as the sun shines. We will give the garden a good watering and then retire. I have a book to read for my bookclub.

I hope you get your tv sorted, Mick.

Marydoll, was it Valvona &Crolla you found? It’s a lovely shop. I haven’t been there for ages. Must go next time we are in Scotland.

Have the best day you can, GMers. Thinking of those missing due to illness or caring.

It was Litterpicker. An Aladdins cavd!
However, as we were travelling light, I was restricted, but refused to forego my jars of vongole.

We are on the Glasgow train, having made it by the skin of our teeth. No more trains for an hour, when they are useually every 15 mins.
However, its the next train, which will be problematic.

Good morning Mick and all from Sunnyside northwest coast.
Nice day yesterday meeting old friend/pianist and after lunch we went to see the Rockeby Venus by Velazquez on special loan from the National Gallery. We both get annoyed by the labels besides old paintings which infer meanings not meant by the artist or pc propaganda.

After a drink together we parted rather early, he was rather miserable and hasn’t been the same since his detached retina problems. Now his back is bothering him. I took home my abscessed tooth, now under control with painkillers.

My Dsister arrives from London tomorrow so I will cook a chicken in advance and fuss with her room, then a walk in the sand dunes.

Onward and upwards Mr.*Baubles*, home sweet home bellasnana and thoughts to all🌺

Grandmabatty I'm giving you a wave as we pass through Polmont.

Good morning everyone. And it seems as though the sun is shining all over the British Isles today - how glorious and unusual.
Glad you're safely home in Malta Bellasnana and that you had a lovely time in Naples. It must be lovely to be back with your little twins.
Still learning knowing which day it is cancelled be quite can exercise, can't it!
This latest strain of covid seems to be a lingerer litterpicker and it is so frustrating isn't it. I had one day when I felt so good - better than I've felt in years I think and quite young and spritely. It was wonderful! But it didn't last unfortunately. But I shall fondly remember what it felt like 😉. I hope you feel a lot better soon
I'm glad you enjoyed your safari to the east coast Marydoll but those trains! Their unpredictability is what keeps me in the local area.
Today I am off down to Broughty Ferry - by car of course 😉 - to take DGD3 and her boyfriend out for a late lunch to celebrate bf's 19th birthday. They're calling in to see our relatives before they (the relatives that is) return to LA next week and then coming on to meet me. I of course am just looking forward to seeing them - they're such a lovely young couple and he's a lovely young man. Definitely a 'keeper' 🤞. (As DD said, she's found the best first time!)
Anyway, off I must trot and get myself organised. Have a lovely time everyone, and enjoy summer at last x

Good morning from a sunny and warm East Midlands. An afternoon of sitting in the sun and reading a book. Hugs to you all.

Isn’t it lovely, Purplepixie? Though I can never read for long in the sun, it makes me too dozy 🙂. I am happy just watching the bees and butterflies landing on the flowers.