Good Morning Thursday 6th March 2025

I used to love listening to ‘Red Rose’ radio back in the day Blossoming whenever we took the girls (and sometimes my mum before she met my stepfather) when we went on holiday to Morecambe. It was “holiday time” when the car radio picked up the signal.

Glad your eye appointment went well yesterday. Feet up now to relax feeling somewhat reassured hopefully.

Good morning all from sunny Lancashire. It feels much warmer here, the temperature has actually hit double digits. Yesterday’s ophthalmology appointment went very well. The ophthalmologist said my vision is good, apart from the splotches on my retinas. She has recommended ongoing Botox every 6 months as they are being beneficial. It was a long day so will have a lazy day today.

Happy Thursday from the Red Rose county 🌹

Good morning from 11°C Sunnyside sand dunes, northwest coast.
Interesting lunchtime recital yesterday, a percussionist with a vibraphone playing Bach etc. Different.

Today I need to photocopy the communications from a firm who have offered to retrieve investments from late DHs estate for my solicitor, plus singing practice and house stuff.
I am now confirmed for my surgical removal of broken tooth and (quiet at the moment) abscess. I hope it doesn’t clash with the family holiday abroad.

I’m watching a very old cosy series called “The Cedar Tree” on YouTube from 1976 and really enjoying it.
Thoughts to all as always🌺

Good morning all from the Scottish Borders where it's sunny! I will sit outside and drink a coffee but with my coat on. We in Scotland need every drop of vitamin D.
Though Marydoll when I had my BCC removed from my nose, the dermatologist said I should wear a sunhat.
I grew up in NZ and assumed the skin cancer was because of that Sunny country.

Safe journey home Roses and enjoy your last days FGT .

I went to the gym yesterday for the first time in years as I have found a pal to go with. I am determined to go at least once a week. this was my Ash Wednesday penitence
Hoping for a good day for everyone.

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After a fairly busy yesterday today is empty but cleaning the inside of the windows is an ever present task made obvious by the sunshine - day five here and so welcome.

Glad Marydoll finally saw her own GP (which surely ought not to be such a rare treat) and hope the. new prescriptions work soon.

Good morning all. Sunny start to the day but chilly winds are still ongoing in Glasgow.

I feel like a rag doll this morning due to only four hours sleep. A chap,from the fencing company is due to arrive between 8.30/12.00 am! Roadworks chaos start on our road today, new gas pipes being laid and I was told only yesterday access to my property will be required at some point throughout day!! I have a 3.00pm appointment, fingers crossed I can a keep it! Prior knowledge would have been appreciated.

My best wishes to all for a good day.

Morning from a bright, dry Co Durham.
Bed stripped ready for our cleaner to remake it later.
Thank you for your birthday greetings yesterday. Spent a quiet day after the trauma of Tuesday’s nose bleed.
Md hope your medication works asap.
Safe travels to those on the move.
Don’t work too hard 😂😂 and enjoy your day.

Morning from Connel, my lovely time with my grandchildren is over for another while and I’m heading home this afternoon. 6ft tall gangly DGS turned as he was heading out the door and muttered ‘love you’, my heart is full!
DD and SIL enjoyed their skiing so all good.

After a drizzly day yesterday the sky has brightened up so hopefully a nice run home. Yesterday I made the effort to make it through the rain to mass and Ashes in Oban. On the bus back the bus driver smiled very kindly at me an when I got back into the house I saw that the aforesaid ashes had spread over a fair part of my face in the rain leaving me with a distinct baglady look. Oh well😊.

Safe journey home FGT’s and Llfl. I’m glad you have both enjoyed your trips.

Remembering all with sadness and worries and wishing a good day to all.

Good morning everyone from another bright and sunny 🌞 Northampton day. I think I will do some washing to test out my new whirly washing line!

DS arrived yesterday morning complete with bag of tools to dig the old spike out and install the new line; we began to think that DH had concreted the old spike in as it seemed immovable - but no, it was just a very long spike which had really bedded into the clay. New line is now installed, so shall try it out later. Thankfully DS offered to take the old line to the tip for me.

We also tried out asking Alexa to call a number in case of emergency - I had been worried that I might have an emergency at home away from any phone and not be able to call for help. Thankfully it worked: I just need to shout "Alexa, call DS or DD or even 999." I have three Alexas, kitchen, sitting room and bedroom, so should work from anywhere in the house.

Finished up the rest of the pancake batter yesterday afternoon (it made three more pancakes), then spent a couple of hours in the garden dealing with a.very untidy climbing hydrangea and pulling ivy off a wall. Managed to cut the ivy off at ground level, then removed more ivy which was in danger of strangling a flowering cherry tree. It was lovely in the sunshine 🌞🌞.

Some washing to do this morning to test out the new washing line, then a Waitrose delivery,.and may even have time to clean the bathrooms before then.

Sausage, mash and fried onions for dinner tonight.

Have a lovely day in the springlike weather everyone.

Morning, frost and sun in S Hants. Enjoy your last day FGT and safe travels llfl.
Library yesterday after the fog lifted and some greenhouse sorting, today stretch class first thing then I’m not sure.
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Good morning all from a very bright east coast of Fife, it feels cold and the heating has kicked in to 18 degrees . I’m having a rest day today, my chest is still a little wheezy and I was up several times through the night to the loo because I’ve been drinking lots of water.

Today I’ll have a poached egg on toast with fresh orange juice, I bought corn flakes yesterday as I’ve run out of breakfast cereal and I do enjoy cornflakes.
I hear the bin men coming around, lucky for me my kind neighbour puts my bins out and he even brings them back in.

Remember to smile today it might brighten someone’s day love to you all

Good morning all from a sunny Black country we had overnight frost NannyJan.
Playgroup was busy yesterday there were 3 dads there which is nice to see them getting involved. I think I will helping out for the next few weeks to cover holidays.
DH wants to go to the sawmills today he is doing some work on the garage and needs a few bits, while we are out will do some shopping at the nearby Asda.
Marydoll I hope the new prescriptions work and they dont cause you any other problems 🤞.
llfl safe travels home.
Fgt enjoy your last day.
Enjoy your day everyone whatever your plans, thoughts with missing posters and virtual hugs where needed ☀️.
Enjoy your day everyone whatever your plans

Good morning from a sunny NE.
I noticed there were lots of daffodils out when we went shopping yesterday.
We made dinner together, stuffed chicken breasts wrapped in bacon, we also had a very nice white wine.
Sister and BIL are visiting this afternoon, didn't see them last week as BIL was birdwatching.
Have a good day.

Good morning everyone from yet another sunny day in Wiltshire, the 6th in a row and very welcome it is too.

Yesterday, DH rebuilt, a bench as the wood had rotted which will be ideal for potting plants on.

Earlier in the week we were delighted to see the return of one of the 2 juvenile hedgehogs which had taken up residence in boxes we’d provided. One disappeared in late November never to be seen again and the last time we fed the second was at the end of December. We’d left dried food out on a weekly basis and on Sunday the food went and the next day after the camera was switched back on we saw it enter the feeding station eat all the food and water and dive back into the larger of the 2 boxes. It had been in hibernation but despite looking in the box which was completely filled with straw and leaves we’d missed it. 🦔

Today we might drive out to Malmesbury.

*Grandnabatty DD2 had a cabin bed in her early teens with the bed above. It was a nightmare changing her bedding I remember.

Hope you feel better asap Marydoll. It must be miserable having mouth ulcers and hope you have been prescribed something that works better for you. Hope everyone with illness and troubles feels better soon.

Have a good journey back to the UK llfl.

Great tale Grandmabatty! 😁

Marydoll so hope you find relief and pleased your GP is taking action!

Grandmabaty I am sure that did lighten the atmosphere in class

Good morning from South Lanarkshire. We have very welcome sunshine here, a tonic after the incessant rain of the last couple of days.

Marydoll I’m sorry to hear how you’re struggling just now. Hopefully the medication will work on your mouth.
Years ago I suffered badly from mouth ulcers. My remedy, passed on from my mother, was to put salt on them. The pain! I’m definitely not recommending this but it worked for me.

Yesterday we went to actual shops to buy birthday gifts for our eldest grandchild. It was quite nice to be in the shops rather than just buying online.

A longer dog walk today I think if it stays dry. Parish meeting this evening.

Have the best day possible everyone.

NannyJan I used to teach Death of a Salesman. I always asked for volunteers to read the parts when we read it in class. The main character is called Willy Loman. One class were not keen to take part and out of my mouth came, "Come on, I need a Willy "
That caused many giggles but I did get a volunteer.

Good morning everyone from Inverness where it’s grey and cloudy, still no sign of the sun up here
Safe journey home tomorrow Llfl and FGT
Well done in finding the transaction early RosesandLilac, a need to be vigilant these days
I’ve a volunteering session this afternoon but apart from that nothing else planned but I’ve lots to keep me busy
So pleased to hear that you eventually saw your own GP marydoll, enjoy your day with Babydoll today
Thinking of everyone with worries and struggles, hope today is gentle and take care all whatever the day brings 💐

Good morning Mick and everyone from sunny Carlisle, a pleasant change from grey yesterday.

It was an indoor day, seemingly mostly spent on very tedious admin. My house insurance is due for renewal and it has gone up....like everything else. I spent a lot of time trying to find something cheaper, it's all mind boggling so I haven't yet come to a decision but will today.
Meanwhile, the ironing beckons, a Tesco delivery is due at lunchtime and I want to get out in the garden this afternoon.

I hope there's a speedy improvement to your mouth Marydoll Best wishes!

And wishing everyone a pleasant day.

Good morning all. I have bluebell envy - ours are at least 6-8 weeks away! I read somewhere once about how long Spring takes to work it's way from Lands End to John o'Groats and keep meaning to Google it because It can't remember 😉
Trying to get myself moving a little bit earlier this morning as I have a birthday cake to set up for coffee break at tai chi - one of our members celebrates his 80th today. And after that, coincidentally, I'm going for lunch with two of our other instructors - because of our classes we rarely get a chance to see each other and it will be good to have a blether.
And that will be me finished for the day!
I hope you all enjoy your days today - and your 🪻- whatever you are doing. And safe travels home llfl.

Good morning all.

Bowls group this morning and then try to get help with accessing my e mails. 😤.

Safe travels home LLF and FGT.

Take care all🌱

Good morning Mick and all GN's on a cold but dry and windless morning here in North Yorkshire. The sun is beginning to come up and it certainly looks quite a promising day.

I am a bit less creaky this morning and have been able to hear my Bach before 7 , washed dressed and with coffee to hand, so a big improvement on yesterday. Good job too!

Got plans for the day, already altered last night, as I rather blagged a bookcase from a neighbour. She had put various things outside, with stuff from some decorating to obviously go to the tip ,and there was this simple, but quite large bookcase. So I was cheeky enough to ask her if she was throwing it out , could I please have it. She said she had put that out to go in her garage in case it was useful in the future but that it was most likely it would just sit there and so please have it. She managed to bring it into my hall for me, and there it has to sit at the moment until it can be put somewhere useful.

This morning I am at a meeting in the library, so need to do as much as possible before I go. Have first of all to find the big bag of birthday cards which has somehow gone awol, as it is a friends birthday, and need to find an appropriate one to go with a small gift, which I shall take with me to the meeting and then drop in on my way home. Need to be home pronto, as this pm have two ladies coming, who are going to do two things. They are going to do some cleaning but also really the important thing is that they are going to move things around for me, as part of the instructions from the hospital are that after the operation, I am not supposed to bend right down or lift heavy things etc. So things need rearranging for that and then of course they can now move the new bookcase to wherever it is going to go and I shall have the pleasure of filling it with books, which will also mean that things will look a bit tidier instead of overflowing piles and bags of books everywhere.

So with a bit of luck tonight things will be a bit more sorted and also tidier than usual. Hope the weather stays nice for tomorrow and the weekend, as want to do a bit of stocking up on shopping tomorrow and on saturday a friend may be coming down from Durham, with the hopes that we can get out , perhaps up to Swaledale, or to the coast or even just a trip to the local villages. I feel a bit desperate to get out of here at least once before next week, so fingers crossed.

How lovely Mick to see bluebells already, hope they are english ones. At the moment I have a blank which way it is but you can tell english from spanish as one sort has flowers all one way and the other has them both sides. They tell of ancient woodland too. Here near Masham there is a very old small bit of a woodland near a small country crossroads and it is magical at bluebell time, as the road is higher than the wood and you can just park alongside it and look out and down and there is a beautiful carpet of blue and green. I used to take some of my patients there , who were unable to get out and walk about and so they at least had the joy of seeing them from the car. So uplifting.
grandMattie Good news about your eye drops. Hope it continues and improves. Wish I could have joined your pancake party. First time for years the much travelled pancake pan has not been used, too shattered to bother after the hospital yesterday.
karmalady, well done for taking yet more things to the shed. I think after doing something special, which has taken an effort mentally, we need to sort of tread water, by just doing the ordinary day to day jobs to let ourselves settle into the new situation. Then over time another big plan will arrive, so hope you have a calming and easy day today.

In fact, I wish a good day for everyone, with positive outcomes, whether that is just having a rest or finally getting something sorted that has been hanging around. So far no sign of birds or squirrel on the tree today so it must be a day that everything thinks is a day of action! Enjoy your day

Good morning from another sunny day on the Essex coast.
I managed to finish all my admin yesterday and had a walk to the Post Office.
This morning we are off food shopping and filling up the car.
This afternoon DH is out with his friends and I shall catch up with some tv.
I hope you all have a lovely day, best wishes xx

Good morning Mick and All from a sunny South Bucks.

In recovery mode from having my second shingles jab yesterday, plus tricky blood tests as it is always difficult for nurses to get blood out of me. Will take it slowly and I have an excuse to start my new Elly Griffiths book ‘The Frozen People’ and just chill out.