Good Morning Monday 14th April 2025

grandMattie

I love nasturtiums, jax, but in Kent they barely poked their heads out that caterpillars stripped them. I must try to plant some out here.

We eat the leaves and the flowers, do any of you?

Some years ago, whilst staying with friends in Ottawa, we went for a meal in Gatineau in neighbouring Quebec where we were served nasturtium flowers as part of a salad.

Thankyou, GM - I have to get them there first!😁

Greyduster

I have a dozen nasturtiums in peat pots and they are just beginning to show above the soil. I grow them most years but have never tried eating them😁!

The young leaves are delicious in salads, very peppery. The flowers also eaten raw. The berries can be pickled and used instead of capers!

Such a great start to your holiday Blue! By my reckoning you’ll be on your way over to the salon now. What a good idea getting your nails done professionally at the start of your holiday - you are obviously a Seasoned Cruiser!

Sure we all look forward to hearing more. 👋 to you too glamma!

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Ok, FGT2, here is a picture of my champagne breakfast. I also had a bowl of fruit, so at least some of it was healthy! and last night's Margarita.....

Bit late to say good morning! ‘Good day’ will cover it. Hope you get your phone set up, Mick. When I was with EE, the local branch was very helpful and sorted me out when I bought a secondhand phone from another local shop and got a Sim only deal from them.

We are back down south in West Sussex having had a lovely Scottish break and enjoyed catching up with DD2 and family. The DGS twin boys have their ‘big’ exams after Easter so there were a few reluctant revision sessions while we were there. Chemistry seems to be the bugbear for one boy. He clashes with his dad over his habit of disappearing back to his computer games before much, if any, studying is done. Son-in-law blocks his internet access but DGS is clever enough to tweak the system himself, to get back in. As SiL works from home most days, this does not go down well.

We came back from Scotland via Scarborough and Cambridge. I thought of you, Madeleine as we crossed the North Yorkshire moors . It, and the Yorkshire Dales, are so beautiful and it was perfect weather. The weather stayed warm and sunny for our friends’ anniversary party. It was a joyful and fun afternoon.

I have skimmed through the posts and am thinking particularly of Gingster & Mr G, Sallyforth and Grandmabatty.

I am off out into the garden now to sow some seeds and talk to the plants that have survived without me for the past 3 weeks (a quick look yesterday showed pots in the cold frame had survived the lack of watering).

I have a dozen nasturtiums in peat pots and they are just beginning to show above the soil. I grow them most years but have never tried eating them😁!

A very late good morning to you all. I had a poor night's sleep - I didn't drop off until somewhere around 3am. So when I woke at 6.45 (lovely sunny morning then!) I decided to see if I could get back to sleep. The next thing I knew it was 9.15. Shocking, I know! But I feel better for it.
Grandmattie you have my sympathy!
Obviously I haven't read the 51 posts ahead of me, so can't comment - although I do remember that a couple of you are off on cruises today, so have a lovely time.
My day will be at it's mundane best after a lovely weekend of sun and laziness - although please note that I not only got the washing dry yesterday but ironed it as well!! Today my little friend Robbie the robovac has already cleaned the kitchen and garden room floors ready for me to wash them so I'm way down my To Do List without doing anything 😉. After that I have a couple of letters I must write and post - and if I actually get that done I shall truly wear a halo 😇
Have a good day everyone x

Good morning everyone from a partially cloudy day in the northern Bay of Biscay (I think!). We are rocking and rolling a bit, but not unpleasant.

Held up by traffic a bit on the way down, but lunch was still being served!
A pleasant cabin, left the unpacking to this morning, and all is safely stowed away now.

Was sitting at the bar after dinner last night, when glammagran and her DH made herself known to me - she recognised me from that little bit of tv programme I was on!
We spent a pleasant couple of hours chatting over drinks and will no doubt meet again somewhere on board.

My plans for today? - a hot stone massage is booked for 11am, and at 2pm I go for a manicure and pedicure, something I always do on the first sea day.
Then just spend the rest of the day relaxing, probably reading.

Wishing all, at sea or ashore, a pleasant day.

Good morning all.
JaxJ I just love the colour of those nasturtiums, crime scene, how very descriptive.
I would just see blood every time I looked at them !!

Good morning from Sandhills northwest coast.
A quiet day yesterday doing housework, a little decluttering and making Easter cards. Couldn’t figure out why my printer wasn’t working, but eventually found a piece of paper stuck at the back…
Sat in the garden for a while but it became too chilly.

Off soon for my covid jab. Hope I feel ok afterwards as often have a mild reaction, sleepy and an odd feeling. I’m on the desk at the music club tomorrow,so fingers crossed.

Thoughts to Gingster Blossoming and to our merry cruisers.🌺

I keep popping back to look for cruise photos! They’re either enjoying a cooked breakfast/still unpacking or at a ‘welcome’ group info thingy I imagine. 😁

Good morning all.
A lovely bright sunny one it is, too. A bit cooler, but pleasant.
Wishing you all a good day.

Good Morning from a pleasant Co Armagh , the promised rain hasn’t arrived !
Off to search for compost today , some seedlings have failed others have thrived
I never say no to a visit to a plant nursery 😊
Enjoy the day , it’s bright and no wind

I love nasturtiums, jax, but in Kent they barely poked their heads out that caterpillars stripped them. I must try to plant some out here.

We eat the leaves and the flowers, do any of you?

Morning from S Hants, sun disappearing behind clouds, we had some lovely rain yesterday, I just avoided it whilst at a garden centre.
A late night for us yesterday waiting for Rory McIlroy to wrap up the Masters golf, gone midnight before we slept.
Phones today, quiz tonight, my daughter will come, it helps having a youngster.
Taichinan I wish I lived near you, that beach scene looked so calming.
Safe travels for the wanderers today, I have some seeds to sow at some point this week 🤞
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Good morning from a sunny NE.
Yesterday SIL visited and brought a bulb for my fridge, at last I can see to the back of the shelves.
He sat with me while I did some financial transactions online, always good to have another pair of eyes.
We cooked dinner together, pork medallions with roast Mediterranean vegetables, carrots, green beans and mashed potato.
Nothing planned for today.
Happy holidays to those travelling.

Sallyforth, I know what you mean. We once had freshly caught calamari in a fisherman's café in Cambrils. I had never tasted seafood like that, it was amazing.
Make the best of your rest.

Good morning from a sunny Suffolk after a heavy unexpected and unpredicted rain shower early yesterday evening. The drive along the outside of the house is covered with what look like small lumps of moss which is on the pantiles on the north facing roof. Perhaps the rooks have been taking the moss to line the nests they are so busily making/ repairing. If so they are very welcome to it.

A late start for me today and DH is still in bed. I’m about to make a 2nd cuppa and then read nearly 40 posts. A daily treat to start the day.

I have a few pansies to pot up and primulas which I plan to do today and then think of tackling the ironing pile but that,as usual,can probably wait. It hasn’t toppled over yet.

Hope today is a good one for all or the best possible for those with seeming mountains to scale.

Good morning from a cloudy and damp Glasgow, where it is 11°C.

Wishing the cruisers a safe journey and GM an enjoyable day.
Gingster, I am thinking of you and your DH, a difficult time for you both.💐
Grandmabatty I hope you are coping with everything.

Today, I hope to catch up on some of the tasks, I couldn't manage last week, but I'm still feeling pretty ropey. This seems to be my new normal and I have accepted this is the way it will be.
Also, I must finalise the parish rotas for Holy Week. It requires the patience of a saint and the services of the Vatican Diplomatic Service, to soothe egos of a minority of parishioners. 😔

To make matters worse, we ran out of palms yesterday and we
still had two Masses to go. (We have four at the weekend). We were overrun in the sacristy by angry, palm lacking parishioners. This deficit was due to our unexpected, swelling congregation.
Of course, I was the recipient of the complaints, since our young sacristan finds it difficult to interact socially.
I had anticipated this and was wearing my soothing and apologetic face. while biting my still painful tongue. 😉
A trip to our sister church in the next village for supplies saved the day. I can be very resourceful, in a crisis. 😉

Wishing you all a pleasant day and virtual hugs for those, who are struggling.

Baubles if possible a photo of the flowers in the tubs would be nice.

Good morning Mick and all GN's on a bright dry but cold morning in North Yorkshire.

Another frustratingly slow morning, struggling to get moving and so flipping slow I am sure I saw a tortoise racing past!! I had intended to do some jobs and rather ambitiously thought I might manage to dig an annoying clump of grass out of the border this morning. Well that is going to have to wait. I actually do need to get my prescription put in, as I suddenly realized that with easter there might be some delays, and also need to get the car filled up. So when I can get myself sorted plan to go in the car, and combine a bit of pleasure with jobs. Shall drop off prescription and then drive down to Thirsk where the Tesco has a garage. They are very good there and know me well. On a day like today, cant stand for a long time filling car, so I drive to pump, hold up my blue badge and give a little beep. Then someone will see me and come out to fill the car for me. I leave them to do that and it takes me so long to walk to the shop and pay they are often back as soon as I get there. My exercise for the morning! But I can get one or two essential things like milk there too .

So they get the business and I also check the receipts, as I am going to the same garage, I occasionally look and see what the mpg is etc and if it suddenly drops it can be a sign of a problem that needs checking. After this mammoth effort I shall treat myself to a coffee in Cafe Nero and see some of the regular dog walkers who meet there. Havent seen Scotty dog owner lately, and hope that he is ok, and I have just missed him. What an hectic morning - I bet you all wish yours was so exciting!!

Well hopefully with painkillers and effort I shall improve over the day. They say we shall have rain, so perhaps this afternoon I might feel up to doing a bit. There are plenty of things that need some attention, but at the moment I am not in the mood to do much. Yesterday my halo was shining as I read through a long insurance document, taking breaks at times. I know they have to cover all eventualities but am sure they bury important points in a lot of waffle so that it is difficult to see. Perhaps we should have a new law that says they have to highlight in bright yellow or pink the salient point of the paragraph such as if you do this or that you wont get paid. But the more pages there are the more I suspect them of hiding stuff. Oh how negative we have to become these days. I used to answer the phone with my name or number and in a pleasant voice. Now I just start with Hallo in rather a brusque tone. Mistrust anything purporting to offer something free and definitely look a gift horse in the mouth!!

Hope your trip is successful Mick and you get the phone sorted out with no hassle.
grandMattie Have a good time out with family and hope you get more sleep tonight.
Ladylfl congratulations to your husband on a great honey sale and hope you had a coffee from the proceeds.

Hope everyone has a good day, doing much or little.

Three burly builders are now at work on the roof - just hoping the promised showers will hold off until they have finished. Will be glad to have the job completed before the weather breaks and normal service is resumed.

Other than that and the gardener later, a domestic day beckons. After what feels like an early start for me I may need a snooze later.

Good morning from South Lanarkshire. Normal service has resumed with regard to the weather. It’s a Marti Pellow day as they say in Glasgow.

Our Palm Sunday service was lovely, started off in the church garden and carried on inside. I do like our current priest and really hope he gets to stay as he has been filling in for the best part of a year now.

From there I went to help stick our crochet flowers on to fallen branches which had been collected after the recent storm. We will put them into empty flower tubs in the town later this week.

I’ve got a charity shop shift today, changed my day to cover someone who is on holiday.

Sending best wishes to all those feeling unwell or generally under par today.

Good morning. As Maw says it is bright and sunny here in N. Bucks at the moment.

Lots of jobs to do this morning , friends are arriving after lunch . Tomorrow we are off to the Isle of Man.
Wishing all a good day.