Good Morning Thursday May Day 1st May 2025

White rabbits 🐇🐇🐇
Good morning from a warm dry Bristol. I’ve been awake since 3 am. Not good.
Yesterday was busy. I had the morning prayers then FAB cafe. One of the AgeUk hosts gave me a large bunch of tulips as a late birthday present! There were 12 attendees as opposed to the 5 last week.
I rushed home for lunch, then went immediately off to the bank in town to pay in a $ cheque I had received. On my way bac, I stopped at the EEshop for my phone. Again. I swear the staff hides when they see me coming! 😂. One chap didn’t know how to fix it, the second did. I hope everything will be in order by tonight. 🤞🤞🤞

Bother I posted too early.
I’m off to London today for an exhibition at the courtauld institute. We are taking a coach, which was offering tickets at £4 each way. No brainer.
My neighbour and I have decided to have an outdoor tea for VE day on Monday for the residents. Hope it’s reasonably well attended.
Have a good day and don’t “melt” in the heat. Carpe diem 🦩🦩🦩🦩

Morning all from an already warm West Oxfordshire. I’m still in bed until 8 am. I’ll probably doze.

White rabbits 🐇 and a pinch and a punch..

We didn’t go to the Roman Villa yesterday, preferring a quiet day at home. We will go today. However, I did pick up my silver charm bracelet from the jeweller where I had three charms added. I haven’t worn it for years as it’s too heavy, but it’s beautiful to look at and has lots of memories.

Have a good day, whatever you’re doing.

Good May Day morning early birds 🫡 from north Wales coast where I had another surprise yesterday morning…Harry 🦔 has a friend! Not sure how to sex a hedgehog at a short distance but I’ve named her Mrs Tiggiwinkle obvs 😉

Are we all having lovely weather? I do hope so, I’m sure sunshine 🌞 and being outdoors is a tonic!

Another quiet day to be spent eating and reading in the garden - I’m on my 4th book this week and have a tidy pile ready for the charity shop!

Will pop along later and read about your bizzinesses - I only have bingo to look forward to this evening 🤞 for a win to top up our next Jollies trip, standing at £200 at the moment! Another full house should do it!

Good morning from Southampton where we have just docked as the sun rises.

We have been so blessed with fine weather for our cruise. Thank you for all the appreciative comments regarding the photos of Keukenhof. Being there saw my long held dream fulfilled!

Thoughts with those who have mountains to climb with their health and happy holidays to those who are travelling. 🦩💐🦩🥰🦩

Good morning from s somerset, another glorious sunny day today

I have moved all seedlings and moveable pots into the areas that the sun moves off at around 1 pm plus a stand has debris netting over to give some shade to plugs. Like it or not these plant babies need watering and shade or they will die

Very busy day yesterday, not manic, just a filled day. Wardrobe de cluttering was finished and I walked 4 times to a clothes bank, out and back before the sun was too strong

My bird net arrived and I went to the plot pm, to set up a protection cage as the strawberries are flowering, they are new so I drenched the soil as their roots are not yet deep. Naturally I walked around and weeded and watered seeds, the seed tapes are good, I can see where I put the seeds.

To and fro the water point with cans is hard word, my water butts are only half full and I am conserving that for later in the season, I think we will have a drought and ban this year and watering points will be turned off

Back home after two hours, which included a tip run. I was tired but it was too late for a nap. I did not eat well at tea time, I picked at food and ate one of my ice creams, absolutely scrummy and a nice amount, small and satisfying and I did not feel guilty

Today, a higher temperature again and I will be conserving energy, my mind wants to be out cycling early but my body needs a rest so I am resting today, just pottering and reading will do me

Have a good day

Good morning all.

We’re off to the urology clinic today to hopefully have catheter removed.🙏. I didn’t realise it would be such a long appointment- can take hours.

Take care all.🪴

Good morning Michael and all GNs from South Yorkshire where it’s going to be another hot one. I am supposed to be going walking this morning but am going to give it a miss because I was spectacularly unwell last night and feel washed out today. No idea what set that off. So a gentle day for me.
Have the best day you can folks.

Good morning Mick, morning all.

Yesterday was spent walking and picnicking in the grounds of Culzean Castle (you guessed correctly MD). I hadn’t been inside for a few years so DH stayed outside with the daft dug whilst I had a quick tour by myself.

I’m not sure what today will bring other than a change in the weather for us. The downside of living in Scotland.

Hope your DH’s appointment goes well Gingster.

Wishing everyone the best day possible.

Good morning from Cambridgeshire where it is another beautiful day. I have a hair cut and colour this afternoon and will visit the big M & S and Next on route. Otherwise a quiet morning pottering in my garden and enjoying this lovely weather.

Wishing everyone a good day

Good morning all from a warm and bright North Leicestershire.

Yesterday's Carer Learning Session was well attended and well received. Today, we have a memory cafe where my focus is on the Carers again.

We have local elections today and a Sainsbury's delivery. DH and DS1 are off to the football tonight.

Have the best day possible all.

Good morning from a sunny corner of S E Essex, the sky is the most glorious clear blue.

May already 🐇🐇🐇

I ache in places I didn’t know I had thanks to the gym!

I will change the bed first thing, then pop into M & S Food Hall. The 10yr old is here for a sleepover tonight, I think we will BBQ.

Have a good day 🙋‍♀️

Good morning everyone from south Manchester where we have another hot sunny day ahead. It’s gorgeous out already and Alexa tells me it’s 12°C now rising to 26°C. All I have to do today is walk through the park to the doctor’s surgery mid morning for a routine blood pressure check and bloods. I’ll get a takeaway coffee from the square as I set off.

Good morning from Malta where it is already warming up with a high of 27°C expected.

I was on my way to the boys’ sports day yesterday morning when DD3 called saying her DH had gone off with her car keys so I was near enough to go and pick them up.

Both boys very excited as, for some reason, they like going in my ‘blue car’. Littlest was waiting inside, he took it literally when his mum told him I was coming to ‘pick them up’ so I did just that and was rewarded with an ‘I luff you Nana’. Oh my heart. 🥲

It was very hot at sports day but the nursery has a lovely big garden and forest type area so there was plenty of shade. Lots of little ones cried when they saw so many spectators, but all were happy by the end of it and were rewarded with a medal and an ice cream.

It was a happy morning, there was coffee laid on and I got chatting to another grandmother who was absolutely lovely so I thoroughly enjoyed it, plus watching all the little ones.

Thank you for your kind comments on my nails. Shame about my gnarly old fingers.😄

Enjoy your trip to London grandMattie, and the Morris dancers Mick. I love them and was in my element years ago at Broadstairs Folk Week where there were Morris dancers as far as the eye could see!😃

Welcome back Ash, so glad you’ve had such a wonderful cruise and you’ve seen the beautiful gardens.

Hope all goes well for your DH at the hospital, Gingster and that he will feel better.

I’ve a long ‘to do’ list starting with cleaning the windows, then some ironing. Whatever else gets done will depend on whether or not there’s any tennis I want to watch.

It’s a Public Holiday here so I have a day off from childcare today.

Wishing you all a good day.☀️

We have no elections here in Trafford today.
Good luck at the urology clinic Gingster I hope all goes well for your husband. He will be shattered when you get home I expect.
karma if your allotment has an award for the best kept/most productive plot you’ll smash it I think! 🏆
I’d forgotten it was 1st May!
Anyone else think this year is just racing along?

Good morning all from a cloudy Glasgow, where it is 8°C.
No sign of a heatwave here and the ground looked wet, when I looked out.

Pants, I misread your post and I was shocked to read that your hedgehog was having s*x. I really have lost the plot. What is GN coming to?

A very busy day ahead. Babydoll is here today, so it will be an exhausting day.
Yesterday, I phoned the RA hospital helpline to say I was really struggling. Last night to my surprise, I received a text, informing me that that I have a telephone consultation at 9am!!!!
I also have a telephone consultation with my elusive GP this afternoon, after weeks of trying to speak to him. Hopefully the hospital can help, I have no expectations of my GP.😪
As well as that, I have a BHF uplift and the washing machine has packed up. 😭 DH spent ages trying to drain it and consequently flooded the utility room!
Did he use the old towels from the garage to mop up, of course he didn't. Brand new towels are there for that purpose! 😡
I left a voice mail for our usual engineer, I have known him since his father used to fix my mother's appliances. However, he sometimes takes a bit of prompting, because he is so busy. 🤞 he calls today.
On many occasions, he has popped in at the end of the day on his way home, to the next village. You never know, until the last minute.

Dozing after dinner last night, I thought I was hearing voices.
I could indeed, it was DIL and my beloved Dollie. Such as surprise, because she is always attending some club or other.
DIL had come to drop off my other DIL's gift, she is forty tomorrow.
Dollie and I had a lovely catch up in the garden, she sat on the swing, eating her favourite mint cornetto, bought in especially for her and regaling me with all the latest gossip from school and her latest crush.

Hoping that Bluesapphire and the poorlies are improving.
Kalu, I hope you are having a lovely time with your daughter.
There is something else I meant to mention, but haven't a clue what it is.

Wishing everyone a lovely day.

Good morning from a beautiful day on the Essex coast, wall to wall sunshine is expected today.
Our computer has decided to play up, I can't get into anything on the the task bar, very frustrating.
DH is due back late afternoon so I shall go out looking for some linen trousers this morning.
I hope all goes well for you today Gingster .
Have a lovely day everyone, best wishes to all xx

Good morning from another hot day in Shropshire.

We had perfect weather for our day in Llandudno yesterday.We enjoyed the show and had a long walk along the prom and to the end of the pier.

Today I have a drs appointment at 9 and a clinic appointment at 12.

Really hope the Gingsters and Marydoll get good results from their appointments🙏🏻

Wishing everyone the best day possible🌻🦩

Morning, going to be a warm one again, yesterday was potting on in the greenhouse early, it’ll be the same today and I’ll be watering the garden later this evening.
I have stretch class late morning, I’ll call into the butcher on the way back to pick up some bbq meat for my daughter.
Good luck today Gingster.
I hope brook is safely in Mexico and those enjoying holidays are having the best time
🦩🦩

Good morning all from Polmont where it's currently 8° and cloudy. It felt warmer when I stood at the back door surveying my kingdom 😂. Gingster I hope all goes well at the urology clinic today. Susan fingers crossed for your medical appointments. Marydoll I expect rain is heading my way if the ground is wet in the west. I hope you can get the washing machine fixed, as well as all your other phonecalls.
Yesterday I enjoyed my day. I was busy in the house and garden in the morning. I washed jackets and my dressing gown and they were dry by early afternoon. I did some weeding and watered the pots too. After lunch I headed to the school library. There was an unexpected class in the library who had left their classroom because a pupil was having a meltdown. The class were delightful and really sweet. Once home, I lay on my bed in the sunshine and read for a bit.
Today I will have a quick trip to Aldi for bread and milk. Then back into the garden to potter before going to the school library again this afternoon. Cottage pie for dinner. Have a good day all.

Good morning from sunny Suffolk where we’ll enjoy another very warm day.

As I opened my iPad and realised it was 1st May my mind took itself back to my primary school days when we used to take our dolls’s prams,the girls, and bikes,the boys to school decorated in brightly coloured crepe paper. We didn’t have a maypole as the playground was concrete but there was one in the vicarage garden next door as it was a CofE school.

I remember my distress one year when it rained whilst we were in school and my pram was in the playground and it rained and the crimson crepe paper ran and spoilt the pram cover my mother had beautifully made for me.

I’m off tomorrow with a dear friend for a coach trip for 4 days to the Black Country. We went last year with the same company to Eastbourne for 5 days and had such a great time. I hadn’t realised it was a bank holiday when we booked it but DH is as generous as ever re my social life. He will happily mooch around with the little dog at home and DS and family will pop in for a visit at some time over the weekend.

Hope all enjoy the sun especially those not feeling their best.

Re this fabulous weather, I overheard someone yesterday say to a friend “it’s like having a free holiday!”.
😁

Good morning.
Hooray, another sunny day in N. Bucks.
I picked up a day to ld loaf for nothing yesterday so will use that to make bread pudding and I have various small jobs to do.
Sewing club this afternoon and so me water colour painting to enjoy this evening.
JHope today is a good one for you all.

Good May Day morning all from the Scottish Borders. A wee bit cloudy for the U3A seaside walk today.
I slept very badly. Opposite of Mick I was still awake at 4.30am. I'll be a wreck.
Never mind. My new Helper will arrive just as I get home too. Luckily I've made a bed up for her.

Good luck at the bingo pantglas 😉
Have a fab time in London gMattie
what does FAB café stand for?

All the best to Gingster today.

The year is going far too quickly. I can't keep up.