Good Morning Tuesday 24th June 2025

Good morning from a grey Bristol.
We are promised rain today but I’m not holding my breath. I’ve got washing to dry, so it’s a bit hit and miss for line drying…
I was amused at the number of people I recognised and greeted yesterday. Considering I’ve only been here such a short while, it shows how friendly the locals are.
A quiet day today; just a committee meeting of the “United OAP charities this afternoon, to finalise the details of the fete in the middle of next month, to be held in the church. I’ve taken charge of the catering.
Enjoy your day.
Carpe diem 🦩🦩🦩🦩

Good morning from Malta where another sunny day is dawning with temperature reaching high 30’s.

The boys were no trouble yesterday. DD2 FaceTimed from Florida on her way to work and the boys were so sweet chatting to her.

I went to do my nails in the afternoon and am happy with them. Picture in case you’re interested, try not to look at my wrinkly old fingers!😂

This morning I’ll. ring the boys to mine for a paddling pool session. We can only sit out between about 9 and 10.30 as it gets too hot after that.

They’ll be happy playing though and we’ve lots of books to read.

Spoke to my nephew last night and the funeral of my BiL isn’t until 21st July so plenty of time to get myself organised.

Must book dog into kennels today and get his vaccinations up to date.

Wishing you all a good day.☀️

I forgot.
I’m very annoyed with the top management of the housing. They have sent us a letter giving us one weeks’ notice to say that the resident manager is retiring on Monday. She is not being replaced, her house is to be sold!
We have about 4 people taking charge of us on a daily basis, none of whom we have met. The office is in the manager’s house, so where will the stand in managers be based, goodness knows!

Lovely nails, Bella. I am very envious as I have ghastly hands and even worse nails.

Good morning, it’s a cloudy by dry start here in south Glos, fervently hoping for some rain 🌧️, the garden is a dust bowl.
I spent an hour gardening yesterday morning and I will do more when I get back from the hairdresser.
We had a lovely early walk yesterday, saw 7 deer (some at very close quarters). One of the fields has been sown with a wonderful mixture of plants; there are beautiful poppies, milk thistle with deep purple flowers, sunflowers growing strongly, corn cockle, spurge and many others. It’s going to look amazing in a few weeks!
I’ll walk tiddler this morning, bigger dog has her dog walker, we’ll head off around the lanes and bridleway I think.
Have a lovely day 🌹

Good morning from Cornwall where it's drizzling. Lovely! Am delighted that I've discovered a professional pattern cutter in my town, who does 1-to-1 sessions and is happy to take on my unconventional ideas for garment making. Am excited to explore my next Boro jacket project with her.

My knitting group meets this afternoon - 10 of us, all with allotments, lots of energy and chat. Plus coffee and cake of course!

Good morning, Michael and all GNs from a cool overcast South Yorkshire. I think we are in for a damp day. It was touch and go with the rain yesterday and it was very breezy but I managed to get laundry dry. In the afternoon, I took a drive over to a garden centre in the hope of getting some trailing geraniums but instead, came back with a pair of new shoes. The garden centre has a shopping mall attached to it - none of them are just garden centres anymore.
I have a volunteer session at school today which I hope to walk to, weather permitting.
Have the best day you can folks.

Good morning from a cloudy and breezy Torbay.

Unfortunately, we had a horrendous journey home yesterday. Having vacated the hotel in Crewe at 7.30 am we didn’t arrive home until 4.00 pm! We should have been in Torquay by 1.00 pm but two fatalities on the railway, one at Wolverhampton, one at Highbridge led to delays and diversions. Inconvenient for staff and passengers but worse for the train drivers who can be so traumatised that they have to give up their occupation completely.

At one point we were on Temple Meads station for an hour where I thought of you, grandMattie. What a shock regarding your manager! Will the management fees be reduced if the on site help is now part time?!

Today, I shall go to Props this morning then I have an eye appointment at the hospital this afternoon regarding my glaucoma.

Beautiful nails, Bellasnana!

Have a good day, everyone! 🦩💐🦩🥰🦩

Good morning from the Essex coast. We've had rain during the night but another warm day is forecast.
DH has a very early hospital appointment, 08.30, so we have to leave in an hours time. I will drop him off and return for him later.
Club admin to keep me busy and a letter to finish to our local council. I wonder if I will get a productive reply.
I feel for you GM, managers and management companies are so hard to work with and they take your money for the privilege.
We decided to do it ourselves 6 years ago and it works beautifully, well most of the time.
Have a good day everyone, best wishes to all xx

Good morning from a grey W Kent. This morning DGD2 is going to collect me and we are going out shopping and a light lunch. Hope I’m up to the walking, she is nearly 6ft and strides out.
gM can they legally get rid of your Manager surely that was part of the deal?
Best wishes

Good morning everyone from mid Essex, it’s cloudy this morning and we’ve just had a light shower. It feels cool but a warm sunny day is forecast for later. Yesterday I went for my usual walk but didn’t see any of my usual dog walking friends. It was windy and cool and no one was sitting around chatting! I pottered around all day, planted some fuchsias in tubs, I had intended to put them in the garden, but the ground is too hard to dig holes in. Also did some ironing, all boring stuff, but necessary.
ashcombe, a marathon journey yesterday, and very tiring no doubt. grandmattie the imminent retirement of the building manager must have been an unwelcome shock.
mizuna your knitting group sounds fun, especially the coffee and cake!
Have the best day possible everyone, thoughts as ever with those who are struggling.

Good morning from a grey but dry NE.
I am hoping the wind will decrease today, it has been so blustery.
Nothing planned for today, probably just some tidying round.
Window cleaner is coming, good timing as the seagulls have splattered the lounge window.
Have a good day.

Good morning everyone from Inverness where it’s cloudy with rain forecast for later
Hoping all hospital appointments go well today
I’m off to the gym for aerobics and then line dancing today, there’s time in between the two classes for coffee with a few of the ladies. I’ll then enjoy my walk back into town by the river before getting the bus home
Lovely nails Bellas
Thinking of everyone with worries and struggles, hope today is gentle and take care all whatever the day brings 💐

What a shocking journey, Ash. I bet uou're glad tobe home safe and sound.
Re. Management fees - you must be joking! They've gone up by over 10% from this April; Anchor won't let go of all that money so easily, methinks.

The manager is retiring; she has been intending to for absolutely ages, before I moved here 2 years ago, so it's not a shock, the shock was the very, very short notice...

Good morning all from Polmont where it's currently 14° and wet. GrandMattie that is a shame. That manager was in your corner, wasn't she/he? Ash that's quite a journey! As you say, worse for the train driver.
Yesterday was another non event. I was sitting on the couch reading when I heard hammering outside. My lovely, very elderly neighbour was fixing one of my fence posts which his wife had noticed last week was loose. I have such considerate neighbours. Later DD let me know about dgs2's trip. He had a whale of a time but his lunch box, which he had carefully filled and was looking forward to, disappeared! It was probably dds fault as she hadn't put his name on it, but he was very disappointed. Some other child has been given it.
Today I'm still housebound but will try to fill my day somehow. I might go out around the block for a walk as my muscles need the exercise. Have a good day all.

Good morning Mick and everyone from rainy, dark Carlisle.
I've had enough of rain! Pity I can't waft some south for those of you who need it.
I did manage to get out in the garden yesterday afternoon, one plant in and quite a bit of dead-heading and cutting back. Growth has exploded this year, I'm left scratching my head over one plant whose proposed spot is being gradually crowded out. Today doesn't look like the day I can sort it out.....or go for walk or a possible drive out into the country.
I think I'll be forced to stop procrastinating and get on with some boring but necessary maintenance and cleaning.

I started yesterday morning by giving my halo a good polish and giving my cooker hood a good spring clean. I investigated my charcoal filters. The manual said to change every four months...it's been 4 years... I still have the originals. I ordered replacements and boggled at the price. I bet no one on this development spends that amount of money on 4 monthly replacements!
A nice end to the day, peas were finally ready for picking a few pods so I enjoyed them for dinner. They are doing splendidly this year. The slugs seem to not like peas but have ravaged my runner and french beans for the third year running.

grandMattie, sadly that seems to be the trend...live in managers disappearing to be replaced by day staff and certainly no reduction in fees! It's not good.

Morning all from West Oxfordshire.

OH is going for a hair cut while I’m spending the afternoon with friends. The husband of one is in hospital and sadly will probably never leave.

Tonight is our final pottery class! We have made 9 or 10 pieces each which will have been fired. So tonight we will glaze everything. They will be fired again and we’ll pick everything up in a couple of weeks. Where we will put anything that’s worthy of display, who knows!

Have a good day.

Good morning everyone from an overcast and damp Northampton, but should clear up a bit later.

Did very little yesterday after yoga, two loads of washing which dried on the line very quickly and then I read for the afternoon and now have only the final chapter of my book - 'Olive, Again' by Elizabeth Strout - to read. It is the second collection of stories set in the USA about life in a little New England seaside town, mainly based around the character of Olive, a retired teacher, now mainly regarded as an old battleaxe or 'baggage ' as she is known by other residents. A gentle but often shocking and thought-provoking book.

A morning to catch up on a few things (such as hoovering upstairs and the staircase), and then out to my health walk this afternoon after an early lunch.

Wishing all a pleasant day.

Good morning all and we have a little rain here at the Suffolk seaside. The forecast says it will clear up and be warm and sunny later.

Yesterday was pleasant but very blustery. Our neighbours heavy parasol blew into our garden and she came bustling round, full of apologies , bless her, worried that it had hit one of us. The three of us soon has it sorted and taken back , rolled up, back to her garden.

This morning we have the chimney sweep coming and hopefully he’ll find a blockage and clear it. The last time we used it, our neighbour (same lady) knocked to say, smoke was coming into her cottage. (Again full of apologies from her). 😢.
We’re hoping we don’t need a new liner. 🤞.

It’s our DGD 3’s birthday today. Sweet sixteen. ! Just finished GCSE’s, Prom in a couple of weeks and then off to Malta with the family and summer parties with friends abounding. Living her best life! 💃🏻
Oh to be 16 again! 🥳.
I left school on my 16th birthday and started work the following Monday in London. No long summer festivities in those days. I met my Dh 2 weeks later.

Sorry to hear about your long journey home Ash . These fatalities are becoming more frequent! 🙏.
Matty that Management Company really sound ‘the pits’ !
They take your money but have no care!

Lovely to see you back Mizuna, I’ve really missed your interesting posts and hearing about your life on the Cornish coast, in your nest. You conjure up such a carefree life.

I hope you have the best day possible. 🌼

Good morning from wet s somerset, certainly cooler here

GM I am shocked, professional money-grubbing management companies should be better regulated. They are squeezing the pips out of vulnerable people, for their own profit

My organic delivery has just arrived and I have items to put away. Not sure about anything else today, possibly cycling to my allotment later

Have a good day

Good Morning from an overcast, windy Durham.
Coffee with a friend this morning and I’ll get a bag of ericaceous compost to replant a rhododendron in a bigger tub.
Must do some admin and a few jobs this afternoon. My de-cluttering seems to have reached a hiatus!

Best wishes to all. X

Good morning all from a cloudy Glasgow, where is 13°C.

Another quiet day yesterday. I'm finding that I have to do everything in short stages, then rest.
However, after a 💡moment and the help of Google, I eventually nanaged to retrieve all my missing Diocesan email files and distribution lists from the ether, using my old tablet. It took some time, but I felt very pleased with myself, when I realised that I am not an old fool after all.
#smug geek.😉
The icing on the cake was that at last, I have been able to add my Diocesan email account to my new phone. I have been unsuccessfully trying for the last six months.
It just makes life easier for me.
On reading this back, I have realised, what a sad life I lead, if that is what excites me.🤣

Today, I shall drive DH to Paisley, to get his Covid booster. NHS Inform have taken over an empty unit in the shopping centre.
There is no rhyme nor reason for where we go. I had to go to Glasgow, DH Paisley and my liver transplant friend to Greenock!
What if you can't drive? It would mean a bus, then a train.
I have no plans, nor inclination to shop in the few establishments remaining. Resting is the plan. I must be unwell, if I don't want to shop! 😉

GM, I am puzzled by all this management business. It is as if you don't really own your home and are restricted in what you can do or not do. It would put me off buying.
As for the leasehold scenario, thank goodness, we don't have that in Scotland.

Bella, I always envy your nails. I may attempt to paint my toenails, just trying to work out how to reach them.🤣.
We received a message last night from Dollie, who is on holiday in Malta. We had great fun, pretending that she was an imposter and had to prove, who she was.
She was obviously having a great time.
DS seems to be revisiting all the holiday destinations of his childhood. Malta was a firm favourite.

I wish you all a pleasant day, folks and special thoughts for all, who are struggling.💐

Good morning from a very cloudy midlands.
Sciatica has been really bad lately. Mental health not too great either.
I’ve knitted another sweater for charity.
Hugs to all suffering. 🤗