Good Morning Wednesday 27th August 2025

Fgt. Hope you can have the best day you can. My thoughts are with you

Good morning everyone.
DDs 1 &2 called in last evening to sort out a few things re. next week. I am off to Devon with them .
Some housework to do this morning and a potter in the garden.
DH has gone off to golf and won’t be back until around 5 as he has to take his Mother for a blood test afterwards. I shall take a short walk and then put the finishing touches to a watercolour.
My best wishes to our poorly GNs and hope everyone can find a smile in their day.

Good morning from Cambridgeshire where the sun is out at the moment but rain expected this afternoon.

We had a lovely day with the little ones yesterday. They wanted to play monopoly the old original one, 3 hours later they were still loving it! Then it was lunch and they wanted to play chess. The 6 year old is getting good. I was getting tired! We went to the Cirqouise mid afternoon and it was very good we all enjoyed it. We were then able to sit in the garden with our bbq supper. That’s our child care wrapped up for this holiday it will be school pick ups starting next week. Both are anxious as senior school begins for the 11 year old and the 6 year old will no longer have his big sister at the same school. It is a very small village one.

Today I am meeting a good friend of many years for lunch and spend the afternoon catching up, maybe a little walk too if the rain holds off.

Hope everyone has the best day possible.

Sorry, welcome NannyAngel how rude of me.

Good morning from Cheshire where there are clouds over a blue sky. It looks like the day is doing its best to be sunny.
I need to do the white paintwork in my house so if it doesn’t get too warm today I will start the prep work, cleaning and sanding. I really dislike decorating, but not quite as much as I dislike paying decorators for things I am quite capable of doing for myself. The challenge will be keeping my cat away from the wet paint.
Wishing you all a good day.

Good morning everyone from a dull and breezy south coast. According to the forecast it’s supposed to rain this afternoon. I do hope so.
DD is coming for lunch today. We’re going to go through some boxes of photos and family memorabilia. It’s something I’ve been putting off since I moved here nearly four years ago. Where does the time go?
Hope everyone has the best possible day.

Good morning everyone from Inverness where we’ve another warm sunny day ahead before some rain in the forecast later
Welcome nannyangel 👋
I’ve an online volunteering session this morning and then I’m off out to the gym for a dance class. I’ll hopefully be home mid afternoon for a potter in the garden.
fgt 💐
Thinking of everyone with worries and struggles, hope today is gentle and take care all whatever the day brings 💐

Morning from a damp S Hants, we’ve had some rain, showers expected later.
Yesterday downstairs had a thorough clean through and I’ve just done the upstairs bathrooms.
Book club today, I haven’t finished the book though, found it rather hard going and life is too short.
I’m going to optimistically sow carrot seed today, nothing ventured.
FGT 🕯️ x
🦩🦩

NannyAngel welcome to Mick's place.

Morning all from West Oxfordshire. Weather? No idea!

OH spent yesterday afternoon extracting honey. He will do the rest today.

I will do some admin today before going to the hairdresser. My appointment isn’t until 5 pm. I am having my roots done and a trim. I’m still not quite ready to embrace the grey!

It is my book group tomorrow and I have read quite a lot over the last month. I will write up the reviews.

Did someone say it was FGT2’s birthday? If so, happy birthday 🌹

Have a good day everyone .

Good morning all from Polmont where it's currently 14° and sunny in parts. GrandMattie feeling lonely is rotten. I'm generally happy with my own company, but occasionally I feel very alone, so I can sympathise. FGT birthday greetings to you.
Yesterday the boys had a good day. Dgs2 is settling back well into nursery and his teacher is really pleased with him. Dgs1 played football in the rain and got absolutely soaked. His school shirt was stuffed into his bag. I pottered about the house while they were at school and hung another couple of paintings.i arranged delivery of my new rug for Friday too. My feet were really painful in the evening and during the night and I needed painkillers. Hopefully it's receded and today will be easier.
Today I have an early haircut which will coincide with rush hour traffic, so I'll leave a little earlier. Then I'm going to do a couple of hours in the school library. After that, I will hang some more paintings and generally potter. I need to get back into my very weedy garden and tidy it up. Have a good day all

oh bother!!! the rain has been moved forward. No cycling for me today

Grannygravy, I feel for you, it will be worth it

Good morning everyone from mid Essex. It’s sunny at the moment, showers forecast, fingers crossed we get some today! Yesterday there were a few spots of rain on one side of my garden, but nothing on the other side -very odd. Visited my friend with dementia yesterday afternoon, she was asleep most of the time but I had a pleasant chat with her DH.

A funeral to go to this afternoon, the middle aged son of some friends, who are in their eighties and have cared for their son for a number of years.

Welcome nannyangel.

grannygravy I hope your asthma isn’t too problematic today.

Thinking of all those with mountains to climb.
Have the best day possible everyone!

Good morning from a sunny W Kent
Welcome Nannyangel
A busy day yesterday with DGS3 who helped DH photograph cameras which he hopes to sell. I could hear lots of talk about the cameras, it was lovely to hear them chatting. DDIL came to collect GS and whilst chatting heard from her mum that she had Covid.
Today I have a friend I haven’t seen for a while popping by, we have known one another for years but lately she has become obsessed with the state of the country so not sure how things will go.
Best wishes and thinking of fgt and MD and all struggling along

Good morning from a warm sunny S E Essex, we have rain forecast.

The builders have covered the hall downstairs and upstairs with, the banisters are all enveloped in industrial polythene, and they have started in one of the bedrooms. Removed all of the plaster, it is so dusty. I was wheezing yesterday, something they are using is exasperating my asthma.

Thinking of our poorly morning friends 🌸

Welcome Nannyangel whereabouts in Turkey are you?

FGT2 😘

Good morning, I’m new to all this but want to get involved.
Living in Turkey the last 20 years or so.
Lost my darling husband a year ago suddenly no warning.
Became a nanna 6 and a half months ago, very precious grand daughter has been my salvation.
Love this group , what a great thing it it.
So hello to you all.
Intensely hot here so having a few friends over for lunch and social chat .

Morning Mick, morning All. Looks cloudy, our corner of Somerset is promised rain for much of the day. Still very warm.

A sleepless night here too grandmattie, frustrating isn’t it? The hairdresser was rather over enthusiastic yesterday, it will grow - if slowly! A long call from our goddaughter brought more concerning news of her Mum and unexpectedly filled a couple of hours. . We tried re-arranging the furniture in the conservatory and in the way of these things put it all back where it was. I’m still thinking though, there may yet be another attempt.

A bit uncertain about today as the friend I was due to meet has had an up and down health week. She’ll let mr know in about an hour if today is a good one, if so I’ll be off for most of the day, if not I’ll be under Mr C’s feet.

Have the best day you can everyone.

JamesandJon33

Good morning Mick, and everyone up so early this morning.
We are due lots of rain today and had several very short but heavy ones yesterday.
I must try and repot an ancient and extremely prickly cactus today as it is growing at a strange angle.

Good morning, all. The problem with cactus is that the root system doesn't support the upper part. I have a tall cactus on my kitchen windowsill which is growing horizontally and looks rather obscene. I'm going to cut it up and use it outside to hopefully deter slugs.

Ashcombe tickets have never been checked on trips to London. They were checked once on a trip to Buxton though about 3 years ago.

Good morning Mick and all GN's on a still , rather grey morning in North Yorkshire. Still to early to tell if it is going to be sunny or not, no sign of any sunshine yet. Quite a bit of birdsong though and several doves being the loudest.

I was meant to be carrying on with yesterdays work, but am going to do things backwards, in that am struggling to move about and bend etc., so am going to go this morning to visit a friend. I can always drive and actually feel more comfortable in the car than walking about when I am in pain.So swapping round and going there this morning, then coming back to carry on the sorting out of the dresser. I have rung the people and agreed to give them the dresser, but need to fix a date for them to come. That has to fit in with their schedule, but I need to be sure that not only have I emptied it all , but that all the things in the hall etc are cleared for the job of getting it out. Was quite proud of the amount of stuff that I sorted out yesterday, and got rid of as much paperwork and so forth as possible, but it is quite concentrated sort of work, and I am trying to put things away in the appropriate place, asit would be easy to just stuff things in bags, but that will be making more work for myself in the long run. Still annoyingly cannot find the key for the yellow peril, so cant take my washing to the line. No chance in carrying it down there myself, so I am just going to have to ignore that for now and perhaps come to it with fresh eyes when I get back. I only have the one key that came with the buggy, and although I tried as soon as I got it to get a spare key cut, they said that they couldnt do one and it woul have to be contactin the manufactuers so not got round to that.

Anyway will come back hopefully able to bend a bit more and then can do a bit of moving furniture and looking under things. Tonight I am going to play whist as usual, and we are getting more popular so need to go a bit earlier to be sure of a parking place not too far from the door. I have tried to keep moving round, but think tonight I shall have to stay at one table, because not only am I in too much pain to be getting up an d down each hand, but am so slow right now I would hold up the whole game getting up and down. There are two other people who stay at one table and we can sort it out but was trying not to join them yet. We;; the sky is clearing a bit but still very grey and still so dont think we are going to get a lot of sunshine this morning. It is market day, so I will go another way than the high street and it should be a pleasant drive there.

good to see you getting back to normal Mick, hope you get to see some friends.GrandMattie, Hope you can sort out your new sewing plan and enjoy using colours that you like this time. Sorry to hear you have been feeling lonely and hope that you get to chat to people you know and like at the cafe. You never know how things are going to go do you? You can spend two days alone at home in roughly the same physical situation, yet one day you are perfectly happy doing your own thing wtth no thoughts of being alone, yet the next daycan make you feel really alone and wish you had some company. Karmalady you have been very busy by the looks of things. So much to do gathering in harvests at this time of year, but very satisfying when you see all the things stacking up for the winter. Take it steady today. for everyone struggling with many and varied aches and pains hope they all feel a bit better as the day goes on.

Wishing you all a productive and peaceful day

Good morning from a fine Torbay following overnight rain.

My own bed is so welcome after sleeping in two different ones whilst away! It must depend on the particular rail company, NannyJan53 as my rail pass is always checked. Yesterday, I was with Avanti (Crewe to Stafford) then Cross Country (Stafford to Torquay ) and all tickets were checked throughout. I was relieved that my Cross Country train was running despite strikes by some of their staff on Saturday and Monday.

This was my first solo trip by train for two and a half years and it has reassured me that I can manage, with the support of Passenger Assistance. This worked perfectly at every stage and I met some interesting members of staff as a result! Thoroughly recommend this service for anyone who struggles; I find lifting my case on and off the train a problem, especially where the gap is big.

Thinking of those facing difficulties of any kind and hope today brings some light into your lives. 🦩🥰🦩💐🦩

Good morning from south Glos, a dull start to the day here with rain and thunderstorms forecast from late morning, we’ll see…… living on a hillside the weather frequently splits and goes around us but heaven knows we need it.
I got stung by a wasp on my leg yesterday, the first one for probably 30 years! I was so surprised 😮
I have to go into town today as my phone camera has failed, exasperating. I haven’t been in for probably 4 months, I rarely go anywhere further than the village nowadays.
I will do a bit of shopping while I’m there, I need some fresh vegetables and salad bits.
I will do some painting later, I have signed up to a free 10 day online class, it’s largely abstract which I’ve never done before so let’s see how it goes!
Sending best wishes and thinking of those who are struggling 🌹

Good morning everyone.

Special thoughtful wishes to you today fgt on your birthday💐xx

Good morning all. A mixture of sun and rain for Glasgow today. Shorter days are more noticeable with the need to put lamps on earlier.

Phone calls and some housework this morning and a shopping trip with my cousin this afternoon, mainly M&S, both of us looking for jeans and some food shopping, of course, an obligatory coffee at some point. Perfectly timed to do so as heavy rain is due in the afternoon, we will park in the covered car park.

Best wishes to all for a good day and a better one with thoughts for those with illness and worrying times.

Good morning from Malta where a sunny day is dawning with a high of 37°C expected.

I got up at 6am to make tea and feed little dog Bertie. He is such good company I shall miss him when he goes back to DC.

The boys were absolute angels yesterday. I took them up to the little local play park early whilst it was still cool enough. We were the only ones there but were joined later by two or three other little ones.

DGS2 loves babies and takes it upon himself to follow them around offering advice. ‘Don’t touch the floor, it’s dirty!’ Etc.

After I’d taken them to nursery in the afternoon I came home and went to bed for an hour having been up half the night watching tennis!

They will be dropped off by son in law soon so I must get in the shower.

grandMattie I’m sorry you aren’t sleeping well. I go through phases of insomnia from time to time and it is draining. Also sorry you’ve felt lonely. Sometimes we can be surrounded by people and feel like that. Sending a big hug.🤗

Wishing a good day to all.☀️