Good Morning Thursday 6th November 2025

Good Morning from Durham, where the mild weather continues. Plenty of jobs to tackle, but after last weekend’s difficulties, I have a distinct lack of motivation. This back problem really isn’t helping things.

Best wishes to all. X

Good morning from the west midlands.
It's mild & mizzley here today. Just having a little puruse at GN before clearing -off to the computer. Hurry-up lunchtime, lovely soup & tofu with nice bread today.
Have a good day everyone.😊

Good morning from Sunnyside sandhills northwest coast.
Glad to hear your DH is able to stand dragonfly and hope he makes good progress.

Severe cramp through the night, up and down using my magnesium spray. The get together after the rehearsal one glass of wine seems to set it off🙄.
Apart from that it was a good day. The performers in the lunchtime concert were excellent, I had some specs repaired, took jumble to the charity shop and didn’t feel too tired for the evening rehearsal. Once again we will be under rehearsed for the next concerts, so need to put some work in at home.
Thoughts to all🌺

Good morning all. A grey dreich day in Glasgow this morning. Not raining but mild and very damp outside.

I almost reached our health centre yesterday in appointed time for my Covid/Flu jags when I realised my appointment was for Saturday! The day didn’t get much better when I saw evidence of dampness in a corner of the hall ceiling. A local roofer will be here tomorrow to investigate. I can only hope it’s nothing too serious🤞. The usual noise of bombs exploding from two small local parks last night didn’t bother the cat. Guy Fawkes night is now sounding like a war zone. Hairdressers today and that’s as far as I have planned for the day.

Best wishes to all for a good day.

Good morning from a lovely bright and warm East Midlands.

My DH is now able to stand but not tried walking yet. He can be very stubborn and refuses to sit in the chair as he says they just leave him there and it it uncomfortable.
I can sympathise Gingster I too feel I have to get DH walking. I had a word with the physios yesterday but as the nurse said there are other patients on the ward that need attention.

Wishing everyone the best day possible.

Awaiting the arrival of my lovely hairdresser so a quick good morning and wishes for a good day for everyone. Not raining at present but the forecast is damp, so am glad it was fine yesterday evening for all the local fireworks.

Good morning from a mild NE yet again.
Yesterday when I went shopping it was 18° makes a change from the windy weather we have had lately.
Nothing planned for today other than laundry.
Have a good day.

Good morning from a cloudy south coast. We may get some rain later. My new coal effect electric fire arrived yesterday afternoon. It was easy to install but the coals came complete with coal dust!! Thank goodness I opened the bag in the kitchen and not the sitting room. The carpet would have been ruined. I then spent some time with the remote seeking the most natural looking flame effect. I’m happy with the result and it’s silent compared to my old fire which was starting to rattle.
Hair appointment later then my weekly trip to Aldi.
Hope everyone has the best possible day.

Good morning everyone from a very grey and damp Northampton, mild but showers forecast.

Managed a visit to town yesterday and got some ear-rings for DGD1's 18th birthday next week; they have little sparkly stars engraved on them, which is very apt, as she is our star! Always go to the same jeweller as they handwrap purchases in gold or silver paper and seal them with hot sealing wax and then press a pretty stamp onto them - no new-fangled sellotape in that shop!

Sainsbury's delivery this morning, then will change the bed and damp-dust all the bedrooms and hopefully get the Shark upstairs.

Finished all the knitting for my stuffed cat yesterday- now I need to wait for the eyes and the stuffing to arrive.

Cast on and did three.rows of ribbing for my new cardigan - I love starting a new project!

Wishing all a pleasant day.

Good morning from a dull but dry day in Suffolk. I’m off to my stretch class in an hours time and then meeting a very close friend for lunch later.

She is scheduled for a hip replacement op in a few day’s time and,as she lives alone and her family live several hours away I’ve offered to go and stay with her for the first few days after she comes home. She is saying that she’ll be ok in the house overnight but I need to reassure her that it’s absolutely fine for me to stay.

She had her first hip op more than 6 years ago and, as we all have,had aged since then. The choice is down to her but I just want to reassure her that my offer still stands and she can change her mind before or after the op.

Hope all have their best day possible.

Good morning all from the Scottish Borders. Gorgeous sunrise 🌅 and the birds are singing loudly.

Fabulous nails Bella . You must be very careful not to damage them. I can't imagine being able to do that.

I spent the afternoon glazing my pottery, power sanding my kiln shelves, packing the kiln and later inviting dozens of people on WhatsApp to the exhibition preview
on Sunday!

Yoga this morning and I have to measure my enormous bookcase which a customer of the auction house is interested in.
Tonight is ceilidh dancing.

Sorry your day was blighted by your health again Marydoll 🙏 😕

So glad you and your DM enjoyed facetime Susan ☺️

How is Mr Dragonfly today?

I hope everyone has the best day possible.

Good morning all.
Yesterday was busy. Dh had a fall the previous day, with his glasses skidding across the floor and me treading on them.

So up I went to the opticians . They couldn’t be fixed so I ordered him new ones. He’s very unsteady on his feet and can’t really walk , and can’t get to town, so I chose the ones I hope he will like.
Today I’ll ring round for a home visit from a physio. We must get Dh walking again..

In the afternoon I had my check up for the cataract op at the hospital. Two and a half hours of waiting around, but all was well and my pressures are improving.🙏. Dd had stayed with her dad thank goodness.

Today I had intended to go back to bowls but I’ll stay home and do some housework. I can’t keep asking Dd to sit in and I have ‘things’ coming up which are more important.

Thinking of you all with problems of one sort or another. I hope life gets easier for you.♥️

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Good morning all from the east coast of Fife. I can hear the seagulls outside my bedroom window, I couldn’t get off to sleep last night because the neighbours were setting off fireworks for ages.
I’m off to the dentist today and I can’t wait as I’ve lost a front tooth and I’ve toothache in my bottom right hand side which really needs to come out yuck. Yesterday the young gardener came he put winter pansies in my pots and along the side of the grass he also put edging along the side of the grass it’s beginning to look okay but not as good as my late husband used to do it but hey ho at least I’ve got someone and he’s real accommodating

Have good day my friends we don’t know what’s around the corner

Thanks, madeleine, I did know about cancers and other conditions, but not about UTIs. It must be an extremely useful tool for nursing home owners to protect their residents from their very damaging effects.

Madeleine you sound thoroughly scunnered. Lack of sleep won't be helping. 💐

Morning Mick and all GN's on a still damp looking and cold morning in North Yorkshire. I just cannot add Good to anything today yet. I shall have to wait for Bach and coffee to hopefully cheer me a little and get me started in a better mood. I am close to both tears and the wish to throw something through the window and scream this morning. Last night was yet another horror, with very little sleep, even though I feel exhausted, and two lots of wretched cramp to add to it, so that at about 5am was sat on the side of the bed , cold and miserable ,trying not to yell out and disturb neighbours, but darent even try to get to the kitchen and make a drink. So now finally I am up dressed, with much effort and being careful how I moved. My leg is very tight and jumping and it only takes one false move and it will start again. My hair though clean looks as though I have been pulled backwards through a hedge and I look very weary.

As today I wanted to be bright and at my best it is not a good start! I have very cautiously managed to get the bedding off and it is now in the washer and started, but whether I will be able to put it out is another matter. So this is not a good start to the morning, when I need to
1. Think of what to wear to be appropriate for a meeting at about 1030, where the councillor who will be there, will no doubt groan inwardly as she sees me bearing down on her, in a polite but determined manner to lobby yet again about the long term and short term problems caused by the awful pot holes on every road and path in the town. There is to be a talk about cyber safety, which I really want to listen to and get up to date on stuff. But

2. I also must watch the time and get off by about 1130am to go to the other womens group meeting. So annoying that they are always on at the same time! We are having a jacobs join sort of thing where the plan is to take something we like making or are good at, or is a very easy thing to make, and also take the recipes, to share. We are also taking things for our hampers, and I must remember to at least take some unused spare make up for one of them, and my very best Bonne Maman jam for the food one. In the meantime the cleaner will be coming, so in case I am not back before she comes I need to send her an email about what is the most important today. As you see, I needed to be at my best , not worst, to get through this day. Oh well Bach should be on shortly and fingers crossed it is something I like in particular, preferably not organ music today. I could do with some Brandenburg to lift the spirits!!

Well not the Brandenburg but a lovely cantata sung well and definitely a spirit lifter for me today. A bit lighter today and hope that I dont get caught in a promised shower this morning, as the only way I am going to be able to get to both meetings is to use the yellow peril , so that I can take it into the library and not have the hassle of trying to park the car, which no doubt today would be a hassle! Well lucky for the councillor and anyone else who crosses my path today that the glorious J S Bach has cheered me. I would of course be polite and not swear or anything, but in the way people think of the avatar things or what you look like inside, in this mood I become a terrier, which will not let go, no matter how they try to ignore or avoid dealing with the problems. So, hope they have had a good breakfast, I shall have my boring weetabix, which makes sure I have some milk, but then my lovely coffee and a slice of a great bread that is a little treat for me, with cranberry, nuts and fruit in it. The nearest thing to cake I should have being diabetic, but a good cheerer of the day!!

Yesterday I managed to get some bits of shopping I needed, and milk and bread which I was nearly out of, struggling with my back most of the morning and of course knees complaining at poor walking posture. I went to cafe nero, partly as a treat to enjoy some coffee in a comfortable seat and check emails etc whilst I was there. The pavements were so bad that my back was hurting so much that I couldnt face driving home for a while. Went to look in yet another new charity shop just opened in aid of the dogs home etc, Didnt find anything I wanted, but said hallo to the new people there, and also spoke to a lady sorting things, and asked her to watch out for Eurogames, a peppermill and books by an author she didnt have out. So made myself known and at least I was also able to send a message to a friend charlotte as they were looking for two staff members and as they look to be full time, thought she might be interested. How great if she applied for the job and got it , I would have my own sorter there who could let me know if anything I would like comes in. Good for the charity and good for me! well shall just see how that pans out.

I was so weary and too much pain to be able to go down and watch the bonfire and the fireworks, but luckily where I live, I was able to take my folding chair out, put my big coat on and sit and watch all the lovely starbursts etc from my own home. Enjoyed them, but a little sad that there was no one else enjoying them here to share them with. Never mind they were worth watching, and I never tire of good fireworks, but missed having any sparklers to write my name in the sky with.

So I had better start getting things sorted out and will have to wet my hair and blow dry it again as it looks so odd and onesided. Not the organised and determined person I want to look this morning. Gird up the loins for discussion, and if needs be battle. If I dont get any joy this morning, my next plan is to either just go to a council meeting myself, or if possible thought I might get everyone I speak to re the roads , who are also fed up with it all, to take a photo of the worst bit near their homes and then we can all go en masse to show how much of the town is not fit for purpose and stopping people being able to go out and about. Perhaps if they can see how many people can tell them how much they are missing and how much worse it will become in winter , maybe they will see the light. If not I shall be showing a light in the local paper and possibly on local radio. I have given them weeks to do something and am now sick of excuses and waffle. Something needs sorting and that can not only be my goal for this month but if necessary it will become my New Years Resolution to get something done, and they will be sick of the sight of me before long. Fair warning has been given!! Boudicea has nothing on me! May not have the chariot with knives at the side, but the yellow peril will be my chosen transport and the sight of it should strike , if not terror, then sighs of knowing what is coming , and if in no other way , wear them down so that they DO something!! Well there has been a lot of music I like on this morning, so thankyou radio 3 for cheering my day as always.

Mick, hope you have a good day and meet friends and miss the rain. Bellasnana, very pretty nails. I admire lots of well done and well looked after nails, but dont join the throng as I am a gardener and my thing is to keep my nails reasonably short and clean, and dont think sticking my hands in the soil will improve them. Well done GrandMattie. You have got Teflon man on your side at last, but although he says he cant do things due to the rules he has to work by, you can smile sweetly and say you understand, but that it wont stop your group contacting people like age concern, citizens advice etc etc and then onto the local papers to explain what is , or rather is not happening. Bad publicity is something they will want to avoid, despite deserving it, so that gives you another weapon in your armoury!! Yes I knew about the dogs and the medical check things. did you know that they can also recognise cancer and other illness in people, because I presume of a slight change in their normal smell. So if your dog starts to behave in this way, sitting looking at you etc in an unusual way it could be worth checking up on your health. We really do not recognise just how marvellous their sense of smell is, but now search and rescue dogs and people watching crufts where they had dogs finding their owners handkerchief from a circle of different ones , all contribute to seeing what marvellous things they are able to do. Karmalady you seem to have struck lucky finding a reputable garage to move to. sounds as though the car would be best for your trip to Wells, giving it a run out before the winter weather sets in, and also gets you there in a better time. So glad that the boiler situation is sorted for you and so you face winter in a better way now. Susan56 Hope today is less hectic for you. Very good news about sorting out the Facetime with your mum. It is of course not as good as being able to be there in person, but is a great way to keep in touch and up to date with how things are going, and hopefully give you more peace of mind to be aware of how she is etc.

Well hope everyone has a good day and as mine is at last improving slightly , hope that it is a good sign for us all to enjoy the day. Be kind to yourself (I need to read that myself!) and perhaps today is the day to get in touch with a friend or relative you havent heard from for a while? Happy day everyone

Good morning everyone.
My hair appointment was changed yesterday and I discovered later that my hairdressers partner had died from a heart attack. He was only 34 years old. So sad.

I’m hoping it stays dry as we have a few jobs to be done in the garden. This afternoon is Sewing club. Afterwards l’ll pop in to see DGSs2 &3 and hear all about their holiday.
Wishing all a good day with a smile along the way.

Good morning, Michael and all GNs from South Yorkshire. It looks damp out there.

Yesterday after writers group I had an appointment to get my eyes tested. I asked for my usual appointment to be brought forward because I’ve felt that I had a few problems recently. Apparently there is nothing fundamentally wrong with my eyes - they are in good nick for someone my age - but my prescriptions have changed so that I no longer need glasses for reading but need stronger glasses for driving. Well that’s out of the way for another year.

Walking group this morning, then lunch with DD.

Have the best day you can, folks.

Morning Mick, morning All from a dry corner of Somerset. A bright, mild day forecast.

It wasn’t a surprise when yesterday didn’t go to plan. Little is at the minute. I was about to board the park and ride bus when a message came from my friend. A plumbing emergency had occurred and she couldn’t leave home. A decision to make, did I want to go anyway and wander the shops or would I be better to go home. Off home I went, much to Mr C’s surprise, intent on catching up with some almost finished paperwork. Did I? Of course not, we both caught up with a tv programme we’d missed instead.

Headed out after lunch to look at curtains and fabric - again. Dithering whether to replace our living room curtains or paint the wall a different colour to give some definition. It’s all a bit bland. Still undecided a decision was. We’ll re-visit after Christmas as the decorations will brighten the room soon. I think it’s called planned procrastination!

Worrying news came later from our goddaughter . Her Mum has refused most food for a while and is now refusing liquid. Oh how I wish we were closer. She needs a huge hug and some practical support. I’d love to see my oldest friend again too.

A physio appointment late morning. Coffee on the way, I will finish that paperwork this afternoon. Apologies, I’ve gone on a bit this morning.

Best wishes to all. Have the best day you can everyone.

Good morning from a calm and dry Torbay where temperatures are ridiculously mild!

Yesterday's quiz at Wednesday Club was well attended and our team came third. Our Choir Practice was also well attended and two short promotional videos were made. Our singing was punctuated by the percussive bangs from nearby firework displays so that will give a new touch to Bach's music!

Welcome to IOMG!

Thoughts with the weary, sad and suffering and safe travels to those on the move.

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Good morning from a grey W Kent where I shall be going to my art group this morning. I caught up with DGD2 yesterday afternoon, she is settling into University well
Best wishes

Morning all from West Oxfordshire. The Beaver full moon from last night is still very bright.

I was very pleased with a new cup cake recipe I tried yesterday. Lots of spice and brandy buttercream.

OH took a batch of honey to a pub in a nearby village for them to sell. He’s missed the last couple of Car Boot Sales and left it too late to get a stall at the local Farmers Market.

OH and I are meeting old friends for lunch today. We used to meet half way, but they find driving long distance difficult now so we’re meeting them near their place, around an hour away.

Have a good day.

🪻FGT2s

Good morning from Midlands, damp start for the day but the weather was gorgeous yesterday. Going dancing later on. Already showered and dinner prepared as woke at stupid o clock and couldn't get back to sleep, I will be fading by lunchtime.
The fireworks never stop round here, the poor animals are in constant high alert. It used to be just a few days a year round Bonfire night but now it's months, I wish they could ban them. They were going off at midnight.

Good morning everyone from Inverness where it’s still dark, it looks a bit misty. yesterday it rained most of the day so hope it’s a bit better today.
Ive a volunteering session all morning then lunch, I’m looking forward to seeing fellow volunteers and catching up on news. I might go over to the retail park afterwards for a bit of shopping.
Gorgeous nails Bellas
Thinking of everyone with worries and struggles, hope today is gentle and take care all whatever the day brings 💐

Good morning everyone from mid Essex. It’s cloudy, dry and mild again. I think we’re due for another cloudy day. Yesterday I went for my usual walk and met up with my dog walking friends for a chat. Finished the ironing pile when I got back. I pruned more of the big rose bush, then pulled out some weeds as the soil was damp. I had a phone call from a friend, I’m hoping I’ll be driving again soon and will arrange to meet her before Christmas.
DD1’s car is in the garage for repair today, so I may get my car back later.
grandmabatty your dgs2 will be relieved to swap his monster stookie for a smaller one.
susan I’m pleased that the FaceTime call with your mum went so well yesterday.
Hoping for a good day for those who are poorly or worried.
Have the best day possible everyone.