Good Morning Saturday 14th February 2026

Good morning from Bristol. I haven’t looked out but the rain was light and occasional yesterday.
Today, we are due to be drier, sunny and colder, which i# why my wonderfully efficient (not) storage heaters are cold or lukewarm. I’ll be cold indoors today.
A good Spanish class yesterday, with some interesting videos to watch and talk about.
The afternoon was quiet, with some Olympics, sewing, knitting, reading…
Coffee in church then repeat afternoon.
💐 to all with problems, remembering fgt in particular.
Carpe diem 🦩🦩🦩🦩

Good morning from a still and quiet Kent. No snow forecast at the moment.

Yesterday I went for a very pleasant dog walk. Saw the squirrel family in their usual place scrambling through the trees. One had stopped to eat a nut, quite unfazed by us stopping to watch.

Enjoyed watching the Olympics yesterday, with Matt Weston getting gold in the skeleton.

Today, helping at church coffee morning then settle down to an afternoon of watching sport on the telly, reading and knitting.

May everyone enjoy their day.

Good morning from a dry and peaceful Torbay.

Happy Valentine's Day! 💕

We will also be attending the church coffee morning - ours are monthly and are well supported by the church members and local community. There are a few stalls and a raffle which raise much needed funds.

Yesterday, I completed my passport renewal online and posted my old passport. I expect you know that we now need to have at least six months left on our passports or risk being refused entry to overseas countries.

I hope everyone has a good weekend especially those in hospital or unwell at home. 🦩🥰🦩💐🦩

Good morning from Malta where the weather is very hazy due to Saharan sand yet again. It makes everywhere so dirty and also affects the air quality which is no good for folk with breathing problems. The high is 19°C.

It’s Carnival weekend and I’m sorry for all the enthusiasts who spend a whole year creating their huge floats, as this weather really spoils it for them.

Yesterday’s wind was fierce again but I managed not to blow away when I went for my hair. Did a quick trip to Lidl which wasn’t busy for a change so it didn’t take long.

Back in time for the boys who were both asleep when DD3 dropped them off so I had DD1 to cuddle until he woke up. DD2 slept on the sofa beside us and didn’t want to wake up. They were tired after their Carnival party at school.

DS and his girlfriend arrived to collect Winston so the house feels empty without them now. They are moving to Bulgaria next month, that will be three out of four of my offspring living abroad. I’m ok with it, glad they can spread their wings even if I miss them like crazy.

I’m not sure what I will do with the day. A bit of cleaning I expect.

Wishing you all a happy weekend.🤗

Good morning mick and all, no idea what the weather is like, still in bed.

Local shops first thing, then some pottering until The Imp is dropped off, he is sleeping here as his brother is having his friends over for a sleepover before his go carting party tomorrow.

Thinking of our friends with troubles 🙋‍♀️

Good morning from a dark, dry, calm Cornwall.

My Erigeron (Spanish daisies), which I admire because they thrive on nothing and grow out of every crack here - as abundant as gulls - and the monster Echium which also grow out of nowhere are triffiding across my patio steps . And my English bluebells are popping up.

Yesterday I was at my son's house with my grandson when a knock on the door revealed the school's head teacher with my granddaughter who had taken the full force of a hockey ball on her mouth and was weeping. 'I didn't want her to walk home on her own,' she said. It's only a two-minute walk and it wasn't a big wound and they could have rung and asked me to collect her, but I so appreciate the extra care the teachers take. A cuddle and the latest edition of Pony magazine worked wonders.

Home by bus to a myriad of lights twinkling in the town centre rain. Lovely.

Today I'm off to the opticians to order some more specs, then my son and I are meeting at Café Nero (sorry Wetherspoons 😁). We like the seats overlooking the main street and enjoy people-watching.

Morning all from West Oxfordshire.

I had a difficult and disturbed night with a lot of coughing.

It is Valentine’s Day. I manage to find a card in my card stash for OH. It’s a good thing we have a Waitrose ready meal for Valentine’s as I’m not really up to cooking. I bought us a box of chocolates too.

Have good day.

🌹FGTS2s

Good morning from a brightening northwest coast. It will be a heavy post today, a heavy burden for the postman💕😁
I enjoyed yesterday, although I still have the pain in the neck. Took jumble to the charity shop and stayed in town for lunch and a potter round. Bought a black polka dot dress I don’t need.

DD is driving up from the south today. She enjoys driving, unlike yours truly, and is a frequent visitor. She’s celebrating her old school friend’s birthday and will join me and DS for a meeting with our new financial advisor on Monday.
Before she arrives, I’ll work on some new music I need to prepare for next week.

The work on the roof has finished, it didn’t take long, but a large bill and some scaffolding to come down.
Thoughts to all poorlies🌺

Good morning, it’s a slightly frosty start here in south Glos, chilly but a promise of sunshine.
I had a weird dream last night about staying in Windsor castle and being worried about being safe! Utterly ridiculous and very odd because it seemed to be made of LEGO 😁
I have a 5 hour zoom art session today, I need to walk tiddler early then get everything ready. I’m looking forward to it.
My virus shawl isn’t getting very far, I had to unravel 8 rows because of a careless mistake 😵‍💫, I’ll do more later now I’ve redone that section of the pattern.
DH went to his sister’s for lunch yesterday while I went to art group. He returned just before 7pm….
Art group was diminished yesterday, only four of us but we enjoyed it.
I hope you all have a good weekend 🌹

Good Morning everyone from a chilly south coast. 3 degrees on my garden thermometer but we are promised sunshine and no rain, which will be welcome.

WI was busy yesterday with the expected influx of possible transferees from the nearby WI, which is probably going to close. It does change the dynamic with so many new faces and our President is anxious about that. We need to be welcoming of course but not at the cost of losing our special ambience. She is talking of having a waiting list.

DH has a morning ride with his cycling club so I shall have a reflective morning with some decisions to make. Including what to make for his lunch!

Special thoughts of our struggling GNs and hoping they find some calmness and peace.

Good morning all from the Scottish Borders.
Happy Valentine's Day 💘

It's minus 3 and I'm about to drive north to a pottery weekend.

Oh your poor DGD Marzipan. I'm glad the staff brought her home.

The shop/café was busy yesterday and a man asked me if I was DD's mum. Then he introduced himself. They were friends 20 years ago and I'd not seen him since.
We had a quick catch up over lunch.
He said I'd not changed which worried me 😂

I hope you all have a great weekend.
Love to all those struggling with health or other worries xxx

Good morning from a very frosty Black Country. At least there is a bright blue sky.

I will probably have to de-ice the car as I have to leave around 10.30 to go to DD's and be with the teenage granddaughters until Tuesday. DD and SIL are off to Vienna for a long weekend, taking the opportunity of DD having a week off due to it being half term. Will need to get DGD2 to her job at a pub for midday, which is 2 miles from home down an winding country lane. Then pick her up at 6pm.

So we had our Valentines meal last night, Comfit duck.

My passport expires early next year Ashcombe so must remember to keep an eye on that.

Wishing you all the best day possible.

Good morning from a dry N. Bucks but it is cold with a frost on the cars.
The results of my Nephews postmortem were inconclusive so more time to wait before we get some idea of the reason for his death.
Today I have an appointment with an optometrist following a diabetic eye check last week. So, off to town and then back to do a local food shop.
This afternoon we will be prepping for a family birthday meal.
Thinking of our poorlies and wishing all a good day.

Good morning from a cold bright Cambridgeshire. Yesterday it rained all day but today is looking better!

Happy Valentine’s Day to all💖 DH is off bowling and I am planning to go to DD2 to do a bit of housework for her as she is away for the weekend. The little ones are with their father over half term and she will do extra work shifts next week so I wanted to help her.

Hoping everyone has a good day

Good morning Mick and all GN's on a dark, still and chilly morning from North Yorkshire. Wishing a happy valentines day to everyone.

Usual messy night, and am rather struggling this morning, not helped by a headache and still missing my good glasses , which is definitely not helping. I am reluctantly coming to the conclusion that I cant wait any longer and so on monday, if there is no sign of them I shall have to find the prescription and go back to specsavers for an expensive replacement.

They did say that today should be the best day for weather , but dont know what we will actually get. If we do get some sunshine I will get the picnic box ready and go out to make the most of it, but definitely have all my own food and drinks with me as no doubt everywhere will be full of special (expensive) valentines offers and booked up .

Yesterday was a mixture. I was definitely not 100% and sounded croakier than usual. My first meeting for the Talking Newspaper was at 1pm, and I hoped that it was being led by a lady I already knew from Upfront, who would know my normal speaking voice. So the morning was filled with everyday jobs,making shopping lists for later and getting myself ready to look reasonably tidy and efficient with note book and phone at the ready. I managed most things, but my hair was a pain, and despite brushing it and dampening it down etc., chose this day to be fly away and refusing to look at all neat or tidy. When I have not been well, it is always my hair that shows the truth , however well I can disguise other parts.

Got to the meeting ok, and there were quite a large group of people there. Three of them were people involved with running the group, admin and editorial and someone who was there to explain overall set up and their plans for changes in website and how content is provided . Then there were two people who are already readers at the moment, who were therein a double capacity. To give us some idea of what they did and how it works in practical, but they were also there to see the new web and learn what changes are planned for the future.

An interesting group of newbies, with wideranging backgrounds, and reasons for wanting to be involved. So from a lady who had lived in south africa for many years, a social worker who wants to fill in a gap in her knowledge having done more work with hearing needs ,who knows Makaton and BSL, which I have noted, for hopefully later at some time to do a bit of practise myself. A library worker ,who is involved with the scheme already etc etc.

It turned out that I provided the "antique" part to the scheme.! We went round and gave potted histories and our involvement in talking newspapers so far. One of the staff group talked of it beginning in the 1970's and the changes that have gone on from there and how people now receive their copies , whether by web or now quite a lot on alexa etc etc. I then told them of my first involvement in the process, which was indeed in the 1970's, where we met at the library, sorted out our specific articles, stuck them to cartridge paper, with corrections and crossings out, so that when you read them, they did not add rustlings and cracklings to the recording, with our own sound engineer, and read into a microphone, with him getting us to re record any muffled sentences. Quite a change to the situation today, and so the reading holds no worries for me, but I will have to be shown how to use zoom or find out how good my laptop is for recording stuff.

It was all very interesting and everyone there was keen to belong. Their paper is no longer every week but goes out over a longer period, so that technically you need to be aware of the timings of things, so no good talking of something happening which will have finished before they get their copy. So it is now more divided to news over a specific area, and then a separate "magazine" part which can range from historical interests in the area, to specific local happenings etc. They are now trying to update things and get more people using ways to input things that will save time, make it more efficient and cover things like readers being away on holiday etc so having some stand ins.

This hopefully should work to our advantage, as being newbies on the plot, we will be shown the latest up to date version, and wont have to convert from older styles. So fortunately for me they are still sorting the new bits with their editor and sound engineer and it will give me time to catch up on how to use zoom or whatever they want me to use and have a little go before I manage to make a fool of myself by forgetting to use mute or press the wrong thing and cut people off!

I came out from the meeting feeling very positive. It will be good to be part of the scheme again and able to contribute . It links in from many years ago when I think my first involvement with charities for blind or impaired vision, was raising money for Guide dogs for the Blind. After much fundraising a la Blue Peter , my class and parents and friends raised enough for the cost of a guide dog, and a little later ,my friends and I in a choir raised enough for half a guide dog! So as my life went on wherever I have lived, there has always been some involvment in whatever was possible that fitted into my life, and again Covid had caused that gap as there was no way to meet up and do things and so it all lapsed.

I was then asked by someone else to give an interview for the car scheme as a user when I went for a cataract operation. They provide cars for such as hospital appointments or going to places that may be difficult to reach especially for early appointments from up the dales etc. But they also want to show this sort of one off appointment, where you normally can drive yourself but of course not when you are having anything done to your eyes etc. So am checking the diary and that will be another little thing next week sometime.

I went on from there to get my shopping, which diminished my pleasant mood quite quickly! Unavailable stock, no local newspapers left etc etc and the worst bit of news was that my specific brand of ground coffee had none at all available and had not had any for a few days, and when I asked a staff member to check, she informed me that they had none in store, and that they were no longer going to get that but a different one. Oh yes and that the price of £3.60 - which I thought was quite enough as it is - would be going up to £4 something for the replacement. That brought me down with a bump and I was glad to get home and have a restoring coffee while I still have some of my favourite blend!!

Watched a bit of the olympics ,especially the great snowboarding and that was about it for the day, and so today it is catching up with bits and pieces, getting the Yorkshire post and if it is good weather I will go out to enjoy a little time in the countryside, if bad weather I shall curl up here and do some reading and get the Makaton book out,to do some practise and see how much I have remembered. Think that I may concoct some curry this morning before going out , as I think it is better for a rest after you make it before you reheat it. I have a few veg at the ready and a celery that wants using up and they can all be chucked into the mix and see how it goes.

Hope you have a good trip to Bicester Mick. Hope the day warms up for you GrandMattie. Hope the day stays well for you too Gillymo, Ashcombe thanks for the reminder. I must get my passport out and check the end date. Think it is ok but better to check now than be in a flap later on.

Well fingers crossed I am pleased to say that although it does look flipping cold not a sign of rain so time to get myself sorted, picnic box at the ready, and pick up the paper on my way out . I will actually be warmer in the car than in here as the car heater is very good! No good thinking of going up the dales as there has been snow and floods etc but I will do a weather and road check and might even get to the coast. Hurrah for a chance to break out wherever I end up.

Wishing you all a good weather day, no rain and a chance to be in touch with those you love. Enjoy your day

Good morning, Michael and all GNs from South Yorkshire where we have the sun rising into a clear blue sky!! There’s a light frost on the ground though. I woke up feeling as if I had spent the night stuffed into a tea chest. Everything hurts.

School was good yesterday but no-one told me that there was to be a special assembly at two o’clock so I didn’t finish my list. Hey ho!

We had a lovely dinner last night to round off GS’s birthday week in his favourite pub restaurant. The food and the service were, as always, impeccable but it’s always busy and they really do need a bigger car park. We skipped dessert and came home for a chocolate fudge cake that DD made filled with fresh cream and black cherry compote.

I will go to Aldi in about an hour to do a small shop. DS is coming down tomorrow and I shall cook lunch for us.

Have the best day you can folks.

Good morning everyone from a bright and frosty Northampton, makes a change to see some sun 🌞!
A day spent indoors again yesterday,.due to the weather and my poorly knee, but I found enough to do; made a curry and spent the afternoon reading. Made a good start on The Bell Jar, about a third of the way through it.

DS will be round later to take me to the vets with the cats as it is time for their annual jabs and health check-up; hope.they behave themselves!

I will probably hop on the bus to the shops after lunch and then be back in time to watch the Six Nations rugby.

Take care everyone and have a pleasant day.

Happy Valentine's Day to you all, the sun is shining daffodils are just opening, enjoy the day.

Good morning everyone from Inverness where we’ve still got snow and it’s cold at -1°
Ouch your poor DGD marzipan pleased to hear she’s ok though
I’m not sure what we’re doing today yet, there’s no chance of any gardening but hopefully catch up with DD2 and family at some point.
If you’re celebrating Valentine’s Day have a lovely time ❤️
Thinking of everyone with worries and struggles, hope today is gentle and take care all whatever the day brings 💐

Good morning from W Kent, no sun yet. Yesterday we enjoyed a lunch out at a local restaurant, very busy and enjoyable.
Today cooking and a walk to get a newspaper followed by some Olympics
Best wishes

Good morning all from a chilly North Leicestershire.

A quiet day ahead here - just prepping for a visit from DD2 and Co who are coming tomorrow for a couple of nights..

Have the best day possible everyone.

Good morning from South Lanarkshire which isn’t white like yesterday so I should be okay for walking the half mile or so to catch the bus to Biggar. I’m going to visit my friend who is not making a huge recovery from a serious illness. The third member of our trio is going to be there too, she wants to update us both on her state of health so we are a bit anxious.

It’s actually been a wearying couple of weeks so as all I had to say was a bit downcast I decided not add to the various burdens people are troubled with and just hope things improve in some way for us all.

I did meet up for a coffee with DGD1 at a hospital appointment which was really nice, as she is so busy now. She has reached the stage in her medical studies where she is doing placements in various areas. This one is surgical and I think her farming background is standing her in good stead as she seemed to be coping well!

I hope you have a safe journey Grammaretto and enjoy your weekend, you are indefatigable!

Good wishes to everyone.

Good morning all from Polmont where it's currently -3° and icy. Blue skies though. GrandMattie could you supplement your storage heaters with an electric heater for particularly cold days? Grammaretto have a lovely time and safe journey north.
Yesterday the family had a lovely lunch courtesy of ds. The boys behaved impeccably too. Ds is heading to York tomorrow for a few days. He has to take holidays and decided to visit York. After lunch I pottered about.
Last night was interrupted four times for loo visits and I had to take painkillers twice for my feet, however I had good stretches of sleep in between and feel reasonably ok this morning.
Today I'll strip the bed and get the whites done. Then off to the local garden centre to meet my friend for breakfast and a blether. I'll definitely need to scrape the car before I go. Foolishly I forgot to put its protective cover on last night. Dinner will be concocted from whatever is in the fridge. Probably pasta and a limp salad. Have a good day all.

Good morning everyone from the East Coast and I think we are going to see the sun today.

Yesterday I had a walk to meet my best friend for a coffee and a chat. We had a look around the shops too. I bought some chocolate bars for DH. He likes the peanut in chocolate type. I picked up a box of butter tablet fudge for me and walked away with it in the basket and then went and put it back as I can’t stick at one piece. DH saw me as he was heading to work and gave me a lift back home. He said you need to ring your mum. He had spoken to her and she was very upset. My sister as usual. We are at a loss what to do about her. She’s an alcoholic and extremely unstable.

Today we need to go for a big shop. It’s costing us so much getting bits day to day from our local Morrisons. DH is cooking me a steak meal tonight. DD bought us a lovely bottle of English sparkling wine for Christmas so we will open that too. We have smoked salmon for breakfast which I will prepare for him. He’s a very good egg my DH.

Have a lovely day if you can bringing sparks of joy🌼
Thoughts to those poorly or sad today. 💐