Good Morning Friday 28th May 2026

Good morning from Shropshire.Its much cooler this morning.

Back to the surgery this morning for a blood test.

It is a lot cooler today thankfully.We are looking after DGD’s little dog and she has struggled with the heat.She is no bother but the heat has made it difficult dog sitting this time.

We will go to get bedding plants later then a relaxing afternoon.We have a busy time from Sunday so will make the most of the next couple of quiet days.

I’m glad that your time in Spain is healing for you FGT.It sounds just what you need.

I hope Marydoll and her DH had a better day yesterday and that things are moving in the right direction 🙏🏻

Thinking of our absent friends and all with worries and struggles.Wishing you all the best day possible🌷🦩

Good morning it’s 18° here in S E Essex, we have showers forecast.

Off to the gym first thing, then who knows 🤷‍♀️

Sounds like Malaga is being kind to you FGT2 🌞

Thinking of Marudoll 🙋‍♀️

Good morning everyone from Pontresina in the Swiss mountains where it’s another gorgeous sunny day
Enjoy your day today fgt it sounds lovely. We could do with some of those prices here, it’s really expensive!
We arrived yesterday afternoon after an easy very scenic train journey from Arosa. We’re here until Monday so have a few days to explore. Today the plan is to get a cable car up the mountain, there’s supposed to be a cafe and a few walking trails at the top - will see!
Well done to both your DGSs roses it sounds like they’re very talented, well done to them both
Thinking of everyone with worries and struggles, hope today is gentle and take care all whatever the day brings 💐

Good morning, a lovely cool start here in south Glos, thank goodness it’s cooler!
I did smile at your post Melanie, they just don’t think, do they?
Yesterday evening we went to watch DGS1 at a cycling track cycling event near here, a very enjoyable few hours. I haven’t seen him at a competition before, he loves racing. The speeds that they get up to is scary! He’s only been cycling competitively for a few months, this was his second race.
it was really good to seeing them both, DS and DDIL both encourage the boys to do sports.
DGS1 does cycling and athletics ( he represents his school and Richmond Borough), DGS2 is a very good at swimming, he’s representing his swimming club and he’s also a fast runner.
I am immensely impressed and proud of both of them.
Today it’s housework, and much gratitude that the weather is more bearable.
Best wishes to all 🌹

I’m so pleased for you, FGT, that you are finding the quiet so soothing and healing. Just what you needed after the recent anxiety and sadness. Abrazos.

Good morning everybody from Málaga where currently it is 21°C and will rise to 34°C today 😎 Lovely. I’ve just looked out at the Mediterranean as I put the kettle on for TiB and it looks a beautiful pale mint green with the sky above a soft pink wash. Adjacent on the horizon it looks very calming before the sun climbs higher in the sky.

I plan a ‘quiet one’ today with no socialising. I will toddle over the road for a delicious café con leche (under €2 unbelievable!) then nip into the supermarket with my trusty shopper on wheels - so handy for getting the heavy 5 litre bottles of water. I cannot believe the price out here for one of those either … 69 cents! 😁 Some things here in Spain are incredibly cheap.

So it’ll be gardens for me this afternoon time to choose a new novel, then pasta for my tea. Someone said I’m recharging my emotional batteries out here and after all the anxiety and sadness of last year that’s a very good description. I’m grateful I have this little place to be able to do this. No calls upon my time whatsoever. It’s a very holistic setting.

Good morning from a much too hot corner of La Sarthe! We have not slept well as a result.

Mick: I think you are one day behind with the date as it’s the 29th today. Thank you for starting this friendly thread each day.

What a good thing you were on hand, grandMattie and strong enough to help the poor lady! Well done!

It can’t have been much fun for you in the night, Melanie61, but it amused me to read your account, especially about the miraculous healing!

DH has just told me it will feel like 39 later. Yesterday evening we opted to eat indoors because the flies are such a nuisance. The price we pay for living near farmland.

Stay well and keep cool, if you can, everyone. 🦩💐☀️🥰🦩

Good morning from the East Coast we have another glorious day but with a cooling sea breeze.

I need to leave for my DDs in an hour as she has to leave for work at 7-30 dropping off DGD2 on the way at nursery. I’m bringing DGD1 back to ours for the day. She is going swimming with grandad later this morning and I’m going to meet them after at the club for lunch. She can chill and watch a movie this afternoon if she wants and we’ll go and pick her sister up from nursery ready for mummy coming home. DH is out with his friends tonight so I’ll have a prawn salad for tea and I’m going to watch Gone with the Wind which I bought on Prime.
I’m listening to it on audible and loving it. It’s hard to hear the language of the time in relation to the black slaves though and I cringe a lot but I’ve carried on with it and I’m glad I did. My DDs lovely husband is half Nigerian and I’ve chatted about it with her and my struggles with the language. I’m working my way through the classics on audible. I’m even considering War and Peace narrated by Thandie Newton the actress.

Hoping everyone has a lovely day with moments of joy🌼
Thoughts to those struggling with worries, stress and illness.💐

Good morning from Sheffield
I’ve been awake since 2.30am
The husband has twisted his foot and needed painkillers . Why he can’t do this quietly I don’t know. He can’t find any, then needs full illumination to see the packet then my water bottle that I take to bed then needs to sleep on his back so loudly snoring.
I mean I’m sympathetic but there are limits 🙄
I am now up ready to clean the kitchen, goodness knows how I’ll feel later.
At least I’ll have a quiet evening as he is playing golf. His foot is going to miraculously heal itself by 5 o’clock
I do love him really
Take care everyone

Good morning from an overcast Bristol. It is a lot cooler and very tolerable.
It’s so sad about your hairdresser, bellas, life can be so unfair. I hope that your DH, MD, is starting to respond to treatment and that you are feeling a bit better.
Nothing much yesterday except that I didn’t go to DD’s last evening, going this evening to dinner. She was busy with work stuff - a PCC meeting , I believe.
A bit of a drama in the morning. As my front door doesn’t get the sun until the afternoon, I leave it propped open. I got an urgent “can you help” shout from a neighbour. I dropped everything and rushed out to find that a resident had fallen up into to little community bus and couldn’t get up. The driver was panicking big time, the lady who called me is tiny and rather frail, also panicking.
I don’t panic, managed to pick her up and sat her down in the bus. The driver then told us she couldn’t take this journey and had to go home.
I remembered a redundant wheelchair, fetched it, got her to go backwards into it, and wheeled her home. Once safely home, I left her to it. She refused to call anyone out, but I decided that the manager should be told, and probably visit her.
The t’ai chi class was mostly sitting down as everyone was flaking out in the heat; it was still relentlessly sunny and hot.
Today, no Spanish as it’s half term. I’ll bake things like flapjacks and fruit cake.
This weekend ends half term, so it’ll be busy for many. May they enjoy it and start again feeling refreshed.
🐦‍🔥 Carpe diem 🦩🦩🦩❤️🦩

Good morning from Malta where it’s going to be sunny and 32°C.

Took myself for a drive to the shops yesterday and stopped for a coffee before coming home to watch a very disappointing tennis match.

The heat got to poor Jannik Sinner who was on the point of winning in three sets then felt very unwell but carried on only to lose in five sets. It was painful to watch.

The heat brought out the first cockroach of the year, another of DH’s jobs that I now have to deal with myself. I don’t like killing anything, it can’t help being a cockroach, but neither do I want my home infested so he had to go.

I have my hair at noon, no doubt I’ll find out when my hairdresser has to go for surgery. She’s so brave to keep working, but will obviously have to stop for a while.

Hope you all have a good day, best wishes to all.☀️