Good Morning Wednesday 28th October 2026

Good Morning everyone from a distinctly chilly (3degrees) central south coast. Set to be bright and dry today though so just need to keep warm and enjoy the autumnal colours.

DH is leading his cycling club ride today and as usual it will involve a coffee and cake stop with a lunch stop (plus a pint) later. I plan to compile the Tesco delivery order for Friday and catch up with some desk work including sending my regular whatsapps to the grandchildren.

Our new cleaners are coming tomorrow instead of the Wednesday their Mum and Aunt (sisters) did for the last 12 years. It will be interesting to get used to new faces and hope they like us and vice versa! I shall also be out by a day for the rest of the week! (Thursday will feel like Wednesday)

We didn't manage the planned trip to the garden centre yesterday as DH broke a tooth off his plate and got an emergency dental appointment. There are still a lot of colours and flowers in the garden and pots so I am not too concerned but once November arrives I definitely need to tuck up the bulbs in bed, ready for spring.

Thinking of Marydoll and hoping the medics are sorting her out and giving her some relief from the struggles she has to live with. Such fortitude and a very brave lady.

Have the best day you can everyone and hope that those with health issues or worries have some relief.

Good morning all from North Leicestershire. It is quite cloudy and looks a bit breezy.

Our cleaner is due at 9 and I have a physio appointment at 10.00 and a covid jab after.

Sending good wishes to all who are struggling and wishing everyone the best day possible.

Good morning all. 👋.

I’m hoping the handyman/painter will be along late morning after he’s picked up all the supplies he needs for our work. As well as painting the conservatory ceiling and wall, there’s shelves to put back, blinds to go up ,light bulbs to remove and replace with dimmables, and a bit of wood staining to do.

Hopefully this will complete this week and we can get the carpet laid. I live in hope that we’ll be able to move all the furniture back in that’s been cluttering the lounge.

Dh will go out with his pal for coffee/brunch and I’ll meet my friend for an early coffee, mooch around the market and go to M and S.

GG I hope you’re feeling better 💐
Marydoll 💐
Madeleine 💐
And all others who are poorly, worried, stressed or anxious. 🙏.

Good morning everyone from Inverness where it’s just getting light and it’s much less windy
Baubles enjoy your meet up with stilllearning today
So lovely to catch up on the DGCs news and achievements roses well done to them both
I’ve a volunteering session this morning so an early start and then I’ll go over to the gym afterwards. Wednesday is one of the days I meet a small group of ladies for a coffee before the class so I’ll just get there in time for that. Then it’s out this evening to line dancing which is always enjoyable.
Thinking of marydoll
Hoping everyone has the best day they can, take care all 💐

Good morning all from the Scottish Borders. A quieter day forecast. I slept better last night.

There were several roads closed on our journey cross country to the Gaelic class so we arrived late but our teacher makes it such fun. She arrived late in fancy dress for Halloween Oichde Samhainn or the night before November is important in Celtic calendar . We learned a traditional poem and she had made delicious muffins for our break!

Today will be yarn group and community lunch. Enjoy your lunch with Stilllearning, Baubles and send her my love.

I hope the tree surgeon will come and see if the apple tree can be saved.

No wonder you are a proud gran R&L 😊
Great photos BlueSapphire

I hope you are feeling better Marydoll
Thinking of you.

Hope everyone has a good day.

Good morning all from Polmont where it's currently 11° and damp, although not actually raining. Ashcombe that's very annoying about your car. lateDecember I carved a small pumpkin on Sunday but the weather has been too bad to put it out yet.
Yesterday there were a couple of spats between the boys over who had a black felt pen. It did resolve eventually but it was not the way to start the day. I dropped them at school and headed to tesco for milk and fruit, then home to do little. I picked the boys up after school and they were busy drawing again and dgs1 playing football. Even his drawing is football based. I had a quiet night once I delivered them home.
Today starts my extra day of childcare. I'm having a long lie though as dsil is taking the boys to school. Later I'm going to the school library to tidy it and to read a scary story to 6 year old. Then I will bring the boys back to my house until they are picked up. Have a good day all.

Good morning from a dry NE where it is 10°, forecast is for 14° this afternoon.
Yesterday was another day of doing very little due to the pain in my shoulder and neck.
I did manage to wash one load of laundry, things that didn't ironing.
DS and family will be travelling home from holiday today, they seem to have had a very busy time. They always send loads of photos.
Sister and BIL are visiting this afternoon and taking me shopping.

Hope Marydoll is feeling better.
Thoughts are with all poorly people.

Good morning from a chilly Torbay.

Yesterday started well with an early food delivery from Asda but when I wanted to go to the theatre for Props, my car wouldn’t start! Having sat for three weeks going nowhere, the battery was dead. Luckily, I have AA cover via my bank (another bonus from having a Flexiplus account with Nationwide) so they came promptly and got it started but it then had to be driven to my regular local garage for a new battery. I was pleased to have it back in time for the theatre company AGM in the evening, although that wasn’t the best of evenings due to the unexpected resignation of a hardworking chairman due to ill health. Sigh!

Lovely photos, BlueSapphire. We love Dubrovnik.

Happy hump day, everyone!

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Good morning everyone from Lancashire.
We had a good journey home yesterday. We have been really lucky with the travelling to and from this caravan year. We'll do 1 more trip in a few weeks to shut down for the winter.

How lovely to see your DGSs doing so well and enjoying their hobbies, RosesandLilac. It's great to see their personalities develop.

I'm enjoying armchair travelling with you, BlueSaphire. Your name is very apt for the beautiful blue skies you are seeing.

Yesterday evening I carved a pumpkin to put by our front door. I just need to pick up some treats ready for any little visitors at the weekend.

DH is working from home for the rest of this week in case he is incubating hand, foot and mouth disease disease. One of his colleagues recently told him his wife is pregnant and DH is worried about passing it on.

Welcome Effiecat and happy belated birthday, Dilys.

Marydoll, I hope you are being well looked after in hospital. Sending love in your direction.

We have our monthly social worker visit this afternoon which she's combining with a Child in Need meeting. His parents will attend via Teams.

Wishing you all the best day possible. 🌻

Good morning from South Lanarkshire. It’s still dark and wet and miserable outside.

I felt quite virtuous yesterday as I tackled the ironing, there was so much to get through that I didn’t finish but I made quite a dent in the pile so I can put it out of my mind for a while.

Gorgeous photos Blue, enjoy your day in Dubrovnik. Croatia is a beautiful country.

I’m meeting stilllearning today, so looking forward to seeing her.

Tonight I’ll be out again having dinner with friends.

Marydoll I hope you are feeling a little better.

Have a good day everyone.

Good morning, Michael and all GNs from South Yorkshire which it is not due to get light for another hour or so, but it is dry. I slept pretty well last night but was tired yesterday from being out all day and having travel on the bus! Please Lord let us have our lovely tram back sooon!! I met DD for lunch in the cafe at the engineering faculty of the university. It is an amazing building - an amalgam of existing grade two listed, and ultra modern glass and steel, skilfully fused together. The food and coffee were very good. She went back to work and I walked into town to Waterstones and then to M&S which was, as usual, disappointing but I came away with a sweater. Had hoped to come back with at least another as they had twenty percent off knitwear, but none in the size I wanted. I was extremely tired when I got back and did little in the evening.

Writers group at the library this afternoon. We may be few with it being half term.

Have the best day you can folks.

* RosesandLilacs* to a proud nonna

Good morning from s somerset, dry and cloudy skies are expected today

I hope so, I want to get washing dry outside, all the gorgeous bargain fabrics that I ordered over the past few weeks, they all need to be pre-washed to get shrinkage over with, starting with the most beautiful quality brushed cotton, which was offered to me at 1/3 normal price, I now have enough to stash away for years of PJs and cosy shirts.

Once the rotary is full, I will cycle to my allotment with fingers crossed that my primitive water-gathering system is still in place

I don`t need to think about meals, I have enough variety handy in the fridge and then after lunch I will get on with more knitting. I did binge watch Edward and Mrs Simpson yesterday, on youtube.

Candles lit during the evening and altogether a very peaceful ambience while I knitted, I want to repeat that this evening,

Good morning, I don’t know what the weather is at the moment but hopefully dry so I can get the dogs blankets dried outside.
DS, DDIL and the DGSs are here, so lovely to catch up with all their news. Dgs1 is now the same height as me, he’s grown more than 3” this year, DS is 6’4” .
DGS2 is excelling at his swimming, he’s loving canoeing too. DGS1 prefers cycling and athletics, he’s represented his school and the borough at cross country. I’m a ridiculously proud Nonna 😁
Regarding poor sleep grandMattie have you tried taking a magnesium supplement? I find it helps me. You can buy it as pillow mist too.
Scaffolders around here seem to leave it up until it’s needed for another job. My old neighbour and his sons got so fed up with the scaffolders not removing theirs, months after the work finished, that they demolished it and sent a message to the company saying that they were advertising the poles etc free for collection on the local Facebook page! Oddly the company arrived within 30 minutes 😁 and took them away.
I’m comfortably snug on my proper airbed in my craft room, I have my Tassimo for coffee and the house is quiet. One blessing of being deaf is that little disturbs me!
The dog walker yesterday asked if the overnight storm had disturbed me (it hadn’t!). She and her partner live in a barn conversion and they’d lost tiles. They’re on the edge of the hill ridge, more exposed than us, and she said they’d layer awake listening to the tiles sliding off 😬😱
I hope today goes well for you all. Thinking of Marydoll and poorly others 🙏🤗 x
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Good morning everyone from a bright and sunny Croatia, approaching Dubrovnik. 6.30 am here.

An early TIB as I have an early excursion to a 'Lemon Garden', where we shall see how lemons are cultivated and the various products they can be turned into, including the Croatian version of Limoncello!

Back on the ship for a quick lunch, then out again for a walking tour of Dubrovnik old town.

Yesterday I went on a coach tour of the area surrounding Zadar which was interesting but quite long.

We have been really lucky with the weather and keeping fingers crossed for more sunny days.

Wishing all a pleasant Wednesday.

Good morning from Bristol. It is also dark and dry here atm. Yesterday was sunshine and sudden fierce, icy squalls - very disconcerting.
Yesterday morning, I did my Spanish homework which took me a long time, my rain hurt by the time I’d finished. I then walked down the hill to return some library books and pick others. Bus to Waitrose, then home for lunch.
I had a little rest, only to be interrupted by a neighbour who wanted to send our most recent manager a mail. She was temporary but we expected her to be here a bit longer. I think she too was shocked to be dismissed and packed off yesterday, with no notice. Not to us either. Her email was blocked so no one could send her our best wishes!
More scaffolding is coming off - I think they spend a morning taking it down and go to another site to empty the lorry…
I made some cranberry marmalade yesterday, and, while the oven was on, two different sets of biscuits for the fete on Saturday and live concert on Wednesday.
I slept very, very badly last night, napping throughout the. It’s a real nuisance not getting enough sleep. Very energy sapping.
Regular FAB cafe this morning, probably a nap this afternoon and pottering after that.
I hope all is well with md. Hope the mountaineering is only up hills.
Carpe diem 🦩🦩🦩🦩