Good Morning Saturday 1st August 2026

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Good morning from a clear, dawning Bristol. It would appear that the days are already getting shorter. Still no rain, none forecast.
I was given several lbs of rhubarb from the vicar’s allotment, so made several people very happy. What was left, I stewed with oranges and ginger for myself.
Today, I’m serving coffee. The church now looks very smart with its heating chandeliers and just heaters in the aisles.
My ankle is almost painless but still very swollen and starting to show some spectacular bruising. I’m being very kind to it, with cold packs and elevation.
May you all have a happy weekend. Carpe diem 🐦‍🔥🦩🦩

Good morning from Stockport.
Very little sleep again, I seem to be managing on less every week.
Yesterday the temperature was better for me, in fact I closed some small windows which have been open for weeks
I am pleased you are getting over your fall grandMattie it can really shake us up as we get older.
Gardeners come today but there is little for them to do apart from removing dead plants, the lawns haven’t grown at all.
Have a good day everyone.

Good morning from Malta where a sunny day is forecast with a high of 38°C.

How is it August already?😱. It reminds me of a soap opera I used to be hooked on which started with the words ‘Like sands through the hourglass, so are the Days of our Lives’. So true, and the older we get there is less sand in the top so it rushes faster!

grandMatiie is it wise to be serving coffee when your ankle is swollen? Please take care, you really ought to have it raised on a pillow and take things easy until it’s better.

I had my little Treasure number 2 on his own yesterday. He’s a different child when there’s nobody around but the two of us, I really enjoyed his company, he’s full of questions. He made some jelly for me although admonished me as it has sugar in it which his mother has taught him is the work of the devil!😂

I intend to do some cleaning today. I did my front steps (five of them down to the front door) which were filthy due to the dust blown about in the wind,

I also vacuumed through and also the fake turf out the back! I must look crazy but it’s like mowing the lawn!😅

First I shall get on my cross trainer. I’m doing better and got the resistance level up to 6 yesterday without it feeling too much.

Wishing you all a good day.☀️

Good morning from south Glos, another warm day ahead.
I’m having coffee with a friend this morning, we’ll sit outside under her old apple tree that’s festooned with mistletoe.
I had my hair trimmed yesterday, enjoyed a lovely chat with my hairdresser who always makes me laugh.
I bought fish and chips from the chippy for dinner (we eat at lunchtime), delicious as usual.
I need to give the living room a good tidy today, it’s a bit cluttered in places, then I will carry on with my sashiko, I’m loving it.
Hospital bag packing has begun, I need to fit everything into a bag no bigger than a supermarket bag for life (including adding the clothes that I’ll be wearing to hospital).
I have two pages of written instructions to re read to make sure I don’t forget anything or do something forbidden!
Plant watering shortly, hosepipe ban so I’m eking out what little I have in the water butt.
Have a lovely weekend if you can x
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Good morning from Belfast looks promising out there a lot cooler. Today must steam my floors and I have a lot of ironing to do have been putting it off.
I made lemon meringue pie yesterday I just couldn't get it out of my head after you made yours grandMattie.
Take care everyone.

Morning all from West Oxfordshire - and white rabbits 🐰!

I didn’t get up to much yesterday. My cough and cold were still with me and I took the decision to cancel my trip to an outdoor theatre.

However, I will go and collect a dress from the seamstress and click and collect a parcel from Waitrose.

GM: I used to do a lot of patchwork 40 years ago, usually the hexagon variety. Usually all by hand. Now I am sewing squares on my sewing machine. Any quilting will be by hand - I us d to do it by machine. I am currently using up a lot of fabric I have had for years. I even found sone fabric leftover from when my mum made my daughter her first school dresses 40 years ago!

Have a good day everyone. I think the weekend will be cooler with another heatwave due on Monday.