Good Morning Tuesday 18th August 2026

Is anyone else awake? 6 months since losing my husband of 60 years and I’m having a difficult night.

I’d love to join in the Gransnet chats that come on my email every day but by the time I get them, you’ve almost all finished chatting. I’m not sure how to use this gransnet thing. 😊

Good morning, it’s very dark and cool here in south Glos, still no sign of rain despite the forecast vaguely suggesting drizzle somewhere, sometime 🙄
I do feel for you mernice, the wee small hours are the worst for being lonely, aren’t they?
Despite DH saying he’s watered my posts every day most of them are looking very sad and desiccated; I’m really upset because I don’t expect him to do much. I wish now I’d paid someone to come in and do it.
I went to the doctor, I’m on antibiotics so just as well I did. She’s told me to rest more, honestly I am doing very little but obviously not little enough! It’s difficult when you’re used to having to do everything.
Anyway, I’ll sit and do more stitching today, I also have a heap of books to read but my concentration is missing!
Chicken and salad for dinner, cba to cook.
I think it’s meant to be cooler today, hopefully it will stay that way for a while.
Take care x
🌹

Good morning from a dry, dawning Bristol.
mernice, early days; it’s normal to still find life hard. Are you getting counselling? Some people find it helpful.
Yesterday went well. My friend picked me and two others up to go to the Cadbury garden centre; it was only about 35 minutes to get there and the air was clear after about 1/2 hour of extremely light drizzle earlier.
The garden centre itself is more of a mini-mall, well set up and one pays only when exiting. The plant area is well organised and the plants looking good, obviously watered regularly.it was busy but not heaving and what children were there were very well behaved.
We met the rest of the group for coffee then wandered around.
Met again for lunch where my friend and I were having hysterics over the pronunciation of “quinoa”. She is profoundly deaf and couldn’t understand me. Eventually I wrote”kin-waah” on a napkin. She said it was much more useful than lip reading…. We then proceeded to “vinegrette”, etc. it’s hard trying to think how to split words into manageable pronunciation.
I came home exhausted for som3 reason, slept for an hour, sat fo4 the rest of the day went to bed very early, where I slept until now!
Today, Tesco with a different friend taking me. The podiatrist is also coming, with a resident joining me for his feet.
Re. Management company; we are meeting our MP in a fortnight; then probably going to the national press after that…
Probably everyone else is, like me, feeling better in the more temperate weather - just need rain!
Have a good day,Carpe diem 🦩🦩🦩🦩

r&l, I’m glad you have seen the doctor and been given antibiotics. please listen to your doctor. Do even less “nothing”….

Good morning from s somerset, cooler and perhaps a smidgen of rain later

Condolences Mernice

At last, we have cooler weather and I have just been out and taken all my sun shading down, I sowed my chantanay carrot seeds yesterday and am now hoping for perfect growing weather, albeit with shorter days

Yesterday was craft group and we did not get much done, it was wonderful, a smaller group of women at their best, funny, kind, empathetic. We overstayed our time and came out buzzy and uplifted

The workload on me is reducing, it always does towards autumn. I still need to lubricate the window and door hinges etc but I will get that moment if I bring the silicone spray into the house, I will do it at some point

I sat and wrote out my food plan for my vegans, everyone will be having the vegan buffet too, I am past catering for all and sundry. I still have a few days to get the sleeping accommodation ready but tbf the house is clean and tidy enough. I don`t feel overwhelmed anymore which is the main thing

I am pretty well up to date now so am going to have a nice peaceful rest day.