Good heavens, Doodle, poor you. I can imagine the panic when your hand swelled to that extent. Casts are far from comfortable at the best of times, but it's good to hear that you have been relieved of some of the problem. Good luck for next Wednesday. In the meantime, you are probably already so fed up trying to cope as a One-Armed Bandit and it must be hard to sufficiently rest that dominant arm. Please do try though 😘
Chezza, how lovely to see you 'bounce' back into view. Fingers crossed that your life is staying relatively calm and there are fewer episodes (at the time of typing) to mess with your happy life with WP. All good wishes - and a cwtch, naturally!
Norah a very happy Neine posted some days ago that their Annulments were 'passed' with flying colours and that the service of their choosing can go ahead as planned. Not long now, Neine, you must be so thrilled and excited and knee deep in planning by now.
Crossstitchfan You were gracious enough to apologise for a posting which you say was 'unreasonable and unsympathetic' when I recently asked for some of the wonderful support provided on GN in times of illness or distress and which was suffered by a fellow Gran. You can see how your post - contrary to the many prayers and wishes offered by lovely people - would have upset myself, my friend and her family at that time and when her Husband was fighting for his life. My calling you out for the post when you arrived on this thread and asked for people to send well wishes, prayers, comfort etc., in the face of your Granddaughter's baby's illness can hardly have come as a surprise. Your post was in total contradiction of the harsh views you expressed only a few weeks ago.
And you have had support from all posters recently - including me - so I cannot see how you maintain that my message has added to your distress. As I said, you have apologised and I am happy to accept your apology. You have stated that you hadn't intended to cause any offence but that now you have my criticism to contend with! Yes, you were criticised but you've admitted that you were wrong to write what you did. So, that really should be the end of it, I think, and will be my final comment on the incident.
As far as posting about your family or anything else you want to say on this forum, you must know that you are welcome to go ahead and do just that, so the choice is yours.
The Lobstars thread, Soop's Kitchen, and the Good Morning thread are not the places for combative posts, for hostility or arguments, but places where lasting friendships have been formed and support and kindness abound. Remember that and you'll offend no-one.
How lovely that you are able to host such an interesting and enthusiastic bunch of helpers, Grammaretto. A chance to glimpse and hear about ways of life in far-flung places AND have keen pairs of hands and practical help in your own home sounds just perfect. I know you've done it for a very long time but I still think it's 'brave'!
We've just returned from a long weekend in Cahors and travelled through some of the most beautiful countryside with 360 degree views for miles and miles. It's a long while since I've seen so many wild flowers, banks and meadows covered with orchids, gambolling lambs, roads covered with drifting blossom rather than heavy traffic, it was wonderful.
However, back at the ranch, anarchy abounds in our own garden : the Swallows have finally taken up residence in their new luxury nesting apartments, kindly installed by Mr GF before we left. The cheeky little souls repaid our kindness by squabbling and bombing the pool whilst we attempted a quiet cuppa in the garden this afternoon, the little Redstarts are tapping on the windows at every available opportunity - no idea why. There is a very lairy Starling....just the one....who totally ignores a big bird scarer we had to install to frighten the local feathered people away from the shallow beach end of the pool. We don't mind too much about the bathing, drinking, party atmosphere of dozens of birds, it's just the pooing on the tiles which we need to deter. But this one Starling couldn't care less. He's instantly recognisable, often soaking wet, fluttering and preening, with a comical middle parting, sitting in the sun in the fig tree until he dries. He's now encouraged two Doves so I need to work on the bird scarer. It's harmless but tasteless in the extreme. I must try to post an offensive photo to see whether it works on Grans - the scaring, that is!
I have an early scan in the morning, so must away to my bed.
Sleep well, get well, be well, stay well, to all of you who could benefit from that. Tomorrow's a new day, night night to you all with the very best of wishes from France.
Grammaretto but I feel sad for that person when we ALL know anyone can ask for prayers or kind thoughts from our wonderful, caring family of grans here.
