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Welcome to all...it's good to have your company. You are special peoples. 
Well a quiet and uneventful night at the Izabella household, a wonderful morning sky, and silent crows and magpies. Possibly something to do with a circling red kite patrolling the skies. Mr Izabella just reminded me of an amazing sight recently when a red kite was successfully mobbed by a number of blackbirds working together in determined fashion to see it off. If we take time to stand and stare there is so much going on out there and it gives me joy and inspiration as a bystander.
Post it notes to hand so hopefully I wont get you all mixed up, but there is always the chance I will omit someone so TOYA.
Maw welcome back. At least your sojourn elsewhere was short lived. Yes we know the book well and it helped me learn how to deal with the foggy times. Hopefully also dispelled a lot of myths about Alzheimers sufferers always being negative or in denial. As it affects every individual differently, its the luck of the draw I suppose. As a glass half full person I also feel i owe it to friends and family to remain positive for as long as I can. I feel almost like some sort of ambassador and explaining that there are a few of us able to confront positively. Another amazing book is by Keith Oliver entitled "Dear Alzheimers".
Chicken yes its scary. That happened to me in NZ. Luckily still in Auckland where the specialist retinal centre was (information provided by Mr. I)
My concentration is waning but before I go Anne take care. Falling is overrated and decidedly risky. It is something I too indulge in with worrying regularity these days.
Panache I am just so sorry to her your news. You must feel as if a rug has been pulled from under your feet. Selling/buying/moving is one of the most stressful events. I wish you well and in the meantime, know many of us has been in that very situation at some time or other.
Hope this all makes sense.
panache I’m sorry to read about the house sale going wrong. Maybe as had been suggested an auction would spare you the ongoing anxiety and responsibility of it all.
n&g I can see where those boys get their mischievous streak.. you have a definite twinkle in your eye in that lovely photo!
Welcome home greyduster, those photos of Norfolk bring happy memories. It is a long haul from Yorkshire though but worth it I know.
Izabella I’m sorry but your well written description of a sleepless night made me laugh. We have nights like that here sometimes! My old boy sleeps very lightly and he’s easily disturbed and I am really fidgety if I can’t get to sleep which irritates him. I have been known to creep downstairs in the hope that watching tv will do the trick - only to find that he has left the volume so high that when I switch it on it would wake the dead never mind him. It doesn’t go down well!
Ouch Ann, falling over is just horrid it just makes you feel really vulnerable, it’s no wonder you had a bit of a weep. I’m so glad you didn’t do any lasting damage ? Take good care of yourself.
chicken, that’s must have been a worry for your daughter. At times like that there’s just no place like home to get some straight answers from the medics.
We’ve had a very lazy weekend but satisfying in its own way. The man came to service the gas appliances yesterday so I had to move the various bits of junk that accumulated on the counter in the garage where the boiler lives. Doing this prodded me into doing a long overdue clear up in there. One thing led to another resulting in a much tidier space. I then advertised a couple of items on our local “freegle” site. Already have a potential home for the bread maker I was given a while back that’ll be the same one I’ve been promising to use for over a year, but haven’t We went to favourite spot for lunch today, while it was dry enough to enjoy the countryside. It threatened thunder/rain all afternoon but it came to nothing until early evening when we had 15 minutes or so of the most torrential driving rain and a freakish strong wind. It was quite odd, I do hope those poor folk in Derbyshire and North Yorkshire haven’t had the same.
I’ll leave you with some cheerful photos taken a local garden that I visited on Friday. Wishing you all a good nights sleep x
Goodness so much to catch up on.
Firstly izabella loved your post. Reminded me of a few years ago when in a deep dream something made me jump out of bed and still half asleep I caught my foot in the bedclothes and fell headlong into our wardrobe doors spraining my foot on the way. The language from my DH at being woken up so rudely and me with a painful foot was very rude 
Oh maw so glad you’re back. I suppose I have to keep my promise and give you my ice cream too.... ok here you are then ? .... it’s my favourite... can I have a lick ?
Oh panache house selling is never easy. At least you are safe in your new home. It will work out. It always does, just hang in there x
ann sorry you had a fall. Hope you are ok
Oops! Here's the photo...
Dearest Panache, my heart sank when I read your news. That is a buggeration of a blow. You deserve so much better. My thoughts are with you and please may good fortune smile on you.
Greyduster Your photographs, as always, are special.
I shall leave you all with the latest photo of our great grandchildren Ted and Mila - taken just today -
Wishing you a peaceful evening. TOYA. 
Hello the kitchen! I posted a fairly long diatribe this morning and then (you may breathe a collective sigh of relief!) I lost it and the photos I had posted, and I hadn’t got the energy to do it all again! Anyway, I have not been able to post while we were away because the place we were staying was a WiFi blackspot so we gave up rather than use up all our data. The Norfolk weather was kind to us, meeting up with the N&G’s was a huge pleasure - time (and cake) went far too fast - and both birding and beach sitting on did not disappoint. My camera, however, was a blistering nuisance so photos of all the wonderful birds at Titchwell were a bit on the disappointing side! We finished off with a trip to Oxburgh Hall which, in spite of being semi-scaffolded, was wonderful. (It has a priest hole that visitors are welcome to experience. One chap did and struggled to get out again - people were smaller in the sixteenth century!). It was almost worth the two hour traffic jam we sat in afterwards trying to get back to Kings Lynn so that we could come home to Yorkshire!!! We had hoped to visit another longstanding Norfolk friend but she was away visiting family.
Ann I’m sorry to hear you had a fall, and glad it was no worse than a few bruises. I have fallen heavily twice and been lucky, but the thought of it happening again terrifies me.
ckinstarner welcome to the kitchen!
Kitty I will have a piece of your cake, please, or even crumbs if that is all there is left, which knowing this lot, will be the case! I had a cheese scone in Sheringham that was the best one I have ever eaten and about three inches high to boot. I had serious scone envy!
Izabella your post was delightful! I have certainly not missed the cacophony of the seagulls which seemed to gather on the roof opposite our ‘lodgings’ over the last few days, but the call of curlews at Titchwell was an absolute delight.
Well, I will leave you with a couple of photos - best of a bad lot - and look in tomorrow.
Izabella Your post is very entertaining. Beautifully written. The bird commotion made me laugh out loud.
Ann How come you didn't pop into the kitchen for a moan and some TLC? Us lot have your interests at heart. How is the bruising? A fall really does shake one's confidence. Please do take things easy for the rest of the day.
N&G You look wat too young. That hair is lovely. The chookie egg looks appetising. I had Bran Flakes and banana. Good for the gut!
Chicken Your daughter's detached retina sounds very disconcerting. Bless her. Good that she is back in this Country. She will be receiving first class treatment.
kitty I am partial to chocolate cake crumbs. A large spoonful for me, please.
Maw I'm keeping a friendly eye on you. 
A warm welcome to ckinstarner. I shall share my plate of chocolate sponge crumbs with you. 
Morning all!
Lovely description of the birds this morning Izabella, we have a flat roof over our lounge and when the fat pigeons are up there we call it ‘ River Dance’ and then Sam runs out to bark until they fly off!! I can lend him to you to save MrI’s Feet!!
Sorry to hear about your daughters eye chicken glad she’s getting the appropriate treatment now.
It was a boiled egg and soldiers start to the day today. We are like small children as we discovered they were double yolkers! It seems like such a treat lol Mind you in comparison to the normal size eggs my eyes watered in sympathy for the poor chicken that had to lay them ! I have added a picture , please excuse my morning hair ?
It’s a lazy Sunday here chez N&G . Nothing of any importance going on , so I wish you all a little blue sky , lazy day too!
A quiet night with the Izabellas then.
Hello ckinstarner, welcome to the kitchen. Did you bring cake?
I got a chocolate sponge out of the freezer intending to take it to the last of our carers course but, when I was putting the salted caramel butter cream in it, it started to crumb badly. It looks odd but is very tasty so I'll leave what the grandchildren didnt eat, on the side for later. It's very rich.
Back later.
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