Good Morning Tuesday 9th July 2024

Good morning from another grey and damp Suffolk after a lovely day yesterday.

My friend and I had a long beach walk where we saw a drift of beautiful yellow horned poppies. I had to look them up when I got home.

We talked to a couple of fishermen who had been on the beach for over 4 hours and hadn’t caught anything. DH and I had a similar conversation with 2 separate groups of men last week. They were all hoping for sea bass.

Apparently seals are now common just off the Suffolk shore as well as Norfolk. Each adult eats between 10-20lbs of fish each day and these men think that they account for the dearth of fish for them.

A day at home today and I have papers to read before a meeting tomorrow.

Taichinan I hope that you begin to feel better soon and others feeling under the weather or with worries and distress in their lives.

Good morning all, from a cloudy Glasgow, where it is 12C with showers forecast,

Thank you for the prayers, GM, and the good wishes folks, they mean a lot to me.
GM, I am really enjoying the Turkish Detective., but it is a world away from the glamourous Turkish dramas I watch. 😉

Taichinan get well soon.

Enjoy your day folks.

As LL the best for a quick recovery Taichinan

Good morning from a rainy Black Country.

It stayed dry and very warm on our walk yesterday. We did 5.5 miles. Then an hour of Line Dancing in the afternoon, left me with very tired legs.

DGD3 is 15 today! Though if you saw her you would think she was at least 19! Will meet up with them all for a meal Saturday as her sister will be 20 that day.

Over to Mums today, to take her food shopping and top up her Dossett box with pills. Then tonight take her to a memory cafe, where there will be entertainment and jacket potatoes. Hope to go for a walk with her, but rain may stop that!

Enjoy your day everyone.

Morning from a sodden S Hants, more rain is due.
Well done the boys Bellasnana first tippy toes into independence.
Spot on with the camping memory karmalady I remember it well!
Voluntary phone was steady yesterday, I need to update the spreadsheet, managed a quick trip to the farm shop in the rain and then it was quiz.
No real plans today, I must login to the NHS app to request drugs, later I’ll drop in a birthday present to our friend five minutes away.
Take care taichinan
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Good morning all and it’s drizzly and dark here in Essex.

Today I’ll pick up and deliver DGD to school as Dd has a hospital appointment.

I have play reading this morning (hope it’s a goodun).🤞.
Bridge this afternoon. , so the weather won’t bother me.

Dh will walk little pooch. She won’t be pleased as it’s always a short one with him!

Glad your little chaps enjoyed nursery. Bellasnanna,its so good for them ! 👍.

Welcome ‘home’ Ash. 🇬🇧.

Take care all 🌸

Morning all from a grey and soon to be wet S E Essex ☔️

Hope you are feeling better soon TaiChiNan
Pleased you are home safely Ashcombe
A big day for the twins Bellasnana

No plans today, until school/pre-school
pick up and swimming lessons for 9yr old and The Imp.

Middle AC is in one of our favourite holiday destinations, revisiting much loved places of his childhood with his family. Wish I was there ❤️

MaryDoll hope you are having a better day 😘

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Good morning from a grey W Kent. Looking forward to a friend visiting this morning and then U3A AGM this afternoon. DH is getting on with a huge turn out of paper and other bits and pieces, we might see the study floor soon
Best wishes to all, specially those on cold beaches

Good morning all from a damp north Wales where CoVid has also struck two of my friends- hope you’re better soon Taichinan x

Mr PG is having new hearing aids today so will have no excuse for ignoring me or accusing me of mumbling…😡

More 🎾 and ⚽️ later - I’m Spanish on both 😉

Will pop back later and read your doings…

Good morning, Michael and all GNs from a very wet South Yorkshire. Ah well, it’ll soften the ground up a bit. I have a few new plants to put in. Had a good drive out into the Peak District yesterday before it got busy. It made me think of all the times I had the luxury of sitting back and admiring the spectacular scenery while DH drove, but now I have to keep my eyes fixed firmly on the twisty turny roads! On my way home the queues heading for Chatsworth stretched a long way back! I had a chat to an old friend in the afternoon. He has had some significant health issues but is now on the mend. We always manage to find something to laugh about. Chiropodist coming this morning if she doesn’t get washed away, and volunteering this afternoon.
Have the best day you can folks.

Good morning from a soggy hillside in south Glos, a wet dog walk this morning.
Dd went home yesterday, it was lovely having her. DH and I took the two dogs out for a good walk before she left.
I enjoyed my lunch with friends, the food was good but such enormous portions- honestly I would have had three meals out of the one my friend had! Doggy bags all round.
Today I have absolutely nothing planned, I caught up with housework yesterday afternoon and just have a few bits of washing to do.
I hope today goes well for you all 🌹

Good morning from Torbay where we arrived back safely yesterday afternoon. It’s dull and overcast but the heavy rain from the evening has gone, thankfully, giving the overflowing drains time to recover!

I'm sorry you’re not seeing this part of South Devon in better weather, Ladyleftfieldlover but you seem to be making the best of it. Coleton Fishacre is one of my favourite NT properties locally with beautiful gardens, too. For a traditional seaside/fishing town, Brixham is worth a look, too, while you’re in that area.

Bellasnana: I'm glad the twins settled at nursery without tears; perhaps having each other helps?

So sorry you have Covid, Taichinan and hope you soon recover. Our Props Lead has it so our session at the theatre today is cancelled.

Dental hygienist appointment for me this morning.

A good day wished to you all. 🦩💐🦩🥰🦩

And my prayers for Taichinan and MD 💐

Good morning from a wet Bristol . It rained steadily most of my broken night… the temperatures are due to rise from 16C to 19C; at least it’ll be a bit warmer now that the vicious wind has died down.
Toddlers were much quieter due to a few absences; one family gave us helpers a box of chocolates, which was sweet of them.
I spent the afternoon cutting and sewing up squares for my patchwork, also cut out and mostly sewed up a simple jersey top, in preparation for the last online class this morning.(I don’t have much experience sewing jersey).
I shan’t go to outdoor tai chi this morning; I don’t want to get wet, especially as it is a 30 minute walk each way.
I have a PCC meeting this evening; also I want to bake a cake for DD’s own PCC meeting tomorrow.
So good to hear that the twins enjoyed their morning at playgroup, Bella; ask about the plants to murder. Geraniums are usually easy to grow but like most plants need feeding and watering…
Have a good (and warmer, yay!) day. Carpe diem 🦩🦩🦩🦩

Good morning all from a wet North Leicestershire.

Busy day today. Last choir session of this term and then a mad dash to watch Persie in her end of junior school play - which is a bit of a shock to the system.

Have the best day possible everyone.

Good morning from s somerset, wet cool and windy today, again

I am very in the pottering zone again ie no definite plans for anything much. I do want to prep my harvested charlottes for the freezer, I always find them useful in winter. I did make 7 ready meals and used my tagine as it was gathering dust. It took so long that it will be gathering dust again

No sewing yesterday so I am hoping that I get a bit of mojo for that

Taichinan, I hope you begin to feel more like your old self soon. Watch out for the covid re-bound, you will feel better and some days later it hits you again

This weather reminds me of camping with young children

Have a good day

Good morning from Malta where we expect a high of 38°C today.😎

The boys enjoyed their first day at nursery and there were no tears thank heaven! Thank you so much to all of you who sent best wishes, much appreciated.

Sorry you have Covid, Taichinan. Get well soon. 💐

No plans today although I need to go to the bank, go to buy an umbrella for the backyard and to the garden centre for some more plants to kill. I do wish I had the knack for keeping them alive but I have the opposite of green fingers, alas.

Watched a lot of tennis yesterday and more of the same later on.

Wishing you all a good day.☀️

Good morning Mick and all to follow from a grey and very rainy Lincolnshire.
The forecast is for thunderstorm this afternoon.
Yesterday we went to Mablethorpe and visited the seal sanctuary, there were other animals and birds too. The lemur enclosure was fun to watch as a keeper fed them.
Spent a couple of hours on the beach and then had a fish and chip tea.
It really was too much walking for me and I was really tired last night.
I think the family are doing a full day of activities in Lincoln today, I will be staying put and reading a book.

Have a good day.

Morning all from another damp and grey Devon. But hey ho, we’ll be out and about later! We had a good lunch in Dartmouth yesterday and a trip on the river.

Today we’re going to a National Trust property - Coleton Fishacre - which looks interesting!

I assume DH will be watching the first Euros semi final tonight, I will be reading Alice Munro short stories.

Have a good day.

Good morning Mick and all from Polmont where it's currently 11° and dry. I'm not sure what the weather will be like today.
Yesterday was a full on day with the boys. Lots of playing and squabbling too. We spent a lot of time in the garden as it was a nice day. There was a walk to the swings too.
Today I'm taking them to soft play. I loathe soft play but it'll tire them out. My village is having the main street resurfaced and there is chaos around with roads closed and traffic lights everywhere. I'm hoping if we leave early, it'll avoid it all. Have a good day all