Good Morning Monday 1st June 2026

So late in the day, but sending good luck and love to Rosesandlilacs, welcome to Granniemay and wishing Grandmattie a happy meet-up with other GNs tomorrow.

Best of luck Rosesandlilacs

RosesandLilac having been where you are I lend you my support and send love.

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A huge thank you to all you wonderfully supportive GNs, you make such a difference when I see your messages.
Having very little support around me here I am so grateful for having you all xx

Thinking of you RosesandLilac.
Safe journey home Ash.

Morning Granniemay and welcome.

Good morning everyone from the east coast it’s cooler and we have rain later.
I’ve just been out for a 45 minute walk before the rain. I’m going to have a coffee and take out all the forget me nots from the bottom border as they are making it look tatty and overgrown. The blue calendula are really taking over but the bees love them. On my walk i passed a huge butterfly bush the one that has the orange balls on it and it was full of every bee imaginable. Are all your buxus dying? Ours are and everyone i see. Not a good year for them with the box caterpillar so they need throwing out too.

I’ll pick up DGS from school later. DH is cooking a Thai curry for dinner so it’s a fairly relaxing day for me.

Wishing everyone on holiday a lovely time. 🌞
Thinking about our virtual friends suffering illness and stress. 💐

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Welcome Granniemay.

👏👏 Granniemay. And thank you for accompanying me to the Mall. I have lost myself spectacularly three times in Bristol and, not being the most self confident, would hate to get lost and late tomorrow when I’m supposed to have arranged this meet-up! 🙏

Hi I’m new on here. From Bristol. I will be going to the Mall tomorrow with grandmattie. Looking forward to meeting people there. Have a good day. x

Susan56

FGT you are another warrior woman.Himself would be so proud of you as are we your friends on gransnet💐

Aw thank you SO much for caring. It really does mean a lot to me. (seconded by dear dragonfly too). Support on GN shows our natures at their very best.

My Yorkshire Lass phoned earlier “you’re doing amazing mum, we’re all so proud of you. Each time you rip the plaster off and face things. Dad wanted this. Remember he said ‘when I go I’ll take all this sadness with me - and leave you to the joy of living”. Well done mum, well done.”

A late good morning all from the central south coast where we have intermittent sun and clouds. There is some rain in the forecast for later this afternoon.

Hence we got the beds stripped early, sheets etc. in the washer and DH put out the lines and props ready for hanging out. First load is out and next will soon follow. My left arm has improved quite a bit lately and 13 months after the original injury, I am finding, finally, that physical jobs are easier.

Bellas the news of the fireworks explosion in Malta overnight brought back a memory of a friend of my big brother in our Yorkshire village, who lost an eye when some idiot threw a banger at him on Bonfire night. I have always been scared of bangers and noisy fireworks in general, ever since.

Take care on your journey home today Ash and hope you have a calm crossing. Portsmouth is only 7 miles away from us so I will give you a wave tonight to say "Goodnight"!

Kind thoughts to all with struggles and worries and hope for some ease and calm today for us all.

Gorgeous garden
Dragonfly.

Enjoy your beach day FGT keep out of sun danger.

Good morning, Michael12 and everyone!

It's been pouring with rain again all night and still is now - my type of weather!

I've been here at work since 5 am, shelf filling, stocktaking, cleaning, etc., so I'm on a break.

Last night I plonked down in front of my computer with a 1L carton of Alpro Almond Milk and a Ben and Jerry's Strawberry Cheesecake tub and watched ''Someone Is Watching'', with Stefani Powers, Mickey Toft and Margot Kidder, and brilliant acting from Martin Neufeld as BJ.

Back to work for me!

Have a good one!

👋 to you GrannieMay how delightful to have you join our merry band. I hope you’ll decide to become a regular and we can get to know each other. GrandMattie told us her friend would be posting soon!

Good Morning from a very wet Durham. The rain looks set in for the day, possibly the week! DGS1 has an inset day and was going to visit a NT property, plans may be revised!
I’m meeting a friend for coffee this morning, then this afternoon, I’ve to go to a branch of Virgin to sign something - can’t be done online. Luckily, I love driving - some weeks I’m never off the roads. Thinking of a new car too.
Usual walk with Little Dog later, but not in the woods which will be very wet. I’m quite pleased he’s going home Wednesday, although he’ll be back again for the weekend.
Safe journey Ash
Roses hope it all goes to plan today and you get your results promptly.

Best wishes to all. X

Good morning from a damp NE, we must have had overnight rain.
I did not have the quiet day I was expecting yesterday, DS got in touch and said that if I was up to it he was going to take me to look at wheelchairs. I found a suitable one and bought it.
DD sent a message late last night to say she had arrived in Canada, she is there for work but SIL is there as a tourist.
Have a good day.

I echo what Susan says FGT.

FGT you are another warrior woman.Himself would be so proud of you as are we your friends on gransnet💐

I forgot to wish Ash a safe journey. I admire you, I can no longer cope with motorway driving nowadays.

Lovely photos Dragonfly.

FGT.❤

Good morning everybody from Málaga where 34°C is forecast. Yesterday I was in dither mode, in the end opting for coffee with a friend, the gardens and a Chinese meal with said friend.

Safe journey home Ashcome I hope it’s straightforward and smooth for you it will reboot your confidence. And all my best wishes to you dear Roses&Lilac today attending for your scan. I hope the result can give you some degree of reassurance towards your treatment plan going forward.

Today I’m in decisive mode. I’m off for a day at the beach and the one I go to is on the marina so I shall have a cocktail as I come up around 6pm.

I haven’t been on the beach for 3 years. Himself and I just used to walk along the paseo or sit and people watch on the marina. So I know I shall have mixed emotions. I love a beach day but doing it solo will bring back so many memories I know will press the bruise. I think a few tears will fall but hey, that’s normal and I’ve got my dark blue reflective sunglasses so my feelings can stay my own.

Good morning all from a very wet Glasgow, where it is 13°C.

Bella, what an awful thing to happen.

Llft we used to visit Gozo often. I loved the ferry trip, although it was a bit of an adventure in a car.

I did very little yesterday, I had neither energy, nor inclination..
To my surprise, DS1 appeared after playing football. He started playing in The Fat Boy's team, (that is their actual name) however he is no longer fat!
Now their manager and takes it very seriously.

Like his siblings, he thinks I am exaggerrating about DH, that was, until I walked him to his car and told him a few home truths.
His is always quite distant with me, so I had nothing to loose!
I had hoped, he would have acknowledged how difficult it had been for me, he didn't.

Later on, Babydoll arrived with her parents. I didn't get a chance to batten down the hatches!!!
She was a little strange, only wanting me and refusing to give DH a hug,
We said Papa was ill, but nothing. Then when I said, Papa had needed Calpol, she looked over her shoulder, made a face and walked backwards, to reluctantly hug him🤣

I could have predicted her first words. Gaga, I'm hungry, what she really meant was, she wanted Quavers.
As a treat, she usually gets Quavers and a Fruit Shoot, This time however, she wanted one of Dollie's Capri Suns, because she is a big girl now. ♥️

Insisting on going out in the garden, to play in the water fountains and fill them with stones, I was the only person, who was allowed out.
She kept going on about a microphone, then spotted what she was looking for, a solar light, which actually looked like a micro phone.
A set of wind chimes was her instrument and I had to listen to a rendition of Baa Baa black sheep. It was so funny. It was then my turn and she very kindly applauded my performance.

This morning, I have to let a parishioner into Church. An abandoned wheelchair was left in the rain, in the car park yesterday.
By process of elimination, I worked out, who it was. We have a fair number of wheelchair users, it took some time.
However, I had no contact number. By asking various parishioners, I eventually got a hold of the owner's son. He had no idea, he left it.
How can you lose a wheelchair ? 😂

Roses, a very anxious time for you. You will be in my prayers. X

Have the best day you can folks and best wishes to all the poorlies,

Hi everyone I am new on here. But I also will be joining granmatte tomorrow. ( hope it’s spelt right ) At the Mall. We are travelling there together . Have a good day.x