Good Morning Tuesday 14th July 2026

Dragonfly for you and your DH.

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Good morning from Sunnyside northwest coast.
Just returned from the dentist who looked at my swollen painful gum. No tooth there after a broken tooth extraction over eighteen months ago. Had a couple of x rays and no tooth left in thank goodness. She thinks I may have had a sinus infection which had gone into the gum.

Lovely day yesterday with DD on the Wirral peninsula, After an indifferent lunch at the beautiful botanic gardens, we had a nice walk around them although rain is badly needed.
She was out in the evening and I enjoyed a cold chicken salad and some telly.
I don’t enjoy driving, although glad I do and it’s lovely to be driven around on days out.

Thoughts to dragonfly and all🌺

Safe travels Marzipan 👍☘️

No Marydoll as yet? Hope all’s okay up there.

Good morning from Belfast where it is 16 rising to 24 . Going to have a shower soon seem to be sleeping better.
Have been out to the poly tunnel picked a few mini tomatoes. Still a lot of green ones to ripen.
Waiting for DH to come home he is in his element doing jobs for DD.
Being very lazy have almost finished a John Grisham book I started yesterday.
Have a good day everyone take care.

And dragonfly thinking especially of your husband getting his scan today. Brings back memories for me so I know exactly of the mental anguish you’ll be going through. 🤞 for reassuring news.

Liberty that’s some financial hit for a car! Quite a shock I imagine when it’s unexpected.

Hope you have a smooth (long) journey home Marzipan. Just focus on the fact you’ll be in your lovely cool place this evening!

Sad you’ve had to sell your cottage Gingster we know how much it meant to you.

Greyduster ,I am so sorry for your loss. As I get older I’m acutely aware my friends and friendship group aren’t getting any younger. I’m very fortunate that we are still alive and kicking but I know that’s not going to last forever.
Look after yourself and take time to grieve.

Sensible logical attitude madeleine. My friend's daughter has type 2 diabetes and temps above 30 deg affect it detrimentally. I must ask my friend what her DDs side effects are.
Feel better soon.
This long stretch of heat is so unusual for the UK it will take a while to become accustomed to it. And then it will be winter!!,

Good morning Michael and all GN's on a sunny but blessedly breezy and cooler morning, for which I am truly thankful. My back is not good today and so it has taken me some time to creak up and get going. Frustrating as I would like to make the most of the cooler weather to get some jobs done.

Yesterday I had ideas on what I wanted to do, but I just felt wiped out and did very little, just sat about, keeping in the cool with the cold water, wet flannel etc. Was rather annoyed with myself as I looked back to living in much hotter places and still carried on. Thought is it just being older means I am coping less well,? but eventually my brain started to work and I used some commonsense.

I have been diabetic for a couple of years now, but only on tablets and a sensible diet etc, no insulin. I just carry on and every so often I can see myself wandering off the paths of righteousness and go back to the book and check out what I am doing. But this long stretch of hot weather has not occurred until now, and having lived abroad, I naturally do many of the sensible things, such as keeping out of the sun and all my tips for keeping cool. However I have now looked up reactions for type 2 and the heat and things make a bit more sense. So I have not had any alcohol and been drinking mostly water, but need to increase the water intake, and not just drink when I feel thirsty. I keep bottles of water in the fridge but just taking it as and when. Now I am putting them together to be able to see that I am drinking enough throughout the day.

I now have a reason for how I am feeling, which is very good, instead of wondering why, and even a genuine excuse for not doing things like ironing etc. so with a bit cooler morning ,am feeling better. Yesterday I only did the minimum, which meant cleaning the kitchen and bathroom, going through the fridge and checking dates on food etc. Normally I use my commonsense about dates on packets etc and am prepared to use things a day or two over their packet dates, as I am quite capable of looking at and smelling things, but in this weather am more cautious. Hopefully when things cool down I will have lost a bit of weight, as have not been eating as much and of course a bit later in the evening. Yesterday I enjoyed some lovely new potatoes and a few strawberries that were cool from the fridge. So have some potatoes left to make a salad for today. I read lots of posts and got rid of emails etc.

A little sad that I am not at the Great Yorkshire Show, which I used to go to every year. This breeze should help them to have a great day, and hopefully boost the coffers. With Covid and bad weather , over the last few years I think many little shows and big ones too have been struggling to keep going. So hoping they are all having a good year.

May today be a good day for all of your plans and hope that you can keep cool and enjoy yourselves.

Good morning all , I think I’m getting used to the heat , I’ve doors and windows open and closed as appropriate, and I’m feeling cool about the ankles !
Another day in the greenhouse , I’m taking off bottom leaves of the tomatoes , no flowers yet on the cucumbers ,
The cherry tomatoes are delicious , I don’t think I’ve ever had ripe ones so early
I’m trying to keep new clematis alive till my daughter arrives home from a long weekend . Struggling with watering cans , I don’t get on with the hose , I end up soaked as bits fly off or it dries up with the inevitable kinks
Thinking of those with illness and problems , hope to hear from some soon

Morning from yes, sun again in S Hants with a slight breeze.
Yesterday was quiet on the voluntary phone, we have a new system picking up calls online, not dialling in to an answerphone.
More washing was done. Our garden is looking very tired, with no significant rain for weeks the hose was a poor substitute and now we have a ban. I am exempt, but feel guilty if we use it.
Enjoy the museum Bellas.
Fingers crossed for your journey Marzipan and safe travels to all out and about.
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Morning from Essex, clouds like yesterday morning and a slight breeze, but it looks like our sunshine will burn off the clouds and give another glorious day.

Have the best time you can, lovely people

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Crikey you lot are up early! It’s 8:30am in the UK and there’s 43 posts already! Are you all off to work? …. 😂

Good morning everybody from Málaga where it’s hot again (lovely) with a very pleasant soft cool breeze oh no that’s the ceiling fan I’ve not switched it off yet! 🤷‍♀️

It’s LWW here at 2pm up in Arroyo. I will not go in the boutique, I will not go in the boutique, I will not …

Tidy up morning here first after my cereal and Greek yoghurt with grapes (my nod to healthy eating) and before my shower and hairwash. I need to sweep, mop the tiles, put my sheets in to wash and make up the bed. Also as the family of four will be using this place before me next month and need space and hangers in the wardrobe I need to pack all my stuff into clip boxes. I hate doing it but it’s only once a year so I shouldn’t moan. I’m glad I don’t rent it out #lazygran.

The man came to do the window strips yesterday what a difference now! The old ones had gone brown in the sun over the years and the effect spoiled looking out at the gorgeous view. Now - so much better. See pic before/after!

There was a recent thread about car repairs - local v dealerships Liberty. Unless you’ve a guarantee or warranty the locals won hands down. One of my cars was recalled for a free tweak at the Dealership - fresh coffee, newspapers, pastries and a B&O tv to watch, but I noted that the hourly labour charge was 3 times what my local garage charged - I’d paid cheaper barristers!

Good morning from Wiltshire. A slightly cooler morning. It’s been sooooo windy though.

We enjoyed the Wimbledon men’s singles final on Sunday. DH completely forgot about the rugby on Saturday which he was annoyed about. Watched the England-Norway match but I have to confess, I find football very boring. DH only ever watches if England are playing in the World Cup.

School pickup yesterday. DGS2 wanted to watch EnglandvNorway again but got bored. DGD3 (7) was at a birthday sleepover on Saturday. Apparently they were “still going” at midnight. Even worse, DGD2 was 13 yesterday and on Saturday, she had a sleepover in a large tent in the garden with 6 other girls. Nobody really got any sleep according to DS including everyone in the neighbourhood I think. 😯

Congratulations to Iris on a 2nd place at the RDA national championships. Which discipline was she competing in? DD2 used to help at the RDA in West Berkshire when we lived there. When she was a boarder in Somerset she continued riding at a school there and was lucky enough to take a Badminton horse over some jumps. They were nowhere near as big as the real course but the horse jumped very high as it was used to doing this. Sadly it’s just too expensive nowdays.

I’m sorry that such an important chapter has closed in your life Gingster. I hope your cottage brings you lots of happy memories.

Good morning, Michael12 and all.

At 8 this morning, I was at work opening the 2 shop windows, and on one of them, on the inside, was a huge Airbus fly, but thankfully it was dopey, so I grabbed the swatter and battered it to death there and then, and with great pleasure too!

Because of the weather, I've got another bomber of a headache, so I've taken some Paracetamol, washed down with a can of Monster. The shop, till area, etc., are all set up, so I'm sitting here waiting for the first customer!

Have a good one, al of you!

Good morning from a cloudy Leicestershire.

Today DH is having his PET-ct scan. He is quite nervous and has been up since 6.
I am still hobbling so they will wonder why he is the patient and not me.
I have a telephone consultation with the GP this afternoon to see how long the MRI will be and to see if there are any stronger pain killers.

Wishing everyone the best day possible.

grandmadinosaur enjoy your river trip. We did it when we lived in the Netherlands in the late seventies and I remember the market in Liege stretching for miles and selling just about everything under the sun!

Good morning everyone from a cloudy Northampton, feeling much cooler.
I really enjoyed the lower temperatures yesterday, it made going out pleasant.

Also enjoyed yoga yesterday and the coffee gathering afterwards especially as it was the first time I'd been out in a week.
Came home, did a few household tasks, had lunch then it was out on the bus to the shops, mainly to get an M&S voucher for the cousins whose ruby wedding celebration I am attending at the weekend. I also popped into Boots and spent a mini fortune on skin care and make-up..... in the forlorn hope that it might take a few years off me by Saturday!

Must get a few more things done around the house this morning; have already got a load of washing in the machine.
Hope to get out on a group walk after lunch - I have spent too long indoors lately.

Wishing all a pleasant cooler day.

Good morning from overcast South Lanarkshire.

We arrived home yesterday from an absolutely wonderful trip. Eight of us across three generations, aged seven to seventy seven visited Thailand and Singapore. The heat and humidity was intense yet we managed to enjoy all the sights and sounds including seeing monkeys and snakes in their natural habitat, although I was surprised by the snake which crossed my path in the hotel gardens on the island of Koh Samui to be honest.

The jet lag is fierce but I’m hoping we feel much better by this evening as DH and I along with DD and DS are going to see James Taylor at Edinburgh Castle.

Wishing everyone the best day possible.

Good morning all from Polmont where it's currently 13° and cloudy. I think its a sea haar so might burn off later. Its very still. Grandmadinosaur enjoy your river cruise. marzipan safe journey home today.
Yesterday, for whatever reason, I felt more energetic than I have for a while. I did 2 lots of weeding then polished, hoovered and mopped all the floors. Mentally I felt better for it. Dd sent videos of the boys sliding down water slides. Dgs2 has improved his confidence in the water massively. It was nice to see them so obviously enjoying themselves.
Today I will check on dds for mail. I want to clean the glass in the house. If the sun does come out, I will have to do it in stages. I might even finish weeding the front garden. Have a good day all

Good morning all and it’s beautifully cool at the moment.

Today I’m hopping on the train , just two stops, to meet my ‘oldest’ pal for coffee for a couple of hours. I won’t go to Bridge today as I don’t like leaving Dh all day. Also I have to go up to town to take papers to the solicitors., DIL came and we went through it all together so hopefully we’re nearly there. 😤. My lovely neighbour came in to witness our signatures . He felt quite important, I think 😉.

I hope you’re feeling better today Utbb. That feeling is horrible especially when you’re out.

GG 💐.
Safe and troublefree journey wished for you Marzipan.

Take care all 🌺

Good morning from a cool and cloudy Suffolk where it is supposed to be sunny and hot unlike yesterday when both DH and I needed jumpers on in the house. It was 22 degrees but I think we had adjusted to the hot weather well and therefore felt chilly in the evening.

I am still awaiting a phonecall from the garage after leaving my car there yesterday for a service and MOT. When asked if I had noticed any problems I said I thought one of the side lights was out. My confidence that that was the only problem was dented when they phoned mid morning to say I needed a new tyre,work on the brakes etc with an estimate stretching into 4 figures!

We have used the local main dealer for nearly 40 years and trust them to do a good job so the work was authorised. No choice really but I do value the freedom of having a car especially since we are 2 miles away from very limited public transport.

Hope today is a good one for all and those on holiday continue to enjoy this hot weather.

Good morning all from a really dull and miserable Suffolk coast.

We had a lovely day mooching round the Maltings and then spent the afternoon in the hotel.

Have the best day possible everyone.