🦞 The Lockdown Gang still chatting 🦞

Sounds like a nice day *Grammaretto. How lovely to be asked to help your DGS with his project.
I’ve been out to a garden centre today. No plants or seeds for me, I bought two handbags 🤣. Really naughty but I tend to use bags till they are really quite dishevelled and I did need a new one but then this other one looked at me and it matched my new shoes so I had to get that too,
NN I do hope you’re ok. You took a nasty tumble. Lease be careful and take things easy. Could you not eat out or buy some food I. While you recover. Do you have a microwave?
Nice your friend is coming to stay. I wonder what your next adventure will be

I'd say, NN, take care when you laugh, but I bet you don't have much to laugh about at this moment in time.
An all-inclusive sounds the way to go 👙🌞🍸🏝️.

I never quite get the configuration right on handbags. Too deep and roomy and I lose everything to the depths, too many sections and I can never remember where I've secreted everything.
I love the look and security of messenger bags with the big flap - always good for travel and crowds. But I tie myself in knots when wearing it crossbody and trying to peer inside for the old dear's travel pass train ticket.

What a lovely way to get involved with the younger generation and expand their knowledge of family history, Grammaretto. Did he say anything about 'the olden days'?😉

DD had to interview my DM for a history project, specifically memories of war time evacuation to Somerset.
Lovely to have the cassette😳, with both their voices committed to posterity.

Just a shame we have nothing to play it on.

My friend has just given me a memory stick with 2 favourite CDs on it which I can play in my new car since it has no CD player. I should add that he copied them first. All too technical for my old brain.

My DGD (the 11 yr old) has acquired a radio cassette player recently.
Add that to your Christmas present list for Santa Ixion

I was pleased to be helping DGS. I spoke to him this morning and he says what I've done is just fine.
His remit was to interview someone from a different generation. 😅 I'm certainly that about how they came to live in Wellington.

Evening all. I’m sitting here yawning my head off, been to a party this afternoon (thank goodness it wasn’t an evening event). Very nice and enjoyable but I’m exhausted. Will catch up tomorrow. X

How's our very own Party Animal this evening? 💃
Hope you had a lovely time, Doodle.

Apologies to Kaimoana for missing your wedding anniversary. I am pleased that your family helped mark the day, which must have be one of mixed emotions as ever .💐

How're the #ribs, NN? My DM when elderly and fragile broke hers when leaning over the arm of a garden chair to retrieve something on the patio. Being upright, even when sleeping, was less painful for her than lying down.

Enjoyed a pleasant day doing stuff in the garden as the weather was quite decent. This was until Mr. I decided on a Monty Don rôle and decided to help.
He couldn't 'get on' with my swan neck hoe (my trusty for at least 40 years) and I suggested he locate a Dutch hoe which could arrive tomorrow, to maintain the momentum.

Luckily, I was party to the proposed purchase.
The one selected was the equivalent of the Swiss Army knife.
Umpteen interchangeable gadgets, all of which we already had, apart from the screw-on window cleaning tool.

Nah.

No wonder my decluttering is a one sided project.

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Another disappearing post! I must have pressed preview and not send.

I was thinking how your posts make me laugh. ixion 😂🤣

I went on the walk today. It was sunny and only 4 miles over the Border hills. The organisers treated us all to a strawberry and cream tea in their garden afterwards.

I have someone coming to look at the books tomorrow and later a second viewing of this house. I mustn't get too excited but I may have to miss my Gaelic class!

How's the party girl today? And how are the bruised ribs?
Did the family weekend go well Kaimoana

Thanks Ixion i had a lovely time. Good weather so we were outside all afternoon. Had a restful day today. Hospital phoned and said they wanted me to take the bandage off my arm . I was a bit concerned but the dressing is still underneath. It looks disgusting do I have put a simple cover over it. Dressing comes off in another 10 days I think.
Wow what a handy gadget that could have been. Your Dh could have spent all his time swapping attachments 🤣
Grammaretto i do envy your beautiful places to walk. I’m never far from a road and vehicles. Must be nice to walk somewhere peaceful. Good luck with the viewings.

Grammaretto I lost three posts yesterday.
All long. Should have written them elsewhere and pasted here afterwards.
I gave up.
😫

A bookshop owner collected a number of books today. Instead of being relieved I feel like buying them back!

I'm hopeless at this decluttering lark.
He's promised to send me some money but I shall miss some of them.

In a wee while, I am expecting a viewing but I am really not in the mood to sell my lovely house.

How do or did you feel selling and moving?

In my case I had no choice. I was forced to move from a large-ish house where my parents' Silver Wedding furniture (they saved for years to buy it) was part of our daily life.
I was particularly fond of a Dutch dresser which was part of the set along with table, chairs, writing desk and Bureau.
A solid elm.

By the way, ixion, I forgot to say - I laughed outlook re your Swiss army knife gadget!
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Near miss there! You may have had to clean windows!

Well today is a happy day! 🤞as the exhausting dogs we have "on loan" from my daughter and partner (whilst they were away for eight days) are going home!
Hooray!
They are actually easy dogs but wake super-early if the dawn chorus is loud. We have had them up and woofing happily from 4am 😫...
Today it was 6.42 so not so bad but still too early for me as I'm an owl really
I think it was later because it's raining steadily and that muffles a lot of outside sound.
At home they sleep in a much more "internal" space - their kitchen is separated from outside by a conservatory (with a door you can close). My daughter says the used to sleep in the conservatory where the door to the back garden could be wedged open but they discovered that putting them in the kitchen overnight meant they woke up later
Mr Spaghetti and I feel like we have had newborn twins for eight days!

...and now, having got us up, dashed and boinged with joy into the new day, at exactly 8am they are both fast asleep!

🙄

I've been very conscious of noise as we have neighbours either side. Admittedly we only have a kitchen attached but nevertheless...

The male is a real old boy, totally chilled out, gentle and loving. The other is a youngster - rescued with her young mum and puppy siblings from a bombed out factory in Ukraine. She is much more highly strung. Still nervous, won't eat if you look at her but such a dear little soul.
She is a jumping jack - "boinging" on all four legs when excited like you see in old cartoons!

The truth is, we will probably miss them - but not the 5am starts!