Cait

Had a bizarre morning! Was just unloading the dishwasher for a mug to pour my tea into (other mugs are available, but this is a ‘bucket’ for my morning brew) when I heard the binmen. ‘Ah’ I thought, ‘I’ll go and bring that bin back in now, then it’s out of the way’. So off I went to get it. Walking past the garden bin, I realised that those will be collected tomorrow, so why not do a bit of ‘time and motion’ and take that one out and bring the empty one back at the same time! Grabbing the bin and walking past the flowerbed I spotted a couple of weeds so bent down to pull those, to put straight in the bin, you understand. Now, like many folk I know, I keep a handy trowel in the flowerbed, so squatting down, I retrieved that and got to work. A couple of hours later, the bed was weeded, fed with pelleted chicken manure, watered and the snapdragons planted out. The hosepipe was fixed, and the old bit coiled away and binned. I went back inside to wash my hands and put some hand cream on, because of course I’d not had gloves on. The dishwasher was still half emptied, the pot of tea was cold - and I’d still not brought the ruddy bin back in!

Ah they’re purple? Even better! 🤣

Oh wow! They look absolutely fabulous! Love the colours. 🥰🥰

Snow here too, not enough for the old skiing off the roof we did in the old days - what a gang we all were - but definitely balaclavas out of storage weather! Happy new year to you all. Xxxx

Just saw this on Facebook and thought about you all!

Oh my days. I hope they don’t get nipped. Snowing here today in jolly Yorkshire and I’m back with my bedcover, started when Mike was still here. He chose the colours. I’m going round each square again before they’re sewn together. It’ll be a nighttime hug to him from me.

Oh goodness ! Out it comes again!

Can we take a minute to wish Sunnyday a very happy birthday!! Yey these years go round super-fast as our age increases! Scary! Have a fabulous day, my friend! XxxxxxxxX

I’m starting my Friday after saying goodbye to my little girlie who’d just had enough. She stayed by by side for this last 12 months to the day since I lost my husband and I’m so grateful for that. She had renal failure and had been slowly going downhill and for the last couple of weeks I felt that she was hanging on to complete the year for me. We had her 6.5 years after rescuing her from a breeding box when she was 8 years old. Thought we would give her a couple of years of happiness, so it’s been incredible. A more perfect little dog you couldn’t hope to meet, no barking and just gentle, friendly and so grateful. My heart is freshly broken tonight.

Aren’t you meant to put them in a brown paper bag with a banana?

What a lovely, happy picture - one to treasure for always. Thank you for sharing!

I love that it still rhymes.

Worth a shot, Mousie. At least in a language they’ll understand!

Hi all! I well remember that feeling of ennui before the September return. Start planning your extrication if you can! I remember thinking that stacking shelves at Tesco sounded more appealing than going into work! the fires on the moors are still burning. These views are looking across scarborough

Snowploughs do too