5 OS pleasures in your day today - part 3

balabooberlies

About 20 minutes ago I put out food for the foxes.  I was praying it would be Grace that would turn up and she did.  Had the opportunity to observe her for longer.  I can't work out if she is an old fox with battle scars or a young fox that hasn't fully grown.  What I did notice is that she has white markings up to where her cheekbones would be if she were human.  They cut straight across equally on both sides.  It's as if she has 2 faces molded together.  I wonder if this has caused her problems.  Animals with an unusual amount of white markings seems to be my thing.  What is that about world ?

Tried my chilli and for a first try it was great.  We all agreed it could be a tad juicier so am going to add some tomatoes that need using.  Hope that will do the job.

Gosh Frith, you have the patience of Job.  I know you won't give up.  Good luck.

Happycass.........great buy for your husband.  Nothing like getting a bargain.

Suffolk Sue..............huge hugs.

X

House_Elf_2

Good Morning Folks,
MIA for a while, but needing to notice life positives at the moment.......I am glad you are all still here. 🙂

Yesterday
1. Half term outing to Warwick Castle using our Merlin passes. Weather was good. Falconry show and Halloween walk was good. Drive through the autumnal countryside was beautiful.
2. Came home to Goulash cooked in the slow cooker. 🙂
3. Making headway in cleaning DS2 bedroom.......It will be EBay HQ and sewing room until he comes home on leave at Christmas.
4. Waved DD off, as she has gone to stay in Worcester for a few days, with GBF. 

5. Making plans with DH......

Frith: Sigh. It does wear you down.......We have a small visitor who has not had a school place since the summer term. Just started at a new school last week. 🙄 We found SENDIAS very helpful.
DD: We have just finished watching Life. It was a bit uncomfortable watching it, as it felt a bit close to home 🤣........ Then we binge watched The State of the Union 🙄.

Have a lovely day 🙂

villagelife

1. Day at work over. The new person was friendly and talked to me.
2. A neighbour called round as DS2 is having parcels sent to them for him!!
Somehow he put their address on it. Luckily it was one of the many good neighbours have.
3. Text messages from a couple of friends.
4. Went to a supermarket. Don't need to do it for a while. It was fairly quiet thankfully.
5. Watched Only Connect before falling asleep on the sofa.

mhagster

Morning! What a beautiful sunrise as I write . Rather stunning.

well Monday was a day at work and busy enough without being mad so that was okay though tips were certainly not plentiful but every extra helps! 

Home with a tray of salad that wasn’t eaten so had that with fajitas for tea. 

A nice welcome from the dog and a nice chat with the son when he came in from work and then I rather crashed out. Though woke many times through the night, pah...sleep is so overrated ! ( I wish) 

doing some extra shifts this week ( just short ones) to justify expensive boots! Usually get them heavily discounted as last season but I already have those ones just need dark ones for day to day ( the newer ones are yellow and still stiff and not worn in and because of other foot issues I’ve not been wearing them to wear them in...keeping up with all that? So shall order the new ones and have them by next day and get a tiny bit of discount as DD2 is  a student. 

Have a lovely day 😊

ampersand

All day big busy yesterday.
1. Early start and boot prep. for Food Hub run. Slowed en route for a beautiful pivoting/diving/rising harrier hawk.  Sleek knifing of a pale slate sky.

2.  Completely different mix from last week. All excellent - including a dozen pineapples!  We can take frozen food too, thanks to donated freezers. Lots given  - thankyou emporium:-)  Shameful that it would otherwise be thrown away.  Reverse run taking many empty crates back.

3. Lovely msgs and pics from The Alma, despite their sorrow. &'s crocheted blanky [done with specially imported NZ wool of course:-)]for 1st son 2 years ago, snuggled round 2nd son on CUBG walk.

4. Much-needed chqs arrived+banked. 

5. Lovely Bank/rugby chat with S, as always ♥️. Another unexpectedly with NT-S in late emporium trot. Just didn't know him. Big mask with text 'If you can read this, you're too close - BACK OFF!' -and shorn head! Took & several goes! Wasn't embarrassed, just perplexed by successive 'Who am I?' friendly tease challenges.  Lack of hair completely transforms him😲. Reminded each other of still unmet promise to share bot. of best Hawkes Bay rouge🍷🍷.

3. Outside emporium, this incredible flaring cloud sky -

Drew others' attention.  Many 'Wow!'s and pics. We were lucky.  Lasted 30 seconds maybe.

4.  Early out laundry all soaked again during & absence, but never mind.  Only 8 rugby club teatowels... o/n in again. Boot quilt can enjoy more fresh air, rainwater dousing and freedom than it's had for a couple of years in&'s crammed, stuffed, working gal Meriva.

5. More lovely pics, film, chat, msgs  - oldest NZ schoolfriend's Mum's centenary, with wonderful cards from not much younger Brenda👸, Jacinda of course, and some very surprising other luminaries. Love film of her blowing out candles, saying 'You don't turn 100 every day!'  Further, this account of her as child survivor of our 1931 earthquake, 90 years ago next February, is now archived with local history.  It will be something if she is with us then:-)
http://139226anthology.blogspot.com/2010/07/sharron-martin-2010.html?m=1
Hope you'll all read it - really worthwhile and strikes many chords with &. Two in particular:
- using floral logo print flour bags in the Depression to sew underwear - my mother's dark, dark memory of this.  
- scraping along the Manawatu Gorge to/from Wellington, on Newman's  Coaches or the railcar, both terrifying. Landslips, many. Rock falls,  ditto.
This,1953, was absolutely part of our childhood, knowledge and awareness:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tangiwai_disaster
The response of Phil and Brenda, on Royal visit at the time, was instinctive and perfect, accounting still for wise rebuttals of Remove Monarchy blah that resurfaces at times. My mother lost her close friend,  our Ngaio librarian - the first time & remembered 'seeing mummy cry'.....
 
Late 6 - allowed for &'s long, packed day.  Late supper 2230h, with late rainy night handful of fresh-picked runners - and another glance at glow-in-the-dark toms.

LaineyT

Ouchie on burn Bala, can recommend keeping an Aloe Vera plant in the kitchen for just those circumstances ( I’m a clumsy cook )
For last couple of days,

Halfway through Sunday morning and suddenly ping! all things electric went, quickly found that it was our RCD switch in the fuse box, refusing to go back on. Took small dog and made a trip into beloved’s office building to use Internet and source emergency sparkie.

Pleasure that cooker and one socket run on separate circuit so could at least cook us something warm to eat. It also meant we could run an extension lead to fridge freezer and not lose all the contents.

Sparkie turned up, he bemoaned the age of our fuse box and needs to track down a switch.

We had lots of candles, ability to fill up hot water bottles and each other so made the most of it, games of Yahtzee and some of my new guilty pleasure, giant Wotsits ☺️ don’t judge me BOP

The reappearance of the electrician next morning and the repositioning of our switches so the offending one is isolated, we have heating, lighting and t’internet!

Not forgetting time spent with the beautiful grey one and a little meander around the fields taking in the beautiful colours in the trees.

Beef stew in slow cooker with mash & cabbage.

Blackbeard_of_Perranporth

Sky Roquettes?

Roger on Tour at Battery Park!
Yous skys exploded &

LaineyT said:
We had lots of candles, ability to fill up hot water bottles and each other so made the most of it, games of Yahtzee and some of my new guilty pleasure, giant Wotsits ☺️ don’t judge me BOP

Theres be just puffed up normal Wotsits! Normal Wotsits, not hads them for yonks, but Raffles did like them!

The Hart of the Matter!

Done the rounds this morning at the Docks, inn too Glawster, back and sore ted. Is like a ghost toon now the Docks as we all connect at home. All items done for the weak!

Saw the last bit of Knives Out last nite. Bit good, butt Bonds' voice is not right! Cocoa and cheeses were consumed, with a buttered pikelet and marmite. Proper.

Now Kitty is all over the plaice last too days! Probably two much for her bee inn encouraged to LieSter! She is sleeping it off. Hopefully she is eased gently back this evening!

So I has me late elevenses this day, juts a wafer and mug full of Tea. Proper stuff and no giant wotsits!

Bit short as I has too pick up BoPsie from her Salt Mine inn a while. Keep Safe!

Take a good look at this!

balabooberlies

Thanks Lainey

not too bad today, just a tad wrinkly.

Talking of which, I had a delivery today.  Massive heavy heavy box.  As I struggled to get it over the threshhold I asked the driver how he managed to carry it up the drive without a trolley.  He took one look at me and said 'Well.......I am still young '.
Cheeky blighter !  

I walked Tiggy down a road that is fast becoming my favourite.  An abundance of trees turning all sorts of amazing colours.  I caught a movement above me and looked up to see a parakeet.  I stood there for a few minutes.  There must have been at least 50 of them so well camouflaged.  Just in that tree because there were loads of them across the road.  Wonderful.

Toodle - Pip.............

X

mhagster

Hello. Been a day of so much rain and wind and cold today, may have got soaked! 

Beautiful sunrise this morning started the day well.
Hoovered ( also a shark nargelblast love it! ) cleaned my bathroom and downstairs loo. Washed floors. 

Then in to work for a couple of hours which was fine. 

Nipped in to supermarket for some flowers and also got a few  bunches which were very RTC.

Went to mums to make some phone calls for her. 
Made a flowery pumpkin for a friend and then refilled mine. 

Dropped it off at hers, quick chat at doorstep.

Good friend called just before I was going pumpkin delivering so called her back when I got in. 

Quick chat to DD1. 

Pizza for tea. 

 

Happycas

Good evening

Bala, please be careful.  You're always damaging yourself!   Chilli sounds good tho.  I always check the tomatoes in the fridge to see if any soft ones can be added to chilli or bolognaise.  Good way to use them up.

If you used Ampersand's tomatoes, your chilli would glow in the dark!

Been a very grey day here, but managed some more bits of admin and sorting.

Ordered Nigel Slater's Christmas Chronicles yesterday, following glowing reports here.  Was a bit cheaper to not have next day delivery, so I opted for that.  It turned up today anyway!! I intend reading it a day at a time from the first of November, but am already enjoying the introduction.  I love his style of writing and gentle observations. 

I've finished my rag wreath, and I'm pleased with it.  It's made of bits of material left over from other projects, and two sparkly tops DD no longer wanted, so free apart from a polystyrene wreath - £2!  Now to plan the next project.

Beef in black bean sauce followed by apple crumble and custard for tea.  Was very good.

Happy damp grey evening everyone