5 OS pleasures in your day today - part 3

Happycas

Hello

Lots of weather today - wind, rain, sun, cloudy. A real mixture.

S Sue - a relief you are both still getting the medical support needed. Amazing clever magnolia!

VJ'S mum - hope the pain is subsiding. Keep taking the gin!

Ampersand - I love fritallaries, ever since we saw a big patch at Kew years ago but they do vanish. We have a new lot this year, in a pot, which I'm determined to keep an eye on.

A housework day today so not much to report, but it's done now so that's good. Trouble is, it will need doing again next week!

Discovered that the printer is enlarging my patterns so that my little bird is more pigeon size! Have reset it, and had a word with it!I

Happy Friday everyone

DigForVictory

Toddles back in. Honestly this 'daily' idea Ought to be manageable and yet!

Frith - the young can be a right handful.   

VJsmum - yikes! Hurrah for facemasks (so long as they don't hurt too much)? Well done walking the bereaved. It is a special gift.

mhagster - a cast iron birdbath is an enduring thing of beauty & a full cardiovascular workout. Well done DD1 recognising you get twice the fun if you choose the present. Put the fire on - is this the fire your son specialises in?

SuffolkSue - great big hugs as the syringe driver goes up, & hurrah the magnolia.

bala - them there eyes - she must have a chain of hearts!

villagelife - daffodils are amazing, & hybridise with each other delightfully.

Nargleblast - right with you on every teenage boys wardrobe - after one holiday I tracked which castle by which T shirts...

Oole - screwfix are great for "supermarket" items but the artisan stuff? Not so much. Brilliant toyshop, though.

ampersand - never knew "edible trailing peacock cake toppers" were a Thing! Awed.

OS Pleasures recently

It is a sad truth that I am so undomesticated I am near feral. Today, this was proven by my mentioning we had bought a kilo of beautiful lamb last week, & Himself asking Why had I not mentioned this? Youngest had stashed it in the freezer, smart chap, & the Lancashire Hotpot remains on the Meals To Look Forward To list. [Worth Every Hour of anticipation!]

Both sisters have complained of lost earring backs or lost-&-hurrah-found earrings as a consequence of face mask wearing. They are getting an assortment of earring backs for Easter & have the grace to make charmed noises. (Mum has form for either cleaning solutions or underwear, both of which are appreciated but neither quite holiday gifts.)

Just been introduced to Kahoot. Dear gods, the Scouts are fearsome competitive & with their formidable reflexes... I played along on the shared screen til 4/5 of the way through - how my fellow leaders roared with laughter! Fun times!

Watching schoolchildren trek one way, two chatting parents & toddler between the other. Toddler not getting a steady rhythm as grown ups nattering!

Colleague posted “kidney beans in chocolate brownies” on a leguminous food thread. I was left dizzy with possibilities by Google & will ask her to share her favourite at the next team meeting (in a couple of hours).

Aww, younger colleague grumphing about vaccine issues on the day of the expected 5 of us, 2 of us have been done & the other two had dates that afternoon.  We did try to sound sympathetic & discussed distancing, but he’s still feeling uncared for. Still, lockdown has given him time to restore a parquet floor & this weekend he’ll be re-slate-roofing something. 

Finding myself subject to the concept of object permanence after Middleson threw a blanket over my head.  Some days being a  parent is Absolutely Nothing like the mother & baby books (let alone Society) made it out to be.

Just bought Himself some new undergarments in bright colours. The colour names are designed to leave womenfolk chortling. [He’s so pleased! Strutting & beaming. I wish my foundation garments had half that effect on me.]

Dear me. Only the Dutch could hold a volunteers-only negative-test music festival (supposedly masked) to see if this is a spreader situation. Honestly. “If you plan it right, you can do safe things” yes but I’ll be watching the stats. The numbers show didn’t come back for the second test will be just one measure of “how daft was this?”.

Any time I think I may be a Bad Mother, I go & re-read the career of Eleanor of Aquitaine. She’s an incredible woman in a dark time but ye gods favourites is one thing, finding & equipping an army against another of your menfolk is another.

Yeay, they plan to clear up space - and the news anchor is looking Impressively Dubious as something is graphics-ed past him!

The engineer is disassembling his black box now he’s no longer on telematics insurance. Initially with a screwdriver but then a hammer. Plus a good pinch of curiosity & another of raw glee.

My culinary challenges continue. Today we find I cannot successfully butter toast. Even when it’s hot & the butter tepid. (Jack Munro was right - the microwave is the answer). Someone is watching, listening, & chuckling. Fink.

“My insides are Googling” - well, no wonder the WiFi’s dreadful...

Wonderful virtual meeting that gave me a chance to say thankyou to the folks who’ve been running online sessions on health, well-being, mediation, resilience etc in the last year, (where previously they had guest speakers). Good to have a chance to say thank you as it does help!

Health, strength, love, & courage to all as have need, may this amazing growing season carry on into something resembling a summer & thank you to all who post here!

mhagster

Hello
A slightly more productive day than yesterday.  

It has indeed been a day of much weather, mainly of the yukky variety with occasional blast of sunshine.
Woke about 6.30am with a dog deciding it was breakfast time. But do have an early start tomorrow but five days of no early starts has been nice. 

Hoovered and washed floors and cleaned my bathroom and downstairs loo. Kitchen tidied. 

Round to the mothers. Dropped something off for a friend first. Did dishes and chatted ( at mums )

Quick doggy walk to the post box to post a letter for mum. Got caught in hailstones. 

Then drove into town to GP to pick up a prescription for boyo. Then up to pharmacy which is usually open but was closed for an hours lunch. Chatted to friend who was before me in the queue so that was nice and did I want to come back in 15 minutes or wait...I’ll just wait here please as the queue by this time was 12 deep! 

Met another friend and had quick chat, quick nip in to supermarket and bought myself a  camellia plant. I had beautiful camellia hedges in Melbourne. 

Home and come on doggy back down to the post box to post stuff off for boyo ( which also included a packet of chocolate buttons ) 
Then out in to the garden whilst it was a dry moment and planted my ranunculus and Veronica. More of the rainy stuff. 

Have had a few chatters today as friends have been going past. Met a neighbour’s new puppy who was lovely and soft and fluffy. 

A bit of worky stuff. Phone calls and emails. 

Just going to make nachos for tea using up stuff from the fridge and with RTC mushrooms. DD2 doesn’t like them so I’ve not bought them in ages so shall enjoy that all by myself ( she’s at work till late) 

Have a nice evening 😊

DundeeDoll

have noooo idea where the last two days have gone. though thinking back
1) Wednesday jab (or jag if north of the border) soooo happy (cept so was my euphoria i might have accidentally agreed to a 10k with a friend in october - definitely currently at couch potato stage - saw three friends, and queued with another - vaccination centre is the place to be!
2) he asked if there was any chance i was pregnant. i was chuffed. till my daughter said perhaps he thought you were looking a bit fat. how to burst mum's bubble
3) Thursday, rather than the 11am planned online meeting, colleague had bright idea of walking meeting in Botanics yay saw three other friends i haven't seen for a while at various points of the day
4) i am pushing hard for no/low meetings Friday, so today, with only 3 meetings. managed to get some work done. very calming! and have managed to move the weekly 8:30 Friday meeting to another day (tbc, probably Thursday)
5) walked dogs earlier and met yet another friend i've not seen for a while (that's all my drinking buddies this week except dr no) then online drinks with the boss at 5 (a Friday meeting I'll not be cancelling!) and now the rugby

PaulieHerts

Pleasures for last 2 days:
OH had day off on Thursday so we went to the garden centre and he bought me the large tree of life mirror for the garden which I had my eye on 😊
Also bought a few plants for a bit of colour.
Back to the river and a bacon roll for brunch.
Short walk as it started to rain 🌧 
Friday, not a pleasure, to the dentist to have a consultation with the periodontist, more appointments to come ☹️
Short walk along the river in the drizzle to sort my mind 😊
Takeaway Friday was curry, my son arrived for his ablutions and to collect the dozen parcels that arrived for him whilst he was working away, so I ordered for him as well and he paid for the curry! Tasted even more delicious 😋
Have a good weekend everyone 😘

VJsmum

Morning all - bright and chilly here today.  I'm sat in the conservatory, pretending it is warm enough (it really isn't, i may have to move)

Pleasures for yesterday
1. Finished "The Last Kingdom" - might have a rest from series now for a bit.  I've watched A LOT over the last 4 months or so.
2. A long phone call with a friend and an arrangement to meet up for a walk.
3. A walk out with OH and got caught in a hail storm.  Luckily i had my broken umbrella with me which wasn't so broken so as to be of no use.  Must buy another.
4. More fish, mash and mashed carrot and swede.  Lip is healing though.
5. Family film night - Bo Rhap.  OH's choice.  DS was not impressed when he heard what it was "I effing hate queen" he said.  But he knows i'm not a fan of Queen either but love the film.  He enjoyed it but as he left the room at the end said "I still don't like Queen" Me neither, son.  Me neither.  I like the songs on the whole but just can't sit through more than one at a time.  I love the "Barcelona" album though - might play it today.

Have a lovely sunny saturday all. 

Nargleblast

Wash your mouth out with soap, woman, I love Queen!

LaineyT

Hoping Frith is ok.
For yesterday,

A regular visitor to the garden, a male pheasant, was sitting in the lower branches of the apple tree when I opened the kitchen curtains, he looked rather proud of himself.

Made a loaf for the weekend and mopped the wooden floors.

Picked up a net of carrots and headed off to the yard, by the time I got there it was absolutely persisting down so quick hello to pony, snug as a bug in her rug, and came home.

Rain finally stopped around 5 so we took small dog for a walk around the fields, home just as sun setting, saw two deer in field next to cottage, maybe the barking culprits from the other week?

We had eaten main meal at lunch so just had prawn sandwiches with fresh bread for tea, yum.

villagelife

1. Weekly full-time not as much as I thought it would be as had to buy toiletries, washing powder etc. I also decided I needed new trousers for work.
2. Quick tidy of the house. There away some stuff which had been annoying me for ages.
3. Chat with neighbour. I needed a chat with someone.
4. Texted a friend. She was pleased I had thought of her as she is going to have a difficult weekend.
5. DH home early . Quiet evening but enjoyed Gardeners World.

ampersand

1. Dropped an allsorts quartet to Town of Gown for someone low in spirit. Included these lovelies from our Vic's chicks.

2. It was pouring, which was good for the sprouting lily and other growing green, part of osp1👍.  Unusual to meet the lovely lady, whose plants are wonderful, super cheap, with informative tags indelibly written on cutdown yogurt pot strips. In every way osp👏.  We post what we owe through front door letter slot.
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Next, will try and post what was written and saved after yesterday's big river walk - 6.1 miles apparently😀.

Yes, Lainey - all the way along under the dreaded A14!
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1. I'm remembering this one, the Lagik. Saw it there, stuck in the Nene, too:
https://images.app.goo.gl/Hsx3EcMAkszHckLq7

2. Brilliant performance of Stephen Fry in 'The Performer' in 2 parts:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000tg63

3. Phil Tinline is an excellent exposer and dispatcher of conspiracy theories, with much else. Trouble is the idiocrisy of those who swallow what they want to hear.  Very good, last in series:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000tg5j
- but a 'computational folklorist'. Was ist das?
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Yes, did a watchy-listeny sort of listeny-watch to France v. Scotland.  Strange.  In its way a 3 Celtic Nations match, refereed - badly both ways - by Barnes ☹.  His failure to see Van der Merwe's double tap on, or even to seek TMO check, so early on.....🤬. It was NOT a try.
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Another long walk pic or 2 - 
Loved this bench, a few miles along. 


- spot the early evening fisherman, far bank.
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And that =5 & osps😁.
Enjoy your weekends, with all ease possible and any strength necessary.
Healing sent now, wherever needed - 🌬🤲