5 OS pleasures in your day today - part 3

ampersand

Recognised a van on rural path and was able to ask B about outdoor tap leak.  He installed it many years ago and will sort it today.

1. For dfv and every osper here - this is &'s first Matariki, new official public holiday in Aotearoa:
https://www.newzealand.com/nz/matariki/
-and
https://www.tepapa.govt.nz/discover-collections/read-watch-play/maori/matariki-maori-new-year/whare-tapere/matariki-star-facts

2.  Sudden drenching downpour at the river while feeding many greedy swans and some ducks.  Felt fresh and blue sky returned.  

3.  Good midweek service again yesterday, with our centenarian still in great form.  Asked him about my 'volunteer' potatoes, a term new to &.  They're flowering now and taller than &!
https://www.gardenorganic.org.uk/weeds/volunteer-potato

4. Later picked up and sorted big church donation of toys and crockery.  Will take some to Red Hen Project, retain some for our Ukrainian guests' children. 

5.  Mileage display restored.  Suddenly stopped 3 days ago, but re-started after an unlikely answer on the always helpful Vauxhall owners' forum - a good thump!  Used a hefty retro RD Crafts and Hobbies volume!😁

Broomstick

Afternoon all    

PK, a rose for Bourneville Hugs.
DfK, a simple, tiny, hand-tied bunch of rosemary from the garden sounds perfect   More virtual hugs coming your way.
Mhags, flowers in jam jars   There's something very old-style about that.  I don't own any vases so any flowers I pick get erm-'arranged' in jam jars. 

Five recent pleasures:

1.  Emerging out the other side of several days of being poorly - I've slept so much each day that my night time sleeping is all over the place but I woke this morning feeling a lot better.

2.  Dealing with a super, new-to-me GP.  So kind and caring.

3.  My potatoes were not volunteer (thanks for the term &!) but unused left-overs in a paper bag from a veggie box order.  I planted them using some small potato bag things that I'd been given.  The plants are now huge (given the size of the containers) and thriving amazingly well despite total neglect from me. I will definitely get some freebie meals out of them.

4.  Continuing to list my library of books on the spreadsheet.  I'm enjoying the reminders of what I've read and the desire to re-read.

5.  Have made it through a pretty frugal month ok.  H/m soup for lunch and miscellaneous risotto for supper will mean I can use up all the leftover veg ready for a shop tomorrow.

Enjoy the rest of your Fridays 
B x

mhagster

Think my doggy needs an eye mask so daylight isn’t waking him quite as early! He was let out but told it’s too early for breakfast this morning! I went back to bed but couldn’t sleep. 

Round at mums first thing with doggy. 

Had a work meeting at 10 in town so also did bank and solicitor when I was there. 

Back to mums. Stuff out. Update on declutter thread.
Home. 

Snoozette. 

Hoovered…after unblocking it! 

Purple_kitten

For yesterday

We visited the in laws, but I am afraid we neither of us was really on form as we are feeling loss, but we all enjoyed company.

For today

1 Yesterday made me realise we need a proper holiday, so I’ve sent some dates off for availability.

2 Spent an easy day, placed an online order for bird food and had a voucher that covered their flat rate delivery.

3 Found an independent nursery, literally a couple whose garden is open when they are home, so made an appointment to visit.

4 Cleaned out the fridge, grated up cheese, portioned chicken and cooked up mince that wouldn’t last otherwise, made portions for tonight is Chilli x 2, lasagne x 2 for freezer and leftover will be spag bol portions.

5 Washing loads on the line and just watered the front and back garden and swore at the slugs, time to get some nematoads.

Frith

Pleasures for today (Friday)

1) Not a bad sleep.

2) Went into town after lunch for the charity shops and managed to get a jumper and 2 pairs of trousers. Necessary as my existing trousers are all turned over at the waist as they are too big now.

3) House reasonably tidy.

4) My pension forecast letter arrived. For the elections work I do every few years, I am going to get an annual pension of £12.37!

5) On the subject of elections, good news on the TV today.

6) Took smaller son to Sainsburys.

Happycas

Good morning.  And more sun.😎

We spotted an armchair we liked. Ex display so half price.  Inspected carefully and seemed perfect so bought it.  We were previously dithering about a similar one online but it had a 5 months delivery, and was full price, of course.  Man with a van brought ours the same afternoon!

DGC came for tea yesterday so that was a treat! Youngest DGD, nearly 2, enjoys rearranging the gravel in the path, putting it in a toy saucepan and tipping it out again.  Between that and a chocolate bar she went home somewhat grubby. But happy!

The garden is looking wonderful.  I bought a Sweet William yesterday and for now it's in a big pot. One of my favourite flowers - though tbh I can't think of many flowers I don't like!

Gave up on Sherwood though I like most of the actors in it..  Too many miserable people ! Will have to think again.

Happy 🌞🌞day everyone

Nargleblast

Pleasures for yesterday

Was at work but good company on shift at same time. Who you work with makes or breaks the day.

Cake Friday. One office-based colleague is the Cake Fairy, bringing in muffins, flapjacks, shortbread and cream filled sponge cake every Friday to boost morale. It works.

Out into cooler, fresher air at the end of the shift, knowing I have the weekend off.

Ecstatic welcome from dog, Apparently she had been skulking under my bed all afternoon because of a thunderstorm, and had only surfaced because she had heard me arrive home.

Chicken Massaman cooked by my son and eaten with a cold lager shandy whilst watching old episodes of Coach Trip.

PaulieHerts

Hugs to DFV, PK and MHags 

Back from holiday for over a week and I don’t know where time has gone!
Two visits to the dentist and more to come (definitely not a pleasure). 
Hot tub finally set up and enjoyed several times.
Lots of cherries and strawberries 🍓 eaten, sadly from the supermarket not home grown 
First 2 runner beans have appeared on my plants, 🤞lots more to come
Pots of fuschias, poppies, lilies etc looking beautiful 
Lovely gas engineer/plumber, who serviced my boiler and gas fire, fixed my wobbly impossible to fix toilet seat 😊
Have a great weekend everyone 😘

Admiral_Barbarossa

Oh, best I check for Billy at MSG!
Jam Jars are for Tadpoles!
Chowder.
A cat Wander! I Never?
Red Hen.
Library Books!
Unblocked Hoover!
Grating Cheese?
I gave up after Simon's War!
Crumbs it was Cake Friday!
Runner Beans!

Try One Moor!

I see is only six moor months to Santa Day!

Tuck the Albatross too her works last day, and nearly got a land speed record, butt marginally failed. Still on the weigh back, I did get a double roller at the dual lites by getting threw on the change to green on both sets! Think that won on points!

Wents too get the provisions inn, and cud not decide watt wes has for dinner of FryDay! So popped in the LD store two sea their loads and was style not impressed. No Angle grinder and not as good as the discount surplus store! Get ham egg and chips indeed!

Has our ham egg and chips for dinner, then down to watch the T20. Bit poor from Warstersire, so putt on a Jeff Ross Historical Roasts. Very good! Cheeses (not greated) was taken with wobbleade!

Up to the Veterans Brakefest this day, as it was three as well! Snokers and bits were taken. Banter was given. I feal for the ones how never served can not understand! All was good, and to of the sufferers from PTSD were doing well!

Home to Kitty who has taken over one of the flower tubs inn the yard and flattened Gladys! She is Queen!

Has some hog role from the discount surplus store, at a price lower then the boo tick, cake and sum tea! Very good for the Admiral. Actually I were inn the boo tick other day to sea ifs they get some imported wobbleade four us. Shocked that most still were masks and how the shelfs where fulled of ready meals for the cannot cooks! How expensive their grab and sash foods are as well! AVOID

Maid up the tikka buzzard for this evening on the barbecue! Moor later!

Jen sends her


And that is how is lick bee in the Admiral!

LaineyT

For yesterday,

Early start and on the road for 6am, took flask of coffee and sausage baps so no overpriced service station for us ta.

Arrived at Leeds, hello to DSS and lovely gf, settled small dog in at their house.

Walked to ground, never been to Headingley and was impressed with the ground, oh and they sold jugs of Pimms 😉

Capt S popped back at tea and sorted small dog, she is a versatile little soul.

Cricket was up, very down and then very up again, Bairstow had the whole place rocking and a good day was had by all.

For today,

A walk around a lovely country park, just 10 minutes from DSS’s house, lots of dogs and people enjoying the sunshine.

Breakfast at park cafe, even small dog had her own sausage.

Easy journey home and back by 3pm.

Small snooze on the sofa.

Reading my book and listening to TMS