5 OS pleasures in your day today - part 3

Purple_kitten

Late Happy Birthday Firth and Topsy

For Sat

1 It felt a bit weird visiting someone’s garden, but we did and it was beautiful, we picked up a Baccarra rose.

2 We then went onto a garden centre to pick up manure and soils bits, and I couldn’t resist a heliotrope as mine met the demise of the ferrets finding their way to a seed tray. We were going to have a bit to eat but it was vastly overpriced, so instead we put the money to ordering in tonight. Ironically, same price.

3 Spoke with someone about out holiday dates and we need to change them, but it works out quite well, just need to confirm and I’m already looking forward to it.

For Today

1 Meal planned and had a Mr T delivery.

2 We both gardened all day. We laid Bourneville to rest under his Baccarra Rose. And then gardened the rest of the time.

3 Had a cold tea of chicken salad out in the garden.

4 Read for a while in the garden.

Happycas

Good morning. No sun so far but pleased the strong wind has dropped

S Sue - glad you're getting back on your feet.  DH had a stent fitted over 20 years ago.  He soon felt ok physically but he said it took him a while to feel 'right'. 
Our cruise is from Southampton to La Coruna.  Only 7 nights but really looking forward to it.  We love cruising, and a balcony, and after DH's health scare earlier this year ( nothing to do with the stent!) we decided to ' seize the day'

PK  - lovely to think of Bournville sleeping under his rose.

Yoga today.  Might actually manage two weeks running! Ached after last week but do feel it helps.

Our council have sown wild flowers in some of the verges.  This started about 4 years ago and they come back every year. They are left uncut until autumn and are a delight. Such a good idea.

Leftovers Monday for tea.  Will see what's in the freezer.  Probably chilli.  There's always chilli 😂

Happy Monday everyone 

LaineyT

Warm welcome to Wildrose
A break away sounds good SSue.

For yesterday,

Two loads of washing done and dried on the line as it was a very breezy day but what would my grandmother say, washing on a Sunday indeed…..

Went over to see equine pal but hay fever was bad and didn’t fancy heading out across the fields, she got a good groom instead.

Lunch was honey mustard chicken, lots leftover.

Finally caught up with Macca’s performance from Saturday night and thrilled to see Mr Springsteen join in.

Evening walk with Capt S and small dog then home to watch Today at the Test followed by McDonald & Dodds.

Admiral_Barbarossa

Oh look!
Pimms! Should that bee Ten is?
Declutter!
Mog is back!
Where is the cake?
Roses! Not the choklate ones!
Prawn stir fries!
Cruise? No Comment!
Tips!
Indian Takeaway!
Brake inn the Boreders!
Bourneville rested
Hunny Mstard chicks!

U Wanna Sum?

Bin busy after the vets brakefest!

Watched the cricket with the leather on willow. Very good series and we has it on the UHD thing as well!

Then we has the usual chick tikka on the barbecue with a couple of snorkers. Washed down with wobbleades.

Watched the thirst act of Die Zauberflöte on the met stream service. The puppetry was very good, with sprites floating on the stage. Ponder with the puppeteers in black could bee misconstrued?

The we had the snorkers and best back on SunDae with tinned toms and tom mushrooms! Very good start to the day! Then we was out to the tosca for a tea!

Home for the cut crab sandwiches and hog roles on the dainty stand, topped with a choklate cake and some strawberries! Very tasty.

Then sit and watched the second part of Die Zauberflöte on the stream service as wobbelades and cheeses were taken!

Up at sparras two pack the Albatross off with her filled lunch box and weet bix inn iced milk. Tee was taken. Kitty was fooded.

Now sits with me mug of tee and twin KitKat weight inn for the cricket top start!

Wordle was done inn free!

Jen sends her


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Wildrose

Thank you for the welcome @Happycas & @mhagster, this is a lovely thread.

Yesterday's pleasures:

A pootle around the field next door with Dog. We went at a gently pace. Wagtails on the field, marsh-marigolds flowering by the river. Dog continues to improve, which is actually the best thing about the day.

A plate of roast veg (peppers, courgette, onion, potatoes, tomatoes) cleared the veg drawer and made a lovely lunch with some lo chicken.

A good library book.

The satisfaction of decluttering a container of misc. stuff. Why on earth was I keeping most of it? Nice empty and useful container now.

DigForVictory

Ampersand - my affection & respect for NZ goes up another notch as they release a new Bank Holiday with a very well thought through website.

Purple kitten - so sorry for your loss but love the description of Bournville, and his rose & the pizza just resonates. Unleash the nematoads! Awed at the colour of the baccarra rose - 

DundeeDoll - miword you have been busy & much charmed by the news of Dr Piano!

LaineyT - yard boots on rare promo - that's a definite pleasure! Mind real live cricket & Pimms by the jug sounds excellent too.

Admiral - ooh, Scrabble! One of these days someone will measure your land speed record & send you an admiring letter. Glad Kitty sat on Gladys, not Audrey.. Cut crab sandwiches? Awed!

Frith - delighted to read Barry is mending & congratulations on needing new trousers. Raspberry Eton Mess sounds wonderful birthday grub!

Broomstick - there's something about a jamjar that is a comforting throwback to simpler times. (Also they are usually easier to lay hands on at short notice rather than send me pelting off to a charity shop for a suitable jug. Which bewilderingly cost less than vases.)

mhagster - just awed at what you manage in every day, down to & including hoovering after you've unblocked it. Share your aversion to nail places - clippers are allies. Chuckling at tip jar filled with mum's roses.

Happycas - a happy armchair and a youngest DGD engineer! Madame Butterfly - so much emotion! Wild flowers are one of the best reasons not to mow etc!

Nargleblast - awed at Cake Friday and well trained son.

PaulieHerts - most impressed by gas plumber who also sorts recalcitrant toilet seats.

Wildrose - welcome to you, family & dog (love "going full cat" on previous medication prospects) and congratulations on decluttering.

SuffolkSue - the minibreak is excellent as it helps fight off post-op risks like inactivity, depression & isolation - have a wonderful time!

Belated Happy Birthdays to Frith & Topsy

OS Pleasures recently (I really do not post often enough!)

The printer is absolutely emotion sensitive. Trying to print envelopes & it simply won’t. Even the engineer is struggling, but inhaling through the teeth at my handwriting! (He works for Royal Mail, he knows how bad it can be.) Youngest has set up his printer for me. (It’s a beast, it thinks in A3 & it slurps ink in £70 sets, so it doesn’t get called upon often, but the little laser is definitely overcome with emotion.)

Checked work email (to stop it getting out of hand) & ruthlessly binned another 40 messages that I’d love to unsubscribe from but may not. Colleagues still on the usual frequency, taking the mick & recognising that this heat is hopelessly insufficient for some & far too much for others. I raised a pint of cold tea in their general direction.

Got invited to come & sign my Will, splendid, will do that before the weekly shop. They provide witnesses & secure storage: it’s all very civilised. (The boys will breathe easier, too.) Can anyone suggest 3 things to get right about sorting powers of attorney? (Other than Do It Now, rather than "sometime next month"?)

I have a council tax bill (thanks to a change in “liable party”) that is trying to put the bill up at a weeks notice & ignoring the previous take a slice every month arrangement. Pleasure the phone number is clearly printed… [Minion on phone calm efficient helpful - all left as I wish, just edit of name.]

Youngest is preparing to expand his culinary repertoire, & I look forward to eating home made shepherds pie. So proud of him! (As, all going well, that will add two dishes, shepherds & cottage pie to his repertoire. Me, scheming? But of course!) Squawks of alarm. He’s used Pork mince. Quick Google says this is "Swineherd’s pie". Son, reassured, goes back to man vs mash…) [Delicious!]

Forecast says won’t rain til after lunch do laundry pegged. Strangely pleasing to do what my grandmother taught me, with bonus hah! to electricity bill. 

My knitting continues. Watching Django Unchained with Youngest (his choice, far more gory than I enjoy but Tarantino) led to several rows going a bit wrong so it may not be Christmas gift worthy but has tripled in length.

Youngest assured me food would arrive. “You can’t hurry goop” I quipped “you just have to wait” he agreed “as goop don’t come easy” I got gently shoved out of the kitchen…

More laundry pegged - now out of clothes pegs but four loads wafting. Me sprawled with a careful eye on the clouds. [All back in, dry, hurrah!]

Won a wedding charm on eBay & found myself thinking the family veil hasn’t been seen for 22 years & who is holding it. Doubt I need it for the lads for a while but it’s beautiful lace & does 'old' & 'borrowed' sensationally.

Middleson inflating his kayak to dry out. Three times my height of hi vis orange along the room, then to be tilted against the wall…  the space is such a pleasure! That he’s using 4 bath towels (washed & line dried) - aye well. The wind was free. I observe brother can speak nicely unto brother if he needs help.

I think I saw a wren. Tiny, brown & simultaneously fragile & formidable. I was charmed sideways!

“I will stop offering Faustian deals of cheesy toast” - son recognises my weakness & my imminent doctors appointment & chuckles at my dilemma…

About to sneeze when son says "Look at a bright light!" (triggers a sneeze, seemingly, whereas pushing your tongue against the roof of your mouth stops one) How this works with hay fever I do not know but it'll be an interesting experiment if I can remember in time.

Paypal surprisingly easy to close account with. The irony of that, after the work we put into  opening the blighter, has me wryly amused.

Health strength love & courage to all as have need & may the suddenly intermittent summer spare you watering can efforts.

Happycas

DfV

We did LPAs about 2 years ago.  
Be sure to do it through the Gov.UK website so that you only have to pay them.

It's very easy, if a bit long winded.  They tell you the exact order to do everything and if you follow it exactly, it works!

You might want to sort out your printer situation.  I seem to remember it called for a lot of printing!

If I can manage it ( DS once said I had all the technological knowledge of a brush.  It's a good job I love him!) I'm sure you can.

ampersand

Beautiful deep rose colour, pk - and big welcome to wildrose🌹🙂

1.  Another few days of whizz and hooray!  Dear B has sorted &'s outside tap AND new clothesline, which wouldn't obey its own instructions.  B didn't want payment, but & is sneaking ££s through ce soir.

2.  Crazy rainbursts over last 3 days, including an hour ago, but rainbutts soon empty.   Potato jungle, none actually planted, duels with raspberries, tomatoes and beans at present.  Figs are fattening nicely.  There will be grapes. There may be single figure blueberries if birdies allow.

3. Back to Bank, patient mgr trying to sort out &'s Manchester Unity NZ wotnottery, to be paid out, thanks to changes.  Using Bank WiFi makes a real difference.  Can't afford to lose years of qtrly $subs.

4. Various Church things over weekend - Armed Forces Day, 2 fêtes, SundaeFunday ice-cream+scavenger hunt trails.  All lovely, but besty worst of all😁 - 4 huge boxes of dusty books+vintage mags were about to be slung as & was leaving after clean-ups.  Only 30-ish No More Books in &'s boot as we speak....have hopes of quite a few.

5.  Tears and support from the bank as they rowed past, singing the Ukrainian national anthem, boat bunting-flagged .....   No-one knew why they were out, but how good it was to see them!🤲💙💛🙏


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J and P should have just touched down about now.  Farewell to J's maman.  We'll briefly meet, before their return in 48hrs.
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Enjoy your cruise, happycas.
Dfv and sons - 💞❣💕
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👏💜💚WIMBLEDON!!!💚💜👏

Frith

Pleasures for today (Monday)

1) Not a bad sleep.

2) Went for a chat about being a volunteer at the local (tiny) cinema.

3) Went round the charity shops but bought nothing.

4) Popped to Sainsburys and lots of YS foods.

5) Barry continues to improve.

6) Watching Wimbledon now!

mhagster

Up early. 

In to work. A good laugh. But oooft busy at times. 

Home to see to doggy mid morning.
Okay tips. 

Had chips for tea. 

Dog and I went to mums. Updated on declutter thread.
Home with a jam jars worth of roses and hydrangeas. 

Nice long chat to friend. 

Silly o’clock start tomorrow.