5 OS pleasures in your day today - part 3

Highdays

Hello.

Well, summer has definitely deserted us in this neck of the woods. Yesterday and today have been grey, cloudy and blummin' freezing. Serves me right for buying some summer sandals and painting my toenails!

Recent pleasures:

1) Had a good walk with my bairn yesterday and today in an attempt to work off the scrummy lemon and macaroon ice cream sundae from Tuesday. Still maintain it was worth every calorie eventhough I was puffing up some hills today.

2) Did a bit of sorting my shady border yesterday but not for long as it was too cold. Left hubby with a list of jobs though and he got on and started painting trellis and sorting planters for when the weather warms up a bit and I venture out again.

3) Easy tea and jarmers and fluffy dressing gown (yes, it was that cold) on early last night followed by a cosy night watching telly (love Britain's Lost Masterpieces) and reading a very good book.

4) Two more new releases picked up from the library today so plenty to be getting on with and a few more ordered today so the reading pile won't be dininishing any time soon.

5) Took little fella to our favourite garden today to feed the fishes who were a bit more interested today. The laburnum walk was in full flower and, oh, it was just breathtakingly splendid. Almost as good as the bluebells when they were out. I am no gardener but there were also some lovely trees covered in what looked like laburnum flowers but white, anybody any idea what they could be? Silly me not to ask one of the gardeners. We wondered about wisteria but it wasn't purple or blue and I think that's a climber and these were definitely trees. Lovely to see grandson running about and playing in the garden, no i pad, x box, phone, telly, just fresh air and plants. He told one of the helpers that he is going to work there as a tour guide when he is grown up because he knows lots of secret paths that people don't know about. She thought that was an admirable idea!

Right, off to prepare our picnic for tomorrow when we are taking our potential tour guide to a castle - not one he's been to before this time. Definitely making the most of our new EH membership! Then I think a nice, hot shower and an early night. Got a sad anniversary on the horizon, albeit from a long time ago, and it must be playing on my mind because I had some horrid unsettling dreams last night and the aftermath of them has sort of hung over today. Be glad to get to bed tonight and hope tomorrow passes quickly. I need to remember that life is good and pleasures can always be found.

Enjoy your evening, hope it's been warmer where you are!

DigForVictory

Purple kitten - Sorry, Polo is the new arrival who gets overtired & grumpy? That is an Awesome edible triffid. Starlings are noisy…

mhagster - shorts! That’s warm. It hoping Haggis is back to full fettle soon!

Frith - interpreters can be quite amazing human beings - I just wish they didn’t need to recognise when it might be prudent to lock a door. I’ll guess “well kn!ckers to you madam” lacks oomph to the foolish manager? (You could add with a straight face that it looses a lot in translation from the Arabic.)

Happycas - hurrah for our NHS & hoping Mr.H feels much better soon, for you both.

BoP - Apple has James May cooking? Right, I shall go hunt a free offer & watch - a bloke that sound on a Kenwood has to be fun in a kitchen. Your return signals the reappearance of snorkers on the shopping list & sons bewildered thinking my handwriting at fault. (Thought to come from early dialect term for a young pig.)

ampersand - trust your medics receptionist! Hurrah garage sale, truly they sell fun as well as things. Emporium sometimes Strange.

Highdays - dead right to show how, then retreat & let spouse continue! Surely a shady border should have a hostage exchange point somewhere? Yes the heat is definitely a bit &here & there. Hurrah little fella's career choice - you're doing well there!

DundeeDoll - day starts with giving blood for post-doc? A full unit or not quite enough to merit tea & biscuits?

LaineyT - water from a light fitting - plumber! Argh roadworks, but singing Ella F is splendid.

OS pleasures recently!

Reunited with my engagement ring! Reclawed yet again - we weren’t up on jewellery At All & had no idea what settings cooperate with pockets etc! 

As I commit a specific act of virtue at the charity shop, the Amazon order of jiffy disks is delivered, so I can now get straight on with (more) cuttings. 

“The teeth can wait. Unless I do something really crack-handed taking out the bins” aw youngest’s domestic priorities!

Line drying is a special pleasure.  Even in relative coolth, the breeze does the job.

Enjoying the hum of bumblebees on the borage, the chirruping birds, the bells ringing & a cup of tea. The flutter of bunting & scritch of a wood pigeon nibbling on young grass add rhythm. (I think the pigeon is using the herb garden as an olfactory landmark.)

Yeay the office is hoovered! The hall? I started & realised the virtue of repeated frequent sloggus dom is that you don’t get flashbacks to last time you did this. So handed the rest off to youngest who was also here & will probably have the same problem compounded by the hoover handle being short (I think we may have lost a section). We have. “I’ll have a spine the a crescent moon!” comes the peeved cry.

It’s been found. Along with the observation that “there aren’t many assassins who use clubs when there are guns & poisons” but consideration is being given…

Middleson gave himself a haircut yesterday. A couple of days too late for the suntan so far & he looks a bit ActionMan with the flock hair until you see the neckline. At 5 metres it looks fine. Up close, not quite so good. (I offered to tidy it & was turned down.) Me sat here still chuckling to myself & him happily getting stuck into beans on toast. (Love the priorities.)

Good breeze & the washing line laden. Back to reading Hornblower.

Curious, I follow up ampersand on Pentecost, Folkestone, Welby & realise I have missed a possible opportunity to walk back into church, but that the doors are not locked.

Shopping is not always a pleasure & by no means always OS but planning a Costco & supermarket run with youngest is quite fun. Starts with plying him with hot sweet tea (NATO fundamental for any malady bar penetrating chest injury - bring rousted out of bed by a mother eyes agleam with chores probably counts.)

Costco sell olive trees!

Hallelujah for colleagues who keep their head when I am wobbling. I am being gently steered back onto solid logic with great tact & were he in reach I would hug him. The relief. [Data now lined up cooperatively!]

Wonderful son has removed dead rat from inside kitchen wall. There will be repairs needed but done & the atmosphere clearing. Both sons bewildered by my query as to scale of cunning nook left - how a hole in a wall can be cunning has them stumped whereas I regard it as an alternative to a safe or other fun hidey-hole. Their expressions!

Other wonderful son has cooked big steady release meal before I go out to work. They are both robust sons of their father & the delight of my eyes.

Aw, son confirmed ok to use power tools & is now using hoover! It must have been messy - I hope also satisfying! [outrigger version 2 under construction]

Mango seedling #2 (Keith) has emerged as a tendrily seedling - & is set in the sun to figure photosynthesis whilst I try to sort pots for quinces and tangerines.  The quinces are now in Pearsons pots - Himself would approve! Tangerines less beautifully in an old washing up bowl but have space & light.

Where son has mowed, there are lots of buttercups. Delightful!

Health strength love & courage to all as have need & extra layers til the sun gets back on with it.

mhagster

Can you believe it’s June already? 

Quiet day spent with my doggy who’s not right but I don’t know what’s wrong. It makes me sad. 

Cut the grass.
Read a book and finished it.
Tidied out more kitchen cabinets.
Sister phoned.
Made chilli for dinner.
Just had big chat to friend on phone. Tuesday Tea didn’t happen this week so there was much to catch up on! 

Frith

I seem to have hit another mental decline, which is annoying. It wasn't at all handy when I was out on a date yesterday evening and really just wanted to stare into the middle distance. 

Pleasures for today (Thursday)

1) Not a bad sleep, though woke at 5.30 for no reason.

2) Went to pick the new mug up from our football club (I ordered one for smaller son). It has the team and statistics of the match where we were promoted last month.

3) Went on to floody city and of course the cafe I save for miserable times was closed temporarily due to unforeseen circumstances. Went to a Greek cafe instead which was OK, but not a patch on the one in carpet town! No one thought I was Greek at the one today. 

4) Popped to Waitrose for a few bits. 

5) Back home and smaller son agreed to go for a walk so we went to the "beach" (some shingle on the river nearby). I had a wade about.

6) Have changed my bed, done 2 loads of washing, cleaned the bathroom and am about to hoover the floors so smaller son can steam them so the house will be looking OK.

7) Will watch Who Do You Think You Are? at 9.

mhagster

frith have you got an entry date yet?

Frith

No, not yet. Nothing has happened (solicitors) for 3 weeks...

ampersand

Oh Frith - expect a pointless post from &, who forgot you do make occasional forays to emporium.   Hope things shape up and have another surge forward on all fronts quickly.

1.  Thoroughly enjoyed 'Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang-ups' just now, always a delight.  No surprise to see that Miles Jupp has a hand in some of the writing. 
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04pbwf3

2.  A messy busy day, more or less typified just now, when & yelped, feeling scalding water on foot.  Hot water bottle punctured.  Osp is having felt it at once, before bedding was quietly soaked through the night.  That happened once, a few years back.  Be assured, you don't want this.

3.  The hiding-in-plain-sight perfect quirky book for young scientist/cycling/rugby friends suddenly jumped out.  & sneakily dropped it off en route back after also sneakily dropping off more bits of a late birthday kind to friend who'd kept exceedingly schtum re: last Monday being her special day.  Happy Thankyous already received.

4.  Amazing rtc's in emporium - and early in the day!   Many 70%-90% offs, bakery, meat, fand v!  3 lots for &'s birds with broken wings and tills are still spitting £5 off £20 spend vouchers.
& shared her accumulation out today.

5.  Glad you gave Justin W@Folkestone a whirl, DfV.  Yup, no locked doors, perfectly put.  Today's mid-week Communion stand-in chap related his young granddaughter's new pentecost puzzle: 3x1-syllable+3x2-syllables+3x 3-syllables........  
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Another who has been laundering like mad here.  Line's been 5 loads full over the last few days, but all safely in and sorted, despite weather.  
Lights off, je pense  - another biggish day tomorrow. 

LaineyT

Sending get better soon wishes for boy dog.
Hope things pick up soon Frith 

For yesterday,

Early doors visit into horsey town for food shop, saw young friend riding out and smiled at her frantic waving from onboard horse.

Over to see my own pony and more groundwork, she seem more settled and worked well. Went for a walk with pal and her horse, nice in the sunshine. As I got back in the car my pedometer beeped to say had already hit 10k steps.

Phone call to say another friend was at GC in village and did I fancy meeting up for a cuppa? Good catch up and we shared a slice of carrot cake.

Still had room for baked mackerel and stir-fry veg for tea.

We watched our first episode of Succession, has been on our list for months and there is not much else of interest at the moment.

Happycas

Good evening

Well at least today has been brighter here. And consequently a bit warmer.  Our heating, still on automatic, came on the last two days!

Anyway, big pleasure of the week, DH is home.  Battered and bruised but home.  A huge relief. And, selfishly I'm glad there's no more hospital visiting for a while.

He has to go back soon for another procedure ( when did operations become procedures?) But we'll enjoy him being at home for a week.

Another pleasure has been the excellent care he received.  Apart from one stroppy ward clerk, and dire food, it was a very positive experience.

So now lots of tlc to get him ready for what happens next.

Enjoy the coming weekend everyone 

mhagster

Hello. Just enjoying some fresh air. Nipped out for half an hour there and came back to a boiling house as I’d had to shut windows and doors. 

Another sunny day here. Heading to bed soon as alarm set for silly o’clock for work. 

Doggy a bit better today. Which is good. Not quite right but less wrong than he was. Today he has an appetite and a waggy tail. 

Tidied out another kitchen cupboard and drawers and pull out shelves. Have a bag filled for next time I go into town to go to charity shop.

Puppy sitting this afternoon. Oh he’s adorable. Oh he’s hard work! So it’s just as well he’s adorable! 

Missed out a meal as I didn’t get lunch till about 3.30pm so didn’t need tea…I’ll hardly fade away! 

Nipped to supermarket to get a gift card for a colleague who’s leaving and met my husband’s best pal, so had a very good catch up with him! May also have got RTC potatoes and flowers! And a bunch of bananas 😆

Started another book.