5 OS pleasures in your day today - part 3

LaineyT

For yesterday,

That beautiful, golden sunlight you only get in autumn. Our rambling rose has a few late flowers in amongst the hips.

Equine girlie was schooled and she was a little poppet but got a bit warm, gave her a cool wash and then put her back out as she’s having a few days in the field 24/7 before switching to winter livery at the weekend.

Capt S home for lunch, he’s having a busy time at work and needed to vent!

A pottering kind of afternoon, had washed small, cafe style kitchen curtains and they were dry & ready to go back up. Got a sausage casserole in the oven and took small dog out for evening walk. Lovely sunset.

Watched the last two episodes of The Following events, much enjoyed.

carolbee

mhagster said:

Good morning. I seem to have slept all night regardless of the bluster outside. It’s our bin day so I’ve just checked it’s still there and it is! 

For yesterday: 

DD2 was staying overnight so she was going out with pup…oh can you feed H? So I didn’t need to get up! 

Then they left and we had peace…
…kind of peace. I write a blog. I’d mentioned what I’d done on Tuesday night and who I’d been to see and it all went a bit crazy as she responded and so do lots of people I don’t know ( all in a very positive way!) 

Anyway doggy and I took ourselves to the castle where internet reception is atrocious. We had a lovely walk. Still dry and not too windy at that point. Watched a heron land atop a tall tree. Just being there is so peaceful.

Home and pottered around. Had the last of my soup for lunch. 

Went to get pup at his doggy daycare. Went in and had a blether. Left with a book to read, which coincidentally was by one of the people who’d commented on my blog post. Which was a bit weird as I hadn’t heard of her before the morning! 

DD2 was at hairdressers so I had the pup till she got in at 8pm but after a daft five minutes both doggies just shared a sofa with me. All curled up. 

And then they left and my dog boy and I said what a day and went to bed! 

I’d love to read your blog if it’s for public viewing please?

ampersand

1. Back via authorised transport, doing as promised, re-reading every instruction, obeying.  Resting right now.

2. NHS,🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟, ad infinitum.

3. Will listen to Japan v Samoa, likely to be a sumo wrestle of a🏉match.😃

4. Came through gate.  Saw, picked and ate own raspberries, 2 sorts of tomatoes, grapes.  Made an &-version cappuccino.  

5.  En route back, subbed bits of tomorrow's Preview.  Can do such things while not helping with post-training munch on Tuesdays and Thursdays for a while.
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Right now, enjoying your osps and aware of own.  About to have simple brown bread ham sandwich, black green tea and quartered orange.

mhagster

Hello. 

Dark o’clock already outside. It’s been mostly dry all day just the odd wee spit of rain. 

Pup dropped off this morning. One more day to go! 

They were both having much fun and carrying on and bumped into a glass candle holder that smashed absolutely everywhere. Luckily no one got glass in their paws and they were chucked out of that room! 

Fun time was over so we all had a cuddle on the sofa. 

Had tuna pasta for  lunch then ended up having a a snooze and a very odd dream that left me a bit discombobulated when I woke up with a puppy curled up beside me! 

Made chilli and potato wedges for tea. One half of the Tuesday Tea brigade came over! And made a very lovely poached pear that I wrapped in puff pastry ( RTC) and baked in the oven. It was a delicious pudding! 

Nice evening of chatter. Pup was picked up at 6pm and my doggy has been a nice calm boy since! 

Just to go and put the dishes away and I’ll be heading to bed I think. Quite tired tonight. 

Frith

Pleasures for today (Thursday)

1) Not a bad sleep.

2) Off on a very exciting walk through a local country estate with 12 friends. A lovely picnic halfway round. We covered 7 miles.

3) Saw a neighbour (from my old house) en route then passed my other old neighbour as I drove home. Much waving!

4) Got back and did 3 hours of wall sanding in the spare room then much cleaning up. Threw the carpet out of the window merrily, until one huge piece sailed across and landed on the porch roof! To add insult to injury, enough hung over the roof to trigger the Ring doorbell.

5) Watched television with the cat. 

LaineyT

Pleased to read that you are home Ampersand 

For yesterday,

Popped into horsey town to rehome some books and dropped into the emporium to take advantage of an offer on wine to stock up, hic!

At the yard, my horse dozed in the sunshine as she was groomed and pampered, back in her field and she stood patiently while her Mum foraged for the last blackberries, she does love them.

Lovely plumber chap popped round to measure up a new radiator for en-suite.

Out in the garden, picked some caterpillars off the broccoli and re-homed them, they don’t seem to like the kale.

Enjoyed an extra slice of GBBO and then cried over Ambulance.

Happycas

Good morning. And sunny again. Bedding on the line blowing merrily.

Ampersand - glad you're back.  Please heed advice, esp about resting.

Lainey - what discerning caterpillars you have.  I won't eat kale either!

Had a couple of miserable rainy days so not done much.  Some cupboard sorting.  Another pile ready for the charity shop.

Our tv/aerial doesn't seem to like bad weather.  Keeps pixilating.  Can only watch Netflix if it's windy/ raining.  Think we'd better get an aerial man out to see what's happening. 

Out with my friend for coffee this afternoin.  Seems ages since I saw her so there'll be lots of catching up to do

Happy 🌞day everyone

PaulieHerts

& so pleased you had such wonderful, swift attention, wishing you a speedy recovery 😊

OH and I are just into our second week in Lesvos, we feel so lucky as we’ve never had a 2 week September holiday before (he took some unpaid leave from work and I’m retired).
we went to Molyvos (top right photo, viewed from our beach) yesterday on the holiday train and had a leisurely lunch at the harbour (bottom right).  Another day at the beach and pool today with another delicious salad for lunch.  It’s a bit cooler now (about 24 degrees which I prefer to last week’s 28+).
Decisions now as to where to go and what to eat for dinner 😊🇬🇷
Wishing everyone well 😊

Purple_kitten

& So glad you have been seen and treated / and treated cared for. Ironically our neighbour has had a very similar, They are hoping to remove it all a very specific lump in his leg.

1 – 100 for today at least, we whisked Kit to the vets as an emergency, completely expecting the worst, however the vet thinks he may be saveable, basically he’s loaded us up with 2 sets of painkillers and a strong antibiotic for the weekend, and booked him in for the operation on Monday morning, we are hoping for a terrible abscess ironically, however it’s possible it’s a tumour in which case it is the worst scenario, so he’s loaded up on meds, and having anything he wants this weekend. Either way now I do feel we have done the best by him.

I had a chance at a month’s work, and wish I wasn’t truthful, but I couldn’t commit I would have needed time for the operation, feeling a bit miffed as we could do with it as some large car outgoings and additional vets bills. Hey ho it’s not meant to be.

1 I went out for lettuce and came back with the Christmas turkey, entirely my fault for not walking out after picking up lettuce. /

2 But also picked up a couple of reductions.

3 Mr Kit is still with us and being pampered.

4 I’ve been looking at what we have, and I am distinctly lacking we’ve used up all we have, I’ll need a trip to somewhere cheap to restock, at least we have the brandy for soaking.

weenancyinAmerica

It depends on how the kale is prepared I think. I don't like Kale either. But I had some kale and potato soup at a restaurant and loved it. My mother used to overcook everything. I hated spinach - but discovered I like fresh spinach. She always bought the dark rye bread and I hated that but had some Deli Rye given to me in a food bank - and loved it. I really hated pork chops because my mother turned them into shoe leather and forced me to eat it. Took 17 years for me to try it again. My brother in law still talks about his first meal with the family when my mother overcooked the steaks so badly he couldn't eat it - and he and my sister are celebrating their 49th wedding anniversary this year! Maybe you just need to try foods in a different form or by someone who cooks it differently, and foods can then surprise you.