5 OS pleasures in your day today - part 3

ampersand

Busy, busy - so much of late. Just some osps.

1. Found an unknown2& Tim Winton book of short stories and left it for friend. & has persuaded R to him, with the glorious 'Dirt Music' and she is delighted.
2. Now darkening up on ykw, The Gallops, where new mob. has more or less allowed & to join a zoom meeting@1930h. That's a first!
3. Crochet teddy still being finished - eyebrows, nostrils, smile beneath muzzle done pre-Zoom mtg. Rainbow jacket faffing continues.
4. Some excellent discount Tuesday treats at Food Warehouse delivered to Nexus, where a lovely little hessian sachet bag with provençale motif front was &'s for 20p!
5. Another mixed weather day, but safe, dry, busy, and😋custard tarted.......

Bonne nuit - NO! Wretched autocorrect - not 'unit'.

Kia Kaha Arohanui.

Lainey - hope you've seen handsome free Flat Racing preview magazine in emporium. They're along the big shelves beyond the tills.

DundeeDoll

just back from a super weekend in Oban

1. excellent buses from Dundee to Glasgow then Glasgow to Oban (and free so very mse)
2. excellent guest house - shared a twin room with mum - very comfortable on the esplanade
3. Saturday day trip on the Waverley (world's last seagoing paddle steamer) - we steamed round little Colonsay and Staffa - they played some of Mendelssohn when we went past Fingal's Cave, and we got out at Tobermory for a walk along the famous street
4. Sunday we explored the town including the museum and a fab walk through the edge of the witches' wood evensong then an amazing fish platter for two - we had bibs and gloves and implements to crack the crabs' claws - lish
5. and now just back from an amazing night of footie with MrG and DrM - DrM bought me a very nice whisky - 16 year Lagavulin

mhagster

DD Oban is one of my very favourite places as is Mull.

Good morning! Cranked the iPad with enough battery to do this and then check on the latest news!

For Tuesday. Up early.

Went to supermarket. Everything is just so blooming expensive! But I’ve plenty in my freezer so should just use that more! Got a couple of RTC items.

Home and started a list of chores. Hoovering. Bathroom. It was so blooming cold again. Put the heating on for a wee bit and had to hang up washing on clothes horses which I loathe both in the month of May!

Went round to see DD2 for a couple of hours with the doggy boys. The Pup had been for his dog walker walk from mine. So was dropping him off.

Home and sat and read for a long while.

Dinner of gammon joint I’d cooked in slow cooker and I’ll make soup with the remains today.

Chat to friend on phone.

And read and read until I finished my library book.

Admiral_Barbarossa

Just around the corner!

Ohhhh, DfV Shocks and Scares ISA! That bee the weigh, tax man does not get his mitts on it!

PM2DD Save a fortune as Wembley trip is off!

I nows I is bin not around but I has two much work on at the docks. Just had a trip to another docks back inn February! Can yous guess where!

Think I shall bee telling the Harbore Master that he can go and … shortly! See Shocks and Scares above!

On other things, good news will be incoming soon, keep your iiiiiiiiiii peeled!

Buzby is still sending out vibes butt the change on the emoji prevents sending out …

ampersand

1. This is the little hessian bag acquired yesterday for 4 shillings.😁 Love it.

2. Frith's elder son's h-m spoon is back in service again. Lemon and mandarin marmalade to follow.

3. Still in Town of Gown after 3hrs in bank, sorting out Anglian Water mixups, yet again. Bank's H had his own horror story. We exchanged grim details.😁 Compare and contrast....😄

4. Also from Nexus yesterday, this for friend's daughter, who turned 18 last week. It's beautiful.

5. Did & have some leftover champagne, still in perfect order, as well as her black green tea during marmalade prep. this morning? Surely not!😁😋🍾☕

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Mhags - small A5 pkt en route in coming week.

Frith - loved your embarrassed swimming squirrel.😄

mhagster

Can she zoomily write some OSP with 3 % battery?

Up early. Weird dreams. Glad to be up!

Hoovered upstairs and then headed round to DD2. Such a chilly and damp morning!

Rain…so much rain but then the sun did come out late afternoon.

Video chat with birthday boy great nephew.

Chat to sister.

Snoozette.

Frith

Pleasures for today (Wednesday)

1)Not a bad sleep.

2) Spent 5 hours gardening. Mowed the grass, cut all round the edges, weeded and pulled blanket weed out of the pond.

3) Made part baked rolls for lunch then homemade pizza and chips for tea plus apple strudel (yesterday's) with custard.

4) Have come on a work survey with my brother, near Tewkesbury.

mhagster

Went down to CP this morning after having ascertained the pool was open! It was rainy here but dry there!

Was a grown up and drove down the motorway. It’s just the slip road at mine that I hate but it knocks time off the journey.

Walked the dog . Had a swim. Had my lunch and then sat and read for an hour or so. Then another dog walk before heading home.

Walked round to see DD2.

And then home…at doggy teatime!

And out this evening at an event. Kind of work related.

A late night by my standards but hey…both my new solar lights at the front porch work😃 I’ve not been up late enough to see if they worked or not!

Frith

Pleasures for yesterday (Thursday)

1)Not a bad sleep.

2) My mum popped round for a cup of tea.

3) I mowed the other lawn.

4) The pond has settled after I pulled lots of blanket weed out and I saw 3 frogs.

5) Watched Race Across the World final.

6) My brother called in.

7) Lots of birds, including an unlikely visitor:

DundeeDoll

I was rooting for the mariners BOP but as you say not to be

I was also rooting for Hearts, Arsenal and Aston Villa so 2 / 3 ain't bad.

1. a very positive day at work on Wednesday (this is a rarity currently so good to remind myself)
2. a very positive AGM for GWSE (graduate women scotland east, part of graduate women scotland which itself is part of …europe… international). We are reshaping ourselves after covid - much more will be virtual but we will have an in person shared virtual for these (if that makes sense) - i for one don't want to spend my weekends / evenings online when so much of my day is online! but this also opens us up to those who don't want to / can't travel to Dundee for events
3. DrM getting on the bus on my way home - always cheers me up with his cheeky grin
4. As mentioned above another excellent evening of footie (with DrM and MrG of course) with Aston Villa lifting the cup
5. plucking up the nerve to play the honky tonk piano in the promenade area - lovely relaxation (though has severely dented my lunchtime step count!)