5 OS pleasures in your day today - part 3

villagelife

1. A colleague has finally managed to work from home. She has a letter from her GP. It is what she needs.
2. Enjoyed my lunch which I took in. I had taken in carrot sticks which stopped me wanting to buy crisps.
3. Chat with neighbours 2m away and laughing with them.
4. Outside at 8 - not only clapping but neighbours had whistles too.
5. A glass or two of wine.
6. Garden looking lovely.

LaineyT

For yesterday,

Percy the pigeon and his lady love are nesting in our hedge so entire breakfast time was spent watching him come back & forth, can just see Mrs Percy sitting on her nest so presume eggs.

Lovely chat with DSIL.

Tasty lunch of feta salad.

Capt S introduced me to the hilarity that is Nick Heath alternative sports commentary.

Went outside at 8pm, could hear the village joining in but that was drowned out when a lorry going down the bypass did the same.

CRANKY40

Good morning all, pleasures for yesterday....

Up early and filled the bird feeders so we could watch the birds while we had breakfast

Fixed the solar fountain in the garden (it's only a small dish one). I couldn't do it last week because my hands were too cold or some such. It's working again now.

Did some housework - thorough clean instead of the lick and promise it sometimes gets when I'm busy. My bedroom and the bathroom, HT's bedroom next......

Sorted out all my makeup and chucked the stuff that I no longer use or that was old and useless

Wondered what the cat was playing with. Got up to check and it was a huge spider. Caught it and evicted it before the cat broke it. Makes a nice change from finding them dead after being played with. 

Take care all of you 

VJsmum

Morning all

So sorry for your loss, DD

Pleasures for yesterday
1. Cracked on with my chapter despite multiple distractions - just have to keep going now
2. Also cracking on with my jigsaw - nearly done
3. Bashed my pan at 8.00 - not that many of us locally
4. Family film night - Rango - a bit Pixar-ish though not quite as good.  Funny though
5. OH did half and half chicken curry and chicken bake from the freezer - yummy

Have a good day all.

Blackbeard_of_Perranporth

And now for more BoP!

I is still trying to find a heart things so Jenny can do her works for all who need!
Todays photo is again from the seaside, this time again Coney Island back in 2018. Be a while before BoP gets on the coast again as he finally got his letter from the quack!!!

Yes that is Nathans and yes BoP did haves the hot dog there! And it is abit likes Mablethorpe
Now onto your version of the life of BoP

Had cereals for brakefest this morning as wes havings snorkers and tatties for dinner, with pan gravy and onions. Had ham bun and toms for lunch, with strawbs and blueberries. Wafer was also had. Raffles has a tub of treat sticks.

Did more inn the yard this morning, got into Philadelphia and Washington. Looks good. Thinks paint pot is coming out next weak.

Interview went well yesterday!

Last evening I again checked the flix for your viewing. Who gets the Dog. Wobbleades were consumed, and cheese.

BoP has done the menu for next weak and we has lots of snorkers! as well!!

That is all from BoP
Be safe inn the Parish.

DigForVictory

House elf - sorry to read of Rosie, and stunned to read of family Monopoly! 

DundeeDoll - live music from MrPiano - there's a very special pleasure! To lose a good friend is hard, but to have a really good cartoon to share draws some of the sting?

Frith - white goods (ish) at the allotment. An order from a farm shop (Must Not Covet) Peeved it takes Covid to get your County to extract a digit but at least Something is now Happening. Can you restrict bigger's Netflix intake if it results in idiocy?

ampersand - Jacinda really is the gift who keeps on giving. Much like your own abundant generous self. Dash the technology winning at Hide & Seek. The you come back triumphant, bearing real home made marmalade for Nice Lady+Dog. (Staying Home, m'self but knife & axe throwing in garden. Distancing takes many forms)

MrsSD - hm rhubarb & apple crumble & custard - yum! Well done DH on the shopping!

villagelife - even my sisters have twigged rainbows! (Sun this week, Easter next, then animals, flowers & smiley faces - someone thought this through fast & canny!) Hurrah parents getting deliveries! So sorry your manager is being frozen rather than moving with change. I suppose you couldn't try blasting a whistle down her ear?!

LaineyT - herbs coming on always a pleasure! And the longer days - Real Daylight. Well doen having a hedge accomodating a young family!

Cranky - Labradors stay in memories & hearts for decades. Love HT & cat & packing strip... Headsets are wonderful - I use mine to signal to my family I'm working! Hurrah you saved shelob from the cat, and Must You venture into HT's room?

Suffolksue - please take exceptionally good care of yourself as well as himself? It is not wrong or greedy to accept every helping hand! Normal service should include you both being cosseted a bit. 

BoP - hot dogs as in snorkers in bread rolls? or the frankfurter-ma-bob? That skelter looks wrong & then I twigged - two descents... Hope the HR person was cooperative! Lots of snorkers - excellent!

VJsmum - what a time for an allergy! Fate has a nasty sense of humour. Onion soup? Blokes wot cook should be encouraged. So long as you have a working dishwasher.

Purple_kitten - line drying is still a treat after the long dark cold. I soothed some twitches by baking (bless your generosity with the knowhow Mrs LW!) but adore the idea of walking "most socially unacceptably behaved ferret"

Nargleblast - your plum tree has green & early blossom? (Again, Must Not Covet)

mhagster - daffodils, absolutely. Especially the ones you hadn't realised were there, or just slipped from green to blazing yellow before you had a chance to even get hopeful! Gald your oomph recovered bnut yikes paint, retreat, thaw & repeat!

Happycas - you have a real greengrocer who delivers? <Quietly Kermit Green with envy here> Golly yes, Pause in yoga!

MrsLW - you know you have a special place in the Dig tribe affections eternally now, don't you?! 

OS Pleasures recently

Faced with threat of lockable cabinet bring binned, I recalled how the original vendor had told us to take it to the locksmith along the road & he’d ordered us a replacement key for less than the cabinet. So went online & did it again - only will label the key better! [It’s here, it works & amongst other papers is the calendar with my lad’s infant handprints dated 1999. Worth every ha’penny.]

Inspired by Cranky (& by family whining about lack of biscuits), researched novice baking. Excavated packets of nuts, dried fruit, eyed unattended lemons for their zest etc, then recalled MrsLW & oaty biscuits & the universe is a happier place. [Magnificently ignoring my waist measurement, there. The menfolk are very happy too!]

I wash up to the Carpenters, a son to Andy Williams & m’husband to heavy metal....

Serenaded sis with Flintstones theme song as we’re all a bit to the back teeth with happy birthday. She roared with laughter.

I must have done something right, possibly in a former life. Youngest left a hot meal to remove his clean laundry from my bed. Hugged me without prompting, as well!

Oh gods, the Internet! In the midst of an article on possible routing of ventilators to those with a reasonable certainty of survival (Ulp) there is an advert for the best anti wrinkle cream. I confess I am enjoying spotting the slow-off-the-mark advertisers....

Another one of those heartfelt maternal cries of “what Are you doing?” at the sight of cereal bowls of earth etc dotted on Middleson’s bed. “Making a terrarium” <slinks off to Google & is mostly reassured>

Not all offspring related shocks are unpleasant. Youngest just materialised bearing a cup of tea for me!

“I’ll be the one with the crab attached to his crotch” - apparently I am to facilitate sales ebay won’t go near through Facebook. I await that conversation with great interest... [Himself presently quiet]

Middleson wants to borrow my (still sealed in packet) throwing knives so he can throw six (his then mine) then go recover. [Oh my poor neighbours - our knife & axe throwing may come as a bit of a surprise. Still, exercise outdoors.]

Back when we were only supposed to have one photo on the office desk, I had the biggest frame I could find & filled it with a mosaic of photos, layered as years passed. I’ve found various mosaics now, propped up around the “office” at home. Gosh the chaps were cute when smaller.

Son queried the name of the smallest shop in battleships as he’d been playing versus an opponent with ‘canoes’. I think it goes Carrier, Battleship, Cruiser, Submarine & Destroyer...

Husband venturing into supermarket without folk of family & definitely feeling the lack. He has my draft list but claims never to use one - I think he’s just joined the list-clutching fraternity! [He says not - my text just added Bonios & yogurts to his basket.]

Got steered to Patrick Stewart reading Shakespeare’s sonnets. Draws the fangs of sitting in the car waiting beautifully as golly, what a voice!

Generous relatives who sent birthday cheques to the lads mean the lads are having to master this paying in by photo through the app!

Right. Courage Strength Hugs & Health to all as have need, along with accessible supplies quant suff. I shall lift ampersand's Kiwi wisdom wholesale BE KIND* STAY HOME*BREAK THE CHAIN*SAVE LIVES & Kia kaha! (Along with tea where appropriate.)

ampersand

Start again, &. Was well into osp3 and all went black :-((( , a new way to lose a post.
Began thus! (before knowing DfV had posted) - and will again:
Dear DfV, we are more than ever spoiled by your rich posts: care, thought and wisdom. Thankyou again. 
1. Early start, up and gardening, long overdue.  Busy dawn for birdies. Mealworms for brekkie - their yumyum.  Much bickering.   Looking, listening, with usual quartered orange+plain yogurt, then seedy toast, waffle, coffee.  &'s yumyum.

2. What IS it?  No wonder the rosemary looks scrawny....tight-leafed green mat is choking it. Rub between fingers, sniff.....lemon ! :-)  Doesn't matter how it got there.  Big pot emptied = 1 relieved rosemary, 15 potted ups of lemon balm:-)

3.  Hours fly. Much done. Afternoon R4 play over, so Walkies!  Marmalade and a lemon balm in small backpack.  Again, out back gate - so easy, so lucky right now. Thinking Northern  hemisphere is lucky in timing of this bad time - at gateway to Spring/summer.

4. Mrs Nice Lady+dog:-). Barely a mile in, suddenly we meet.  Smiley, quietly chatty, she seems a bit weary. Unself-consciously mentions she's off to Dad next - (Fenstanton, Lainey - not exactly next door) He's becoming confused, Mum with dementia, so Dad's caring for her is becoming difficult.  Decision looms....  So appreciative of jar, LOVES lemon balm.  We go our separate ways.

5. Today's walk felt more route march somehow, but not worse for that.  2 miles to blackthorn blossom felt enough, +2 miles back.  Still not seeing the woodpecker I hear. No hares today. Skylark cacophony..
Sit for a bit, shooting stick heaven.  Look up, listen, look around.
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Turning point - 3 days ago, barely buds.

Home time..  

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Fingers x'd for tomorrow politically.
Happy to give it out again - if only for DfV:-)))
BE KIND * STAY HOME *
 BREAK THE CHAIN * SAVE LIVES.
Kia kaha! 
Today was Day 18.  
All blessings. 

DundeeDoll

Thank you for your condolences. So very sad at this time not to be able to offer the family support in person - strange times indeed. And so to my pleasures
1) finding a bottle of white wine when cleaning the music room
2) finding a palm cross for Sunday, also in the music room
3) watching NT's stream of one man two guvnors last night 
4) 10 knitted bees, each with a cadburys cream egg, arriving - i'd ordered them from someone knitting them to raise money for bee keeping in eSwatini - i was going to share them at work but will instead have to share them with my dd2. grin
5) tonight watching Acis and Galatea from ROH having spent the afternoon listening to orchestral Handel. 
But goodness I'm tired. Night all, just had a lovely bath courtesy of bubble bath from a hotel in Singpore 5 years ago (!), shampoo from a hotel in Rome nearly 2 years ago, conditioner from a hair dye pack and hand cream from another hotel, can't remember. I have determined I WILL use all these freebies

Frith

Pleasures for today (Friday)

1) A lie in.
2) Bigger son still ploughing through Breaking Bad.
3) Hours on the allotment. I weeded and dug. Bigger son constructed a frame to go over the soft fruit. Found the long missing, presumed dead gooseberry bush (lost in undergrowth) and replanted it somewhere better.
4) Meatballs for tea with spaghetti and LO PSB and carrots.
5) Made a carrot cake.
6) Enjoyed Gardeners World and messaged my sister that it was on - in the nick of time. Also HIGNFY, recorded in 5 different houses!
7) Onto EBay to order seeds plus 25 strawberry plants...

mhagster

Hello. I’d written a post a few hours ago and then battery died before I posted. 

Anyway it went a bit like this: Friday -A day of ups and downs.
Up early as I was waiting on a food delivery...it came at 6.30pm! 

Niece phoned to say we are outside ( had been dropping off her OH at work) so we all had a chat . Us in the driveway and them in their car. Played peekaboo with baby. 

Was all set to paint, but mum phoned. She’d had a fall. So had to go round ( been trying to avoid contact as she is in the shielding group) phone call to GP, nipped out to get her prescription , then picked them up...just got back in and she said oh there’s money on mantle piece  to go and get me stuff at supermarket...just a little grrr as I’d just been there! Anyway she’s very bruised and sore but think she’ll be fine. She got a fright. Did hoovering and tidied kitchen as best I could whilst waiting for doctor to call .

Home. And son was there and he should have been at work. Only he’d got to work to be told he was surplus to requirement and goodbye. Will be at least paid till end of month, he’s gutted. I’m gutted for him. And just think could you not have told him that on Thursday evening and saved him a drive in? 

We will manage. 

Then DD1 and I walked in the rain to supermarket to get the required shopping for the mother and dropped it off at her doorstep . Met a friend on the way so chatted briefly from a safe distance. We were numbers 16 and 17 in the queue to get in. 

Home. Hello dog. With your big collar on. Nice to see you.
Snoozette! 

Chat with friend on phone. 

Food delivery came. Hurrah! Was from a local catering supplier so some big packs of chicken and mince, all squeezed somehow in freezer . Large bags of flour and yeast and 60 eggs. 

Son made dinner ( under instruction as I prepped meat) we had pasta with chicken and veg and cream and was delicious . 

And then I went to bed and slept for a few hours but now wide awake!