5 OS pleasures in your day today - part 3

Jazee

mhagster - I don't know how long your son has been in his job but could he not ask to be furloughed?

My pleasures for the last few days.

Remote trivial pursuit with the family
Watching the birds
Walking the dogs
DH still healthy
Getting through the paid stuff, not much fun in laying people off but we all kept our sense of humour and they will be paid 100%

Happycas

Thank you everyone for your thoughtful, uplifting posts, with special thanks to DFV and ampersand.❤
Mhagster - never did I think I would have flour envy!  And yeast too!

For recently

Have run out of bird food and don't want to waste human food!  Consoling myself with the thought that it's not the middle of winter so the birds will surely find something to eat. Plus more organised people will still have food and be feeding them.

DH has constructed a ladder to go in the garden pond so if a mouse falls in ( they do, often) it can climb out again.  We already have a brick staircase in the pond for that reason, but the ladder is an elegant construction and kept DH busy all afternoon! 

Watching Unorthodox. A fascinating window into a different world which I knew very little about.

A fat pigeon is patrolling, sentry syle , along our garden wall.  He's probably cross that there's no food.  Not my fault, pigeon.  Honestly!

Happy sunny (so lucky again) Saturday everyone

LaineyT

Have serious bread flour envy Mhags.

For yesterday,

More antics of Percy and his love, mainly him as she is just two eyes peeking through the branches whilst he continues to bring her nesting material.

Ventured out for dog food and was happy to restock on bird food at same time, reassured by precautions taken by local pet store with sanitizers and gloves galore. Not so the petrol station where the only acknowledgement was distance strips on floor, felt sorry for staff but glad I had the necessary protection etc and had taken the opportunity to fill up.

Listened to this https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000gvm2 
I’m with & on Mantel but completely enthralled by A Lesser’s narration, so much so that when the inevitable happened I did cry

Made fruit scones and warm one enjoyed with afternoon cuppa.

Evening walk with beloved and small dog, followed by Gardeners World and wine!

mhagster

jazee I had wondered too about furlough...it’s what’s happening with DD2 & I but seems not. 

A day so quiet. 

Bit cold. Bit showery. So didn’t get fence painting done. But did get first lot of tiny solar lights strung along back fence. Looks very pretty.

cosy fire on. 

Chat to sister.

made a lasagne for tea. 

Much hilarity with DD1. 

ampersand

Oh no!  
Where has &'s post gone this time?
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40 minutes later, somewhere completely other - and out it jumps!!!
SO -

"Not long in - 10 mins maybe and already snug abed.  An odd and jubilant day over, sortakinda.

1 THE result, landslide , DG. Much to recoup, but possible now 🌹❤🌹❤🌹

Strong hope for ditto Shadow cabinet post for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan, &'s Deputy preference.  NEC moderates rout the rest, too - joy!  Much pic sharing, similar posts 

2.  Champagne, quaffed ce soir, with reason+hope.

3. No walkies today, decision wisely kept to, hearing of people swimming in Cam and Ouse and other sickening nonsense.  Don't start me.

Had more than enough all day outdoors work to do.  Loads more yet. 

4. Long v. early morning linky msg'g between we 4 old Nelson Parkies, Napier, NZ, started by D.  We are all still  here:-) or rather, there ('cepting &)  Good good good. & last saw T in 1957.  That's mere detail:-)  Memories still detailed, exact, accurate -  Mr Paulsen!!!

5. A good champagne brut is always good:-) .  Ce soir, shared chez & and spatially aware, late birdsong bye-byes, moon nearly full again(so soon!) and Venus low, bright, gleaming.

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Exactly, Lainey, re: Mantel - and yes, tears.

Bop - thought of your recent words when seeing this today:
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2020/apr/04/mortgage-payment-holiday-banks-coronavirus"
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Send now &, before it vanishes again.

DundeeDoll

LaineyT said:

Have serious bread flour envy Mhags.

Totes. Dundee seems to be flour-less and pasta-less at the mo, though did get eggs. 
1) saturday, no work day, hooray. instead have been getting back to flylady and attacking hotspots. My bedroom is hot spot free
2) sheets washed, dried on the line and back on the bed. tonight have washed the bed cover - that normally costs £20 to be washed and dried at the laundrette so this could either be a great money-saver or a disaster. Will let you know how it goes
3) just as i was getting back with the dogs mum arrived to put garden waste in my brown bin (we pay £35 a year per bin and i rarely fill mine unaided). I invited her to stay for a coffee, suitably distanced of course in the front garden. dd2 sat in the bay with the window open. gave mum her easter bunny so that'll stop us being tempted!
4) RSNO Saint-Saens and last week's Beethoven's 3rd. So many treats online.
5) after supper (fish fingers for me, chicken dippers for dd2, chips and peas for both of us - something rather comforting about going back to childhood favourites)  we watched Joseph and the technicolour dreamcoat. and yes we sang along

Frith

Pleasures for today (Saturday)

1) A lie in
2) More digging and bigger son finished building a guard for the strawberries.
3) Hens OK.
4) My cousin's baby is here. A boy - that's all we know!
5) Smaller son made a pizza base so we had pizza for tea.
6) Watched Casualty.

ampersand

Late/Early extra.
Works both ways, so why not?
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1-5 and beyond, grateful again:
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2499294200287494&id=45300632440
Just finished watching and listening to Jacinda's latest daily update, with impressive Dr Ashley Bloomfield, our DG of Health. 
Not one question ducked.
Grace, courtesy, steel, facts, concerns noted for follow-up (which we know will come), pinpointing and accuracy.
❤🇳🇿🌹🇳🇿🌹🇳🇿❤
Comments following each of these DAILY updates are overwhelmingly positive, as they should be.
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BE KIND 
STAY HOME 
BREAK THE CHAIN 
SAVE LIVES 
Kia kaha! 

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

Saturday/Sunday pleasures

Gloriously sunny day

Finished reading my book - Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol - gripping from start to finish all 680 pages & a real twist towards the end - never saw it coming 🙂

Couple of nice chats with neighbours.

Beef burgers, oven chips, baked beans & fried eggs for dinner - real comfort food 🤤

New Labour leader

Much prefer Jacinda’s approach: BE KIND, STAY HOME, BREAK THE CHAIN, SAVE LIVES - far less aggressive than our motto. Thanks ampersand  - I even read about Jacinda ‘chastising idiots’ - brilliant 👏 

LaineyT

For yesterday,
 
I slept through the night with not one nocturnal visit, almost unheard of these days.

A morning spent with beautiful grey one, groomed, fussed and then walked in hand around the fields, much munching of grass by pony and enjoying the sun on my face, needed!

Cleaned out water feature using hose pipe, small dog did her usual trick of snapping at the water stream, we were both very wet by the end!

Finished one book and started another, rapidly going through supply.

Last wander around the garden before bed, bit of star watching.