5 OS pleasures in your day today - part 3

ampersand

1.  https://m.facebook.com/story/graphql_permalink/?graphql_id=UzpfSTQ1MzAwNjMyNDQwOjEwMTU2ODIzNjQ3NDQ3NDQx
- and the comments.
KIA KAHA AROHANUI!
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2  1st Earlies Bedroom harvest (more will surface).  Broad terms sorting: roygbiv+b/w+'other' bagged, thence into moth-proofed bamboo thingummyjig.

Done! - other caves await.

3. Busy, busy, all sorts of busy all day. Lovely laundry out and in again.  Spread duvet cover over hibiscus and nepeta, thus playing 'Lit.Crit. cross between Pagnol and Proust :-)'...and pretentious with it, thought & to self, as thought sprang unbidden into &head :-)

4. Money owed to & repaid. One lot to come.

5. Lockdown (prefix for many 'interesting' recipes these days), today applies to Fish Piex4.  Interesting incorporations include celery, ham strips, onion, pastis!(yes, with fish!), stinky gorgeous Pont l'Éveque from brex-s-hit day gallivant in France, h-g flat parsley, pesto.... 
Taste test tomorrow.
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A not pleasure, but gladly done - early msg'g with friend who had to attend her beloved papa's cremation alone today.  Memorial will follow for both parents and brother. Other continuing tragedy is part of her courageous life - a remarkable, special young person, for whom long overdue personal happiness is present now. 
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Mrs_Salad_Dodger

Thursday pleasures

Yet more sunshine 🌞 really lifts the spirits

Recycling bin emptied - first time in 3 weeks 👏 Rubbish collections are already back on track - weekly collection 👏 

Vegged out in my dressing gown until 3:45 p.m. 😞 & then treated myself to a long soak & hair washed. Looked like a prune when I got out 😂 but judicious use of body lotion sorted that out.

DSis cooked her own bacon sandwich 🥳 

2nd night of slow cooked beef with mashed potatoes (DSis), mashed parsnip, carrot & sweet potato for DH & I plus carrots - 🤤 

Plenty of wildlife enjoying the sun & the birds were in fine voice

Started reading the last of my cs bought books - Jeffery Deaver’s The Broken Window - not quite into it yet but will persevere 😉

All you lovely people on the OS Forums

House_Elf_2

Good Morning All,

DD if I could get my lot to eat an olive, the risotto would be wonderful. Sadly, there is only me who likes olives ☹️ However, the Cheesy Peas Pasta could be a winner on name alone 🙂
Yesterday
1. Positive news about some paid work for DH next week.
2. Compost bin constructed from 3 pallets. Decluttered, repurposed and useful. 🙂
3. The weather really was beautiful yesterday, and an amazing moon.
4. Cheese and bacon croissants for lunch and fake Nando's for tea. All plates cleared. 🙂
5. Watched NT Jane Eyre. Really good........ 3 hours long! DD deigned to join us. Stayed awake by eating popcorn and finished knitting a prem baby cannula sleeve. ( More difficult than I thought 🙄). Despite this, I Snoozed, and missed a bit at the end. 😡

Frith, sorry to hear about your hens. We collected 2 ex battery hens a couple of weeks before this madness started, and I wish we had got 4. Nearly lost one yesterday......they were helping me dig the new bit of garden, and I noticed one was missing. She suddenly appeared on the top of the wall......she had seized the opportunity to hop onto the old compost heap, and over the wall to explore. Trellis is needed. 

Have a lovely day 🙂

villagelife

1. Work at different side-by-side much better day. Lovely walk round the hospital at lunch time. 
2. Dropped a couple of items to a colleague. She appreciated it.
3. More time relaxing in the garden. It was really warm and peaceful.
4. Chat with a few neighbours, at 2m, after clapping at 8pm.
5. DS2 cooked homemade pesto with rocket. It was lovely.

CRANKY40

Good morning all, pleasures for yesterday....

The cat from across the back came for breakfast. She was planted firmly on our doorstep when I opened the blinds. She's a rescue cat with only three paws and no tail. We get up earlier than her current staff and she also doesn't like their dog so she's obviously decided that she will have breakfast number one here. I do message her "owner" when I feed her (but later in the day, not 6:30am) and they think that a/ I am a kind person and b/ it's funny, so I'm not upsetting anyone or trying to steal their cat 

Early morning walk with the HT. It's a good chance to chat about things in general as I don't see much of him the rest of the day unless he's hungry

Washing that dried overnight on the airer was put away. 

Good weather continues so I cut the grass in the back garden. My legs ache a little but the garden looks so much better. I also trimmed round the edges of the grass so it looks tidy. One more area to weed and the wilderness will have been reclaimed. 

A couple of hours before bed working on project 8 which is nearly finished. Projects 2, 3 and 5 are still waiting to be finished so I'll go back to those when this one is done. 

Take care all of you

LaineyT

For yesterday,

Busy in the kitchen, boiled and roasted a ham, made two treacle and cumin rye loaves plus put some dried fruit in tea to soak for a tea loaf to be made later. Dancing and singing along with radio.

Ticked a couple of jobs off wish list, taking baskets out of pantry cupboard and cleaning then washing down the paintwork at the side of carpet runner on stairs.

Sitting in the garden with a mint choc chip waffle cone and watching the steady line of birds taking turns to have a bath.

Baked the tea loaf then a cheese & tomato quiche for tea, gave my oven a little pat when finally switched off as it had worked very hard ☺️

Warm evening so windows open until late.

Happycas

Another truly glorious day.  Obviously the weather hasn't noticed it's a bank holiday!

I cleaned the swing seat which has been out all winter.  The algae has gone from bright green to pale green.  Will attack with something stronger tomorrow!

I've washed my main winter coat and it looks like new.  I figured that even if it comes cold again, I won't be going very far!

Flour!! I have flour, both plain and SR.  Of course now I've run out of eggs.  There are only 4 main ingredients in a cake, and I never seem to have all four at the same time!! Scones tomorrow then!

Happy 🌞Good Friday everyone

mhagster

Hello. And hurrah for Friday and double hurrah for all the visible if you’re in the garden fencing being painted! Started and finished the raised beds today which was much harder work than the fencing! Sore on ye olde hips. And I might have used a different colour if things had been different but forest green is what I had! 

It’s been a nice day here, warm I think you’d call it. ( it’s been a while 😁) very overcast though. It’s now raining which is fine as I got my washing dry and planted some new plants and seeds so they will get a decent soak. 

Had my lunch outside. On a hard garden sofa as decided against putting the cushions out as it’s forecast to rain over weekend. But it was lunch outside.

Oh the joy of a dog allowed his hat off for five minutes. Scratchy scratch and rubby rub! 

Bare arms were seen as it got too hot for a jumper and a summer top ( that fits...pah!) was required.

started a library book ( ya know outside in the garden ) 

cut the grass front and back...because it was a nice day ...have I mentioned? 

Easter weekend is one of these trip me up times. Memories of Easters past , of family times, of first and second diagnoses. Of a husband and dad just sorely missed every day but some days harder than others.

anyway as he would say it is what it is. I’ve got my family with me and we are safe 

snowbird20

12 inches of new-fallen snow-so white and fluffy and lovely looking across the hills to the mountains.
Same snow already melting!  I mean, it IS Easter--it shouldn't be snowing!
My first attempt at homecooked English Muffins.  They aren't pretty but hopefully will take ok.
Husband washing the dishes..woot woot!
Numerous goldfinches at the bird feeder on the porch looking for a snack.

Suffolksue

Mhags ‘it is what it is ‘ was one of DH sayings when he still had a voice .
Hugs