Reasons to be Cheerful

Slinky

Thank you for your good wishes. Yes it was a silly thing to do, forgot to take two steps to the right - our bathroom door is opposite the top of the stairs. We now have some motion activated lights on the landing. Ironically the builders are here opening up the wall for a window where will we have a new ensuite bathroom in a few weeks.

I'm very achy and bruised. My back looks like some sort of abstract artwork with all the yellows, purples and blues, but I consider myself extraordinary lucky that I didn't go down head first. Must have caught my arm on the wall and twisted as I fell. I think I would probably have broken my neck going face first. The fact it was dark at least means I have no visual recollection to replay in my mind. I landed so hard I ripped a tread out of the staircase (1960s opentread stairs).

So yes, I have many reasons to be thankful.

London_1

You were indeed extremely lucky my late sister actually fractured her skull in 1972 and died from a fall downstairs I have a stair lift but have always been a bit paranoid about accident on stairs for obvious reasons and insist that stairs are well lit Hope you soon get over your bruises and be mobile once more 

JackieO xxx

Rosa_Damascena

On a lighter note....I am loving this May heat, and also the amazing roses in bloom in people's front gardens. Why can't the weather be like this all year round?

candygirl

Omg SLINKY,  that sounds so scary , n painful My Aunty fell downstairs in the middle of the night, n sadly broke her neck n died 😢 

London_1

Rosa_Damascena said:

On a lighter note....I am loving this May heat, and also the amazing roses in bloom in people's front gardens. Why can't the weather be like this all year round?

Probably wouldn't appreciate as much if we had it all year round.

This morning in Kent we have had some rain, not a huge amount but enough to water the garden and now its stopped the air smells a lot fresher and the sun is coming out again.

I believe there was a storm last night but I slept through it and never heard a thing  

Just dug out some stuff from the freezer, and will be using it to make some Shepherds pies later.

 I have enough carrots and onions and spare spuds so my 500gms should with a few lentils and a handful of oats make at least 5 single portions of meals for the freezer. 

Probably make some rock cakes for my grandsons Jack and Mikey as well.

 DGS Henry is doing his last final exam at Uni today so I wll be speaking to him later and will probablt pop a tenner into his bank account so he can buy a pizza and maybe a couple of cans of beer to celebrate his three years are finally finished   

then it feet up and a bit of catch-up TV and knitting to finish off my afternoon 

Hope everyone is enjoying today, another week almost gone  6 weeks tomorrow I'm off on my holidays to the IoW

JackieO xx

Florenceem

Apparently there were a couple of loud claps of thunder here at 1.30 am - slept through them. Rained here until 10.30 am.

annieb64

We are on the Kent coast and I got woken up by the thunder and rain. We'd planned to walk along the coast from Dover to Deal today. It was raining first thing but we set off thinking that if it didn't stop we'd just look round Dover then get the bus home. It was really misty as we got to Dover but by just after 11 it had cleared up so we did the walk. It was lovely on the cliffs. At one point a spitfire flew overhead. As we descended into St Margaret's Bay our phones beeped with a message "welcome to France"!

We did need the rain down here.

carolbee

I’m in Kent too @annieb64 , near Margate. I didn’t hear a thing but appreciated the rain on the garden and allotment. That’s a lovely walk along there. We like Kingsdown too

Rosa_Damascena

London_1 said:

Rosa_Damascena said:

On a lighter note....I am loving this May heat, and also the amazing roses in bloom in people's front gardens. Why can't the weather be like this all year round?

Probably wouldn't appreciate as much if we had it all year round.

Possibly not, but I found last winter to be particularly cold, dark and difficult. It may not have actually been but my resilience has been shot through and I love waking up in the early hours to sunlight, birds singing and warmth. Spring and autumn are lovely but I can do without the depths of winter!

I had a cheerful start to the day relishing the environmental joys that come with May.

London_1

carolbee said:

I’m in Kent too @annieb64 , near Margate. I didn’t hear a thing but appreciated the rain on the garden and allotment. That’s a lovely walk along there. We like Kingsdown too

Lovely pub on the beach there The Zetland Arms, do smashing food there as well. My eldest DD has a caravan on a private site in Deal and she loves their weekend breaks there. I live a little further inland on the Medway estuary and can see the river from my back bedroom. Lovely area of kent and bang in between the coast and London. Both easily reached by train or car

JackieO