Chitchat thread #24

[Containergardener]

[Florence Fennel]

Good Morning All Sunny and warm here. Lazy day for me, my son is on the way bringing breakfast. Have a lovely Sunday

[Nicos]

^ ^ what does he bring Flo? Sounds very exciting…
When I took our kids to ice skating rehearsals ,they were always very early in the morning, and we used to grab a McD’s breakfast sandwich…never bought them at other times but they were part of a ‘ritual’ and we all thoroughly enjoyed them!

[greenishfing]

Good morning again

I did get up and make coffee earlier. I then took my coffee back to bed, drank it while doing a sudoku, and then went back to sleep for another two hours. So much for caffeine keeping you awake.

It's a bright sunny morning here. I wonder what sort of blackberry crop we'll get this year. They are usually in full swing in August. I think I might take a trip this week to inspect some of my favourite bushes. They happen to be close to my favourite country pub, a small old fashioned place with ancient stone floors, assorted ramblers, always with smelly dogs (probably had a dip in the reservoir nearby) and excellent hand pulled bitter. I suppose it wouldn't do any harm to call for a swift half. 😜

I must also remember to stock up on sugar.

Nicos, I'm another who rarely goes to fast food chains but one night we were travelling home up the M1 and we were hungry. I pulled into a services. It was very late and the only food available was Kentucky Chucky. The services were deserted. We had to wait as they had to cook everything fresh for us. It was gorgeous. A couple of times afterwards we called again at different KFCs but we never got any remotely as good as those that night.😢

[bramble]

Good morning all from a bright and sunny Dublin.
Off to the church shortly and theh the day is mine.
Not sure what I will do just yet.
Happy Sunday all.

[Florence Fennel]

^ ^ what does he bring Flo? Sounds very exciting…
When I took our kids to ice skating rehearsals ,they were always very early in the morning, and we used to grab a McD’s breakfast sandwich…never bought them at other times but they were part of a ‘ritual’ and we all thoroughly enjoyed them!

Local greasy spoon cafe does excellent bacon butties on huge breadcakes

[Nicos]

Local greasy spoon cafe does excellent bacon butties on huge breadcakes

*** drooooools….
Nice one!

[Jay22]

Evening, hope this finds you well. Have had a bit of a busy week what with one thing or the other so haven’t really logged on.
Beautiful day here today so have been enjoying the sunshine.
Off for a catch up but enjoy the rest of your evening. x

[Nicos]

Lovely to see you Jay!

Beautiful weather here too- prompting a midday BBQ…finally!

[Containergardener]

Breadcakes?
ah think.weve been through his 😄

Hi Jay.

Very warm day. That's all

[Containergardener]

Apart from Nicos what do you do with beads and crafting? (That you bought)

[Nicos]

CG….mostly small Xmas, garden and household decorations- on a small scale.

Now turning my hand towards more biodegradable items.
Bit of a hobby really

[Snoop Puss]

Morning all.

Been a bit MIA this weekend. Sorry about that. Too much socialising. The big birthday do was great fun. The best yet. Then friends for lunch yesterday, plus a visit to see the neighbours down the valley last night. Back to the quiet life today, except I'm half asleep, as I couldn't sleep last night.

Really good to see you back, JanieB. I hope you and your son get some plain sailing in now. You clearly deserve it after everything you've been through.

Sounds like you had a lovely day out, Flo. So glad.

Not a lot of work on for me today, but I'm sure I can find something to twiddle my thumbs over. To be honest, I could do with a long afternoon nap to recover from too much rich food and wine.

Have a great day, everyone.

[Containergardener]

Morning
My kinda thing Nicos

Very cloudy but forecasts differing so I've been and watered already with cup of tea in hand.
Some harvesting to do and pottering but not sure how energic things will be done today if it gets warm.

[greenishfing]

Good morning.

Another poor night's sleep. It's forecast to be in the high twenties (°C) or low eighties (°F) today.

I was just thinking how much easier basic Maths must be for young children since metrication. I am happy with both systems, but was brought up with pounds, shillings and pence, ounces and pounds, pints and gallons, etc. Just wondering, why on earth we never went the whole hog though and changed all our signposts to kilometres?🤔