Chitchat thread #24

[greenishfing]

Good morning.

Despite a few short interludes, another good night's sleep. I think I've more sleep in the last 3 or 4 days than I had altogether last week. I feel better for it.

Today I must do a grory hop. Even the milk is low.

I've just had a text from our hairdresser to rebook our appointment that we had to cancel last week. I seem to have acquired the "dragged through a hedge backwards" look.

It's dull here, but I think the washing machine will have to earn its keep.

[lottie dolly]

Morning all,that sounds like a mucky day Mothhawk,hope all goes well,t'is dull here as well,if i make a plan it often gets scuppered,so i will be see what comes up,my sewing room could do with a good tidy up have a good day all

[Snoop Puss]

Afternoon all. And thanks Flo.

Still raining butts and barrels, as they say here. Due a ceasefire, as they also say here, tomorrow before resuming again on Friday. By the time Monday comes around, we'll have had rain amounting to the last two year's worth. Better this than nothing, but better still would be from time to time and not all at once. Anyway, better to be here than Valencia, where the news is grim. Urban life is great and full of conveniences, but cities are no place to be when the weather gets out of hand.

Right, that's enough sermonising. Looking on the bright side for me, there should be water aplenty in the underground vein for next year's veg patch.

Have a great rest of the day, everyone.

[Nicos]

Afternoon n’alln’all

More unexpected rain overnight…good job OH cut the lawns yesterday!

We have friends staying at the moment…very late night…only just finished breakfast!!!

Enjoy your day peeps

[Snoop Puss]

Well, what a day this has been. More rain in one day than I have ever seen. No idea how much as all our buckets and anything else we might use to measure it overflowed. A lot is all I can say. We had mice and toads coming in to escape the flooding. And the pair of us were bailing out the corral with buckets and a pump and still not keeping up. Water ingress not too bad. Except in my wellies, which clearly have a hole and I might just as well have not been wearing them.

Very sad about all the deaths and people missing elsewhere.

[Bren In Pots]

Snoop I've been catching up on the News and Valencia is having a bad time, with loss of lives and all that devastation.

[Snoop Puss]

Yes, Bren. Really awful. Some of the footage I've seen is beyond belief.

[greenishfing]

Good evening.

Some of the flood footage from the Valencia area is awful. How can so much rain fall so quickly. I hope conditions improve now.

Snoop, I hope you and your neighbours are coping.

I went and did the grory hop earlier. It was awful. It was far busier than usual and there were uncontrolled children running around everywhere. There were two large artics waiting to unload. I kept my cool 🧘♀️and not even a muttered snarl escaped my lips.😇😇😇

I'm sick of the same meals week after week so I did buy a couple of different foods this week.

[Nicos]

Mornin n’alln’all
Anyone fancy a brew? Just made a fresh one. Do help yourselves!

Quick grory hop with my friend this morning, then the chimney sweep is coming, then gardening, clearing up around the patio. Hopefully planting out some bulbs too!
I really must shake a leg and get some sewing done too

Last night we had a crumble made with our apples, mirabelle, brambles and blackcurrants…and oh boy was it delish!
So worth growing these things!

Enjoy your day peeps…and as Rary would say…pass on a smile

[Bren In Pots]

Morning

I do like crumbles Nicos one of my favourites is rhubarb and strawberry, I've got frozen rhubarb but no strawberries left. Never mind there's always alternatives.

Gardening this morning.

enjoy our day

[lottie dolly]

Good morning all,thanks Nicos i have a coffee ,i did get my sewing room in better shape yesterday,can see whats in there,i had a realy good sleep last night,just over 7 hours in the same position without getting or waking up,miricals can happen girls,so dont' give up GF,i am liking my new date,very early days,but need a conversation with another who has declared himself,oh er mother,another person who witnessed it was gob smacked,our chins are slowly leaving the floor,see age never maters,all thanks to them smiles,my lips are now ziped,of to tea dance group later on,mmmmm just got a wiff of the bread,have a good all

[Florence Fennel]

Good Morning All Sunny here. Hope all is now well with you Snoop and that Bramble is safe. Climate change is causing havoc. I too am getting tired of the same meals week on week! Have a good day

[Jay22]

Morning, a dull but mild 12° today.
Hope all is well with Snoop and bramble. Truly awful scenes coming from Valencia.
Post chemo day so taking it easy with nothing on the cards but watching day time telly!😄
Have a great day folks! x

[bramble]

Good morning all and thank you for your kind thoughts.
We are safe here as we are on a flat surface, first floor apt facing the sea, so most of the rain drained on to the beach.
Lots of flying debris and tree branches but nothing mor serious here.
It's hard to believe how fast the whole storm started..
The sky lit up and the rain thundered down in the space of minutes.
Have a good day all.

[greenishfing]

Good morning all.

I struggled to get to sleep last night. I was still tossing, turning and coughing at 2 am. However something magical must have happened then as I never heard a thing until 9.30 am. I think the main reason that I awoke then was that somebody had pinched all the duvet and left me with a two or tree inch stripe of uncovered skin and I heard my new vac filters dropping through the letterbox. All my aches and pains seem to have melted away so far today together with the cough.

Happily I don't need to do any shopping today. The only thing on my list I didn't get yesterday was prawns, not urgent, but I was fancying prawn curry or risotto. I even grabbed the last bag of frozen croissants. I have just had a eureka moment. Next time I need shopping in the school holidays I will consider an online shop. I still keep getting the offer of £18 off a £60 shop for my first online shop from Sainsburys. With a fridge and freezer full of food now my hardest job will be deciding what to choose to cook. Should I make Cornish pasties or quiche or should we have lamb shanks?

Time to set the washer off and have more coffee.