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Welcome back Bridget.

This is our third day of heavy rain, some parts of the country suffered floods especially in the very poor areas where people live in shacks, I feel desperately sorry for them as their possessions get soaked. it must be so demoralising. Some main roads have been closed where rivers have overflowed their banks. I believe here the main street was under water yesterday. Seems there is no happy medium with the weather.

Will you please remember my friend and neighbour - not sure if I have mentioned this before - her chemo was stopped a couple of months ago as it was not helping and she was told that there is nothing more that can be done for her, her husband is not handling the situation too well. She is a very positive person and her faith is strong.

I am making curry and rice for lunch to-day so I had better check on it.



Val.

11.55 a.m.

I am home and will write either this evening or tomorrow. Thank you everyone for keeping the thread going along nicely.

I sure have a tale to tell!!!

16.52hrs Spain

Mary, your Mom obviously has a good sense of humour.
August will be here before you know it, nice to have the trip to look forward to. How long will you be away?

It has been raining since yesterday, very hard during the night and it has been raining on and off to-day. I haven't heard yet whether we had some in the catchment area - I do hope so, then maybe the restrictions can be lifted. Our rain-water tanks are all overflowing again.

The birth certificate for one of my ggrandfather's brothers arrived to-day, now I am waiting for his marriage certificates, he was married twice.




Val.

15.46.

Hi
Well what a difference a day makes - yesterday we had thunder and rain and oh boy did it rain BUT today the sun is shining and is a beautiful day.

Val my mom did laugh she said she has a good pair of legs so why not show them !! Not bad for 88 what ?

I am really looking forward to my visit in the UK in August - still got lots of arrangements to make but got hotel booked in France on our way to our friends in Brittany and a htel booked just outside Worcester for our first night in UK before going to stay with friends. Already starrted a shopping list too.

Hope everyone is well

Take care

Love Mary xx

Yesterday's sunrise was beautiful, to-day was dark and cloudy. I planted my cineraria seedlings out very early this morning and shortly after I had finished it started raining softly, good to settle them in. It is still raining softly which is lovely.

Oh Mary, that is funny, although your Mom probably didn't think so at the time.

Baked some muffins for tea, they were nice.

Look forward to hearing your news Bridget.





Val.

11.18 a.m.

Evening all
Just had to add this - just to make you laugh - spoke to my mom tonight and she went to have some blood taken this morning at the doctors and then she and my sister went into Sainsbury - long winded I know but at 88 this is how my mom told me the story - when they got home she got out of the car and her skirt fell down - showing her legs and knickers !!! I roared with laughter and said it could have been a lot worse . it could have keppened in church !!
Catch up with you all tomorrow
Love Mary xx

I will be home tomorrow night so should be able to add a message on here on Thursday. Thank you all for keeping this thread going.

By for now

18.55 hrs UK. :-)

There was a beautiful pink sky this morning as the sun was rising.
Cool and sunny here.

I have some more cineraria which I will be planting to-morrow, this time I will be doing the planting myself as he gardener only comes again on Friday. Getting will be fine but getting up again will be another story:).

Enjoy what is left of the day.


Val.

14.12p.m.

Thanks girls for all the good wishes lovely to know you all care xxxx :-D

I have had a quick look and you are on page 70, will be back by Wednasday
Bridget

Having trouble again getting to the most recent pages. Am now looking at page one while writing this. Hope that once again it will work, come up on page 70 and let me read it.

Fingers crossed, while I click on Submit

Having trouble again getting to the most recent pages. Am now looking at page one while writing this. Hope that once again it will work, come up on page 70 and let me read it.

Fingers crossed, while I click on Submit

GF Hope all goes well for you and that they have a bed.

Val, enjoy your week with your friend.

Another lovely day, Am expecting a friend this afternoon, she will be here for about a week.

Lots of good wishes Greenfingers for your surgery next week, hope all goes according to plan.


Val.

12.15 p.m.

Hope all goes well for you Greenfingers
Take care
Mary xx

I forgot to mention that if you submit a post (which can be done from anywhere) it will revert back to reading from top to bottom - but just click on the triangle again to reverse it if you wish.

Greenfingers - all the best to you.

Unfortunately it never seems to be GR's fault !!!! But more than one of us in different places can't be wrong !!


Probably wont be posting for a week now, as hopefully spare bed permitting ..good old NHS I should be in hospital from Monday pm having my other hip replaced..so hope all of you keep well, and I will let you know how I got on when I get home.

Regards all,

Hello all. Mary - so pleased for you about your mother. I can imagine what you have been going through.

Reading about you leaving food, water, for birds reminded me that I once read that birds will wait until they are desperate before going to drink, then they go to the same place all the time. If there is no water where they expect it to be, they can die if they don't find water quickly. I have always remembered that because I had a bird bath at the time and it made me very careful about keeping it full - especially in hot weather.

If you have problems getting to the latest posts, click on the triangle next to Post Date just above the first post on any page. It will reverse the order and you can read pages from bottom to top instead of top to bottom.

Mary, that is excellent news about your Mum, sorry didn't see t before as I was in a rush to go in to town. where it was crowded (farmers market - bought strawberries and tomato bread - and half term.) Lovely day here.

Warm sunny day today. Have been up the road to the post office and to the charity shop (to take in some books).

Will be having lunch soon, then I'll have a rest.
Still hope to fill in application form to join the allotment club this afternoon.

If still ok this evening I will try to do a bit of work in the garden.
Will take it one step at a time though, so as to preserve my energy.
Val, you have just reminded me that I haven't put out water for the birds. Willo do it now, before I forget again.

Tess