General Chat

Dear Susan I am thinking of you and your family and sending you all loving thoughts
<3 <3 <3

Lesley x

My dear Upsidedown Susan, you are in my thoughts. I am sending you a hug and a cuddle dear.

My best regards to your dear Mama and Papa. Please give them my love.

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Good upside down morning Ladies and peeps,

It does seem an age since I last poked my nose into our parlour... I did see on the television, the dreadful storm that passed by you all... Oh dear, it looked terrible. Nature can be such a beast at times. I felt for the family of the lad missing in the sea... Hoping things have calmed down now ?.

Life here is a trial at the mo. I returned home last night after staying on for a few days with my parents. We had a nice long weekend all together though I fear it was very tiring on the parents. :-(. I took my Dad to his Oncologist appointment yesterday. Nothing to be done I am afraid. A care home is now on the horizon, possibly next week. My Uncle and Aunt arrived from Oz on Tuesday. They are here for at least two weeks. I am afraid I had a meltdown yesterday, reality bit me in the h'arse :-(.. I am a little fragile this morning but will rally myself and get off to work shortly... Fruit and the pup have been over, pup has gone home for her breakfast : steak, egg and sweet potatoe :-D... I must say her coat is gleaming and her nose moist and healthy.. why wouldn't they be I ask???

Have a pleasant evening.

Susan :-)

Good Evening All.

It is good to hear you are carrying on your sterling work with the Old Soldiers............ 3 cheers for Auntie Petunia ...............all together hip hip hooray.

Thank you for asking after our little one she is doing just fine and is into everything............. yes she is still has 3 monthly checks at the very special children's hospital, her strawberry has almost disappeared :-D :-D :-D so 4 weeks before her next appointment her treatment has to be stopped ....................... fingers crossed the birthmark wont return.

~~~~~~~~~~~to Susan and Teresa <3

Lesley x

Good evening dear Ladies.

I am fine thank you dears, you have been mostly absent of late, so I have been busying myself with my good works.

There is to be a big Guy Fawkes Party, and a Rememberance Day dinner for the Old Soldiers, so I have been organising and ordering food.

I do not agree with Halloween in its present form, so I will not be taking part in any parties. I believe when some children I know where young, there was parlour games and apple bobbing, but none of this knocking on doors and frightening folk half to death.

I had my own experience a few years ago when the sweeties ran out, I had eggs and flour thrown at my front door. It took poor Pat-trish-aaaah hours to scrub it mess off. Tutty tut!

I do hope you all well dears, and having fun at this time of year with your families. How lovely for your fruit in warmer climes, Teresa dear. Oh dear, with your other dear child, exams are looming. Good luck dear!

Lesley dear, how is your little one dear? Well I hope. How is the treatment at the Peter Pan hospital dear? Finished, or continuing?

I do hope all is well with dear Upsidedown Susan and her family. No doubt we will hear from her when she has a moment or two to spare.

Now where did I put that kindling?

Auntie Petunia

Good Evening Dear Ladies.

Well what a wild early morning we endured in my little village ......................... no electricity all day, a tree down on our garage and across electric cables .........the electric cables eventually gave way this afternoon leaving us with two wires hanging from the telephone wire and the other on our drive...........the electricity company have isolated the electric at our house........... unfortunately that still leaves our neighbour in the dark.

Teresa I'm sure I know the beautiful old and modern college of higher education;-)... ............................poor FTE her place of paid toil must be horrid :-D

Sending Susan and family special love and hugs <3 <3 <3

Auntie Petunia I hope you are over the worst of your cough and that you still not having to take the laxatives ................sorry I mean Fisherman's Friends ;-)

Nite Nite
Lesley x

Hallo dears, I have returned :-D I have been atoiling, doing good works with the PTA and sending words of encouragement to FTY to get on with the revision/homework. I have also been having the same conversation with the school ;-)

Tis the time of looking at higher education. A levels dears, it never ends. We are looking at the establishment that Lesley may know of. The fruit has to apply by November for a place next September. How time flys.

FTE is in the carribean, its a hard life ;-) ;-) ;-)

Im glad your Pa is home Susan and you can spend time with him. Sending hugs to you all :-)

I have not yet hsd the cold yet. I did have a nasty burn from a cooking pot which is better now. I will wear a nosegay of vic to ward orf germs.


Off to feed the hungry

Teresa :-D

Auntie Petunia reading your last post reminded me of a book I keep promising myself I will read one of these days.

Tuck Your Skirt in Your Panties and Run :-D :-D :-D

Lesley x

Ladies, how are we all?

Has dear Teresa stowed away on a lifeboat to be nearer her fruit? She has gawn missing!

Susan dear, I am so pleased your Papa is returning home, and I wish him well. Please give him my best wishes. I hope he is comfortable and free from pain.

We are having monsoon weather here. Pouring rain, but very warm for the time of year. The hem of my skirts are constantly wet! No pleasant at all.

Take care everyone and keep well and warm.

AP

Good evening Ladies,

I am sorry to hear you are mostly unwell.. If I could send you some of our sunshine I would. Have you tried wearing a garland of garlic? No ?.

Lesley dear, thank you for your message. I am sorry I have been away from my computer hence no reply...

I am home again today after a trip to stay at mama's. My Papa is home today, we are hoping he will be well enough to stay there for as long as he can. :-). We are gathering together as a family this coming weekend. No doubt there will be much story telling, many of the tales 'tall'.

My OH has just arrived home - I must away and cook our dinner.

Have a lovely day - <3

#smooths down skirt#

No, no, Lesley dear, you did not make me jump at all. I was just doing a bit of counted thread stitching. No dear, the needle did not make too much of a hole in my nostril. I am sure it will be fine when I can stop the bleeding!

I too am still coughing like a miner, but I am sucking a Fisherman's Friend, and all seems to be on the up!

Walking barefoot indeed! Whatever next? Solid wellington boots I would have thought would have been the ticket.

Still trying to staunch the blood flow!

AP

Boo.................did I make you jump Auntie Petunia.


Two weeks later and I still have a stinking cold................this lady is not amused:-(

Yesterday after the rain had stopped I went across the fields to collect conkers to place around the house (I'm prepared to try anything to ward of the false black widow spider) I think that was a bad move............today I feel like a limp dishcloth ...again :-|

Can you believe my sister suggested I go barefoot grounding/earthing to restore my inner energy:-S I think that's more likely to give me pneumonia than cure my cold:-0

Sending lots of <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 to you all and your families

Lesley x

Coooooo-eeeeeee gels!

Come out, come out wherever you are! Are you hiding from Auntie Petunia?

I hope you are well dears, you probably have many things to do with your broods on the lead-up to Christmas. There..................I said the dreaded C word!

I am here when you all return home dears!

Pip Pip
Auntie P.

Thank you AP. <3.

Good evening dear Susan.

My thoughts and good wishes are with you and your parents dear.

I wish them well. Take good care of them both.

AP
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Oh Ladies,

I am sorry to learn you are all full of the sniffles :-0.. I do hope you are on the mend. Have you had your snouts under a cloth over a bowl of water and vicks??. I believe it is most helpful. :-D. By snout, I mean your delicate little noses ;-).

Petunia, please pass on my best wishes to Cherry. I trust things are going well with her recovery. She will be our own 'bionic' woman. :-D

Our weather is so jolly awful at the moment, I am not impressed... Our poor spring blossoms are challenged to hang onto their perches...

I am away to visit Papa tomorrow. We had a setback of the most serious kind last Thursday :-S. Drugs have saved the day for the moment. Oh dear, now I am concerned about my Mama's health.. I need to coerce her into visiting her GP... She is a very stubborn woman when she chooses to be. Please send me some cyber powers to help me in my mission :-).

My dear fruit cooked a wonderful meal last night. It was most appreciated. She seems to have a wonderfully natural ability to produce delicious meals. I am blessed ;-).

Have a lovely day, keep warm and get well soon. <3

Toodle,

How slow we have become Ladies, I think we have all succumbed to this dreadful bug that is going around.

I am still hacking with a cough. I have a sore tummy with the constant strain. Ah well, lets hope that when we are over our colds that will be IT for the Winter.

Thank you for your electronic mail dear Teresa, but unfortunately I could not open the attachment. Maybe you could send it another way?

The rain is raining, the cold is blasting through the sash windows, and I am really fed up with it already! Can anyone lend me their Summer Residence so that I may go somewhere warmer?

Cherry dear, sends her regards to us all. I shall try and visit her when she is properly on the mend.

I hope everyone is well and warm.

Pip Pip
Auntie Petunia

Hello All.

I have caught the stinking cold that seems to be doing the rounds ................ so I will not linger.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ my clean laced edged handkerchief to everyone.


Lesley x

Feeling sorry for myself :-(

Good evening dear Ladies,

I am so pleased your Papa is more comfortable dear Susan. And how lovely that he is coming home. I think you recover sooner at home. It has been very pleasant here of late. Lots of late autumn sunshine.

Teresa dear, please don't worry about ignoring us. We will just talk about you behind you back!

I don't know why I repeated myself, must be the gremlins in the works.

I am nearly back to full strength dears. I think I did have a touch of flu. I was bedbound. Now all I have is annoying cough!

Hallo Ladies,

What wonderful news Susan that your Pa is more comfortable now and will be able to return home. I bet you are all looking forward to it very much :)

I have been a very poor correspondent of late. I have been enjoying the nice weather and reeling from the shock of FTYs footy team. They won again on Sunday 4-1!!!!!! It was lovely and warm watching the game in a location just out of our nearest town with a bit of a harbour :-D The other team were a little put out and were just a little bit vocal :-| Tutty tut tut.

Well Autumn is here although you would hardly know it with the beautiful weather we are having. :-D I saw in a well known supermarket that mince pies were on sale. A little early I think don't you Ladies?

Auntie I do hope you are now on your feet. its been very quite of late at the Towers. Is there anything we should know? :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D

Tootling orf for now and waving to Lesley~~~~~~~. Did you here about all that traffic chaos yesterday morning Lesley. I alighted the A12 and the opposite side was a gridlock at 6.15am. Today it took an hour to get in due to the train signal failure! Tomorrow I am off and staying put. I will he mail Cherry

Teresa :-D