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Hello All

It is a sunny day.............. a real change, I thought that Summer had arrived but it's forecast to rain tomorrow!

Plan to go out in the garden later and attack the weeds in the borders. It's never ending and I think the weeds are winning the battle.... hey ho.

I hope everyone else is out and about and enjoying a happy day today.

Hello everybody...

I'm sorry that I am not a consistant contributer at the moment but having just got back from holiday, I'm a little busy bee. My Mum arrived a couple of days ago and will be staying with us for a month+

The day of her arrival was a terrible day, weatherwise.... pouring down all day. When we went to the airport we had to take a plastic poncho to cover both her and the wheelchair... I tucked it in as best I could because it was also very windy... and then we got outside and she immediately 'blew up' like a balloon. We might have all had a good chuckle if we hadn't been wet through ;-)

Today is a lovely sunny day but very breezy - forecast gives a good day on Saturday... I'll keep you posted ;-) ;-)

D <3

Hello everyone,

It's 25 C and very windy. Been out shopping and got blown around, not so cold as it's been but not the lovely breeze we get when it's hot. Just been checking the average temp for now and it should be 28/29 C during June. The night time temp should be 5 C higher than it is. We've still got our thin duvet on. :-( Next week looks like it's perking up. :-)

Have you seen Jem's thread about rugby she's after cheerleaders for Radio Jem. I'm head cheerleader. :-D

Solrosen, have fun with mum. We'll both be busy with visitors. Love have people out here in summer. It's lovely eating outside and chatting into the night. Lovely to be out and not worry about rain and cold (if it ever sorts itself out). Shame your mum arrived in wind and rain, hope it'll get better and behave whilst she's with you.

Kandj, wait until after rain much easier to pull the weeds up. We get weeds when it rains, as we go into summer they all die back except where we water. We have a small garden with trees and shrubs that do well with little water so during summer there's very few weeds.

Wonder what to do for dinner? I'll go and see what OH fancies for dinner, he's talking to Mozart next door's cat at the moment. Mozart answers you back, he trots in chatting away and when you talk to him and he answers you. OH is on the back patio near the kitchen, Mozart is very likely sat by the patio door so OH can't get into the kitchen without getting past him. There's nothing for him here tonight so he'll have to go home for food. :-)

Have a good evening all. :-) <3

Some one was sure shaking the heavens today. Thunder & lightening & a real down pour.

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Evening :-)

Been out with friends. It got up to 25 C but that winds still about.

It's late so I'm off to bed. Sleep well all. :-) <3

Carol, no thunder or lightening here, only big rain clouds that eventually went away.

Pat, 25C is hot for me, I am one of those people who wilt and am happy in the shade.
I hope you enjoyed your meal out with your friends and will sleep soundly tonight.

Solrosen I hope that you are enjoying spending time with your Mum now she is visiting

Have put some weed and feed on both lawns and will need to water them if we have no rain (don't want this to burn the grass). Managed to trim a few hedges and pull up a few more weeds................... no peace for the wicked springs to mind!

Enjoy what's left of the evening folks and I hope you all sleep well tonight.

Afternoon all. :-)

Just been listening to Finders Keepers on Radio York, boy those 2 guys are plonkers who chase after the treasure. You have to laugh, at least Kay kept her voice this week. Love the treasure seeking programmes. Listen to Radio York Saturdays and Radio Sheffield Sundays live. The others on catch up. We listen to Radio Leicester, West Midlands, Norwich and Lincoln treasure quests. Some places we know but others we don't, it doesn't matter. It's fun trying to unravel the clues and plot the way. For some reason the person in the studio is often someone who doesn't know how to read a map. Before anyone says it, there's only 1 female all the others who have difficulty are men. The 1 from Radio Leicester often says things like turn right onto the red road until the T junction then turn onto the yellow road????????????? They haven't coloured all the roads since we left UK have they? ;-)

Had a great evening yesterday, will be off to the airport tomorrow evening to pick up friends. I am going to cook some coronation chicken in a moment. They are coming in quiet late so I'm making the chicken so according to how hungry they are they've either got the chicken with salad or salad and a jacket potato. It will be about 22.30 when we get back here so it's up to them how much they want to eat at that time of night. They take off just after 15.00 UK time an awkward time for food. They are on Easy Jet so won't be having a meal on board.

It's 25 C again today but the wind is strong again so feels cooler. Kandj when you live out here it's not that hot, you get used to the heat. It normally warms up slowly so that by June it's in the high 20s with a lovely breeze. It's not the same as suddenly coming out from cool temperatures to hot when you're on holiday.

Have a good day all. :-) <3

Hello All

I also like to listen to the radio Pat, there is a variety and some of my old favourites are still going strong. I find radio much more interesting than most TV programmes imho.

Today has been dry and sunny but really very strong blustery winds. Tomorrow is forecast to be another dry day so perhaps Summer has arrived at last.

Pat, you sound as if you are going to be kept busy but I'm sure you will have fun too.

I hope everyone is well and happy today.

Morning all. :-)

Today would have been Dizzi's birthday, thoughts with her family and friends. <3 If you see a rainbow you'll know who's painting the town :-D.

Yes Kandj we are great radio listeners. When I watch sports on the TV there's no commentary on as we are listening to a totally different programme on the radio. If you like listening to 40s through to 80s music we have a list of programmes you might like to listen to either live or via catch up. We even listen to 2 brass band programmes, 1 from Yorkshire the other from the west country. If you like rock 'n' roll the best 1 we've found is Bernie Keith on Radio Northampton you could get last night's prog. 6 - 8pm on catch up. I have Classic FM on at the moment, we really do like all sorts of music. :-D

Yes we'll be busy but we really enjoy it. What's better than being out with lovely relatives or friends and having a great time. Just hope OH's back doesn't play up. He's still having a problem but not nearly as much as a couple of weeks ago.

Getting my washing out of the way this morning, 1 lot done the other about to go in.

It's already 24 C so looks like a warmer day. No wind yet shhhhhhhh. May be able to have breakfast outside in a few minutes :-D.

Have a good day all. :-) <3

Thank you what you put on the D Day thread from Elizabeth Kandj. That means a lot to OH and myself as we are ex services. :-D <3

Hello All,

No problem Pat. It is good to be mindful of the D-Day landings and 6th June a huge part of our history never to be forgotten I hope. We all owe a debt of gratitude to those who fought and those who lost their lives in service to this country.... we must never forget and I personally will.............." always remember them".

Thank you for sharing details of lovely Dizzi's birthday today. I have added my thought to the first post and think how difficult a day it will have been for her family.
I hope that your husband's back pain has lessened and he feels more comfortable

Our family have been here today and we have all enjoyed a relaxing happy family time spent together. I agree Pat, good company and good food is a wonderful combination and makes for a very happy time for all concerned.

Solrosen, I hope that all is alright at your home and that your Mum is enjoying her visit with you just now.

We have had another dry day today , the weather is becoming more settled, although I think that rain is forecast for our area tomorrow. I hope they have got the forecast wrong but the gardens really do need the rain as everything is so dry.

I hope everyone has a decent night's sleep and a good day for all tomorrow.

Afternoon everyone. :-)

Solrosen, hope your weather is OK so you can get out with your mum. Have a good time.

Our weather is so changeable. Today we had a very pleasant start, then the wind suddenly got up and pictures came off the wall - 1 light bulb smashed. OH popped to next village and it rained on him, no sign of rain here at the time. We've just heard thunder and clouds getting thick and darkening now. The temp was supposed to be 29 C but it's 25 C at the moment. Our friends who arrived last night have been surprised by how changeable the weather has been.

OH's back was stiff today, he's resting on his recliner chair as he's hoping to go out tonight. If not yours truly will be raiding the freezer and cupboards for 1 of my concoctions. I have 4 white fish fillets in the freezer so think it'll be a fish based dish. Will let you know what happens. :-D

Paphos Airport was very busy last night, the tourists are descending on us. :-( In just over 20 minutes saw 8 planes coming in. I know it's not Heathrow but this is a small, 1 runway airport. Everywhere was congested.

Don't know where you are Kandj but I've got 3 UK place temperatures on the right side of this laptop for Belfast, heavy cloud/sun 12 C, Mansfield hazy cloud/sun 14 C, Basingstoke small cloud /sun16 C. No mention of rain so you may be lucky.

Have a good day all :-) <3

Hello All

Changeable weather almost everywhere methinks. Hard to think it's the month of June but it certainly isn't "Flaming June" around now!

Pat, I hope your husbands back pain lessened so that you were able to go out to dinner with your friends. The white fish dish will wait for another time.

It must be interesting for you to see all the planes and tourists arrive. No doubt there is a lot of excitement around you just now.

Enjoy whatever you have planned for tomorrow, take care now.

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It's been mixed weather here in South West Wales!
During the last week we have had gale-force winds, torrential rain, sun but at the same time quite cold, etc.!
Today has been sunny, warmer but still windy, so at least the washing dried quickly on the line :-D :-D

Grandson 1 went to the beach for a walk with his friends yesterday. Although it was windy and chilly he caught the sun! His arms are red!

:-) Pat
You are going to be very busy with lots of visiting friends and family for the next few months! Not to mention your Head Cheerleading duties ;-) ;-) :-D :-D

I am very impressed by your upbringing Pat! What brilliant parents you had. Born before their time! I can see that they certainly inspired a spirit of confidence in you, which you in turn have passed on to your children! :-)

I hope your OH's back is less sore now:-)

I hope you manage to get to the beach soon to walk in the sea! :-)

:-)Kandj
I see you have been very busy in your garden :-)
Like Pat has said, I wait until it has rained before I weed as our soil is very hard and dry. Having said that, I am not much of a gardener! :-(

:-)Sol
Hope you are enjoying your Mum's visit :-)


Thinking about Dizzi's family <3


Hi to all Roll Callers not mentioned :-)

Love Jem <3

Good Morning Roll Callers :-) :-) :-) <3

Hope you will all have a good day :-)

Hello All

Thanks Jem, a pretty normal day today. Just changed from a tee-shirt into a warm jumper. Ridiculous really when this is the month of June! How long did the cake last?

Pat and Solrosen, I hope that you are both well and enjoying spending time with family and friends right now.

Carol hope that you are feeling OK today?

Thinking of Dizzi's family and close friends , sending ((hugs)) right now.

Hope everyone has a good evening, whatever you have planned.

Evening :-)

Been out for a Chinese this evening. Very enjoyable evening.

Our friends left here to go to a bungalow a few minutes from here. They will spend the next month looking after 2 dogs and a cat.

Yes Jem they were very different from many of my friends parents but I was in senior school before I realised how odd it was to have an electrician for a mother. When you grow up with it it is the norm. She never took it up in civvy street.

Warmer today but very windy. Felt cold this evening.

Sleep well all :-) <3

Good Morning Roll Callers :-) :-) :-) <3

Another mixed day today again! Sun, clouds, wind certainly not that warm! Not considering the "heatwave" that was promised! :-D

Grandson 1 has been dispatched to school for his last but one GCSE- History (Africa). Granddaughter 1 has the exact same GCSE this morning too, but year 10!
It's a really silly and confusing system that nobody understands properly, even the teaching staff! :-| :-| :-|


:-)Pat,
I'm glad you had a lovely evening :-)

:-)Kandj

It will be nice to see settled weather, so that we can know what to wear for sure!

We are still eating cake! :-D
The woman's torso one has now finished and now it's the cake with the ricepaper photograph that's half way through :-D


EDITED IN.. as I don't think I told you about the above mentioned cakes!
The cakes I baked were eaten very quickly.

But also his Mum had a huge (rather naughty) cake delivered to the restaurant where he was having a celebratory meal with about 16-18 friends.
It was a huge vanilla jam sandwich type cake in a shape of a woman's torso in a skimpy basque! :-0 :-0 :-D

Also delivered there was another one, with a rice paper photograph of Grandson with his hair in a scrunchy!!!
It's amazing what they can do now. All you do is upload the photo and then email it to the cake firm!
It was a surprise from one of his pals who had taken the photograph on the camping trip he went on a few weeks ago!

So as you can imagine.. loads of left over cake, and my diet is down the pan!:-D



Thinking of Dizzi's family and many friends <3


Love Jem <3

Evening everyone :-)

Very windy again today, this is getting ridiculous. You are sand blasted on the beach as friends found out yesterday.

Didn't go out tonight, OH's back is a bit tender and he wants to go out tomorrow so a quiet day.

Just been invited to a birthday bash next week.

More people arriving tomorrow. They are going to help with the dogs at the bungalow.

They do fantastic cakes these days Jem. We have a cake shop in the village that does birthday cakes. We had a friend come out with his wife to stay for his 60th birthday. We' d also have another friend who is living out here but some distance away who would be 60 a few days later. Without telling them why we got them together for a joint birthday bash. My OH and these 2 men used to work together. I catered for them and invited some other friends. OH's job had been to order the cake. You should have seen his face when he arrived home with it. When he told me what had happened I couldn't stop laughing. Because of the language difficulty OH had decided to put the design of the message on the computer and print it off to leave with the order so there'd be no problems. He said to the girl at the shop that this was the message he wanted on the cake. They'd only encapsulated the paper and set it in the cake taking his words literally. :-D Everyone roared and after the candles were removed I carefully took it out and cleaned it off as our friend wanted to take it back to UK with him. :-D

We thought we'd done everything to make sure all would be perfect ..... :-S. At least they all saw the funny side of the situation.

Sleep well everyone. Sweet dreams. :-) <3

Hello All

Talk of cake is making me feel hungry now. There are some very talented folk around who bake and ice amazing cakes for special occasions. They look almost too good to eat. I would like to have seen your Grandson's face Jem at his Mum's choice for him when he was out with his pals ha ha. Good luck for all the exams.

I hope that our OH back eases for tomorrow Pat so that he can be comfortable and enjoy time out with you and friends.

Hope you have all had a good day today. Good night all.