My poor mum's allergies have gone crackers, the pollution & sand have affected her area rather badly. I think I should send her to the coast for some fresh air!

Moonie I've just seen that you had a migraine last night I hope you soon feel brighter

Summer, I hope your mum's allergies improve fast. The pollution is forecast to be a lot lower by tomorrow. The east coast is the worst place to be today though as you can see from this map:

I too hope that Moonie has recovered from the migraine attack.

 

Summer, according to the map El has posted, you should send your mum up to Scotland. The pollen levels are low up here, atm.

On my way home from shopping, I saw some tiny baby lambs in the fields, and some blossom on the cherry trees - Spring has sprung!

I didn't know Moonie had another migraine. I hope you feel better soon, Moonie.

Next time you buy a sofa you might be in for a surprise:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-26864309

 

Poor cat! Thank goodness the people who bought the sofa heard him miaowing. 

El, my mum is in the middle of the purple zone. No wonder she is suffering so badly!

Yogi, are your cupboards fully stocked now?
I have to go stock up after work, then walk bramble, I hope I can squeeze in a bath before bed!

Yes Summer, my cupboards are fully stocked - just the way I like them.

Ooooh choices choices

So there was a cat stuck in the sofa?!

Yogi, I can hear your shelves creaking under the weight of all the things you've bought

 

Summer, hopefully your mother will find it a lot better tomorrow.

 

 So long as they don't collapse under the strain, El.

A Gloucester photographer has taken this photo:

It's a photo of his car roof and shows some of the Saharan sand and dirt on the roof. It has been greatly magnified, somewhere between 45 and 90 times real size.

 

 That's a lot of sand, El.

Following yeaterday's weeding, the muscles in my thighs are aching, so I am off for a long soak in the bath, before bed.

Goodnight and sweet dreams, Summer, Moonie and Ros.

*night owls*

Yogi I hope you enjoy your well earned soak in the bath
Sweet dreams

Moonie I hope you are alright, and that your head is easing.
Mr summer had a migraine tonight while we were out walking bramble, we do sympathise

Sweet dreams all in here x

night yogi and summer

Good morning everyone. It's raining atm but should dry up in the afternoon.

Summer, does Mr Summer get some sort of warning that a migraine is about to happen, or is it a sudden onset thing? I hope he is feeling better today.

Moonie, I hope your migraine has gone and you are feeling better.

On BBC Breakfast, there was a discussion about the possibility of the government making it mandatory to add folic acid to bread, in an attempt to reduce the number of babies born with spina bifida. However, it seems that extra folic acid is not good for everyone, in particular, people with a higher risk of developing colon cancer, and it can also mask the symptoms of pernicious anaemia. If it comes in, I Mr Yogi may have to start baking bread!

Have a good day everyone.

 

Good morning everyone.  I hope you're feeling better now moonie and Mr Summer too, those migraines really are horrible, never knowing when you'll get one

 

What a silly idea Yogi, they need to wind back this nanny state interfering with everyone's lives.

 

Have a good day everyone

Makes you want to keep them as pets don't it?  If only they stayed as cute as that.

 

Good morning everyone

 

Fairly cloudy here at present, should be dry.

 

I hope Mr Summer's and Moonie's migraines have cleared.

 

Article in the Mail yesterday about the imminent decision for the compulsory addition of folic acid to bread

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/hea...-spinal-defects.html

 

Squiggle, very cute baby hedgehog

Thanks for the link EL, interesting that the proposal is only to add it to white bread so there is a way to avoid it hopefully, I only eat multi-grain from my local baker.

Good morning hope you all slept well, I have to dash but will be back as soon as I can x

I love wholemeal and multigrain bread, but it can upset my digestive system.

 See you later.

I'm confused! If they are going to add the folic acid to the flour, does this mean that everything made with flour will have the folic acid in it?

Squiggle, there's a reason why the proposal is for white bread.

Wholemeal and granary breads naturally contain more folic acid than white bread so there's less need to add it.

White bread 25 micrograms per 100g compared to 40 micrograms per 100g for wholemeal bread.

 

 

Morning everyone

Fankoo muchly for your lovely comments. I feel much better now
Sweet, I hope Mr Summer is feeling better today and that your mum is feeling better too

Have a good day one and all

Yay moonie! I'm glad you feel better, welcome back

Yogi, mr summer sometimes gets a little fuzzy feeling (he calls it an aura) just before the migraine attack but other than that he has no warning and they can strike at any given moment. Had he have felt it before we left the house he could have taken medication much sooner, but he had none in his wallet and had to just suffer until we got home. Poor thing

That baby squirrel is cuuuuute

Today is SIL's birthday and I've just got word that we may be going for tea

Hi Sweet

Fankoo muchly

Shame Mr Summer had no meds with him but hope is feeling better now
Happy Birthday to your SiL. Hope she has a super day. Enjoy our tea, should it happen

Moonie, I'm glad you are much better

 

Summer, I know what you mean by that fuzzy feeling as very occasionally I get what is called a scintillating scotoma which is the aura people can get before the actual migraines. It's never progressed to a migraine for me and never lasts long.

Poor Mr Summer. Is he feeling better today?

Enjoy your tea, if you do go, and Happy Birthday to your SiL.

 

Welcome back, Moonie. I'm glad you are feeling better.

Fankoo El

Fankoo Yogi

Well done to the England women's cricket team. They've just beaten South Africa in the semi=final of the world Twenty20 winning comfortably. The final is against Australia.

 

I wouldn't be surprised if the England women's team beat the England men's team at this present time if such a match took place.

 

Oh that is a shame Yogi, I popped into my local shop a year or so ago and bought one of those loaves on a whim, and I love the taste.

I've been doing a spot of international tax advice this afternoon. Small scale stuff though. One of my clients has a son who lives in Guernsey and his wife is thinking of buying a house to let in the UK. There's little things to consider like the non-residents landlord scheme. Unless HMRC give approval, either the letting agency (if used) or otherwise the tenant has to deduct tax from the rent, pay the tax over to HMRC and the net goes to the landlord.

At present, UK properties owned by a non-resident don't get subject to capital gains tax when sold. In the budget the other week, the chancellor announced that as from April next year that will no longer be the case for residential properties.

 

Just the thing to keep my mind active on a Friday afternoon

It sounds delicious, Squiggle.