Oh dear that's a nuisance Yogi.  At least Virgin are going to sort it.  I hope it doesn't stop you getting online too much

It has been down most of the day and the guy at Virgin could see that we were getting no signal at all. It does seem to come and go, so hopefully I'll be able to post occasionally. I just didn't want the Buddies to think there was something wrong, if I do happen to disappear for a couple of days.

Yogi, I hope if you vanish it's not for long. It seems odd for cable to develop a fault like that, I wonder what gas caused it.

 

I have no idea what's going on, El. There has been no broadband problems in my area, so the problem seems to be specific to us. Maybe a dodgy router?

*night owls*

Evening all, I hope you each had a good day mine has been one that, as they say up here "has had my head battered!" I needed some down time after work, just to be quiet. I feel refreshed now

Moonie, the little smiley with the rain/lamppost is one of my favourites yet

Yogi I hope your internet problems are soon resolved, we don't like it when you can't get online!

Squiggle, I'm holidaying with my mum this time, mr summer politely declined our invitation. We're celebrating her retirement I'm happy knowing that bramble will be at home with him while I'm away

El, I hope you're enjoying your weekend with your brother

Summer, I'm about to sign out, but I'm sorry you've had your head battered. I hope you get the chance to wind down and relax tomorrow.

Goodnight and sweet dreams. 

Leaves hug for Moonie and any other night owls.

Aw sweet dreams yogi I'm glad you could get online to say goodnight. I'm fine
Hopefully see you tomorrow

It won't be long before I fall sleep so I'm going to leave night hugs for moonie & our absent friend

Good morning everyone

 

It's decent weather here today without the blanket of cloud of the last few days.

 

I'm having a pleasant weekend with my brother. He returns to London later this afternoon and will probably next visit me in 6 weeks.

 

 

Good morning, everyone.

Weather is cloudy and showers are forecast. I'm glad hubby and I did the gardening yesterday. We trimmed the trees/hedge at the bottom of the back garden. It was around 8-9feet high, so hubby had to get the ladders out. My thigh muscles are aching from all that bending up and down to collect the cuttings, as well as weeding the borders in the front garden. I'm going to have a relaxing day today.

Hope you have a good day with your friend, Summer.

El, I hope you are enjoying your weekend with your brother.

Squiggle, is your grandson managing okay with his arm strapped to his side? Is it the arm/hand he uses to write with? A woman I knew, fell over when she was ice skating. She fell forward and put out her hands to break her fall and broke both wrists. She had both arms in plaster for six weeks, and couldn't do anything for herself.

Have a good day all, will be back later - internet permitting. 

 

Good morning everyone, higher cloud today and a mainly dry day forecast.

 

That sounds like a huge job Yogi, good to have it out of the way.  My grandson is managing OK, he's had a copy of the letter that his consultant sent to his GP which says the shoulder is healing well.  It's his left arm and he is right-handed so that is good, he is still trying to help me with one good arm, bless him.  That must have been a nightmare for that woman, I think it's something we all dread not being able to even go to the loo on our own, poor thing.

 

Have a great day everyone.

Morning everyone

Just to let you know. I have a few problems to sort out at home so I won't be around much until midweek. Have a great day. Its sunny here. I hope it is where you are too

Bye for now

She did say that was the worst thing of all.

Okay Moonie. I hope you get your problems sorted out and are back soon.

I've been to the garden centre with hubby. I needed a huge bag of compost to fill my big wishing well, and plants for it too. I also bought more bird seed and peanuts for my feathered friends.

Ooh what are you planting in your wishing well?  Aubretia would look lovely trailing down.

It was a mixed pack with some trailing, as well as upright plants - no details of which specific plants are included so I won't know what half of them are until they are in bloom. I have a lovely purple Aubrieta in a planter, it's gorgeous.

I've dropped my brother off at the railway station. We had a pleasant weekend, the cakes of course were yummy and he should visit me again in 6 weeks time.

 

The weather today has been good in my area, 19C, only a bit of cloud, and no rain today.

 

Moonie, I hope all your problems can be sorted quickly and can be magicked away down Yogi's wishing well

 

Squiggle, I'm glad your grandson's shoulder is healing nicely

Yogi, that poor woman.

 

I'm glad you enjoyed your weekend with your brother, El.

Apologies Squiggle, in my earlier post I meant to say I'm pleased your grandson's shoulder seems to be healing well.

I'll make a special wish at my wishing well for Moonie's problems to be solved quickly.

Summer, I hope you've had a lovely day with your friend.

Internet has been down again tonight, so it looks like the issue is still ongoing. I hope it is down when the engineer comes tomorrow, as intermittent faults, in most things, can be a pain to track down.

 

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Had a lovely days walk with my best friend & her dad, just climbing into bed now.

I hope you all had a lovely day, will catch up properly tomorrow xxx

Good morning, everyone.

It's raining, up here.

Summer, I'm glad you had a lovely day with your best friend and her dad.

My thighs have finally stopped aching, following Saturday's mammoth gardening session. 

Have a good day, and I hope to be back later, internet permitting.

 

Good morning everyone

 

Cloudy here, no rain yet but there are some showers in the forecast.

 

Summer, I'm pleased that you had a lovely walk yesterday

 

Yogi, I'm glad your thighs have recovered and I hope the engineer resolves the connection problem quickly. Sometimes it's possible for the person at Virgin at the other end of the line to actually check that there is a fault which they can see at their end and that would then give the engineer an idea as to what to look for.

 

Good morning everyone.  That's certainly an idea EL, I am sure they will get to grips with your connection problem today Yogi   No worries re grandson's shoulder, I took it as read that you were pleased with the shoulder healing.

 

What with the bending and stretching on Saturday and your physio exercises you must have very strong legs by now Yogi, you will be joining Summer on her walks soon I am sure

 

I am glad you had a lovely walk yesterday Summer and EL I hope your weekend went really well, are there any cakes left?

 

Moonie I hope all is well at your end, see you soon

Squiggle, I've finished them off

 

So here's a chocolate cake with a caramel frosting to compensate:

And a link to the recipe for anyone who wants it:

http://www.taste.com.au/recipe...ith+caramel+frosting

 

That looks delicious EL, thanks

The top 10 favourite children's books in a survey of adults:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-27664081

As a child I read all of the 6 books in that list which had been written before I was born.

I obviously had a deprived childhood EL as I had read only one Black Beauty, which my sister bought me and which I was mad about.

It's nice to see so many 'classics' are still being enjoyed today.

 

The chocolate cake looks yummy, El.

The Virgin engineer has been. The internet was still down when he arrived, so he could see what the problem was. For some reason, we were receiving an exceptionally poor signal, so he has fitted a booster and everything seems fine now.

Squiggle, with my father being such a book reader with over 3000 books in the house, it's not really surprising that I read many books as a child. It's sad when children miss out.

 

Yogi, I'm glad that your broadband connection has been sorted though it seems odd that you were getting a very poor signal. It must be that you use wireless rather than wired and that there was some sort of interference.

 

As a child, I was always reading. In fact, I was once quizzed by a librarian who felt I was returning books too quickly to have read them. I was able to answer all of her questions about the books I had read, and prove her wrong!

My dad believes in children being outdoors to play when the weather was good, so I used to be sent outdoors - and I took my books with me.

I have already bought lots of books for PB and will continue to do so. Her mum loves to read too, so between the two of us, we hope to encourage a love of books.

It's so good that you are both encouraging PB Yogi.  You remind me of my daughter, we used to go to the children's library and then go to the adult library and by the time I had chosen my books she had read hers and we had to go back to the children's library again, we got some very funny looks.

 I can really identify with that.

Evening just a quickie before I run my bath, I hope you all had a good day

I used to climb up the tree in our back garden to read my books, especially in my roald Dahl phase

Yogi I'm glad your thighs have stopped aching, and that your booster is working

 

I find lavender baths are good for aching muscles, and I love the smell too.

Having an early night, so goodnight and sweet dreams.

Night owl hug for Summer.

*night owls*

Sorry I missed you yogi I hope you enjoy your early night and sleep well

I love lavender baths!
I just discovered that Simple do a lavender bubble bath, I like it, as I do all of their products I have tried

*tries not to think about El's leftover cake*

Leaving goodnight hugs for everyone, especially our absent friend. Sweet dreams

Good morning everyone.

I woke at 5am to the sound of a melodic dawn chorus. It was so lovely, I didn't want to go back to sleep and miss it, so I've been awake since then.

Summer, M&S sell a lovely lavender bath product. It smells beautiful and leaves your skin feeling very soft. 

http://www.marksandspencer.com...am-500ml/p/p22272387

I read in the Darnie thread that you fell in a bog on Sunday. I hope it wasn't a deep one?

I have to visit the recycling centre today as we have bags of hedge clippings which won't fit into our garden refuse recycling bin. 

Have a good day, see you later.

 

Good morning everyone

 

Cloudy here, forecast is for a dry morning, but some showers this afternoon.

 

I'm seeing a new client this morning. Well, he's not really a new client as he used to be a client, then no longer needed to do tax returns, but has starting letting a property, so has come back to me.

 

Good morning

Oh thanks yogi, I'll definitely get some of that next time I'm in m&s champneys used to do a nice one but appear to have stopped selling it, at least in my local boots store.
Lol yes I did fall in a bog! I meant to tell you in here too. I went in up to my knees, both feet and it was sucking at me like a Hoover! I squealed like a girl had to crawl out on my knees and my boots were utterly drenched! I had another 2-3 miles to go too!
They're going to take ages to dry, in glad I have another pair in the house.
I wasn't hurt though and it really boosted the morale of my best friend and her dad, who were very tired & sore. At that point they had done about 52 miles!