Good morning everyone, I am glad it was such a good day Yogi, PB sounds on top form and how lovely that she loves her uncles so much Well done Summer, I hope you are enjoying a lovely relaxing bath, I can't remember whether Bramble went on the walk with you

 

Rainy here and looks like it's maybe set in for the day, which is completely opposite to what they said on the forecast, where's my bit of seaweed?

 

I hope everyone has a good, relaxing day

Morning everyone

Yogi, enjoy your gardening and then relaxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Sweet, no need to appologise . I was surprised you popped in after all your exertions yesterday Awww poor Bramble but i'm sure she understood

Sweet relaxing in the bath

Squiggle, you would probably be better off if you relied on seaweed or pines cones

 

The weather is sunny at the moment but with clouds whizzing by We are promised dry weather so my washing was out by 8-30

 

Have a great day everyone

Selfies are catching on everywhere nowadays

 

How's this for an owl pic?

 

Luv those piccies Squiggle

Summer, I hope your bath has eased your aching muscles.

Moonie, you were an early bird with your washing today.

Squiggle, I love the selfie pic and the owl one.

El, I recently watched An Inspector Calls for the first time. Very good and thought provoking.

Aw how cute are those ducks and I love the owl pic too

No we didn't take bramble with us, she could do that distance I'm sure but dogs weren't allowed and I wouldn't want to put her through it anyway. I think 15 miles is far enough and she's just come in to season so I'm glad we left her with family, she's looking very sorry for herself today.

I had a lovely lavender bath and don't ache too badly
I wish the tennis was on today

Moonie I like that bath smiley

Yep and it was dry so I fetched it and we has a sharp shower a few minutes later too

The bath definitely helped to ease your aches and pains then Sweet

Glad you like my bath smiley too

Its a rest day for the tennis, isn't it?

Have a great rest of your day

Moonie, yes, it's a rest day for the tennis. So you'll just need to survive today on just football

 

dunno how i'm gonna do that El

I've finished my book, at last

I can see why my gran used to use holiday from work to watch the tennis, I wish I could watch it at work!

Did you enjoy your book Sweet?

An update on the Banksy artwork in Cheltenham - looks more promising than it was yesterday:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-e...cestershire-28078938

 

Summer, well done on completing reading your book . I find it quite easy to become absorbed into watching tennis. It's not just the excitement it can bring, but there's also a hypnotic quailty from a long rally.

 

I completely agree El, it's very relaxing watching tennis that's my current plan for my day off this week *keeps fingers crossed*

Moonie, I did, but it was one of those books where not a lot happened. It was a sweet story but it didn't grip me.
I think my next one will grip me, it's called "head over heels in France" by Samantha Brick and is a true story. SIL loved it and insisted I read it

I think this BBC article today could be one of your all time favourite articles on their website:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-28036667

 

And as a little treat for you, I have found this clip starring the newborn elephant shown at the beginning of the article:

He was born on 5 May after a 22 month pregnancy and weighed a healthy 100 kg. He's been named Sutton after Stephen Sutton. I think that's been mentioned on the news.

 

Thanks for the update El, I can see why the home owner would be tempted to sell it but I do think they should leave it where it is, at least for a while

Aaaaaaaaaaaw baby sutton is adorable
That's an interesting article El, it's a wonder to me that I like children but babies don't make me broody. The sight of a dog or puppy & other animals utterly melts my heart though.
Biology fascinates me!

Aww, how cute is baby Sutton! I like elephants.

Maybe it's the thought of all those nappies?!

Glad you enjoyed your book Sweet
I'm not a great reader myself tbh

Lurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrve the baby ephalump

 Ephalumps are great.

Haha you're probably right yogi I think it's realism too, the lack of living family to help with a baby is a factor, I'd be pretty much on my own 24/7!

How's your day been?

Hi again moonie, are you watching football?

It's not easy when you don't have a support network around you - especially today, when mum's are expected to hold down full time jobs and still do everything else.

I've done some housework, some washing and ironing and some gardening. 

I'm watching Stepmom on Ch5. I've seen it before and I am still weeping buckets.

Especially ickle ones

 Especially ickle ones.

Hi Sweet

Yes, watched the afternoon game and the evening one kicks off at 9-00

How you feeling now?

Awwwww

I have Real A&E on

Is stepmom a movie?

That's exactly it yogi, it's not often that mum's get to give up work when babies come along these days, and childcare is expensive. I can easily take bramble to work but I think it would be a different story with a human baby lol

We've been watching Glastonbury, Ed Sheeran was really good

The pages are loading properly for me

 Is it blood and gore?

Very different Sweet

I have watched some of Glastonbury too. Quite enjoyed it

Stepmom is a movie with Susan Sarandon and Julia Roberts. A real weepy.

 

Yes, I can see that a baby would be more difficult to take to work than Bramble.

Nope, not really tbh. Car crash and a woman almost lost an ear in an accident

 Ouch!

They are doing a good job on it though