I don't know what prompted her to mention BB, I think she just likes a natter.

I agree with you about the ratings and hope they plummet! 

Middle son and DiL have gone home now, we had a lovely chat with them. 

 

Quiet in the morning and busy in the afternoon sounds like a good balance. When will the back to school haircut madness start, is it soon?

 

Next week is their last week off yogi but then different schools go back on different days the following week. Then, we usually get a post back to school rush from everyone who was avoiding it, then it should calm down a bit

Did you son come for tea?

Hopefully, they'll spread it out so you don't get all the little darlings all at once!

No they didn't come for tea tonight, just a cuppa and a biccie. 

Son brought me some filter wool (that's what I call it) for the filter in my fish tank, and he approved of my new white light for the fish (the old one is kaputt).

Lol he must still be very fond of his fish tank does he have one at his house too?

Ha, I wish! Every year they all turn up at the last possible moments and we get yelled at because we can't fit them all in. I'm already mentally preparing myself for my fake smiles

We've got who do you think you are? on, it's tamzin outhwaite, it's quite interesting

Yes, he has a big tank for his fish. His isn't for tropical fish although he used to have them, he has saltwater fish now, which are very pretty colours and beautiful corals too. 

I hope you are practicing that fake smile really well, as it sounds like you will be using it a lot.

I'm not really watching anything atm, but the tv is on in the background.

I've taken my last steroid of the day and now I need to wait 30-60 minutes before I can eat anything.  My toffee meringue is still in the fridge and it is calling to me.

 

Ooooh I bet you're watching the clock tick away then! I love meringue, I hope you thoroughly enjoy it is your medication suiting you ok?

Tamzin is in Italy!

Now she is going to Glasgow! And her great grandpa went to County Durham after that

I have a clock right beside me, and only 10 minutes to wait.

The meds are great, now that they've kicked in properly. I'll be on them until mid November, so I can relax for a while, knowing I'm not likely to have a big flare up. Downside is, the steroids make me eat, A LOT!! That 12lbs I lost is rapidly going back on.

Lucky Tamsin! I have put Italy on our 'places to visit' list when hubby retires.

 Maybe we have rellies in common?

Cake time!

  <- spare one, if you'd like it.

Thank you! *gets the posh dessert forks out*

Haha wouldn't that be funny, after all this time we've been chatting about cake
It's been fascinating, I've really enjoyed this show

I'm glad you enjoyed the show, and yes it would be funny.

How is Bramble doing?

She's fine today thank you yogi, clearly over whatever upset her tummy yesterday. I've just been to clean my teeth and she's got comfy right across my bed

How was your dessert?!

 She likes her comfort! I'm glad her upset tummy has settled. Had she been eating something dodgy again? I warned hubby to keep a close eye on Keira when he lets her out for her last wee tonight, as there were a few slugs on the path when I went to lock the garage, and I don't want her eating those!

 

Cake was yummy, and calorific.

Most likely yes, she has a dirty habit of eating yuk and I don't even see her doing it! Such a pretty face, such a disgusting girl
Are your slugs huge too? They seem to be turning into mutants here this year

I'm glad you enjoyed your cake

 Pretty girl with disgusting eating habits.

Yes, the slugs are big ones! I don't like slugs, they are slimy and squidgy.

The snails have eaten our marigolds too
They must some good purpose must they?!

Some birds eat them, so that's good.

 

I'm wilting, so I'll go now. Goodnight and sweet dreams, Summer.

Hugs for our absentees.

Lol I'll invite the birds over for the weekend

Sweet dreams yogi sleep tight

Leaving goodnight hugs for our absent friends

Moonie I hope you soon feel better, we miss you

P.S. Does anyone else think that moon ^ could be a banana?

 It does look like a banana.

 

Good morning everyone.

Weather is bright and less chilly today.

I have no particular plans for today, I'll take the day as it comes.

Have a good day everyone.

Good morning everyone

 

Fairly cloudy here but expected to be dry.

 

I hope Moonie is able to rejoin us soon.

 

The moon is made of cheese, not a banana

 

Re last night's WDYTYA. My father told me that when he was young his mother made ice lollies at home and sold them to people who lived in the area.

 

A small tribute to Jean Redpath who was born in Edinburgh but lived in the States who died yesterday from cancer aged 77.

Good morning everyone, lovely singing EL - I love the sound of folk singers, it's a sound that is difficult to describe.  I have no idea what Jean is singing of course.  How lovely to hear Auld Lang Syne, a proper version.

 

I don't believe the moon is really a banana or even made of green cheese, but I do wonder whether these funny little creatures might live there

 

Enjoy your day everyone, Summer I hope the back to school rush hasn't started just yet.

Squiggle, you could be right about the Clangers

 

I agree about the best folk singers. There is something timeless about their singing which draws you in, and a sense of community. Like you, I don't understand the words that Jean Redpath was singing (for the most part) but her voice has a gentle lyrical sound to it which is very attractive.

 

Squiggle, these are the full lyrics to the first song Jean sang, which is called The Gaberlunzie Man and also known as The Beggar Laddie.

The Gaberlunzie Man   Traditional, Child Appendix

O a beggar, a beggar cam’ ower yon lea,
And mony fine tales he hae telt tae me,
Sayin’ guid wife fae ye’r charity
Will ye lodge a beggar man,
Lal lal tee too roo ree.

The nicht was cauld and the carl was wat, 
And doon ahint the ingle he sat,
And ma daughters shoother he gang tae clap
And aye he ranted an sang
Lassie tae ma too roo ree.

O if I was black as I am white,
As the snaw that lies on yonder dyke,
I wad dress mysel’ some beggar-like,
And awa wi’ ye I’d gang
Laddie tae ma too roo ree.

O lassie, O lassie ye’r ower young
And ye haena get the cant o’ the beggin’ tongue,
No ye haena get the cant o’ the beggin’ tongue
And wi me ye canna gang, 
Lassie tae ma too roo ree.

O I’ll bend my back and I’ll crook ma knee
And I’ll pit a black patch ower ma e’e,
And a beggar’s lassie they’ll tak’ me tae be,
Syne awa’ wi ye I’ll gang,
Laddie tae ma too roo ree.

Then atween the twa they made a plot
Tae rise twa hours afore the cock
And sae cannily they slippit the lock
And awa through the fields they ran,
Laddie tae ma too roo ree.

In the morning time the auld wife rose
And at her leisure pit on her claise;
Tae the servants bed she then did go
Tae spier for the silly puir man,
Lassie tae ma too roo ree.

She’s gaen tay the bed where the beggar lay,
But the strae was cauld and he was away.
And she’s clappit her hands crying “Welladay,
Is there ony o’ oor guid gear gane?”
Lassie tae ma too roo ree.

Some ran tae the coffer and some tae the kist,
But naethin’ was awa’ that could be missed,
And she danced her lane, crying, “Praise be the blessed
I’ve lodged an honest auld man.”
Lassie tae ma too roo ree.

Ah some did rin and some did ride
Tae find the place fa’ they did hide,
But they couldna find fa they did bide
As in the brae they lay.
Lassie tae ma too roo ree.

When years had passed some twa or three
That same beggar carl cam’ ower the lea,
Saying “Guid wife for ye’r charity
Will ye lodge a silly puir man?”
Lassie tae ma too roo ree.

O no, O no, I’ll not lodge again
For I ance had a dochter ain o ma ain,
But awa’ wi a beggin’ man she’s gane
And I dinna ken whence na whar.
Laddie tae ma too roo ree.

He said,’Yonder she’s comin’ ower yon lea
Wi mony a fine tale tae tell tae ye,
She’s a baby donlin’ at her knee
And another yen coming hame.
Lassie tae ma too roo ree.”

“O yonder she’s comin’ tae your bower,
In silk and satin and mony a flower.”
And the guid wife rose and she blessed the hour
She’d gane wi’ the beggin’ man.
Laddie tae ma too roo ree

 

I won't translate all of it but the gist of the song is a beggar man calls on a house looking for charity and the family takes him in for the night. He talks to the daughter of the house and she falls under his spell. In the morning, when the family wakes, they find the beggar man gone but are pleasantly surprised he hasn't stolen anything.

However, they soon discover that the daughter has gone with him.

A few years later, another beggar man comes to their door, but the lady of the house refuses to help as she says the last beggar man took their daughter.

The beggar man tells her to look over at the hill and see her daughter approaching, with one child and another on the way. Turns out the beggar man was actually rich and the daughter is in silks and satins, and the mother then blesses the day her daughter went off with the beggar man.

Thanks Yogi, I was able to follow the gist of it although some parts left me a bit baffled

Good morning cold but sunny here today, bramble hid under mr summer instead of wanting to go walking this morning so I got my yoga mat out instead. She is a funny girl!

I hadn't thought of cheese! Maybe it's a cheesy banana moon then
I love Wallace & Gromit's adventure to the moon

 There a few words in there that I'm not sure about either!

Me too. 

 @ Bramble hiding under Mr Summer.

It seems that the Cheltenham Banksy can be restored provided that "proof of ownership" can be shown.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-e...cestershire-28896963

 

Hi Fremsley.

I also hope Moonie is back soon.

Aftern0on, fremsley

It's a good day but rather busy working.

 

When I turned on the radio this morning, I heard the last few words of someone singing and, as it was the news, I assumed that the singer had died. So I looked on the BBC news site and found that it had been Jean Redpath.

Vashti Bunyan will be releasing her third album Heartleap on 6 October. Her first album was in 1970 and she didn't release another album until 2005. She says this will be her last. She's best know for Just Another Diamond Day used in a T-mobile ad.

 

The first song on her new album is available on Youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJ22AaQAIvY

 

I've just seen this Cravendale advert. I think it's a bit weird

Hi everyone
Just popping in to wish you all a happy up and coming Bank holiday

I hope you get some sunshine at some time during it

I still don't feel all that good and don't see the point in coming back ,just to disappear again after a few days. So i will see you soon

Bye for now

Moonie,

Nice to see you back moonie, if only for a flying visit.  I really hope you start to feel better soon, keep your chin up

 

EL I find all the Cravendale ads really weird.