My mouth is watering now thinking about it! I love ginger sponge & custard

 Morning all,hope everyone well. Freezing here, rain and wind .
Nice to see you back, Yogi, hope you had a good time.
Have a good day everyone

Good morning Skylark

I hope the weather improves for you.

 

Hi Skylark I hope you are managing to keep warm and dry

Hi skylark hope the rain stops soon, are you busy preparing for GD's festive social schedule?

Brockworth, just outside Gloucester, seems to be a focal point for unusual sporting events. There's the world famous cheese rolling down Cooper's Hill. And now this:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-e...cestershire-34825767

 

I wonder if they'll merge the two

Squiggle, I don't know if this is a genuine trailer or not:

Evening all.

Apologies for not popping in this morning but it's been a very busy day.

Summer, the holiday was brilliant. Lovely weather, delicious food and very relaxing.

El, that dessert sounds gorgeous.

Squiggle and Skylark, hope all is well with you.

lol Velvet, we saw no end of stuffed camels.

Ros, I thought IAC got off to a good start.

Thanks Velvet.

 

My sons and neighbours have been telling me how awful the weather was. Not that it's good today!

Evening *night owls*

Good to have you back yogi I'm pleased you had a fab time

Hi velvet

We just need moonie back now, where are you Moonie!

Evening Summer.

 

Where is Moonie, is he ill? Come back soon Moonie.

Going to get off now. Goodnight and sweet dreams everyone.

Hi yogi I don't know, he's not been here the whole time you were away. I hope he's alright. I want to tell him about the snowdogs

Sweet dreams yogi see you tomorrow

night yogi - lovely to have you back and yes IAC good but now the reality stars have arrived

night summer and velvet

Good morning everyone

 

Cloudy and breezy here at present. Barney arrives here during the afternoon and is around this evening before going. I won't be needing to go out during that time.

 

I hope everyone has a good day

 

Good morning what a beautiful sunrise today, I hope you all had a pretty sky too

Velvet you are worth having if you can successfully gift wrap yourself!

Good morning everyone.

 

Weather is cloudy and gloomy.

 

Out and about this morning.

 

Have a good day everyone.

Good morning everyone, a blanket of grey this morning, breezy at the moment but nothing like it's going to be this afternoon.  I hope there will be no loss of life because the winds predicted sound pretty scary.

 

I have just finished packing two H U G E bags for the homeless which I will drop off tomorrow.  I only mention this because I know what a caring group we are and I wondered if there was a similar scheme in your areas.  It is going great guns down here, it was started by a young girl in her twenties and has taken off like a rocket.  I have done one bag for a man and one for a woman and have included everything on this list, many jumpers scarves etc, managed to include a coat in each one and a very good waterproof that used to belong to my hubby.

 

 

Enjoy your day everyone

Hi everyone  

I have not been feeling well for a while, which is why I have not been around. I don't know when I will be back tbh. Hope all is well in the world of you my friends 

 

Yogi, glad you're back safe and sound and that you enjoyed your holibobs  

Sweet, I look forward to hearing about your snowdogs 

Piccies? 

 

Peace and happiness to you all 

Squiggle, my local church has been having annual Shoebox appeals for many years. It is different to the one you mention as it's for children around the world, though for our church for Romania in particular. It was as a result of the plight of orphans there which became international news back in 1990. A couple of people from our church went there for 6 months to aid in helping them.

An identical concept to your appeal, bur for a different cause.

 

Moonie, I hope you feel better soon and will be able to rejoin us. You have been missed

Nice to see you again moonie, so sorry to hear you've not been feeling well I hope you feel better soon.

 

Isn't this so clever?

 

Interesting video squiggle . My parents had an armchair which could convert into a bed, which is a similar idea but not as advanced as the ones in your clip.

Buster Keaton's 1922 "The Electric House"

Alma Deutscher - BBC clip of this 10 year old may get shown on the news.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-34841590

The most famous musical prodigy was Mozart. He had composed 5 symphonies by her age and a lot more other work compared to her but all the same she's quite remarkable.

 

Squiggle that's a fabulous scheme and well done you for giving so generously I'll ask our local minister if there's a similar scheme in this area. I know my mum does a shoe box some years.

It's just started raining here, I'm at yoga tonight so hoping the weather is OK to drive in.

Moonie! I thought you might be unwell, I hope you soon feel better again. Keep your chin up because every rubbish day that goes by, is just another closer to a better day
You know your owl trail.. Well, we are getting a trail of snowdogs next autumn/winter! I'm so excited, 2016 is going to be a great Christmas, I can feel it in my bones

Some surprising statistics.

If all the groundwater in the top 2km of the Earth's surface was all on the top of the surface, that would be 180m deep.

Of that groundwater only 6% is usable by people.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/scie...environment-34837461

 

Moonie, I hope you feel better soon.

Evening Velvet, how are you diddlin'? 

Half full is much better than empty, so that's good.

 

Yes, she is coming tomorrow. Son brought her up on Monday afternoon as we hadn't seen her for almost 2 weeks. She had us in stitches with her antics - she made Grandad sit on the naughty step.

 If I continue to do well on them, I'll be having the injections for at least a year and then they'll review things.

Not at all, Velvet. 

 

I'm seeing the consultant tomorrow, so hopefully my blood results are good too.

Hubby is going to have to entertain PB while I'm in with the doctor.

 

Thank you, I'll let you know how I get on.

 

How is the boss doing?

That's really good to hear.

Evening night owls I hope you both had a good day

Evening Summer.

My day has been fine, how was yours?

Good are you getting sorted after your return? I bet the washing machine has been busy!
Hope tomorrow goes well btw

I'm good thank you, yoga was challenging but I feel great, and I'm in a festive mood because I discovered the smooth Xmas radio station has started