Evening all
I had a good day with PB and BB - although our first batch of bunny cookies ended up in the bin. We went off to play a game of dominoes and forgot to set the timer.
Second batch were fine.
Goodnight and sweet dreams everyone.
Night owl hugs
Good morning everyone, grey clouds this morning, no hint of sunshine at all 
Never mind perhaps it will brighten up later on.
I saw one of those hearses at our local parish church where we used to live EL. They parked the horse box in the next road to ours and then hitched them up ready to go.
Enjoy your day everyone 
Squiggle, there's a business near Coleford in Gloucestershire which provides horse drawn carriages for weddings and horse drawn hearses for funerals covering the Midlands, South Wales and the South West, It's quite possible that the hearse I saw and the hearse you saw came from there. They also do work for films.
One of the great mysteries has been solved by scientists:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/scie...environment-39573642
They've unravelled why shoelaces come undone 
Afternoon all
Weather is cold and windy with sunshine and showers.
It's a special little girl's birthday today, so I shall be popping over to see her later.
Have a good day everyone
Good evening sorry I've been AWOL, yesterday was busy and today I've been on a long walk. All is well though
i hope you're all enjoying the run up to Easter
Thanks everyone, she had a lovely birthday and has a party on Saturday to look forward to.
I hope you enjoyed your walk, Summer.
Goodnight and sweet dreams everyone. Hugs for the night owls.
Sweet dreams yogi I'm off too, hopefully to dream of Tuscsny 
night all
night yogi and summer
Good morning everyone, it's cloudy again but it did cheer up yesterday so perhaps it will again today.
I'm so glad that PB had a lovely birthday and with a party to look forward to on Saturday too. I can't remember Yogi is she going to be a bridesmaid? And what about the wee one too? If so how exciting! Was your walk yesterday somewhere interesting Summer?
Enjoy your day everyone
As today is Maundy Thursday, this is where Maundy comes from:
Mandatum novum do vobis ut diligatis invicem sicut dilexi vos ut et vos diligatis invicem.
In hoc cognoscent omnes quia mei discipuli estis si dilectionem habueritis ad invicem.
That's John 13 v 34-35 in Latin from the Vulgate Bible.
And in English, it's this hymn:
I see that the road which goes past the house where my parents lived is to be resurfaced. Considering that it's a busy road, it's staggering that it was allowed to get into its present condition for well over two years. It looks as if it will be just being patched whereas it needs total resurfacing.
Tesco has apologised for their newspaper advert for beer and cider this week.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39587226
The Reverend Richard Coles is right with his comment. Good as in Good Friday doesn't mean the opposite of bad or good as in nice/pleasant.
The above article and Wiki both say that here is some dispute about why it is called "good", with some suggesting the day is "good" in that it is holy, and others that the phrase is a corruption of "God's Friday".
I think it's Good as in Holy as this week is called Holy Week.
*night owls* 
good evening all and sweet dreams to anyone who's already gone to bed
a very busy day here, I'm happy to be having a lay in tomorrow
el, is your brother coming for the weekend?
Good morning everyone
Cloudy here. It's possible there may be the odd light shower later on.
Summer, my brother is coming in a week's time for the weekend. Engineering work on the railways over the Easter weekend makes travelling more complicated. If the weather is OK are you intending to do one of your marathon walks any time over the next three days?
I hope everyone has a good day
Good morning everyone, that cold wind is back again today and giving a definitely chilly feel to the day. On a brighter note the first of the swallows was back yesterday, just two so far but lovely to see and a definite harbinger of warmer times ahead.
I posted a few weeks ago about a couple of missions to be sent to one of Jupiter's moons, Europa, to see if they can find any signs of life such as microbes,
Yesterday, there was news that another moon called Enceladus which goes round Saturn could be more likely that there's such life.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/scie...environment-39592059
The name Enceladus comes from Greek myths. A list of various moons and the origin of their names:
http://www.fief.org/kathleen/Moons/Moons.html
Good evening I hope you've all had a lovely Good Friday, I didn't have any hot cross buns but hope to make up for that in due course not quite a marathon but we did walk 9 miles today
yogi has been unwell and is resting up, but is feeling a little better tonight
El, you get 2 Easter weekends! That's brilliant 
Good morning i hope everyone slept well I got woken at 5.30am by Bramble who needed to throw up, poor girlie. She can sleep all day now but I've got to go to work 
oh the joys.. lol
i hope you all have a fabulous day, only 1 more sleep until the Easter bunny arrives
Good morning everyone.
Summer, thanks for letting the others know why I was AWOL.
I feel a lot better today and will still be attending PB's party - I may supervise from a chair if I get tired.
El and Velvet, thanks for your concern. I love you both.
Squiggle, you remembered correctly, PB is going to be a flower girl at youngest son's wedding. She is very excited that future DiL's 7 year old nephew is going to be a pageboy, as she liked him a lot when they met.
BB will be attending the wedding but everyone felt he was too young to take part in the wedding ceremony - we didn't want him to get stressed or upset.
Poor Bramble, I hope she was fine after being sick. Had she been eating dodgy stuff again?
Have a good day everyone
Good morning everyone, not quite so chilly this morning I think.
I'm so glad you are feeling a little better Yogi, don't overdo it at the party though, be prepared to rest if you feel in need of it. Poor Miss Bramble, and poor you Summer, I hope Miss Bramble has a restful day and feels better when you get home and that you can catch up on your sleep tomorrow.
Enjoy your day everyone
Congratulations to April:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-39608851
squiggle posted:Good morning everyone, not quite so chilly this morning I think.
I'm so glad you are feeling a little better Yogi, don't overdo it at the party though, be prepared to rest if you feel in need of it.
Enjoy your day everyone
I was fine, thanks Squiggle. Plenty of time to rest, as the children's entertainer kept the children enthralled. PB had a ball!
El Loro posted:Not sure if any of you watch Doctor Who. I'll record today's episode. My brother is likely to watch it today or in the next day or so and I'll wait to see what he thinks of it. It's more than possible that I'll just delete it without bothering to try it.
I can't take to Peter Capaldi's Doctor, although I loved the previous three.
I might start watching again, once the role has been recast (depending on who is chosen)
Goodnight and sweet dreams, everyone
Hugs for the night owls
aww glad you are feeling better yogi EL I love the relationship you have with your brother - very special
night yogi and summer if you pop in
Good morning and a very happy Easter to you all
bramble is feeling better but I am in bed with a hot water bottle & a box of tissues, so not quite the Easter we had planned, but it could of course, be far worse.
yogi it's lovely to have you back, I'm glad you feel better and that PB has had a wonderful party
i didnt know the world has been watching April the giraffe! Baz has kept that off our radar I must message her later about it
i hope you've all got a yummy Easter egg today, and have a lovely day too
Good morning everyone, plenty of hazy blue sky this morning and quite sunny.
Summer what rotten timing for you to go down with a cold, hope you feel better soon.
Enjoy your day everyone and a blessed Easter to all
Happy Easter everyone
Mr Y and I have been very busy preparing dinner for the whole family - it's like Christmas dinner all over again.
I'm off to hide some small chocolate eggs for the tiddlers Easter Egg Hunt - unfortunately it's raining so it will have to be indoors.
Summer, take care of yourself.
