Afternoon all
It was sunny this morning and is clouding over atm.
I’ve been to the garden centre to get some plants for my hanging baskets - just pansies and viola this year. I also got a lavender plant, just because I love the scent.
Got compost to top up the raised bed and I will plant onions, spring onions, lettuce and maybe cauliflowers this year.
Hope you are all having a good day
Good afternoon cool and cloudy, but dry here. I’ve got that weekend feeling 
unfortunately, my colleagues have not (booooo 👎🏻)
yogi your morning sounds brilliant!!!! I hope you’ve thoroughly enjoyed yourself 
A BBC clip about the origin of some of the famous nursery rhymes:
https://www.bbc.com/ideas/vide...asnt-an-egg/p0657q16
El Loro posted:Yogi, you've had a productive morning
Summer
I’ve had a busy and productive day
Goodnight and sweet dreams, Ros.
Hug for any night owls
night yogi summer if you pop in
Good morning everyone, quite a bright morning although a little colder than I would like. Very little rain in the forecast for tomorrow EL so we must be too far west.
Enjoy your day everyone
Good morning everyone
Weather is bright but cool.
Have a good day, all
Good morning everyone
The weather is cold and windy here. A light shower earlier 
We are supposed to have a maximum of 5 degrees tomorrow with a cold northerly wind 
Someone stole summer again 
Have a good day and, I never thought I would say this until next winter, stay warm and safe
Back from church and decided to deliver the church magazines for my round now rather than tomorrow to avoid the rain if it comes here. Even so the effective temperature in the north wind is hardly typical of late April at 4 C.
Moonie, I think it may get slightly higher than 5 tomorrow though it will feel colder due to the wind. The worst of the weather is likely to be in the south east and the east coast.
A university in Melbourne, Australia was evacuated over fears of a gas leak. Turned out to be a rotting durian fruit which had been left in a cupboard:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-43940122
Durians are notoriously smelly.
El Loro posted:A university in Melbourne, Australia was evacuated over fears of a gas leak. Turned out to be a rotting durian fruit which had been left in a cupboard:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-43940122
Durians are notoriously smelly.
😂😂😂
El Loro posted:Back from church and decided to deliver the church magazines for my round now rather than tomorrow to avoid the rain if it comes here. Even so the effective temperature in the north wind is hardly typical of late April at 4 C.
Moonie, I think it may get slightly higher than 5 tomorrow though it will feel colder due to the wind. The worst of the weather is likely to be in the south east and the east coast.
For once I m glad I live in the Midlands then El 
Goodnight and sweet dreams, everyone
Hugs for any night owls
*night owls* sweet dreams everyone, I hope you’ve all enjoyed the day
I had a late night celebrating a friend’s birthday, which was great fun and I’ve had to take care of her all day today (and catch up on sleep). I learned that my friend sleep walks!
Good morning everyone
Weather is sunny and chilly.
I’m going to bath Keira outdoors today, once it gets a bit warmer. She won’t be happy.
lol Summer, that must have given you a shock.
Have a good day everyone.
Good morning everyone, a lovely bright morning but with a very strong cold breeze. I'm sure Keira will be a very good girl and that she will enjoy being clean and fresh - do you dry her with the hair dryer Yogi? Did your friend sleepwalking wake you up? Did you manage to get her back in bed without waking her?
Enjoy your day everyone
Good afternoon very cold here today, we’ve all got our winter coats back out
good luck with keira, yogi, I hope she forgives you quickly 
i had no idea my friend sleep walks, but she knows, she told me lots of stories afterwards lol
i didn’t bother disturbing her because she climbed in and started snoring right away I’m used to my other friends bunking in with me when they come to stay, if the spare room is full so I didn’t mind sharing again lol
my best friend is arriving on Sunday afternoon, I’m sooooo excited to see her
Afternoon all
I’m happy to report, Keira has been bathed.
She kept trying to escape but MrY and I worked as a team to get her done.
Squiggle, she hates the hairdryer so I rub her with towels and then let her dry naturally. In the winter, she has to suffer the hairdryer.
El, that’s a really pretty picture.
Summer, you’ll have a great time with your BF at the weekend. Have you got anything planned?
El Loro posted:Yogi, congratulations on a successful Keira bath
I liked that picture on the front of the church magazine. I scanned it from the magazine. I think the original photograph would be better but I don't have easy access to it.
It’s a lovely pic, I can understand why you like it
Yogi19 posted:Afternoon all
I’m happy to report, Keira has been bathed.
She kept trying to escape but MrY and I worked as a team to get her done.
Squiggle, she hates the hairdryer so I rub her with towels and then let her dry naturally. In the winter, she has to suffer the hairdryer.
El, that’s a really pretty picture.
Summer, you’ll have a great time with your BF at the weekend. Have you got anything planned?
Hi Buddies and Yogi
Well done to you and Mr B on your perseverance
I can just imagine Keira being as slippery as an eel
Bless her 🤗🤗🤗
~Sweet Pancakes~ posted:*night owls*
I had a late night celebrating a friend’s birthday, which was great fun and I’ve had to take care of her all day today (and catch up on sleep). I learned that my friend sleep walks!
Hi Sweet
I have known a couple of people who sleepwalk including a family member
Very strange phenomenon
I hope you and Miss Bramble are okay
Moonie posted:Yogi19 posted:Afternoon all
I’m happy to report, Keira has been bathed.
She kept trying to escape but MrY and I worked as a team to get her done.
Squiggle, she hates the hairdryer so I rub her with towels and then let her dry naturally. In the winter, she has to suffer the hairdryer.
El, that’s a really pretty picture.
Summer, you’ll have a great time with your BF at the weekend. Have you got anything planned?
Hi Buddies and Yogi
Well done to you and Mr B on your perseverance
I can just imagine Keira being as slippery as an eel
Bless her 🤗🤗🤗
Hi Moonie
For an old girl, she can move fast when she knows she’s going to get bathed
Goodnight and sweet dreams, everyone.
Hugs for the night owls
*night owls*
well done on bathing keira 
I can’t imagine how you get that done with a bigger dog!!! Bramble is heavy but she’s small enough to scoop up and pop in the bathtub. She too hates the hairdryer, I think it’s a dog thing
El I loved that pic too, I meant to say that earlier, I do apologise it’s no wonder they chose it for the magazine
sweet dreams to all who’ve gone to bed and leaving goodnight hug for Ros
don't forget to say “white rabbits” in the morning
night yogi and summerand white rabbits made me smile summer always try to say it
It's possible that roses could smell sweeter in future as their genetic makeup has been fully mapped out. And they are more closely related to strawberries than had been thought.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/scie...environment-43950743
Good morning everyone cloudy but dry so far with rain in the forecast this afternoon.
Enjoy your day everyone
Not a new subject but this local news article goes into some detail as to how a common scam works.
A Cheltenham pensioner was nearly scammed out of a substantial amount of money in a con involving iTunes vouchers.
The woman was called earlier this year by someone claiming to be from a well-known internet service provider, who said her computer needed to be updated.Over the next three days, they phoned again and advised her to carry out several actions on her laptop.
The fraudsters then claimed they owed her several hundred pounds and asked for her bank details over the phone, so they could send her the money, they said.
Soon afterwards they told the victim they had accidentally sent her substantially more money than they owed and she needed to reimburse them in iTunes vouchers.
They directed the victim to a Cheltenham supermarket, where the manager refused to sell the vouchers and explained to the woman this was a scam.
The victim’s current account was credited with the amount the fraudsters claimed to have sent, but it was later discovered this money had come from her savings account.
The con artists had switched the money to the current account to make the woman think it was from the internet service provider.
Victoria Brinton, of the Gloucestershire police digital harm reduction team, said it is not known how this was done, because the victim does not use internet banking.
The pensioner’s bank froze all her accounts and confirmed no money has been transferred out.
Ms Brinton said: “These fraudsters are very good at social engineering.
“They convinced her she was due this refund and they really talked her round and said, ‘We need to give you this money back.’
“There have been a lot of cases nationally involving iTunes vouchers.
“People claiming to be from HMRC say to victims they have underpaid tax and they need to buy iTunes vouchers to pay what they owe.”
After the iTunes vouchers are bought, the victims are told to read out the serial codes over the phone, which the scammers then sell on or use to make purchases.
Ms Brinton said this method is becoming popular among con artists because it is harder to trace than a bank transfer.
She added that many of the people targeted are elderly.
Tell 2, a national campaign, is encouraging everyone to share information they learn about scams, or how to avoid them, with two people.
And the Take Five campaign advises people to spend five minutes thinking before responding to a suspicious email, text, or call, and before parting with any money or data.
Some details have been left out of this article to protect the identity of the person targeted in the scam.
Good afternoon Buddies
It started off sunny and dry but quite cold and breezy here today. Quite pleasant but overcast now. Still cold and windy
On the plus side, one line of washing dry and another blowing in the wind
Shopping done and that me finished for the day
Have a great day everyone
