Good afternoon Buddies 
Another very hot and humid day here. Lots of wet stuff expected over the next few days though 
Have a great day everyone 
Popping in to wish you all goodnight one of my friends and her new pup have arrived for the weekend 
itâs lovely to see them
yogi I hope all is well at HQ, and that everyone else is keeping cool.
Weâve had a small storm here, which I enjoyed. The cloud prevented us from seeing the lunar eclipse though 
Very muggy here today too, Moonie, but we had heavy rain and thunder and lightning tonight which seems to have cleared the air. Too much cloud, so no chance of seeing the eclipse.
Summer, have a lovely weekend with your friend and the pup
Goodnight and sweet dreams, Ros, thanks for the company tonight
night yogi -enjoyed tonight summer-enjoy your weekend
Good morning 
Iâm not sure if Iâve ever told you but when my alarm goes off, it says âgood morning, rise & smileâ and when I wake Bramble later, I say those words to her while rubbing her tummy. I love starting the day this way 
what are your weekend plans?
I am loving having my friend here! She has announced sheâs looking for a buy to let property in the area, which is brilliant news. It seems Durham made quite the impression on her last summer 
Good morning everyone
There's been some rain here this morning and forecast to have showers for some time. Cooler than recently.
Client meeting later this morning.
Far too cloudy yesterday evening to have any chance of seeing the moon.
BBC article with photos of the eclipse:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/sci...environment-44945452
Summer, I'm glad you are having a nice time with your friend and I hope her pup and Bramble are getting on
I hope evetone has a good day
Good morning everyone, quite a bit of rain overnight, I think there must have been high winds as well as there's lots of leaves on my lawn. It's left the air feeling fresher which is very welcome. Have a great time with your friend Summer.
Enjoy your day everyone
Squiggle, I think it has been quite windy, breeze around 25mph in my area though I think they said really windy in coastal areas. Met Office now showing thunderstorms in my area early evening which weren't in the forecast a couple of hours ago, and protracted rain tomorrow. No weather warnings for where I live but that could well change by lunchtime. I'm not complaining as the rain is clearly needed.
Off to see my clients in a few minutes. I won't have much excuse if I'm late as they live 4 minutes away on foot It's a straightforward meeting.
Back from the straightforward meeting.
The scent we smell after it's been raining after a period of dry weather - it's called petrichor:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/sci...environment-44904298
Afternoon all
We had heavy rain, thunder and lightning last night and it has been raining again today.
Swuigfle, Iâm glad the air is fresher for you, that muggy heat was horrible
lol El, your client couldnât get much closer. I hope the meeting went well
Summer, I hope you are having a good weekend with your friend and the dogs are having fun together too.
Have a good day, everyone
Watched a 1955 British film I'd recorded on the Talking Pictures channel called "Three Cases of Murder". It's one of those portmanteau films, in this case three separate stories.
Only the second one "You Called Elizabeth" is close to being a whodunnit and is the least of the three.
The third one was "Lord Mountdrago" and was based on a Somerset Maugham story. That's more of a pyschological story. The lead actor in that one is Orson Welles and it's likely that he directed it though not credited as such. One's view of that will depend on how much or not you like Orson Welles.
The first was called "In the Picture". That is about a mysterious painting in a gallery. I won't say anthing more about it other than if they repeat the film, it's worth watching it, particularly that first story, as it's unique. It could quite easily been part of the classic "Dead of Night" portmanteau film.
The only link between the three stories is that Alan Badel is in each of them though as different characters, though only a minor character in the second one.
Each story is introduced by none other than Eamonn Andrews before he started Crackerjack.
El Loro posted:Yogi, I think it's fair to say that they are the closest client to my house I have
Iâm glad you can stay where you are, and that the meeting went well.
El Loro posted:
I bet the festival goers didnât expect to see that pairing on stage
Goodnight and sweet dreams, Ros
Night owl hug in case Summer pops in
night yogisummer if you pop in
Sweet dreams you guys I hope youâre having a lovely weekend x
Good morning everyone, drizzly and breezy here, and much much fresher, such a welcome change. I hope everyone's weekend is going well.
Enjoy your day everyone
Good morning everyone
Cool and cloudy up here.
Have a good day everyone, catch up later
Watched a 1948 Hollywood film called "Miracle of the Bells". A press agent (Fred MacMurray) to carry out her last wish brings back the body of an actress to her home town for burial. Various flash backs of how he got to meet the actress and to help her. The actress was played by the Italian Alida Valli (just Valli in the credits). Valli's next film is the one most people would know of as she was the lead actress in The Third Man. Frank Sinatra was also in the film, his first drama role though he does sing a little bit.
It's quite a good film. What was of interest to me was that the actress had been working on a film about Joan of Arc. I don't know if the producers had in mind the great 1928 "The Passion of Joan of Arc" directed by Carl Dreyer which starred Maria Falconnetti in her only film and called just Falconetti in the credits. Oddly enough Valli looked more like Ingrid Bergman rather then Falconetti and about 8 months after "Miracle of the Bells" was released, the Hollywood "Joan of Arc" was released which starred Ingrid Bergman.
BBC article on the least popular emojis used on Twitter and the most popular:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-44952140
El Loro posted:BBC article on the least popular emojis used on Twitter and the most popular:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-44952140
Recycling emoji at number 3!
Lots of rain here today.
Hi Moonie, hope youâre having a good weekend
Goodnight and sweet dreams, Ros
Night owl hug for Summer
night yogi summer if you pop in
Yogi19 posted:El Loro posted:BBC article on the least popular emojis used on Twitter and the most popular:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-44952140Recycling emoji at number 3!
surprised at that yogi
El Loro posted:BBC article on the least popular emojis used on Twitter and the most popular:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-44952140
thanks EL -really interesting
Sweet dreams everyone ðĪ ð I hope youâve had a good weekend
I had a great weekend with my friend & her pup, and I visited a friend in hospital this evening, so a busy day ð
lots of lovely rain here too x
Good morning everyone
Sunny with clouds here, showers in the forecast today but not expected to be as heavy and frequent as yesterday.
Yogi and Ros, if you read the whole article about emojis you'll see the reason why the recycling one is so popular and it's nothing to do with recycling as we know it. Oddly enough, the emoji for not dropping litter is one of the least popular ones.
Summer, I'm glad you had a good weekend with your friend and her pup and hope the friend in hospital gets well soon
I hope everyone has a good day
Good morning everyone.
Looks like itâs going to be sunshine and showers up here.
Summer, Iâm glad you had a good weekend and hope your friend in hospital makes a good recovery
El, Iâve reread the link on emojis
Off to do shopping for my parents. Have a good day all.